Graham McKenzie

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Graham McKenzie Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	60	1
Runs scored	945	0
Batting average	12.27	-
100s/50s	0/2	0/0
Top score	76	0
Balls bowled	2946.5	60
Wickets	246	2
Bowling average	29.78	11.00
5 wickets in innings	16	0
10 wickets in match	3	N/A
Best bowling	8/71	2/22
Catches/stumpings	34/0	1/0
As of 12 December 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Graham Douglas McKenzie (born June 24, 1941, Perth, Western Australia) is a former Australian and Western Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler.

First selected to play for Australia at age of 19, he toured England in 1961 under Richie Benaud. In his debut match, and the second match of the series at Lord's, McKenzie stood in for Benaud and went on to take the last three English wickets in twelve balls which gave him a card of 5/37 off 29 overs. He went on to play in 60 Tests, until 1971, taking 246 wickets at and average of 29/78 with his best bowling of 8/71 against the West Indies at the MCG in 1968/69. In first-class cricket he took an amazing 1,219 career wickets.

McKenzie graduated as a teacher and during the winter months he played hockey for Western Australia. His father, Eric McKenzie, also played cricket for Western Australia.

McKenzie was known as "Garth" among some of his teammates, who thought his magnificent stature was similar to that of the well known newspaper cartoon character.

He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965.

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• Cricinfo article on Graham McKenzie

Persondata
NAME	McKenzie, Graham Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Garth
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Perth, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH