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Full name Paul John Wiseman
Born May 4, 1970, Auckland
Current age 38 years 157 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Canterbury,Durham,Otago
Nickname Whiz
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
25
34
8
366
36
14.07
989
37.00
0
0
42
4
11
0
ODIs
15
7
5
45
16
22.50
83
54.21
0
0
3
1
2
0
First-class
186
254
51
4254
130
20.95
2
16
79
0
List A
120
82
19
968
65*
15.36
0
2
28
0
Twenty20
10
1
0
0
0
0.00
1
0.00
0
0
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
25
45
5660
2903
61
5/82
8/144
47.59
3.07
92.7
2
2
0
ODIs
15
13
450
368
12
4/45
4/45
30.66
4.90
37.5
1
0
0
First-class
186
34292
15727
466
9/13
33.74
2.75
73.5
18
4
List A
120
4789
3414
84
4/45
4/45
40.64
4.27
57.0
2
0
0
Twenty20
10
7
114
148
8
2/20
2/20
18.50
7.78
14.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), May 27-31, 1998 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Apr 11-14, 2005 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India v New Zealand at Sharjah, Apr 20, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Pakistan at Dambulla, May 20, 2003 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1991/92
Last First-class
Kent v Durham at Canterbury, Sep 24-27, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1993/94
Last List A
Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Aug 24, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Canterbury v Otago at Christchurch, Jan 13, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Durham v Middlesex at Southampton, Jul 26, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Paul Wiseman, a hard-working offspinner, never quite provided New Zealand with the match-winning partner for Daniel Vettori that they were searching for. However, he made a good impression in Sri Lanka and continued to vindicate his choice as the preferred spinning support for Vettori at a time when New Zealand were not blessed with resources.
A lack of variation was a problem and he floated in and out of the side for two years. He missed out on the 2004 England trip but was recalled for the Bangladesh tour in 2004-05. However, a string of poor performances against Sri Lanka and Australia in the subsequent season forced the selectors to look elsewhere. He was signed by Durham in 2007.
Lynn McConnell
