Английская Википедия:Hobart Hurricanes
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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 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
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.
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
External links
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