Dane Cleaver (born 1 January 1992) is a New Zealand

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er who plays for

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. He made his international debut for the

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in July 2022. He is the cousin of New Zealand captain

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Career

Central Districts

On 21 March 2011, Cleaver made his first-class debut for Central Districts in a rain-affected draw, where only 8.2 overs were possible in the match. He made his List A debut the following season. In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Central Districts for the 2018–19 season. In February 2020, in the 2019–20 Plunket Shield season, Cleaver scored a double century in the first innings and made nine dismissals. In March 2022, Cleaver was named captain of the

Central Districts cricket team The Central Stags, formerly known as Central Districts, are a first-class cricket team based in central New Zealand. They are the men's representative side of the Central Districts Cricket Association. They compete in the Plunket Shield firs ...

for their Plunket Shield match against Northern Districts in Napier, Hawke's Bay at

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New Zealand A

In November 2020, Cleaver was named in the

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for practice matches against the touring West Indies team.

New Zealand

In March 2022, Cleaver was named in

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(T20I) squad for their home series against the Netherlands. In June 2022, Cleaver was added to New Zealand's

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squad, for their third and final match against England, but did not play. Later that same month, he was named in New Zealand's

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(ODI) and T20I squads for their tours of

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and

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. Cleaver made his T20I debut on 18 July 2022, for New Zealand against

, and in the second match of the series he hit a match-winning 78

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. Cleaver made his ODI debut on 31 July 2022, for New Zealand against

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleaver, Dane 1992 births Living people New Zealand cricketers New Zealand One Day International cricketers New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers Central Districts cricketers Cricketers from Palmerston North