Mitchell McClenaghan

New Zealand

Full name Mitchell John McClenaghan

Born June 11, 1986, Hastings, Hawke's Bay

Current age 34 years 132 days

Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland A, Central Districts, ICC World XI, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Lancashire, Maratha Arabians, Middlesex, Mumbai Indians, Nangarhar Leopards, New Zealand A, New Zealand Emerging Players, New Zealand XI, North Island, Punjabi Legends, St Lucia Stars, Sydney Thunder, Toronto Nationals, Worcestershire

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	50	4s	6s	Ct
ODIs	48	14	10	108	34*	27.00	138	78.26	0	10	3	4
T20Is	29	8	4	24	10	6.00	23	104.34	0	1	2	7
First-class	38	45	14	444	73*	14.32	1095	40.54	1	41	7	8
List A	99	40	19	303	34*	14.42	396	76.51	0	26	8	14
T20s	193	70	32	229	20	6.02	200	114.50	0	16	12	30

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
ODIs	48	45	2336	2313	82	5/58	5/58	28.20	5.94	28.4	6	1
T20Is	29	29	608	789	30	3/17	3/17	26.30	7.78	20.2	0	0
First-class	38	71	7353	4360	117	8/23	9/81	37.26	3.55	62.8	3	3
List A	99	94	4793	4551	180	6/41	6/41	25.28	5.69	26.6	12	3
T20s	193	189	4105	5820	229	5/29	5/29	25.41	8.50	17.9	2	1

Career statistics

ODI debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Paarl, Jan 19, 2013 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Pakistan at Wellington, Jan 25, 2016 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 21, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	ICC World XI v West Indies at Lord's, May 31, 2018 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Central Districts v Otago at Napier, Nov 12-15, 2007 scorecard
Last First-class	Otago v Auckland at Dunedin, Mar 21-23, 2017 scorecard
List A debut	Wellington v Central Districts at Wellington, Dec 30, 2007 scorecard
Last List A	Auckland v Northern Districts at Lincoln, Nov 18, 2018 scorecard
T20s debut	Central Districts v Auckland at New Plymouth, Feb 6, 2009 scorecard
Last T20s	Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans at Lahore, Mar 6, 2020 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/14	Kings	v Sultans	Lahore	6 Mar 2020	T20
3/32, 5	Auckland	v Wellington	Wellington	19 Jan 2020	T20
0/45	Auckland	v Otago	Dunedin	17 Jan 2020	T20
0/31	Auckland	v Wellington	Wellington	12 Jan 2020	T20
0/42	Auckland	v Northern D	Auckland	10 Jan 2020	T20
2/30	Auckland	v Central D	Auckland	4 Jan 2020	T20
0/49	Auckland	v Canterbury	Auckland	1 Jan 2020	T20
5, 1/24	Auckland	v Wellington	Auckland	30 Dec 2019	T20
0/29	Auckland	v Central D	New Plymouth	28 Dec 2019	T20
1/43, 1*	Auckland	v Northern D	Hamilton	22 Dec 2019	T20

Profile

Mitchell McClenaghan is a left-arm fast bowler who has established himself as a regular in New Zealand's limited-overs sides. He runs in hard, hits the deck even harder, and describes himself as "ultra-competitive, aggressive, maybe a little bit crazy".

He made his first-class debut with Central Districts in 2007, but was only intermittently part of the team, and his career took off only when he moved to Auckland for the 2011-12 season. In his first List A match with them, he took 5 for 30 against Northern Districts, and then followed that with 6 for 41 in his next match, against Wellington. He took 16 wickets in six List A matches that season, and 35 in ten first-class games. His reward was a place in the New Zealand squad on the tour to South Africa in 2012-13, and in his first ODI he returned excellent figures of 4 for 20, becoming only the second New Zealander, after Dayle Hadlee, to take four wickets on ODI debut.

Despite New Zealand's early exit from the 2013 Champions Trophy in England, McClenaghan had a successful tournament, picking up 11 wickets - including four-fors against Australia and Sri Lanka - at an average of 13.09. He kept up the frenetic rate of wicket-taking, and in October 2014 became the fastest New Zealand bowler - and the joint second-fastest from anywhere - to 50 ODI wickets, getting to the mark in only his 23rd match. By then he had become an important part of New Zealand's ODI attack, used in short, sharp bursts by captain Brendon McCullum and told to chase wickets rather than worrying about his economy rate.

McClenaghan was part of New Zealand's squad at the 2015 World Cup, but the depth of the team's pace resources only allowed him one match during their surge to the final. The boot was on the other foot a year later at the 2016 World T20, when Tim Southee and Trent Boult did not feature even once, but McClenaghan, preferred for his ability to bowl cutters on the slower Indian surfaces, played an important role in their run to the semi-finals.

Mumbai Indians landed a bargain when they picked up McClenaghan for INR 30 lakh at the 2015 IPL auction. He had an excellent debut season for the eventual champions, taking 18 wickets at an average of 21.44, including a three-for in the final against Chennai Super Kings. That impressive showing meant that he was retained by the franchise for the following season.
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Mitchell McClenaghan

New Zealand

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