Canterbury cricket team
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| One-day name: | Canterbury Wizards | ||
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| Coach: |  David Nosworthy |
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| Captain: |  Peter Fulton |
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| Founded: | 1864 | ||
| Home ground: | Queen Elizabeth II Park | ||
| Capacity: | 20,000 | ||
| First-class debut: | Otago | ||
| in 1864 | |||
| at Dunedin | |||
| Official website: | Canterbury Wizards | ||
The Canterbury Wizards 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.
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[edit] 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.
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.
- HRV Cup (1)
2005-06.
[edit] Grounds
Canterbury usually play their home matches at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora or Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium and Hagley Oval.
[edit] 2008/09 Squad
Players who represented Canterbury in 2008/09.[1][2]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| Name | Nat | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes | |
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| Batsmen | |||||
| Peter Fulton | |
RHB | RM | New Zealand Test and ODI player | |
| Tim McIntosh | |
LHB | New Zealand Test player | ||
| Iain Robertson | |
RHB | OB | ||
| Corey Anderson | |
LHB | LMF | New Zealand U-19 | |
| Shanan Stewart | |
RHB | RM | ||
| Johann Myburgh | |
RHB | OB | ||
| All-rounders | |||||
| Chris Harris | |
LHB | RM | Former New Zealand Test and ODI player | |
| Ryan ten Doeschate |  |
RHB | RM | Overseas player | |
| Todd Astle | |
RHB | LB | ||
| Andy Ellis | |
RHB | RFM | ||
| Brandon Hiini | |
RHB | RMF | ||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Kruger Van Wyk | |
RHB | Captain | ||
| Craig Kieswetter |  |
RHB | England ODI and T20 player | ||
| Brendon McCullum | |
RHB | New Zealand Test,ODI and T20 player | ||
| Michael Papps | |
RHB | Former New Zealand Test and ODI player | ||
| Bowlers | |||||
| Hamish Bennett | |
LHB | RMF | ||
| Dirk Nannes |  |
RHB | LFM | ||
| Shane Bond | |
RHB | RFM | ||
| Johan van der Wath | |
RHB | RFM | ||
| Ryan Burson | |
RHB | RFM | ||
| Leighton Burtt | |
RHB | RFM | ||
| Michael Davidson | |
RHB | LFM | ||
| Carl Frauenstein | |
RHB | RMF | ||
[edit] Notable players
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New Zealand |
England West Indies Netherlands |
[edit] Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
[edit] References
- ^ State Championship 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Canterbury, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2009
- ^ State Shield 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Canterbury, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2009
http://www.nzcpa.co.nz/news/recent-news/nr1175555685.html
[edit] External links
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