john gleeson Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
john gleeson is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
John William Gleeson
Born
March 14, 1938, Kyogle, New South Wales
Died
October 08, 2016, Tamworth, New South Wales, (aged 78 years old)
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak Googly
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | - | - | - |
Inn | 46 | - | - | - |
Runs | 395 | - | - | - |
Avg | 10.39 | - | - | - |
SR | 39.46 | - | - | - |
HS | 45 | - | - | - |
NO | 8 | - | - | - |
100s | 0 | - | - | - |
50s | 0 | - | - | - |
4s | 39 | - | - | - |
6s | 0 | - | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 29 | - | - | - |
Inn | 53 | - | - | - |
Balls | 7699 | - | - | - |
Runs | 3367 | - | - | - |
Wkt | 93 | - | - | - |
BBI | 61 / 5 | - | - | - |
BBM | 186 / 8 | - | - | - |
Eco | 2.62 | - | - | - |
Avg | 36.2 | - | - | - |
5W | 3 | - | - | - |
10W | 0 | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Eastern Province
- New South Wales
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
The 1969-70 tour to South Africa is probably the series that affected Gleeson's international career in a big way. Prior to that trip, there was a large aura around his bowling which he maintained in the tour games as well but when the Tests started, he couldn't quite get it going. The legendary Barry Richards was at the helm of decoding the leggie and though Gleeson picked up a few wickets, they came at a higher cost than before. In the months to follow, he got dropped but he answered that with a phenomenal first-class season that demanded a recall. It happened for the 1972 Ashes tour during which he was dropped midway. Later on, he went on a rebel trip to South Africa and completed his domestic career there. After retirement, he served as New South Wales' internal communication manager for many decades and also was in the governing committee for the first World Series. Gleeson passed away in 2016.
By Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Australian spinner John Gleeson captured the hearts of cricket romantics everywhere as he bamboozled batsmen with his odd grip, borrowed from another mystery spinner, Jack Iverson. But his opponents soon found out that, as with most magic tricks, there was nothing untoward going on behind the scenes. As a result, Gleeson cut a fairly impotent figure at Test level - he had a strike rate of a wicket every 95 balls - although he did take five-fors in successive Tests against West Indies in 1968-69.