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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Wellington cricket team news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message 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 FirebirdsTop Wellington Firebirds logoBottom Wellington Firebirds Twenty20 emblemOne Day nameWellington FirebirdsPersonnelCaptainNick Kelly cricketer CoachShane JurgensenTeam informationColorsFounded1873Home groundBasin ReserveCapacity11 600HistoryFirst class debutAucklandin 1873at WellingtonPlunket Shield wins21The Ford Trophy wins8Men s Super Smash wins4Official websitewww wbr cricketwellington wbr co wbr nz Contents 1 Honours 2 Grounds 3 Current squad 4 Notable players 5 Records 6 References 7 External linksHonours editPlunket Shield 21 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 The Ford Trophy 8 1973 74 1974 75 1981 82 1988 89 1990 91 2001 02 2013 14 2018 19 Men s Super Smash 4 2014 15 2016 17 2019 20 2020 21Grounds editHome 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 editBased on squad for the 2023 24 season 1 Players in bold have international caps nbsp 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 37 Gareth Severin nbsp New Zealand 2000 01 06 6 January 2000 age 24 Right handed 2 Troy Johnson nbsp New Zealand 1997 10 01 1 October 1997 age 26 Right handed Right arm off break 55 Nick Kelly nbsp New Zealand 1993 07 25 25 July 1993 age 30 Left handed Left arm orthodox 7 Tim Robinson nbsp New Zealand 2002 02 28 28 February 2002 age 22 Right handed Right arm medium 4 Muhammad Abbas nbsp New Zealand 2003 11 29 29 November 2003 age 20 Right handed Left arm medium fast 21 Nick Greenwood nbsp Jersey 1999 04 14 14 April 1999 age 25 Right handed All rounders 6 Michael Bracewell nbsp New Zealand 1991 02 14 14 February 1991 age 33 Left handed Right arm off break 9 Rachin Ravindra nbsp New Zealand 1999 11 18 18 November 1999 age 24 Left handed Left arm off break 20 Nathan Smith nbsp New Zealand 1998 07 15 15 July 1998 age 25 Right handed Right arm medium fast 27 Logan van Beek nbsp Netherlands 1990 09 07 7 September 1990 age 33 Right handed Right arm medium fast 17 Peter Younghusband nbsp New Zealand 1990 02 17 17 February 1990 age 34 Right handed Right arm leg break 41 Jesse Tashkoff nbsp New Zealand 2000 11 07 7 November 2000 age 23 Right handed Left arm orthodox Wicket keepers 36 Tom Blundell nbsp New Zealand 1990 09 01 1 September 1990 age 33 Right handed Right arm off break 88 Devon Conway nbsp New Zealand 1991 07 08 8 July 1991 age 32 Left handed Right arm medium 57 Callum McLachlan nbsp New Zealand 1999 05 17 17 May 1999 age 24 Right handed Bowlers 13 Iain McPeake nbsp New Zealand 1991 05 24 24 May 1991 age 32 Right handed Right arm medium fast 11 Adam Milne nbsp New Zealand 1992 04 13 13 April 1992 age 32 Right handed Right arm fast James Hartshorn nbsp New Zealand 1997 09 28 28 September 1997 age 26 Right handed Right arm medium fast 14 Ben Sears nbsp New Zealand 1998 02 11 11 February 1998 age 26 Right handed Right arm medium fast 83 Michael Snedden nbsp New Zealand 1992 09 20 20 September 1992 age 31 Right handed Right arm medium fastNotable players editMain article List of Wellington representative cricketers New Zealand nbsp Matthew Bell Bob Blair Graeme Wheeler Reserve Bank Governor Don Beard Ewen Chatfield Richard Collinge Jeremy Coney Martin Crowe Simon Doull Bruce Edgar Grant Elliott Stephen Fleming James Franklin Stephen Gellatly Evan Gray Paul Hitchcock Andrew Jones Richard Jones Gavin Larsen Ervin McSweeney Andrew Fletcher Lawrie Miller Bruce Murray Chris Nevin Richard Reid Jesse Ryder Barry Sinclair Bruce Taylor Eric Tindill Roger Twose Robert Vance England nbsp Paul Allott Charlie Shreck Graham Napier Scott Borthwick Jade Dernbach Australia nbsp Clarrie Grimmett Bob Holland Travis Birt Brad Hodge India nbsp Lakshmipathy Balaji Bangladesh nbsp Tamim Iqbal Canada nbsp Ian Billcliff Sri Lanka nbsp Muttiah Muralitharan Zimbabwe nbsp Brendan TaylorRecords editSee List of New Zealand first class cricket records References edit Squads Cricket Wellington Retrieved 29 January 2024 External links editWellington Cricket Association nbsp This article about a cricket team in New Zealand is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wellington cricket team amp oldid 1210177571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
