Roneel Hira

Roneel Hira

Personal information
Born	23 January 1987 (1987-01-23) (age 37) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting style	Left hand bat
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	New Zealand
Last ODI	9 February 2013 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006/7– present	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition T20 LA FC T20I Matches 68 67 7 13 Runs scored 249 462 180 37 Batting average 15.56 17.76 30.00 18.50 100s/50s – 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 28 48 57* 20* Balls bowled 1,280 2,952 552 230 Wickets 64 53 4 9 Bowling average 24.00 45.13 78.00 33.66 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match – – – – Best bowling 4/13 4/31 3/85 2/42 Catches/stumpings 26/– 26/– 1/0 2/–
Source: Cricinfo.com, 22 June 2013

Roneel "Ronnie" Magan Hira (born 23 January 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer who is a left-arm off spinner. Hira made his debut for Auckland in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches in the 2006–07 season. He represented New Zealand in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He last played a first-class game in March 2008, but has represented Auckland with more regularity in the limited-overs formats. Hira was a part of the Auckland 50-over and Twenty20 sides that won the New Zealand domestic titles in 2010–11. He subsequently travelled to India with the Auckland Aces as part of their unsuccessful campaign in the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket competition between club teams from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies.

After three seasons as a contracted player for the Auckland Aces, Hira's domestic contract was not renewed for the 2011–12 season. Despite only receiving match payments, Hira was the bowling standout of the domestic Twenty20 competition in the 2011–12 season and was an integral part of Auckland's successful defence of the HRV Twenty20 Cup. In an impressive campaign, he took 14 wickets at an average of 14.85 and, most importantly given the high-scoring Twenty20 format, conceded only 5.85 runs an over. Hira finished the Twenty-20 competition as the joint leading wicket-taker and impressed with his sharp fielding and his batting cameos lower down the order. On the back of this performance, Hira was the winner of the HRV Cup MVP bowling rankings. His 76.06 MVP bowling points placed him well clear of the Canterbury Wizards' Rob Nicol who was second with 54.27.

Hira was rewarded with selection in the New Zealand Twenty-20 squad for the 2012 series against Zimbabwe and South Africa. He was born in Auckland. His relaxed attitude to cricket and his bowling style have been compared to Phil Tufnell

External links

• Roneel Hira at New Zealand Cricket Players Association
• Player profile: Roneel Hira from ESPNcricinfo
• Auckland Cricket