Neil Wagner

Neil Wagner

Neil Wagner

New Zealand New Zealand

Overview

Full Name Neil Wagner
Age 38y 300d
Born Thursday March 13, 1986, South Africa
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Style Left-arm medium fast
Playing Role Bowler

Teams represented

New Zealand New ZealandSouth African Academy South African AcademyDurham DurhamEssex EssexLancashire LancashireNorthern Districts Northern DistrictsNorthamptonshire NorthamptonshireNortherns NorthernsNew Zealand A New Zealand ATitans TitansYorkshire YorkshireOtago Volts Otago VoltsSomerset SomersetNew Zealand XI New Zealand XINew Zealanders New Zealanders

Biography

Left-arm seamer, Neil Wagner was born in South Africa, but soon migrated to New Zealand to further his cricketing ambitions. Making his first-class debut for Northerns in 2006, he quickly announced himself with two four-wicket hauls in his first game. Wagner was unlucky in his country of birth due to the quota system, and hence considered making a move to New Zealand. The move paid off as he put in a stellar showing for Otago in his first season, and got only better in the years that followed.


He was finally rewarded for his consistent performances when he was handed his Test debut on the West Indies tour. After a slow start to his Test career, he gradually got into the groove and made his mark in the home series against England where he ended up with the most number of wickets (12) in the three match series. He went on to scalp his first five-for against Bangladesh in Mirpur. With consistent performances, he became a mainstay in the New Zealand Test side.

Debut
New Zealand vs West Indies at Antigua - Wednesday July 25, 2012

Batting

Matches 64
Innings 84
Runs 875
100's - 50's 0 - 1
Sixes - Fours 36 - 96
Average 14.58
Strike Rate 51.86
Highest Score (vs West Indies, 11/12/2020) 66

Bowling

Matches 64
Innings 122
Overs 2287.3
Wickets 260
Economy Rate 3.13
Five-Wicket Haul Innings 9
Ten-Wicket Haul Innings 0
Best Figures (vs West Indies, 01/12/2017) 7/39

Fielding

Catches 19
Stumpings 0
Run Outs 0

Career Wickets

43
33
22
11
Wickets
Years

Biography

sub title

Left-arm seamer, Neil Wagner was born in South Africa, but soon migrated to New Zealand to further his cricketing ambitions. Making his first-class debut for Northerns in 2006, he quickly announced himself with two four-wicket hauls in his first game. Wagner was unlucky in his country of birth due to the quota system, and hence considered making a move to New Zealand. The move paid off as he put in a stellar showing for Otago in his first season, and got only better in the years that followed.


He was finally rewarded for his consistent performances when he was handed his Test debut on the West Indies tour. After a slow start to his Test career, he gradually got into the groove and made his mark in the home series against England where he ended up with the most number of wickets (12) in the three match series. He went on to scalp his first five-for against Bangladesh in Mirpur. With consistent performances, he became a mainstay in the New Zealand Test side.