Canterbury cricket team
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Twenty20 name: | Canterbury Kings |
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Founded: | 1864 |
Home ground: | Hagley Oval |
Capacity: | 20,000 |
First-class debut: |
Otago in 1864 at Dunedin |
Official website: |
Canterbury Cricket Canterbury Kings |
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, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition. They also compete in the McDonald's Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.
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, 2010–11, 2013-14.
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.
- HRV Cup (1)
2005-06.
Grounds
Canterbury play their home matches at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora. Their usual home Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch has been out of action since The February 22 Earthquakes and are now located in the Hornby area of Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium and Hagley Oval.
Current squad
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- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
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denotes players with international caps.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
– | Leo Carter | ![]() | 10 December 1994 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | |
– | Michael Davidson | ![]() | 3 September 1992 | Left-handed | ||
– | Peter Fulton ![]() | ![]() | 1 February 1979 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | captain |
– | Ken McClure | ![]() | 25 October 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
– | Henry Nicholls ![]() | ![]() | 15 November 1991 | Left-handed | Right arm off break | NZC contract |
All-rounders | ||||||
– | Andrew Ellis ![]() | ![]() | 24 March 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
– | Cole McConchie | ![]() | 12 January 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
– | Ryan McCone | ![]() | 5 September 1987 | Left-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
– | Logan van Beek | ![]() ![]() | 7 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | Played T20I for Netherlands |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
– | Cameron Fletcher | ![]() | 1 March 1993 | Right-handed | ||
– | Tom Latham ![]() | ![]() | 2 April 1992 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | NZC contract |
Bowlers | ||||||
– | Todd Astle ![]() | ![]() | 24 September 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
– | Jeremy Benton | ![]() | 23 March 1987 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
– | Kyle Jamieson | ![]() | 30 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
– | Matt Henry ![]() | ![]() | 14 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast-medium | NZC contract |
– | Ronnie Hira ![]() | ![]() | 14 June 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Twenty20 Only |
– | Tim Johnston | ![]() | 28 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
– | Edward Nuttall | ![]() | 15 July 1993 | Left-handed | Left arm medium-fast | |
– | Henry Shipley | ![]() | 10 May 1996 | Right-handed | Right arm medium-fast | |
– | Will Williams | ![]() | 6 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right arm medium |
Notable players
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20081014092016/http://nzcpa.co.nz/news/recent-news/nr1175555685.html
External links
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