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Full name Lou Vincent
Born November 11, 1978, Warkworth, Auckland
Current age 29 years 188 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Chandigarh Lions, ICL World XI, Worcestershire
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	23	40	1	1332	224	34.15	2827	47.11	3	9	161	12	19	0
ODIs	102	99	10	2413	172	27.11	3453	69.88	3	11	222	37	41	0
T20Is	9	9	0	174	42	19.33	174	100.00	0	0	17	3	1	0
First-class	86	139	10	4650	224	36.04			10	27			101	0
List A	189	183	13	4971	172	29.24			7	26			107	3
Twenty20	25	25	0	596	76	23.84	469	127.07	0	2	64	19	7	0

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	23	1	6	2	0	-	-	-	2.00	-	0	0	0
ODIs	102	3	20	25	1	1/0	1/0	25.00	7.50	20.0	0	0	0
T20Is	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	86		1003	527	10	2/37		52.70	3.15	100.3		0	0
List A	189		213	217	4	2/25	2/25	54.25	6.11	53.2	0	0	0
Twenty20	25	5	50	73	4	3/28	3/28	18.25	8.76	12.5	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 4, 2001 scorecard
Last Test	South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Feb 6, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v New Zealand at Sydney, Dec 16, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	South Africa v New Zealand at Centurion, Nov 16-18, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	1998/99
Last List A	Auckland v Central Districts at Auckland, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Auckland v Wellington at Auckland, Jan 29, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Central Districts v Auckland at New Plymouth, Jan 30, 2008 scorecard

Profile

After an outstanding start to his Test career, a century and a half-century in his first Test, played at Perth in the summer of 2001-02, Lou Vincent has battled to repeat the performance. Part of the problem has surrounded his place in the batting order. He opened in that debut but then did not play as well to keep the place, and he always looked more suited to a place down the order. A superb 224, his first Test double-century, against Sri Lanka was then followed up with a good one-day series in South Africa, in October 2005 and he returned home with his reputation intact, unlike many of his team-mates. The following season he signed for Worcestershire but he then had a disappointing Champions Trophy and was overlooked for the home Test and one-day series against Sri Lanka. When his ODI return came, as a replacement for Nathan Astle in the tri-series in Australia in early 2007, Vincent grabbed the chance with both hands and strung together innings of 66, 76 and 90. It made him New Zealand's second-highest run-scorer for the tournament, despite playing only half the games and secured his ticket to the Caribbean. He began with two ducks before finding his form with a century against Canada, but a broken wrist ended his tournament before the Super Eight stage. His career nosedived after a poor run of form during the tour of South Africa and the Chappell-Hadlee Series that followed. Dropped for the tour of Bangladesh, he admitted to suffering from depression and lost his contract with New Zealand Cricket after joining the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League.
Cricinfo staff March 2008

Apr 15, 2008

The woodwork is disturbed after Stuart Binny misses
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Apr 14, 2008

Lou Vincent was out for a duck
© ICL

Jan 28, 2008

Lou Vincent drills one during his match-winning 79
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