Canterbury cricket team

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

Canterbury 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

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.

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.

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

File:Chris Cairns starting run-up.jpg
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.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
– Dean Brownlie double-dagger  New Zealand (1984-07-30) 30 July 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm medium NZC contract
– Peter Fulton double-dagger  New Zealand (1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 (age 45) Right-handed Right arm medium NZC contract, captain
– Simon Keen  Australia (1987-10-04) 4 October 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right arm medium
– Henry Nicholls  New Zealand (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Right arm off break
– Shanan Stewart  New Zealand (1982-06-21) 21 June 1982 (age 41) Right-handed Right arm medium
– George Worker  New Zealand (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
– Ryan McCone  New Zealand (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right arm medium-fast
– Rob Nicol double-dagger  New Zealand (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right arm medium
Right arm off break
– Logan van Beek  New Zealand/ Netherlands (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Played T20I for Netherlands
Wicket-keepers
– Brad Cachopa  New Zealand (1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 35) Right-handed —
– Tom Latham double-dagger  New Zealand (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Right arm medium NZC contract
Bowlers
– Todd Astle double-dagger  New Zealand (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right arm leg break
– Hamish Bennett double-dagger  New Zealand (1987-02-22) 22 February 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Right arm fast-medium
– Andrew Ellis double-dagger  New Zealand (1982-03-24) 24 March 1982 (age 42) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
– Matt Henry  New Zealand (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast-medium
– Ronnie Hira double-dagger  New Zealand (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987 (age 37) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
– Edward Nuttall  New Zealand (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Left arm medium-fast

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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