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Garth McKenzie

Graham McKenzie
Personal information
Full name Graham Douglas McKenzie
Born (1941-06-24) 24 June 1941 (age 75)
Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Role Bowler
Relations Eric McKenzie (Father)
Douglas McKenzie (Uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 220) 22 June 1961 v England
Last Test 9 January 1971 v England
Only ODI (cap 5) 5 January 1971 v England
Domestic team information
Years Team
1979–1980 Transvaal
1969–1975 Leicestershire
1960–1974 Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 60 1 383 7515
Runs scored 945 5662 519
Batting average 12.27 15.64 11.28
100s/50s 0/2 0/18 0/0
Top score 76 76 41*
Balls bowled 17681 60 76780 7515
Wickets 246 2 1219 217
Bowling average 29.78 11.00 26.96 19.55
5 wickets in innings 16 0 49 3
10 wickets in match 3 0 5 0
Best bowling 8/71 2/22 8/71 5/15
Catches/stumpings 34/0 1/0 201/0 38/0
Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2009

Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) – commonly called Garth McKenzie after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Australia (1961–71) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He succeeded Alan Davidson as Australia's premier fast bowler and was in turn succeeded by Dennis Lillee, playing with both at either end of his career. McKenzie was particularly noted for his muscular physique (hence his nickname) and ability to take wickets on good batting tracks. His father Eric McKenzie and uncle Douglas McKenzie played cricket for Western Australia and Garth was chosen for the Ashes tour of England in 1961 aged only 19. He made his debut in the Second Test at Lord's, where his 5/37 (including the last three wickets in 12 balls) wrapped up the England innings to give Australia a 5 wicket victory.

McKenzie grew up in a sporting family. His father, Eric McKenzie, was an opening batsman who played once for Western Australia, against the touring South African cricket team in 1931–32. His uncle, Douglas McKenzie, was a batsman who represented Western Australia on several occasions, scoring 88 in his last game against Lindsay Hassett's Services team in 1945–46. Douglas went on to become President of the Western Australian Cricket Association. Both Douglas and Eric also represented Western Australia in field hockey.


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