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Full name | Roger Graham Twose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Torquay, England | 17 April 1968|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 194) | 25 October 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 19 August 1999 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 95) | 15 November 1995 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 28 February 2001 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1988 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1995 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989/90 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991/92–1993/94 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994/95–2000/01 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,7 September 2018 |
Roger Graham Twose /ˈtuːz/ (born 17 April 1968) is an English-born former cricketer,who played 16 Test matches and 87 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in the mid-1990s. In February 2021,Twose was appointed as the director of New Zealand Cricket. [1]
Twose was born at Torquay in England,educated at King's College,Taunton,and after playing for Warwickshire County Cricket Club,Twose moved to play in New Zealand in 1991–92. Twose performed well in New Zealand for several seasons,eventually being selected for a national cap on New Zealand's 1995 tour to India.
In the 1998/1999 season,Twose returned to the New Zealand side and soon became recognised as one of the best one day batsmen in the world,known as "the switch-hitter". Twose followed strong performances against India and South Africa by being New Zealand's most successful batsman at the 1999 Cricket World Cup,scoring 318 runs at an average of 79.50. Further he achieved all this whilst studying a university course by correspondence.
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