- Canterbury cricket team
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Canterbury 
One-day name: Canterbury Wizards Coach: 
David NosworthyCaptain: 
Peter FultonFounded: 1864 Home ground: Queen Elizabeth II Park Capacity: 20,000 First-class debut: Otago in 1864 at Dunedin 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.
Contents
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
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.
Grounds
Canterbury usually play their home matches at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora or Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium and Hagley Oval.
2008/09 Squad
Chris Cairns starts a run-up at Eden Park in 2006
Players who represented Canterbury in 2008/09.[1][2]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Peter Fulton RHB RM New Zealand Test and ODI player Tim McIntosh LHB New Zealand Test player Iain Robertson RHB OB Corey Anderson LHB LMF New Zealand U-19 Shanan Stewart RHB RM Johann Myburgh RHB OB All-rounders Chris Harris LHB RM Former New Zealand Test and ODI player Ryan ten Doeschate 
RHB RM Overseas player Todd Astle RHB LB Andy Ellis RHB RFM Brandon Hiini RHB RMF Wicket-keepers Kruger Van Wyk RHB Captain Craig Kieswetter 
RHB England ODI and T20 player Brendon McCullum RHB New Zealand Test,ODI and T20 player Michael Papps RHB Former New Zealand Test and ODI player Bowlers Hamish Bennett LHB RMF Dirk Nannes 
RHB LFM Shane Bond RHB RFM Johan van der Wath RHB RFM Ryan Burson RHB RFM Leighton Burtt RHB RFM Michael Davidson RHB LFM Carl Frauenstein RHB RMF Notable players
New Zealand
- Craig McMillan
- Chris Martin
- Dick Motz
- Curly Page
- Mark Priest
- Aaron Redmond
- Keith Thomson
- John Ward
- Paul Wiseman
England
West Indies
Netherlands
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
References
- ^ State Championship 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Canterbury, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2009
- ^ State Shield 2008/09 - Batting Averages for Canterbury, CricketArchive, Retrieved 17 January 2009
http://www.nzcpa.co.nz/news/recent-news/nr1175555685.html
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