NZ associations announce contracted players
New Zealand's six major cricket associations have announced their list of contracted players for the year 2011-12
ESPNcricinfo staff
09-Aug-2011
This season's HRV Cup will kick off on December 18 • Getty Images
New Zealand's six major cricket associations have announced their list of contracted players for the year 2011-12. During a two-step process, each association had offered between 9 and 11 contracts in the first round on July 22, and the final contracts were given today. A total of 92 players were contracted.
New Zealand Cricket also announced the schedules for its domestic completions - Plunket Shield, Men's One-Day and HRV Cup - for the 2011-12 season. A total of 89 games will be played through the summer.
The season will begin with the first of four pre-Christmas Plunket Shield rounds scheduled to start on November 7, with the final round getting underway on March 26 next year. The winner will be the team that finishes on top of the points table at the end of ten rounds.
The Men's One-Day trophy will be contested over eight rounds, followed by an extended finals series that includes preliminary finals, a semi-final and final. The competition is also split across the season with five rounds starting on November 25, while the preliminary finals will be played on February 5 and the final on February 12.
The first round of action in the HRV Cup will start on December 18. There will be two rounds with points that will decide the top two teams who will meet in the final on January 22.
List of contracted players
Auckland Aces: Michael Bates, Andrew de Boorder, Colin de Grandhomme, Gareth Hopkins, Anaru Kitchen, Bruce Martin, Tim McIntosh, Colin Munro, Jeet Raval, Bhupinder Singh, Daryl Tuffey, Brad Cachopa (added).
Canterbury Wizards: Todd Astle, Dean Brownlie, Andrew Ellis, Peter Fulton, Matt Henry,
Tom Latham, Ryan McCone, Richard Sherlock, Shanan Stewart, George Worker, Willie Lonsdale (added), Logan van Beek (added).
Central Stags: Doug Bracewell, Jamie How, Peter Ingram, Michael Mason,Adam Milne
Kieran Noema-Barnett, Tarun Nethula, Mathew Sinclair, Bevan Small, Kruger van Wyk, Ben Wheeler, Greg Todd (added).
Northern Knights: Graeme Aldridge, Brent Arnel, James Baker, Anton Devcich, Brook Hatwell, James Marshall, Peter McGlashan, Daryl Mitchell, Anurag Verma, Brad Wilson, Joseph Yovich, Bradley Scott (added).
Otago Volts: Nick Beard, Michael Bracewell, Darren Broom, Ian Butler, Craig Cumming, Derek De Boorder, Aaron Redmond, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Sam Wells, Anthony Bullick (added), James McMillan (added).
Wellington Firebirds: Joe Austin-Smellie, Harry Boam, Josh Brodie, Grant Elliott, James Franklin, Mark Gillespie, Stephen Murdoch, Iain O'Brien, Michael Papps, Jeetan Patel, Stewart Rhodes, Leighton Burtt (added).