Wellington Firebirds squad for Plunket Shield round three

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Friday 18 November 2011

Wellington Firebirds squad for Plunket Shield round three

The Wellington Firebirds squad to play the Auckland Aces in round three of the Plunket Shield at Bert Sutcliffe Oval at Lincoln University from Sunday 20 November - Wednesday 23 November is:

Grant Elliott (Captain, Naenae Old Boys)
Joe Austin-Smellie (Wellington Collegians)
Harry Boam (Karori)
Josh Brodie (Eastern Suburbs)
Leighton Burtt (Onslow)
James Franklin (Wellington Collegians)
Scott Kuggeleijn (Wellington Collegians)
Andy McKay (Karori)
Stephen Murdoch (Karori)
Iain O’Brien (Petone-Riverside)
Michael Papps (Wellington Collegians)
Jeetan Patel (Eastern Suburbs)
Luke Woodcock (Johnsonville)

The Firebirds have made three changes to the squad that met the Northern Knights at Lincoln this week.

The changes see Jesse Ryder (with the BLACKCAPS) and Mark Gillespie (hamstring injury) drop out of the squad and Leighton Burtt, Iain O’Brien and Scott Kuggeleijn come in.

ENDS

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