Keith Stackpole

Australia

Full name Keith Raymond Stackpole

Born July 10, 1940, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria

Current age 79 years 8 days

Major teams Australia, Victoria

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Other Commentator

Relation Father - KW Stackpole

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	43	80	5	2807	207	37.42			7	14		10	47
ODIs	6	6	0	224	61	37.33	387	57.88	0	3	28	0	1
First-class	167	279	22	10100	207	39.29			22	50			166
List A	16	16	1	522	69	34.80			0	5			8

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	43	40	2321	1001	15	2/33	2/57	66.73	2.58	154.7	0	0
ODIs	6	2	77	54	3	3/40	3/40	18.00	4.20	25.6	0	0
First-class	167		11337	5814	148	5/38		39.28	3.07	76.6		2
List A	16		240	175	10	3/14	3/14	17.50	4.37	24.0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 28-Feb 1, 1966 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 22-24, 1974 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Mar 31, 1974 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1959/60 - 1973/74
List A span	1970/71 - 1973/74

Profile

A red-faced, red-blooded batsman who followed his father into Victoria's Sheffield Shield team, Keith Stackpole was initially drafted by his country as an middle-order batsman who bowled legbreaks, but found his métier when co-opted as an opener by his captain Bill Lawry. Bowlers griped about his good fortune - and his highest Test score of 207 followed a narrow run-out squeak at 18 - but Stackpole belaboured the ball so brutally that he could count on his share of missed chances. Nettled by his failure to make the 1968 Ashes tour, he batted with poise and purpose as Ian Chappell's deputy in England in 1972, and headed the Test averages. Now hits hard as a radio commentator.
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