Wellington cricket team

Wellington Firebirds

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One Day name	Wellington Firebirds
Personnel
Captain	Nick Kelly (cricketer)
Coach	Shane Jurgensen
Team information
Colors
Founded	1873
Home ground	Basin Reserve
Capacity	11,600
History
First-class debut	Auckland in 1873 at Wellington
Plunket Shield wins	21
The Ford Trophy wins	8
Men's Super Smash wins	4
Official website	www.cricketwellington.co.nz

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.

Honours

• Plunket 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, 2020–21

Grounds

Home 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

Based on squad for the 2023/24 season.^[1] Players in bold have international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
37	Gareth Severin	New Zealand	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	—
2	Troy Johnson	New Zealand	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
55	Nick Kelly	New Zealand	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
7	Tim Robinson	New Zealand	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
4	Muhammad Abbas	New Zealand	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
21	Nick Greenwood	Jersey	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
6	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
9	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm off break
20	Nathan Smith	New Zealand	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Logan van Beek	Netherlands	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
17	Peter Younghusband	New Zealand	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
41	Jesse Tashkoff	New Zealand	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
36	Tom Blundell	New Zealand	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
88	Devon Conway	New Zealand	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 32)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
57	Callum McLachlan	New Zealand	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
13	Iain McPeake	New Zealand	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
11	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
	James Hartshorn	New Zealand	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
14	Ben Sears	New Zealand	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
83	Michael Snedden	New Zealand	(1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.

References

External links

• Wellington Cricket Association

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