Lindsay Sparks

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Lindsay Sparks
Personal information
Full name
Lindsay Charles Sparks
Born (1944-12-05) 5 December 1944 (age 79)
Waikari, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches92
Runs scored1090
Batting average 10.90-
100s/50s0/00/0
Top score21-
Balls bowled1,110101
Wickets 181
Bowling average 24.7285.00
5 wickets in innings 10
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling6/461/44
Catches/stumpings 4/01/0
Source: CricketArchive, 29 April 2009

Lindsay Charles Sparks (born 5 December 1944) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts and Auckland in the late 1960s and 1970s.

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After several successful matches for Marlborough in the Hawke Cup, [1] including seven wickets in the match in January 1968 in which Marlborough gained the Cup for the first time, [2] Sparks made his first-class debut for Central Districts against the touring Indians in February 1968, taking 4/63 in what was nevertheless an innings defeat. [3] He was to beat this return only once, when claiming 6/46 against Canterbury in January 1970. [4]

Sparks' last two games in senior cricket were the only List A matches in which he appeared. In March 1971 he played against MCC at Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North, taking the wicket of John Edrich. [5] After a gap of more than six years, in November 1977 he made a solitary appearance for Auckland against Wellington in the Gillette Cup, and though Auckland won handsomely Sparks' own contribution was slight: his six overs went for 41 and he did not bat or take a catch. [6]

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References

  1. "Other matches played by Lindsay Sparks". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. "Hutt Valley v Marlborough 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. "Central Districts v Indians in 1967/68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  4. "Central Districts v Canterbury 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. "Central Districts v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1970/71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  6. "Auckland v Wellington in 1977/78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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