Otago cricket team

Otago Volts
Personnel
Captain New Zealand Hamish Rutherford
Coach South Africa Rob Walter
Team information
Colors      Blue
     Gold
     Maroon
Founded 1864
Home ground University Oval
Capacity 3,500
History
First-class debut Canterbury
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins 13
Ford Trophy wins 2
Super Smash wins 2
CLT20 wins 0
Official website: Otago Cricket Website

The Otago cricket team (nicknamed the Volts since the 1997-98 season[1]) are a New Zealand first class cricket team formed in 1876 representing the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions. 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 mainly plays First-Class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, but also in the past has played touring sides.

Hamish Rutherford is the Volts current First-Class, List A and Twenty20 side. He replaced Aaron Redmond. Their current coach is Rob Walter.

Honours

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.

1987-88, 2007-08.

2008-09, 2012-2013

Records

Team totals

  • Highest Total For - 624 v Central Districts at Napier 2006/07
  • Highest Total Against - 777 by Canterbury at Christchurch 1996/97
  • Lowest Total For - 34 v Wellington at Dunedin 1956/57
  • Lowest Total Against - 25 by Canterbury at Christchurch 1866/67

Batting[2]

  • Highest Score - 385 B Sutcliffe v Canterbury at Christchurch 1952/53
  • Most Runs in Season - 1027 Glenn Turner in 1975/76
  • Most Runs in Career - 6148 CD Cumming 2000/01–present

Best Partnership for each wicket[3]

  • 1st - 373 B Sutcliffe & L Watt v Auckland at Auckland 1950/51
  • 2nd - 254 KJ Burns & KR Rutherford v Wellington at Oamaru 1987/88
  • 3rd - 306 SB Haig & NT Broom v Central Districts at Napier 2009/10
  • 4th - 235 KJ Burns & RN Hoskin v Northern Districts at Hamilton 1987/88
  • 5th - 266 B Sutcliffe & WS Haig v Auckland at Dunedin 1949/50
  • 6th - 165 GM Turner & WK Lees v Wellington at Wellington 1975/76
  • 7th - 182 B Sutcliffe & AW Gilbertson v Canterbury at Christchurch 1952/53
  • 8th - 165* JN Crawford & AG Eckhold v Wellington at Wellington 1914/15
  • 9th - 208 WC McSkimming & BE Scott v Auckland at Auckland 2004/05
  • 10th - 184 RC Blunt & W Hawksworth v Canterbury at Christchurch 1931/32

Bowling[4]

  • Best Bowling - 9-50 AH Fisher v Queensland at Dunedin 1896/97
  • Best Match Bowling - 15-94 FH Cooke v Canterbury at Christchurch 1882/83
  • Wickets in Season - 54 SL Boock 1978/79
  • Wickets in Career - 399 SL Boock 1973/74-1990/91

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[5][6]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Michael BracewellNew Zealand14 February 1991Right-handedRight arm medium pace
4Neil BroomNew Zealand20 November 1983Right-handedRight arm medium paceOverseas player
Anaru KitchenNew Zealand21 February 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
17Hamish RutherfordNew Zealand27 April 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Brad WilsonNew Zealand10 April 1985Right-handedRight arm off break
All-rounders
Mark CraigNew Zealand23 March 1987Left-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
Josh FinnieNew Zealand18 December 1996Right-handedRight arm off break
Christi ViljoenNamibia28 September 1987Right-handedRight arm medium pace
Michael RipponNew Zealand14 September 1991Right-handedLeft arm Slow left-arm chinaman
99Sam WellsNew Zealand13 July 1984Left-handedRight arm medium pace
Wicket-keepers
14Derek de BoorderNew Zealand25 October 1985Right-handed—
Bowlers
Warren BarnesNew Zealand8 May 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
32Jacob DuffyNew Zealand2 August 1994Right-handedRight arm fast
Jack HunterNew Zealand28 April 1995Right-handedRight arm medium pace
Rhys PhillipsNew Zealand6 May 1988Right-handedRight arm leg break
Michael RaeNew Zealand13 June 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
Nathan SmithNew Zealand15 July 1998Right-handedRight arm medium-fast

Grounds

University Oval is used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park), and Oamaru (Whitestone Centennial Park). 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. In recent years the Queenstown Events Centre has been used as a venue.

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 players

Notable foreign players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References

  1. ↑ Canty happy with major sponsor
  2. ↑ Otago First-Class Batting Records
  3. ↑ Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Otago
  4. ↑ Otago First-Class Bowling Records
  5. ↑ http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/81527989/three-new-otago-volts-players-contracted-for-201617-season
  6. ↑ http://www.otagocricket.co.nz/small-gallery-article/final-two-201617-contracts-announced/162022/319651/

Further reading

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