The Plunket Shield 2020/21, New Zealand’s domestic first-class tournament, starts on October 19 and will be played through the New Zealand summer, finishing on April 6, 2021.

The 2019/20 season came to a premature end due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March and Wellington, who were leading the table by 26 points before the pandemic-forced-stoppage, were awarded the title.

With the new season of the tournament getting underway on Monday, October 19, here are the contracted squad lists for each New Zealand domestic side for the upcoming season.

Auckland

Graeme Beghin, Ross ter Braak, Jamie Brown, Mark Chapman, Louis Delport, Danru Ferns, Ben Horne, Ben Lister, Matt McEwan, Colin Munro, Robbie O’Donnell, William O’Donnell, Glenn Phillips, Ollie Pringle, Sean Solia, Will Somerville

Canterbury

Todd Astle, Chad Bowes, Jack Boyle, Leo Carter, Sean Davey, Cameron Fletcher, Andrew Hazeldine, Tyler Lorton, Ken McClure, Cole McConchie, Daryl Mitchell, Ed Nuttall, Fraser Sheat, Henry Shipley, Theo van Woerkom, Will Williams

Central Districts

Doug Bracewell, Tom Bruce, Josh Clarkson, Dane Cleaver, Greg Hay, Jayden Lennox, Christian Leopard, Adam Milne, Seth Rance, Ben Smith, Brad Schmulian, Blair Tickner, Ray Toole, Ben Wheeler, Bayley Wiggins, George Worker

Northern Districts

James Baker, Peter Bocock, Dean Brownlie, Joe Carter, Katene Clarke, Henry Cooper, Anton Devcich, Mathew Fisher, Zak Gibson, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Randell, Jeet Raval, Tim Seifert, Anuray Verma, Joe Walker

In New Zealand’s Plunket Shield, bowling for Otago against Wellington, Nick Kelly finished with figures of 0-0-12-0 after starting – and ending – his spell with two chest-high full tosses.

Tag a mate who that reminds you of 😬 pic.twitter.com/FIEQf0wzk1

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) October 24, 2019

Otago

Matt Bacon, Neil Broom, Max Chu, Jacob Duffy, Josh Finnie, Dean Foxcroft, Camden Hawkins, Anaru Kitchen, Nick Kelly, Jarrod McKay, Dale Phillips, Hamish Rutherford, Mitch Renwick, Michael Rippon, Michael Rae, Nathan Smith

Wellington

Finn Allen, Hamish Bennett, Jakob Bhula, Michael Bracewell, Fraser Colson, Andrew Fletcher, Jamie Gibson, Lauchie Johns, Troy Johnson, Iain McPeake, Ollie Newton, Rachin Ravindra, Ben Sears, Michael Snedden, Logan van Beek, Peter Younghusband