Hobart Hurricanes

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Hobart Hurricanes
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Captain: Australia Tim Paine
Coach: Australia Damien Wright
Colours:      Purple
Founded: 2011
Home ground: Blundstone Arena
Capacity: 19,500
Big Bash League wins: 0
Official website: Official Website
Official Facebook Page

1st kit

2015–16 Hobart Hurricanes season

The Hobart Hurricanes is an Australian professional men's Twenty20 cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition known as The Big Bash League, representing Hobart. The Hurricanes play their home matches at Bellerive Oval[1] and are sponsored by MyState Financial[2] The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[3]

Inaugural season

Perth Scorchers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at #TheFurnace in 2011

The Hobart Hurricanes's inaugural coach was Allister de Winter[4] and their inaugural captain was Tim Paine.

The Hobart Hurricanes made a bright start to the inaugural Big Bash League season in 2011/12, winning their first game at the WACA Ground against the Perth Scorchers, making 140 before bowling out the Scorchers for 109, with the performance of fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus resulting in his selection for the annual Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the Hurricanes' second match they faced fancied favourites Sydney Sixers before inflicting a 42 run defeat on the Sixers at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Their overseas Pakistani signee, Rana Naved-ul-hasan particularly bowled well in the death overs, while another overseas player, Owais Shah, batted very well. The team was always at the top two ranks of the tournament table, and easily entered the semis. Though the Hurricanes were outdone in the semis. Rana Naved-ul-hasan was the leading wicket taker in Big Bash League 2011–12, where he claimed 15 scalps for Hobart.[5]

Other Seasons

The Hurricanes played a total of 8 games in the 2012-13 Big Bash League. They ended up losing 4 and winning the same the number of games. They finished the tournament in 6th position out of 8 teams. The Hurricanes qualified for the semi finals in 2013-14 Big Bash by just 1 point ahead of Brisbane Heat. They won the semi final against the Stars. They were outclassed by Perth Scorchers in the final by 39 runs. They finished as the runners-up, their best position so far. Ben Dunk was named the Man of the Tournament with 395 runs and Jonathan Wells was the young gun of the tournament. They only managed to win 3 games in the 2014-15 season and ended up 5th on the table.

2015/16 squad

Hobart Hurricanes at the SCG on January 15, 2014
S/N Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
10 George Bailey Australia (1982-09-07) 7 September 1982 (age 41) Right-handed Right arm medium
11 Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka (1977-10-27) 27 October 1977 (age 46) Left-handed Right arm medium Visa contract
9 Jonathan Wells Australia (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm medium
20 Beau Webster Australia (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off-break
33 Michael Hill Australia (1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm medium
46 Dominic Michael Australia (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
88 Darren Sammy Saint Lucia (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right arm fast medium Visa contract
54 Daniel Christian Australia (1983-05-04) 4 May 1983 (age 40) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
15 Simon Milenko Australia (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Wicketkeepers
27 Tim Paine Australia (1984-12-08) 8 December 1984 (age 39) Right-handed Right arm medium Captain
51 Ben Dunk Australia (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37) Left-handed
Pace bowlers
32 Shaun Tait Australia (1983-02-22) 22 February 1983 (age 41) Right-handed Right arm fast
25 Timm van der Gugten Netherlands (1991-02-25) 25 February 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm fast medium Non-visa Dutch international
44 Jake Reed Australia (1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
43 Sam Rainbird Australia (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Left arm fast medium
15 Joe Mennie Australia (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
13 Cameron Boyce Australia (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm leg spin
31 Clive Rose Australia (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left arm orthodox

Honours

Domestic

See also

References

  1. Cricket Tasmania (n.d), Ground History, Cricket Tasmania, retrieved 12 October 2013, <http://www.crickettas.com.au/blundstone-arena/ground-history>
  2. Cricket Australia (2011), Blundstone Arena,Cricket Australia,retrieved 12 October 2013, <http://www.hobarthurricanes.com.au/team/blundstone-arena>
  3. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. Allister de Winter coach of Hobart Hurricanes
  5. http://blogs.bettor.com/Derbyshire-sign-Rana-Naveed-for-2012-season-Cricket-News-Update-a129445

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