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Full name Graham Thorne Dowling
Born March 4, 1937, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 71 years 217 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Referee
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
39
77
3
2306
239
31.16
3
11
14
23
0
First-class
158
282
13
9399
239
34.94
16
44
111
0
List A
5
5
0
163
87
32.60
0
1
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
39
1
36
19
1
1/19
1/19
19.00
3.16
36.0
0
0
0
First-class
158
656
378
9
3/100
42.00
3.45
72.8
0
0
List A
5
32
16
0
-
-
-
3.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Dec 26-29, 1961 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v New Zealand at Port of Spain, Mar 9-14, 1972 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1958/59 - 1971/72
List A span
1969/70 - 1971/72
ICC match referee statistics
Test debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 29-Jul 1, 2000 scorecard
Test matches
9
Test statistics
ODI debut
Sri Lanka v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 15, 1995 scorecard
Last ODI
Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare, Mar 29, 1998 scorecard
ODI matches
16
ODI statistics
Profile
Graham Dowling, an accomplished opener and superb fielder, was a regular in the New Zealand side throughout the 1960s and a capable captain who led his country 19 times. He made three Test hundreds, all against India, with the highlights being when he scored 143 at Dunedin in 1967-68 and followed with 239 in 556 minutes at Christchurch to lead his side to their first win over the Indians (it was also his first game as captain). He finished the series with 471 runs at 58.87 and the season with 966 runs, at the time a New Zealand domestic record. In 1969 he had to have half a finger amputated after an accident while keeping wicket, and his career ended when he was forced out of New Zealand's 1971-72 Caribbean tour with serious back trouble. He subsequently became CEO of NZ Cricket.
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