Neil Broom

Neil Trevor Broom (born 20 November 1983) is a New Zealand international cricketer. His other major teams include Otago Volts, Derbyshire County Cricket Club and Canterbury (from 2002–2005). After debut in 2009, Broom was called in to the squad in 2017, after a successful domestic season.

Neil Broom

Personal information
Full name	Neil Trevor Broom
Born	(1983-11-20) 20 November 1983 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Relations	DJ Broom (brother)
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 272)	16 March 2017 v South Africa
Last Test	25 March 2017 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 151)	10 January 2009 v West Indies
Last ODI	26 December 2017 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	4
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–2005	Canterbury
2005–2014	Otago
2014/15	Canterbury
2015/16–	Otago
2016	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 2 36 146 163 Runs scored 32 899 8,424 5,042 Batting average 10.66 28.09 38.29 37.90 100s/50s 0/0 1/5 18/33 8/30 Top score 20 109* 203* 164 Balls bowled – – 792 388 Wickets – – 8 6 Bowling average – – 65.62 65.33 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 1/8 2/59 Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/– 108/– 53/–
Source: CricInfo, 26 December 2017

His ODI comeback was strong, where he scored back to back knocks of 109* and 97 respectively against a top notch Bangladeshi bowling attack.

Neil plays for North East Valley Cricket Club in the Dunedin Cricket Leagues.

Domestic career

Broom signed a two-year deal with English domestic side Derbyshire County Cricket Club in August 2015.[1] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[2] In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[3][4]

International career

Broom was selected in the New Zealand squad for the One Day International series against the West Indies in 2008/09. He made his debut in the fourth match at Auckland. Broom's specialty is hitting the ball over the in field.

He also has been selected in the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy to play Australia in February 2009. During the first ODI in the series, he was wrongly given out, bowled by Michael Clarke, when video replays clearly showed that the wicket keeper Brad Haddin had clipped the bails with his gloves.

Comeback

In December 2016, Broom was named for the ODI series against Bangladesh after Ross Taylor was not passed fit after recovering from an eye surgery.[5] At the time of his selection to the ODI series against Bangladesh, Broom already held a British passport, so he must terminate his contract with Derbyshire in order to play for New Zealand again.[6] Broom scored his maiden ODI century against Bangladesh during the 2nd ODI of same series;where he along with Kane Williamson put on a solitary partnership of 176 for the second wicket, which is also the record second wicket partnership for New Zealand in ODIs[7][8] and followed this up with 97 in the 3rd ODI. Following the ODI series against Bangladesh, he was added to New Zealand's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad, after Martin Guptill was ruled out due to injury.[9]

In March 2017, he was included in New Zealand's Test squad against South Africa as a replacement for injured Ross Taylor.[10] He made his Test debut for New Zealand against South Africa on 16 March 2017.[11]

See also

• List of Otago representative cricketers

References

1. "BBC Sport - Neil Broom: Derbyshire sign New Zealand international batsman". BBC Sport. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
2. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
3. "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
4. "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
5. "Broom, Ronchi recalled for Bangladesh ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
6. "Neil Broom leaves Derbyshire after New Zealand call". BT.com. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
7. "Bangladesh slide dramatically to 0-2 loss after Broom ton". ESPN Cricinfo. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
8. "Cricket Records | Records | / | New Zealand | One-Day Internationals | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
9. "Guptill ruled out of T20 series against Bangladesh". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
10. "Broom called up for injured Taylor". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
11. "South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2nd Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Mar 16-20, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

External links

• Neil Broom at ESPNcricinfo
• Neil Broom at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Neil Broom at New Zealand Cricket Players Association