Lee Kenneth Germon is a sporting body administrator and former New Zealand cricketer,wicket-keeper and former captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era. He was made captain of the New Zealand Cricket team on his Test match debut. He holds the unofficial record for the most runs (70),from a single over in first-class cricket.
Rodney Terry Latham is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Canterbury,and played four Tests and 33 One Day Internationals for New Zealand. He also played rugby union for Canterbury. He was born in Christchurch.
Roger Charles Blunt was a cricketer who played nine Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team.
Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray was a Test cricketer for New Zealand who played 13 Tests as a right-handed opening batsman between 1968 and 1971. He was a school principal in the Wellington area from 1981 to 2002,and the author of several geography textbooks. After retiring from teaching,he was a cricket administrator in Wellington and a historian.
Robert Wickham Anderson is a former New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1976 and 1978. Anderson was born at Christchurch in 1948.
Leonard Arthur Butterfield was a New Zealand cricketer who played in one Test in 1946. He later served as New Zealand's chief harness racing stipendiary steward.
Paul Ernest McEwan is a former New Zealand Test and ODI cricketer who played in four Tests and seventeen ODIs from 1980 to 1985. He played domestic cricket for Canterbury from 1977 to 1991. In the early 1990s,he set up the Canterbury Neonatal Unit Trust.
This article describes the history of New Zealand cricket to 1890.
Ryan James McCone is a former New Zealand domestic cricketer,who played for Canterbury and Central Districts. He is a left-hand batsman and left-arm medium bowler. He made his début in the New Zealand State Championship in March 2009 and,with a century,became the first débutante number nine batsman to score a hundred.
John Robert Veitch was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Canterbury between the 1957–58 and 1964–65 seasons.
Thomas William Maxwell Latham is a New Zealand international cricketer who is the vice captain of New Zealand cricket team in Test matches and One Day Internationals. He is the son of former cricketer Rod Latham. He has the most Test centuries for New Zealand opening batsmen. Latham was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
George Watson was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1881 to 1884. In his first match he scored the first century in New Zealand first-class cricket.
Glenn Dominic Phillips is a New Zealand cricketer,born in South Africa,who represents the New Zealand national cricket team and plays for Otago domestically. He made his international debut for New Zealand in February 2017. In December 2015,he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2017,his younger brother,Dale was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Edward Mulcock was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago between the 1936–37 and 1943–44 seasons.
George Lucas Rayner was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in seven first-class cricket matches for Canterbury and Otago between the 1884–85 and 1889–90 seasons.
Edward Joseph Cotterill was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1881 to 1889,and one match for Auckland in 1896.
The 2018–19 Plunket Shield was the 90th season of the Plunket Shield,the domestic first-class cricket competition in New Zealand. It took place between October 2018 and March 2019. Unlike the previous edition of the competition,the tournament featured eight rounds of matches,instead of ten. Central Districts were the defending champions. Up to eleven international players,including New Zealand's captain Kane Williamson,were available for the opening round of the tournament.
Clifford Samuel Gibbs was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in one first-class match in the Plunket Shield for Canterbury in 1930 and played in the Hawke Cup for Marlborough.
William Hugh James "Chattel" Hayes was a New Zealand cricketer. He played in 24 first-class matches for Canterbury from 1909 to 1928.
Zakary Glen Foulkes is a New Zealand cricketer,who is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium bowler. He plays for the Canterbury Kings in domestic cricket.
