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Full name Daniel Kyle Morrison
Born February 3, 1966, Auckland
Current age 42 years 251 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Lancashire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
48
71
26
379
42
8.42
1696
22.34
0
0
35
1
14
0
ODIs
96
43
24
171
20*
9.00
400
42.75
0
0
8
2
19
0
First-class
142
161
58
1127
46*
10.94
0
0
43
0
List A
165
71
36
283
30*
8.08
0
0
31
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
48
76
10064
5549
160
7/89
8/83
34.68
3.30
62.9
9
10
0
ODIs
96
95
4586
3470
126
5/34
5/34
27.53
4.53
36.3
1
2
0
First-class
142
24896
13298
440
7/82
30.22
3.20
56.5
19
0
List A
165
7862
5613
212
5/34
5/34
26.47
4.28
37.0
4
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Dec 4-7, 1987 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Jan 24-28, 1997 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Oct 31, 1987 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Pakistan at Sharjah, Nov 13, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1985/86 - 1996/97
List A span
1986/87 - 1996/97
Profile
Short in stature, a handicap more than made up for with spirit, Danny Morrison succeeded Richard Hadlee as New Zealand's main strike bowler, and with a slingy action and a good outswinger, he led the line with distinction and for the first half of the 1990s was an ever present in the side. As a genuine strike bowler he often went for a few runs, but developed into a good one-day bowler, with a well-disguised slower ball and nagging accuracy, and his ability to swing the ball made him a difficult proposition in his pomp. New Zealand won only two of his last 35 Tests, but each time Morrison was the catalyst, with 6 for 37 against Australia at Auckland in 1992-93, and eight wickets against Pakistan at Christchurch a year later. As a batsman he was a genuine rabbit, at one time holding the world record of 24 Test ducks. It was not really fitting that his final bout of heroics for New Zealand came with the bat, scoring 14 in an unbeaten 10th-wicket stand of 106 with Nathan Astle which saved a Test against England - he was dropped and it turned out to be his final appearance. He played throughout his career for Auckland, and also had one season in England with Lancashire but failed to adapt as well as had been expected.
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