Ewen Chatfield

New Zealand

Full name Ewen John Chatfield

Born July 3, 1950, Dannevirke, Manawatu

Current age 68 years 13 days

Major teams New Zealand, Wellington

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Explore Ewen Chatfield's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	43	54	33	180	21*	8.57	782	23.01	16	0	7
ODIs	114	48	37	118	19*	10.72	346	34.10	6	0	19
First-class	157	135	71	582	24*	9.09					51
List A	171	63	48	156	19*	10.40					33

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	43	73	10360	3958	123	6/73	10/124	32.17	2.29	84.2	9	3	1
ODIs	114	112	6065	3618	140	5/34	5/34	25.84	3.57	43.3	3	1	0
First-class	157		37160	13429	587	8/24		22.87	2.16	63.3		27	8
List A	171		9161	5258	222	5/34	5/34	23.68	3.44	41.2	4	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand v England at Auckland, Feb 20-25, 1975 scorecard
Last Test	New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Feb 24-28, 1989 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v West Indies at Nottingham, Jun 16, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Pakistan at Dunedin, Feb 6, 1989 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1973/74 - 1989/90
List A span	1973/74 - 1989/90

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
2/23	Well Legn XI	v Cant Inv XI	Wellington	13 Mar 2011	Other T20

Profile

A hard-working, accurate fast-medium bowler who, like his contemporary Richard Hadlee, seemed to get better with age Ewen Chatfield had an unforgetable Test debut against England at Auckland in 1974-75, but for all the wrong reasons. After a stubborn defensive innings at No. 11, he was struck on the temple by Peter Lever. His heart stopped and he swallowed his tongue and only mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage by Bernard Thomas, England's physiotherapist, saved his life. He was rushed to hospital and, thankfully, regained consciousness an hour later. He was recalled in 1976-77, when he bowled steadily and industriously. Overshadowed by Hadlee, he nevertheless formed an effective an opening partnership with him for a decade. When Hadlee was injured in 1987-88 against England, Chatfield took 13 wickets at only 15 runs apiece. He was awarded an MBE for his services to cricket.
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