Full name Gary Raymond Stead
Born January 9, 1972, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 49 years 11 days
Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Coach
Relation Father - DW Stead, Brother - WW Stead
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 5 | 8 | 0 | 278 | 78 | 34.75 | 671 | 41.43 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 101 | 165 | 10 | 4984 | 190 | 32.15 | 10 | 24 | 46 | 0 | ||||
List A | 103 | 90 | 12 | 2173 | 101* | 27.85 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 101 | 1053 | 587 | 9 | 4/58 | 65.22 | 3.34 | 117.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
List A | 103 | 48 | 43 | 1 | 1/20 | 1/20 | 43.00 | 5.37 | 48.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | New Zealand v South Africa at Christchurch, Mar 11-15, 1999 scorecard |
Last Test | New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Dec 26-29, 1999 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class debut | 1991/92 |
Last First-class | Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Mar 26-29, 2006 scorecard |
List A debut | 1994/95 |
Last List A | Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland, Jan 7, 2006 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
36 | Canterbury | v Wellington | Wellington | 26 Mar 2006 | FC |
6, 3, 1/0 | Canterbury | v Central D | Christchurch | 18 Mar 2006 | FC |
7, 5 | Canterbury | v Otago | Queenstown | 11 Mar 2006 | FC |
51 | Canterbury | v Northern D | Hamilton | 27 Feb 2006 | FC |
67, 29 | Canterbury | v Central D | Christchurch | 20 Feb 2006 | FC |
0* | Canterbury | v Auckland | Auckland | 7 Jan 2006 | LA |
- | Canterbury | v Northern D | Taupo | 4 Jan 2006 | LA |
36, 0 | Canterbury | v Auckland | Christchurch | 12 Dec 2005 | FC |
16, 6 | Canterbury | v Wellington | Christchurch | 5 Dec 2005 | FC |
An top-order batsman, Gary Stead played five Tests in nine months in 1999, averaging a decent 34.75 and never being dismissed in single figures. Against South Africa he showed his great character, digging in and grinding out runs, but after two mediocre performances against West Indies he was dropped. He later took to coaching, first working with the New Zealand Cricket High Performance Centre, before taking over the national women's team in July 2008. He coached the women's side to the finals of the 2009 World Cup and 2010 World T20, before taking over Canterbury and overseeing their run to four domestic titles in four seasons between 2013-14 and 2016-2017. All this culminated in him being named New Zealand men's coach in August 2018, taking over from the highly successful Mike Hesson.
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