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Full name Mark John Greatbatch
Born December 11, 1963, Auckland
Current age 44 years 226 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland,Central Districts
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
41
71
5
2021
146*
30.62
4946
40.86
3
10
227
10
27
0
ODIs
84
83
5
2206
111
28.28
3099
71.18
2
13
177
37
35
0
First-class
170
292
31
9890
202*
37.89
24
43
144
0
List A
175
168
12
4678
111
29.98
2
34
82
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
41
1
6
0
0
-
-
-
0.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
84
1
6
5
0
-
-
-
5.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
170
171
149
1
1/23
149.00
5.22
171.0
0
0
List A
175
13
19
0
-
-
-
8.76
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 25-29, 1988 scorecard
Last Test
Pakistan v New Zealand at Rawalpindi, Nov 28-Dec 1, 1996 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v England at Dunedin, Mar 9, 1988 scorecard
Last ODI
Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, Dec 8, 1996 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1982/83 - 1999/00
List A span
1982/83 - 1997/98
Profile
A beefy and charismatic left-hander, Mark Greatbatch was a solid batsman at Test level but in limited-overs cricket he could be a different character and was one of the first one-day pinch hitters. He learnt his trade in the leagues of New Zealand and England, and ground out an unusually dogged hundred on his Test debut against England in 1987-88, and again at Perth in 1989-90, when he staved off what looked to be certain Australian victory, making an unbeaten 146. He started the 1990 tour of England with hundreds in successive one-day internationals, but his form thereafter was patchy. At the 1992 World Cup he was left out of New Zealand's opening two matches, but thereafter was instrumental in their success and ended with 313 runs at 44.71. He followed with another Test hundred against Pakistan, but a loss of form, especially against the short ball, and a new national captain-coach team led to him being sidelined. A fine fielder, he took some spectacular catches, usually in the slips. On retiring in 1998, he became Central Districts' coaching director and then coach, but at the end of 2003-04 he quit New Zealand, frustrated with salaries and opportunities, and took over as coach of Giggleswick School in Yorkshire. In 2005 he moved to Warwickshire to head up their academy, and at the end of the summer was appointed as county coach on a three-year contract.
Martin Williamson September 2005
