Dick Motz
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Dick Motz New Zealand (NZ) |
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
Bowling type | Right-arm fast | |
Tests | First-class | |
Matches | 32 | 142 |
Runs scored | 612 | 3494 |
Batting average | 11.54 | 17.12 |
100s/50s | -/3 | 1/13 |
Top score | 60 | 103* |
Balls bowled | 7034 | 29773 |
Wickets | 100 | 518 |
Bowling average | 31.48 | 22.71 |
5 wickets in innings | 5 | 24 |
10 wickets in match | - | 4 |
Best bowling | 6/63 | 8/61 |
Catches/stumpings | 9/- | 41/- |
Test debut: 8 December 1961 |
Richard Charles Motz (b. 12 January 1940) was a New Zealand cricketer. In 1969, he became the first New Zealand bowler to take 100 Test wickets. Motz's playing career ended after he was found to have a displaced vertebra.