Canterbury cricket team

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Canterbury
File:CanterburyCricket.png
Top: Canterbury Cricket Association crest
Middle: Canterbury Kings logo
Bottom: Canterbury Kings Twenty20 emblem
Twenty20 nameCanterbury Kings
Personnel
CaptainCole McConchie
CoachPeter Fulton
Team information
Founded1864
Home groundHagley Oval
Capacity8,000
History
First-class debutOtago
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins19
The Ford Trophy wins15
Men's Super Smash wins1
Official websitewww.canterburycricket.org.nz

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 Men'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, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2020–21
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, 2020–21
2005–06

Grounds

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

Current squad

As of 15 April 2022[1][2]
  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
77 Leo Carter  New Zealand (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 29) Left-handed
3 Chad Bowes  South Africa (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed
8 Ken McClure  New Zealand (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 29) Right-handed
12 Jack Boyle  New Zealand (1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm off break
27 Henry Nicholls double-dagger  New Zealand (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm off break NZC contract
All-rounders
88 Cole McConchie double-dagger  New Zealand (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm off break Captain
46 Henry Shipley  New Zealand (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
47 Daryl Mitchell double-dagger  New Zealand (1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast NZC contract
Wicket-keepers
28 Cameron Fletcher  New Zealand (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31) Right-handed
Mitchell Hay  New Zealand (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 23) Right-handed
48 Tom Latham double-dagger  New Zealand (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) Left-handed NZC contract
Spin Bowlers
22 Theo van Woerkom  New Zealand 26 July 1993 (age 26) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
24 Todd Astle double-dagger  New Zealand (1986-09-24) 24 September 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Blake Coburn  New Zealand (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox
Pace Bowlers
23 Will Williams  New Zealand (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium
32 Edward Nuttall  New Zealand (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast
21 Matt Henry double-dagger  New Zealand (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium NZC contract
29 Fraser Sheat  New Zealand (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

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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