Wellington cricket team

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The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand men's 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 Men's Super Smash Twenty20 competition.

Wellington Firebirds
Top: Wellington Firebirds logo
Bottom: Wellington Firebirds Twenty20 emblem
One Day nameWellington Firebirds
Personnel
CaptainNick Kelly (cricketer)
CoachShane Jurgensen
Team information
ColorsKKR
Founded1873
Home groundBasin Reserve
Capacity11,600
History
First-class debutAuckland
in 1873
at Wellington
Plunket Shield wins22
The Ford Trophy wins8
Men's Super Smash wins4
Official websitewww.cricketwellington.co.nz

Honours

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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, 2019–20, 2023–24
1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
2014–15, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21

Grounds

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Home games are usually played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the Old Boys University rugby club during the winter. Wellington also occasionally use Wellington Regional Stadium for day/night matches, and play first-class games at Karori Park when the Basin Reserve is unavailable.

Current squad

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Based on squad for the 2023/24 season.[1] Players in bold have international caps.

 
The Wellington Firebirds mascot looking out of the Don Neely Scoreboard at the Basin Reserve.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
2 Troy Johnson   New Zealand (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break
4 Muhammad Abbas   New Zealand (2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast
7 Tim Robinson   New Zealand (2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
21 Nick Greenwood   Jersey (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break
37 Gareth Severin   New Zealand (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
55 Nick Kelly   New Zealand (1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
6 Michael Bracewell   New Zealand (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm off break
9 Rachin Ravindra   New Zealand (1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm off break
17 Peter Younghusband   New Zealand (1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right arm leg break
20 Nathan Smith   New Zealand (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
27 Logan van Beek   Netherlands (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
41 Jesse Tashkoff   New Zealand (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
36 Tom Blundell   New Zealand (1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break
57 Callum McLachlan   New Zealand (1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25) Right-handed
88 Devon Conway   New Zealand (1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Bowlers
11 Adam Milne   New Zealand (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right arm fast
13 Iain McPeake   New Zealand (1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast
14 Ben Sears   New Zealand (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
83 Michael Snedden   New Zealand (1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
James Hartshorn   New Zealand (1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

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Records

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See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.

References

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  1. ^ "Squads". Cricket Wellington. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
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