Jack Heron (cricketer)

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Jack Heron
Personal information
Full name
Jack Gunner Heron
Born (1948-11-08) 8 November 1948 (age 75)
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  4)9 June 1983 v  Australia
Last ODI20 June 1983 v  West Indies
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches66028
Runs scored502,830763
Batting average 8.3326.2030.52
100s/50s0/05/132/3
Top score18175148*
Catches/stumpings 1/39/6/
Source: CricketArchive, 12 October 2013

Jack Gunner Heron (born 8 November 1948) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer. He played all six of his One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Heron played one of the slowest innings in ODI history when he scored 12 off 73 balls against the West Indies at New Road, Worcester on 13 June 1983.

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