Kerry O'Keeffe
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Full name | Kerry James O'Keeffe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | 25 November 1949|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Skull[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 253) | 21 January 1971 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 28 July 1977 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 34) | 2 June 1977 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 6 June 1977 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1968/69–1979/80 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971–1972 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 November 2012 |
Kerry James O'Keeffe (born 25 November 1949) is an Australian former cricketer and a current cricket commentator for Fox Sports. O'Keeffe played 24 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1971 and 1977.
Playing career
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Post-playing career
O'Keeffe has remained involved in cricket since his retirement, including as a commentator on ABC Radio. He is known for his humorous anecdotes, told in the manner of an after-dinner speech at a cricketers club, and his distinctive laugh. He often enjoys working with overseas commentators such as India's Harsha Bhogle, whom he enjoyed confusing with his colorful Australian language. However, when he concentrated on the game, he shows insight born of a career at the highest level together with study of the statistics and history of the game.
In 2004, he released his autobiography According to Skull. He has also released a number of CDs containing some shorts of his commentating antics.
On 27 December 2013, while providing commentary on the Melbourne Boxing Day Test between Australia and England, O'Keeffe announced his retirement from commentating after the Sydney Test in January 2014 (O'Keeffe had accepted a redundancy from the ABC).[3] However, O'Keeffe returned to cricket commentary in December 2016 as part of Triple M's new cricket coverage.
On 13 July 2018, it was announced that O'Keeffe had joined the Fox Sports cricket commentary team from the 2018–19 season.[4]
References
- ^ "Kerry O'Keeffe". MN2S. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Kerry J O'Keeffe (Australia) - How Wickets Obtained (Test Cricket)". Howstat Computing Services. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Kerry O'Keeffe retires from ABC Grandstand commentary team". ABC News. 27 December 2013. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "Brett Lee and Kerry O'Keeffe added to Fox Sports' all-star cricket crew". Fox Sports. 13 July 2018. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.