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Full name Grant David Elliott
Born March 21, 1979, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 29 years 57 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
5
9
29
0
List A
58
47
12
1173
107*
33.51
1
7
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
4653
2148
60
4/56
35.80
2.76
77.5
0
0
List A
58
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
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
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
