Chris Kuggeleijn

New Zealand
Chris Kuggeleijn
INTL CAREER: 1988 - 1989

Full Name

Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn

Born

May 10, 1956, Auckland

Age

67y 358d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Offbreak

RELATIONS

Other

Coach

New Zealand offspinner Chris Kuggeleijn is best remembered for one piece of fielding. His first significant act as a Test player, against India at Bangalore in 1988-89, was to take a slip catch to get rid of Arun Lal and make Richard Hadlee the greatest wicket-taker in Test history. Kuggeleijn, whose middle name is Mary, was 32 when he made his debut, but bowling in India is a pretty thankless task for a spinner: he was given only 16.1 overs in his two Tests, and took just the one wicket. After retiring he became coach of Northern Districts, but gave that up to became a teacher.
Rob Smyth