Chris Kuggeleijn

Chris Kuggeleijn

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn
Born	10 May 1956 (1956-05-10) (age 68) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Relations	Scott Kuggeleijn (son)
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 167)	12 November 1988 v India
Last Test	2 December 1988 v India
ODI debut (cap 61)	9 March 1988 v England
Last ODI	14 March 1989 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975/76–1990/91	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 2 16 89 66 Runs scored 7 142 3,747 772 Batting average 1.75 15.77 27.55 15.44 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/17 0/0 Top score 7 40 116 41* Balls bowled 97 817 5,373 1,661 Wickets 1 12 57 46 Bowling average 67.00 50.33 42.73 36.10 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/50 2/31 4/30 3/20 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 73/– 31/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn (born 10 May 1956) is a retired former New Zealand cricketer. He played two Test matches in 1988–89 and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1988 and 1989. He played domestic cricket for Northern Districts and also played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.

Kuggeleijn is of Dutch extraction, which accounts for his unusual middle name of Mary. Kuggeleijn's son Scott also plays for New Zealand, as well as Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield.

International career

His biggest contribution came in just the third over of his Test debut at Bangalore, when he took the catch (India's Arun Lal) that gave Richard Hadlee the record number of Test wickets (374) at the time.

After cricket

He later coached Northern Districts and the Hamilton Boys' High School 1st XI which, under his tutelage was national champion twice.