Wellington cricket team

Wellington
One-day name Wellington Firebirds
Personnel
Captain New Zealand Michael Papps
Coach New Zealand Bruce Edgar
Team information
Founded 1873
Home ground Basin Reserve
Wellington Regional Stadium
Capacity 34,500
History
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 Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Burger King Super Smash.

Honours

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, 2013-14.

2014-15, 2016-17

Grounds

Home games are usually played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the OBU senior club rugby side during the offseason. Wellington also occasionally use Westpac Stadium for Day/Night matches and play first-class games at Karori Park when the Basin Reserve is unavailable.

Current squad

Wellington Firebirds squad for the 2016-17 season.[1] Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Fraser Colson New Zealand 19 March 1990 Right handed Right arm off break
Stephen Murdoch New Zealand 6 August 1983 Right handed Right arm Medium
3 Michael Papps New Zealand 2 July 1979 Right handed Right arm Medium ODI and First Class Test Captain

Occasional Wicket-Keeper

Michael Pollard New Zealand 2 November 1989 Right handed
9 Hamish Marshall New Zealand 15 February 1979 Right handed Right arm Medium T20 Captain
All-rounders
44 Grant Elliott New Zealand 21 March 1979 Right handed Right arm Medium Twenty20 Only
Matt Taylor New Zealand 18 February 1992 Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
Luke Woodcock New Zealand 19 February 1982 Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
36 Tom Blundell New Zealand 1 September 1990 Right handed
54 Luke Ronchi New Zealand 23 April 1981 Right handed NZC contract
Bowlers
15 Brent Arnel New Zealand 3 January 1979 Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
45 Hamish Bennett New Zealand 22 February 1987 Left handed Right arm Medium-fast
9 Iain McPeake New Zealand 24 May 1991 Right handed Right arm Medium-fast
33 Ollie Newton New Zealand 22 August 1988 Left handed Right arm Medium
5 Jeetan Patel New Zealand 7 May 1980 Right handed Right arm Off break
25 Anurag Verma New Zealand 5 August 1990 Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
19 Luke Woodcock New Zealand 5 August 1990
17 Peter Younghusband New Zealand 17 February 1990 Right handed Right arm Leg break

Notable players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

  1. ↑ "2016-17 Firebirds Squad - Cricket Wellington". Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
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