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 (21)
 * 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


 * 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.

Notable players
New Zealand 🇳🇿
 * Matthew Bell
 * Bob Blair
 * Graeme Wheeler (Reserve Bank Governor)
 * Don Beard
 * Ewen Chatfield
 * Richard Collinge
 * Jeremy Coney
 * Martin Crowe
 * Simon Doull
 * Bruce Edgar
 * Grant Elliott
 * Stephen Fleming
 * James Franklin
 * Stephen Gellatly
 * Evan Gray
 * Paul Hitchcock
 * Andrew Jones
 * Richard Jones
 * Gavin Larsen
 * Ervin McSweeney
 * Andrew Fletcher


 * Lawrie Miller
 * Bruce Murray
 * Chris Nevin
 * Richard Reid
 * Jesse Ryder
 * Barry Sinclair
 * Bruce Taylor
 * Eric Tindill
 * Roger Twose
 * Robert Vance

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
 * Paul Allott
 * Charlie Shreck
 * Graham Napier
 * Scott Borthwick
 * Jade Dernbach

Australia 🇦🇺
 * Clarrie Grimmett
 * Bob Holland
 * Travis Birt
 * Brad Hodge

India 🇮🇳
 * Lakshmipathy Balaji

Bangladesh 🇧🇩
 * Tamim Iqbal

Canada 🇨🇦
 * Ian Billcliff

Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
 * Muttiah Muralitharan

Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
 * Brendan Taylor

Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.