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Full name Neil Douglas McKenzie
Born November 24, 1975, Johannesburg, Transvaal
Current age 32 years 175 days
Major teams South Africa,Durham,Gauteng,Lions,Northerns,Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Education King Edward VII, RAU
Relations Father - KA McKenzie
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
47
74
5
2649
226
38.39
6031
43.92
4
14
329
21
42
0
ODIs
59
51
10
1580
131*
38.53
2267
69.69
2
9
133
8
19
0
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
First-class
162
272
30
10623
226
43.89
27
54
132
0
List A
198
177
28
5401
131*
36.24
7
36
57
0
Twenty20
24
23
7
591
85*
36.93
479
123.38
0
4
54
16
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
47
5
84
67
0
-
-
-
4.78
-
0
0
0
ODIs
59
5
46
27
0
-
-
-
3.52
-
0
0
0
T20Is
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
162
630
345
7
2/13
49.28
3.28
90.0
0
0
List A
198
255
248
4
2/19
2/19
62.00
5.83
63.7
0
0
0
Twenty20
24
2
12
19
0
-
-
-
9.50
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, Jul 20-23, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
India v South Africa at Kanpur, Apr 11-13, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
South Africa v Zimbabwe at Durban, Feb 2, 2000 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Oct 12, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
Only T20I
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 24, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1994/95
Last First-class
Durham v Yorkshire at Chester-le-Street, May 14-16, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1995/96
Last List A
Scotland v Durham at Edinburgh, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Lions v Dolphins at Johannesburg, Apr 16, 2004 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Lions v Cape Cobras at Johannesburg, Mar 23, 2007 scorecard
Profile
Popular, mildly eccentric and unassuming, Neil McKenzie was a stalwart in South Africa's middle-order for four years in the early 2000s, despite a less-than-promising start as an opening batsman in Sri Lanka in 2000. From good cricketing stock - father Kevin was a carefree middle-order batsman who represented South Africa during the rebel era - Neil captained both the South African Schools and Under-19 teams before falling under the influence of former New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford at Gauteng. He made maiden Test and ODI centuries against New Zealand and Sri Lanka respectively during the summer of 2000-01 and was able to take advantage of the confusion over the roles of Daryll Cullinan and Jonty Rhodes to establish himself as a more-or-less permanent fixture in both teams. Neat and economical at the crease, McKenzie is particularly strong on the leg side. Questions have been asked of his ability to cope with the very best spinners, but not enough to warrant his three-and-a-half year exile from the side from March 2004, at a time when he ought to have been at the height of his career. He was eventually recalled to face West Indies at Cape Town in January 2008. On the tour of Bangladesh which followed, he was involved in a world record opening stand of 415 with his captain Graeme Smith. Peter Robinson and Cricinfo staff March 2008
