| Geoff Howarth | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | |||
| Matches | 47 | 70 | ||
| Runs scored | 2531 | 1384 | ||
| Batting average | 32. The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 44 | 23. 06 | ||
| 100s/50s | 6/11 | -/6 | ||
| Top score | 147 | 76 | ||
| Balls bowled | 614 | 90 | ||
| Wickets | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bowling average | 90. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 33 | 22. 66 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 1/13 | 1/4 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 29/- | 16/- | ||
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As of 4 February 2006 |
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Geoffrey (Geoff) Philip Howarth (born 29 March 1951, Auckland) was a New Zealand cricketer, who remains the only New Zealand captain to have positive win-loss records in both Test cricket and ODI cricket. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Howarth played some Test cricket with his elder brother, Hedley Howarth, but most of his 47-Test career did not overlap with Hedley's. Hedley John Howarth (born 25 December, 1943) is a former international Cricketer who played 30 Tests and nine One Day Internationals He played most of his career as a specialist batsman, captaining the team for 30 of those 47 Tests, and although his batting average of only 32 was not stunning, he did make six Test centuries. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively Four of those came while he was not captaining the side. In his debut series as captain, he led the side to their first Test series victory over the West Indies, when New Zealand won the first Test chasing 104 after being 73 for 8, then drew the second Test thanks to 147 from Howarth, and also survived an evenly-fought third Test. The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as The Windies or The West Indies, is a multi-national Cricket team representing He also became coach for the New Zealand team in the early 1990s and was coach of the ill-fated tour of South Africa in 1994. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)
Howarth played for Surrey County Cricket Club in England for a number of seasons. Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of
| Preceded by Mark Burgess |
New Zealand national cricket captain 1979/80-1984/5 |
Succeeded by Jeremy Coney |