Christopher James Drum (born 10 July 1974) is a former New Zealand

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er who played in five

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and five

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s from 1999 to 2002. Drum attended

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Domestic career

Drum played for the Auckland cricket team between 1996 and 2002. He ended his career with 199 first class wickets and 74

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wickets in the domestic competitions.

International career

Drum made his debut for

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against

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in the March 2001, in the second test match. The match was played at

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. He became the third bowler to take a wicket with his first legitimate ball in Test cricket at this ground when he had Ijaz Ahmed stepping on his wicket before completing his shot. On 14 January 1999, he made his ODI debut against India and taking his first One Day International wicket by dismissing Sachin Tendulkar .Chris Drum profile
espncricinfo.com; accessed 24 August 2014. Drum was also a member of the New Zealand squad that won a bronze medal at the

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, which was the only time cricket was included in Commonwealth games. He played his last Test match in April 2002, and retired from all forms of cricket soon afterwards at the relatively young age of 28.

References

1974 births Living people New Zealand Test cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers Auckland cricketers Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand People educated at Rosmini College Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1970s-stub