Wellington Firebirds squad to play Otago Volts

Wellington Firebirds squad to play Otago Volts in One-Day competition opener

The Wellington Firebirds squad to play the Otago Volts in the first round of the 2010/11 domestic One-Day competition at Molyneux Park in Alexandra on Sunday 9 January is:

Grant Elliott (captain)
Joe Austin-Smellie
Harry Boam
Dewayne Bowden
Josh Brodie
Marc Calkin
James Franklin
Mark Gillespie
Andrew Lamb
Neal Parlane
Jeetan Patel
Stewart Rhodes
Luke Woodcock

If selected to play, former BLACKCAPS fast bowler Mark Gillespie will play his first match of the season for the Wellington Firebirds. Gillespie, who missed most of last summer with a back injury, was sidelined with a separate hip/thigh injury at the start of this season.

If selected, Josh Brodie and Marc Calkin will make their New Zealand domestic limited overs debuts. Brodie has 17 previous First-Class appearances for Wellington and has scored two centuries since the start of his domestic four-day career in March 2008 and Calkin has played seven domestic Twenty20 matches for both Central Districts and the Firebirds.
Sunday’s round one fixture is the first of eight round-robin matches. The Firebirds play their first four away, against the Volts on Sunday, the Auckland Aces on 12 January, the Northern Knights on 16 January and the Canterbury Wizards on 19 January. The Firebirds then return home to host the Stags on Sunday 23 January, the Wizards on Thursday 27 January, the Knights on Sunday 30 January and the Aces on Wednesday 2 February in consecutive matches at the Basin Reserve.
A preliminary finals series between the top four qualifying teams will be played on 6 and 9 February, and the final scheduled for Sunday 13 February.

Wellington v Otago– One-Day information:

Head to head:
Played 49, won 30, lost 15, tied 1, no result 3

First met:
8 December 1974, Basin Reserve, Win to Wellington by 8 runs.

2009/10 results:

8 December 2009 at Queenstown. Win to Otago by 6 wickets

7 February 2010 at Wellington, Win to Otago by 8 wickets

Wellington v Otago One-Day records:

Wellington highest total: 274, at Wellington 2000/01

Otago lowest total: 64, at Alexandra 1984/85

Wellington best batting: 124, Roger Twose, at Wellington 2000/01

Wellington best bowling: Ash Turner, 5 for 12, at Wellington 2002/03

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