Hobart Hurricanes
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| Captain: |
 Tim Paine | |
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| Coach: |
Damien Wright | |
| Colours: | Purple | |
| Founded: | 2011 | |
| Home ground: | Blundstone Arena | |
| Capacity: | 19,500 | |
| Big Bash League wins: | 0 | |
| Official website: |
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 2015–16 Hobart Hurricanes season | ||
The Hobart Hurricanes is an Australian professional men's Twenty20 cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition known as The Big Bash League, representing Hobart. The Hurricanes play their home matches at Blundstone Arena[1] and are sponsored by MyState Financial[2] The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[3]
History
Inaugural season
The Hobart Hurricanes's inaugural coach was Allister de Winter[4] and their inaugural captain was Tim Paine.
The Hobart Hurricanes made a bright start to the inaugural Big Bash League season in 2011/12, winning their first game at the WACA Ground against the Perth Scorchers, making 140 before bowling out the Scorchers for 109, with the performance of fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus resulting in his selection for the annual Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the Hurricanes' second match they faced fancied favourites Sydney Sixers before inflicting a 42 run defeat on the Sixers at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Their overseas Pakistani signee, Rana Naved-ul-hasan particularly bowled well in the death overs, while another overseas player, Owais Shah, batted very well. The team was always at the top two ranks of the tournament table, and easily entered the semis. Though the Hurricanes were outdone in the semis. Rana Naved-ul-hasan was the leading wicket taker in Big Bash League 2011–12, where he claimed 15 scalps for Hobart.[5]
Other Seasons
The Hurricanes played a total of 8 games in the 2012-13 Big Bash League. They ended up losing 4 and winning the same the number of games. They finished the tournament in 6th position out of 8 teams. The Hurricanes qualified for the semi finals in 2013-14 Big Bash by just 1 point ahead of Brisbane Heat. They won the semi final against the Stars. They were outclassed by Perth Scorchers in the final by 39 runs. They finished as the runners-up, their best position so far. Ben Dunk was named the Man of the Tournament with 395 runs and Jonathan Wells was the young gun of the tournament. They only managed to win 3 games in the 2014-15 season and ended up 5th on the table.
2016/17 squad
| S/N | Name | Nat. | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||||
| 10 | George Bailey | | 7 September 1982 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 46 | Dominic Michael | | 8 October 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 11 | Kumar Sangakkara |  | 27 October 1977 | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Visa contract |
| 9 | Jonathan Wells | | 13 August 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 54 | Daniel Christian | | 4 May 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 15 | Simon Milenko | | 24 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||
| – | Ben McDermott | | 12 December 1994 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Visa contract |
| 27 | Tim Paine | | 8 December 1984 | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Captain |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| – | Stuart Broad |  | 24 June 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Visa contract |
| – | Hamish Kingston | | 17 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | |
| 15 | Joe Mennie | | 24 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 43 | Sam Rainbird | | 5 June 1992 | Right-handed | Left arm fast medium | |
| 44 | Jake Reed | | 28 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 32 | Shaun Tait | | 22 February 1983 | Right-handed | Right arm fast | |
| 25 | Timm van der Gugten |  | 25 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Non-visa Dutch international |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| 13 | Cameron Boyce | | 27 July 1989 | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | |
| 31 | Clive Rose | | 13 October 1989 | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | |
Honours
Domestic
See also
References
- ↑ Cricket Tasmania (n.d), Ground History, Cricket Tasmania, retrieved 12 October 2013, <http://www.crickettas.com.au/blundstone-arena/ground-history>
- ↑ Cricket Australia (2011), Blundstone Arena,Cricket Australia,retrieved 12 October 2013, <http://www.hobarthurricanes.com.au/team/blundstone-arena>
- ↑ "New Twenty20 Big Bash league to feature teams in pink, orange and purple as tradition is abandoned". Fox Sports (Australia). 6 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ↑ Allister de Winter coach of Hobart Hurricanes
- ↑ http://blogs.bettor.com/Derbyshire-sign-Rana-Naveed-for-2012-season-Cricket-News-Update-a129445
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