Personal information | ||||
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Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
Bowling style | Legbreak googly | |||
International information | ||||
National side | New Zealand | |||
Career statistics | ||||
Competition | Tests | First-class | ||
Matches | 1 | 60 | ||
Runs scored | 4 | 959 | ||
Batting average | 2.00 | 17.43 | ||
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/2 | ||
Top score | 3 | 51* | ||
Balls bowled | 66 | 12757 | ||
Wickets | 2 | 200 | ||
Bowling average | 15.00 | 25.99 | ||
5 wickets in innings | 0 | 7 | ||
10 wickets in match | 0 | 1 | ||
Best bowling | 2/30 | 6/23 | ||
Catches/stumpings | 0/- | 31/- | ||
Source: Cricinfo, |
Cecil Burke (born 27 March 1914 in Ellerslie, New Zealand and died 4 August 1997 in Auckland) was a cricketer who played for Auckland and, once, for New Zealand.
A lower-order right-handed batsman and a leg-break and googly bowler, Burke, variously known as Cec or Ces, made his first-class debut for Auckland in 1937-38 and then played regularly for the team up to the 1953-54 season. He was picked as a specialist bowler for the single Test match played in 1945-46 between New Zealand and Australia, which was won comprehensively by the Australians, New Zealand failing to total 100 runs in their two innings combined. Burke took two Australian wickets – Bill Brown and Keith Miller.
He was not picked for the single Test match of the following season, 1946-47, when MCC toured Australia and New Zealand, but was selected for the tour to England in 1949. He had a fairly undistinguished tour, taking 54 wickets at an average of 29.83 and scoring just 171 runs, and did not play in any of the Tests.