Otago_Volts

Otago cricket team

Otago cricket team

New Zealand cricket team

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.[2] 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.[3]

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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 University Oval in Dunedin, but occasionally plays games at the Queenstown Events Centre, 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 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

1987–88, 2007–08

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

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
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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.

Notable former players

Main article: List of Otago representative cricketers

References

  1. [1]
    Canty happy with major sponsor, CricInfo, 30 September 1998. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Otago cricket history, Evening Star, issue 21864, 30 October 1934, p. 4. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
  3. [3]
    McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 4. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  4. [4]
    Sixty years of cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 23114, 13 February 1937, p. 22. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
  5. [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. [6]
    Otago first-class records, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. (subscription required)
  7. [7]
    Finn Allen returns to Auckland, Kyle Jamieson to Canterbury, CricInfo, 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. [8]
    Seconi A (2023) Volts sign all-rounder Luke Georgeson, Otago Daily Times, 4 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. [9]
    Men’s Domestic contracts finalised, New Zealand Cricket, 21 July 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. [10]
    Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts, New Zealand Cricket, 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
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