Seth Rance

{{short description|New Zealander cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Seth Rance | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Seth Hayden Arnold Rance | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|8|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Wellington, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place =

| batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = Bowler | club1 = Central Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|2008/09–2022/23}} | clubnumber1 = | columns = 4 | column1 = ODI | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = – | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = – | top score1 = – | deliveries1 = 105 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 110.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/44 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | column2 = T20I | matches2 = 8 | runs2 = 10 | bat avg2 = 3.33 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 8 | deliveries2 = 162 | wickets2 = 10 | bowl avg2 = 24.50 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 3/26 | catches/stumpings2 = 0/– | column3 = FC | matches3 = 49 | runs3 = 910 | bat avg3 = 17.50 | 100s/50s3 = 0/4 | top score3 = 71 | deliveries3 = 8,017 | wickets3 = 152 | bowl avg3 = 27.55 | fivefor3 = 7 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 6/26 | catches/stumpings3 = 17/– | column4 = LA | matches4 = 72 | runs4 = 283 | bat avg4 = 10.48 | 100s/50s4 = 0/0 | top score4 = 45 | deliveries4 = 3,286 | wickets4 = 114 | bowl avg4 = 23.91 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 4/25 | catches/stumpings4 = 16/– | date = 4 October | year = 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland-tri-series-2017/content/player/395057.html Cricinfo }} '''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.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/395057.html |title=Seth Rance |accessdate=29 October 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Domestic career== Along with Brent Arnel, he was the joint-highest wicket-taker in the 2016–17 Super Smash, with fifteen dismissals.<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=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |work=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=15 June 2018}}</ref>

In December 2021, in the 2021–22 Super Smash, Rance took his first five-wicket haul in T20 cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/127325153/super-smash-seth-rance-zaps-otago-volts-with-fivewicket-haul-as-central-stags-stay-top |title=Super Smash: Seth Rance zaps Otago Volts with five-wicket haul as Central Stags stay top |work=Stuff |access-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cdcricket.co.nz/newsarticle/139662 | title=Central Districts Cricket Association }}</ref>

==International career== In April 2017, he was named in New Zealand's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.<ref name="NZsquad">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/1090282.html |title=Latham to lead NZ in Ireland, uncapped Rance in squad |accessdate=6 April 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his ODI debut for New Zealand against Ireland on 14 May 2017.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1033363.html |title=Ireland Tri-Nation Series, 2nd Match: Ireland v New Zealand at Dublin (Malahide), May 14, 2017 |accessdate=14 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He made his T20I debut for New Zealand against the West Indies on 29 December 2017.<ref name="T20I">{{cite news |title=1st T20I, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Nelson, Dec 29 2017 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1115798.html |publisher=ESPN Cricinfo |date=29 December 2017 |accessdate=29 December 2017}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rance, Seth}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand cricketers Category:New Zealand One Day International cricketers Category:New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers Category:Central Districts cricketers Category:Cricketers from Wellington City