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Otago cricket team

New Zealand cricket team

Summary

New Zealand cricket team

Field	Value
name	Otago
image	[[File:Otago cricket.png	frameless	330px	upright=0.80]]
captain	Luke Georgeson
coach	Josh Tasman-Jones
founded	1864
ground	University Oval
capacity	3,500
first_fc	Canterbury
first_fc_year	1864
first_fc_venue	Dunedin
title1	Plunket Shield
title1wins	13
title2	The Ford Trophy
title2wins	2
title3	Men's Super Smash
title3wins	2
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The Otago cricket team, 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.

They compete in the Plunket Shield first-class competition and The Ford Trophy one day competition as well as in the Men's Super Smash competition as the Volts (a nickname they have had since the 1997–98 season

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. 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.

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.

The team's head-coach for the 2024–25 season, Ashley Noffke, left to take up a position as assistant coach with the Pakistan national team after the end of the season. Former New Zealand coach Gary Stead took over the role in a temporary facility over the winter period, before Josh Tasman-Jones was named as the team's coach in August. The 2024–25 captain was all-rounder Luke Georgeson.

Honours

Plunket Shield (13) 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
The Ford Trophy (2) 1987–88, 2007–08
Men's Super Smash (2) 2008–09, 2012–13

First-class records

Otago Volts batsmen at the [[Basin Reserve]] in December 2019

No.	Name	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
34	Matt Bacon	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
33	Jack Boyle	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
12	Max Chu	Right-handed	Left-arm fast
	Mason Clarke	Left-handed
6	Jacob Cumming	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
3	Zac Cumming	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
32	Jacob Duffy	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	New Zealand central contract
94	Danru Ferns	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
26	Luke Georgeson	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Captain. Holds dual Irish/New Zealand citizenship
7	Jake Gibson	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
31	Andrew Hazeldine	Left-handed	Left-arm fast	Holds dual British/New Zealand citizenship
	Troy Johnson	Right-handed	Right-arm offbreak
36	Llew Johnson	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break
17	Ben Lockrose	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
27	Jarrod McKay	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
86	Thorn Parkes	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
23	Glenn Phillips	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	New Zealand central contract
73	Jamal Todd	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break

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

New Zealand

Gren Alabaster
Jack Alabaster
Bruce Blair
Stephen Boock
Neil Broom
Lance Cairns
Bevan Congdon
Craig Cumming
Jacob Duffy
Arthur Fisher
Walter Hadlee
Warren Lees
Brendon McCullum
Nathan McCullum
Noel McGregor
Alex Moir
Jimmy Neesham
Aaron Redmond
Mark Richardson
Hamish Rutherford
Ken Rutherford
Bert Sutcliffe
Glenn Turner
Neil Wagner

Australia

Brett Lee

England

Matthew Maynard
Jonathan Trott
Steven Finn

Pakistan

Billy Ibadulla

Netherlands

Ryan ten Doeschate

West Indies

Jason Holder

References

Otago cricket history, ''[[The Star (Dunedin). Evening Star]]'', issue 21864, 30 October 1934, p. 4. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19341030.2.16.5 Available online] at [[Papers Past]]. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
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 ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians]]. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
[http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/77501.html Canty happy with major sponsor] {{Webarchive. link. (13 July 2012 , [[CricInfo]], 30 September 1998. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
Sixty years of cricket, ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', issue 23114, 13 February 1937, p. 22. ([https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19370213.2.157 Available online] at [[Papers Past]]. Retrieved 23 February 2024.)
[https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/former-aussie-cricketer-takes-reins-volts Former Aussie cricketer takes reins at Volts], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 12 June 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Meikle H (2025) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/stead-provide-‘interim’-coaching-volts Stead to provide 'interim' coaching for Volts], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 24 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
Seconi A (2025) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/change-vital-stay-relevant-coggan Change vital to stay relevant: Coggan], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 2 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025. {{subscription
Seconi A (2025) [https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/volts-starting-top Volts starting at the top], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/NewZealand/Firstclass/Otago/ Otago first-class records], CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 October 2022. {{subscription required
[https://www.otagocricket.co.nz/newsarticle/154919? Otago Cricket Announces Four New Otago Contracts], [[Otago Cricket Association]], 25 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
Muthu D (2025) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-zealand-domestic-dale-phillips-moves-to-auckland-and-tim-seifert-opts-for-casual-contract-with-northern-districts-1492015 Dale Phillips moves to Auckland; Tim Seifert opts for casual contract with ND], [[CricInfo]], 17 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
[https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/new-players-confirmed-otago-list New players confirmed in Otago list], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 27 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
[https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/all-rounder-selected All-rounder selected], ''[[Otago Daily Times]]'', 9 July 2025. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
[https://www.nzc.nz/news-items/glenn-phillips-joins-otago-volts/ Glenn Phillips joins Otago Volts], [[New Zealand Cricket]], 1 June 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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