Full name Brian John McKechnie
Born November 6, 1953, Gore, Southland
Current age 66 years 30 days
Major teams New Zealand, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 5.07
Education Southland Boys' High
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODIs | 14 | 8 | 4 | 54 | 27 | 13.50 | 145 | 37.24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 50 | 73 | 9 | 1169 | 51 | 18.26 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | ||
List A | 26 | 18 | 6 | 168 | 32 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ODIs | 14 | 14 | 818 | 495 | 19 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 26.05 | 3.63 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 50 | 8154 | 3065 | 100 | 4/24 | 30.65 | 2.25 | 81.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 26 | 1450 | 798 | 32 | 3/23 | 3/23 | 24.93 | 3.30 | 45.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI debut | East Africa v New Zealand at Birmingham, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard |
Last ODI | Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Feb 1, 1981 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1971/72 - 1985/86 |
List A span | 1973/74 - 1985/86 |
Brian McKechnie was a double international in an era when that was considered to have been a feat from a forgotten era. He made his debut for Otago in the Plunkett Shield while a teenager in 1971-72, helping them win the title. A bits-and-pieces cricketer, his career stats are hardly inspiring withy only two fifties and no five-fors in his 76 first-class and List A matches. But he played in an era when such attributes were valued in one-day cricket and he made 14 appearances for New Zealand, the last being when he faced Trevor Chappell's infamous underarm delivery at the MCG in 1980-81.