A powerful middle-order striker, Corey Anderson gives the ball a hefty thump and can bowl some lively medium pace. He would not look out of place in the All Blacks' front row. Anderson became the youngest New Zealand player to gain a contract when, at 16, he was awarded the deal that Chris Harris declined. Anderson had already appeared for Canterbury the previous year and, within a year, he had played for New Zealand A as well as in the State final. A left-arm pace bowler and middle-order batsman, Anderson played in the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008 and two years later again made the squad for the tournament, which was held at home in New Zealand.

Anderson made his first-class debut in 2007, but had to wait till 2012 for his maiden first-class century. It was a big hundred, though - 167 against Otago - and soon after that he was included in New Zealand's squad for the Twenty20 international series in South Africa. He didn't do a whole lot in that series, but continued to score runs in the domestic season. Next year, he was included in New Zealand's ODI squad for the Champions Trophy, and made his debut in that format against England in Cardiff.
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