Wellington cricket team

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Wellington Firebirds

Top: Wellington Firebirds logo Bottom: Wellington Firebirds Twenty20 emblem
One Day name	Wellington Firebirds
Personnel
Captain	Michael Bracewell and Hamish Bennett
Coach	Glenn Pocknall
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 OBU senior club rugby side during the offseason. 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 2021/22 season.^[1] Players in bold have international caps.

The Wellington Firbirds mascot looking out of the Don Neely Scoreboard at the Basin Reserve.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
32	Finn Allen	New Zealand	(1999-04-22) 22 April 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
88	Devon Conway	New Zealand	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
—	Nick Greenwood	Jersey	(1999-10-21) 21 October 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
2	Troy Johnson	New Zealand	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
—	Tim Robinson	New Zealand	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
8	Jakob Bhula	New Zealand	(1999-12-12) 12 December 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
6	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
26	Luke Georgeson	New Zealand	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 22)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
44	Jamie Gibson	New Zealand	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
50	Jimmy Neesham	New Zealand	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
15	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm off break
20	Nathan Smith	New Zealand	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Logan van Beek	Netherlands	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
17	Peter Younghusband	New Zealand	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
36	Tom Blundell	New Zealand	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
57	Callum McLachlan	New Zealand	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
33	Hamish Bennett	New Zealand	(1987-02-22) 22 February 1987 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right arm medium-fast
13	Iain McPeake	New Zealand	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
15	Ollie Newton	New Zealand	(1988-08-22) 22 August 1988 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
14	Ben Sears	New Zealand	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
83	Michael Snedden	New Zealand	(1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players[]

Records[]

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

References[]

External links[]

• Wellington Cricket Association