Blair Robert Hartland was born on 22 October 1966 and is a former New Zealand cricketer who played nine Tests and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
12 Facts About Blair Hartland
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Blair Hartland was a specialist batsman, who usually opened the innings and bowled a total of three overs in his senior career.
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Blair Hartland is married to Nicki and has three children: Emma born 1995, Tessa born 1997, and Benjamin born 1999.
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Blair Hartland made 59 runs for once out, retiring injured in the second innings, and did not return in that season.
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Blair Hartland played 11 seasons of domestic cricket for Canterbury, playing 83 first class and 68 List A games in total, Hartland held the record for the most runs in a one-day domestic match, until it was broken by Brendon McCullum.
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However, Blair Hartland's debut did not yield a good result for New Zealand.
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Blair Hartland watched as Tufnell added a further six victims in the second innings, and England secured a victory by an innings and four runs.
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Greatbatch and Latham were dropped for Sri Lanka and Blair Hartland was back as opener together with Wright; after he was out to Dulip Liyanage for 3 in the first innings, and Sri Lanka had declared 39 runs ahead with five sessions remaining, Blair Hartland batted for four hours in an opening stand worth 110 with Wright, making his maiden Test fifty.
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That was enough for Blair Hartland to be picked for the second Test a week later, where he made the second highest score of New Zealand's innings.
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Blair Hartland played New Zealand's next Test, a home match against Pakistan, but after he failed to pass 50 and made 9 in a second-innings chase of 127 to win, where New Zealand were bowled out for 93 by Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis he was dropped and did not play international matches for over a year.
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Blair Hartland was picked for New Zealand's tour of England in 1994; he played nine matches against first-class sides of the country, but only one Test, his last.
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Blair Hartland played a further two seasons for Canterbury before retiring.