{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Brent Arnel | image = | caption = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Brent John Arnel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|1|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Te Awamutu, New Zealand | heightm = 1.96 | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = Bowler | family = | international = true | internationalspan = 2010–2012 | testdebutdate = 19 March | testdebutyear = 2010 | testdebutagainst = Australia | testcap = 246 | lasttestdate = 15 May | lasttestyear = 2012 | lasttestagainst = South Africa | club1 = Northern Districts | year1 = 2005/06–2012/13 | club2 = Wellington | year2 = 2013/14–2016/17 | club3 = Northern Districts | year3 = 2017/18 | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 45 | bat avg1 = 5.62 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 8* | deliveries1 = 1,008 | wickets1 = 9 | bowl avg1 = 62.88 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/95 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 111 | runs2 = 686 | bat avg2 = 8.46 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 32* | deliveries2 = 22,644 | wickets2 = 394 | bowl avg2 = 26.89 | fivefor2 = 16 | tenfor2 = 1 | best bowling2 = 8/81 | catches/stumpings2 = 30/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 93 | runs3 = 157 | bat avg3 = 9.23 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 18 | deliveries3 = 4,704 | wickets3 = 129 | bowl avg3 = 30.93 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/26 | catches/stumpings3 = 14/– | column4 = T20 | matches4 = 93 | runs4 = 44 | bat avg4 = 5.50 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 7* | deliveries4 = 1,976 | wickets4 = 85 | bowl avg4 = 31.16 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 4/22 | catches/stumpings4 = 13/– | date = 30 September | year = 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36194.html Cricinfo }} '''Brent John Arnel''' (born 3 January 1979) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who has played six Test matches for the national side. A fast bowler, he represented Northern Districts and Wellington in a domestic career that began in 2006.
==Early life== Arnel was born in Te Awamutu. According to his ESPNCricinfo player profile, "as a 10-year-old, Brent Arnel was kicked out of junior cricket because he bowled too fast".<ref>{{cite web|title=Brent Arnel (player profile)|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36194.html|website=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=6 April 2018}}</ref> A promising junior cricketer, Arnel played club cricket in Hamilton with Fraser Tech, and after moving to Wellington he began playing for Onslow Cricket Club.<ref name=NZCPA>{{cite web|url=http://www.procricket.co.nz/acatalog/Brent_J_Arnel.html |title=Brent Arnel |publisher=New Zealand Cricket Player's Association |accessdate=19 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514090956/http://procricket.co.nz/acatalog/Brent_J_Arnel.html |archivedate=14 May 2010 }}</ref>
==Domestic career== He made his first class debut for Northern Districts in 2006, playing against Canterbury. After a strong performance in the 2007–08 season in which he took the most wickets in the State Championship, he was selected for the New Zealand A tour to India.
Along with Seth Rance, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Super Smash, with fifteen dismissals, whilst playing for the Wellington Firebirds<ref name="wickets">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=11515;type=tournament |title= Records: Super Smash, 2016/17 Most wickets |accessdate=7 January 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
==International career== In 2009, after success against the England Lions he was called into the New Zealand Test squad but did not end up playing. During the Bangladesh tour of New Zealand in 2009–10 he was again called up to cover an injured player, but was not selected to play. He finally made his Test debut against Australia at the Basin Reserve in Wellington on 19 March 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/nzvaus2010/engine/current/match/423789.html|title=Scorecard: 1st Test: New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, 19–23 March 2010|work=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 March 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=36194}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnel, Brent}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Te Awamutu Category:University of Waikato alumni Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:New Zealand Test cricketers Category:Northern Districts cricketers Category:Wellington cricketers Category:Cricketers from Waikato