Full name John Geoffrey Wright
Born July 5, 1954, Darfield, Canterbury
Current age 65 years 157 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland, Canterbury, Derbyshire, Northern Districts
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Relation Father - GT Wright
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 82 | 148 | 7 | 5334 | 185 | 37.82 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 38 | 0 | ||
ODIs | 149 | 148 | 1 | 3891 | 101 | 26.46 | 6804 | 57.18 | 1 | 24 | 51 | 0 | |
First-class | 366 | 636 | 44 | 25073 | 192 | 42.35 | 59 | 126 | 192 | 0 | |||
List A | 349 | 345 | 13 | 10240 | 108 | 30.84 | 6 | 68 | 108 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 82 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 149 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 366 | 370 | 339 | 2 | 1/4 | 169.50 | 5.49 | 185.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 349 | 42 | 18 | 1 | 1/8 | 1/8 | 18.00 | 2.57 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 10-15, 1978 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 12-16, 1993 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | England v New Zealand at Scarborough, Jul 15, 1978 scorecard |
Last ODI | Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (PSS), Dec 12, 1992 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1975/76 - 1992/93 |
List A span | 1976/77 - 1992/93 |
Even before he embarked on the second leg of his career, as a hard-driven and hugely respected coach of India, John Wright was already renowned for his fighting qualities, allied to no little skill, that had enabled him to become the first New Zealand batsman to pass 4000 Test runs.