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Full name Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangi Davis
Born November 30, 1971, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Current age 36 years 283 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
7
4
20
8*
6.66
125
16.00
0
0
1
0
4
0
ODIs
11
6
4
13
7*
6.50
33
39.39
0
0
0
0
2
0
First-class
71
81
34
538
38*
11.44
0
0
26
0
List A
47
23
12
140
21
12.72
0
0
12
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
9
1010
499
17
5/63
6/98
29.35
2.96
59.4
0
1
0
ODIs
11
11
432
436
11
4/35
4/35
39.63
6.05
39.2
1
0
0
First-class
71
11682
6693
215
5/32
31.13
3.43
54.3
6
0
List A
47
1998
1656
45
4/35
4/35
36.80
4.97
44.4
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 2-6, 1994 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Sep 18-22, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 18, 1994 scorecard
Last ODI
India v New Zealand at Bangalore, May 14, 1997 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1991/92 - 2003/04
List A span
1992/93 - 2003/04
Profile
One of those people who was able to come back strongly from highly visible
major technique problems. A tearaway quickie whose chief attribute was to get
the ball from A to B as quickly as possible notwithstanding any other
consideration, he was selected for the tour of England in 1994. It was well
known that he had problems overstepping and with his accuracy, much of this
being due to faulty technique at delivery with his head falling away badly. He
was required for one Test on that tour, sent his first delivery for 4 wides,
snared an early wicket, and ended up with just that one for plenty. He did not
play for NZ again for nearly three years.
In the intervening period, he worked on his problems, but it was a long while
before there was any real improvement at provincial level. He was still taking
wickets, had a good strike rate, but had not solved his rhythm problems. He
came under the wing of Dennis Lillee and Dayle Hadlee at the cricket academy
and started bowling well for Wellington in 1996/7, although at a slightly
reduced pace. He was selected for the NZA side against England in 1997, and
then for the third Test of that series. The three Tests he played in 1996/7 showed that he had overcome his problems, although it was quite noticeable that
he lapsed when he tried to bowl that yard or two too quickly. Not at all a
swinger of the ball, his chief weapons are bounce and hostility, a little bit
of seam, and, quite remarkably, his ability to keep at the batsman. For much
of the series against Sri Lanka in 1997 he had both a heel and a knee problem
which saw him limping. It was remarkable that he could bowl at all. Such a performance, as well as being an inspiration to his team, helped to elevate him to cult status with the general public.
