Jeremy Coney

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Jeremy Coney

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RelationsChris Coney (brother)

Julie Coney (former wife)

Murray Halberg (second cousin)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 129)5 January 1974 v Australia
Last Test15 March 1987 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 31)9 June 1979 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI28 March 1987 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971/72–1986/87
Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 52 88 165 127
Runs scored 2,668 1,874 7,872 2,763
Batting average 37.57 30.72 35.14 31.39
100s/50s 3/16 0/8 8/47 0/14
Top score 174* 66* 174* 73*
Balls bowled 2,835 2,931 8,993 3,881
Wickets 27 54 111 71
Bowling average 35.77 37.75 31.17 38.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/28 4/46 6/17 4/46
Catches/stumpings 64/– 40/– 192/– 57/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2010

Jeremy Vernon Coney

New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand, of which he was captain
in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs.

International career

Coney was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to wait nine years to make his first – by that time, he had turned 31. He only lost one Test series as captain, against

Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984.[1]

Coney was the captain who in 1986, after the England wicketkeeper

Sri Lanka in 1985.[citation needed
]

Beyond cricket

During his playing days, Coney's height, reach, and reactions as a slip fieldsman, earned him the nickname "The Mantis". He wrote Playing Mantis: An Autobiography in 1986. Along with

John Parker and Bryan Waddle, he wrote The Wonderful Days of Summer in 1993.[3]

In the

Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cricket.[4] In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[5]

In 2001 he made a television documentary series, The Mantis and the Cricket: Tales from the Tours, which looked back on New Zealand's cricket history, using interviews with former players and historical footage.[6] The first part follows the 1937 New Zealand Cricket team which toured England with interviews of Walter Hadlee, Merv Wallace, Jack Kerr and Lindsay Weir.[7]

He now lives in south Oxfordshire and works as a commentator/summariser for

Tristan Bates and the Hampstead theatres.[8]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0356102382
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  2. ^ Taylor, Bob (25 July 2009). "On this day, 25 July 1986: Bob Taylor's unexpected comeback". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Books by Jeremy Coney". National Library of New Zealand catalogue. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1986. p. 32.
  5. ISBN 0-908578-34-2
    .
  6. ^ "Coney hits the spot with documentary series" Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  7. ^ "The Mantis and the Cricket – Tales On Tour – F52195". New Zealand Film Archive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  8. ^ Viner, Brian (29 November 2008). "How theatre replaced drama of cricket for captain Coney". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
New Zealand national cricket captain

1984/85-1986/7 		Succeeded by
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