Keith Stackpole

Australia|Middle order Batter

INTL CAREER: 1966 - 1974

Keith Raymond Stackpole

Born

July 10, 1940, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria

Age

82y 258d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

RELATIONS

KW Stackpole

(father)

Other

Commentator

TEAMS

Australia

Victoria

A red-faced, red-blooded batsman who followed his father into Victoria's Sheffield Shield team, Keith Stackpole was initially drafted by his country as an middle-order batsman who bowled legbreaks, but found his métier when co-opted as an opener by his captain Bill Lawry. Bowlers griped about his good fortune - and his highest Test score of 207 followed a narrow run-out squeak at 18 - but Stackpole belaboured the ball so brutally that he could count on his share of missed chances. Nettled by his failure to make the 1968 Ashes tour, he batted with poise and purpose as Ian Chappell's deputy in England in 1972, and headed the Test averages. Now hits hard as a radio commentator.
Gideon Haigh

Career Averages

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct
Test	43	80	5	2807	207	37.42	-	-	7	14	-	10	47
ODI	6	6	0	224	61	37.33	387	57.88	0	3	28	0	1
FC	167	279	22	10100	207	39.29	-	-	22	50	-	-	166
List A	16	16	1	522	69	34.80	-	-	0	5	-	-	8

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Test	43	40	2321	1001	15	2/33	2/57	66.73	2.58	154.7	0	0
ODI	6	2	77	54	3	3/40	3/40	18.00	4.20	25.6	0	0
FC	167	-	11337	5814	148	5/38	-	39.28	3.07	76.6	-	2
List A	16	-	240	175	10	3/14	3/14	17.50	4.37	24.0	0	0