Mark Greatbatch
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| Full name | Mark John Greatbatch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1963 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 165) | 25 February 1988 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 November 1996 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 60) | 9 March 1988 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 December 1996 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982/83–1985/86 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1986/87–1999/00 | Central Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark John Greatbatch (born 11 December 1963) is a former New Zealand international
wicket keeper
.
International career
Greatbatch highest test score of 146 not out off 485 balls was against Australia at
Perth in November 1989.[1] Greatbatch was at the crease for 11 hours (2 days) to save New Zealand from defeat, the game ending in a draw because of his efforts.[2] He received a standing ovation at the end of the game. Greatbatch's defensive innings is still considered by many pundits[who?] to be one of the greatest cricket centuries ever, under the circumstances.[citation needed
]
For the
Sri Lanka, adopted the idea of opening with an aggressive batsman who normally plays in the middle order of test matches to score quick runs early and this tactic is now common in international cricket.[citation needed
]
Mark Greatbatch finished his career with 2,021 Test runs and 2,206 ODI runs.[3]
After cricket
In September 2005 he became director of coaching at
Pro40 League in 2007 he was replaced by Ashley Giles.[5] In January, 2010, Greatbatch was appointed the coach of the New Zealand national cricket team.[6]
In 2022, Asterix, a horse that Greatbatch partly owned, won the New Zealand Derby.
References
- ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ Monga, Sidharth (31 March 2009). "I Was There: One man against the mob". Cricinfo Magazine. ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Mark Greatbatch Batting Career".
- ^ Greatbatch to coach Warwickshire. retrieved 5 October 2007
- ^ Giles succeeds Greatbatch at Warwickshire, retrieved 5 October 2007
- ^ Greatbatch handed New Zealand team coaching role, retrieved 30 January 2010
