Canterbury Wizards
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The Canterbury Wizards are a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand
Canterbury, New Zealand
The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council - called Environment Canterbury - and the University of Canterbury.-...

. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket
New Zealand Cricket
New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand....

 and has been the most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the State Championship
State Championship
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. It is currently known as the Plunket Shield, reintroducing the name used in the early stages for the 2009–10 season.-Plunket Shield:...

 first class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 competition, the State Shield
State Shield
The New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy is the main domestic List A limited overs cricket competition in New Zealand. Previous sponsor State Insurance did not renew naming rights in 2009, resulting in the competition being renamed the New Zealand Cricket one-day competition...

 domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 competition.

Honours

  • Plunket Shield (9)

1922-23, 1930–31, 1934–35, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1964-65.
  • Shell Trophy/State Championship (6)

1975-76, 1983–84, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2007–08
  • Shell Cup/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
    State Twenty20 Cricket Tournament
    HRV Cup is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in New Zealand. The tournament has been held every year since 2006. The tournament currently consists of a double round robin, with the top two teams qualifying for the final...

    (1)

2005-06.

Grounds

Canterbury usually play their home matches at Mainpower Oval in Rangiora or Queen Elizabeth II Park
Queen Elizabeth II Park
Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...

 in Christchurch; they formerly played at Jade Stadium
Jade Stadium
Lancaster Park, formerly Jade Stadium and currently known as AMI Stadium through sponsorship rights, is a sports stadium situated in Waltham, a suburb of Christchurch in New Zealand....

 and Hagley Oval
Hagley Oval
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground located in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Canterbury used the ground infrequently from then through until the 1920s...

.

2008/09 Squad

Players who represented Canterbury in 2008/09.

Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Name Nat Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
Peter Fulton
Peter Fulton
Peter Gordon Fulton nicknamed Two metre Peter, is a New Zealand cricketer who has recently broken into the New Zealand One Day side....

  RHB  RM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
New Zealand Test and ODI player
Tim McIntosh
Tim McIntosh
Timothy Gavin McIntosh is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces. He had one unsuccessful season for the Canterbury Wizards averaging only 4.90. He was born in Auckland. He has also played for Scottish side, Greenock for season 2007–2008 performing admirably with five...

  LHB New Zealand Test player
Iain Robertson
Iain Robertson (cricketer)
Iain Anthony Robertson is a first class cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards. He played for New Zealand in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In 2007 he played for Countesthorpe Cricket Club in Leicestershire...

 
  RHB  OB
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

 
Corey Anderson
Corey Anderson
Corey James Anderson is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury.Anderson came into the Canterbury Wizards Squad in the 2006-07 season freshly promoted from his performances for the New Zealand under 19 cricket team...

 
  LHB  LMF
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
New Zealand U-19
Shanan Stewart
Shanan Stewart
Shanan Luke Stewart is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed batsman and represented New Zealand A during the Top End tour. He has recently re-signed for East Lancs CC for a second season after a good first season. He was born in Christchurch...

 
  RHB  RM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Johann Myburgh
Johann Myburgh
Johann Gerhardus Myburgh is a South African cricketer who plays domestic cricket in New Zealand. A Right-handed batsman and occasional offbreak bowler, Myburgh is also a talented fielder, and is the current holder of the record for the youngest scorer of a double-century in South African domestic...

 
  RHB  OB
Off break
Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners....

 
All-rounders
Chris Harris
Chris Harris (cricketer)
Chris Zinzan Harris is a former New Zealand cricketer who had become, over the course of the 1990s, a folk-hero in New Zealand cricket....

  LHB  RM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Former New Zealand Test and ODI player
Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan ten Doeschate
Ryan Neil ten Doeschate is a South African-born cricketer who plays internationally for the Netherlands due to his Dutch ancestry. He has played cricket for Essex since 2003....

  RHB  RM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Overseas player
Todd Astle
Todd Astle
Todd Duncan Astle is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury. He was born in Palmerston North. He is not related to Nathan Astle.Todd has signed as overseas professional for for the 2008 season-External links:...

 
  RHB  LB
Leg break
A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of...

