Wellington cricket team

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.

Wellington Firebirds
One Day nameWellington Firebirds
Personnel
Captain Michael Bracewell and Hamish Bennett
Coach Glenn Pocknall
Team information
Colors
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

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.

  • Ford Trophy (8)

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

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

Notable players
Main article: List of Wellington representative cricketers

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

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References
  1. "2016-17 Firebirds Squad - Cricket Wellington". Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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