colin bland Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
colin bland is a cricketer(sportsman) from South Africa. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Kenneth Colin Bland
Born
April 05, 1938, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Died
April 14, 2018, London, (aged 80 years old)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Other
Coach
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | - | - | - |
Inn | 39 | - | - | - |
Runs | 1669 | - | - | - |
Avg | 49.09 | - | - | - |
SR | 0.0 | - | - | - |
HS | 144 | - | - | - |
NO | 5 | - | - | - |
100s | 3 | - | - | - |
50s | 9 | - | - | - |
4s | 137 | - | - | - |
6s | 20 | - | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 21 | - | - | - |
Inn | 12 | - | - | - |
Balls | 360 | - | - | - |
Runs | 125 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 2 | - | - | - |
BBI | 16 / 2 | - | - | - |
BBM | 17 / 2 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.08 | - | - | - |
Avg | 62.5 | - | - | - |
5W | 0 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- South Africa
- Rhodesia
- Eastern Province
- Orange Free State
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
On the contrary, Bland was an enigmatic batsman who could light up the stands with his cavalier approach. He not only loved to attack but also preferred to chip the ball in the air quite often. This tendency did at times deny him of bigger scores after getting a start. Nevertheless, he remained highly consistent and had a mighty impressive average which was effectively bigger due to his antics as a fielder. For an entertainer like him, it was tragic that his career had to end the way it did. Known to give it his all on the field, Bland gave a long chase to the boundary during the 1966-67 Johannesburg Test against Australia and ended up crashing into the fence. The result was a disastrous knee injury that virtually ended his career. He did return later on to play first-class cricket for a while but could never make a Test comeback. Bland was also a useful medium pacer in FC cricket, albeit barely used for South Africa.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Bulawayo-born Colin Bland will go down in cricket history as one of the greatest cover fielders. He combined speed, perfect balance and a quite exceptional throwing arm, and thrilled spectators and intimidated opposing batsmen in equal measure. Even in the modern era, when outstanding fielders are more commonplace, Bland would have stood out. He honed his skills by endless practice throwing at a single stump, and later on he used this to show off his skills to the public during team fielding sessions . Much as was the case with Jonty Rhodes in the 1990s, even if Bland did not perform with the bat, he was worth an extra 20-30 runs for his fielding alone. But he could bat, even if he was often undone by a tendency to try and loft the ball bacl over the bowler's head. In 1963-64 in Australia he scored 126 at Sydney, ending the series with 367 runs at 61.16, and followed with 207 runs at 69.00 in New Zealand. Against England in 1964-65 he was again at his best, hammering 144 at Johannesburg and his 572 runs came at 71.50. In England the following summer he made 906 runs, including 286 at 47.66 in the three Tests. On that tour, which was South Africa's last series against England for 29 years, Bland's fielding was a revelation wherever he went, and his run-outs of Ken Barrington and Jim Parks at Lord's turned the match. His Test career ended tragically at Johannesburg against Australia in 1966-67, when he crashed into a boundary fence while chasing the ball, badly damaging his left knee. In domestic cricket he was no less popular, and equally effective. In 1967-68 he smashed 197 in three hours for Rhodesia against Border in a low-scoring match on a poor wicket which highlighted his class. He was also a very useful medium-fast right-arm bowler who was probably underused.
Martin Williamson