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Garth McKenzie      

Full name Graham Douglas McKenzie

Born June 24, 1941, Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia

Current age 68 years 155 days

Major teams Australia, Leicestershire, Western Australia

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Graham Douglas McKenzie
Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 60 89 12 945 76 12.27 0 2 16 34 0
ODIs 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0
First-class 383 471 109 5662 76 15.64 0 18 201 0
List A 151 71 25 519 41* 11.28 0 0 38 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 60 113 17681 7328 246 8/71 10/91 29.78 2.48 71.8 7 16 3
ODIs 1 1 60 22 2 2/22 2/22 11.00 2.20 30.0 0 0 0
First-class 383 76888 32868 1219 8/71 26.96 2.56 63.0 49 5
List A 151 7515 4243 217 5/15 5/15 19.55 3.38 34.6 6 3 0
Career statistics
Test debut England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1961 scorecard
Last Test Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9-14, 1971 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span 1959/60 - 1975
List A span 1964 - 1979/80
Profile

Graham McKenzie's easy approach and well-oiled action were deceptive: he hit the pitch, the bat, and sometimes batsmen very hard indeed. Picked on his first Ashes tour as a teenager in 1961, he impressed at once with his pace and poise; nothing seemed to ruffle him, although when stirred he possessed a wicked bouncer. By the age of 23, he had 100 Test wickets; by the age of 27y 200 - this despite a general lack of support and an era of benign pitches. Overwork, however, finally took its toll, and he renounced Test cricket - only two wickets short of the Australian wicket record then held by Richie Benaud - in favour of county cricket with Leicestershire. In 1975, his last year at Grace Road, they won the Championship for the first time.
Gideon Haigh

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965

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Country Fixtures Country Results
Tasmania v South Aust at Hobart - Nov 24-27
Tasmania 389 & 39/3 South Aust 363
Victoria v Queensland at Melbourne
Nov 27-30 (11:00 local, 00:00 GMT)
Western Aust v NSW at Perth
Nov 27-30 (10:30 local, 02:30 GMT)
Tasmania v South Aust at Hobart
Nov 29 (10:30 local, 23:30 GMT)
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