Central Districts cricket team

Central Stags

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Personnel
Captain	Tom Bruce (Super Smash) Dane Cleaver (Ford Trophy) New Plunket Shield captain to be announced
Coach	Glenn Pocknall (Plunket Shield and Ford Trophy) Ben Smith (Super Smash)
Team information
Colours	Green and gold
Founded	1950
Home ground	McLean Park Pukekura Park Fitzherbert Park Saxton Oval
Capacity	19,700 (McLean Park)
History
Plunket Shield wins	12
The Ford Trophy wins	7
Men's Super Smash wins	3
CLT20 wins	0
Cricket Max wins	1
Official website	cdcricket.co.nz

The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy domestic one-day competition and the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition. They are one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. They were the fifth of the current teams to compete in the Plunket Shield, which they entered for the first time in the 1950/51 season.