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The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one-day competition and the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They were the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield, which they entered for the first time in the 1950/51 season.

Central Stags
Personnel
Top: Obsolete Central Stags logo Bottom: Central Stags Twenty20 emblem
Captain	Tom Bruce
Coach	Rob Walter
Team information
Colours	Green and gold
Founded	1950
Home ground	McLean Park Pukekura Park Fitzherbert Park Saxton Oval
Capacity	19,700 (McLean Park)
History
Plunket Shield wins	11
The Ford Trophy wins	6
Men's Super Smash wins	3
CLT20 wins	0
Cricket Max wins	1
Official website	cdcricket.co.nz

History

Central Districts comprises eight District associations: Hawke's Bay, Horowhenua-Kapiti, Manawatu, Taranaki, Wairarapa and Wanganui in the North Island, and Marlborough and Nelson in the South Island.[1] Previously, many players from these regions competed for Wellington. More than a century before the eventual founding of the Central Districts Cricket Association, the first fully recorded cricket match in New Zealand was played in what is now one of its districts, in Nelson, a men's match in March 1844.

Between October 2016 and February 2019, the team set a new Central Districts record for the number of consecutive first-class matches without a defeat, with 21. The previous Central Stags record in the Plunket Shield was 12, while the New Zealand record for most consecutive domestic first-class matches without a loss is 24, set by Wellington (now known as the Wellington Firebirds) between 1984/85 and 1986/87.

Retired top order batsman Peter Ingram holds the record for the highest individual first-class score for the Central Stags with an innings of 247 in 2008/09, and also scored their second highest individual score with 245 not out in 2009/10.

The New Zealand T20 all wickets partnership record is also held by Peter Ingram, having put on 201 for the first wicket with Jamie How at Pukekura Park in 2011/12 against Wellington.

How and Jeet Raval share the New Zealand Domestic List A partnership record of 321, set against Northern Districts at Seddon Park in 2012/13, a match in which How became the first player to score a Ford Trophy double century, reaching his hundred in 49 balls and breaking the record that was held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton.

The Central Stags is the home side of one of New Zealand's greatest batsmen, Ross Taylor, who made his first-class debut for the team as an 18-year-old on 9 January 2003. In 2021/22 at Pukekura Park, Taylor broke the record for the fastest Ford Trophy century, reaching his hundred in 49 balls, breaking the national record that had been held by retired Canterbury batsman Peter Fulton.

In 2017, Brad Schmulian hit the highest score by any New Zealand cricketer on first-class debut with an innings of 203 for the Central Stags against Northern Districts at Bay Oval. The previous record had stood since the late 19th century.

In 2010, Kieran Noema-Barnett set a New Zealand record for the fastest T20 half century, off just 18 balls. In the 2016 Ford Trophy Grand Final, another Central Stags batsman, Tom Bruce, added the record for the fastest one-day half century in New Zealand with his 50 coming off 16 balls.

Two batsmen named Ben Smith have played for the Central Stags. Adding to the confusion, both Ben Smith and Ben Smith have scored a first-class double century for the team.

Two of New Zealand's premier cricketing schools, New Plymouth Boys' High School and Palmerston North Boys' High, have produced a number of Stags players, along with schools such as Napier Boys' High School, Nelson College and Whanganui Collegiate.

The CEO of Central Districts Cricket Association is a former Central Stags player, Lance Hamilton. In September 2019 former CEO Pete de Wet announced that CDCA had signed renowned international coach Mickey Arthur as the Central Stags T20 coach for the 2019/20 Super Smash season, however Arthur was granted a contract release before the competition began.[2]

In 2019/20, the team had a chance to become the first team since 1940 to win the Plunket Shield for three seasons in a row. However, the team was second on the table when the final two rounds of the eight-match season were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Plunket Shield was awarded to the Wellington cricket team, whom they had been about to play at McLean Park, with the Stags declared runners-up.[3]

Honours

Plunket Shield (11)

1953–54, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1970–71, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1998–99, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2017–18, 2018–19

The Ford Trophy (6)

1984–85, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2014–15,[4] 2015–16

Men's Super Smash (3)

2007–08, 2009–10, 2018–19

Grounds

Current

Since 2014-15, Central Districts have used McLean Park, Nelson Park, Napier and Saxton Oval for first-class matches.[5] Pukekura Park and Fitzherbert Park, as well as McLean Park and Saxton Oval, are still used regularly for List A matches.[6] Pukekura Park and McLean Park are used for T20 matches.[7]

Former

Current squad

No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Wicketkeeper
15	Dane Cleaver	New Zealand	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 30)	Right-handed	Leg break	CDCA contract
3	Bayley Wiggins	New Zealand	(1998-09-03) 3 September 1998 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
3	Ma'ara Ave	Cook Islands	(1998-07-06) 6 July 1998 (age 24)	Right-handed		CDCA contract
3	Curtis Heaphy	New Zealand	(2003-07-28) 28 July 2003 (age 19)	Right-handed		CDCA contract
Batsmen
4	Will Young	New Zealand	(1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
5	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	(1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
42	Tom Bruce	New Zealand	(1991-08-02) 2 August 1991 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	CDCA contract
24	Greg Hay	New Zealand	(1984-07-14) 14 July 1984 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	CDCA contract
9	Ben Smith	New Zealand	(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	CDCA contract
14	Brad Schmulian	New Zealand	(1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 32)	Right-handed	Leg break	CDCA contract
Allrounders
6	Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract
10	Ben Wheeler	New Zealand	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Left arm medium-fast
22	Josh Clarkson	New Zealand	(1997-01-21) 21 January 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	CDCA contract
17	Christian Leopard	New Zealand	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Will Clark	New Zealand	(2001-09-05) 5 September 2001 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
12	Seth Rance	New Zealand	(1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract
13	Blair Tickner	New Zealand	(1993-10-13) 13 October 1993 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	NZC contract
11	Ray Toole	New Zealand	(1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract
21	Ajaz Patel	New Zealand	(1988-10-21) 21 October 1988 (age 34)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	NZC contract
55	Jayden Lennox	New Zealand	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	CDCA contract
8	Joey Field	New Zealand	(2000-12-19) 19 December 2000 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract
–	Brett Randell	New Zealand	(1995-05-20) 20 May 1995 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract
–	Liam Dudding	New Zealand	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	CDCA contract

Notable players

New Zealand

England

Sri Lanka

Mahela Jayawardena

India

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

Central Districts Cricket Association – Districts Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 January 2006
"Mickey Arthur to Coach Central Stags". Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
"Plunket Shield cancelled: Wellington declared winners". www.nzc.nz. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020.
"Andrew Mathieson has a field day as Central Stags win national one-day cricket final". February 2015.
"First-Class Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
"List A Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
"Twenty20 Matches played by Central Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

Official website

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