Canterbury

Top: Canterbury Cricket Association crest Middle: Canterbury Kings logo Bottom: Canterbury Kings Twenty20 emblem
Twenty20 name	Canterbury Kings
Personnel
Captain	Cole McConchie
Coach	Peter Fulton
Team information
Founded	1864
Home ground	Hagley Oval
Capacity	8,000
History
First-class debut	Otago in 1864 at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins	20
The Ford Trophy wins	15
Men's Super Smash wins	1
Official website	www.canterburycricket.org.nz

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

• Plunket Shield (20)

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

• The Ford Trophy (16)

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

• Men's Super Smash (1)

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^[1][2][3]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
77	Leo Carter	New Zealand	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed
3	Chad Bowes ‡	New Zealand	(1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed
8	Ken McClure	New Zealand	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed
36	Matt Boyle	New Zealand	(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
27	Henry Nicholls ‡	New Zealand	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	NZC contract
All-rounders
2	Zak Foulkes	New Zealand	(2002-06-05) 5 June 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
88	Cole McConchie ‡	New Zealand	(1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Captain
46	Henry Shipley ‡	New Zealand	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
47	Daryl Mitchell ‡	New Zealand	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	NZC contract
	Michael Rippon ‡	New Zealand	(1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
18	Mitchell Hay	New Zealand	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed
48	Tom Latham ‡	New Zealand	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed		NZC contract
Spin Bowlers
	Ish Sodhi ‡	New Zealand	(1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	NZC Contract
Pace Bowlers
	Angus McKenzie	New Zealand	(1998-07-17) 17 July 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
32	Edward Nuttall	New Zealand	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
21	Matt Henry ‡	New Zealand	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	NZC contract
12	Kyle Jamieson ‡	New Zealand	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	NZC contract
29	Fraser Sheat	New Zealand	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
9	Will O'Rourke ‡	New Zealand	(2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
37	Michael Rae	New Zealand	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Sean Davey	New Zealand	(1993-04-08) 8 April 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium