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Wellington cricket team

Wellington cricket team

New Zealand domestic cricket team

The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition.

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Honours

1923–24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2019–20
1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
2014–15, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21

Grounds

Home games are usually played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the Old Boys University rugby club during the winter. Wellington also occasionally use Wellington Regional Stadium for day/night matches, and play first-class games at Karori Park when the Basin Reserve is unavailable.

Current squad

Based on squad for the 2023/24 season.[1] Players in bold have international caps.

The Wellington Firebirds mascot looking out of the Don Neely Scoreboard at the Basin Reserve.
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Notable players

Main article: List of Wellington representative cricketers

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.

References

  1. [1]
    "Squads". Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 29 January 2024.


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