Full Name

Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangi Davis

Born

November 30, 1971, Lower Hutt, Wellington

Age

52y 119d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast

One of those people who was able to come back strongly from highly visible major technique problems. A tearaway quickie whose chief attribute was to get the ball from A to B as quickly as possible notwithstanding any other consideration, he was selected for the tour of England in 1994. It was well known that he had problems overstepping and with his accuracy, much of this being due to faulty technique at delivery with his head falling away badly. He was required for one Test on that tour, sent his first delivery for 4 wides, snared an early wicket, and ended up with just that one for plenty. He did not play for NZ again for nearly three years.

In the intervening period, he worked on his problems, but it was a long while before there was any real improvement at provincial level. He was still taking wickets, had a good strike rate, but had not solved his rhythm problems. He came under the wing of Dennis Lillee and Dayle Hadlee at the cricket academy and started bowling well for Wellington in 1996/7, although at a slightly reduced pace. He was selected for the NZA side against England in 1997, and then for the third Test of that series. The three Tests he played in 1996/7 showed that he had overcome his problems, although it was quite noticeable that he lapsed when he tried to bowl that yard or two too quickly. Not at all a swinger of the ball, his chief weapons are bounce and hostility, a little bit of seam, and, quite remarkably, his ability to keep at the batsman. For much of the series against Sri Lanka in 1997 he had both a heel and a knee problem which saw him limping. It was remarkable that he could bowl at all. Such a performance, as well as being an inspiration to his team, helped to elevate him to cult status with the general public.

Heath Davis Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests574208*6.6612516.00001040
ODIs1164137*6.503339.39000020
FC71813453838*11.44--00--260
List A4723121402112.72--00--120

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests591010499175/636/9829.352.9659.4010
ODIs1111432436114/354/3539.636.0539.2100
FC71-1168266932155/32-31.133.4354.3-60
List A47-19981656454/354/3536.804.9744.4100
Heath Davis portrait

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Recent Matches of Heath Davis

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Auckland vs Central D0*3/6226-Feb-2004New PlymouthFC
Auckland vs Wellington1*0/2516-Jan-2004AucklandList A
Auckland vs Canterbury--0/3513-Jan-2004RangioraList A
Auckland vs Northern Dis41/34 & 0/3917-Mar-2003AucklandFC
Auckland vs Wellington2*2/35 & 0/3211-Mar-2003WellingtonFC

Photos of Heath Davis

Heath Davis, potrait, April 1994
Heath Davis of New Zealand A bowls against England during the tour match at Victoria Park
Trade card: Top deck Heath Davis