Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Jeet Raval Retires After Distinguished New Zealand Professional Cricket Career
Jeet Raval has decided to stop playing professional cricket.
He played 24 Test matches for New Zealand.
He also played for Auckland, Central Districts and Northern Districts.
In first-class cricket, he scored 10,432 runs.
More than 8,000 of those runs came in the Plunket Shield.
Raval joined Northern Districts in 2020 and often led the team as captain.
While he was captain, Northern Districts won the Plunket Shield after a 12-season wait.
Raval said he felt it was the right time to step away from the game.
Former New Zealand Test opener Jeet Raval has retired from all professional cricket, Northern Districts Cricket announced Friday.
Raval played 24 Tests for New Zealand, scoring more than 1,000 runs at an average of 30.
He scored 10,432 first-class runs, including 8,216 in the Plunket Shield.
After moving to Northern Districts in 2020, he played more than 130 games for the team across three formats and often captained it.
Under Raval’s leadership, Northern Districts won their first Plunket Shield championship in 12 seasons.
- Who
- Jeet Raval, former New Zealand Test opener and Northern Districts captain.
- What
- He announced his retirement from all professional cricket.
- When
- Northern Districts Cricket announced it on Friday; the article does not specify the date.
- Where
- The announcement concerns Raval’s career in New Zealand cricket, including his time with Northern Districts.
- Why
- Raval said the time was right to step away from the game.
- Test appearances
- 24 for New Zealand
- Test runs
- More than 1,000, at an average of 30
- First-class runs
- 10,432 by the end of his final season
- Plunket Shield runs
- 8,216
- Northern Districts move
- Joined in 2020
- Northern Districts matches
- More than 130 across three formats
- Team achievement
- Northern Districts won their first Plunket Shield championship in 12 seasons under Raval’s leadership