Canterbury cricket team

Canterbury is a first-class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that compete in senior New Zealand Cricket competitions 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 as well as in the Men's Super Smash competition as the Canterbury Kings.

Canterbury

Top: Canterbury Cricket Association crest Middle: Canterbury Kings logo Bottom: Canterbury Kings Twenty20 emblem
Twenty20 name	Canterbury Kings
Personnel
Captain	Cole McConchie
Coach	Peter Fulton
Team information
Founded	1864
Home ground	Hagley Oval
Capacity	8,000
History
First-class debut	Otago in 1864 at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins	19
The Ford Trophy wins	15
Men's Super Smash wins	1
Official website	www.canterburycricket.org.nz

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, 2020–21

• The Ford Trophy (15)

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, 2020–21

• Men's Super Smash (1)

2005–06

Grounds

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

Current squad

As of 15 April 2022^[1][2]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
•   denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsmen
77	Leo Carter	New Zealand	(1994-12-10) 10 December 1994 (age 28)	Left-handed
3	Chad Bowes	South Africa	(1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 30)	Right-handed
8	Ken McClure	New Zealand	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 28)	Right-handed
12	Jack Boyle	New Zealand	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
27	Henry Nicholls	New Zealand	(1991-11-15) 15 November 1991 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	NZC contract
All-rounders
88	Cole McConchie	New Zealand	(1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Captain
46	Henry Shipley	New Zealand	(1996-05-10) 10 May 1996 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
47	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	(1991-05-20) 20 May 1991 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	NZC contract
Wicket-keepers
28	Cameron Fletcher	New Zealand	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 29)	Right-handed
	Mitchell Hay	New Zealand	(2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 22)	Right-handed
48	Tom Latham	New Zealand	(1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 30)	Left-handed		NZC contract
Spin Bowlers
22	Theo van Woerkom	New Zealand	26 July 1993 (age 26)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
24	Todd Astle	New Zealand	(1986-09-24) 24 September 1986 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
	Blake Coburn	New Zealand	(1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox
Pace Bowlers
23	Will Williams	New Zealand	(1992-10-06) 6 October 1992 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Edward Nuttall	New Zealand	(1993-07-15) 15 July 1993 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
21	Matt Henry	New Zealand	(1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	NZC contract
29	Fraser Sheat	New Zealand	(1998-04-29) 29 April 1998 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

References

1. Mitchell moving south, Canterbury Cricket, 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
2. Davey and Lortan earn first professional contracts, Canterbury Cricket, 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

Further reading

• "Fifty Years of Cricket: Jubilee of the CCA" from The Press, 23 December 1927

External links

• Canterbury Cricket Official Website
• Canterbury Kings Official Website