Canterbury cricket team
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| Twenty20 name | Canterbury Kings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personnel | ||||
| Captain |  Cole McConchie | |||
| Coach | Brendon Donkers | |||
| Team information | ||||
| Colours |  (Cantebury Kings) | |||
| Founded | 1864 | |||
| Home ground | Hagley Oval | |||
| Capacity | 8,000 | |||
| History | ||||
| First-class debut | Otago in 1864 at Dunedin | |||
| Plunket Shield wins | 19 | |||
| Ford Trophy wins | 14 | |||
| Super Smash wins | 1 | |||
| Official website | Canterbury Cricket | |||
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Canterbury is 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 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. They also compete in the Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.
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.
- Super Smash (1)
2005-06.
Grounds
Canterbury play their home matches at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and occasionally at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora.
Current squad
- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
- Bold lettering denotes players with international caps.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 12 | Jack Boyle | New Zealand
|
24 March 1996 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | 2018-19
Contract |
| 77 | Leo Carter | New Zealand |
10 December 1994 | Left-handed | 2018-19
Contract | |
| 8 | Ken McClure | New Zealand |
25 October 1994 | Right-handed | 2018-19
Contract | |
| 27 | Henry Nicholls | New Zealand |
15 November 1991 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | NZC contract |
| 2 | Stephen Murdoch | New Zealand |
6 August 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | 2018-19
Contract |
| 3 | Chad Bowes | New Zealand
|
19 October 1992 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | 2018-19
Contract |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 88 | Cole McConchie* | New Zealand
|
12 January 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | 2018-19
Contract |
| 24 | Todd Astle | New Zealand
|
24 September 1986 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | NZC contract |
| 46 | Henry Shipley | New Zealand
|
10 May 1996 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2018-19
Contract |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 28 | Cameron Fletcher | New Zealand |
1 March 1993 | Right-handed | 2018-19
Contract | |
| 48 | Tom Latham | New Zealand |
2 April 1992 | Left-handed | NZC contract | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 22 | Theo van Woerkom | New Zealand |
26 July 1993 (age 26) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018-19
Contract |
| 29 | Fraser Sheat | New Zealand |
29 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2018-19
Contract |
| 21 | Matt Henry | New Zealand |
14 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | NZC contract |
| 32 | Edward Nuttall | New Zealand |
15 July 1993 | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | 2018-19
Contract |
| 13 | Andrew Hazeldine | New Zealand |
10 May 1996 | Right-handed | Left arm fast | 2018-19
Contract |
| 23 | Will Williams | New Zealand |
6 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | 2018-19
Contract |
Notable players
New Zealand
- Gren Alabaster
- Geoff Allott
- Corey Anderson
- Nathan Astle
- Gary Bartlett
- Shane Bond
- Neil Broom
- Vaughan Brown
- Chris Cairns
- Murray Chapple
- Bevan Congdon
- Martin Donnelly - double international NZ cricket and England national rugby union team
- Graham Dowling OBE
- Stephen Fleming ONZM
- Peter Fulton
- Roddy Fulton
- Lee Germon
- Barry Hadlee
- Dayle Hadlee
- Sir Richard Hadlee
- Walter Hadlee CBE
- Chris Harris
- Brian Hastings
- Matt Henry
- Terry Jarvis
- Rodney Latham
- Tom Latham
- Paul McEwan
- Tony MacGibbon
- Brendon McCullum
- Don McRae - double international (cricket & soccer)
- Tim McIntosh
- Craig McMillan
- Chris Martin
- Dick Motz
- Henry Nicholls
- Curly Page
- Michael Papps
- Mark Priest
- Aaron Redmond
- Gary Stead - Head coach of New Zealand cricket team
- Keith Thomson
- Ken Wadsworth
- John Ward
- Paul Wiseman
- John Wright MBE
Australia 
England 
India 
Pakistan 
West Indies 
Netherlands 
Other Notable people
- Dave Crowe - father of Martin and Jeff Crowe
- Sir Graham Henry - All Black coach
- Neil Maxwell - Professional cricket player agent & IPL team CEO, former first class Australian and Fijian international cricketer
- Peter Sharp - cricket commentator
- Hayden Shaw - hockey international
- David Trist - Head coach of New Zealand cricket team
- Anthony Wilding - tennis champion
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
References
- ^ "Left-arm spinner Jeremy Benton gains final Canterbury cricket contract". Stuff. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ Egan, Brendon (20 November 2015). "Michael Hussey, Shane Watson to make one-game cameo for Canterbury Kings". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22825710/
Further reading
- "Fifty Years of Cricket: Jubilee of the CCA" from The Press, 23 December 1927
External links
- Canterbury Cricket Official Website
- Canterbury Kings Official Website
- Canterbury at CricketArchive
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