Andrew Ellis (cricketer)

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Andrew Ellis
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Malcolm Ellis
Born (1982-03-24) 24 March 1982 (age 39)
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 169)3 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI12 November 2012 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 54)14 February 2012 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I21 November 2013 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 15 5 106 133
Runs scored 154 25 5,221 2,708
Batting average 14.00 8.33 35.27 31.85
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 9/29 1/11
Top score 33 16 196 101
Balls bowled 480 60 16,604 4,596
Wickets 12 2 249 154
Bowling average 35.41 52.50 29.78 29.84
5 wickets in innings 0 0 6 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/22 2/40 6/35 5/17
Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 56/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 March 2020

Andrew Malcolm Ellis (born 24 March 1982) is a New Zealand former international cricketer, who played in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). In first-class cricket, Ellis played 26 State Championship games for Canterbury, up to the end of the 2006/7 season. Ellis retired from all forms of cricket in March 2020.[1] He was the second New Zealand cricketer to play 100 or more matches in each format of the game.[2]

Domestic career[]

A right-handed batsman and right arm fast medium bowler, he made his debut in 2003 against Auckland. He has scored 910 first class runs at an average of 26.76, with a top score of 78 against Northern Districts. He has also taken 32 wickets at 43.68 with a best analysis of 5 for 63 against Otago.

In 11 List-A one-day matches he has scored 157 runs at 22.42 with a top score of 46 and taken 3 wickets at just over 40. He also played six Twenty20 games with moderate returns.

He played for New Zealand Under-19s in the 2000/01 season in 2 'Tests' against South Africa under-19s and appeared for Marylebone Cricket Club in 2004.

In November 2017, he scored his 5,000th run for Canterbury in first-class cricket in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season.[3] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Canterbury for the 2018–19 season.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Andrew Ellis announces retirement to end 18-year career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Canterbury cricketing legend Andrew Ellis pulls stumps on 18-year domestic career". Stuff. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Hamish Bennett collects ten wickets in convincing Firebirds win". Stuff. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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