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Full name Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria
Born December 16, 1980, Karachi, Sind
Current age 27 years 258 days
Major teams Pakistan,Essex,Habib Bank Limited,Karachi,Pakistan National Shipping Corporation,Pakistan Reserves
Nickname Nani-Danny
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
51
69
31
260
29
6.84
545
47.70
0
0
35
2
16
0
ODIs
18
10
8
12
6*
6.00
22
54.54
0
0
1
0
2
0
First-class
142
178
71
1090
65
10.18
0
1
48
0
List A
118
57
28
225
33*
7.75
0
0
22
0
Twenty20
34
14
6
39
7*
4.87
46
84.78
0
0
1
0
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
51
93
14994
7458
220
7/77
12/94
33.90
2.98
68.1
8
12
2
ODIs
18
18
854
683
15
3/31
3/31
45.53
4.79
56.9
0
0
0
First-class
142
37853
18144
681
7/39
26.64
2.87
55.5
47
6
List A
118
5801
3987
184
5/21
5/21
21.66
4.12
31.5
6
5
0
Twenty20
34
33
690
797
44
4/22
4/22
18.11
6.93
15.6
2
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v England at Faisalabad, Nov 29-Dec 3, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Sharjah, Oct 31, 2001 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Kingston, Mar 21, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
Essex v Worcestershire at Colchester, Aug 20-23, 2008 scorecard
Lahore Eagles v Karachi Zebras at Lahore, Apr 27, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Essex v Kent at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008 scorecard
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. It didn't last long, as limited to a couple of matches, he was swiftly dropped from the ODI squad soon after but returned to the team for the Test series against South Africa in October 2007.
Kamran Abbasi (October 2007)
