Mitchell Santner

Mitchell Santner
Personal information
Full name Mitchell Josef Santner
Born (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992
Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox
Role Bowling All-Rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 268) 27 November 2015 v Australia
Last Test 9 December 2017 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 184) 9 June 2015 v England
Last ODI 3 March 2018 v England
ODI shirt no. 74
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011-2016 Northern Districts
2016-2017 Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 17 53 27 77
Runs scored 535 771 170 1398
Batting average 25.47 28.55 15.45 29.12
100s/50s 0/2 0/2 0/0 0/6
Top score 73 67 37 86
Balls bowled 2702 2449 521 3579
Wickets 34 59 29 89
Bowling average 37.05 33.91 21.37 31.51
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/60 5/50 4/11 5/50
Catches/stumpings 7/– 21/– 12/– 35/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 September 2018

Mitchell Josef Santner (born 5 February 1992) is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays all forms of the game. Domestically, he plays for Northern Districts cricket team. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed, and bowls slow left-arm off spin.

Santner was elevated towards the New Zealand team after a promising 2014–15 domestic season. He was named in the one-day squad for the tour of England following the retirement of Daniel Vettori after the 2015 World Cup as New Zealand searched for another left-arm spin option. Santner was then drafted into the touring squad at the start of the England tour to cover for the absence of the players at the Indian Premier League and made an immediate impression with a well-crafted 94 against Somerset. He was handed his One Day International debut at Edgbaston having played just 19 List A matches for Northern Districts.

International career

In April 2015, Santner was named in the New Zealand limited-overs squad for the tour of England.[1] He made his One Day International debut for New Zealand on 9 June 2015.[2] His first international wicket was when he trapped fellow debutant Sam Billings for 3. During the fourth ODI in the same series he hit 28 runs off Adil Rashid in one over, which is the second highest runs off one over ever posted in England. He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015.[3]

On 27 November 2015, Santner debuted in his first Test match against Australia. That match was also the first day/night Test.He also became the first player in history to make his test debut in a Day Night Test Match,where he made his debut against Australia. He hit a boundary off the first ball of his Test career.[4]

2016 World Twenty20

Santner was picked to the New Zealand squad as a premier spin bowler along with Nathan McCullum, who is playing his last international tour. In the first match against host India, Santner won man of the match award for his brilliant bowling performances, which lead his side to win by 47 runs. His bowling performance of 4 for 11 is the best bowling figures by a New Zealand spinner in World Twenty20 as well — [5][6] this single performance cemented Santner's Black Caps spot for the next 12 seasons.

South Africa in 2017

Mitchell Santner along with Jeetan Patel shared the honour for being the first pair of spinners in history to kick off an ODI by opening the bowling in the first innings of 4th ODI v South Africa.This was also the first instance that had happened only in the 3843rd ODI.[7]

2018

On 16 January, 2018. Santner bowled Pakistani cricketer Fakhar Zaman with a carom ball, something he had been working on for some time, but only recently brought into his international repertoire.

In March 2018, Santer was ruled out of the Test series against England, after suffering a knee injury, ruling him out of action for six to nine months.[8] The injury meant Saunter's planned spell in English county cricket with Derbyshire and Indian Premier League during 2018 had to be cancelled.[9]

In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Guptill, Henry in NZ Test squad for England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand tour of England, 1st ODI: England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jun 9, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand tour of England, Only T20I: England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 23, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mitchell Santner poised for surprise debut as Black Caps turn to spin in Adelaide test". Fairfax Digital. Fairfax New Zealand Ltd. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "World T20, 13th Match, Super 10 Group 2: India v New Zealand at Nagpur, 15 March 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "NZ spin trio routs India on raging turner". Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "The first time spinners open in ODIs, and Guptill goes 1, 2, 3 for New Zealand". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Santner ruled out for six to nine months". International Cricket Council. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mitchell Santner's move to Derbyshire cancelled because of knee injury". BBC Sport. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Todd Astle bags his first New Zealand contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
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