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Wellington 
One-day name: Wellington Firebird Coach: 
Jamie SiddonsCaptain: 
Grant ElliottFounded: 1873 Home ground: Basin Reserve Capacity: 11,600 First-class debut: Auckland in 1873 at Wellington Official website: Wellington Firebirds The Wellington Firebirds are one of six New Zealand first-class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket. It is based in Wellington. It competes in the State Championship first class (4 day) competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament.
The Firebirds have the best State Championship record of any team since the start of the millennium. They won the title in 2000/01 and 2003/04 and were runners up in 2001/02, 2002/03 and 2005/06.
Contents
Honours
- Plunket Shield (14)
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.
- State Shield (6)
1973-74, 1974–75, 1981–82, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2001-02.
Grounds
Home games are played at the Basin Reserve ground in Wellington, which is also used by the OBU senior club rugby side during the offseason. Wellington will also play a first class fixture against Central Districts at Karori Park during the 2011/12 season.
Current Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen Joshua Brodie LHB Brendon-John Crook LHB RM Stephen Murdoch RHB RM Neal Parlane RHB Michael Pollard RHB New Zealand Under-19. All-rounders Jesse Ryder LHB RM New Zealand Test and ODI player Harry Boam RHB RM New Zealand Under-19 Dewayne Bowden LHB LFM Grant Elliott RHB RFM New Zealand Test and ODI player James Franklin LHB LFM New Zealand Test and ODI player Mark Houghton RHB SLA Luke Woodcock LHB SLA Wicket-keepers Joe Austin-Smellie RHB New Zealand U-19 Bowlers Mark Gillespie RHB RFM New Zealand Test and ODI player Ronald Karaitiana RHB RM Andy McKay RHB LFM Andrew Lamb RHB RFM Jeetan Patel RHB OS New Zealand Test and ODI player Ili Tugaga LHB LM New Zealand u-19 Notable players
New Zealand
- Lawrie Miller
- Bruce Murray
- Chris Nevin
- Richard Reid
- Jesse Ryder
- Barry Sinclair
- Bruce Taylor
- Eric Tindill
- Roger Twose
- Robert Vance
England
Australia
Canada
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
References
External links
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