Otago
Otago Volts logo
Personnel
CoachDion Ebrahim
Team information
Founded1864
Home groundUniversity Oval
Capacity3,500 (can be increased to 6,000 by use of temporary seating)
History
First-class debutCanterbury
in 1864
at Dunedin
Plunket Shield wins13
The Ford Trophy wins2
Men's Super Smash wins2
Official websitewww.otagocricket.co.nz

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.

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.

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

1987–88, 2007–08

2008–09, 2012–13

First-class records

Otago Volts batsmen at the Basin Reserve in December 2019
As of 28 October 2022[2]

Team totals

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.[3][4][5]

As of 20 October 2023
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
34Matt Bacon New Zealand13 April 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
12Max Chu New Zealand21 March 2000Left-handed
6Jacob Cumming South Africa14 December 2003Left-handedRight-arm medium
32Jacob Duffy New Zealand2 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
11Dean Foxcroft New Zealand20 April 1998Right-handedRight-arm off-break
7Jake Gibson New Zealand7 August 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
26Luke Georgeson New Zealand14 April 1999Left-handedRight-arm medium-fastHolds dual Irish/New Zealand citizenship
Andrew Hazeldine England13 July 1994Left-handedLeft-arm fastHolds dual British/New Zealand citizenship
36Llew Johnson New Zealand1 February 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg-break
17Ben Lockrose England24 March 2000Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
27Jarrod McKay New Zealand8 June 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
10Travis Muller South Africa4 March 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
86Thorn Parkes New Zealand10 April 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg break
8Dale Phillips South Africa15 October 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Glenn Phillips New Zealand6 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm off-breakNew Zealand central contract[6]
17Hamish Rutherford New Zealand27 April 1989Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCaptain
Ollie White New Zealand21 November 2001Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox

Grounds

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.

Twenty20 Champions League

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.

Notable former players

References

  1. ↑ Canty happy with major sponsor
  2. ↑ Otago first-class records, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ Finn Allen returns to Auckland, Kyle Jamieson to Canterbury, CricInfo, 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ↑ Seconi A (2023) Volts sign all-rounder Luke Georgeson, Otago Daily Times, 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Men’s Domestic contracts finalised, New Zealand Cricket, 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ↑ Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts, New Zealand Cricket, 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

Further reading

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