Jeremy Coney

Jeremy Coney
Personal information
Full name Jeremy Vernon Coney
Born (1952-06-21) 21 June 1952
Wellington, New Zealand
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 129) 5 January 1974 v Australia
Last Test 15 March 1987 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 31) 9 June 1979 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI 28 March 1987 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1971–1987 Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 52 88 165 127
Runs scored 2,668 1,874 7,872 2,763
Batting average 37.57 30.72 35.14 31.39
100s/50s 3/16 0/8 8/47 0/14
Top score 174* 66* 174* 73*
Balls bowled 2,835 2,931 8,993 3,881
Wickets 27 54 111 71
Bowling average 35.77 37.75 31.17 38.26
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 3/28 4/46 6/17 4/46
Catches/stumpings 64/– 40/– 192/– 57/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 January 2010

Jeremy Vernon Coney, MBE (born 21 June 1952) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs.

International career

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 a 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.[1] 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.

Beyond cricket

During his playing days, Coney's height, reach, and reactions as a slip fieldsman, earned him the nickname "The Mantis". He wrote Playing Mantis: An Autobiography in 1986. Along with John Parker and Bryan Waddle, he wrote The Wonderful Days of Summer in 1993.[2]

In the 1986 Queen's Birthday Honours, Coney was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cricket.[3]

In 2001 he made a television documentary series, The Mantis and the Cricket, which looked back on New Zealand's cricket history, using interviews with former players and historical footage.[4] The first part follows the 1937 New Zealand Cricket team which toured England with interviews of Walter Hadlee, Merv Wallace, Jack Kerr and Lindsay Weir.[5]

He now lives in south Oxfordshire and works as a commentator/summariser for Sky TV and Test Match Special, where he is noted for his regular use of the word "parsimonious". Coney is trained as a stage lighting designer; in 2008 he lit I Found My Horn, a solo play which has enjoyed runs at the Tristan Bates and the Hampstead theatres.[6]

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Jeremy Coney
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
[1]174*25 EnglandNew Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve1984Drawn
[2]111*36 PakistanNew Zealand Dunedin, New ZealandCarisbrook1985Won
[2]101*44 AustraliaNew Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve1986Drawn

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 18 January 1981 49 (58 balls: 1×4, 3x6) ; 10–1–28–3  New Zealand won by 22 runs.[7]
2 India Seddon Park, Hamilton 15 February 1981 46 (63 balls: 3×4, 2x6) ; DNB  New Zealand won by 57 runs.[8]
3 England Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham 15 June 1983 12–2–27–1 ; 66* (97 balls: 9×4)  New Zealand won by 2 wickets.[9]
4 Australia AMI Stadium, Christchurch 22 March 1986 64 (55 balls: 8×4) ; 2–0–8–0  New Zealand won by 53 runs.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Bob (25 July 2009). "On this day, 25 July 1986: Bob Taylor's unexpected comeback". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ National Library of New Zealand catalogue
  3. ↑ London Gazette (supplement), No. 50553, 13 June 1986. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Coney hits the spot with documentary series" Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "The Mantis and the Cricket – Tales On Tour – F52195". New Zealand Film Archive. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Viner, Brian (29 November 2008). "How theatre replaced drama of cricket for captain Coney". The Independent. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "1980–1981 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup – 14th Match – India v New Zealand – Brisbane". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "1980–1981 New Zealand v India – 2nd Match – Hamilton". HowStat. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  9. ↑ "1983 Prudential World Cup – 13th Match – England v New Zealand – Birmingham". HowStat. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "1985–1986 New Zealand v Australia – 2nd Match – Christchurch". HowStat. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Geoff Howarth		 New Zealand national cricket captain
1984/85-1986/7		 Succeeded by
Jeff Crowe
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