colin de grandhomme Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
colin de grandhomme is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Colin de Grandhomme
Born
July 22, 1986, Harare
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Allrounder
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | 45 | 41 | 25 |
Inn | 44 | 35 | 39 | 21 |
Runs | 1432 | 742 | 503 | 303 |
Avg | 38.7 | 26.5 | 15.72 | 18.94 |
SR | 80.45 | 106.15 | 137.81 | 134.67 |
HS | 120 | 74 | 59 | 40 |
NO | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
100s | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
4s | 141 | 58 | 27 | 18 |
6s | 41 | 29 | 30 | 18 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | 45 | 41 | 25 |
Inn | 53 | 45 | 21 | 19 |
Balls | 4054 | 1548 | 321 | 216 |
Runs | 1615 | 1230 | 461 | 319 |
Wkt | 49 | 30 | 12 | 6 |
BBI | 41 / 6 | 26 / 3 | 22 / 2 | 4 / 2 |
BBM | 64 / 7 | 26 / 3 | 22 / 2 | 4 / 2 |
Eco | 2.39 | 4.77 | 8.62 | 8.86 |
Avg | 32.96 | 41.0 | 38.42 | 53.17 |
5W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- HL de Grandhomme
- LL de Grandhomme
- New Zealand
- Adelaide Strikers
- Auckland
- Brampton Wolves
- Gulf Giants
- Jamaica Tallawahs
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Manicaland
- Midlands
- Nagenahira Nagas
- New Zealand A
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Southern Brave (Men)
- St Lucia Zouks
- Warwickshire
- Zimbabwe Under-19s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
He was called up to the Blackcaps team for the home series against Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2012. Born in Zimbabwe, Grandhomme represented Zimbabwe in the Under-19 World Cup in 2004 before migrating to New Zealand in search of better opportunities. A national call up soon followed in 2012-13 for the shorter formats. His ball-striking skills and utility medium pace made him a good pick in limited-overs cricket.
However, ironically, it was in his Test debut that de Grandhomme managed to make a bigger statement. He ran riot in the home series against Pakistan in the summer of 2016 on seaming pitches where his medium pace was enough as long as accuracy was there. His 6-fer on debut were the best figures by a New Zealand debutant. Although not a regular in the Test side since then, de Grandhomme is often considered on pitches that have movement in them. The reason for this is his ability to move the ball, even if at a moderate pace - a skill that grows in strength considerably on greenish tracks. Apart from this, his counter-attacking batting skills are also an added advantage.
It's still early days in de Grandhomme's career but his ability to turn a match on its head makes him a very handy cricketer to have, particularly in white-ball cricket. If New Zealand decide to revamp their batting order in Tests, he could be a regular feature in the longest format as well. It can safely said that de Grandhomme is yet to translate his potential completely on the international stage although we have seen glimpses of his talent. New Zealand's love affair with all-rounders is well known and the Kiwis will hope that de Grandhomme is able to cement his spot across formats in the years to come.
IPL through the years
The 2016-17 season was a breakthrough year for de Grandhomme. Not only did he make his Test debut but was also called up by Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Andre Russell. Though he played for most parts of the season, de Grandhomme got very limited opportunities with bat and ball. His standout performance was 3 for 4 on a seamer friendly wicket at Eden Gardens against Bangalore.
The 2018 season marked 10 years of IPL and all teams looked to build for the future and de Grandhomme was not in KKR's plan. He was picked up by Bangalore for INR 2.2 crore from a base price of 75 lakh. The shift didn't change his fortunes as he didn't start the season and when he did, the chances were very little. However, with a strike rate of 166 in T20s, RCB did not want to let go of the burly all rounder.
World Cup 2019 - What to expect
Having featured in New Zealand's playing XI regularly in recent times, Colin de Grandhomme is the first choice seam all-rounder for the Kiwis. de Grandhomme might start ahead of James Neesham in WC 19 and his ability to build pressure from one end with economical spells is one of the reasons that gives him an edge. Also, he can hit the long ball, hence you can expect him to chip in with his handy all-round contributions throughout the course of the tournament. If he maintains his discipline and gets wickets, the all-rounder might prove to be a pivotal member of the playing XI.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A bruising, broad-shouldered batsman, and a disciplined medium-pace bowler, Colin de Grandhomme left Zimbabwe for Auckland in 2006, before eventually finding his way into New Zealand's representative teams. Unsurprisingly, his first international foray was in the T20 format. Having earned a reputation as a heavy hitter in New Zealand's domestic T20 competition, de Grandhomme earned a debut against his native Zimbabwe in 2012. He did not sufficiently impress to keep his place on that occasion, but continued to flourish on the domestic circuit.
In 2016, an unbeaten fourth-innings 144 off 147 balls, to lead Auckland's successful chase of 373, put him back into national reckoning, this time in the Test format. But it was with the ball that he left his first significant impression on international cricket; his 6 for 41 against Pakistan on a Christchurch green-top were the best figures for a New Zealand debutant, bettering a 65-year-old record.
From then on he was a fairly regular member of the New Zealand team in all three forms. He made his first Test century against West Indies in December 2017. He played a significant role in the 2019 World Cup, making a brilliant 47-ball 60 in a nail-biting winning chase against South Africa and 64 against Pakistan. In the extraordinary final against England, he was unplayable at times while bowling a vital spell taking 1 for 25 from 10 overs including the prized wicket of Joe Root.
De Grandhomme had represented Zimbabwe at the Under-19 World Cup in 2003-04, and broke into the Manicaland side in 2004-05 before ascending to Zimbabwe A and Zimbabwe Under-23s, for whom he scored a century against Eastern Province in the SAA Provincial Challenge. Soon, though, de Grandhomme felt his future lay outside Zimbabwe, and he quickly made a mark in Auckland. In 2008-09, he averaged 54.50 with the bat and 24.19 with the ball as Auckland won the State Championship.
In June 2009 he was named in a New Zealand Emerging Players team to take part in a quadrangular tournament in Australia. His figures in the Plunket Shield in the 2009-10 season were again strong, though his domestic limited-overs form was somewhat disappointing. A steady show in 2010-11 - during which he was part of the Auckland side that won the domestic one-day tournament and wrested the Twenty20 title from Central Districts - resulted in another call-up to the New Zealand Emerging Players team in 2011. He has scored over 600 runs in a season three times, since 2011, and it was his performance over several years, as much as the rapid 144*, that earned him a Test call-up.
Liam Brickhill and ESPNcricinfo staff