	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
T20Is	1	1	1	1	1*	-	1	100.00	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	19.00	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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