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Full name Geoffrey Ian Allott
Born December 24, 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 36 years 241 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
10
15
7
27
8*
3.37
269
10.03
0
0
1
0
2
0
ODIs
31
11
6
17
7*
3.40
56
30.35
0
0
0
0
5
0
First-class
31
40
18
107
13*
4.86
0
0
6
0
List A
66
17
10
29
7*
4.14
0
0
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
10
16
2023
1111
19
4/74
4/106
58.47
3.29
106.4
1
0
0
ODIs
31
31
1528
1207
52
4/35
4/35
23.21
4.73
29.3
4
0
0
First-class
31
5947
3097
102
6/60
30.36
3.12
58.3
4
1
List A
66
3008
2261
95
4/23
4/23
23.80
4.50
31.6
5
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton, Jan 13-17, 1996 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Lord's, Jul 22-25, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v England at Napier, Feb 26, 1997 scorecard
Last ODI
South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Nov 1, 2000 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1994/95 - 1999
List A span
1994/95 - 2000/01
Profile
Potentially one of the most effective bowlers of the 1990s, Geoff Allott was defeated by a persistent back injury - but still left his mark on the game. Ironically, his only world record was as a batsman when he took 101 minutes over a runless innings. But Allott also had a starring role as a left-arm medium-fast bowler in the 1999 World Cup, setting a new record of 20 wickets in the seamer-friendly competition, a figure later equalled by Shane Warne from one extra match. In his early days Allott tried to be a top-speed bounce bowler, but later concentrated on making the ball swing. Best of all, Allott had a big heart, and would toil away selflessly on the most unresponsive pitches, and he was a much better batsman than that long duck innings would suggest. Don Cameron
