Profile
Neil Douglas McKenzie made his debut against Sri Lanka on July 20 in 2003. As a teenager, McKenzie captained South African schools and in the Under-19 category. Though he started his Test career by batting as an opener he was soon shifted to the middle order only to return as an opener later in his career.McKenzie scored his first Test hundred against New Zealand in 2000-01. This was soon followed by another ton against Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park. After that, there were many instances where he failed to convert his fifties into centuries for a long time and was eventually dropped after scoring low. After showing excellent form in domestic cricket, and due to successive poor performances by opener Herschelle Gibbs, he was recalled to the South African Test squad. Opening the innings, McKenzie scored 23 before a torn calf muscle forced him out of the third Test of the series. A further development as a result of his recall was that Somerset announced that it was unlikely that McKenzie would return to the club for the 2008 season, having played in 2007 as a Kolpak player. It was subsequently announced that he would play part of the 2008 season for Durham as an overseas player. During a Test against Bangladesh on February 29 2008, McKenzie shared a thumping partnership of 415 runs with Graeme Smith for the first wicket.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
| Test |
58 |
94 |
3253 |
7 |
37.39 |
42.01 |
5 |
16 |
| ODI |
64 |
55 |
1688 |
10 |
37.51 |
69.41 |
2 |
10 |
| T20 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
87.5 |
0 |
0 |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
58 |
6 |
90 |
68 |
0 |
0/1 |
/ |
68 |
4.53 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| ODI |
64 |
5 |
46 |
27 |
0 |
0/0 |
/ |
27 |
3.65 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
54 |
0 |
1 |
| ODI |
21 |
0 |
3 |
| T20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2000-2009
- ODI:
- 2000-2009
- T20:
- 2006-2009
- Test
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium, Galle - Jul 20, 2000
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs Australia at Kingsmead, Durban - Mar 06, 2009
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Zimbabwe at Kingsmead, Durban - Feb 02, 2000
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs Australia at W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth - Western Australia - Jan 30, 2009
- T20
-
- Debut:
- South Africa Vs Australia at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Feb 24, 2006
- Last played:
- South Africa Vs Australia at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane - Queensland - Jan 13, 2009
