Chris Kuggeleijn

Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn (born 10 May 1956) played two Tests in 1988-89 and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1988 and 1989. He played domestic cricket for Northern Districts and also played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.

Chris Kuggeleijn
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Mary Kuggeleijn
Born10 May 1956 (1956-05-10) (age 64)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm off break
RelationsSC Kuggeleijn (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 167)12 November 1988 v India
Last Test2 December 1988 v India
ODI debut (cap 61)9 March 1988 v England
Last ODI14 March 1989 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976–1991Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 16 89 66
Runs scored 7 142 3,747 772
Batting average 1.75 15.77 27.55 15.44
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 4/17 0/0
Top score 7 40 116 41*
Balls bowled 97 817 5,373 1,661
Wickets 1 12 57 46
Bowling average 67.00 50.33 42.73 36.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 0
Best bowling 1/50 2/31 4/30 3/20
Catches/stumpings 1/- 9/- 73/0 31/0
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Kuggeleijn was of Dutch extraction, which accounts for his unusual middle name of Mary. Kuggeleijn's son Scott also plays for Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield.

International career

His biggest contribution came in just the third over of his Test debut at Bangalore, when he took the catch (India's Arun Lal) that gave Richard Hadlee the record number of Test wickets (374) at the time.[1]. In those days he was popularly known as "Sledge Hammer", due to his facial resemblance to the actor David Rasche, who played the title character in the US television series Sledge Hammer!. Scott Kuggelleijn also resembles his father.

After cricket

He later coached Northern Districts and the Hamilton Boys' High School 1st XI which, under his tutelage was national champion twice.

References
  1. "'Is it me you're looking for?'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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