Full Name

Alan Turner

Born

July 23, 1950, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales

Age

73y 250d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Alan Turner was a stocky left-hand opening batsman who was steady rather than spectacular, and who never quite cracked it at the highest level. A superb cutter if given width, he was picked for the 1975 tour of England on the back of several good Sheffield Shield seasons, five years after his first trip, to New Zealand in 1969-70. He started well in England, making a big hundred at Canterbury, and played in the Australian side which lost the World Cup final - in a group match he smashed a hundred before lunch against Sri Lanka. He retained his pace for the Tests but made only 68 runs in five innings. The following winter he started the series against West Indies with a battling 81 but thereafter struggled before hammering his first - and only - Test hundred in the final match at Adelaide. He started the 1976-77 summer confidently, but his form fell away and he lost his place after touring New Zealand. After retiring he became an executive with Benson & Hedges, for many years the leading sponsor of Australian cricket.
Martin Williamson

Alan Turner Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1427176813629.53151650.6513792150
ODIs66024710141.1630979.931025130
FC10519610574415630.88--731--800
List A2121062410129.71--12--40

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests14------------
ODIs6------------
FC105-161011/6-10.003.7516.0-00
List A21-000-----000
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Debut/Last Matches of Alan Turner

Recent Matches of Alan Turner

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
NSW vs West Aust321-Jan-1978PerthList A
NSW vs Queensland33 & 013-Jan-1978BrisbaneFC
NSW vs Victoria21 & 1923-Dec-1977MelbourneFC
NSW vs Queensland39 & 3810-Dec-1977SydneyFC
NSW vs Victoria33 & 2426-Nov-1977SydneyFC

Photos of Alan Turner

Alan Turner at home with daughter Danielle and dog Sheba
Ian Chappell's 1975 Australia squad to England
Alan Turner bats during the 1975 World Cup final
Alan Turner hits a six