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Otago Volts 
One-day name: Otago Volts Coach: 
Mike HessonCaptain: Craig CummingFounded: 1864 Home ground: University Oval Capacity: 3500 (Expandable to 6000 with temporary seating) First-class debut: vs Canterbury in 1864 at Dunedin Official website: Otago Cricket Website The Otago Volts are a first class cricket team representing the Otago Cricket Association, one of six major associations that make up New Zealand Cricket.
The Otago association was formed in Dunedin 1876, almost 30 years after the first club games were played in the city. They adopted the 'Volts' name for the 1997-98 season[1], and their major sponsor is Ford. Otago currently competes in the Plunket Shield first class competition, the unnamed One day domestic Series and the HRV Cup.
Contents
Honours
- Plunket Shield (8)
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.
- State Shield (2)
1987-88, 2007-08.
- State Twenty20 (1)
2008-09
Grounds
Carisbrook and the University Oval have been used in Dunedin, with occasional matches in Invercargill (Queen's Park), and Oamaru ( Whitestone Centennial Park). 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. In recent years the Queenstown Events Centre has been developed as a venue.
Twenty20 Champions League
A rapid expansion of Twenty20 cricket led to the creation of the Twenty20 Champions League. It is a competition between various teams from the domestic Twenty20 competitions of Australia, South Africa, 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.
Squad
[2] Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batsmen 1 Aaron Redmond 23 September 1979 Right-handed Right arm leg break New Zealand ODI and T20 Opening Batsman 4 Neil Broom 20 November 1983 Right-handed Right arm medium pace New Zealand ODI and T20 Batsman 7 Hamish Rutherford 27 April 1989 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Former NZ U-19 Cricketer and T20 Specialist 13 Craig Cumming 31 August 1975 Right-handed Right arm medium pace Volts captain and former NZ Test and ODI Batsman 20 Darren Broom 16 September 1985 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast 4-Day and One Day player 23 Chris Nash 
19 May 1983 Right-handed Right arm off break Overseas T20 Import -- Sean Eathorne 5 May 1986 Right-handed Right arm off break Former New Zealand Under-19 Player -- Shaun Haig 19 March 1982 Right-handed Right arm medium pace 4-Day Specialist All-rounders 8 Nathan McCullum 1 September 1980 Right-handed Right arm off break Current New Zealand ODI and T20 player 32 Darren Stevens 30 April 1976 Right-handed Right arm medium pace Overseas T20 Import 99 Sam Wells 13 July 1984 Left-handed Right arm medium pace Volts 2009 Rookie of the Year 29 Yasir Arafat 
12 March 1982 Right-handed Right arm medium pace Overseas T20 Import Wicket-keepers 14 Derek de Boorder 25 October 1985 Right-handed — Former New Zealand Under-19 Cri Bowlers 2 Anthony Bullick 30 July 1985 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium 4-Day and One Day player 6 Ian Butler 24 November 1981 Right-handed Right arm fast Former New Zealand Test, ODI and T20 Bowler 9 Warren McSkimming 21 June 1979 Right-handed Right arm medium pace Long serving Volt in all forms of the game 11 Neil Wagner 
13 March 1986 Left-handed Left arm fast-medium South African born 15 James McMillan 14 June 1978 Right-handed Right arm fast-medium Bowled speeds of over 150kph prior to injuries 90 Nick Beard 16 September 1989 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Former NZ U-19 Cricketer and plays all forms -- Matt Harvie 7 June 1984 Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Volts 4-Day, One Day and T20 player Notable players
New Zealand
England
Netherlands
Canada
Notable Foreign Players
- Dimitri Mascarenhas 2008/09
- Alex Gidman 2007/08
- Kyle Hogg 2006/07
- Jonathan Trott 2005/2006
- Mohammad Wasim 2002/2003-2004/2005
- Neil Mallender 1983/1984-1992/1993
- Steven Finn 2011
Records
See List of New Zealand first-class cricket records
References
External links
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