Full name Ian Ritchie Redpath
Born May 11, 1941, Geelong, Victoria
Current age 79 years 257 days
Major teams Australia, Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Coach
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 66 | 120 | 11 | 4737 | 171 | 43.45 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 83 | 0 | |||
ODIs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 24 | 9.20 | 67 | 68.65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 226 | 391 | 34 | 14993 | 261 | 41.99 | 32 | 84 | 211 | 0 | ||||
List A | 16 | 16 | 0 | 255 | 62 | 15.93 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 66 | 6 | 64 | 41 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.84 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
First-class | 226 | 792 | 466 | 13 | 3/24 | 35.84 | 3.53 | 60.9 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 16 | 71 | 68 | 5 | 2/0 | 2/0 | 13.60 | 5.74 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Jan 1-6, 1964 scorecard |
Last Test | Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Jan 31-Feb 5, 1976 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard |
Last ODI | Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 20, 1975 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1961/62 - 1975/76 |
List A span | 1970/71 - 1975/76 |
An old boy of Geelong College, like Lindsay Hassett, Jack Iverson and Paul Sheahan, Ian Redpath began his career as a sweet striker of the ball, but became an opener so obdurate that he did not strike a six until his 66th Test (whereupon he promptly cracked another one). A lanky, long-necked figure without a spare ounce of flesh, he was the last Australian to play as an amateur: in 1963-64 he declined his fee so as not to jeopardise his amateur football career. It didn't do him any harm: he made 97. Two other unusual accomplishments lend colour to his career: no Australian has taken more runs from a first-class over, and no Australian has both carried his bat through a completed Test innings and been no-balled for throwing. Redpath was later awarded an MBE and, upon retirement, resumed a career in antique-dealing and went on to coach Victoria.
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