Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury
One-day name:	Canterbury Wizards
Captain:	Peter Fulton
Coach:	Bob Carter
Founded:	1864
Home ground:	Hagley Oval
Capacity:	20,000
First-class debut:	Otago in 1864 at Dunedin
Official website:	Canterbury Wizards

The Canterbury Wizards are a New Zealand first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket and has been the most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the HRV Cup competition.

Honours

• Shell Trophy/State Championship/Plunket Shield (15)

1922-23, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1964-65, 1975-76, 1983–84, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2010-11.

• Shell Cup/State Shield/Ford Trophy (13)

1971-72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2005-06.

• HRV Cup (1)

2005-06.

Grounds

Canterbury play their home matches at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora. Their usual home Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch has been out of action since The February 22 Earthquakes and are now located in the Hornby area of Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium and Hagley Oval.

Current squad

Chris Cairns starts a run-up at Eden Park in 2006

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
–	Dean Brownlie	New Zealand	(1984-07-30) 30 July 1984	Right-handed	Right arm medium	NZC contract
–	Peter Fulton	New Zealand	(1979-02-01) 1 February 1979	Right-handed	Right arm medium	NZC contract, captain
–	Simon Keen	Australia	(1987-10-04) 4 October 1987	Left-handed	Right arm medium
–	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991	Left-handed	Right arm off break
–	Shanan Stewart	New Zealand	(1982-06-21) 21 June 1982	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	George Worker	New Zealand	(1989-08-23) 23 August 1989	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
–	Ryan McCone	New Zealand	(1987-09-05) 5 September 1987	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Rob Nicol	New Zealand	(1983-05-28) 28 May 1983	Right-handed	Right arm medium Right arm off break
–	Logan van Beek	New Zealand	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
–	Brad Cachopa	New Zealand	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988	Right-handed	—
–	Tom Latham	New Zealand	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992	Left-handed	Right arm medium	NZC contract
Bowlers
–	Todd Astle	New Zealand	(1986-09-24) 24 September 1986	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
–	Hamish Bennett	New Zealand	(1987-02-22) 22 February 1987	Left-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Andrew Ellis	New Zealand	(1982-03-24) 24 March 1982	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium
–	Ronnie Hira	New Zealand	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Matt McEwan	New Zealand	(1991-02-15) 15 February 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium

Notable players

Main Article: List of Canterbury representative cricketers

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

http://www.nzcpa.co.nz/news/recent-news/nr1175555685.html

External links

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• Canterbury Wizards Official Website