Graham McKenzie

Graham McKenzie
Personal information
Full name
Graham Douglas McKenzie
Born (1941-06-24) 24 June 1941 (age 83)
Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
RelationsEric McKenzie (father)
Douglas McKenzie (uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 220)22 June 1961 v England
Last Test9 January 1971 v England
Only ODI (cap 5)5 January 1971 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959/60–1973/74Western Australia
1969–1975Leicestershire
1979/80Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 60 1 383 151
Runs scored 945 5,662 519
Batting average 12.27 15.64 11.28
100s/50s 0/2 0/18 0/0
Top score 76 76 41*
Balls bowled 17,681 60 76,780 7,515
Wickets 246 2 1,219 217
Bowling average 29.78 11.00 26.96 19.55
5 wickets in innings 16 0 49 3
10 wickets in match 3 0 5 0
Best bowling 8/71 2/22 8/71 5/15
Catches/stumpings 34/0 1/0 201/0 38/0
Source: CricketArchive, 3 February 2009

Graham Douglas McKenzie (born 24 June 1941) – commonly known as "Garth", after the comic strip hero – is an Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia (1960–74), Leicestershire (1969–75), Transvaal (1979–80) and Australia (1961–71) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1965. He succeeded Alan Davidson as Australia's premier fast bowler and was in turn succeeded by Dennis Lillee, playing with both at either end of his career. McKenzie was particularly noted for his muscular physique (hence his nickname) and ability to take wickets on good batting tracks. His father Eric McKenzie and uncle Douglas McKenzie played cricket for Western Australia. Garth was chosen for the Ashes tour of England in 1961 aged only 20. He made his debut in the Second Test at Lord's, where his 5/37 (including the last three wickets in 12 balls) wrapped up the England innings to give Australia a 5-wicket victory.