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Full name | Graeme Robert Beard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auburn, Sydney, Australia | 19 August 1950|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 308) | 27 February 1980 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 18 March 1980 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 65) | 31 January 1981 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 1 February 1981 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1975/76–1981/82 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,20 January 2015 |
Graeme Robert Beard (born 19 August 1950) is a former Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches and two One Day Internationals in 1980 and 1981.
Beard was born in the Sydney suburb of Auburn. He made his debut for New South Wales in 1975 against the touring West Indies cricket team,playing as a batsman and scoring 0 and 0. He later established himself in the New South Wales side in the 1979–80 season as an all-rounder,bowling off- spin and medium pace,and was chosen in the 1979-80 Australian tour of Pakistan. He played in all three Test matches of that tour,playing a few dogged innings (39 and 49 in the 3rd Test at Lahore) and took one wicket (1 for 26 in the 3rd Test).
Beard was named in the Australian one day side during the 1980–81 World Series Cup competition. He played his two matches during the finals series versus New Zealand,the second match being the infamous underarm bowling incident. Beard went on the Ashes tour 1981 but did not play in either the Tests or One Day Internationals.
After the 1981–82 season,Beard retired from first-class cricket,and left his job as a teacher to work for the Australian Workers' Union. [1]
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