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2010–11 Plunket Shield Season
The 2010–11 Plunket Shield season was the 85th season of official first-class domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season began on 10 November 2010. Table The Plunket Shield will be decided on points at the end of the 10 rounds. Teams Statistics Most Runs Most Wickets See also *Plunket Shield *New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy *State Twenty20 *2010–11 New Zealand one-day cricket competition season * 2010–11 HRV Cup {{DEFAULTSORT:2010-11 Plunket Shield season Plunket Shield Plunket Shield New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield. History The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Cricket
New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Council, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand. New Zealand Cricket operates the New Zealand cricket team, organising Test tours and One-Day Internationals with other nations. It also organises domestic cricket in New Zealand, including the Plunket Shield first-class competition, The Ford Trophy men's domestic one-day competition, the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield women's domestic one-day competition, as well as the Men's Super Smash and Women's Super Smash domestic Twenty20 competitions. David White is the Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand Cricket. Kane Williamson is the current Black Caps captain in all forms of the game, succeeding Brendon McCullum who retired in 2016. History On 27 December 1894, 12 delegates from around New Zealand met in Christchurch to form the New Zealand Cricket Council. Heathcote William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLean Park
McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand. The two main sports played at the ground are cricket and rugby union. It is one of the largest cricket grounds in New Zealand. McLean Park is a sports ground of international standards which includes the main outdoor stadium and the indoor Rodney Green Centennial Events Centre. The home teams for this ground are the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union and Central Districts Cricket Association. The two ends of the stadium are named the Centennial Stand End and Embankment End. Its close proximity to the International Date Line makes it the world's easternmost Test match ground. Ground McLean Park is on Latham Street in Napier South, about one kilometre south of the Napier CBD. It was initially named 'Sir Donald McLean Park' by an act of Parliament after Sir Douglas McLean (also spelt Maclean) donated ten acres of land as a memorial to his father in 1910. In cricket, the ground is primarily a one-day venue with square dimensions that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Astle
Todd Duncan Astle (born 24 September 1986) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand national cricket team. Astle began his cricket career as an opening batsman, representing New Zealand in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, but over time playing first-class cricket for Canterbury, he morphed into a bowling all-rounder. He made his Test cricket debut for New Zealand in 2012 in Sri Lanka, but did not play another international match until 2015. He has since represented New Zealand in all three forms of the game, but he hasn't been able to keep a consistent place in the team in any format because of regular injury problems and competition with other spin bowlers. In January 2020, Astle announced his retirement from first-class cricket to focus on limited-overs cricket. Early life and career Astle was born in Palmerston North in New Zealand in 1986, the son of first-class cricketer Alec Astle, who played three top-level cricket matches for Central Districts in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Aldridge
Graeme William Aldridge (born 15 November 1977) in Christchurch is a former New Zealand national cricket team, New Zealand cricketer who plays first class cricket for Northern Districts Knights as a specialist bowler since 1998–99 New Zealand cricket season, 1998–99. Aldridge has represented New Zealand A cricket team, New Zealand A once, on tour of Sri Lanka in 2005–06 New Zealand cricket season, 2005–06. Aldridge did not play any cricket since 2015. International career He played both of his ODIs and one off Twenty20 match against Zimbabwe in October, 2011 during New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe. He is the 50th T20I cap for New Zealand. External links * * 1977 births Living people New Zealand cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers Northern Districts cricketers North Island cricketers {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Wagner (cricketer)
Neil Wagner (born 13 March 1986) is a South African-born New Zealand Test cricketer who plays for New Zealand and Northern Districts cricket teams. He played for Northerns until 2007/08 and Otago between 2008 and 2018. Early career Wagner was born at Pretoria and attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool as a high school student where he played for the 1st team. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who toured Zimbabwe and Bangladesh with South African Academy sides and was twelfth man in two Test matches for South Africa. In 2008, he moved to New Zealand to pursue a career playing Test cricket. In June 2009, he was awarded a place in the New Zealand Emerging Players team under Peter Fulton, and eventually made his test debut for New Zealand against the West Indies in 2012. He has since played in 59 Test matches for New Zealand. World record On 6 April 2011, Wagner took four wickets in four balls against Wellington when he dismissed Stewart Rhodes, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek De Boorder
Derek Charles de Boorder (born 25 October 1985) is a New Zealand cricket team, New Zealand cricketer. He played in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh and he was awarded a player's contract for Auckland Aces, Auckland for the 2006-07 New Zealand cricket season, 2006-07 and for Otago Volts, Otago for the 2007-08 New Zealand cricket season, 2007-08. He is the older brother of Andrew de Boorder. He plays his club cricket for the North East Valley club in Dunedin. Born at Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings and educated at Macleans College in Auckland, de Boorder took a New Zealand record eight catches in an innings playing for Otago against Wellington in 2009/10.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 42. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. References External links * 1985 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Auckland cricketers Otago cricketers New Zealand people of Dutch descent North Island cricketers W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Cumming
Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975 in Timaru) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played for New Zealand in One Day Internationals and Tests. He played domestic cricket with Canterbury and Otago. Domestic career Cumming is a right-handed opening batsman who had played 99 First Class games, 103 "List A" or limited overs games and 9 Twenty20 games at the end of the 2006/2007 season. He played for Canterbury early in his career and debuted in First Class and "List A" cricket for them. Cumming has played for South Canterbury in the Hawke Cup. International career Cumming had a largely unsuccessful international test career, playing only 11 tests before being dropped due to lack of batting ability. He only made one half-century – a top score of 74 – and failed to reach three figures in any of his test innings. On 5 March 2005 against Australia, he was the recipient of what is considered the fastest ever ball bowled in New Zealand, bowled by Brett Lee, in which he clocked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Wilson (cricketer)
Bradley Svend Wilson (born 10 April 1985) is a former cricketer. He played for New Zealand in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2004. In 2004–05 he was selected to play first-class cricket for Northern Districts and made 96 against Otago on his first-class debut. His later innings have, however, were disappointing, but he was retained by Northern Districts for the 2005–06 season. Wilson also played for Northland in the Hawke Cup. He was born in Auckland. Wilson captained Northern Districts to victory in the 2011–12 Plunket Shield season.Fyers, Andy"Northern Districts finally claim Plunket Shield" ''Stuff.co.nz Stuff is a New Zealand news media website owned by newspaper conglomerate Stuff (company), Stuff Ltd (formerly called Fairfax). It is the most popular news website in New Zealand, with a monthly unique audience of more than 2 million. Stuff w ...'', New Zealand, 28 March 2012. Retrieved on 28 March 2012. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ingram
Peter John Ingram (born 25 October 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played for Central Districts. He is a right-handed batsman primarily, and is an occasional right arm off spin bowler. He is the fastest male cricketer to earn his first cap in all three formats of international cricket, doing so in the space of twelve days. His batting style is akin to Virender Sehwag, with minimal foot movement, and he has credited Sehwag to helping his batting improve. Early life Whilst being a talented cricketer, Ingram was also considered to represent his hometown in rugby. However, he gave up rugby when he broke his jaw during a trial. Domestic career Ingram has played for the Central Stags since 2001, becoming an integral part of an opening pair, with Jamie How. In late March 2009, Ingram scored 166, with partnerships of 159 with How and 115 with George Worker, to help Central Districts defeat Canterbury and qualify for the State Championship final, where Auckland took out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington
Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by metro area, and is the administrative centre of the Wellington Region. It is the world's southernmost capital of a sovereign state. Wellington features a temperate maritime climate, and is the world's windiest city by average wind speed. Legends recount that Kupe discovered and explored the region in about the 10th century, with initial settlement by Māori iwi such as Rangitāne and Muaūpoko. The disruptions of the Musket Wars led to them being overwhelmed by northern iwi such as Te Āti Awa by the early 19th century. Wellington's current form was originally designed by Captain William Mein Smith, the first Surveyor General for Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company, in 1840. The Wellington urban area, which only includes urbanised ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basin Reserve
The Basin Reserve (commonly known as "The Basin") is a cricket ground in Wellington, New Zealand. It has been used for Test matches, and is the main home ground for the Wellington Firebirds first-class team. The Basin Reserve is the only cricket ground to have New Zealand Historic Place status ( Category II) as it is the oldest Test cricket ground in the country. The ground has been used for events other than cricket, such as concerts, sports events and other social gatherings, but now it is mostly used for cricket, particularly Test matches. On 1 October 2021, Cello Communications, a Wellington-based telecommunications company was appointed as the naming rights partner of the ground, thus the commercial name of the stadium became the Cello Basin Reserve as part of a two-year agreement. The New Zealand Cricket Museum is located in the Old Grandstand. It houses cricket memorabilia and a reference library. It opened in 1987, and was relaunched in 2021. Location The Basin Rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Oval, Dunedin
The University of Otago Oval is a sports ground located at Logan Park, Dunedin, New Zealand, and owned by the Dunedin City Council. The ground was originally owned by the University of Otago, but ownership was transferred to the city council when a redevelopment was completed in the early 2000s. The ground is the home of both the Otago Cricket Association and the University of Otago Rugby Football Club, and is also used as a training base for the Highlanders Rugby Football team. The University of Otago Oval hosted the first game where the Umpire Decision Review System was officially used, after a test run in Sri Lanka in 2008. Facilities A media complex, which consists of television and radio commentary rooms, is situated at the northern end of the ground. Additional boxes were attached to the media building. Television cameras are situated at the top of the media complex and on a permanent structure at the other end of the ground. A historic grandstand is located at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
