Jock Edwards was a short, stocky wicketkeeper who was a good enough batsman to make his Test debut (against Australia in 1976-77) as a specialist. He was brought back in 1977-78 as a wicketkeeper-bat and made 55 and 54 on his comeback against England at Auckland. That won him selection for the England tour in 1978 where his performances were disappointing - one member of the BBC commentary team said that Edwards was "the worst wicketkeeper I've ever seen ... he's made mistakes you'd have the 3rd XI `keeper at school running round the pitch for". But the genial Edwards kept his spirits up and was a most popular tourist. He returned for three home Tests against India in 1980-81 where he chipped in with useful runs, but the emergence of Ian Smith signaled the end of his international career.
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Jock Edwards Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	15	0	377	55	25.13	646	58.35	0	3	52	3	7	0
ODIs	6	6	0	138	41	23.00	191	72.25	0	0	-	-	5	0
FC	92	164	8	4589	177*	29.41	-	-	5	25	-	-	126	16
List A	31	30	1	588	49	20.27	-	-	0	0	-	-	19	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	6	1	6	5	1	1/5	1/5	5.00	6.66	6.0	0	0	0
FC	92	-	71	32	0	-	-	-	2.70	-	0	0	0
List A	31	-	6	5	1	1/5	1/5	5.00	5.00	6.0	0	0	0

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Recent Matches of Jock Edwards

Match	Bat	Date	Ground	Format
New Zealand vs India	34 & 47	13-Mar-1981	Auckland	Test # 899
New Zealand vs India	23	06-Mar-1981	Christchurch	Test # 898
New Zealand vs India	23 & 6	21-Feb-1981	Wellington	Test # 897
New Zealand vs India	17	15-Feb-1981	Hamilton	ODI # 117
New Zealand vs India	36	14-Feb-1981	Auckland	ODI # 116