Colin Munro

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Colin Munro
Personal information
Full name
Colin Munro
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)
Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order Batsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 258)11 January 2013 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 179)22 January 2013 v South Africa
Last ODI26 December 2017 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.82
T20I debut (cap 58)21 December 2012 v South Africa
Last T20I1 January 2018 v West Indies
T20I shirt no.82
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006–presentAuckland (squad no. 18)
2016Kolkata Knight Riders
2016–presentTrinbago Knight Riders
2017Sydney Sixers
2017–presentComilla Victorians
2018Karachi Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 1 20 37 46
Runs scored 15 419 827 3,529
Batting average 7.50 26.18 30.63 52.04
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 3/5 13/14
Top score 15 87 109 281
Balls bowled 108 96 24 3,341
Wickets 2 1 0 56
Bowling average 20.00 94.00 - 27.30
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/40 1/20 n/a 4/36
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 7/– 20/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 December 2017

Colin Munro (born 11 March 1987) is a South-African born New Zealand international cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. He was a member of the New Zealand Under 19 side and is currently a member of the Auckland cricket team.[1]

Early life

Munro attended Maidstone Primary School in Tongaat and after moving to New Zealand, attended Pakuranga College and played in the school's 1st XI cricket team. Munro represented New Zealand in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Sri Lanka in 2006.

Domestic career

In 2012-13 he and Craig Cachopa added 377 runs for the sixth wicket against the Wellington Firebirds in the Plunket Shield,falling two runs shy of the sixth wicket partnership record. He scored the second highest score for the Auckland Aces of 269 unbeaten with 27 fours and 14 sixes behind Bill Carson's record score of 290 set back in 1936/37.

In January 2017, Munro signed for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and made his debut in front of 39,756 at the SCG against the Thunder. [2]

International career

He was selected for the New Zealand Test Cricket team to play South Africa in the 2nd Test of the NZ team's tour after an injury to James Franklin. This made him New Zealand Test Cricketer number #258. In 2016, after becoming the top scorer in the domestic T20 competition, where he bats at no.3, there were hopes for him to cement that spot before the ICC World T20, given Brendon McCullum's international retirement before the tournament.[3][4]

Munro was added to the series against Sri Lanka, after a great domestic season. He played the last ODI and 2 T20Is in the series. In the second T20I at Eden Park, Munro recorded the second fastest T20I fifty of all time in 14 balls, with seven sixes, only behind 12-ball fifty of Yuvraj Singh. This is also the fastest fifty by a New Zealander in this format, beating the previous record set by Martin Guptill (50 from 19 balls) just 20 minutes before. He was adjudged man of the match for this performance.[4][5]

On 6 January 2017 against Bangladesh, Munro scored his first Twenty20 International century, and became the third player for New Zealand to score a T20I hundred after Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill.[6] With his century, New Zealand poster 195 runs in 20 overs and finally won the match by 47 runs.[7]

Munro was lifted to opening batting position during the ODI series against India, and he had good fortunes in the opening slot in few matches.[8]

On 4 November 2017, in the second T20I of the Indian tour, Munro scored his second Twenty20 International century, becoming the second New Zealander (after McCullum) and fourth overall to score two T20I centuries. He was also the first batsman to score two T20I centuries in a year.[9]New Zealand won the match by 40 runs and 3-match series was levelled 1-1 with his all-round contribution.[10]

During the series against West Indies, Munro moved up to open in the limited overs formats. On 3 January 2018, during the series against the West Indies, he became the first player to score three centuries in T20I cricket.[11][12] With this feat, he became the no.1 T20I batsman in the world, while Ish Sodhi claimed the no.1 T20I bowler ranking at the same time, making the first Black Caps pair since Brendon McCullum and Daniel Vettori to top the respective lists in 2008 and 2009.[13]

International centuries

Twenty20 International centuries

Colin Munro's Twenty20 International centuries
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 101 30  Bangladesh New Zealand Mount Maunganui, New Zealand Bay Oval 2017 Won
2 109* 34  India India Rajkot, India Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium 2017 Won
3 104 38  West Indies New Zealand Mount Maunganui, New Zealand Bay Oval 2018 Won

International awards

Twenty20 International awards

Man of the Match Awards

# Series Date Opposition Match Performance Result
1 Sri Lanka in New Zealand 10 January 2016 Sri Lanka 50* (14 balls: 1x4, 7x6)  New Zealand won by 9 wickets.[14]
2 Bangladesh in New Zealand 6 January 2017 Bangladesh 101 (54 balls: 7x4, 7x6)  New Zealand won by 47 runs.[15]
3 New Zealand in India 4 November 2017 India 109* (58 balls: 7x4, 7x6) ; 3-0-23-1, 1 ct.  New Zealand won by 40 runs.[16]
4 West Indies in New Zealand 3 January 2018 West Indies 104 (53 balls: 3x4, 10x6) ; 1 ct.  New Zealand won by 119 runs.[17]

Player of the Series Awards

# Series Season Series Performance Result
1 West Indies in New Zealand 2017/18 Batting: 223 runs, Ave – 74.33, SR – 197.34 with 1 century and 2 fifties
Fielding: 2 ct. 		 New Zealand won the series 2–0.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colin Munro". Auckland Cricket. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. ^ http://www.cricket.com.au/news/colin-munro-signs-sydney-sixers-kfc-big-bash-league-bbl06-replacement-overseas/2017-01-06
  3. ^ "NZ 164/4 (18.3 ov, LRPL Taylor 14*, GD Elliott 1*, KMDN Kulasekara 2/22) | Live Scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  4. ^ a b Wilson, Clay (10 January 2016). "Crash, bang, wallop - Colin Munro claims Martin Guptill's NZ fastest 50 record in SAME innings". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. ^ Andrew Fidel Fernando (10 January 2016). "New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I, Auckland. Guptill sets fastest NZ fifty record, Munro breaks it five overs later". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Munro's 52-ball hundred razes Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  7. ^ "2nd T20I, Bangladesh tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Jan 6 2017". ESPNcricinfo. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Colin Munro, George Worker to open for Blackcaps in India as Tom Latham demoted". Newshub. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Munro: first batsman to hit two T20I tons in a year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  10. ^ "2nd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 4 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Colin Munro becomes the first man to score three Twenty20 international hundreds". Stuff. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Munro steps up in 'mentor' McCullum's role". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  13. ^ "Munro and Sodhi on top of the world". Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Sri Lanka in New Zealand T20I Series, 2015/16 – New Zealand v Sri Lanka Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Bangladesh tour of New Zealand, 2nd T20I: New Zealand v Bangladesh at Mount Maunganui, Jan 6, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
  16. ^ "2nd T20I (N), New Zealand tour of India at Rajkot, Nov 4 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  17. ^ "3rd T20I (N), West Indies tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Jan 3 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  18. ^ "West Indies tour of New Zealand 2017/18". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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