Hobart Hurricanes
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| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Captain |  Matthew Wade | |
| Coach | Adam Griffith | |
| Team information | ||
| Colours | Purple | |
| Founded | 2011 | |
| Home ground | Bellerive Oval York Park | |
| History | ||
| BBL wins | 0 (Runners Up 2) | |
| Official website | Official Website | |
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 2018-19 Hobart Hurricanes season | ||
The Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's T20 cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia's domestic T20 cricket competition known as The Big Bash League, which is a league where many international players compete. Their team represents Hobart. The Hurricanes play their home matches at Blundstone Arena.[1] The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[2]
History
Inaugural season
The Hobart Hurricanes's inaugural coach was Allister de Winter[3] 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. Rana Naved-ul-hasan was the leading wicket taker in Big Bash League 2011–12, taking 15 wickets for the Hurricanes.[4]
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 won 3 games in the 2014–15 season and ended up 5th on the table.
In July 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy, scheduled to start in October 2018.[5]
Year-By Year Record
| Year | Finishing Position | Finals |
|---|---|---|
| BBL01 | 2nd | Semi Final loss |
| BBL02 | 6th | DNQ |
| BBL03 | 4th | Runners Up |
| BBL04 | 5th | DNQ |
| BBL05 | 7th | DNQ |
| BBL06 | 7th | DNQ |
| BBL07 | 4th | Runners Up |
| BBL08 | 1st | Semi Final loss |
Sponsors
| Years | Kit Manufacturers | Chest Sponsor | Breast Sponsor | Sleeve Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBL01 | KooGa | PKF | Blundstone | No Sponsor |
| BBL02 | Discover Tasmania | |||
| BBL03 | Blundstone | The Smith Family | ||
| BBL04 | Majestic Athletic | Zap Fitness | Blundstone | |
| BBL05 | Chemist Warehouse | MyState | ||
| BBL06 | Hotels Combined | |||
| BBL07 | Tassal | |||
| BBL08 | Cadbury | MyState |
- In BBL07, Tassal appeared as the chest sponsor for home games, while MyState appeared as the chest sponsor for away games.
- The Hurricanes, along with a number of other BBL teams, introduced a sleeve sponsor for BBL08
Team Song
The Hurricanes were the first BBL franchise to have their own team song, the lyrics of which were written by Tim Paine performed to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home. The lyrics to the song (as of BBL06) are as follows:[6]
- The purple army's on the march again, again.
- The purple army's on the march again, again.
- We bat, we bowl, we take control,
- We play the game with guts and soul
- The purple army's on the march again.
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again.
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again.
- We'll knock 'em down, we'll win the fight.
- We'll sing our victory song tonight.
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again!
The song's original second verse, prior to BBL06, made reference to the now defunct T20 Champions League:
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again.
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again.
- The champion's league is in our sight,
- We'll knock 'em down and win the fight.
- The Hurricanes have won the game again, again!
The team also uses the song Rock You Like a Hurricane to lead the team onto the field, and Hurricane by Australian band Faker the anthem for team mascot Captain Hurricane.
Records
Hobart hold a number of batting records in the Big Bash competition. As of January 2017, Hobart hold the highest team score in the competition's history with 8/223. They also co-hold the third and fourth highest scores of 211 and 209. On top of this, the team hold the four highest run chases in Big Bash history.
D'Arcy Short's unbeaten 122 off 69 balls against the Brisbane Heat in January 2018 is the highest individual score in BBL history, while Ben McDermott's score of 114 against the Melbourne Renegades in January 2017 is the third highest individual score in the competition's history, whilst the competition's leading wicket taker Ben Laughlin spent the first three seasons of the competition in Hurricane's colours before moving to the Adelaide Strikers.
In 2017-18, D'Arcy Short broke the competition record for the most individual runs in a season, scoring 465 runs in the first seven games of the season. The record broke Shaun Marsh's previous record of 412 runs in less games than Marsh's BBL02 record.[7] In an extended season, Short scored 572 runs at 57.32, and was named player of the tournament.
Current squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold
| S/N | Name | Nat. | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | ||||||
| 26 | Tom Cooper |  |
26 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | Australian born- dual citizenship, Vice captain, International Cap |
| 64 | |
29 November 1985 | Right-handed | International Cap | ||
| 1 | |
21 April 1997 | Left-handed | |||
| 14 | Jordan Silk | |
13 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 16 | Daniel Hughes | |
16 February 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 44 | James Faulkner | |
29 April 1990 | Right-handed | Left arm fast medium | International Cap |
| 31 | Clive Rose | |
13 October 1989 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | |
| 22 | Jofra Archer |  |
1 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Overseas Player |
| 24 | |
15 July 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm Off-break | ||
| Superstars | ||||||
| 27 | |
8 December 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | International Cap | |
| 22 | Jacob "Bev Show" Bevis | |
1 June 1997 | Right-handed | ||
| 13 | Matthew Wade | |
26 December 1987 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain & International Cap |
| Pace bowlers | ||||||
| 6 | Tom Rogers | |
3 March 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 21 | Riley Meredith | |
21 June 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 35 | |
24 March 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
| 56 | |
12 August 1992 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | Overseas Out injured | |
| 15 | David Moody | |
28 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Spin bowlers | ||||||
| 23 | Liam Bowe | |
23 September 1997 | Right-handed | Left arm chinaman | |
| 19 | Michael Beer | |
9 June 1984 | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | International Cap |
| 32 | Qais Ahmad |  |
15 August 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | Overseas Player |
Captains
| Name | Span | Matches | Win | Loss | Nr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Doherty | 2011-2014 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| George Bailey | 2012 – 2018 | 29 | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Tim Paine | 2013-2017 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 0 |
| Matthew Wade | 2018- | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
Honours
Domestic
International
- CLT20:
- Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy:
- Appearances (1): 2018
International Players
Rana Naveed- Owais Shah
Scott Styris- Dimi Mascarenhas
- Shoaib Malik
- Alex Hales
Darren Sammy- Tim Bresnan
Kumar Sangakkara- Stuart Broad
- Jordan Clark
- Ben Duckett
- Jerome Taylor
- Tymal Mills
- Jofra Archer
- Qais Ahmad
See also
References
- ^ Cricket Tasmania (n.d), Ground History, Cricket Tasmania, retrieved 12 October 2013, <"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)> - ^ "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
- ^ "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ http://www.hobarthurricanes.com.au/video/hurricanes-team-song/2014-01-07
- ^ https://www.cricket.com.au/news/darcy-short-breaks-bbl-record-most-runs-hobart-hurricanes-brisbane-heat/2018-01-15
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