Samuel Raymond Wells (born 13 July 1984) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 2007–08 and 2016–17 seasons.^[1] He played as an all-rounder.

Wells was born at Dunedin in 1984 and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city before studying law and politics at Otago University, graduating in 2007.^[2][3][4][5] He first played for Otago age-group sides during the 2002–03 season and for the Otago 'A' team from 2004–05, before making his debut for the senior provincial side in a November 2007 first-class match against Central Districts, making scores of 15 and five not out on debut.^[6][7]

An all-rounder, Wells played predominantly in first-class matches during his early career, making his List A debut in 2008–09 and his Twenty20 debut in 2010–11.^[6] Two five-wicket hauls in the first two matches of the 2009–10 Plunket Shield season brought him to wider attention,^[4] and later in the season he scored his first two centuries.^[5][6] He scored 478 first-class runs during the season, finishing with a batting average of 59.75 runs per innings, and took 21 wickets. The following season saw his batting average at 40.16 and he attended a New Zealand national team training camp ahead of the 2011–12 season.^[5]

After scoring a rapid 65 runs and taking one wicket for a New Zealand XI in a warm up match against the touring Zimbabweans in January 2012, Wells was a surprise call up to the New Zealand squad for the only Test match of the tour.^[1][5][8][9] He did not play in the match and was never called up to a full national squad again, although he did play two first-class matches for the New Zealand A team against India A during their tour of New Zealand in September and October 2012.^[3][6][10]

In a domestic career that lasted until the end of the 2016–17 season, Wells played 141 matches for Otago.^[10][11] In 63 first-class matches, 61 of which were for the provincial side, he scored four centuries and took 115 wickets. He also played in 43 List A and 37 Twenty20 matches for Otago.^[6][12]

Wells was admitted to the bar in 2014 and has worked in litigation at the Dunedin law firm Gallaway Cook Allan.^[3] He was a selector for the Otago A side and in November 2022 was appointed the Convenor of Selectors for the Otago side.^[12] After a season in the role he was appointed as the selection manager for the New Zealand national side, working alongside coaches to inform the selection process.^{[10][11][13][14]}