Geoff Allott

Geoff Allott
Personal information
Full name Geoffrey Ian Allott
Born (1971-12-24) 24 December 1971
Christchurch, Canterbury
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Left-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 196) 13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Last Test 22 July 1999 v England
ODI debut (cap 98) 26 February 1997 v England
Last ODI 1 November 2000 v South Africa
ODI shirt no. 15
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 10 31 31 66
Runs scored 27 17 107 29
Batting average 3.37 3.39 4.86 4.14
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 8* 7* 13* 7*
Balls bowled 2,023 1,528 5,947 3,008
Wickets 19 52 102 95
Bowling average 58.47 23.21 30.36 23.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0 4 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 1 0
Best bowling 4/74 4/35 6/60 4/23
Catches/stumpings 2/- 5/- 6/0 15/0
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Geoffrey Ian Allott (born 24 December 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in 10 Tests and 31 ODIs from 1996 to 2000. He retired from all cricket in 2001, following series of injuries

International career

Allott was a revelation at the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England May/June 1999. With 20 wickets in nine matches he topped the wicket taking ranks for the tournament. Gaining prodigious movement in the air and off the pitch, the left-armer deceived some of the world's best batsmen, and made a huge contribution towards New Zealand's semi-final finish.

He was first selected by Glenn Turner for the Test series against Zimbabwe in 1995/6, when New Zealand had an injury crisis and were looking to give Test experience to new players of quality. Although he was moderately successful he was not selected for the subsequent ODI series or for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. A quick left armer in the Richard Collinge "dig it in" mould he was considered too inaccurate for limited overs. Over the winter he built up his strength and bowled well for his province at the start of 1996/7. A great game for New Zealand A versus England in 1997 earned him a recall to the Test team, and he bowled far better in two Tests than his figures might indicate.

Trivia

He held the record for the longest time taken to score a duck in Test cricket as well as taking a long time to get off the mark, but was dismissed for duck– 77 balls and 101 minutes for New Zealand versus South Africa in 1999.[1][2][3][4] Though his record for longest time for a duck, but his record for longest time for no runs was held until March 2013, when England cricketer Stuart Broad batted for 103 minutes against New Zealand before scoring a run.[5]

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Scotland Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh 31 May 1999 10–3–15–3, 1 ct.; DNB  New Zealand won by 6 wickets.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Frindall, Bill (2009). Ask Bearders. BBC Books. p. 108. ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
  2. ↑ "1st Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, Feb 27 – Mar 3, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  3. ↑ "Stats: Most deliveries faced for a duck in Test cricket". 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  4. ↑ "Records | Test matches | Batting records | Slow batting (by runs scored) | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-29.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand v England: Matt Prior earns series draw in Auckland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  6. ↑ "1999 ICC World Cup – 30th Match – Scotland v New Zealand – Edinburgh". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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