Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Pakistan

Full name Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria
Born December 16, 1980, Karachi, Sind
Current age 26 years 75 days
Major teams Pakistan, Essex, Habib Bank Limited, Karachi, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Pakistan Reserves
Also known as Nani-Danny
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
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Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	46	62	29	230	29	6.96	479	48.01	0	0	30	2	15	0
ODIs	16	8	6	6	3*	3.00	18	33.33	0	0	0	0	2	0
First-class	107	132	64	589	47	8.66			0	0			36	0
List A	92	44	22	130	16	5.90			0	0			18	0
Twenty20	14	4	0	11	5	2.75	15	73.33	0	0			3	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	46	13034	6408	198	7/77	12/94	32.36	2.94	65.82	6	12	2
ODIs	16	776	590	12	3/31	3/31	49.16	4.56	64.66	0	0	0
First-class	107	28771	13624	505	7/39		26.97	2.84	56.97		35	5
List A	92	4731	3215	138	5/21	5/21	23.29	4.07	34.28	3	3	0
Twenty20	14	263	329	17	4/31	4/31	19.35	7.50	15.47	1	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v England at Faisalabad - Nov 29-Dec 3, 2000
Last Test	South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town - Jan 26-28, 2007
ODI debut	Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah - Oct 31, 2001
Last ODI	Scotland v Pakistan at Edinburgh - Jun 27, 2006
First-class span	1998/99 - 2006/07
List A span	1998/99 - 2006
Twenty20 span	2004/05 - 2006/07

Profile

A tall, wiry legspinner, and only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan (the first, his cousin Anil Dalpat, was briefly their wicketkeeper), Danish Kaneria mastered some vital skills at an early age. His stock ball drifts into the batsman and he has a googly as cloaked as any in recent history.. His whirling approach is reminiscent of Abdul Qadir, and he has now picked up the baton from Mushtaq Ahmed as Pakistan's premier legspinner. Kaneria was hyped as a secret weapon when England toured Pakistan in 2000-01, and though his impact in the Test series was minimal, he has since made his mark. Initially he did so against the lesser lights of Bangladesh, but also in a home Test against South Africa, when his five-for won Pakistan the match. Since then, he has confirmed himself as a man capable of winning Tests, leading Pakistan to wins against Sri Lanka in Karachi in 2004 and against the West Indies in Jamaica in 2005. In between, two tours - to Australia and the graveyard of legspin, India - became arduous but satisfying stepping stones to the big league. In each series he outscalped the leading legspinners of our age, first Shane Warne, then Anil Kumble and although Pakistan lost the first series comprehensively, Kaneria's 19 wickets were crucial in securing a morale-boosting 1-1 draw in India. He struggled through much of 2006, not to take wickets, but to take them swiftly enough. It didn't help that he had no sustained support from the other end, as Pakistan suffered heavily from injuries to fast bowlers. But he ended the year upbeat with an improved performance in South Africa. It was enough to earn him a surprise recall into Pakistan's ODI squad for the 2007 World Cup, having not been a part of their plans in the last three years.