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Full name Kevin John Wright
Born December 27, 1953, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Current age 54 years 253 days
Major teams Australia,South Australia,Western Australia
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
10
18
5
219
55*
16.84
0
1
21
0
31
4
ODIs
5
2
0
29
23
14.50
52
55.76
0
0
0
0
8
0
First-class
85
128
33
2551
105
26.85
2
11
268
26
List A
20
15
7
136
23
17.00
0
0
24
3
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
85
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
List A
20
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 27-Feb 1, 1979 scorecard
Last Test
India v Australia at Mumbai, Nov 3-7, 1979 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 4, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v Canada at Birmingham, Jun 16, 1979 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1974/75 - 1983/84
List A span
1977/78 - 1983/84
Profile
Wicketkeeper Kevin Wright came from the same club as Rodney Marsh, and his Test debut came because of Marsh's defection to World Series Cricket. Tidy and agile, Wright replaced John Maclean for the last two Tests of the disastrous 1978-79 Ashes series, retaining his place for two Tests against Pakistan which followed. He was in the Australian side for the 1979 World Cup, and in India that winter he enhanced his reputation with both gloves and the bat - he made a batting fifty at Delhi. But he returned home to find Marsh restored, not only in the Australian side but also the Western Australian one. He still made fairly regular appearances when Marsh was on international duty - in 1979-80 Wright scored 321 runs at 35.66 - but he slipped further out of the reckoning when Steve Rixon was picked as Australia's No. 2 for their 1981 England tour. He moved to South Australia in 1981-82, but again was supplanted, this time by Wayne Phillips, and retired shortly after his 30th birthday.
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