Colin Munro – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Born11 Mar 1987

Age39 Years

NationalityDurban, South Africa

RoleAll-rounder

BattingLeft hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Medium Fast

Height1.78 m

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	1	15	7.5	57.69	2	2.22
ODI	57	1271	24.92	104.69	7	5.22
T20I	65	1724	31.34	156.44	4	9.45
T20	467	11956	30.12	141.61	31	9.32
List A	139	4197	36.49	113.34	24	5.46
First-class	48	3611	51.58	98.79	58	2.72
T10	52	1151	30.29	172.05	0	13.38

Debuts

TestSouth Africa vs New Zealand, Gqeberha11 Jan 2013

ODISouth Africa vs New Zealand, Kimberley22 Jan 2013

T20ISouth Africa vs New Zealand, Durban21 Dec 2012

First ClassCanterbury vs Auckland, Auckland7 Dec 2006

List ANorthern Dis vs Auckland, Auckland23 Dec 2006

T20Auckland vs Central D, Auckland3 Dec 2010

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	1	2	0	15	15	7.5	26	57.69	0	0	3	0	0
ODI	57	53	2	1271	87	24.92	1214	104.69	0	8	138	36	22
T20I	65	62	7	1724	109	31.34	1102	156.44	3	11	132	107	19
T20	467	448	51	11956	120	30.12	8443	141.61	6	73	1027	590	139
List A	139	129	14	4197	174	36.49	3703	113.34	9	22	435	145	52
First-class	48	74	4	3611	281	51.58	3655	98.79	13	15	405	137	21
T10	52	49	11	1151	77	30.29	669	172.05	0	7	87	79	14

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ
Test	1	1	18	40	2	2/40	20	2.22
ODI	57	25	92	481	7	2/10	68.71	5.22
T20I	65	12	19.4	186	4	1/12	46.5	9.45
T20	467	67	111	1035	31	4/15	33.38	9.32
List A	139	68	278.2	1520	24	3/45	63.33	5.46
First-class	48	56	586.2	1596	58	5/73	27.51	2.72
T10	52	2	2.1	29	0	–	–	13.38

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	13	177	40	14.75	125.53	0	7.50
Big Bash League	51	1224	114	27.82	125.54	0	–
Caribbean Premier League	102	3089	120	34.71	132.23	0	11.29
Pakistan Super League	54	1633	90	33.33	149.82	2	10.14
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	7	125	46	20.83	112.61	0	–
The Ford Trophy	14	735	167	52.50	133.64	5	5.22
Plunket Shield	7	689	146	76.56	134.31	11	2.26
Super Smash Men's	57	1200	89	24.00	149.25	9	8.93
Vitality Blast	33	867	87	27.09	146.21	4	7.70
Abu Dhabi T10	22	441	77	36.75	167.05	0	12.00
The Hundred Men's	23	592	67	37.00	154.97	0	–
ICC Cricket World Cup	6	125	58	25.00	97.66	0	9.00
Global T20 Canada	21	503	78	31.44	159.18	0	10.36

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
India	12	426	109	38.73	148.95	3	1
England	13	261	57	21.75	150.87	1	0
West Indies	5	250	104	50.00	190.84	2	1
Pakistan	8	221	58	31.57	141.67	2	0
Bangladesh	5	209	101	52.25	159.54	1	1
Sri Lanka	7	144	50	24.00	167.44	1	0
Australia	4	131	76	32.75	172.37	1	0
South Africa	7	59	23	9.83	113.46	0	0
Zimbabwe	1	23	23	–	209.09	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
Pakistan	5	2	81	40.50	10.57	23.00
Australia	1	1	18	18.00	9.00	12.00
India	2	1	37	37.00	–	0.00
South Africa	1	0	11	–	11.00	–
Sri Lanka	1	0	17	–	–	–
England	2	0	22	–	7.33	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
Bangladesh	7	224	87	37.33	110.89	2
Pakistan	9	210	58	23.33	128.83	2
Sri Lanka	6	195	87	39.00	116.07	2
India	7	183	75	26.14	95.31	1
South Africa	5	143	57	28.60	91.67	1
West Indies	4	100	49	25.00	123.46	0
Australia	5	85	49	17.00	68.55	0
England	6	56	49	9.33	75.68	0
Ireland	2	44	44	22.00	275.00	0
Afghanistan	1	22	22	22.00	91.67	0
Zimbabwe	1	9	9	9.00	64.29	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	5	4	163	40.75	5.82	42.00
Pakistan	5	2	65	32.50	3.82	51.00
Australia	2	1	39	39.00	7.80	30.00
Ireland	1	0	16	–	4.00	–
West Indies	1	0	8	–	4.00	–
South Africa	3	0	33	–	4.13	–
Sri Lanka	1	0	7	–	7.00	–
Bangladesh	2	0	26	–	6.50	–
India	5	0	124	–	10.33	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50	100
South Africa	2	15	15	7.50	57.69	0	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	1	2	40	20.00	–	0.00

