Stephen Boock
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Stephen Boock | ||||
New Zealand | ||||
Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Tests | ODIs | |||
Matches | 30 | 14 | ||
Runs scored | 207 | 30 | ||
Batting average | 6.27 | 10.00 | ||
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
Top score | 37 | 12 | ||
Balls bowled | 6598 | 700 | ||
Wickets | 74 | 15 | ||
Bowling average | 34.64 | 34.20 | ||
5 wickets in innings | 4 | 0 | ||
10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
Best bowling | 7/87 | 3/28 | ||
Catches/stumpings | 14/- | 5/- | ||
As of 4 February 2006 |
Stephen Lewis Boock (b. 20 September 1951) in Dunedin is a former cricketer who played 30 Tests and 14 One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
He was a slow left arm orthodox bowler and is one of only 6 New Zealanders to have taken over 600 first class wickets.[1] After a Test against Pakistan at Wellington in 1985 he had achieved a career high of 9th place in the PriceWaterhouseCoopers rankings for Test cricket.[2]
Boock made his Test debut at Wellington in February 1978 in a historical maiden Test victory over England. He made his first overseas tour a few months later in England and in the Test Match at Trent Bridge conceded just 29 runs in a 28 over spell which included 18 maidens and 2 wickets. In 1983-84 New Zealand won their first ever series over England and Boock took 4 for 37 at Christchurch.
The following season in a Test at Sydney he had rare success with the bat and contributed 37 runs in a New Zealand record partnership of 124.
In 1984/1985 against Pakistan at Niaz Stadium he took his career best innings figures of 7 for 87.
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