[1] Wellington played its first first-class match in November 1873 against Auckland at the Basin Reserve in Wellington.
The team has competed for the Plunket Shield since the competition's inaugural season in 1906–07, played its first List A cricket match in 1971 and its first Twenty20 cricket match in 2006.
It has played in every senior cricket competition in New Zealand.
[2][3][4] The modern Wellington Cricket Association represents the metropolitan Wellington area and the Hutt Valley in New Zealand's North Island and is one of six first-class teams in the country.
[5] Players are listed in alphabetical order.