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{{Short description|New Zealand cricketer}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Grant Elliott
| image = Grant Elliott 2018 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Elliott in 2018
| country = New Zealand
| country2 = World XI
| fullname = Grant David Elliott
| nickname = Shunt, Magic, Hairy Javelin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Johannesburg]], [[Transvaal (province)|Transvaal]], [[South Africa]]
| heightft = 6
| heightinch = 2
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[swing bowling|medium]], occasional [[off spin]] and [[leg spin]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2008–2016
| internationalspan2 = 2017
| testdebutdate = 22 March
| testdebutyear = 2008
| testdebutfor = New Zealand
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 236
| lasttestdate = 3 December
| lasttestyear = 2009
| lasttestfor = New Zealand
| lasttestagainst = Pakistan
| odidebutdate = 18 June
| odidebutyear = 2008
| odidebutfor = New Zealand
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 150
| lastodidate = 8 February
| lastodiyear = 2016
| lastodifor = New Zealand
| lastodiagainst = Australia
| odishirt = 88
| T20Idebutdate = 15 February
| T20Idebutyear = 2009
| T20Idebutfor = New Zealand
| T20Idebutagainst = Australia
| T20Icap = 36
| lastT20Idate = 12 September
| lastT20Iyear = 2017
| lastT20Ifor = World XI
| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
| club1 = [[Transvaal cricket team|Transvaal B]]
| year1 = 1996/97
| club2 = [[Gauteng cricket team|Gauteng]]
| year2 = 1998/99
| club3 = [[Griqualand West cricket team|Griqualand West]]
| year3 = {{nowrap|1999/00–2000/01}}
| club4 = [[Gauteng cricket team|Gauteng]]
| year4 = 2001/02–2002/03
| club5 = [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]
| year5 = 2005/06–2016/17
| clubnumber5 = 44
| club6 = [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]]
| year6 = 2009
| club7 = [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]]
| year7 = 2015
| club8 = [[Quetta Gladiators]]
| year8 = 2016
| club9 = [[St Lucia Zouks]]
| year9 = 2016
| club10 = [[Chittagong Vikings]]
| year10 = 2016
| club11 = [[Lahore Qalandars]]
| year11 = 2017
| clubnumber11 = 88
| club12 = [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]]
| year12 = {{nowrap|2017–2018}}
| clubnumber12 = 88
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 5
| runs1 = 86
| bat avg1 = 10.75
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 25
| deliveries1 = 282
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 35.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/8
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 83
| runs2 = 1,976
| bat avg2 = 34.06
| 100s/50s2 = 2/11
| top score2 = 115
| deliveries2 = 1,302
| wickets2 = 39
| bowl avg2 = 30.23
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/31
| catches/stumpings2 = 17/–
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches3 = 83
| runs3 = 3,883
| bat avg3 = 30.57
| 100s/50s3 = 8/20
| top score3 = 196[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 7,216
| wickets3 = 92
| bowl avg3 = 36.71
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/33
| catches/stumpings3 = 46/–
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches4 = 211
| runs4 = 5,126
| bat avg4 = 33.50
| 100s/50s4 = 7/28
| top score4 = 115
| deliveries4 = 4,827
| wickets4 = 130
| bowl avg4 = 33.36
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling4 = 5/34
| catches/stumpings4 = 70/–
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{NZ}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2015 Cricket World Cup|2015 Australia and New Zealand]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Champions Trophy]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|2009 South Africa]]|}}
| date = 13 January
| year = 2019
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/grant-elliott-44956 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Grant David Elliott''' (born 21 March 1979) is a former New Zealand [[cricket]]er, who played all formats of the game. Primarily a batting [[all-rounder]], Elliott contributed a man of the match performance to provide entrance to New Zealand's first ever [[2015 Cricket World Cup Final|World Cup final]], by beating South Africa in 2015. Domestically, he played for [[Wellington cricket team|Wellington]]. He was also a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as [[2015 Cricket World Cup final|runners-up]] at the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]].

In March 2017, he announced his retirement from international cricket<ref name="retire">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/1089215.html |title=Elliott signs Birmingham Kolpak deal and calls time on NZ |access-date=29 March 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> and in August 2018, he retired from all forms of cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/24441393/grant-elliott-retires-all-forms-cricket |title=Elliott retires from all forms of cricket |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/828287 |title=New Zealand's CWC 2015 hero Grant Elliott calls it quits |work=[[International Cricket Council]] |access-date=22 August 2018}}</ref>

== Early life ==

The son of a South African plastic surgeon, Grant Elliott attended [[St Stithians College]],<ref>{{cricinfo|ref=newzealand/content/player/44956.html}} Retrieved 2008-10-23</ref> whose notable cricketing alumni include [[Michael Lumb (cricketer)|Michael Lumb]], [[Roy Pienaar]], [[David Terbrugge]], [[Dave Rundle]] and [[Kagiso Rabada]].

=== South Africa ===

He debuted with 67 in 1996–97 at [[Gauteng cricket team|Gauteng]], where on the advice of his captain, former New Zealand test skipper [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Ken Rutherford]], who saw [[Cricket in South Africa#Demographics|the quota system]] possibly blocking his path to higher honours, Elliott left his native Johannesburg for New Zealand in 2001.<ref name=DominionPost/> He played one match for South Africa 'A' against India 'A' before he qualified to play for New Zealand in 2007.

