Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury is a first-class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that compete in senior New Zealand Cricket competitions and has been the second most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition and the Ford Trophy one day competition as well as in the Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.

Canterbury
Canterbury Kings logo
Top: Canterbury Cricket Association crest
Bottom: Canterbury Kings logo
Twenty20 nameCanterbury Kings
Personnel
Captain Cole McConchie
Coach Peter Fulton
Team information
Founded1864
Home groundHagley Oval
Capacity8,000
History
First-class debutOtago
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins19
Ford Trophy wins14
Super Smash wins1
Official websiteCanterbury Cricket

Honours
  • Plunket Shield (19)
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, 2014/15, 2016/17.
  • 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.
2005/06.

Grounds

Canterbury play their home matches at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and occasionally at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora.

Current squad
As of 21 July 2020[1][2]
  • 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
12Jack Boyle New Zealand (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
77Leo Carter New Zealand (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994Left-handed
8Ken McClure New Zealand (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994Right-handed
27Henry Nicholls  New Zealand (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991Left-handedRight-arm off breakNZC contract
3Chad Bowes South Africa (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992Right-handed
54Tyler Lortan South Africa (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992Right-handed
All-rounders
88Cole McConchie New Zealand (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992Right-handedRight arm off break
24Todd Astle  New Zealand (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986Right-handedRight-arm leg break
46Henry Shipley New Zealand (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
47Daryl Mitchell New Zealand (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
62Sean Davey New Zealand (1993-04-08) 8 April 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
28Cameron Fletcher New Zealand (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993Right-handed
48Tom Latham  New Zealand (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992Left-handedNZC contract
Bowlers
22Theo van Woerkom New Zealand26 July 1993 (age 26)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
29Fraser Sheat New Zealand (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
21Matt Henry  New Zealand (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumNZC contract
32Edward Nuttall New Zealand (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
13Andrew Hazeldine New Zealand (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996Right-handedLeft-arm fast
23Will Williams New Zealand (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium

References
  1. Mitchell moving south, Canterbury Cricket, 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  2. Davey and Lortan earn first professional contracts, Canterbury Cricket, 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

Further reading
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