Wellington cricket team

Wellington

One-day name:	Wellington Firebirds
Captain:	Michael Papps
Coach:	Bruce Edgar
Founded:	1873
Home ground:	Basin Reserve Wellington Regional Stadium
Capacity:	34,500
First-class debut:	Auckland in 1873 at Wellington
Official website:	Wellington Firebirds

The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the Plunket Shield first class (4-day) competition, the Ford Trophy domestic one day competition and the Georgie Pie Super Smash.

Honours

• Shell Trophy/State Championship/Plunket Shield (20)

1923-24, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1935–36, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1973-74, 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1989–90, 2000–01, 2003-04.

• Ford Trophy (7)

1973-74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001-02, 2013-14.

• Georgie Pie Super Smash

2014-15

Grounds

Home games are usually played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the OBU senior club rugby side during the offseason. Wellington also occasionally use Westpac Stadium for Day/Night matches and play First Class games at Karori Park when the Basin Reserve is unavailable.

Current squad

Wellington Firebirds squad for the 2016-17 season.^[1] Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Fraser Colson		(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990	Right handed	Right arm off break
	Stephen Murdoch		(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983	Right handed	Right arm Medium
	Michael Papps		(1979-07-02) 2 July 1979	Right handed		Captain and Occasional Wicket-Keeper
	Michael Pollard		(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989	Right handed
All-rounders
	Grant Elliott		(1979-03-21) 21 March 1979	Right handed	Right arm Medium	Twenty20 Only
	Matt Taylor		(1992-02-18) 18 February 1992	Right handed	Right arm Fast-medium
	Luke Woodcock		(1982-02-19) 19 February 1982	Left handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
	Tom Blundell		(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990	Right handed
	Luke Ronchi		(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981	Right handed		NZC contract
Bowlers
	Brent Arnel		(1979-01-03) 3 January 1979	Right handed	Right arm Fast-medium
	Hamish Bennett		(1987-02-22) 22 February 1987	Left handed	Right arm Medium-fast
	Iain McPeake		(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991	Right handed	Right arm Medium-fast
	Ollie Newton		(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988	Left handed	Right arm Medium
	Jeetan Patel		(1980-05-07) 7 May 1980	Right handed	Right arm Off break
	Anurag Verma		(1990-08-05) 5 August 1990	Right handed	Right arm Fast-medium
	Peter Younghusband		(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990	Right handed	Right arm Leg break

Notable players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

External links

• Wellington Cricket Association

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