Neil Wagner

Neil Wagner

Personal information
Full name	Neil Wagner
Born	14 March 1986 Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2012–present)
Test debut (cap 256)	25 July 2012 v West Indies
Last Test	20 February 2016 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2007	Northerns
2008–present	Otago (squad no. 11)
2016–present	Lancashire (squad no. 20)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20 Matches 19 107 84 46 Runs scored 237 1,816 467 62 Batting average 11.85 16.21 12.28 4.76 100s/50s 0/0 0/6 0/0 0/0 Top score 37 70 42 14 Balls bowled 4,181 21,933 4,032 949 Wickets 74 454 133 55 Bowling average 32.43 26.77 26.65 24.50 5 wickets in innings 2 24 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 2 n/a n/a Best bowling 6/106 7/46 5/34 4/33 Catches/stumpings 4/– 30/– 15/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 April 2016

Neil Wagner (born 13 March 1986) is a South African-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Northerns and now plays for New Zealand and Otago cricket teams. He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool as a high school student where he played for the 1st team. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who has toured Zimbabwe and Bangladesh with Academy sides and appeared in two Test matches as twelfth man. In June 2009 he was awarded a place in the New Zealand Emerging Players team under Peter Fulton. He has since played in 19 Test matches for New Zealand.

World record

On 6 April 2011 Wagner achieved a "double" hat-trick against Wellington when he dismissed Stewart Rhodes, Joe Austin-Smellie, Jeetan Patel and Ili Tugaga with the first four balls of the 70th over, his 14th. He then took the wicket of Mark Gillespie with the sixth ball of the same over: five wickets in one 6-ball over, the first (and, so far, only) time this has been achieved in first-class cricket. His bowling figures for the innings were 6/36, his personal best at that time.^[1][2][3]

Performances

Test five wicket hauls

#	Figures	Match	Opponent	Venue	City	Country	Year
1	5/64	9	Bangladesh	Shere Bangla	Dhaka	Bangladesh	2013
1	6/106	19	Australia	Hagley Oval	Christchurch	New Zealand	2016

References

1. "Otago v Wellington at Queenstown, Apr 4–6, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
2. "Fulton to lead New Zealand Emerging Players". CricInfo. June 12, 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
3. World record wicket haul - five in six balls - Neil Wagner on YouTube

External links

• Player profile: Neil Wagner from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Neil Wagner from CricketArchive