Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury is a New Zealand First-class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket and has been the second most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the Plunket Shield First-class competition and the Ford Trophy one day competition. They also compete in the Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.

Canterbury
Canterbury Kings logo
Top: Canterbury Cricket Association crest
Bottom: Canterbury Kings logo
Twenty20 nameCanterbury Kings
Personnel
Captain Cole McConchie
Coach Brendon Donkers
Team information
Colours (Cantebury Kings)
Founded1864
Home groundHagley Oval
Capacity8,000
History
First-class debutOtago
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins19
Ford Trophy wins14
Super Smash wins1
Official websiteCanterbury Cricket

First-class

One-day

T20

Honours
  • Plunket Shield (19)

1922-23, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1975–76, 1983–84, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016-17.

  • Ford Trophy (14)

1971-72, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999-00, 2005–06, 2016-17.

2005-06.

Grounds

Canterbury play their home matches at Hagley Oval in Christchurch and occasionally at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora.

Current squad
Chris Cairns starts a run-up at Eden Park in 2006
  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • Bold lettering denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
12 Jack Boyle  New Zealand 24 March 1996 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm off break 2018-19

Contract

77 Leo Carter New Zealand (1994-12-10) 10 December 1994Left-handed2018-19

Contract

8Ken McClure New Zealand (1994-10-25) 25 October 1994Right-handed2018-19

Contract

27Henry Nicholls  New Zealand (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991Left-handedRight arm off breakNZC contract
2Stephen Murdoch New Zealand (1983-08-06) 6 August 1983Right-handedRight arm medium 2018-19

Contract

3 Chad Bowes  New Zealand 19 October 1992 (age 27) Right-handed Right arm medium 2018-19

Contract

All-rounders
88Cole McConchie* New Zealand (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992Right-handedRight arm off break2018-19

Contract

24Todd Astle New Zealand 24 September 1986 (age 33) Right-handedRight arm leg breakNZC contract
46 Henry Shipley  New Zealand 10 May 1996 (age 23) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2018-19

Contract

Wicket-keepers
28 Cameron Fletcher New Zealand (1993-03-01) 1 March 1993Right-handed2018-19

Contract

48 Tom Latham  New Zealand (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992Left-handedNZC contract
Bowlers
22Theo van Woerkom  New Zealand26 July 1993 (age 26)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018-19

Contract

29Fraser Sheat  New Zealand (1998-04-29) 29 April 1998Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2018-19

Contract

21Matt Henry  New Zealand (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991Right-handedRight arm fast-mediumNZC contract
32Edward Nuttall New Zealand (1993-07-15) 15 July 1993Left-handedLeft arm medium-fast2018-19

Contract

13Andrew Hazeldine  New Zealand (1996-05-10) 10 May 1996Right-handedLeft arm fast2018-19

Contract

23Will Williams New Zealand (1992-10-06) 6 October 1992Right-handedRight arm medium2018-19

Contract

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Notable players
See also: List of Canterbury representative cricketers

New Zealand

Australia

England

India

Pakistan

West Indies

Netherlands

Other Notable people

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References
  1. "Left-arm spinner Jeremy Benton gains final Canterbury cricket contract". Stuff. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  2. Egan, Brendon (20 November 2015). "Michael Hussey, Shane Watson to make one-game cameo for Canterbury Kings". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22825710/

Further reading
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