Photo Credit: Auckland Cricket
New Zealand’s six Major Associations have finalised their men’s domestic contracts for the 2021-22 season.
The contracting process for domestic players involved two rounds, with each team contracting a total of 16 players overall.
The two-stage process is designed to generate increased competition for the final contract offers and also helps ensure the best players are contracted throughout the country.
The six teams will compete for the Plunket Shield (four-day), Ford Trophy (one-day) and Dream11 Super Smash (T20) trophies.
Auckland
Adithya Ashok, Cole Briggs, Mark Chapman, Louis Delport, Lockie Ferguson (NZC), Danru Ferns, Matthew Gibson, Martin Guptill (NZC), Ryan Harrison, Ben Horne, Kyle Jamieson (NZC), Ben Lister, Robert O’Donnell, William O’Donnell, Glenn Phillips (NZC), Ollie Pringle, Sean Solia, Will Somerville, Ross ter Braak, George Worker
Canterbury
Todd Astle, Chad Bowes, Jack Boyle, Leo Carter, Harry Chamberlain, Sean Davey, Cam Fletcher, Andrew Hazeldine, Matt Henry (NZC), Tom Latham (NZC), Ken McClure, Cole McConchie, Daryl Mitchell (NZC), Henry Nicholls (NZC), Ed Nuttall, Will O’Rourke, Fraser Sheat, Henry Shipley, Theo van Woerkom, Will Williams
Central Districts
Doug Bracewell, Tom Bruce, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver, Joey Field, Greg Hay, Jayden Lennox, Christian Leopard, Adam Milne, Ajaz Patel, Seth Rance, Brad Schmulian, Ben Smith, Ross Taylor (NZC), Blair Tickner, Ray Toole, Bayley Wiggins, Will Young (NZC)
Northern Districts
Peter Bocock, Trent Boult (NZC), Joe Carter, Katene Clarke, Kristian Clarke, Henry Cooper, Colin de Grandhomme (NZC), Matthew Fisher, Zak Gibson, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Bharat Popli, Brett Randell, Jeet Raval, Mitchell Santner (NZC), Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi (NZC), Tim Southee (NZC), Neil Wagner (NZC), Freddy Walker, Joe Walker, Kane Williamson (NZC), Anurag Verma
Otago
Matt Bacon, Neil Broom, Max Chu, Jacob Duffy, Josh Finnie, Jake Gibson, Nick Kelly, Anaru Kitchen, Angus McKenzie, Jarrod McKay, Travis Muller, Dale Phillips, Michael Rae, Michael Rippon, Mitch Renwick, Hamish Rutherford
Wellington
Finn Allen, Hamish Bennett, Jakob Bhula, Tom Blundell (NZC), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway (NZC), Luke Georgeson, Jamie Gibson, Troy Johnson, Callum McLachlan, Iain McPeake, Jimmy Neesham (NZC), Ollie Newton, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Nathan Smith, Michael Snedden, Logan van Beek, Peter Younghusband
NZC = New Zealand Cricket contracted player
Name of Author: New Zealand Cricket
The New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, made their Test debut in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth nation to play Test cricket. After waiting 26 years for their first Test win against the West Indies in 1956, they also played their first ODI in 1972–73 against Pakistan. New Zealand are the inaugural World Test Championship champions (2021) and have won the ICC Champions Trophy (2000). They have reached the Cricket World Cup final twice and the T20 World Cup final once.
