The Highlanders is a New Zealand professional rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in Super Rugby. The team was formed in 1996 to represent the lower South Island in the newly formed Super 12 competition,and includes the Otago,North Otago and Southland unions. The Highlanders take their name from the Scottish immigrants that founded the Otago,North Otago,and Southland regions in the 1840s and 1850s.
John Garry Bracewell is a former New Zealand cricketer who was most recently the coach of the Irish national team. He played 41 Test matches between 1980 and 1990,as well as 53 One Day Internationals. He was the second New Zealand cricketer to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in Test cricket.
Kerry Peter Walmsley is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played three Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the national side between 1995 and 2003 as a fast bowler. In domestic cricket Walmsley played for Auckland from the 1994–95 season until 1999–2000,Otago from 2000–01 to 2002–03,and Auckland again from 2003–04 to 2005–06.
Robert Wickham Anderson is a former New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1976 and 1978. Anderson was born at Christchurch in 1948.
Richard John Webb is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in three One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the national team in 1983. He played as a fast-medium paced bowler. He played domestic cricket for Otago between the 1975–76 season and 1983–84.
Neil Trevor Broom is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Otago and Canterbury and in England for Derbyshire County Cricket Club. After making his One Day International debut in 2009,Broom was recalled to the squad in 2017 following a successful domestic season,and made his Test debut. He played two Test matches,39 One Day Internationals and 11 Twenty20 Internationals for the national side.
Kenneth Frank McNeill Uttley was a New Zealand cricketer and pathologist.
The University of Otago Oval is a sports ground located at Logan Park,Dunedin,New Zealand,and owned by the Dunedin City Council. It was opened by Sir Louis Barnett on 5 April 1930. The ground was originally owned by the University of Otago,but ownership was transferred to the city council when a redevelopment was completed in the early 2000s.
Adam Thomson is a New Zealand rugby union player. He represented the New Zealand All Blacks between 2008 and 2012,playing a total of 29 tests including two during the victorious 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign. He played for the Melbourne Rebels in 2016,having also played Super Rugby with the Queensland Reds (2015) and Highlanders (2006-2012). He has also represented the Canon Eagles in Japan's Top League and New Zealand province Otago.
William Nicol Carson was a New Zealand sportsman who represented his country at both cricket and rugby union.
Samuel Raymond Wells is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 2007–08 and 2016–17 seasons. He played as an all-rounder.
Jacob Duffy is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Otago. Duffy made his senior debut in an HRV Cup match against Northern Districts in January 2012. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in December 2020.
Thomas William Maxwell Latham is a New Zealand international cricketer who is the Test captain of New Zealand cricket team. He is the son of former cricketer Rod Latham. He has the most Test centuries for New Zealand opening batsmen. Latham was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship. He was also a part of the New Zealand squads to finish as runners-up in two Cricket World Cup finals in 2015 and 2019.
The Australian cricket team toured New Zealand from 3 to 24 February 2016. Originally the tour was going to consist of three Test matches. In June 2015,New Zealand Cricket were in talks with Cricket Australia to have a tour consisting of two Tests and three One Day Internationals (ODIs). In August 2015,the fixtures were announced which contained the reduction of Tests from three to two and the addition of the three ODIs.
Glenn Dominic Phillips is a New Zealand cricketer who represents the New Zealand national cricket team and plays for Otago domestically. He made his international debut for New Zealand in February 2017. In December 2015,he was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In December 2017,his younger brother,Dale was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Reginald Clive Bell was a New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer. He was a member of the New Zealand national rugby side,the All Blacks,in 1922,playing eight matches. He played four first-class matches for Otago between the 1914–15 and 1920–21 seasons.
Graeme Bruce Thomson is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 47 first-class and 13 List A matches,almost all of them for Otago between the 1974–75 and 1980–81 seasons.
Eric Alexander Watson was a New Zealand rugby union coach and sportsman. He coached the New Zealand national rugby union team for two years,played for the Otago Rugby Football Union,represented Otago at lawn bowls,and played 46 first-class cricket matches for the Otago cricket team.
Thomas John Wilson is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played 33 first-class and 19 List A matches,almost all of them for Otago between the 1982–83 and 1988–89 seasons.
