Seth Rance

Seth Rance (born 23 August 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer who played domestically for Central Districts (the Central Stags) until late 2022. He made his international debut for the New Zealand cricket team in May 2017.^[1]

Seth Rance

Personal information
Full name	Seth Hayden Arnold Rance
Born	(1987-08-23) 23 August 1987 (age 37) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (2017–2019)
ODI debut (cap 192)	14 May 2017 v Ireland
Last ODI	17 May 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 76)	29 December 2017 v West Indies
Last T20I	6 September 2019 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008/09–2022/23	Central Districts
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 2 8 49 72 Runs scored – 10 910 283 Batting average – 3.33 17.50 10.48 100s/50s – 0/0 0/4 0/0 Top score – 8 71 45 Balls bowled 105 162 8,017 3,286 Wickets 1 10 152 114 Bowling average 110.00 24.50 27.55 23.91 5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/44 3/26 6/26 4/25 Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 17/– 16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 October 2024

Domestic career

Along with Brent Arnel, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Super Smash, with fifteen dismissals.^[2] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.^[3]

In December 2021, in the 2021–22 Super Smash, Rance took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.^[4]

Renowned for his prodigious late in-swing deliveries, Rance announced his retirement from New Zealand Domestic representative cricket in April 2024, after more than a year struggling to return to top form from a ruptured latissimus dorsi tendon.^[5]

International career

In April 2017, he was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.^[6] He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 14 May 2017.^[7] He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.^[8]