== International career ==

Called up to the [[New Zealand cricket team|national team]] in early 2008 during [[England cricket team|England]]'s tour, he made his Test debut against England in the third test in [[Napier, New Zealand|Napier]] replacing [[Jacob Oram]].<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7272980.stm ''Kiwis turn to all-rounder Elliot''] [[BBC News]] retrieved 1 March 2008</ref>

Elliott went on to also make his ODI debut for New Zealand against England taking 3 wickets. In his second game, he scored his maiden ODI fifty. His maiden ODI century was in the 3rd game of the [[New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09|Chappell-Hadlee series]] scoring 115 against Australia at the SCG on Sunday 8 February 2009.

He also did well in the [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy|Champions trophy in South Africa]] in 2009 as he took a four wicket haul against England at the Wanderers which actually helped New Zealand to qualify for the semifinals and in the semifinals he played an innings of 75 not out to take the Black caps to victory against Pakistan.

===World records===

Elliott scored his second ODI century when [[Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15|Sri Lanka toured New Zealand]] prior to the [[2015 Cricket World Cup]]. Elliott and [[Luke Ronchi]] both broke several batting records as the pair lifted New Zealand from 93/5 to a commanding 360 off their 50 overs. Their stand of 267* is the [[List of One Day International cricket records#Highest partnerships by wicket|highest 6th wicket partnership]] in ODIs.<ref name="6thWicketODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-sri-lanka-2014-15/content/story/823089.html |title=Ronchi, Elliott shatter records and flatten Sri Lanka |access-date=23 January 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo|date=22 January 2015 }}</ref>

In the inaugural [[Pakistan Super League]] in [[2016 Pakistan Super League|2016]] he along with [[Zulfiqar Babar]] set the [[List of Twenty20 cricket records#Record wicket partnerships|highest 10th wicket partnership]] in any forms of T20 (63).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/959207.html|title=17th Match: Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi at Sharjah, Feb 14, 2016 {{!}} Cricket Scorecard {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/305252.html|title=Records {{!}} Twenty20 matches {{!}} Partnership records {{!}} Highest partnerships by wicket |website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

===2015 World Cup===

His finest moment however came in the [[2015 Cricket World Cup knockout stage#Semi-finals|2015 World Cup Semi final]] against [[South Africa]] where he scored an unbeaten 84 and was adjudged the [[Man of the match#Cricket|Man of the Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/656491.html |title=ICC Cricket World Cup, 1st Semi-Final: New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Mar 24, 2015|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> He hit the winning six off the second to last ball of the innings from Dale Steyn and created history by putting New Zealand into their first ever Cricket World Cup Final. In the final against Australia, Elliot top-scored for New Zealand, scoring 83 runs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2014-15-509587/australia-vs-new-zealand-final-656495/full-scorecard|title=Full Scorecard of New Zealand vs Australia Final 2014/15 - Score Report |website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

After the World Cup, Elliott was named in the Twenty20 side in 2016 after suffering an arm injury playing domestically for Wellington.

In April 2016, Elliott announced his retirement from ODI cricket.<ref name="retire-ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/993971.html |title=Grant Elliott retires from ODIs |website=ESPNcricinfo.com|access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

In August 2017, he was named in a [[List of World XI Twenty20 International cricketers|World XI]] side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the [[2017 Independence Cup (cricket)|2017 Independence Cup]] in [[Lahore]].<ref name="WXI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1117616.html |title=Faf du Plessis named captain of World XI to travel to Pakistan |website=ESPNcricinfo.com|date=24 August 2017 |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

== Strengths ==

Early on, [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Ken Rutherford]] noted his strong batting technique while also noting his occasional lack of self-belief. Former coach of the Wellington Firebirds, [[Anthony Stuart (cricketer)|Anthony Stuart]], commented that was "a tough cookie", and praised his commitment and high work ethic. [[Glenn Turner]], former convener of the national selection panel, considered Elliott a "thoughtful character" whose offside play was exceptional, such as his hallmark shot, the lofted drive over extra cover.<ref name=DominionPost/>

== Other ==

He played for [[Weybridge Cricket Club]] in the [[Surrey Championship]] in 2008.

Elliott is the maker of the Buzz Cricket Bat. It is used by himself, Dewayne Bowden, [[Mark Houghton]], Leighton Morgan, [[Chris Nevin]] and [[Luke Woodcock]].<ref name=DominionPost>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/1395587 |title=Black Cap Grant Elliott creates a buzz |author=Millmow, Jonathan |author-link=Jonathan Millmow |date=9 February 2009 |work=[[The Dominion Post (Wellington)|The Dominion Post]] |access-date=24 January 2015}}</ref> Luke Woodcock scored 220 with it in a first-class game. Since he has been injured he has worked with [[Sky Sport (New Zealand)|Sky Sport]] in the [[2010 HRV Cup]].

In 2015, Elliott worked part-time as a business development manager.<ref name=BeaverToDreamer>{{cite web|title=From Beaver to Dreamer: Grant Elliott could be Black Caps' Stephen Donald|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/67451212/from-beaver-to-dreamer-grant-elliott-could-be-black-caps-stephen-donald|publisher=[[stuff.co.nz]]|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>

He currently works as a partnership manager for [[Life Flight (New Zealand)|Life Flight]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifeflight.org.nz/profiles/grant-elliott/|title=Grant Elliott|website=Life Flight|access-date=2024-03-22}}</ref> Previously he worked full-time for [[cricHQ]] as a General Manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://about.crichq.com/blog/captains-report-may-2019|title=Captains Report May 2019|last=CricHQ|website=about.crichq.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref> He is also a cricket commentator for TVNZ and SENZ. His international shirt number has now passed to fellow ex-pat Black Cap - [[Devon Conway]].

==References==
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