Glenn Turner

Glenn Turner
Personal information
Full name Glenn Maitland Turner
Born (1947-05-26) 26 May 1947
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 174) 27 February 1969 v West Indies
Last Test 11 March 1983 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 9) 11 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last ODI 20 June 1983 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1977/78–1982/83 Otago
1976/77 Northern Districts
1967–1982 Worcestershire
1967 Marylebone Cricket Club
1964/65–1975/76 Otago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 41 41 455 313
Runs scored 2,991 1,598 34,346 10,784
Batting average 44.64 47.00 49.70 37.70
100s/50s 7/14 3/9 103/148 14/66
Top score 259 171* 311* 171*
Balls bowled 12 6 442 196
Wickets – – 5 9
Bowling average – – 37.80 16.88
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling –/– –/– 3/18 2/4
Catches/stumpings 42/– 13/– 409/– 125/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2010

Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.

Early days

Born in Dunedin, he represented New Zealand in 41 Tests, and achieved an average of 44.64, including seven centuries. He went to Otago Boys' High School. He would have appeared for his country much more, however, had he not elected to be unavailable for several seasons after falling out with administrators.

His brothers are poet Brian Turner and golfer Greg Turner. His wife, Dame Sukhi Turner, is a former mayor of Dunedin.

Early career

Turner made his mark on the first-class cricket scene, particularly with Worcestershire in the English county championship. In all, he played 455 first-class matches, amassing 34,346 runs at 49.70, including 103 centuries—making him one of a select few to score a "century of centuries", one of only four non-English cricketers to do so (the others being Donald Bradman, Zaheer Abbas and Viv Richards). Turner also coached the New Zealand side twice—once in the mid-1980s, when he presided over the team's first and (to date) only series victory in Australia, and again a decade later.

Turner is one of only two players (the other being Graeme Hick in 1988 also for Worcestershire) since the Second World War to have scored 1000 first-class runs in England before the end of May, a feat he achieved in 1973. Among the eight batsmen who have done this, only Turner and Donald Bradman did it while playing for a touring team.[1]

Record breaking

He also holds the record of highest percentage of runs scored in any completed innings 83.43% after he scored 141* out of Worcestershire's 169 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1977. The remaining batsmen scored 27, highest 7 and there was one extra.[2] On 29 May 1982, Turner became the first batsman in 33 years to score 300 runs in a single day in England. He was 311 not out when Worcestershire declared at 501-1 against Warwickshire.[3] His 171 not out against East Africa in the 1975 World Cup is the longest individual innings in one-day international history, occupying 201 balls.[4]

Glenn Turner is also the first to score an ODI 150 as well as world cup 150 and also holds the record for the only batsman in ODI history to have faced over 200 deliveries.[5]

Statistics

Test Centuries

Glenn Turner's Test Centuries[6]
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 110 9  Pakistan Pakistan Dhaka, Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium 1969 Drawn
2 223* 12  West Indies West Indies Cricket Board Kingston, Jamaica Sabina Park 1972 Drawn
3 259 15  West Indies West Indies Cricket Board Georgetown, Guyana Bourda 1972 Drawn
4 101 26  Australia New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Lancaster Park 1974 Won
5 110* 26  Australia New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Lancaster Park 1974 Won
6 117 31  India New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Lancaster Park 1976 Drawn
7 113 36  India India Kanpur, India Green Park Stadium 1976 Drawn

One Day International Centuries

Glenn Turner's One Day International Centuries[7]
# Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year Result
1 171* 8 East Africa England Birmingham, England Edgbaston 1975 Won
2 114* 10  India England Manchester, England Old Trafford 1975 Won
3 140 35  Sri Lanka New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 1983 Won
Glenn Turner's career performance graph.

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 East Africa Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham 7 June 1975 171* (210 balls: 16×4, 2x6)  New Zealand won by 181 runs.[8]
2 India Old Trafford, Manchester 14 June 1975 114 (177 balls: 13×4)  New Zealand won by 4 wickets.[9]
3 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 31 January 1983 84 (109 balls: 8×4)  New Zealand won by 47 runs.[10]
4 England Eden Park, Auckland 19 February 1983 88 (129 balls: 11×4)  New Zealand won by 6 wickets.[11]
5 England Basin Reserve, Wellington 23 February 1983 94 (94 balls: 12×4, 1×6)  New Zealand won by 103 runs.[12]
6 Sri Lanka Eden Park, Auckland 20 March 1983 140 (130 balls: 13×4, 3×6)  New Zealand won by 116 runs.[13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Easterbrook, Basil (1974). "1,000 runs by the end of may, Glenn Turner joins the elite". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Glamorgan v Worcestershire Schweppes County Championship 1977". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Lynch, Steven. "The longest innings, and Vettori's unique feat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Longest individual innings (by balls) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  6. ↑ Statsguru: Glenn Turner, Cricinfo, 15 March 2010.
  7. ↑ Statsguru: Glenn Turner, Cricinfo, 21 February 2015.
  8. ↑ "1975 Prudential World Cup - 2nd Match - East Africa v New Zealand - Birmingham". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "1975 Prudential World Cup - 10th Match - India v New Zealand - Manchester". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "1982-1983 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup - 13th Match - Australia v New Zealand - Adelaide". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "1982-1983 New Zealand v England - 1st Match - Auckland". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "1982-1983 New Zealand v England - 2nd Match - Wellington". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "1982-1983 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - 3rd Match - Auckland". ESPNcricinfo. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bevan Congdon		 New Zealand national cricket captain
1975/76–1976/77 		Succeeded by
Mark Burgess
Preceded by
Norman Gifford		 Worcestershire County Cricket Captain
1981 		Succeeded by
Phil Neale
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