Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury

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Twenty20 name	Canterbury Kings
Personnel
Captain	Peter Fulton
Coach	Gary Stead(cricketer, born 1972)
Team information
Founded	1864
Home ground	Hagley Oval
Capacity	20,000
History
First-class debut	Otago in 1864 at Dunedin
Official website:	Canterbury Cricket Canterbury Kings

Canterbury is 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 second most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition. They also compete in the Burger King Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.

Honours

• Plunket Shield (17)

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, 2013-14.

• Ford Trophy (14)

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, 2016-17.

• Burger King Super Smash (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
–	Leo Carter	New Zealand	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994	Left-handed	Right arm off break
–	Michael Davidson	New Zealand	(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992	Left-handed
–	Peter Fulton	New Zealand	(1979-02-01) 1 February 1979	Right-handed	Right arm medium	captain
–	Ken McClure	New Zealand	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991	Left-handed	Right arm off break	NZC contract
All-rounders
–	Andrew Ellis	New Zealand	(1982-03-24) 24 March 1982	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Cole McConchie	New Zealand	(1992-01-12) 12 January 1992	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Logan van Beek	New Zealand/ Netherlands	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Played T20I for Netherlands
Wicket-keepers
–	Cameron Fletcher	New Zealand	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993	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
–	Jeremy Benton	New Zealand	(1987-03-23) 23 March 1987	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	(1994-12-30) 30 December 1994	Right-handed	Right arm medium
–	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast-medium	NZC contract
–	Tim Johnston	New Zealand	(1990-10-28) 28 October 1990	Right-handed	Right arm off break
–	Edward Nuttall	New Zealand	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993	Left-handed	Left arm medium-fast
–	Henry Shipley	New Zealand	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
–	Will Williams	New Zealand	(1992-10-06) 6 October 1992	Right-handed	Right arm medium

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Notable players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20081014092016/http://nzcpa.co.nz/news/recent-news/nr1175555685.html

External links

• Canterbury Cricket Official Website
• Canterbury Kings Official Website
• Canterbury at CricketArchive

Cricket in New Zealand
Governing body	New Zealand Cricket
National Teams	Men Women U-19 New Zealand A
Men's Domestic Teams	Auckland Canterbury Central Districts Northern Districts Otago Wellington
Women's Domestic Teams	Auckland Hearts Canterbury Magicians Central Districts Hinds Northern Districts Spirit Otago Sparks Wellington Blaze
Domestic Competitions	Plunket Shield (Men's First-class) Ford Trophy (Men's List A) Burger King Super Smash (Men's Twenty20) Women's One-Day Competition (Women's One-day)
Plunket Shield Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Ford Trophy Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
McDonald's Super Smash Seasons	09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
Test & ODI Grounds	Christchurch Wellington Auckland Dunedin Napier Hamilton Dunedin University Oval Wellington Westpac Queenstown Cobham Oval, Whangarei
Player lists	Test cricketers Test wicket-keepers ODI cricketers Twenty20 Players Captains Auckland Canterbury Otago Wellington
Records	Test ODI T20I
Series lists	Australia (Chappell–Hadlee Trophy Trans-Tasman Trophy)
History	to 1890 1882–83 1890–91 to 1918 1918–19 to 1945 1945–46 to 1970 1970–71 to 2000 from 2000–01