| Otago Volts |
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| Coach: | Vaughan Johnson | ||
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| Captain: | Aaron Redmond | ||
| Colours: | Blue Gold Maroon |
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| Founded: | 1864 | ||
| Home ground: | University Oval | ||
| Capacity: | 6,000 | ||
| First-class debut: | Canterbury | ||
| in 1864 | |||
| at Dunedin | |||
| Plunket Shield wins: | 13 | ||
| Ford Trophy wins: | 2 | ||
| HRV Twenty20 Cup wins: | 1 | ||
| Official website: | Otago Cricket Website | ||
The Otago cricket team (nicknamed the Volts since the 1997-98 season[1]) are a New Zealand first class cricket team formed in 1876 representing the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions. There main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.
The team plays most of its home games at the University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Events Centre in Queenstown, Queens Park Ground in Invercargill and formerly Molyneaux Park in Alexandra before the pitch became unplayable[2][3]. The team mainly plays First-Class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, but also in the past has played touring sides.
Aaron Redmond is the Volts current First-Class and List A captain whilst Brendon McCullum captains the Twenty20 side[4]. They replaced Craig Cumming who had captained the side since 2002. Vaughn Johnson replaced Mike Hesson as coach at the beginning of the 2011/12 season.
Contents |
1924-25, 1932–33, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987-88.
1987-88, 2007-08.
2008-09
Team totals
Batting[5]
Best Partnership for each wicket[6]
Bowling[7]
Players with international caps are listed in bold[8].
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||||
| 1 | Aaron Redmond | 23 September 1979 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | First-Class and List A Captain | |
| 4 | Neil Broom | 20 November 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | ||
| 7 | Hamish Rutherford | 27 April 1989 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| 13 | Craig Cumming | 31 August 1975 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | Former captain | |
| 20 | Darren Broom | 16 September 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | ||
| -- | Michael Bracewell | 14 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | ||
| -- | Shaun Haig | 19 March 1982 | Right-handed | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 8 | Nathan McCullum | 1 September 1980 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | ||
| 17 | Dimitri Mascarenhas | 30 October 1977 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | English T20 Import | |
| 99 | Sam Wells | 13 July 1984 | Left-handed | Right arm medium pace | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 14 | Derek de Boorder | 25 October 1985 | Right-handed | — | ||
| 42 | Brendon McCullum | 27 September 1981 | Right-handed | — | Twenty20 Captain | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 2 | Anthony Bullick | 30 July 1985 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | ||
| 6 | Ian Butler | 24 November 1981 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | ||
| 9 | Warren McSkimming | 21 June 1979 | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | ||
| 11 | Neil Wagner | 13 March 1986 | Left-handed | Left arm fast | South African born | |
| 15 | James McMillan | 14 June 1978 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | ||
| 90 | Nick Beard | 16 September 1989 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| -- | James Fuller | 24 January 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | South African import | |
| -- | Steven Finn | 4 April 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | English 4-day import | |
Carisbrook and the University Oval have been used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park), and Oamaru ( Whitestone Centennial Park). Many matches have been played at Molyneux Park in Alexandra in recent decades, particularly during the Christmas-New Year holiday season. The warm, dry summer climate of Central Otago can make for better cricketing conditions than the wetter coastal areas. In recent years the Queenstown Events Centre has been developed as a venue.
A rapid expansion of Twenty20 cricket led to the creation of the Twenty20 Champions League. It is a competition between various teams from the domestic Twenty20 competitions of Australia, South Africa, India, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand.
In the 2008/09 domestic season of the State Twenty20, Otago came out as the champions, and so were eligible to compete in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. However, they lost both their opening games in the competition and so weren't able to progress further.
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