 
Andy Ellis
Andy Ellis (cricketer)
Andrew Malcolm Ellis is a first-class cricketer who has played 26 State Championship games for Canterbury, up to the end of the 2006/7 season....

 
  RHB  RFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Brandon Hiini
Brandon Hiini
Brandon Christopher Hiini is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Canterbury. He was born in Invercargill.In 2007 Brandon took up a professional contract with the Enfield Cricket Club who play in the Lancashire Cricket league....

 
  RHB  RMF
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Wicket-keepers
Kruger Van Wyk
Kruger Van Wyk
Cornelius Francoius Kruger van Wyk in Wolmaransstad. He is a South African cricketer who plays for the Central Districts Stags . Kruger is a Wicket Keeper Batsman...

  RHB  Captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...

Craig Kieswetter
Craig Kieswetter
Craig Kieswetter is an England cricketer of South African and Scottish heritage. He is a wicket-keeper batsman. An aggressive batsman, he began his career with the South Africa Under-19s, before stating that he wished to play international cricket for England. He began playing county cricket for...

  RHB  England ODI and T20 player
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum
Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...

  RHB  New Zealand Test,ODI and T20 player
Michael Papps
Michael Papps
Michael Hugh William Papps is a New Zealand right-handed opening batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Christchurch.Papps was selected for the one-day series against South Africa in 2003–04 to solve New Zealand's long-running search for a capable opening batsman to partner Stephen...

  RHB  Former New Zealand Test and ODI player
Bowlers
Hamish Bennett
Hamish Bennett
Hamish Kyle Bennett is an international cricketer who has played Test and One Day International cricket for New Zealand. He also plays for Canterbury in the New Zealand domestic competitions. Earlier in his career he represented New Zealand in the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka...

  LHB  RMF
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Dirk Nannes
Dirk Nannes
Dirk Peter Nannes is a Dutch Australian cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler, he plays for the Australian cricket team, the Victorian Bushrangers, the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, and Fitzroy-Doncaster in Victorian club cricket. He has also represented the Netherlands...

  RHB  LFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Shane Bond
Shane Bond
Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...

  RHB  RFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Johan van der Wath   RHB  RFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Ryan Burson
Ryan Burson
Ryan David Burson was born 27 August, 1978 in Christchurch. He is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards.-External links:* from Cricinfo....

 
  RHB  RFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Leighton Burtt
Leighton Burtt
Leighton McGregor Burtt is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards. He was born in Christchurch. He is related to Tom Burtt and Noel Burtt. He will be playing for the Wellington Firebirds for the 2010-11 season....

 
  RHB  RFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Michael Davidson
Michael Davidson (cricketer)
Michael Philip Forbes Davidson in Christchurch. He is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards in the State Championship.-External links:...

 
  RHB  LFM
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 
Carl Frauenstein
Carl Frauenstein
Carl Frauenstein is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Canterbury Wizards in the State Shield.Carl spends his winter months playing cricket at Aberdeenshire Cricket Club in Scotland, where he helped the Strathmore Union side to the Premier Division Championship in 2008...

 
  RHB  RMF
Fast bowling
Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...

 

Notable players

New Zealand  
  • Geoff Allott
    Geoff Allott
    Geoffrey Ian Allott is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1996 to 2000. He retired from all cricket in 2001, following series of injuries....

  • Nathan Astle
    Nathan Astle
    Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...

  • Shane Bond
    Shane Bond
    Shane Edward Bond was a New Zealand cricketer, described as "New Zealand's best fast bowler since Sir Richard Hadlee". He has represented New Zealand in Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Canterbury in New Zealand domestic cricket and Warwickshire in English...

  • Neil Broom
    Neil Broom
    Neil Trevor Broom in Christchurch, Canterbury is a New Zealand cricketer. His other major teams include Otago Volts and Canterbury ....

  • Vaughan Brown
    Vaughan Brown
    Vaughan Raymond Brown is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in two Tests and three ODIs....

  • Chris Cairns
  • Murray Chapple
    Murray Chapple
    Murray Ernest Chapple was a New Zealand cricketer who played 14 Tests as a specialist batsman, spread over 13 years. However, he was largely unsuccessful, with only three fifties and his highest career score being 76...

