10 Facts About Grant Elliott

Grant David Elliott was born on 21 March 1979 and is a former New Zealand cricketer, 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 World Cup final, by beating South Africa in 2015.

The son of a South African plastic surgeon, Grant Elliott attended St Stithians College, whose notable cricketing alumni include Michael Lumb, Roy Pienaar, David Terbrugge, Dave Rundle and Kagiso Rabada.

Grant Elliott played one match for South Africa 'A' against India 'A' before he qualified to play for New Zealand in 2007.

Grant Elliott has gone on to make his ODI debut for New Zealand against England taking 3 wickets.

Grant Elliott did well in the 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.

Grant Elliott scored his second ODI century when Sri Lanka toured New Zealand prior to the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Grant Elliott 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.

Grant Elliott played for Weybridge Cricket Club in the Surrey Championship in 2008.

In 2015 Grant Elliott worked part-time as a business development manager.