Canterbury is a first-class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that compete in senior New Zealand Cricket competitions and has been the second most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition and The Ford Trophy one day competition as well as in the Men's Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.

Honours

1922–23, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2025–26

1971–72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2016–17, 2020–21, 2023–24

2005–06

Grounds

Canterbury play their home matches at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and occasionally at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora.

Current squad

As of 29 December 2023

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
77Leo CarterNew Zealand(1994-12-10)10 December 1994(age 31)Left-handed
3Chad BowesNew Zealand(1992-10-19)19 October 1992(age 33)Right-handed
8Ken McClureNew Zealand(1994-10-25)25 October 1994(age 31)Right-handed
36Matt BoyleNew Zealand(2003-01-12)12 January 2003(age 23)Left-handedRight-arm leg break
27Henry NichollsNew Zealand(1991-11-15)15 November 1991(age 34)Left-handedRight-arm off breakNZC contract
All-rounders
2Zak FoulkesNew Zealand(2002-06-05)5 June 2002(age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
88Cole McConchieNew Zealand(1992-01-12)12 January 1992(age 34)Right-handedRight arm off breakCaptain
46Henry ShipleyNew Zealand(1996-05-10)10 May 1996(age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
47Daryl MitchellNew Zealand(1991-05-20)20 May 1991(age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastNZC contract
Michael RipponNew Zealand(1991-09-14)14 September 1991(age 34)Right-handedLeft-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
18Mitchell HayNew Zealand(2000-08-20)20 August 2000(age 25)Right-handed
48Tom LathamNew Zealand(1992-04-02)2 April 1992(age 34)Left-handedNZC contract
Spin bowlers
Ish SodhiNew Zealand(1992-10-31)31 October 1992(age 33)Right-handedRight-arm leg breakNZC Contract
Pace bowlers
Angus McKenzieNew Zealand(1998-07-17)17 July 1998(age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
32Edward NuttallNew Zealand(1993-07-15)15 July 1993(age 32)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
21Matt HenryNew Zealand(1991-12-14)14 December 1991(age 34)Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNZC contract
12Kyle JamiesonNew Zealand(1994-12-30)30 December 1994(age 31)Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNZC contract
29Fraser SheatNew Zealand(1998-04-29)29 April 1998(age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
9Will O'RourkeNew Zealand(2001-08-06)6 August 2001(age 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast
37Michael RaeNew Zealand(1995-06-13)13 June 1995(age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Sean DaveyNew Zealand(1993-04-08)8 April 1993(age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Further reading

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