Jock Edwards
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| Full name | Graham Neil Edwards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 May 1955 Nelson, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 139) | 18 February 1977 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 March 1981 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 22) | 21 February 1976 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 15 February 1981 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Graham Neil Edwards (born 27 May 1955), nicknamed Jock, is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played eight Test matches and six One Day Internationals for New Zealand.
School times
Jock Edwards was born in Nelson, and attended Nelson College.[1]
International career
He was a short, stocky wicketkeeper who was a good enough batsman to make his Test debut against Australia in 1976–77 as a specialist. He was brought back in 1977–78 as a wicketkeeper-batsman and made 55 and 54 on his comeback against England at Auckland. That won him selection for the England tour in 1978 where his performances were disappointing – one member of the BBC commentary team said that Edwards was "the worst wicketkeeper I've ever seen ... he's made mistakes you'd have the 3rd XI 'keeper at school running round the pitch for".[2] But the genial Edwards kept his spirits up and was a popular tourist.
He returned for three home Tests against India in 1980–81 where he chipped in with useful runs, but the emergence of Ian Smith signalled the end of his international career.
References
- ^ Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006, 6th edition
- ^ Lewis, Paul. "Keeper decision is Wright". NZ Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
External links
- Jock Edwards at CricketArchive
- "Edwards has problems but few regrets" by Jonathan Millmow
- "Jock Edwards a leading big hitter"
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