Gren Alabaster

Gren Alabaster
Personal information
Full name
Grenville David Alabaster
Born (1933-12-10) 10 December 1933 (age 90)
Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RelationsJack Alabaster (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1955/56–1956/57Otago
1957/58–1959/60Canterbury
1960/61–1962/63Northern Districts
1963/64–1975/76Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 96 10
Runs scored 3,200 123
Batting average 23.88 17.57
100s/50s 3/14 0/0
Top score 108 32
Balls bowled 17,514 384
Wickets 275 9
Bowling average 23.24 32.66
5 wickets in innings 15 0
10 wickets in match 2 0
Best bowling 8/30 2/11
Catches/stumpings 54/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2021

Grenville David "Gren" Alabaster (born 10 December 1933) is a New Zealand former first-class cricketer who played for Otago, Canterbury and Northern Districts between 1955 and 1976. A winner of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year Award in 1972, Alabaster was an all-rounder: a right-arm off-break bowler and left-handed batsman. He toured with New Zealand to Australia in 1973–74, but never played in a Test match. His brother Jack Alabaster played 21 Tests; the two brothers played together for Otago and Southland for many years.