Otago cricket team

Otago
	File:Otago large.gif Otago Volts logo
Personnel
Coach	Dion Ebrahim
Team information
Founded	1864
Home ground	University Oval
Capacity	3,500
History
First-class debut	Canterbury; in 1864; at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins	13
The Ford Trophy wins	2
Men's Super Smash wins	2
Official website	www.otagocricket.co.nz

The Otago cricket team, nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season,^[1] are a New Zealand first-class cricket team which first played representative cricket in 1864. The team represents the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions of New Zealand's South Island. Their main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.

The team plays most of its home games at the University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Events Centre in Queenstown, Queen's Park Ground in Invercargill and Molyneux Park in Alexandra. The team plays first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, although in the past has also played against touring sides.

The team's current coach is Dion Ebrahim.

Honours

Plunket Shield (13)

1924–25, 1932–33, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88

The Ford Trophy (2)

1987–88, 2007–08

Men's Super Smash (2)

2008–09, 2012–13

First-class records

File:Super Smash Cricket Otago Volts.JPG

Otago Volts batsmen at the Basin Reserve in December 2019

As of 28 October 2022^[2]

Team totals

Highest total for – 651/9 declared v Wellington at University Oval, Dunedin, 2012/13
Highest total against – 777 by Canterbury at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 1996/97
Lowest total for – 34 v Wellington at Carisbrook, Dunedin, 1956/57
Lowest total against – 25 by Canterbury at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, 1866/67

Individual batting

Highest score – 385, B Sutcliffe against Canterbury at Lanaster Park, Christchurch, 1952/53
Most runs in season – 1,027 GM Turner, 1975/76
Most runs in career – 6,589 CD Cumming, 2000/01–2011/12

Highest partnership for each wicket

1st – 373 B Sutcliffe and L Watt v Auckland at Auckland, 1950/51
2nd – 254 KJ Burns and KR Rutherford v Wellington at Oamaru, 1987/88
3rd – 306 SB Haig and NT Broom v Central Districts at Napier, 2009/10
4th – 239 NB Beard and NT Broom v Auckland at Hamilton, 2012/13
5th – 266 B Sutcliffe and WS Haig v Auckland at Dunedin, 1949/50
6th – 256 NF Kelly and MW Chu v Central Districts at Dunedin, 2021/22
7th – 190 NG Smith and MJG Rippon v Northern Districts at Dunedin, 2019/20
8th – 165* JN Crawford and AG Eckhold v Wellington at Wellington, 1914/15
9th – 208 WC McSkimming and BE Scott v Auckland at Auckland, 2004/05
10th – 184 RC Blunt and W Hawksworth v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1931/32

Bowling

Best inning bowling – 9/50 AH Fisher v Queensland at Dunedin, 1896/97
Best match bowling figures – 15/94 FH Cooke v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1882/83
Most wickets in season – 54 SL Boock, 1978/79
Most wickets in career – 399 SL Boock, 1973/74–1990/91

Contracted players

The following players are contracted to Otago or have New Zealand Cricket ctrneal contracts. Other, non-contracted players may play for the side.^[3]^[4]^[5]

As of 28 October 2022

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
34	Matt Bacon	New Zealand	(1993-04-13) 13 April 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
12	Max Chu	New Zealand	(2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed
	Jacob Cumming	South Africa	(2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 20)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Jacob Duffy	New Zealand	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
39	Josh Finnie	New Zealand	(1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
	Dean Foxcroft	New Zealand	(1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
	Jake Gibson	New Zealand	(1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
	Andrew Hazeldine	England	(1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	Holds dual British/New Zealand citizenship
	Llew Johnson	New Zealand	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
	Ben Lockrose	England	(2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
	Jarrod McKay	New Zealand	(2000-06-08) 8 June 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	Travis Muller	South Africa	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Dale Phillips	South Africa	(1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
	Glenn Phillips	New Zealand	(1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	New Zealand central contract^[6]
37	Michael Rae	New Zealand	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
19	Michael Rippon	Netherlands	(1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox spin
17	Hamish Rutherford	New Zealand	(1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 35)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Captain

Grounds

University Oval is used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park) and at the Queenstown Events Centre. Many matches have been played at Molyneux Park in Alexandra in recent decades, particularly during the Christmas-New Year holiday season. The warm, dry summer climate of Central Otago can make for better cricketing conditions than the wetter coastal areas. Oamaru (Whitestone Centennial Park) has been used in the past but not recently.

Twenty20 Champions League

A rapid expansion of Twenty20 cricket led to the creation of the Twenty20 Champions League. It was a competition between various teams from the domestic Twenty20 competitions of Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, India, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand.

In the 2008/09 domestic season of the State Twenty20, Otago came out as the champions, and so were eligible to compete in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. However, they lost both their opening games in the competition and so weren't able to progress further.

The Volts again qualified for the league in the 2013 season where they were much more successful entering the competition having won a string of Twenty20 matches which eventually ended at fifteen when they lost the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.

Notable former players

New Zealand

England

Netherlands

Canada

Ian Billcliff

References

^ Canty happy with major sponsor
^ Otago first-class records, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (subscription required)
^ Domestic rosters take shape, New Zealand Cricket, 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Men's Domestic contracts finalised, New Zealand Cricket, 12 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Muthu D (2022) NZ domestic contracts: Milne moves to Wellington, Glenn Phillips reunites with brother Dale at Otago, CricInfo, 222 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts, New Zealand Cricket, 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

External links

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[1] Canty happy with major sponsor

[2] Otago first-class records, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (subscription required)

[3] Domestic rosters take shape, New Zealand Cricket, 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[4] Men's Domestic contracts finalised, New Zealand Cricket, 12 July 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[5] Muthu D (2022) NZ domestic contracts: Milne moves to Wellington, Glenn Phillips reunites with brother Dale at Otago, CricInfo, 222 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[6] Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts, New Zealand Cricket, 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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