Otago cricket team

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Men's Super Smash wins
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Official websitewww.otagocricket.co.nz

The Otago cricket team, nicknamed the Volts since the 1997–98 season,

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.[3]

Cricket was first played in Otago in 1849, the year after the province was settled by Europeans, and the Otago Cricket Association was founded in 1876.[2][4] The Otago representative team played in the first match which is considered to have first-class status to have been played in New Zealand, a January 1864 fixture with Canterbury which was part of a four team tournament which also included Southland and an English team led by George Parr which was touring Australia.[2][3][5]

The modern Otago team plays most of its home games at the

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.

As of 2024[update] the team's captain is Dean Foxcroft.

Honours

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

  • The Ford Trophy
     (2)

1987–88, 2007–08

  • Men's Super Smash
     (2)

2008–09, 2012–13

First-class records

Otago Volts batsmen at the Basin Reserve in December 2019
See also: List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
As of 28 October 2022[6]

Team totals

  • Highest total for – 651/9 declared v
    University Oval, Dunedin
    , 2012/13
  • Highest total against – 777 by Canterbury at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, 1996/97
  • Lowest total for – 34 v Wellington at Carisbrook, Dunedin, 1956/57
  • Lowest total against – 25 by Canterbury at Hagley Oval, Christchurch, 1866/67

Individual batting

  • Highest score – 385, B Sutcliffe against Canterbury at Lanaster Park, Christchurch, 1952/53
  • Most runs in season – 1,027 GM Turner, 1975/76
  • Most runs in career – 6,589 CD Cumming, 2000/01–2011/12

Highest partnership for each wicket

Bowling

  • Best inning bowling – 9/50 AH Fisher v Queensland at Dunedin, 1896/97
  • Best match bowling figures – 15/94
    FH Cooke
    v Canterbury at Christchurch, 1882/83
  • Most wickets in season – 54 SL Boock, 1978/79
  • Most wickets in career – 399 SL Boock, 1973/74–1990/91

Contracted players

Ahead of the 2023–24 season, 16 players were awarded contracts with Otago. In addition, Glenn Phillips holds a New Zealand Cricket central contract for the season. Other, non-contracted players may play for the side.[7][8][9]

As of 10 February 2024
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
34 Matt Bacon  New Zealand (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
12 Max Chu  New Zealand (2000-03-21) 21 March 2000 (age 24) Left-handed
6 Jacob Cumming  South Africa (2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 20) Left-handed Right-arm medium
32
Jacob Duffy
  New Zealand (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
11 Dean Foxcroft  New Zealand (1998-04-20) 20 April 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off-break Captain
26 Luke Georgeson  New Zealand (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Holds dual Irish/New Zealand citizenship
7 Jake Gibson  New Zealand (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
31 Andrew Hazeldine  England (1994-07-13) 13 July 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm fast Holds dual British/New Zealand citizenship
36 Llew Johnson  New Zealand (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg-break
17 Ben Lockrose  England (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
27 Jarrod McKay  New Zealand (2000-06-08) 8 June 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
10 Travis Muller  South Africa (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
86 Thorn Parkes  New Zealand (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
8 Dale Phillips  South Africa (1998-10-15) 15 October 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Glenn Phillips  New Zealand (1996-12-06) 6 December 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off-break New Zealand central contract[10]
17 Hamish Rutherford  New Zealand (1989-04-27) 27 April 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Retired from professional cricket on 23 January 2024
Ollie White  New Zealand (2001-11-21) 21 November 2001 (age 22) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox

Grounds

Whitestone Centennial Park
) has been used in the past but not recently.

Notable former players

Main article: List of Otago representative cricketers

References

  1. CricInfo
    , 30 September 1998. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. ^
    Papers Past
    . Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
  3. ^
    Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
    . Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. Papers Past
    . Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
  5. ^ Carman AH ed (1981) A guide to first class matches played in New Zealand, 1863 to 1980, pp. 13–14. Nottingham: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. (Available online. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
  6. ^ Otago first-class records, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (subscription required)
  7. CricInfo
    , 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. ^ Seconi A (2023) Volts sign all-rounder Luke Georgeson, Otago Daily Times, 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ Men’s Domestic contracts finalised, New Zealand Cricket, 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. ^ Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts, New Zealand Cricket, 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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