John Sparling was a fair-haired allrounder, a solid right-hand batsman, capable offspinner and good fielder. In 1958 in England he scored 513 runs and took 38 wickets, forcing his way into the Tests side where he never really made his mark. He scored a dour 50 in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on his 20th birthday, but that was as good as it got, and his international career was over by the time he was 25. He continued to play domestic cricket until 1971.
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John Sparling Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	11	20	2	229	50	12.72	0	1	0	3	0
FC	127	215	26	4606	105	24.37	2	27	-	86	0

Bowling

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Tests	11	10	708	327	5	1/9	1/9	65.40	2.77	141.6	0	0	0
FC	127	-	-	7223	318	7/49	-	22.71	-	-	-	17	3

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Recent Matches of John Sparling

Match	Bat	Bowl	Date	Ground	Format
New Zealand vs South Africa	1 & 1	1/9	28-Feb-1964	Dunedin	Test # 559
New Zealand vs South Africa	49 & 1	0/22	21-Feb-1964	Wellington	Test # 558
New Zealand vs England	3 & 0	1/52	23-Feb-1963	Auckland	Test # 540
New Zealand vs South Africa	3 & 4	--	16-Feb-1962	Gqeberha	Test # 524
New Zealand vs South Africa	19 & 9	0/22 & 1/12	01-Jan-1962	Cape Town	Test # 519