He also cemented his place as a regular mainstay of the New Zealand team in across all three formats for his gentle disciplined medium pace bowling.

Colin made his List A debut playing for Manicaland against Namibia on 12 November 2004 during the 2004/05 Faithwear Clothing Inter-Provincial One-Day Competition and he opened the batting on his List A debut and scored an unbeaten innings of 96 off 136 deliveries to help his team to chase down a modest target of 199 runs.

It was revealed that he was approached by a scout who convinced and persuaded him to move to New Zealand as it happened on a serendipitous manner just after he had finished his schooling.

[6] He received his maiden call-up to join New Zealand test squad in 2016 after helping his domestic Club side Auckland to chase down 373 in the fourth innings with an unbeaten knock of 144 which came after facing just 147 balls.

[17] Following his international retirement, he plied his trade in franchise cricket and he was immediately signed up by Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League overseas players' draft.

[19] His One Day International (ODI) debut came against South Africa on 3 March 2012 and he struck a quickfire innings of 36 in 36 balls and he also smashed three sixes during the blitz.

[22][23][24] His bowling figures of 6/41 on his test debut, literally restricted Pakistan to 133 all out and he shattered the 65 year old New Zealand record for the best bowling figures by a bowler playing for New Zealand on test debut, surpassing the previous record of 6/155 held by Alex Moir who achieved the feat against England in 1951.

[27] He left the tour ahead of the ODI matches against the West Indies after the death of his father in Zimbabwe.

[32] He stitched a crucial partnership with his skipper Kane Williamson to take New Zealand home in a low scoring tense match against South Africa and he remained unbeaten with a blistering innings of 60.

In 2021, he faced slump in his batting form especially when he endured a lean patch with a string of single digit scores in a five-match T20I bilateral series against Bangladesh.