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Full name | Ross Winston Morgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 12 February 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 104) | 29 January 1965 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 20 April 1972 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1957/58–1976/77 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,1 April 2017 |
Ross Winston Morgan (born 12 February 1941) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 20 Tests for New Zealand between 1965 and 1972 as a middle-order batsman and off-spinner. [1]
Morgan was only 16 when he made his first-class debut for Auckland in 1957–58. Good all-round form in the Plunket Shield in 1964–65,including 6 for 40 against Central Districts (which remained the best figures of his career), [2] and 112 not out against Wellington a few days later, [3] led to his selection in the Test team. [4]
He continued playing for Auckland until 1976–77. His highest first-class score was 166 for Auckland against Canterbury at Auckland in 1968–69,out of a total of 314 for 8 declared. [5]
He played senior club cricket for Parnell in Auckland for more than 30 years,establishing club records which have yet to be broken:most runs (16,028) and most wickets (692). [6]
Coming into the Test team when John Sparling withdrew from the selected side, [4] Morgan scored 66 on his debut against Pakistan in the Second Test in Auckland in 1964–65,which was the top score on either side in the match. [7] In the next match of the series in Christchurch he scored 97,which was once again New Zealand's top score for the match. [8] He remained in the Test side for the three series in India,Pakistan and England that followed in the next few months,playing some valuable innings and taking occasional wickets with his off-spin,accumulating 663 runs at an average of 30.13 in his first 12 Tests. [9]
Thereafter,however,his Test form deserted him and his final eight Tests over the next seven years yielded only 71 runs. [9] He played his last three Tests in New Zealand's tour of the West Indies in 1972,as a replacement for Richard Collinge,who had to return to New Zealand due to the death of his infant child. [10] In these three Tests Morgan made only eight runs and took one wicket. [11]
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