Luke Ronchi played for New Zealand last week, after previously playing for Australia. This particular double is so called unique as no one had played for Australia and New Zealand in official internationals. Luke Ronchi, who was born in Dannevirke (New Zealand) but moved to Australia when he was only seven years old. He played four ODI’s in the West Indies in 2008, taking a catch off Brett Lee from the first ball he kept to, and also appeared in 3 Twenty20 games for Australia. Due to stiff competition Australian pecking order, and then eventually he returned to his native country, and has done very well for Wellington since. Luke Ronchi made his ODI debut for New Zealand at Lord's against England, but had to wait till the 11th over to get Ian Bell. Luke Ronchi is the 7th player to appear for two different countries in official one-day internationals, following Kepler Wessels (Australia and South Africa), Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan (England and Ireland), Dougie Brown (England and Scotland), Anderson Cummins (West Indies and Canada), and Clayton Lambert (West Indies and USA).
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