bob blair Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
bob blair is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Robert William Blair
Born
June 23, 1932, Petone, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Age
91 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 19 | - | - | - |
Inn | 34 | - | - | - |
Runs | 189 | - | - | - |
Avg | 6.75 | - | - | - |
SR | 0.0 | - | - | - |
HS | 64 | - | - | - |
NO | 6 | - | - | - |
100s | 0 | - | - | - |
50s | 1 | - | - | - |
4s | 15 | - | - | - |
6s | 2 | - | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 19 | - | - | - |
Inn | 28 | - | - | - |
Balls | 3347 | - | - | - |
Runs | 1515 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 43 | - | - | - |
BBI | 85 / 4 | - | - | - |
BBM | 142 / 7 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.72 | - | - | - |
Avg | 35.23 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- Central Districts
- Wellington
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Blair could hardly match his domestic outings with his international career. Maybe it was due to a poor side which the Black Caps had during that era. In his 19 Tests, Blair lost 13 games and never won a single Test. He managed to pick only 43 wickets at 35.23 with a best of 4/85 - in his last game. Blair was not know for his batting skills as he bagged three pairs and reached double figures only twice in 34 innings. But he managed to record a fifty - 64 not out against England at Wellington.
Blair is more famous for his heroics against South Africa in 1953-54. While playing the Test, Blair found out that the love of his life, his fiancee had died in a railway mishap - more commonly known as the Tangiwai railway disaster. No one expected Blair to come out and bat, but the fast bowler was not known to give up without a fight. He joined Bert Sutcliffe - who had already been hit on the head by Neil Adcock and had came out to bat again with a bandage. The score read 154/9, New Zealand still trailing by 117 runs, the last wicket pair of Sutcliffe and Blair added 33 runs before the latter was stumped off Hugh Tayfield for 1. The visitors lost the match by 132 runs but they won hearts with their never-say-die-attitude. The 23000-plus crowd that gathered at Johannesburg were stunned when Blair came out to bat.
Interesting Fact: In 2011 a television movie was made on the tragic love story of Bob Blair and Nerissa Love - his fiancee. It premiered on 14th August 2011 and has also been released on DVD.
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Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Bob Blair was a Wellington fast bowler who had the misfortune of playing in a poor New Zealand side. They lost 13 and won none of his 19 Tests, and Blair failed to take a five-for. As a lower-order batsman he was extremely erratic. He bagged three pairs, reached double figures in only two of his 34 Test innings, but managed to slap 64 not out against England at Wellington in 1962-63. Blair also famously held up an end against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1953-54, just after hearing that his fiancee had been killed in a train crash.
Martin Williamson