Canterbury Wizards
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| One-day Name: | Canterbury Wizards | ||
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| Coach: |  David Owen Nosworthy |
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| Captain: | Kruger Van Wyk |
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| Founded: | 1864 | ||
| Home Ground: | Queen Elizabeth II Park | ||
| Capacity: | 20,000 | ||
| First-class debut: | Otago | ||
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| Official Website: | Canterbury Wizards | ||
The Canterbury Wizards are 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 most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the State Championship first class competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 competition.
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[edit] Honours
- Plunket Shield (9)
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
- State Shield (13)
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.
- State Twenty20 (1)
2005-06.
[edit] Grounds
Canterbury usually play their home matches at Hagley Oval or Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium.
[edit] 2006/07 Squad
Players who represented Canterbury in 2006/07 [1][2]
- Chris Harris (Captain)
- Amandeep Singh
- Corey Anderson
- Nathan Astle
- Todd Astle
- Hamish Bennett
- Shane Bond
- Leighton Burtt
- Sunnie Chan
- Michael Davidson
- Andy Ellis
- Brent Findlay
- Carl Frauenstein
- Peter Fulton
- Brandon Hiini
- Willie Lonsdale
- Brendon McCullum
- Craig McMillan
- Michael Papps
- Ben Rae
- Iain Robertson
- Chris Small
- Shanan Stewart
- Kruger Van Wyk
- Luke Vivian
[edit] Notable former players
- Chris Harris
- Vaughan Brown
- Chris Cairns
- Murray Chapple
- Graham Dowling
- Stephen Fleming
- Lee Germon
- Dayle Hadlee
- Richard Hadlee
- Brian Hastings
- Rod Latham
- Tony MacGibbon
- Craig McMillan
- Chris Martin
- Dick Motz
- Mark Priest
- Keith Thomson
- John Ward
- Paul Wiseman
[edit] District Associations
Canterbury Cricket is comprised of 6 District Associations : Christchurch, Canterbury Country, South Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Buller, West Coast.
[edit] Christchurch Clubs
Burnside West CC, East Christchurch Shirley CC, Harewood CC,Lancaster Park Woolston CC, Marist CC, Old Boys Collegians CC, Parklands CC, Riccarton CC, St Albans CC, Sydenham CC, Halswell CC , Heathcote CC, Merivale Papanui CC, New Brighton CC, Richmond CC, Sumner CC, Southern Districts CC.
[edit] Records
- Highest ever team total: 777 vs Otago 1996/97
- Lowest ever team total: 25 vs Otago 1886/87
- Highest individual innings :Peter Fulton: 301* vs Auckland 2002/03
- Most appearances :Paul McEwan: 103
- Most runs :Paul McEwan: 5940
- Most wickets: Mark Priest: 290
- Most runs in a season :Gary Stead: 852 , 2000-01
- Most wickets in a season :Stephen Boock, 56
See Also List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
source: 2005 New Zealand Cricket Almanac (Wellington, Hodda Moa:2005)
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