Full name Graham Douglas McKenzie
Born June 24, 1941, Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 79 years 207 days
Major teams Australia, Leicestershire, Western Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 60 | 89 | 12 | 945 | 76 | 12.27 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 0 | |||
ODIs | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
First-class | 383 | 471 | 109 | 5662 | 76 | 15.64 | 0 | 18 | 201 | 0 | ||||
List A | 151 | 71 | 25 | 519 | 41* | 11.28 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 60 | 113 | 17681 | 7328 | 246 | 8/71 | 10/91 | 29.78 | 2.48 | 71.8 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
ODIs | 1 | 1 | 60 | 22 | 2 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 11.00 | 2.20 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 383 | 76888 | 32868 | 1219 | 8/71 | 26.96 | 2.56 | 63.0 | 49 | 5 | |||
List A | 151 | 7515 | 4243 | 217 | 5/15 | 5/15 | 19.55 | 3.38 | 34.6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
Test debut | England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1961 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9-14, 1971 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
Only ODI | Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1959/60 - 1975 |
List A span | 1964 - 1979/80 |
Graham McKenzie's easy approach and well-oiled action were deceptive: he hit the pitch, the bat, and sometimes batsmen very hard indeed. Picked on his first Ashes tour as a teenager in 1961, he impressed at once with his pace and poise; nothing seemed to ruffle him, although when stirred he possessed a wicked bouncer. By the age of 23, he had 100 Test wickets; by the age of 27y 200 - this despite a general lack of support and an era of benign pitches. Overwork, however, finally took its toll, and he renounced Test cricket - only two wickets short of the Australian wicket record then held by Richie Benaud - in favour of county cricket with Leicestershire. In 1975, his last year at Grace Road, they won the Championship for the first time.
Gideon Haigh
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1965