Corey Anderson (cricketer)

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Corey Anderson
Personal information
Full name
Corey James Anderson
Born (1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium-fast
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National sides
Test debut(cap  261)9 October 2013 
New Zealand v  Bangladesh
Last Test20 February 2016 
New Zealand v  Australia
ODI debut(cap  181)16 June 2013 
New Zealand v  England
Last ODI9 June 2017 
New Zealand v  Bangladesh
T20I debut(cap  56/35)21 December 2012 
New Zealand v  South Africa
Last T20I13 April 2024 
United States v  Canada
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Men's Cricket
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2015 Australia and New Zealand
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 April 2024

Corey James Anderson (born 13 December 1990) is a New Zealand-American cricketer who previously played as an all-rounder for New Zealand in international cricket, as well as Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians in the IPL and Northern Districts in New Zealand first class cricket. After retiring from the New Zealand team in 2020, he announced his intention to play for the USA cricket team in 2022. He joined the BBL in the 2023–24 season playing for the Hobart Hurricanes. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

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On 1 January 2014, Anderson shot to fame by scoring the then fastest century in the history of One Day International cricket. Playing against West Indies, he reached his hundred in just 36 balls, breaking Shahid Afridi's previous record of 37 deliveries. Anderson finished the innings unbeaten on 131 in 47 balls, hitting 14 sixes and 6 fours. This record was later broken in 2015 by AB de Villiers, who scored a century against the West Indies from just 31 deliveries.

Domestic career

Anderson came into the Canterbury Wizards Squad in the 2006/07 season freshly promoted from his performances for the New Zealand under-19 cricket team. He also played for his high school 1st XI team at Christchurch Boys' High School including playing in the side which won three consecutive Gillette Cups from 2005 to 2007.

Anderson was also jointly named player of the Gillette cup in 2006 when he shared this honour with current Blackcap Tim Southee. [1]

In 2007, Anderson received a playing contract from New Zealand Cricket, making him the youngest player in New Zealand first-class cricket history to gain a contract. [2]

Anderson had yet to show his full potential at first class level and after several injuries interrupted seasons with shoulder and groin injuries, Corey Anderson transferred to Northern Districts at the start of the 2011/12 season to restart his promising career.

International career

New Zealand

ODI career

Anderson made his debut for New Zealand in a T20 international against South Africa on 21 December 2012 after being named in the T20I and ODI squad for the 2012–13 tour of South Africa. He was included in New Zealand's ODI squad for the Champions Trophy in 2013, and made his ODI debut against England in Cardiff on 16 June 2013.

On 1 January 2014, at the Queenstown Events Centre Anderson broke Shahid Afridi's 17-year-old record of the fastest ODI hundred by one ball, scoring his in 36 balls. He eventually ended with an unbeaten 131 that featured 14 sixes and 6 fours. [3] Along with Jesse Ryder, he helped New Zealand set the team record for the most sixes in an ODI innings. On 18 January 2015, his record was broken by AB de Villiers scoring the hundred in 31 balls vs West Indies.

Test career

Anderson made his Test debut against Bangladesh on 9 July 2013 and scored 1 & 8 with the bat. He obtained two wickets from 19 overs with the ball. Anderson hit his maiden Test century in his second Test match. He scored 116 runs from 173 balls and took one wicket. [4]

In May 2018, Anderson was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket. [5] However, in October 2018, he announced he was putting-long form cricket on hold to concentrate on the limited over formats. [6] He quit New Zealand Cricket in December 2020. [7]

United States

In 2023, Anderson became eligible to represent the United States in international cricket. [8] In March 2024, he was named in the American side for their home series against Canada. He made his debut in the 4th T20I, making 28. [9]

T20 career

Indian Premier League

Anderson played in the IPL 7 for the Mumbai Indians who paid him 45 million rupees (US$750,000). In his debut match against Kolkata Knight Riders, he scored only 2 runs before being bowled by Sunil Narine. He bowled 3 overs and conceded 33 runs for no wickets.

Anderson obtained his first Man of the Match award against Kings XI Punjab on 3 May 2014, where he picked up the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara and scored 35 runs from 25 balls.

On 25 May 2014, against the Rajasthan Royals, Anderson led his team, the Mumbai Indians through to the play-offs by scoring an unbeaten 95 off just 44 balls with Mumbai chasing the total of 190 in only 14.3 overs in order to qualify for playoffs with a better net run rate.

In IPL 8, Anderson made valuable contributions with his bat in the earlier games, scoring two half centuries in four games, but was ruled out following a finger injury.

In February 2017, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 1 crore. [10] He would replace fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the 2018 IPL season, the IPL Technical Committee confirmed on 24 March. Coulter-Nile, who played a key role in Kolkata Knight Riders' season last year with 15 wickets from eight games, was ruled out owing to an injury and was prescribed 'ample rest'. [11] [12]

Other leagues

Anderson was scheduled to play for Kathmandu Kings XI in the Nepal's topmost franchise T20 league, the Everest Premier League 2020. [13] [14] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19. [15]

In December 2020, Anderson signed a three-year contract with the US-based Major League Cricket T20 competition. [6] In June 2021, he was selected in the players' draft ahead of the Minor League Cricket tournament. [16]

Personal life

Anderson's wife, Mary Margaret, is from Dallas, Texas. [8] He moved from Auckland to Dallas in 2020. [17]

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