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Full name Ross Winston Morgan
Born February 12, 1941, Auckland
Current age 72 years 99 days
Major teams New Zealand, Auckland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 20 | 34 | 1 | 734 | 97 | 22.24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| First-class | 136 | 229 | 13 | 5940 | 166 | 27.50 | 8 | 32 | 85 | 1 | |
| List A | 9 | 8 | 1 | 107 | 80* | 15.28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 20 | 20 | 1114 | 609 | 5 | 1/16 | 1/16 | 121.80 | 3.28 | 222.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 136 | 8332 | 3558 | 108 | 6/40 | 32.94 | 2.56 | 77.1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| List A | 9 | 280 | 168 | 5 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 33.60 | 3.60 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Test debut | New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1965 scorecard |
| Last Test | West Indies v New Zealand at Port of Spain, Apr 20-26, 1972 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| First-class span | 1957-1977 |
| List A span | 1970-1976 |
Ross Morgan was a dependable batsman whose favoured clipping the ball through midwicket. He was also an offspinner with a memorable skipping and hopping approach. He made 66 on debut against Pakistan at Auckland in 1964-65 and followed with a career-best 97 at Christchurch. A good tour of India later that season followed but thereafter he struggled - his next 22 Test innings producing only 287 runs. His final series was in West Indies in 1971-72 where in three Tests he scored 8 runs and took one wicket.
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