Danish Kaneria
Full name Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria
Born December 16, 1980, Karachi, Sind
Current age 26 years 86 days
Major teams Pakistan, Essex, Habib Bank Limited, Karachi,
Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Pakistan Reserves
Also known as Nani-Danny
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Statsguru Test player, ODI player |
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Batting and fielding averages |
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Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
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Tests |
46 |
62 |
29 |
230 |
29 |
6.96 |
479 |
48.01 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
2 |
15 |
0 |
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ODIs |
16 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
3* |
3.00 |
18 |
33.33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
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First-class |
107 |
132 |
64 |
589 |
47 |
8.66 |
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0 |
0 |
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36 |
0 |
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List A |
92 |
44 |
22 |
130 |
16 |
5.90 |
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0 |
0 |
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18 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
11 |
5 |
2.75 |
15 |
73.33 |
0 |
0 |
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3 |
0 |
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Bowling averages |
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Mat |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4 |
5 |
10 |
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Tests |
46 |
13034 |
6408 |
198 |
7/77 |
12/94 |
32.36 |
2.94 |
65.82 |
6 |
12 |
2 |
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ODIs |
16 |
776 |
590 |
12 |
3/31 |
3/31 |
49.16 |
4.56 |
64.66 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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First-class |
107 |
28771 |
13624 |
505 |
7/39 |
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26.97 |
2.84 |
56.97 |
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35 |
5 |
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List A |
92 |
4731 |
3215 |
138 |
5/21 |
5/21 |
23.29 |
4.07 |
34.28 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
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Twenty20 |
14 |
263 |
329 |
17 |
4/31 |
4/31 |
19.35 |
7.50 |
15.47 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Career statistics |
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Test debut |
Pakistan
v England at Faisalabad - Nov 29-Dec 3, 2000 |
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Last Test |
South Africa
v Pakistan at Cape Town - Jan 26-28, 2007 |
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ODI debut |
Pakistan
v Zimbabwe at Sharjah - Oct 31, 2001 |
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Last ODI |
Scotland
v Pakistan at Edinburgh - Jun 27, 2006 |
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First-class span |
1998/99 - 2006/07 |
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List A span |
1998/99 - 2006 |
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Twenty20 span |
2004/05 - 2006/07 |
A tall, wiry
legspinner, and only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan (the
first, his cousin Anil Dalpat, was briefly their wicketkeeper), Danish
Kaneria mastered some vital skills at an early age. His stock ball drifts
into the batsman and he has a googly as cloaked as any in recent history..
His whirling approach is reminiscent of Abdul Qadir, and he has now picked
up the baton from Mushtaq Ahmed as Pakistan's premier legspinner. Kaneria
was hyped as a secret weapon when England toured Pakistan in 2000-01, and
though his impact in the Test series was minimal, he has since made his
mark. Initially he did so against the lesser lights of Bangladesh, but also
in a home Test against South Africa, when his five-for won Pakistan the
match. Since then, he has confirmed himself as a man capable of winning
Tests, leading Pakistan to wins against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2004 and
against the West Indies in Jamaica in 2005. In between, two tours - to
Australia and the graveyard of legspin, India - became arduous but
satisfying stepping stones to the big league. In each series he outscalped
the leading legspinners of our age, first Shane Warne, then Anil Kumble and
although Pakistan lost the first series comprehensively, Kaneria's 19
wickets were crucial in securing a morale-boosting 1-1 draw in India. He
struggled through much of 2006, not to take wickets, but to take them
swiftly enough. It didn't help that he had no sustained support from the
other end, as Pakistan suffered heavily from injuries to fast bowlers. But
he ended the year upbeat with an improved performance in South Africa. It
was enough to earn him a surprise recall into Pakistan's ODI squad for the
2007 World Cup, having not been a part of their plans in the last three
years.
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