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Grant Elliott
New Zealand/South Africa
Player profile
Full name Grant David Elliott
Born March 21, 1979, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 29 years 56 days
Major teams New Zealand, Gauteng, Griqualand West, Transvaal, Wellington
Nickname Shunt, Magic
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Education St Stithians
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
1 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
5.00 |
52 |
19.23 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| First-class |
42 |
66 |
3 |
1907 |
196* |
30.26 |
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5 |
9 |
|
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29 |
0 |
| List A |
58 |
47 |
12 |
1173 |
107* |
33.51 |
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1 |
7 |
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21 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
12 |
11 |
4 |
236 |
57 |
33.71 |
190 |
124.21 |
0 |
2 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
1 |
2 |
144 |
85 |
1 |
1/27 |
1/85 |
85.00 |
3.54 |
144.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
42 |
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4653 |
2148 |
60 |
4/56 |
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35.80 |
2.76 |
77.5 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
58 |
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1660 |
1419 |
46 |
5/34 |
5/34 |
30.84 |
5.12 |
36.0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
12 |
8 |
117 |
178 |
6 |
2/25 |
2/25 |
29.66 |
9.12 |
19.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Only Test |
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1996/97 |
| Last First-class |
Kent v New Zealanders at Canterbury, Apr 28-30, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1998/99 |
| Last List A |
Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Wellington v Northern Districts at Wellington, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Auckland v Wellington at Auckland, Jan 28, 2008 scorecard |
Johannesburg-born but based in Wellington, Grant Elliott left his native South Africa in 2001 looking for new horizons, and found them in March 2008 when he was named in New Zealand's 13-man squad for the first Test against England at Hamilton. He won his first Test cap in the final Test after Jacob Oram picked up an injury, but struggled to make an impression with one wicket and two batting failures. Six months earlier, having completed his residency qualification, he was handed a place in the 30-man preliminary squad for the ICC World Twenty20, but missed the final cut. A compact and correct batsman, and a genuine swing bowler who generates decent pace from a measured run-up, he enjoyed a productive season for Wellington in 2006-07, with 361 runs in seven matches at 45.12, including two of his three career centuries. He made one A team appearance for South Africa before switching his allegiance, but now provides the selectors with a handy back-up for their established allrounder, Oram.
Andrew Miller March 2008
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