# Wellington 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.

## Honours

* Plunket Shield (22)
    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, 2023–24
* The Ford Trophy (8)
    1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
* Men's Super Smash (4)
    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. Players in bold have international caps.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style |
| Batters |||||||
| 2 | Troy Johnson | New Zealand | (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
| 4 | Muhammad Abbas | New Zealand | (2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast |
| 7 | Tim Robinson | New Zealand | (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| 21 | Nick Greenwood | Jersey | (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
| 37 | Gareth Severin | New Zealand | (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
| 55 | Nick Kelly | New Zealand | (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 6 | Michael Bracewell | New Zealand | (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
| 9 | Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm off break |
| 17 | Peter Younghusband | New Zealand | (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break |
| 20 | Nathan Smith | New Zealand | (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| 27 | Logan van Beek | Netherlands | (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 41 | Jesse Tashkoff | New Zealand | (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 36 | Tom Blundell | New Zealand | (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
| 57 | Callum McLachlan | New Zealand | (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | — |
| 88 | Devon Conway | New Zealand | (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium |
| Bowlers |||||||
| 11 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast |
| 13 | Iain McPeake | New Zealand | (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast |
| 14 | Ben Sears | New Zealand | (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| 83 | Michael Snedden | New Zealand | (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
| | James Hartshorn | New Zealand | (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |

## Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.