lee germon Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
lee germon is a cricketer(sportsman) from New Zealand. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Lee Kenneth Germon
Born
November 04, 1968, Christchurch, Canterbury
Age
55 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Fielding Position
Wicketkeeper
Playing Role
Wicketkeeper Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 12 | 37 | - | - |
Inn | 21 | 31 | - | - |
Runs | 382 | 519 | - | - |
Avg | 21.22 | 19.96 | - | - |
SR | 39.06 | 65.95 | - | - |
HS | 55 | 89 | - | - |
NO | 3 | 5 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 1 | 3 | - | - |
4s | 54 | 28 | - | - |
6s | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 12 | 37 | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- New Zealand
- Canterbury
- Otago
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Germon holds the records for dismissals for Canterbury with 238 in 76 first class matches and scored 2336 runs at an average of 30.74. Germon captained Canterbury in 49 first class games, a record surpassing Graham Dowling. Despite having a good first class record, Lee Germon had to wait until 1994 to get into the national squad. His inclusion was a part of the shake-up in the New Zealand administration. Glenn Turner, the now coach was a fan of Lee Germon and he debuted during the Mandela Cup in South Africa in 1994.
With a proven captaincy record in domestic cricket, it was no surprise when Germon debuted as the New Zealand skipper in Bangalore, during the Test tour of India in 1995. Adam Parore was the regular skipper, but the management found place for Germon by playing Parore as a regular batsman. Lee Germon also managed to garner the player's support, something that is vital for a new captain. He was good as a keeper, though a tad inconsistent.
As a batsman, Lee Germon was a strong player off the backfoot and loved to score boundaries through the off-side. Lee Germon took the mantle of batting at No.3, a position that was thorny for the New Zealand management and managed some good success. His best effort was 89 in the WC quarter finals of 1996 against arch-rivals Australia. He was involved in a massive partnership with Chris Harris. It turned out to be a knock in a losing cause though.
However, things gradually turned for the worse as he fell out with new coach Steve Rixon in 1997 and was axed from the captaincy. His mentor, Glenn Turner was no longer involved in the New Zealand set-up and Lee Germon lost his place in the side.
Lee Germon captained and played a total of 12 Tests with moderate success. His success rate was just next to Stephen Fleming, the man who succeeded him in the captaincy roster. After several stints, Lee Germon returned to his native Christchurch to take up the position of the CEO of Canterbury cricket in 2009.
By Pradeep Krishnamurthy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
After the controversy during the tour of RSA in 1994-5 and the poor form
during the home centenary season immediately following that, the administration of the New Zealand game at the top level fell apart. Part of the shake-up involved appointing a new coach (Glenn Turner) and this, in turn, led to a change of New Zealand captain. Turner wanted someone with proven leadership skills, who had the respect of the players, and who could maintain discipline both on and off the field by his own example. He had no hesitation in going for Lee Germon, a player with no previous Test experience, but who had been on the tour of South Africa and had proven leadership skills at provincial level. With Canterbury, he was required to take over an ailing team, many of whom were more experienced, and he did an excellent job of moulding them into the best provincial team in the country. He was a keeper who can bat in the lower-middle order, and a place was found for him in the team by converting Adam Parore into a specialist batsman. As a keeper he was a good, if inconsistent, player and he was better standing up. Much of his inconsistency as a keeper could be put
down to that. As a batsman he loved to pepper the boundary square on the
off side off the back foot, and his batting form as captain in India was
ample proof of his ability to lead by example. At ODI level, with the side in
desperate need of a No. 3, Germon was occasionally pressed into service in this
role. Against Australia in the 1996 World Cup quarter-final he was outstandingly
successful at No. 3, sharing in a huge partnership with Chris Harris. In 1997 his form fell away under new coach Steve Rixon and he started to lose some of the players' respect. With Turner not involved in either coaching or selection he lost his place in the side.
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