Wellington Firebirds | |
Oneday Name: | Wellington Firebirds |
Captain: | Nick Kelly (cricketer) |
Coach: | Shane Jurgensen |
Founded: | 1873 |
Ground: | Basin Reserve |
Capacity: | 11,600 |
First Fc: | Auckland |
First Fc Year: | 1873 |
First Fc Venue: | Wellington |
Title1: | Plunket Shield |
Title1wins: | 21 |
Title2: | The Ford Trophy |
Title2wins: | 8 |
Title3: | Men's Super Smash |
Title3wins: | 4 |
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.
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
1973–74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001–02, 2013–14, 2018–19
2014–15, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2020–21
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.
Based on squad for the 2023/24 season.[1] Players in bold have international caps.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batters | |||||||
37 | Gareth Severin | New Zealand | 6 January 2000 | Right-handed | — | ||
2 | 1 October 1997 | Right-handed | |||||
55 | 25 July 1993 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | ||||
7 | 28 February 2002 | Right-handed | |||||
4 | 29 November 2003 | Right-handed | |||||
21 | 14 April 1999 | Right-handed | — | ||||
All-rounders | |||||||
6 | Michael Bracewell | 14 February 1991 | Left-handed | ||||
9 | Rachin Ravindra | New Zealand | 18 November 1999 | Left-handed | Left-arm off break | ||
20 | 15 July 1998 | Right-handed | |||||
27 | Logan van Beek | 7 September 1990 | Right-handed | ||||
17 | 17 February 1990 | Right-handed | |||||
41 | 7 November 2000 | Right-handed | |||||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||
36 | Tom Blundell | 1 September 1990 | Right-handed | ||||
88 | Devon Conway | 8 July 1991 | Left-handed | ||||
57 | 17 May 1999 | Right-handed | — | ||||
Bowlers | |||||||
13 | 24 May 1991 | Right-handed | |||||
11 | Adam Milne | 13 April 1992 | Right-handed | ||||
James Hartshorn | 28 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||
14 | Ben Sears | 11 February 1998 | Right-handed | ||||
83 | 20 September 1992 | Right-handed |
See main article: List of Wellington representative cricketers. New Zealand
England
Australia
India
Bangladesh
Canada
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.