john wright Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
john wright is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
John Geoffrey Wright
Born
July 05, 1954, Darfield, Canterbury
Age
69 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 82 | 149 | - | - |
Inn | 148 | 148 | - | - |
Runs | 5334 | 3891 | - | - |
Avg | 37.83 | 26.47 | - | - |
SR | 36.49 | 57.19 | - | - |
HS | 185 | 101 | - | - |
NO | 7 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 12 | 1 | - | - |
50s | 23 | 24 | - | - |
4s | 630 | 370 | - | - |
6s | 10 | 15 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 82 | 149 | - | - |
Inn | 3 | 3 | - | - |
Balls | 30 | 24 | - | - |
Runs | 5 | 8 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 1 / 0 | 0 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 1 / 0 | 0 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 1.0 | 2.0 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- GT Wright
- New Zealand
- Auckland
- Canterbury
- Derbyshire
- Northern Districts
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Wright formed an extremely successful opening partnership with Bruce Edgar for New Zealand, the duo often reliable in getting the team off to solid starts. Wright was the first Kiwi batsman to go past 5000 Test runs and even held a unique feat of being only the second player to score eight runs off a single delivery - having ran four and being gifted four overthrows as well. He wasn't shy of adapting to the trends and his change in stance in the latter part of his career was testimony to it. Apart from success for New Zealand, both internationally and domestically, he also spent a good time in the County circuit, churning out runs for fun. After his retirement, Wright initially spent time in sales, albeit without much success and eventually, took up coaching. His work ethics and mentoring skills were brilliant, as evident from his stay with Kent though his biggest success story was yet to come at that time.
In 2000, Wright got appointed as India's coach and it was a turbulent phase in Indian cricket with the match-fixing saga prevailing and consequently, a greenhorn captain in Sourav Ganguly taking up the leadership. The next few years were redemption for Team India with Ganguly striking a fantastic rapport with Wright, the duo's contrasting methods giving the perfect leadership balance to the team. The coaching success with India gave a new dimension to the Kiwi's career and he continued to be involved with the country, courtesy the Indian Premier League that started in 2008. Wright got involved with the Mumbai Indians franchise and has played a vital part in scouting talents - a skill that he was always good at even during his playing days. He had a great eye for talent and knew how to tap it from players.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Even before he embarked on the second leg of his career, as a hard-driven and hugely respected coach of India, John Wright was already renowned for his fighting qualities, allied to no little skill, that had enabled him to become the first New Zealand batsman to pass 4000 Test runs.
A left-hand opening batsman with a sound defensive technique and a full array of strokes, Wright was an integral member of the 1980s New Zealand team that achieved notable overseas successes against England and Australia, and his century against Sri Lanka in 1990-91 meant that he scored a hundred against all six of his Test opponents (South Africa, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh later returned or joined the fold). It was the one that got away that was perhaps the most memorable, however. At Christchurch in 1991-92, he was one away from what should have been a match-saving century, when he charged down the pitch at Phil Tufnell, and was stumped. Tufnell proceeded to scythe through the lower order, and England won by an innings and four runs with just minutes of the match to spare.
After his playing career, Wright took to coaching, first with Kent, and then taking on a far-more high-profile job as coach of India. It was a tough task, but he gained plenty of goodwill for the honesty and effort he brought into the task. He forged an excellent partnership with Sourav Ganguly, and their partnership brought India some famous victories, most notably against Australia in Kolkata in 2001, a series win in Pakistan and away Test wins in England and Australia. A five-year gap followed the end of his stint with India in 2005, and in December 2010 Wright was appointed New Zealand's coach. That stint lasted less than two years, the highlights of which was New Zealand's first Test win in Australia in 26 years, in Hobart in December 2011, and reaching the semi-finals of the 2011 World Cup. However, New Zealand then lost series to South Africa and West Indies, and with differences emerging with John Buchanan, the director of cricket for Cricket New Zealand, Wright quit the job in July 2012.
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