Ronnie Hira
Birth date23 January 1987 (age 39)
Birth placeAuckland, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
Internationaltrue
Internationalspan2012–2013
CountryNew Zealand
T20idebutdate11 February
T20idebutyear2012
T20idebutagainstZimbabwe
T20icap53
Lastt20idate27 June
Lastt20iyear2013
Lastt20iagainstEngland
Club 1Auckland
Year 12006/07–2011/12
Club 2Canterbury
Year 22012/13–2015/16
Club 3Northern Districts
Year 32016/17
Club 4Auckland
Year 42017/18–2019/20
Columns4
Column 1T20I
Matches 115
Runs 137
Bat avg 118.50
100s/50s 10/0
Top score 120*
Deliveries 1254
Wickets 110
Bowl avg 133.70
Fivefor 10
Tenfor 10
Best bowling 12/42
Catches/stumpings 12/–
Column 2FC
Matches 220
Runs 2822
Bat avg 225.68
100s/50s 21/5
Top score 2100
Deliveries 2880
Wickets 26
Bowl avg 282.33
Fivefor 20
Tenfor 20
Best bowling 23/85
Catches/stumpings 210/–
Column 3LA
Matches 393
Runs 3779
Bat avg 317.70
100s/50s 30/1
Top score 370*
Deliveries 33,867
Wickets 370
Bowl avg 346.02
Fivefor 30
Tenfor 30
Best bowling 34/31
Catches/stumpings 337/–
Column 4T20
Matches 4128
Runs 4918
Bat avg 419.53
100s/50s 40/3
Top score 491*
Deliveries 42,488
Wickets 4130
Bowl avg 423.19
Fivefor 40
Tenfor 40
Best bowling 44/13
Catches/stumpings 448/–
Date15 August
Year2022
Sourcehttp://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/232356.html Cricinfo

Roneel Magan Hira (born 23 January 1987) is a New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketer who is a left-arm off spinner. His relaxed attitude to cricket and his bowling style have been compared to Phil Tufnell. He was born in Auckland.

Domestic career

Hira made his debut for Auckland in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in the 2006–07 season. He represented New Zealand in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He last played a first-class game in March 2008, but has represented Auckland with more regularity in the limited-overs formats. Hira was a part of the Auckland 50-over and Twenty20 sides that won the New Zealand domestic titles in 2010–11. He subsequently travelled to India with the Auckland Aces as part of their unsuccessful campaign in the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

After three seasons as a contracted player for the Auckland Aces, Hira's domestic contract was not renewed for the 2011–12 season.[1] Despite only receiving match payments, Hira was the bowling standout of the domestic Twenty20 competition in the 2011–12 season and was an integral part of Auckland's successful defence of the HRV Twenty20 Cup. In an impressive campaign, he took 14 wickets at an average of 14.85 and, most importantly given the high-scoring Twenty20 format, conceded only 5.85 runs an over.[2]

Hira finished the Twenty-20 competition as the joint leading wicket-taker and impressed with his sharp fielding and his batting cameos lower down the order. On the back of this performance, Hira was the winner of the HRV Cup MVP bowling rankings. His 76.06 MVP bowling points placed him well clear of the Canterbury Wizards' Rob Nicol who was second with 54.27; he got the HRV Cup MVP award for 2014.[3]

International career

Hira was rewarded with selection in the New Zealand Twenty-20 squad for the 2012 series against Zimbabwe and South Africa.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Aces' Roneel Hira spinning for second T20 title", Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ "HRV Cup season summary – the numbers", New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Ronnie Hira earns Fujitsu Heat Pumps MVP". New Zealand Cricket Players Association. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe in New Zealand 2011–12: Bates, Latham picked; Brendon McCullum to lead", ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2012.