Otago cricket team

The Otago cricket team (nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season[1]) are a New Zealand first class cricket team formed in 1864 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.

Otago Volts
Personnel
Captain Jacob Duffy
Coach Rob Walter
Team information
Colours
Founded1864
Home groundUniversity Oval
Capacity3,500
History
First-class debutCanterbury
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins13
Ford Trophy wins2
Super Smash wins2
CLT20 wins0
Official websiteOtago Cricket Website

T20 kit

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.

Jacob Duffy is the Volts current First-Class, List A and Twenty20 captain.[2] He replaced Mark Craig, who was named but suffered a family bereavement and subsequent injury.[3] Their current coach is Rob Walter.

Honours
  • Plunket Shield (13)

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.

  • Ford Trophy (2)

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[4]

  • 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[5]

  • 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 - 190 N Smith & M Rippon v Northern Districts at Dunedin 2019/20
  • 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[6]

  • 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.[7][8]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
4Neil Broom (1983-11-20) 20 November 1983Right-handedRight arm medium pace2018-19 Contract
17Hamish Rutherford (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018-19 Contract
6Anaru Kitchen (1984-02-21) 21 February 1984Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2018-19 Contract
3Brad Wilson (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985Right-handedRight arm off break2018-19 Contract
9 Shawn Hicks10 July 1995 (age 24)Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2018-19 Contract
21 Josh Tasman-Jones 2 July 1990 (age 29) Right-handed Right arm medium pace 2018-19 Contract
- Cam Hawkins 6 December 1994 (age 25) Right-handed Right arm leg break
All-rounders
44 Christi Viljoen (1987-09-28) 28 September 1987Right-handedRight arm medium pace2018-19 Contract
18Ben Raine14 September 1991 (age 28)Left-handedRight arm medium-fastOverseas player
19 Michael Rippon (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991Right-handedLeft arm Slow left-arm unorthodox2018-19 Contract
16 Mark Craig (1987-03-23) 23 March 1987Left-handedRight arm off break2018-19 Contract
39 Josh Finnie (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996Right-handedRight arm off break2018-19 Contract
17 Nathan Smith 15 July 1998 (age 21) Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 2018-19 Contract
Wicket-keepers
10 Ben Cox 2 February 1992 (age 27) Right-handed -- Overseas player
14Mitch Renwick (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993Right-handed--2018-19 Contract
12 Max Chu 21 March 2000 (age 19) Left-handed --
Bowlers
32Jacob Duffy (C) (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994Right-handedRight arm fast-medium2018-19 Contract
37 Michael Rae (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2018-19 Contract
78 Warren Barnes (1992-05-08) 8 May 1992Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2018-19 Contract
34 Matt Bacon (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993Right-handedRight arm medium-fast2018-19 Contract
- Jack Hunter (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995Right-handedRight arm medium-fast
- Ben Lockrose 24 March 2000 (age 19) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
- Tommy Clout 16 October 1993 (age 26) Right-handed Left arm medium-fast

Grounds

University Oval is used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park) and at the Queenstown Events Centre. 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. Oamaru (Whitestone Centennial Park) has been used in the past but not recently.

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
Main article: List of Otago representative cricketers

Notable foreign players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References
  1. Canty happy with major sponsor
  2. Seconi, Adrian (17 October 2018). "Hardwork ahead for captain Duffy". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. Seconi, Adrian (22 March 2019). "Unfinished business keeping Craig going". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  4. Otago First-Class Batting Records
  5. Highest Partnership for Each Wicket for Otago
  6. Otago First-Class Bowling Records
  7. "Three new Otago Volts players contracted for 2016/17 season". Stuff. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. http://www.otagocricket.co.nz/small-gallery-article/final-two-201617-contracts-announced/162022/319651/

Further reading
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