Neil McKenzie

Neil Douglas McKenzie (born 24 November 1975) is a South African former cricketer, who played all three forms of the game.

With better form in international arena, a further development as a result of his recall was that Somerset announced that it was unlikely that McKenzie would return to the club for the 2008 season, having played in 2007 as a Kolpak player.

[4] On 5 August 2011 McKenzie hit his career best first-class score of 237 in a County Championship match against Yorkshire.

[5] The partnership with Carberry was also the highest for any wicket for Hampshire, surpassing the 411 set by Robert Poore and Teddy Wynyard in 1899.

After showing excellent form in domestic cricket, and due to successive poor performances by opener Herschelle Gibbs, he was recalled to the South African Test squad three and a half years later for the second Test against the West Indies at Newlands.

In the first Test against England at Lord's in July 2008, McKenzie batted for over nine hours in a 447-ball innings of 138 to help his side save the match having been asked to follow-on on the third day.

Neil McKenzie training at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2009