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Full name | Bruce Robert Blair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 December 1957 66) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | (age||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 41) | 17 February 1982 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 15 April 1986 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976/77–1983/84 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1984/85–1985/86 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1986/87–1989/90 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 May 2017 |
Bruce Robert Blair (born 27 December 1957) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Northern Districts between 1977 and 1990. [1] He played 14 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team in the mid-1980s. He coached Northern Districts from 2001 to 2006 and was later a coaching services advisor at the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Hamilton. He was a selector for both Northern Districts and Central Districts. [2]
Blair was born at Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys High School. [2] His father,Roy Blair,played for Otago in 1953–54 and his older brother,Wayne,played first-class cricket for Otago from 1967–68 to 1990–91. [3] A great-uncle,James Blair,also played for the provincial side in 1926–27
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