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Full name Grant David Elliott
Born March 21, 1979, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 29 years 246 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
2
3
1
18
8*
9.00
73
24.65
0
0
0
0
2
0
ODIs
6
3
1
103
56
51.50
147
70.06
0
1
6
1
1
0
First-class
43
67
4
1915
196*
30.39
5
9
29
0
List A
68
54
14
1341
107*
33.52
1
8
22
0
Twenty20
11
10
3
233
57
33.28
188
123.93
0
2
22
4
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
2
2
144
85
1
1/27
1/85
85.00
3.54
144.0
0
0
0
ODIs
6
5
146
80
9
3/14
3/14
8.88
3.28
16.2
0
0
0
First-class
43
4653
2148
60
4/56
35.80
2.76
77.5
0
0
List A
68
1902
1590
58
5/34
5/34
27.41
5.01
32.7
1
1
0
Twenty20
11
7
111
166
6
2/25
2/25
27.66
8.97
18.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Napier, Mar 22-26, 2008 scorecard
Last Test
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 25-29, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jun 18, 2008 scorecard
Last ODI
Scotland v New Zealand at Aberdeen, Jul 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1996/97
Last First-class
Bangladesh v New Zealand at Dhaka (SBNS), Oct 25-29, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Australia A v New Zealand A at Chennai, Sep 22, 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
Profile
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
