Neil

Wagner

South Africa
Bowler

About Neil Wagner

Name
Neil Wagner
Born
Mar 13, 1986 (38 years)
Birth Place
South Africa
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Left Handed
Bowling Style
Left-arm medium fast

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. Wagner was unlucky in his own country due to the quota system, and hence considered making a move to New Zealand. The move paid off as he bagged 21 domestic wickets 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 Dhaka. With consistent performances, he has become a mainstay in the New Zealand Test side. A skiddy customer, Wagner's greatest strength lies in swing and with the addition of reverse swing to his armoury he has become all the more dangerous a proposition for the opposition.

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ICC Ranking

# 17
Test
# 0
ODI
# 0
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
64
0
0
141
Innings
84
0
0
187
Runs
875
0
0
2713
Highest Score
66
0
0
72
SR
51.00
0.00
0.00
55.00
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Team Played For

New Zealand
New Zealand
South African Academy
South African Academy
Essex
Essex
Lancashire
Lancashire
Northern Districts
Northern Districts
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
Northerns
Northerns
New Zealand A
New Zealand A
Titans
Titans
Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Otago Volts
Otago Volts
Somerset
Somerset
New Zealand XI
New Zealand XI
New Zealanders
New Zealanders