Wicketkeeper Kevin Wright came from the same club as Rodney Marsh, and his Test debut came because of Marsh's defection to World Series Cricket. Tidy and agile, Wright replaced John Maclean for the last two Tests of the disastrous 1978-79 Ashes series, retaining his place for two Tests against Pakistan which followed. He was in the Australian side for the 1979 World Cup, and in India that winter he enhanced his reputation with both gloves and the bat - he made a batting fifty at Delhi. But he returned home to find Marsh restored, not only in the Australian side but also the Western Australian one. He still made fairly regular appearances when Marsh was on international duty - in 1979-80 Wright scored 321 runs at 35.66 - but he slipped further out of the reckoning when Steve Rixon was picked as Australia's No. 2 for their 1981 England tour. He moved to South Australia in 1981-82, but again was supplanted, this time by Wayne Phillips, and retired shortly after his 30th birthday.
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Kevin Wright Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	10	18	5	219	55*	16.84	-	-	0	1	21	0	31	4
ODIs	5	2	0	29	23	14.50	52	55.76	0	0	0	0	8	0
FC	85	128	33	2551	105	26.85	-	-	2	11	-	-	268	26
List A	20	15	7	136	23	17.00	-	-	0	0	-	-	24	3

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
FC	85	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
List A	20	-	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

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Recent Matches of Kevin Wright

Match	Bat	Wkt	Date	Ground	Format
South Aust vs West Aust	1*	1c/0s	04-Mar-1984	Adelaide	List A
South Aust vs Victoria	38	2c/1s	24-Feb-1984	Melbourne	FC
South Aust vs NSW	3	4c/0s & 0c/0s	17-Feb-1984	Adelaide	FC
South Aust vs Queensland	20*	3c/0s & 0c/0s	13-Jan-1984	Adelaide	FC
South Aust vs West Aust	0	5c/0s & 0c/0s	06-Jan-1984	W.A.C.A	FC