Anurag Verma

Last updated

Anurag Verma
Born (1990-08-05) August 5, 1990 (age 33)

Anurag Verma (born 5 August 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for Wellington. [1] [2] [3] He is a right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler. [4] He had previously played first-class, List-A and Twenty20 games for Northern Districts. After making his debut as a substitute against Otago in Dunedin on 20 November 2011, he took 7-82 against Auckland Rugby Football Union in Hamilton in his first full match.

He played his first competitive match in early 2007, taking 3 for 54 against Canterbury County in the Hawke Cup. [5] In December 2007 he was called up for the Under-19 v NZCPA Masters fixture, where he dismissed former New Zealand opener Matt Horne. He was subsequently included in the squad for the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia.

He has been contracted to play for the Wellington Firebirds for the 2015–16 season.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand national rugby union team</span> Mens rugby union team of New Zealand

The New Zealand national rugby union team, commonly known as the All Blacks, represents New Zealand in men's international rugby union, which is considered the country's national sport. Famed for their unmatched international success, the All Blacks have often been regarded as the most successful sports team in history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand national cricket team</span> Team representing New Zealand in mens international cricket

The New Zealand men's national cricket team represents New Zealand in men's international cricket. Named the Black Caps, they played their first Test in 1930 against England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. From 1930 New Zealand had to wait until 1956, more than 26 years, for its first Test victory, against the West Indies at Eden Park in Auckland. They played their first ODI in the 1972–73 season against Pakistan in Christchurch. New Zealand are the inaugural champions of World Test Championship which they won in 2021 and they have also won ICC KnockOut Trophy in 2000. They have played World cup Finals twice and T20 world cup final once. New Zealand cricket board is 10th richest cricket board in the world with total market cap of $9 million.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Provincial Championship (2006–present)</span> League in New Zealand

The National Provincial Championship, often simply called the NPC, is an annual round-robin rugby union competition in men's domestic New Zealand rugby. First played during the 2006 season, it is the second highest level of competition in New Zealand alongside the Ranfurly Shield. It is organised by New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and since 2021, it has been known as the Bunnings NPC after its headline sponsor. A concurrent women's tournament is also held, the Farah Palmer Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New Zealand Cricket</span> Governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand

New Zealand Cricket, formerly the New Zealand Cricket Council, is the governing body for professional cricket in New Zealand. Cricket is the most popular and highest profile summer sport in New Zealand.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richie McCaw</span> New Zealand international rugby union player

Richard Hugh McCaw is a retired New Zealand professional rugby union player. He captained the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, in 110 out of his 148 test matches, and won two Rugby World Cups. He has won the World Rugby Player of the Year award a joint record three times and was the most capped test rugby player of all time from August 2015 to October 2020. McCaw was awarded World Rugby player of the decade (2011–2020) in 2021. McCaw is also a winner of the New Zealand sportsman of the decade award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wellington Regional Stadium</span> Sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington Regional Stadium is a major sporting venue in Wellington, New Zealand. The stadium's bowl site size is 48,000 m2 (520,000 sq ft).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonny Bill Williams</span> New Zealand rugby player

Sonny William Williams is a New Zealand heavyweight boxer, and a former professional rugby league and rugby union player. He is only the second person to represent New Zealand in rugby union after first playing for the country in rugby league, and is one of only 21 players to have won the Rugby World Cup twice.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeremy Brockie</span> New Zealand footballer

Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Todd Duncan Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the New Zealand national cricket team. Astle began his cricket career as an opening batsman, representing New Zealand in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, but over time playing first-class cricket for Canterbury, he morphed into a bowling all-rounder. He made his Test cricket debut for New Zealand in 2012 in Sri Lanka, but did not play another international match until 2015. He represented New Zealand in all three forms of the game, but was unable to keep a consistent place in the team in any format because of regular injury problems and competition with other spin bowlers. In January 2020, Astle retired from first-class cricket to focus on limited-overs cricket. In February 2023 he retired from all forms of professional cricket.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andy Ellis (rugby union)</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Andrew Ellis is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays the position of scrum-half for Rugby New York in Major League Rugby (MLR).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Southee</span> New Zealand cricketer

Timothy Grant Southee, is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays for New Zealand cricket team in all formats of the game, captain in Tests and vice captain in T20Is. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting lower order batsman. The third New Zealand bowler to take 300 Test wickets, he was one of the country's youngest cricketers, debuting at the age of 19 in February 2008. On his Test debut against England he took 5 wickets and made 77 off 40 balls in the second innings. He plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield, Ford Trophy and Super Smash as well as Northland in the Hawke Cup. He was named as New Zealand's captain for the first T20I against West Indies in place of Kane Williamson, who was rested for that game. The Blackcaps won that match by 47 runs. Southee was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Amy Satterthwaite</span> New Zealand cricketer

Amy Ella Satterthwaite is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling either right-arm medium or off break. She appeared in 145 One Day Internationals and 111 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2007 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury, Tasmania, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Lancashire Thunder, Lancashire and Manchester Originals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Krishna</span> Fijian footballer (born 1987)

Roy Krishna is a Fijian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Indian Super League club Odisha and the Fiji national team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cricket in New Zealand</span>

Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.

The 2009 Air New Zealand Cup was the 33rd provincial rugby union competition, the fourth since the competition reconstruction in 2006, involving the top 14 provincial unions in New Zealand. It ran for 15 weeks from 30 July to 7 November. It was also the last edition of the provincial competition to use the Air New Zealand Cup name, as the competition's sponsorship contract with Air New Zealand ended after that season. The 2010 competition will be held under a new name, the ITM Cup.

Cole Robert Peverley is a New Zealand professional footballer who currently plays for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Syd Hiddleston</span> New Zealand cricketer

John Sydney Hiddleston was a cricketer who played for Otago, Wellington and New Zealand, from 1909–10 to 1928–29, in the years before New Zealand played Test cricket.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jordie Barrett</span> New Zealand rugby union player

Jordan Matthew Barrett is a New Zealand rugby union player who currently plays as a utility back internationally for New Zealand's All Blacks, and for the Hurricanes in the Super Rugby competition. Having previously been an apprentice for the All Black squad in 2016, Barrett was first selected for New Zealand in 2017, making his debut against Samoa in a warm-up test prior to the British & Irish Lions series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019–20 Super Smash (men's cricket)</span> Cricket tournament

The 2019–20 Dream11 Super Smash was the fifteenth season of the Men's Super Smash Twenty20 cricket tournament in New Zealand. It took place between December 2019 and January 2020. The Central Stags were the defending champions.

Zakary Glen Foulkes is a New Zealand cricketer, who is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium bowler. He plays for the Canterbury Kings in domestic cricket.

References

  1. "Kiwi quick still an outside shot at IPL". NZ Herald. 23 October 2023.
  2. Strang, Ben (27 February 2017). "Anurag Verma leads Wellington Firebirds to first innings lead against Canterbury". Stuff.
  3. "Anurag Verma has a secret Indian Premier League admirer". NZ Herald. 23 October 2023.
  4. "Anurag Verma - New Zealand Cricket". espncricinfo.com.
  5. "Anurag Verma Match Statistics" .