Wellington cricket team

Wellington Firebirds
Wellington Firebirds logo.png
One Day nameWellington Firebirds
Personnel
CaptainNew Zealand Michael Bracewell and Hamish Bennett
CoachNew Zealand Glenn Pocknall
Team information
ColorsKKR
Founded1873
Home groundBasin Reserve
Capacity11,600
History
First-class debutAuckland
in 1873
at Wellington
Plunket Shield wins21
Ford Trophy wins8
Super Smash wins3
Official websiteWellington 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 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, 2019-20.

1973-74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001-02, 2013-14, 2018-19.

2014-15, 2016-17, 2019-20

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

The Wellington Firbirds mascot looking out of the Don Neely Scoreboard at the Basin Reserve.

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 (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 30) Right handed Right arm off break
Michael Pollard New Zealand (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 31) Right handed
16 Andrew Fletcher New Zealand (1993-03-29) 29 March 1993 (age 27) Right handed
All-rounders
Matt Taylor New Zealand (1992-02-18) 18 February 1992 (age 28) Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
Logan van Beek New Zealand (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 30) Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
Luke Woodcock New Zealand (1982-02-19) 19 February 1982 (age 38) Left handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
36 Tom Blundell New Zealand (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 30) Right handed
Bowlers
45 Hamish Bennett New Zealand (1987-02-22) 22 February 1987 (age 33) Left handed Right arm Medium-fast
9 Iain McPeake New Zealand (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 29) Right handed Right arm Medium-fast
33 Ollie Newton New Zealand (1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 32) Left handed Right arm Medium
5 Jeetan Patel New Zealand (1980-05-07) 7 May 1980 (age 40) Right handed Right arm Off break
25 Anurag Verma New Zealand (1990-08-05) 5 August 1990 (age 30) Right handed Right arm Fast-medium
17 Peter Younghusband New Zealand (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 30) 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 31 December 2016.

External links


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