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Full name Tamahau Karangatukituki Canning
Born April 7, 1977, Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Current age 31 years 145 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Australian Cricket Academy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
4
4
1
52
23*
17.33
73
71.23
0
0
1
2
1
0
First-class
61
88
10
2141
115
27.44
3
8
28
0
List A
83
73
6
1410
92*
21.04
0
6
19
0
Twenty20
4
3
1
11
10*
5.50
17
64.70
0
0
0
0
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
4
4
204
203
5
2/30
2/30
40.60
5.97
40.8
0
0
0
First-class
61
12719
5042
206
6/44
24.47
2.37
61.7
6
0
List A
83
3564
2400
92
4/21
4/21
26.08
4.04
38.7
4
0
0
Twenty20
4
4
66
77
4
2/22
2/22
19.25
7.00
16.5
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Dec 1, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Australia at Napier, Mar 5, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Auckland v Northern Districts at Auckland, Dec 14-17, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Canterbury v Auckland at Christchurch, Feb 1, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Northern Districts v Auckland at Hamilton, Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Auckland v Central Districts at Invercargill, Nov 11, 2006 scorecard
Profile
Australian-born allrounder Tama Canning played twice for the Australian Academy side on their tour of Zimbabwe in 1999-2000 before being offered a place in the New Zealand Cricket Academy following some good performance in the Shell Cup. In 2000 the ICC granted him exemption from the usual four-year residential criteria, and he made his one-day international debut in Pakistan in 2003-04 but failed to make his mark with either bat or ball. He was named the Auckland Player of the Year in 2003 after a good season in which he took 46 wickets in the State Championship at an average of 21.97, breaking John Bracewell's haul of 43 in 1986-87. He also scored 451 runs, averaging 37.58. A good start to the domestic season in 2004-05 kept him in the frame, and he was drafted into the one-day side in Australia in December 2004 although his return was brief as he took 1 for 80 in his only appearance. But he had a run-in with the authorities at the end of the 2005-06 season, and he retired in December 2006 after allegedly turning up to bat with a hangover. Heath Mills, the Players' Association manager, said Canning had struggled to meet his obligations as a professional cricketer, thereby prompting him to retire and look for a career outside cricket. He moved back to Perth, his former base. Martin Williamson December 2006
