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Michael Mason

New Zealand

Full name Michael James Mason

Born August 27, 1974, Carterton, Wairarapa

Current age 35 years 90 days

Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, New Zealand A

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	1	2	0	3	3	1.50	33	9.09	0	0	0	0
ODIs	25	6	3	22	13*	7.33	44	50.00	0	3	0	4
T20Is	3	1	0	2	2	2.00	2	100.00	0	0	0	0
First-class	75	101	31	1154	64*	16.48			1			18
List A	110	53	24	276	20	9.51			0			25
Twenty20	18	4	1	4	2	1.33	7	57.14	0	0	0	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	1	2	132	105	0	-	-	-	4.77	-	0	0	0
ODIs	25	24	1119	956	30	4/24	4/24	31.86	5.12	37.3	1	0	0
T20Is	3	3	54	65	2	1/18	1/18	32.50	7.22	27.0	0	0	0
First-class	75		14101	5952	237	6/56		25.11	2.53	59.4		10	1
List A	110		5097	3807	147	6/25	6/25	25.89	4.48	34.6	5	1	0
Twenty20	18	18	399	497	20	4/23	4/23	24.85	7.47	19.9	1	0	0

Career statistics

Only Test	New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Mar 26-30, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Nov 29, 2003 scorecard
Last ODI	Scotland v New Zealand at Aberdeen, Jul 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I	England v New Zealand at Manchester, Jun 13, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1997/98
Last First-class	Northern Districts v Central Districts at Whangarei, Nov 17-19, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	1997/98
Last List A	New Zealand A v England Lions at Palmerston North, Mar 16, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Otago v Central Districts at Dunedin, Jan 27, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	New Zealand A v England Lions at New Plymouth, Mar 19, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Michael Mason earned his place in the New Zealand side the old fashioned way - by sheer hard work. Mason hails from Mangatainoka, not one of the more prolific development centres of New Zealand cricket, but he brings long valued work ethics associated with many country bowlers before him, including Ewen Chatfield, Harry Cave, Richard Collinge and Lance Cairns to name but a few. Like them, Mason is a solid and reliable performer; a workhorse to whom no task is too great. Mason has been dogged by injuries, but has kept lining up for more, and selection has been his reward. Making the next step is a well-timed challenge in his career. He was once described by John Bracewell as "the best line-and-length bowler in the country" and when he finally strung a few ODIs together, against Sri Lanka in 2006-07, he showed glimpses of that skill. His 4 for 24 in a Man-of-the-Match performance at Christchurch was the highlight and despite managing only one game in the tri-series in Australia, Mason was chosen in the 15-man World Cup squad. In the Caribbean Mason was used five times and claimed three wickets, but his appearances continue to be sporadic.
Lynn McConnell June 2008