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| Full name | Glenn Maitland Turner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1947[1] Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 174) | 27 February 1969 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 March 1983 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 11 February 1973 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 20 June 1983 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964/65–1975/76 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1982 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976/77 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977/78–1982/83 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel.
Early days
Born in Dunedin, he represented New Zealand in 41 Tests, and achieved an average of 44.64, including seven centuries. He went to Otago Boys' High School. He would have appeared for his country much more, however, had he not elected to be unavailable for several seasons after falling out with administrators.
His brothers are poet Brian Turner and golfer Greg Turner. His wife Dame Sukhi Turner, whom he met while touring India in 1969, is a former mayor of Dunedin.
Early career
Turner made his mark on the first-class cricket scene, particularly with Worcestershire in the English county championship. In all, he played 455 first-class matches, amassing 34,346 runs at 49.70, including 103 centuries—making him one of a select few to score a "century of centuries", one of only four non-English cricketers to do so (the others being Donald Bradman, Zaheer Abbas and Viv Richards). Turner also coached the New Zealand side twice—once in the mid-1980s, when he presided over the team's first and (to date) only series victory in Australia, and again a decade later.
Turner is one of only two players (the other being Graeme Hick in 1988 also for Worcestershire) since the Second World War to have scored 1000 first-class runs in England before the end of May, a feat he achieved in 1973. Among the eight batsmen who have done this, only Turner and Donald Bradman did it while playing for a touring team.[2]
Record breaking
In the 1972 New Zealand tour of the West Indies, Turner scored four double centuries. The first was 202* against the Presidents' XI, then 223* in the first test, 259 against Guyana and 259 in the fourth test.[3] In 1974, Turner became the first New Zealander to score a century in each innings in a test match which assisted New Zealand to beat Australia for the first time in a test match.[3]
He also holds the record of highest percentage of runs scored in any completed innings 83.43% after he scored 141* out of Worcestershire's 169 against Glamorgan at Swansea in 1977. The remaining batsmen scored 27, highest 7 and there was one extra.[4]
On 29 May 1982, Turner became the first batsman in 33 years to score 300 runs in a single day in England. He was 311 not out when Worcestershire declared at 501-1 against Warwickshire.[5]
Glenn Turner is also the first player to score in a ODI a score of over 150 and also holds the record for the only batsman in ODI history to have faced over 200 deliveries in a single innings.[6]
Cricket World Cup
Glenn Turner played in three world cups. In the 1975 world cup, He scored 171* in New Zealand's opening game against East Africa. At that time it was the highest one day international score ever made. With a bowling attack lacking experience against someone like Turner, He found gaps in the field and scored "mostly with magnificent drives"[7]. It was also the longest individual innings in one-day international history, occupying 201 balls.[8] He scored a second century (114*) against India in the third round robin match.[9]
In the 1979 world cup, Glenn Turner topped the averages (88) and runs scored (176) for New Zealand without scoring a century. [9]
In the 1983 world cup, he had a disappointing tournament scoring 103 runs from six innings.[9]
Cricket Coach
Glenn Turner was the manager or coach of the New Zealand Cricket team between 1985 and 1987 for the Australian series, the 1986 tour to England, the West Indies tour of New Zealand and the 1987 world cup. He coached the at the New Zealand Cricket Academy between 1991 and 1994. In 1995, he was again appointed the New Zealand cricket team coach until 1996 and coached the team in the 1996 world cup.[10]
Author
Glenn Turner is the author of five books on his involvement in cricket: the most recent called Crickets Global Warming.[11]
References
- ^ "Glenn Turner". Cricinfo.
- ^ Easterbrook, Basil (1974). "1,000 runs by the end of may, Glenn Turner joins the elite". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ a b Neely D King R Payne F (1986). Men in White The History of New Zealand International Cricket. Auckland, New Zealean: Moa. pp. 430–438.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Worcestershire Schweppes County Championship 1977". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Records | One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Longest individual innings (by balls) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- ^ "World Cup 1975: Glenn Turner's 171, the first huge innings". Cricket Country. 25 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Lynch, Steven. "The longest innings, and Vettori's unique feat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ a b c Neely D, King R, Payne F (1986). Men in White The History of New Zealand International Cricket. Moa.
- ^ Turner, Glenn (1998). Lifting the Covers. Dunedin, New Zealand: Longacre Press. p. 260.
- ^ "Glenn Turner bemoans Twenty20 hijacking cricket". Stuff. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
External links
- Glenn Turner at ESPNcricinfo
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Bevan Congdon | New Zealand national cricket captain 1975/76–1976/77 | Succeeded by Mark Burgess |
| Preceded by Norman Gifford | Worcestershire County Cricket Captain 1981 | Succeeded by Phil Neale |