John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)

For other cricketers, see John Wright (disambiguation).

John Wright

MBE
Wright in 1990
Personal information
Full name
John Geoffrey Wright
Born (1954-07-05) 5 July 1954 (age 70)
Darfield, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleOpening batsman
RelationsGeoff Wright (father)
Allan Wright (uncle)[1]
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 141)10 February 1978 v England
Last Test16 March 1993 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 28)15 July 1978 v England
Last ODI12 December 1992 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975/76–1983/84Northern Districts
1977–1988Derbyshire
1984/85–1988/89Canterbury
1989/90–1992/93Auckland
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2000-2005India
2010-2012New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 82 149 366 349
Runs scored 5,334 3,891 25,073 10,240
Batting average 37.82 26.46 42.35 30.84
100s/50s 12/23 1/24 59/126 6/68
Top score 185 101 192 108
Balls bowled 30 24 370 42
Wickets 0 0 2 1
Bowling average – – 169.50 18.00
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – 1/4 1/8
Catches/stumpings 38/– 51/– 192/– 108/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India as Coach
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya
ICC Champions Trophy
Winner 2002 Sri Lanka
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 November 2016

John Geoffrey Wright MBE (born 5 July 1954) is a former international cricketer who represented – and captained – New Zealand. He made his international debut in 1978 against England.

He scored more than 5,000 Test runs (the first New Zealand Test player to do so)[2] at an average of 37.82 runs per dismissal with 12 Test centuries, 10 of them in New Zealand. He also played for Derbyshire in England from 1977 to 1988. In first-class cricket he scored more than 25,000 runs, including more than 50 first-class centuries.[3] He scored over 10,000 runs in List A limited-overs cricket.

Following his retirement in 1993, he coached the Indian national cricket team from 2000 to 2005 and New Zealand from 2010 to 2012. With India, he helped the national team to be one of the dual-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, along with Sri Lanka, and led the team to the finals of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

  1. ^ "Celebrating Sir Allan Wright". Christ's College. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Bodyline's quiet beginning". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  3. ^ "How many overseas players have made their IPL debut before their first-class debuts?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 April 2022.