Paul Wiseman

New Zealand

Full name Paul John Wiseman

Born May 4, 1970, Auckland

Current age 50 years 258 days

Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Canterbury, Durham, Otago

Nickname Whiz

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	25	34	8	366	36	14.07	989	37.00	0	0	42	4	11
ODIs	15	7	5	45	16	22.50	83	54.21	0	0	3	1	2
First-class	186	254	51	4254	130	20.95			2	16			79
List A	120	82	19	968	65*	15.36			0	2			28
T20s	10	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	3

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	25	45	5660	2903	61	5/82	8/144	47.59	3.07	92.7	2	2	0
ODIs	15	13	450	368	12	4/45	4/45	30.66	4.90	37.5	1	0	0
First-class	186		34292	15727	466	9/13		33.74	2.75	73.5		18	4
List A	120		4789	3414	84	4/45	4/45	40.64	4.27	57.0	2	0	0
T20s	10	7	114	148	8	2/20	2/20	18.50	7.78	14.2	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), May 27-31, 1998 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Apr 11-14, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India v New Zealand at Sharjah, Apr 20, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Pakistan at Dambulla, May 20, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut	1991/92
Last First-class	Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut	1993/94
Last List A	Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Aug 24, 2008 scorecard
T20s debut	Canterbury v Otago at Christchurch, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard
Last T20s	Durham v Middlesex at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/46	NZ Masters	v Aus Masters	Hamilton	24 Feb 2011	Other T20
3, 0/18	Durham 2nd	v Yorks 2nd XI	Middlesbrough	25 Aug 2009	Other
17, 4/24	Durham 2nd	v MCC YC	Hartlepool	11 Aug 2009	Other OD
1/63, 28, 1/7	Durham 2nd	v Derby 2nd XI	Darlington	3 Jun 2009	Other
3/42	Durham 2nd	v Derby 2nd XI	Darlington	1 Jun 2009	Other OD
0/2, 14, 3/32	Durham 2nd	v Scotland A	Longhirst	5 May 2009	Other
0/6, 34, 0/20	Durham	v Kent	Canterbury	24 Sep 2008	FC
11, 2/50	Durham	v Sussex	Chester-le-Street	17 Sep 2008	FC
2/48, 52, 0/55	Durham	v Somerset	Taunton	9 Sep 2008	FC
-	Durham	v Lancashire	Chester-le-Street	3 Sep 2008	FC

Profile

Paul Wiseman, a hard-working offspinner, never quite provided New Zealand with the match-winning partner for Daniel Vettori that they were searching for. However, he made a good impression in Sri Lanka and continued to vindicate his choice as the preferred spinning support for Vettori at a time when New Zealand were not blessed with resources. A lack of variation was a problem and he floated in and out of the side for two years. He missed out on the 2004 England trip but was recalled for the Bangladesh tour in 2004-05. However, a string of poor performances against Sri Lanka and Australia in the subsequent season forced the selectors to look elsewhere. He was signed by Durham in 2007.
Lynn McConnell

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