| 1. He has Samoan heritage. |
| 2. Initially played hockey, then switched to cricket. |
| 3. He is only the second male cricketer of Samoan descent to represent New Zealand. |
| 4. Needed hospitalization for dehydration after scoring his first ODI hundred. |
| 5. Generously gave his Man of the Match award to Lansdowne Cricket Club in Masterton. |
| 6. One of four cricketers to achieve a century on his birthday. |
| 7. His childhood dream was to become a farmer. |
| 8. Celebrates his cricket milestones by sticking out his tongue for his kids. |
| 9. Key member of the New Zealand team that won the 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship, scoring the winning boundary in the final. |
| 10. Part of the New Zealand squads that finished as runners-up in the 2015 and 2019 Cricket World Cup finals. |
| 11. First cricketer to play 100 matches in all three international formats. |
| 12. Most-capped player for New Zealand in international cricket with 438 matches. |
| 13. Appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) in the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours for services to cricket and Pacific communities. |
