Hobart Hurricanes

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Hobart Hurricanes
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Personnel
Captain Nathan Ellis
Coach Jeff Vaughan
Team information
Colours  Purple
Founded2011;13 years ago (2011)
Home ground Bellerive Oval
York Park
History
BBL  wins0
Official website Official Website
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Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in Australia's domestic Big Bash League. The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at Ninja Stadium in Hobart, [1] with additional home matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform. [2]

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History

Inaugural season

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Perth Scorchers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the WACA Ground in 2011

The Hobart Hurricanes' 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 favorites 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 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]

Season-by-season record

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Chart of yearly table positions for Hobart Hurricanes in BBL

The Hurricanes are only one of only 2 teams in the Men’s BBL, along with the Melbourne Stars to never win a Big Bash title, and along with the Adelaide Strikers, the only team to never collect a wooden spoon. As a result of this, the Hurricanes are the only team to never collect a wooden spoon or win the Big Bash

YearLeague positionResult
2011–12 2ndSemi-final loss
2012–13 6thDid not qualify
2013–14 4thRunner-up
2014–15 5thDid not qualify
2015–16 7thDid not qualify
2016–17 7thDid not qualify
2017–18 4thRunner-up
2018–19 1stSemi-final loss
2019–20 4thEliminator loss
2020–21 6thDid not qualify
2021–22 5thEliminator loss
2022–23 6thDid not qualify
2023-24 5thDid not qualify

Current squad

The current squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 7 September 2023. [6]


S/NNameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
8 Tim David Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 March 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm off spin
58 Charlie Wakim Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9 July 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm off break
33 Mac Wright Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 January 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
All Rounders
Nikhil Chaudhary Flag of India.svg  India 5 April 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm off break
22 Rishad Hossain Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 15 July 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
16 Mitchell Owen Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 16 September 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
Wicket-keepers
16 Jake Doran Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 December 1996 (age 28)Left-handedLeft-arm medium
47 Shai Hope WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 10 November 1993 (age 31)Right-handed—
32 Caleb Jewell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21 April 1997 (age 27)Left-handed—
28 Ben McDermott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12 December 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break
13 Matthew Wade Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26 December 1987 (age 36)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Pace bowlers
Iain Carlisle Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 May 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm medium
72 Nathan Ellis Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 22 December 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Captain
34 Chris Jordan Flag of England.svg  England 4 September 1988 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
21 Riley Meredith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 21 June 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast
37 Billy Stanlake Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4 November 1994 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm fast
Spin bowlers
48 Paddy Dooley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 May 1997 (age 27)Left-handedLeft-arm wrist spin
Peter Hatzoglou Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 27 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin

Honours

Administration and support staff

Current staff

The current administration and support staff of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2024–25 Big Bash League season as of 23 June 2024.

PositionName
Head coach Jeff Vaughan
Team Manager
Assistant coach
Batting coach
Bowling coach
Strength & Conditioning oach

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. [7] 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Ground History, Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ Allister de Winter coach of Hobart Hurricanes
  4. ↑ "Derbyshire sign Rana Naveed for 2012 season - Cricket News Update | bettor.com". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Players | Hobart Hurricanes - BBL". Hobart Hurricanes. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Team song video". Hobart Hurricanes. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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