Turner and Dayle Hadlee top the averages

Press, 17 February 1984, Page 17

Turner and Dayle Hadlee top the averages

New Zealand has had some very talented performers in the special skills of one-day cricket. Paramount among the' batsmen has been Glenn Turner, who not only batted with great distinction for New Zealand, but won an outstanding reputation among England’s John Player League batsmen.

Although he was in oneday international cricket for only a few matches, the former test captain, Bevan Congdon, enjoyed marked success in these games and already Martin Crowe is

becoming a one-day star. One has only to think back to New Zealand’s recent visits to Australia to remember what a successful batting combination John Wright and Bruce Edgar have been.

Among the bowlers, Dayle Hadlee in his 11 one-day internationals performed with great success, and it may be a surprise to some to know that the slow leftarm spinner, Hedley Howarth, is just behind him in the national one-day averages. Gary Troup comes next, ahead of Rich-

ard Hadlee. But limited-over cricket is just as often about containing batsmen, and keeping the run-rate low, as it is about taking wickets.

The, most economical of New Zealand bowlers has been Congdon, followed by Richard Hadlee, Howarth and Richard Collinge. Taking wickets is important, however, and at the head of the striking rate list, perhaps surprisingly, is John Morrison, with his leftarm straight breaks. Ewen Chatfield and Dayle Hadlee are close behind.

The leading New Zealand batting averages are:

M Wkts Av D. Hadlee 11 24 16.8 H. Howarth 8 13 17.5 Troup 12 18 20.4 R. Hadlee . 49 61 23.7 Collinge 13 16 25.6 McKechnie 14 19 26.0 Morrison 19 8 26.1 Cairns 50 65 26.9 Chatfield 38 49 27.4 Snedden 34 41 31.8 Coney 40 32 33.8 The runs thus: an over list runs Balls Runs RPO Congdon 327 159 2.92 R. Hadlee 2827 1449 3.14 H. Howarth 424 227 3.21 Collinge 743 409 3.30 D. Hadlee 531 310 3.50 Troup 627 367 3.51 McKechnie 818 495 3.63 Chatfield 2207 1343 3.65 Cairns 2785 1746 3.76 Coney 1596 1081 4.06 Morrison 283 209 4.43 Snedden 1765 1304 4.43 And the striking rates: Balls per wicket Morrison 26.12 Chatfield 27.41 D. Hadlee 27.46 H. Howarth 32.61 Troup 34.83 Cairns 42.84 McKechnie 43.05 Snedden 43.05 R. Hadlee Collinge Coney 46.J4 46.41 49.87

M Runs Av Turner 37 1563 50.4 Congdon 8 240 48.0 M. Crowe 12 328 36.4 Coney 40 875 35.0' Edgar 41 1233 33.3 Wright 45 1366 31.0 Wadsworth 9 188 26.9 J. Crowe 16 345 26.5 Howarth 49 1053 23.9 Hastings 7 142 23.7 Morrison 19 302 23.2 Snedden 34 212 21.2 R. Hadlee 49 637 17.2 Cairns 50 705 17.2 The best bowling averages are: