Aaron Redmond
 Redmond batting for New Zealand against Australia in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aaron Joseph Redmond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 September 1979 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Redders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Rodney Redmond (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 239) | 15 May 2008 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 3 December 2013 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 157) | 3 October 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 October 2010 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 40) | 11 June 2009 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 May 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00–2003/04 | Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05–2014/15 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 April 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aaron James Redmond (born 23 September 1979) is a former New Zealand international cricketer. He was a member of the Otago cricket team for ten seasons, having previously played for Canterbury. Redmond played as a right-handed batsman. He made eight Test match, six One Day International and seven Twenty20 International appearances for the New Zealand national cricket team between 2008 and 2013.
Early life and family
Redmond was born at Auckland in 1979 and brought up in Australia where he attended Kent Street Senior High School in Perth.[1][2][3] He played cricket for Western Australia under-19s whilst at school.[4] His father, Rodney Redmond, played international cricket for New Zealand in the 1970s and was the New Zealand Cricket Almanack player of the year in 1973.[2][5]
Redmond met his wife whilst playing club cricket for Wigan Cricket Club in England. After his retirement, the family moved back to England full-time, with Redmond working as an accountant as well as coaching and playing for Wigan.[3]
Domestic career
Redmond originally joined Canterbury as a
International career
After a successful domestic career, he was called up to the full international squad for the tour of England in 2008, where he made his mark with a career best score of 146 against the England Lions, beating his previous best of 135.[7] He made his Test debut on 15 May 2008 at Lord's, but was out for a duck off the bowling of James Anderson. Overall the three-match Test series against England was a disappointment for Redmond, making a total of just 54 runs at an average of 9.00.[4]
Redmond was dropped for the two-Test series against
As well as his eight Test match appearances, Redmond played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket, making 13 one-day appearances for New Zealand, all during 2009 and 2010.[4][6] He retired from cricket at the end of the 2014–15 season.[6]
References
- ^ CricInfo. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b c Seconi A (2018) Working in Wigan, missing Dunners, Otago Daily Times, 29 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f Aaron Redmond, CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ Rodney Redmond, CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2023. (subscription required)
- ^ CricInfo, 1 April 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Redmond ton boosts Test prospects, BBC Sport, 9 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008
- CricInfo, 6 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- CricInfo, 6 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
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