| Wellington | |||
| One-day name: | Wellington Firebird | ||
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| Coach: | Jamie Siddons | ||
| Captain: | Grant Elliott | ||
| Founded: | 1873 | ||
| Home ground: | Basin Reserve | ||
| Capacity: | 11,600 | ||
| First-class debut: | Auckland | ||
| in 1873 | |||
| at Wellington | |||
| Official website: | Wellington Firebirds | ||
The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the State Championship first class (4 day) competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.
The Firebirds have the best State Championship record of any team since the start of the millennium. They won the title in 2000/01 and 2003/04 and were runners up in 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2005/06.
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1923-24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1973-74.
1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 2000–01, 2003-04.
1973-74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001-02.
Home games are played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the OBU senior club rugby side during the offseason. Wellington will also play a first class fixture against Central Districts at Karori Park during the 2011/12 season.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nat | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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| Batsmen | |||||
| Joshua Brodie | LHB | ||||
| Brendan Taylor | RHB | Zimbabwe Test and ODI player | |||
| Brendon-John Crook | LHB | RM | |||
| Stephen Murdoch | RHB | RM | |||
| Neal Parlane | RHB | ||||
| Michael Pollard | RHB | New Zealand Under-19. | |||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Jesse Ryder | LHB | RM | New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Harry Boam | RHB | RM | New Zealand Under-19 | ||
| Dewayne Bowden | LHB | LFM | |||
| Grant Elliott | RHB | RFM | Wellington Firebirds Captain, New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| James Franklin | LHB | LFM | New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Mark Houghton | RHB | SLA | |||
| Luke Woodcock | LHB | SLA | New Zealand ODI and T20 player | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Joe Austin-Smellie | RHB | New Zealand U-19 | |||
| Craig Cachopa | RHB | New Zealand U-19 | |||
| Bowlers | |||||
| Mark Gillespie | RHB | RFM | New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Iain O'brien | LHB | RMF | New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Ronald Karaitiana | RHB | RM | |||
| Leighton Burt | RHB | RFM | |||
| Andy McKay | RHB | LFM | |||
| Andrew Lamb | RHB | RFM | |||
| Jeetan Patel | RHB | OS | New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Ili Tugaga | LHB | LM | New Zealand u-19 | ||
| Muttiah Muralitharan | RHB | OS | Former Sri Lanka Test and ODI player | ||
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See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
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