  • Graham Dowling
    Graham Dowling
    Graham Thorne Dowling is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 39 Test matches and captained New Zealand in 19 of them. Playing as a specialist right-handed batsman, usually an opener, he achieved moderate success, averaging 31 with the bat. His finest moment came when he made a nine-hour 239...

  • Stephen Fleming
    Stephen Fleming
    Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

  • Lee Germon
    Lee Germon
    Lee Kenneth Germon is a former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and captain. He played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is remembered as the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era...

  • Dayle Hadlee
    Dayle Hadlee
    Dayle Robert Hadlee is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 26 Tests and 11 ODIs from 1969 to 1978....

  • Richard Hadlee
    Richard Hadlee
    Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was...

  • Brian Hastings
  • Rodney Latham
    Rodney Latham
    Rodney Terry Latham played four Tests and also 33 One Day Internationals and he also played rugby for Canterbury. He was born in Christchurch....

  • Tony MacGibbon
    Tony MacGibbon
    Anthony Roy MacGibbon, was a cricketer who played 26 Tests for New Zealand.MacGibbon was a useful lower-order right-hand batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler who led the attack for his country for most of the 1950s...

  • Brendon McCullum
    Brendon McCullum
    Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...

  • Tim McIntosh
    Tim McIntosh
    Timothy Gavin McIntosh is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the Auckland Aces. He had one unsuccessful season for the Canterbury Wizards averaging only 4.90. He was born in Auckland. He has also played for Scottish side, Greenock for season 2007–2008 performing admirably with five...


  • Craig McMillan
    Craig McMillan
    Craig Douglas McMillan is a former New Zealand international cricketer at Test, One Day International and Twenty20 level. He was a right-handed batsman and useful right-arm medium pace bowler and played for Canterbury in New Zealand first-class cricket...

  • Chris Martin
    Chris Martin (cricketer)
    Christopher Stewart "Chris" Martin is a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Martin now plays provincial cricket for Auckland, having formerly played for the Canterbury Wizards...

  • Dick Motz
    Dick Motz
    Richard Charles Motz was a New Zealand cricketer. A right-arm fast bowler and hard-hitting lower order batsman, Motz played 32 Test matches for the New Zealand cricket team between 1961 and 1969....

  • Curly Page
    Curly Page
    Milford Laurenson "Curly" Page was a cricketer who played for New Zealand and Canterbury. He was New Zealand's second Test captain, and captained 7 of the Tests in which he played...

  • Mark Priest
    Mark Priest
    Mark Wellings Priest is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 18 ODIs from 1990 to 1998....

  • Aaron Redmond
    Aaron Redmond
    Aaron James Redmond is an Australian-born New Zealand international cricketer. He was a member of the Otago cricket team, competing in the State Championship, State Shield and State Twenty20 competitions in 2006. Redmond is a right-handed batsman who debuted for Canterbury in the 1999/2000 season,...

  • Keith Thomson
    Keith Thomson
    Keith Thomson is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1968, both of these were against India, he made his Test debut at Christchurch where he scored 69 and 0*. His second, and final, Test came a week later at Wellington where he scored 25 and 0.-External links:*...

  • John Ward
    John Ward (cricketer)
    John Thomas Ward is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1964 to 1968. He was born in Timaru, Canterbury....

  • Paul Wiseman
    Paul Wiseman
    Paul John Wiseman is a New Zealand cricketer, more specifically an off spin bowler. "Wiz", as he is nicknamed, was educated at the Long Bay College and can generate a fair amount of turn and he appears to be able to bowl a good line and length...



England  
  • Aftab Habib
    Aftab Habib
    Aftab Habib is an English cricketer. He has been appointed the coach of Afghanistan national cricket team on September 2011...



West Indies  
  • Michael Holding
    Michael Holding
    Michael Anthony Holding is a former West Indian cricketer. One of the fastest bowlers ever to play Test cricket, he was nicknamed 'Whispering Death' by umpires due to his quiet approach to the bowling crease...



Netherlands  

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