Ken Wadsworth
Ken Wadsworth appeals
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| Full name | Kenneth John Wadsworth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30 November 1946 Nelson, New Zealand |
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19 August 1976 (aged 29) Nelson, New Zealand |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 121) | 24 July 1969 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 February 1976 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 11) | 11 February 1973 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 22 February 1976 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2017
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Kenneth John Wadsworth (30 November 1946 in Nelson, New Zealand – 19 August 1976 in Nelson) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a wicket-keeper.
Wadsworth also played for Nelson in the Hawke Cup.
Wadsworth scored over 1,000 runs and dismissed nearly 100 batsmen as New Zealand's regular wicket-keeper between 1969–70 and 1975–76. He toured England in 1969 and 1973. From the outset he was always a talented wicket keeper and over time he also developed greater consistency. An aggressive batsman, whose impetuosity often cost him his wicket, he could also defend stubbornly when the situation demanded.
He made his first-class debut for Central Districts against Wellington as a batsman in a Plunket Shield match at Basin Reserve in December 1968 aged 22. Two months later he made his maiden first-class century for South Island at Dunedin against the touring West Indian side, also keeping wicket for the first time at that level.
He was subsequently selected for the 1969 tour to England and made his Test debut in the first Test at Lord's. Owing to his superior batting potential he was selected ahead of incumbent keeper Barry Milburn, who had been first choice during the earlier home Test series against the West Indies. In the early days of his Test career Wadsworth's wicketkeeping seemed to weigh heavily on his batting and, after as many as 11 Tests, his batting average was no more than 7.00. By the time the New Zealanders got to the Caribbean for their 1971/72 series there must have been some doubt as to whether he would in fact take his place in the Test side for a series which the cricket world expected New Zealand to lose. In the event New Zealand cricket came of age that season. The five Tests all failed to produce a definite result, and the visitors exhibited an unexpected degree of talent and determination. In the first Test at Kingston, Jamaica, he joined Glen Turner at 108 for 5 and together they put on 220 for the 6th wicket, which remained the highest New Zealand partnership for that wicket for 15 years.
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