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Mitchell Santner

New Zealand|Bowling Allrounder
Mitchell Santner
INTL CAREER: 2015 - 2023
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Full Name

Mitchell Josef Santner

Born

February 05, 1992, Hamilton

Age

31y 229d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Slow Left arm Orthodox

Playing Role

Bowling Allrounder

RELATIONS

(brother)

A left-handed batsman and left-arm spinner, Mitchell Santner was first elevated to the New Zealand side after a promising 2014-15 domestic season.

He was named in the one-day squad for the tour of England following the retirement of Daniel Vettori after the World Cup as New Zealand searched for another left-arm spin option. Santner was in to cover for the absence of the players at the IPL but made an immediate impression with a well-crafted 94 in a tour game against Somerset. He was handed his ODI debut at Edgbaston having played just 19 List A matches for Northern Districts. "It's nice to have a left-arm spinner who turns," was a quip from the New Zealand camp.

He made his Test debut later that year in the first ever day-night Test against Australia in Adelaide and made 31 and 45 batting at No.6 in both innings in a low-scoring game. He also took two wickets. Over the next four years his Test opportunities were limited but he became a mainstay in the white-ball teams for the Black Caps.

His performances were so impressive that he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in 2019 IPL to play under Stephen Fleming. He won a game by hitting a six off the last ball of the match against Rajasthan and took 2 for 13 from 4 overs in the IPL final against Mumbai, including the prized scalp of Rohit Sharma.

His experience in that cauldron held him in good stead for the 2019 World Cup in England. He bowled a clutch spell in the semi-final win over India, strangling their middle order to help secure a spot in the final against England.

Later in the same year he recorded a maiden Test century during an epic partnership with BJ Watling. The 261 they added was New Zealand's highest seventh-wicket stand in history and helped their side to 615-9, their highest Test total against England. The three wickets he claimed in England's second-innings also constituted new Test-best figures and helped New Zealand to a crushing innings victory.


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Mitchell Santner Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests244040371871413/535/17345.632.7898.4000
ODIs948943193511915/505/5038.584.8747.4010
T20Is9089186822061004/114/1122.067.0818.6200
FC5994922444571015/518/15344.122.8991.3210
List A124117574745291285/505/5035.384.7244.8110
T20s177174369243261804/114/1124.037.0320.5200

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests2432176612624.70180342.48129018160
ODIs94712612526727.82140489.17039433380
T20Is90622756977*16.25458124.23014318360
FC59915265613630.88522450.8441433449500
List A124982819678628.10220589.200816649540
T20s17713551203592*24.221516134.230615792640
Mitchell Josef Santner

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Photos of Mitchell Santner

Mitchell Santner with his Player of the Match award after taking 3 for 30
Mitchell Santner claimed the big wicket of Jos Buttler
Dawid Malan fell for a duck to Mitchell Santner
Adithya Ashok and Dean Foxcroft are all smiles after they were handed their debuts caps
Mitchell Santner's promotion to No. 3 didn't quite go to plan
Mitchell Santner roars out an appeal