Canterbury Wizards

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Canterbury
One-day Name: Canterbury Wizards
Coach: Flag of South Africa David Owen Nosworthy
Captain: Flag of South Africa Kruger Van Wyk
Founded: 1864
Home Ground: Queen Elizabeth II Park
Capacity: 20,000
First-class debut: Otago
- 1864
- Dunedin
Official Website: Canterbury Wizards

The Canterbury Wizards is a New Zealand first class cricket team based in Canterbury, New Zealand. It is one of six teams that make up New Zealand Cricket and has been the most successful domestic team in New Zealand history. They compete in the State Championship first class competition, the State Shield domestic one day competition and the State Twenty20 competition.

Contents

1922-23, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1945-46, 1948-49, 1951-52, 1955-56, 1959-60, 1964-65.

1975-76, 1983-84, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1997-98.

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.

2005-06.

Canterbury usually play their home matches at Hagley Oval or Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, they formerly played at Jade Stadium.

Players who represented Canterbury in 2006/07 [1][2]

Canterbury Cricket is comprised of 6 District Associations : Christchurch, Canterbury Country, South Canterbury, Mid Canterbury, Buller, West Coast.

Burnside West CC, East Christchurch Shirley CC, Harewood CC,Lancaster Park Woolston CC, Marist CC, Old Boys Collegians CC, Parklands CC, Riccarton CC, St Albans CC, Sydenham CC, Halswell CC , Heathcote CC, Merivale Papanui CC, New Brighton CC, Richmond CC, Sumner CC, Southern Districts CC.

  • Highest ever team total: 777 vs Otago 1996/97
  • Lowest ever team total: 25 vs Otago 1886/87
  • Highest individual innings :Peter Fulton: 301* vs Auckland 2002/03
  • Most appearances :Paul McEwan: 103
  • Most runs :Paul McEwan: 5940
  • Most wickets: Mark Priest: 290
  • Most runs in a season :Gary Stead: 852 , 2000-01
  • Most wickets in a season :Stephen Boock, 56

See Also List of New Zealand first-class cricket records

source: 2005 New Zealand Cricket Almanac (Wellington, Hodda Moa:2005)

  1. ^ Batting Averages for Canterbury - State Championship 2006/07, retrieved 5 October 2007
  2. ^ Batting Averages for Canterbury - State Shield 2006/07, retrieved 5 October 2007

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