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Full name Graham Neil Edwards
Born May 27, 1955, Nelson, Nelson
Current age 53 years 139 days
Major teams New Zealand,Central Districts
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
8
15
0
377
55
25.13
646
58.35
0
3
52
3
7
0
ODIs
6
6
0
138
41
23.00
191
72.25
0
0
5
0
First-class
92
164
8
4589
177*
29.41
5
25
126
16
List A
31
30
1
588
49
20.27
0
0
19
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
6
1
6
5
1
1/5
1/5
5.00
5.00
6.0
0
0
0
First-class
92
71
32
0
-
-
-
2.70
-
0
0
0
List A
31
6
5
1
1/5
1/5
5.00
5.00
6.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Feb 18-23, 1977 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 13-18, 1981 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v India at Christchurch, Feb 21, 1976 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Feb 15, 1981 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1973/74 - 1984/85
List A span
1973/74 - 1984/85
Profile
Jock Edwards was a short, stocky wicketkeeper who was a good enough batsman to make his Test debut (against Australia in 1976-77) as a specialist. He was brought back in 1977-78 as a wicketkeeper-bat and made 55 and 54 on his comeback against England at Auckland. That won him selection for the England tour in 1978 where his performances were disappointing - one member of the BBC commentary team said that Edwards was "the worst wicketkeeper I've ever seen ... he's made mistakes you'd have the 3rd XI `keeper at school running round the pitch for". But the genial Edwards kept his spirits up and was a most popular tourist. He returned for three home Tests against India in 1980-81 where he chipped in with useful runs, but the emergence of Ian Smith signaled the end of his international career.
Martin Williamson
