*** Welcome to piglix ***

Glenn Turner

Glenn Turner
Personal information
Full name Glenn Maitland Turner
Born (1947-05-26) 26 May 1947 (age 69)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 174) 27 February 1969 v West Indies
Last Test 11 March 1983 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 9) 11 February 1973 v Pakistan
Last ODI 20 June 1983 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1977/78–1982/83 Otago
1976/77 Northern Districts
1967–1982 Worcestershire
1967 Marylebone Cricket Club
1964/65–1975/76 Otago
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 41 41 455 313
Runs scored 2,991 1,598 34,346 10,784
Batting average 44.64 47.00 49.70 37.70
100s/50s 7/14 3/9 103/148 14/66
Top score 259 171* 311* 171*
Balls bowled 12 6 442 196
Wickets 5 9
Bowling average 37.80 16.88
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling –/– –/– 3/18 2/4
Catches/stumpings 42/– 13/– 409/– 125/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2010

Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.

Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, he represented New Zealand in 41 Tests, and achieved an average of 44.64, including seven centuries. He went to Otago Boys' High School. He would have appeared for his country much more, however, had he not elected to be unavailable for several seasons after falling out with administrators.

His brothers are poet Brian Turner and golfer Greg Turner. His wife, Dame Sukhi Turner, is a former mayor of Dunedin.

Turner made his mark on the first-class cricket scene, particularly with Worcestershire in the English county championship. In all, he played 455 first-class matches, amassing 34,346 runs at 49.70, including 103 centuries—making him one of a select few to score a "century of centuries", one of only four non-English cricketers to do so (the others being Donald Bradman, Zaheer Abbas and Viv Richards). Turner also coached the New Zealand side twice—once in the mid-1980s, when he presided over the team's first and (to date) only series victory in Australia, and again a decade later.

Turner is one of only two players (the other being Graeme Hick in 1988 also for Worcestershire) since the Second World War to have scored 1000 first-class runs in England before the end of May, a feat he achieved in 1973. Among the eight batsmen who have done this, only Turner and Donald Bradman did it while playing for a touring team.


...
Wikipedia

...