Bob Cunis
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| Full name | Robert Smith Cunis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 January 1941 Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand |
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| Died | 9 August 2008 (aged 67) Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Stephen Cunis (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 101) | 13 March 1964 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 April 1972 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975–1977 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1974 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Smith Cunis (born 5 January 1941 in Whangarei; died 9 August 2008 in Ruakaka) played 20 Test matches for New Zealand as a pace bowler between 1964 and 1972, and was later coach of the New Zealand national team from 1987 to 1990. His son Stephen (born 1978) played cricket for Canterbury between 1998 and 2006.
A sturdily-built fast-medium bowler, Bob Cunis played for Auckland from 1960–61 to 1973–74, and for Northern Districts in 1975–76 and 1976–77.
On his first-class debut he took 6 for 72 and 2 for 26 against Northern Districts to help Auckland to an eight-wicket victory. In 1961–62 he took 27 wickets at 14.18, including 2 for 31 and 7 for 29 in the victory over Central Districts. In the first match of the 1963–64 season he took 6 for 44 and 7 for 41 in a one-wicket victory over Canterbury.
He played his first Test against the visiting South Africans at the end of the 1963–64 season, taking two wickets (Graeme Pollock and Denis Lindsay) in a drawn match.
He had a moderate season in 1964–65 and was not selected for any of the home Tests against Pakistan or the tour that followed. In 1965–66 he took 22 wickets at 17.45 in the Plunket Shield and played in all three Tests against England, taking seven wickets at 35.43 off 121.5 overs. In the First Test, when New Zealand were 32 for 8 in the second innings, "Cunis, a well-built Rugby centre-threequarter, saved the day by defending successfully through the last thirty-five minutes" in a partnership with Vic Pollard. His 16 not out was the top score.
In the first match of the 1966–67 season he took 7 for 30 against Northern Districts. In his most successful batting season he made 293 runs at 41.85 in the Plunket Shield, including two 50s and the only first-class century of his career, 111, batting at number eight against Otago. He also took 19 wickets at 20.21, and played for New Zealand in three of the matches against the visiting Australian side, but with little success.
In 1968–69 he took 30 wickets at 12.60 to help Auckland to the Plunket Shield. Once again he shone in the season's opening match, taking 6 for 39 and 4 for 54 in an innings victory over Northern Districts. He played in the three Tests against the visiting West Indies side later that season, taking 2 for 76 and 3 for 36 in New Zealand's victory in the Second Test.
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