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Colin de Grandhomme

Zimbabwe

Player profile

Full name Colin de Grandhomme
Born July 22, 1986, Harare
Current age 22 years 77 days
Major teams Auckland, Manicaland, Zimbabwe Under-19s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Grandfather - HL de Grandhomme, Father - LL de Grandhomme

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	18	30	2	649	109	23.17	1440	45.06	1	3			11
List A	20	20	2	317	96*	17.61			0	1			5
Twenty20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	18	20	1135	563	16	4/65	4/78	35.18	2.97	70.9	1	0	0
List A	20		228	155	2	1/17	1/17	77.50	4.07	114.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics
First-class debut	Zimbabwe A v Kenya at Harare, Oct 11-12, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class	Wellington v Auckland at Wellington, Mar 30-Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	2004/05
Last List A	Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Mar 2, 2008 scorecard
Only Twenty20	Auckland v Otago at Auckland, Feb 4, 2007 scorecard

Profile

Colin de Grandhomme is a talented batsman who broke through into the Manicaland side in 2004-05 an immediately impressed. Although he played at Under-19 level for Zimbabwe, it was rumoured that his father persuaded the national selectors to overlook him.

In 2005 he moved to New Zealand and played for Auckland where he soon made his mark.
Martin Williamson July 2007

Latest Articles

Auckland ask ICC for ruling on de Grandhomme (Jul 18, 2007)
Zimbabwe players head for the UK (Apr 14, 2006)
Western Province in control (Nov 11, 2005)
Boland tail deny KwaZulu-Natal (Oct 29, 2005)
Griqualand West cruise to two-day win (Oct 28, 2005)

Latest Photos

Dec 11, 2007

Colin de Grandhomme flicks the ball during his brief 13-run knock © Getty Images

Feb 23, 2004

Riaz Afridi celebrates after bowling out Colin de Grandhomme © AFP

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