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Grant Robinson (cricketer)

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Grant Robinson
Personal information
Full name
Grant Geoffrey Robinson
Born (1979-07-24) 24 July 1979 (age 45)
Gisborne, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001/02–2007/08Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 21 18
Runs scored 736 390
Batting average 21.64 27.85
100s/50s 1/2 0/2
Top score 125* 77*
Balls bowled 24
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 10/– 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 June 2019

Grant Geoffrey Robinson (born 24 July 1979) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Northern Districts from 2001 to 2008. He was born at Gisborne in 1979.[1]

A left-handed batsman, Robinson's highest first-class score was 125 not out in Northern Districts' 16-run victory over Auckland in 2002–03.[2] He was also a leading member of the Hamilton team that dominated the Hawke Cup competition in the 2000s. In 2005–06 he scored 268 against Northland to record the second-highest score in the history of the competition.[3]

Robinson studied Law and Commerce at Waikato University.[4] After working in senior positions for Westpac in Auckland, in 2019 he joined the compostable-packaging company Ecoware as general manager.[5] He has a family with his wife Anna.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Grant Robinson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Auckland v Northern Districts 2002–03". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  3. ^ Butcher, Margot (Summer 2018). "Stumped on a career" (PDF). Outright. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Q&A with our new general manager". Ecoware. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  5. ^ Devereux, Courtney (28 February 2019). "Ecoware gets new general manager, Grant Robinson". The Register. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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