A former New Zealand international cricketer who was born in South Africa and played for the New Zealand cricket team as a batter, Colin Munro was born on March 11, 1987. He is a former player for the New Zealand side. In addition to being a part of the New Zealand Under-19 squad, he is presently a member of the cricket team known as the Auckland team. It was early in the spring of 1987 that Munro was born, making him the youngest of four boys. He had three elder brothers. After migrating to New Zealand, he attended Pakuranga College and was a member of the school’s first XI cricket team. Before that, he had attended Maidstone Primary School in Tongaat throughout his childhood.
Munro was a member of the New Zealand international cricket team that competed in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka in 2006. Throughout the 2012–2013 season, he and Craig Cachopa contributed 377 runs for the sixth wicket in the Plunket Shield match against the Wellington Firebirds. However, they were just two runs short of breaking the record for the sixth wicket partnership. He recorded the second-best score for the Auckland Aces, which was 269, undefeated, with 27 fours and 14 sixes. This score was below the record score of 290 that Bill Carson had made in 1936/37.
In January 2017, Munro signed a contract with the Sydney Sixers of the Big Bash League. Shortly after, he made his debut against the Thunder at the Sydney Cricket Ground in front of 39,756 spectators. Munro decided in March 2018 to miss the remaining Plunket Shield test seasons of 2017/18 and 2018/2019 to concentrate completely on white-ball cricket at a time when his international form in Twenty20 was not converting into One-Day Internationals and the 2019 Cricket World Cup was drawing near. In addition, this encompasses international test cricket.
He was selected to be a member of Balkh’s team for the first competition of the Afghanistan Premier League, which took place in September 2018. His selection to play for the Brampton Wolves franchise side in the 2019 Global T20 Canada event took place in June of this year. Ahead of the Indian Premier League auction in 2020, the Delhi Capitals decided to release him. Ahead of the PSL Draft in 2020, Karachi Kings decided to let him go from their roster.
Colin Munro Biography
Name | Colin Munro |
Full Name | Colin Munro |
Date of Birth | 11 March 1987 |
Place of Birth | Durban, South Africa |
Other Names | NA |
Nationality | South African |
Father’s Name | NA |
Mother’s Name | NA |
Siblings | NA |
Spouse | Tehere Munro |
Marriage Date | NA |
Children | NA |
Role | Batting |
Batting | Left-handed |
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast |
ODI Debut | January 22, 2013 vs. South Africa |
Test Debut | January 11, 2013 vs. South Africa |
Favourite Food | Chicken |
Favourite Actor | NA |
Favourite Actress | NA |
Favourite Colour | Blue |
Retirement | Still Playing |
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft took place in December 2019, and Islamabad United selected him with the first choice in the Diamond Category round. In June of 2020, Auckland made him an offer of a contract in advance of the domestic cricket season that would take place in 2020–21. The Trinbago Knight Riders announced in July 2020 that he will be a member of their team for the Caribbean Premier League in 2020. In preparation for The Hundred 2021 competition, Manchester Originals recruited him to their roster.
Following the players’ draft for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, Islamabad United signed him in December of 2021. This was after the conclusion of the draft. During the 2021–22 Big Bash League season, he was a member of the Perth Scorchers; nevertheless, on January 9, 2022, he testified that he had a positive COVID-19 result. It was in April of 2022 that the Trent Rockets decided to acquire him for the 2022 season of The Hundred tournament in England. As a result of an injury sustained by James Franklin, he was added to the New Zealand Test Cricket squad and allowed to compete against South Africa in the second test of the NZ team’s trip.
Because of this, he became the 258th greatest New Zealand Test cricketer. After being the highest scorer in the local Twenty20 competition in 2016, where he bats at number three, there were expectations that he would be able to secure that position before the ICC World Twenty20 event. This was because Brendon McCullum had retired from international cricket before the tournament. The addition of Munro to the series against Sri Lanka came after he had a successful domestic season. In the series, he participated in the last one-day international as well as two Twenty20 Internationals. When Eden Park played host to the second Twenty20 International.
Munro’s fifty in the Twenty20 International was the second fastest of all time, with seven sixes, and he did it in 14 balls. Yuvraj Singh’s fifty in 12 balls was the fastest of all time. In addition, this is the quickest fifty by a New Zealander in this format, surpassing the previous mark that was established by Martin Guptill, who had scored fifty runs off of 19 balls only twenty minutes earlier. The judges deemed him to be the best performer of the match for this particular performance. In the match against Bangladesh on January 6th, 2017.
Batting & Fielding Stat
YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
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Career | 13 | 0 | 177 | 40 | 14.75 | 141 | 125.53 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 40 | 21.00 | 70 | 120.00 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 33 | 12.60 | 41 | 153.65 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 10.00 | 30 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
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Career | 13 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0/7 | – | 7.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0/7 | – | 7.50 | – | 0 | 0 |
Munro became the third player for New Zealand to score a hundred in a Twenty20 International, following in the footsteps of Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill. Munro’s century was his first in the Twenty20 International format. As a result of his century, New Zealand was able to score 195 runs in 20 overs, which ultimately led to their victory by 47 runs. Throughout the one-day international series against India, Munro was allowed to bat at the opening position, and he had success in the starting slot in several matches.
It was on November 4, 2017, during the second Twenty20 International of the Indian tour that Munro earned his second century in Twenty20 Internationals. This made him the second New Zealander (after McCullum) and the fourth player overall to record two centuries in Twenty20 Internationals. Additionally, he was the first batter in the history of Twenty20 Internationals to hit two hundred in a single year. With his all-around performance, New Zealand was able to win the match by a score of forty runs, bringing the three-match series to a one-all draw.