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Jeremy
Coney
 |
| Personal information |
| Batting style |
Right-hand bat |
| Bowling style |
Right-arm medium |
| Career statistics |
| Competition |
Tests |
ODIs |
| Matches |
52 |
88 |
| Runs scored |
2668 |
1874 |
| Batting average |
37.57 |
30.72 |
| 100s/50s |
3/16 |
-/8 |
| Top score |
174* |
66* |
| Balls bowled |
2835 |
2931 |
| Wickets |
27 |
54 |
| Bowling average |
35.77 |
37.75 |
| 5 wickets in innings |
- |
- |
| 10 wickets in match |
- |
n/a |
| Best bowling |
3/28 |
4/46 |
| Catches/stumpings |
64/- |
40/- |
|
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February
2006 |
Jeremy Vernon Coney MBE (born 21 June 1952 in Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88
ODIs for New Zealand, captaining
them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most
successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties,
but centuries often eluded him and he had to wait nine years to
make his first - by that time, he had turned 31. He only lost one
Test series as captain, against Pakistan
away, and he became Wisden
Cricketer of the Year in 1984.
Coney was the captain who in 1986, after the England
wicketkeeper Bruce
French was injured by a Hadlee bouncer, allowed Bob Taylor to
leave the sponsor's tent and play as a substitute. It was one of
the great sporting gestures of all time. New Zealand won that
series with the bowling of Richard Hadlee only slightly more potent
than the captaincy of Coney. His medium-pace bowling was often used
in ODIs, where it yielded 54 wickets, including four for 46 against
Sri Lanka in 1985.
During his playing days, Coney's height, reach, and reactions as a
slip fieldsman, earned him the nickname "The Mantis".
He now lives in the UK and works as a commentator/ summariser for
Sky TV and Test Match
Special. Coney has also trained as a stage lighting designer;
he lit I Found My Horn, a solo play which has enjoyed runs
at the Tristan Bates and the Hampstead theatres. [1]
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