Jeremy Coney

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Fullname
Jeremy Vernon Coney
Born (1952-06-21) 21 June 1952 (age 73)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
Jeremy Coney

MBE
Coney in 1987
Personal information
Full name
Jeremy Vernon Coney
Born (1952-06-21) 21 June 1952 (age 73)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 129)5 January 1974 v Australia
Last Test15 March 1987 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 31)9 June 1979 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI28 March 1987 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1986/87Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 52 88 165 127
Runs scored 2,668 1,874 7,872 2,763
Batting average 37.57 30.72 35.14 31.39
100s/50s 3/16 0/8 8/47 0/14
Top score 174* 66* 174* 73*
Balls bowled 2,835 2,931 8,993 3,881
Wickets 27 54 111 71
Bowling average 35.77 37.75 31.17 38.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/28 4/46 6/17 4/46
Catches/stumpings 64/– 40/– 192/– 57/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2010

Jeremy Vernon Coney MBE (born 21 June 1952)[1] is a former New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand, of which he was captain in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs.

Coney was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to wait nine years to make his first – by that time, he had turned 31. He only lost one Test series as captain, against Pakistan away, and he became a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984.[1]

Coney was the captain who in 1986, after the England wicketkeeper Bruce French was injured by a Hadlee bouncer, allowed Bob Taylor to leave the sponsor's tent and play as a substitute.[2] New Zealand won that series with the bowling of Richard Hadlee only slightly more potent than the captaincy of Coney. His medium-pace bowling was often used in ODIs, where it yielded 54 wickets, with best figures of four for 46 recorded against Sri Lanka in 1985.[3]

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