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Eric Freeman
Australia
Player profile
Full name Eric Walter Freeman
Born July 13, 1944, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 64 years 86 days
Major teams Australia, South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
11 |
18 |
0 |
345 |
76 |
19.16 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
| First-class |
83 |
123 |
6 |
2244 |
116 |
19.17 |
1 |
9 |
|
60 |
0 |
| List A |
8 |
6 |
0 |
57 |
21 |
9.50 |
0 |
0 |
|
3 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
11 |
21 |
2183 |
1128 |
34 |
4/52 |
6/116 |
33.17 |
3.10 |
64.2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
83 |
|
14281 |
6690 |
241 |
8/47 |
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27.75 |
2.81 |
59.2 |
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7 |
2 |
| List A |
8 |
|
418 |
226 |
8 |
3/29 |
3/29 |
28.25 |
3.24 |
52.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Australia v India at Brisbane, Jan 19-24, 1968 scorecard |
| Last Test |
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 19-24, 1970 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| First-class span |
1964/65 - 1973/74 |
| List A span |
1970/71 - 1973/74 |
A battling allrounder, Eric Freeman's rise to the top was rapid, although once there he was never quite able to reproduce his domestic form. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, bludgeoning middle-order batsman, and excellent fielder, Freeman was an ever-present in the Australian squad in the latter years of the 1960s. His bowling was not quite penetrative enough - although he took four four-fors - and his batting technique not up to Test level, despite him twice scoring fifty. His international career came to an end on the ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1969-70 when his bowling was savaged, and after three more seasons he drifted out of the game. A banker by profession, he retained links with the game as a coach and broadcaster.
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