The Otago cricket team, nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season,[1] are a New Zealand first-class cricket team which first played representative cricket in 1864. The team represents the Otago, Southland and North Otago regions of New Zealand's South Island. Their main governing board is the Otago Cricket Association which is one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.
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Coach | Dion Ebrahim |
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Founded | 1864 |
Home ground | University Oval |
Capacity | 3,500 |
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First-class debut | Canterbury in 1864 at Dunedin |
Plunket Shield wins | 13 |
The Ford Trophy wins | 2 |
Men's Super Smash wins | 2 |
Official website | www |
The team plays most of its home games at the University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Events Centre in Queenstown, Queen's Park Ground in Invercargill and Molyneux Park in Alexandra. The team plays first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other New Zealand provincial sides, although in the past has also played against touring sides.
The team's current coach is Dion Ebrahim.
1924–25, 1932–33, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1957–58, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1987–88
1987–88, 2007–08
2008–09, 2012–13
The following players are contracted to Otago or have New Zealand Cricket ctrneal contracts. Other, non-contracted players may play for the side.[3][4][5]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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34 | Matt Bacon | ![]() | (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
12 | Max Chu | ![]() | (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 22) | Left-handed | ||
Jacob Cumming | ![]() | (2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 18) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
32 | Jacob Duffy | ![]() | (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
39 | Josh Finnie | ![]() | (1996-12-18) 18 December 1996 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | |
Dean Foxcroft | ![]() | (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
Jake Gibson | ![]() | (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Andrew Hazeldine | ![]() | (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | Holds dual British/New Zealand citizenship | |
Llew Johnson | ![]() | (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | ||
Ben Lockrose | ![]() | (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 22) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Jarrod McKay | ![]() | (2000-06-08) 8 June 2000 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Travis Muller | ![]() | (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Dale Phillips | ![]() | (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
Glenn Phillips | ![]() | (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | New Zealand central contract[6] | |
37 | Michael Rae | ![]() | (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
19 | Michael Rippon | ![]() | (1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 31) | Right-handed | Left-arm unorthodox spin | |
17 | Hamish Rutherford | ![]() | (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Captain |
University Oval is used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park) and at the Queenstown Events Centre. Many matches have been played at Molyneux Park in Alexandra in recent decades, particularly during the Christmas-New Year holiday season. The warm, dry summer climate of Central Otago can make for better cricketing conditions than the wetter coastal areas. Oamaru (Whitestone Centennial Park) has been used in the past but not recently.
A rapid expansion of Twenty20 cricket led to the creation of the Twenty20 Champions League. It was a competition between various teams from the domestic Twenty20 competitions of Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, India, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and New Zealand.
In the 2008/09 domestic season of the State Twenty20, Otago came out as the champions, and so were eligible to compete in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. However, they lost both their opening games in the competition and so weren't able to progress further.
The Volts again qualified for the league in the 2013 season where they were much more successful entering the competition having won a string of Twenty20 matches which eventually ended at fifteen when they lost the Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur.
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