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Kerry O'Keeffe

Australia

Full name Kerry James O'Keeffe

Born November 25, 1949, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 62 years 77 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales, Somerset

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Other Commentator, Journalist

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	24	34	9	644	85	25.76			1	53	1	15
ODIs	2	2	1	16	16*	16.00	38	42.10	0	1	0	0
First-class	169	233	73	4169	99*	26.05			13			112
List A	39	31	11	305	35	15.25			0			7

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	24	40	5384	2018	53	5/101	6/106	38.07	2.24	101.5	2	1	0
ODIs	2	2	132	79	2	1/36	1/36	39.50	3.59	66.0	0	0	0
First-class	169		31052	13383	476	7/38		28.11	2.58	65.2		24	5
List A	39		1431	883	27	3/16	3/16	32.70	3.70	53.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 21-26, 1971 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at Nottingham, Jul 28-Aug 2, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Australia at Manchester, Jun 2, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at The Oval, Jun 6, 1977 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1968-1980
List A span	1969-1977

Profile

Burdened by expectations that he would be the next big leg-spinning thing in the early 1970s, Kerry O'Keeffe's Tests were spread over seven years, and he finished his career as one of the more disillusioned members of the World Series Cricket troupe. He enjoyed as much success, in the end, with his sound, orthodox batting, which was good enough for him to open at a pinch. A thoughtful character, he tried his hand at a number of occupations, from carting beer-barrels to futures trading, before becoming a journalist and media pundit.
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May 1, 1977

Kerry O'Keeffe bowls

Apr 8, 1977

Kerry O'Keeffe

1972

Kerry O'Keeffe

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