Ewen Thompson

New Zealand

Full name Ewen Paul Thompson

Born December 17, 1979, Warkworth, Auckland

Current age 39 years 247 days

Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, New Zealand Academy

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
T20Is	1	1	1	1	1*	-	1	100	0	0	0	0	0
First-class	52	75	9	1734	126	26.27			3	8			18
List A	59	48	15	599	62*	18.15			0	3			17
T20s	26	19	7	228	59	19	174	131.03	0	1	12	13	6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	1	1	24	42	0	-	-	-	10.50	-	0	0	0
T20Is	1	1	18	18	1	1/18	1/18	18.00	6.00	18.0	0	0	0
First-class	52		10155	5310	177	7/55		30.00	3.13	57.3		6	1
List A	59		3385	2648	104	6/20	6/20	25.46	4.69	32.5	3	3	0
T20s	26	26	570	718	31	5/32	5/32	23.16	7.55	18.3	2	1	0

Career statistics

Only ODI	New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Mar 11, 2009 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I	New Zealand v West Indies at Hamilton, Dec 28, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Central Districts v Wellington at Napier, Mar 12-15, 2010 scorecard
List A debut	1999/00
Last List A	Northern Districts v Central Districts at Whangarei, Feb 17, 2010 scorecard
T20s debut	Central Districts v Canterbury at Napier, Jan 22, 2006 scorecard
Last T20s	Central Districts v Canterbury at Nelson, Jan 15, 2010 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/20, 30	Central D	v Wellington	Napier	12 Mar 2010	FC
0, 5/68, 2/94, 29	Central D	v Canterbury	New Plymouth	4 Mar 2010	FC
2, 5/64	Central D	v Otago	Invercargill	25 Feb 2010	FC
0/60, 5	Central D	v Northern D	Whangarei	17 Feb 2010	LA
0/36	Central D	v Canterbury	Christchurch	13 Feb 2010	LA
24, 0/47	Central D	v Otago	New Plymouth	9 Feb 2010	LA
6*, 1/44	Central D	v Northern D	Whangarei	6 Feb 2010	LA
6/20	Central D	v Canterbury	New Plymouth	3 Feb 2010	LA
1/30	Central D	v Canterbury	Nelson	15 Jan 2010	T20
1/39	Central D	v Canterbury	Timaru	13 Jan 2010	T20

Profile

A left-arm seamer and useful lower-order batsman, Ewen Thompson was rewarded with a national call-up at the age of 29 after serving Central Districts for nearly eight seasons. He made his first-class debut in 2000-01 and immediately made an impact, finishing the joint second-highest wicket-taker (22) for his state. He uses his tall, lanky frame to get good bounce and his utility as a lower-order hitter, apart from his Twenty20 stats, would have helped push his inclusion for New Zealand's Twenty20 squad against West Indies in 2008-09. He even averaged over 47 with the bat in the 2005-06 State Championship. His journey to the top hasn't been easy - he once suffered a fatigue-related virus - and his perseverance has been talked about in domestic circles. He ended the overall third-highest wicket-taker with 34 in the 2009-10 Plunket Shield but the strain on his body convinced him to quit first-class cricket after that season. He's now focused on a career as a player-cum-coach for district side Northland.
Cricinfo Staff May 2010

Ewen Thompson

New Zealand

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