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Full name Eric Walter Freeman
Born July 13, 1944, Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 64 years 93 days
Major teams Australia,South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Coach, Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
18
0
345
76
19.16
0
2
6
5
0
First-class
83
123
6
2244
116
19.17
1
9
60
0
List A
8
6
0
57
21
9.50
0
0
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
21
2183
1128
34
4/52
6/116
33.17
3.10
64.2
4
0
0
First-class
83
14281
6690
241
8/47
27.75
2.81
59.2
7
2
List A
8
418
226
8
3/29
3/29
28.25
3.24
52.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v India at Brisbane, Jan 19-24, 1968 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 19-24, 1970 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1964/65 - 1973/74
List A span
1970/71 - 1973/74
Profile
A battling allrounder, Eric Freeman's rise to the top was rapid, although once there he was never quite able to reproduce his domestic form. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, bludgeoning middle-order batsman, and excellent fielder, Freeman was an ever-present in the Australian squad in the latter years of the 1960s. His bowling was not quite penetrative enough - although he took four four-fors - and his batting technique not up to Test level, despite him twice scoring fifty. His international career came to an end on the ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1969-70 when his bowling was savaged, and after three more seasons he drifted out of the game. A banker by profession, he retained links with the game as a coach and broadcaster.
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