Wellington cricket team

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.

Wellington Firebirds

Top: Wellington Firebirds logo Bottom: Wellington Firebirds Twenty20 emblem
One Day name	Wellington Firebirds
Personnel
Captain	Nick Kelly (cricketer)
Coach	Shane Jurgensen
Team information
Colors
Founded	1873
Home ground	Basin Reserve
Capacity	11,600
History
First-class debut	Auckland in 1873 at Wellington
Plunket Shield wins	22
The Ford Trophy wins	8
Men's Super Smash wins	4
Official website	www.cricketwellington.co.nz

Honours

• Plunket Shield (22)

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, 2023–24

• 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 Old Boys University rugby club during the winter. 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 2023/24 season.^[1] Players in bold have international caps.

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

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
2	Troy Johnson	New Zealand	(1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
4	Muhammad Abbas	New Zealand	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
7	Tim Robinson	New Zealand	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
21	Nick Greenwood	Jersey	(1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
37	Gareth Severin	New Zealand	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
55	Nick Kelly	New Zealand	(1993-07-25) 25 July 1993 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox
All-rounders
6	Michael Bracewell	New Zealand	(1991-02-14) 14 February 1991 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
9	Rachin Ravindra	New Zealand	(1999-11-18) 18 November 1999 (age 25)	Left-handed	Left-arm off break
17	Peter Younghusband	New Zealand	(1990-02-17) 17 February 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break
20	Nathan Smith	New Zealand	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
27	Logan van Beek	Netherlands	(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
41	Jesse Tashkoff	New Zealand	(2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
36	Tom Blundell	New Zealand	(1990-09-01) 1 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
57	Callum McLachlan	New Zealand	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 26)	Right-handed	—
88	Devon Conway	New Zealand	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
11	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right arm fast
13	Iain McPeake	New Zealand	(1991-05-24) 24 May 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
14	Ben Sears	New Zealand	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
83	Michael Snedden	New Zealand	(1992-09-20) 20 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
	James Hartshorn	New Zealand	(1997-09-28) 28 September 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

Notable players

Main article: List of Wellington representative cricketers

New Zealand Matthew Bell Bob Blair Graeme Wheeler (Reserve Bank Governor) Don Beard Ewen Chatfield Richard Collinge Jeremy Coney Martin Crowe Simon Doull Bruce Edgar Grant Elliott Stephen Fleming James Franklin Stephen Gellatly Evan Gray Paul Hitchcock Andrew Jones Richard Jones Gavin Larsen Ervin McSweeney Andrew Fletcher

Lawrie Miller Bruce Murray Chris Nevin John Richard Reid Jesse Ryder Barry Sinclair Bruce Taylor Eric Tindill Roger Twose Robert Vance England Paul Allott Charlie Shreck Graham Napier Scott Borthwick Jade Dernbach Australia Clarrie Grimmett Bob Holland Travis Birt Brad Hodge India Lakshmipathy Balaji Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal Canada Ian Billcliff Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan Zimbabwe Brendan Taylor

Records

See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records.