Bert Sutcliffe

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Bert Sutcliffe
New Zealand (NZ)
Bert Sutcliffe
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox
Tests First-class
Matches 42 233
Runs scored 2727 17447
Batting average 40.10 47.41
100s/50s 5/15 44/83
Top score 230* 385
Balls bowled 538 5978
Wickets 4 86
Bowling average 86.00 38.05
5 wickets in innings - 2
10 wickets in match - -
Best bowling 2/38 5/19
Catches/stumpings 20/- 160/1

Test debut: 21 March 1947
Last Test: 27 May 1965
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Bert Sutcliffe MBE (born 17 November 1923 in Auckland, died 20 April 2001 in Auckland) was a New Zealand cricketer.

Sutcliffe was one of the best left-hand bats of his era, and his batting feats on tour in 1949, which included four fifties and a century in the Tests, earned him the accolade of being one of Wisden's five cricketers of the year.

He captained New Zealand in four Tests in the early 1950s, losing three of them and drawing the other. In fact, none of Sutcliffe's 42 Tests resulted in a New Zealand victory.

After he retired from cricket he became a coach.

Bert Sutcliffe's career performance graph.
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Bert Sutcliffe's career performance graph.
Preceded by
Walter Hadlee
New Zealand national cricket captain
1951/2
Succeeded by
Merv Wallace

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