Hobart Hurricanes
Personnel
CaptainNathan Ellis
CoachJeff Vaughan
Team information
Colours  Purple
Founded2011
Home groundBellerive Oval
York Park
History
BBL wins0
Official websiteOfficial Website

T20 kit

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 Blundstone Arena in Hobart,[1] with additional home matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[2]

History

Inaugural season

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

Year League position Result
2011–12 2nd Semi-final loss
2012–13 6th Did not qualify
2013–14 4th Runner-up
2014–15 5th Did not qualify
2015–16 7th Did not qualify
2016–17 7th Did not qualify
2017–18 4th Runner-up
2018–19 1st Semi-final loss
2019–20 4th Eliminator loss
2020–21 6th Did not qualify
2021–22 5th Eliminator loss
2022–23 6th Did 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]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.


S/N Name Nationality Date of birth (age) Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
8Tim David Australia16 March 1996Right-handedRight-arm off spin
32Caleb Jewell Australia21 April 1997Left-handed—
33Mac Wright Australia22 January 1998Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
27Sam Hain England16 July 1995Right-handedRight-arm off Break
All Rounders
78 Corey Anderson New Zealand13 December 1990Left-handedLeft-arm Medium
Wicket-keepers
28Ben McDermott Australia12 December 1994Right-handed—
13Matthew Wade Australia26 December 1987Left-handedRight-arm medium
Pace bowlers
72Nathan Ellis Australia22 December 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Captain
16Mitchell Owen Australia16 September 2001Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
21Riley Meredith Australia21 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast
37Billy Stanlake Australia4 November 1994Left-handedRight-arm fast
34Chris Jordan England4 September 1988Right-handedRight-arm Fast Medium
Spin bowlers
48Patrick Dooley Australia17 May 1997Left-handedRight-arm leg spin

Honours

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.

See also

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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