Last 10 innings · batting

9vs TTS

1vs BBZ

47vs MRT

0vs WRW

25vs VCK

20vs DG

26vs ECR

26vs GAW

38vs BT

18vs ABF

T10 vs TTS4 Oct 2026 · c Ali Khan b T Johal 9(9) T10 vs BBZ3 Oct 2026 · c M Guptill b TS Mills 1(3) T10 vs MRT2 Oct 2026 · c RF Higgins b I Udana 47(25) T10 vs WRW1 Oct 2026 · b Baltej Singh 0(1) T10 vs VCK30 Sep 2026 · runout (M Ali) 25(15) T20 vs DG17 Sep 2026 · c N Croes b D Willey 20(8) T20 vs ECR15 Sep 2026 · c G Delany b J Jarvis 26(18) T20 vs GAW11 Sep 2026 · b MH Miraz 26(16) T20 vs BT6 Sep 2026 · b MU Rahman 38(32) T20 vs ABF2 Sep 2026 · c M Ali b R Cornwall 18(9)

Last 10 innings · bowling

0/18vs SKNP

0/27vs HB

0/2vs DG

0/10vs GAW

0/20vs ND

1/11vs WEF

0/20vs WEF

0/25vs ND

0/7vs CS

1/33vs CS

T20 vs SKNP17 Aug 2025 0/18 T10 vs HB26 Sep 2024 0/27 T10 vs DG30 Nov 2022 0/2 T20 vs GAW14 Sep 2022 0/10 List A vs ND30 Nov 2020 0/20 T20 vs WEF19 Jan 2020 1/11 T20 vs WEF12 Jan 2020 0/20 T20 vs ND10 Jan 2020 0/25 T20 vs CS4 Jan 2020 0/7 T20 vs CS28 Dec 2019 1/33

About Colin Munro

Colin Munro is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays limited overs formats of the game. He was born in Durban, South Africa on 11th March 1987. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler.

He was a member of New Zealand under 19 squad in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Sri Lanka in 2006. He is currently a player of the Auckland cricket team.

Domestic and T20 Career

Munro signed for the Sydney Sixers in the Australian T20 league, the Big Bash League in 2017 and made his debut in the majestic SCG against Sydney Thunder. Prior to this, he was in the Kolkata Knight Riders team in the 2016 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The same year he also joined Trinbago Knight Riders and is currently a member of their squad. He returned to IPL with the Delhi Daredevils for the 2018 season.

International Career

Colin Munro made his international debut for the New Zealand Test cricket team on 11 January 2013 against South Africa at Port Elizabeth. This remains the only test match of his career to date.

In a match against Sri Lanka in 2016, Munro scored the second fastest T20I fifty of all time in 14 balls, with seven sixes, only behind 12-ball fifty of Yuvraj Singh. His is also the fastest fifty by a New Zealander in this format, beating the previous record set by Martin Guptill (50 from 19 balls) in that very same match.

Munro scored his first Twenty20 International century against Bangladesh in 2017 and became the third from his country to do so. With his second T20I century against India, he became the fourth batsman to score two T20I centuries and the first batsman to score two in a year.

With his century against West Indies in 2018, he became the first player to score three centuries in T20I cricket. With this feat, he also became the No.1 T20I batsman in the world.

In 2019, he was named as the ANZ International Men’s T20 Player of the Year at the annual New Zealand Cricket awards. He has also been named as a part of New Zealand’s 2019 Cricket World Cup squad.

Career Statistics

Competition	ODI	T20I
Matches	51	52
Runs	1146	1411
Batting Average	24.91	33.59
100s/50s	0/7	3/9
Top Score	87	109*
Balls Bowled	546	118
Wickets	7	4
Bowling Average	67.42	46.5
Best Bowling	2/10	1/12
Catches	20	15

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