Ken Wadsworth

New Zealand|Wicketkeeper Batter
Ken Wadsworth
INTL CAREER: 1969 - 1976
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Full Name

Kenneth John Wadsworth

Born

November 30, 1946, Nelson, Nelson

Died

August 19, 1976, Nelson, Nelson, (aged 29y 263d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Wisden obituary
Kenneth John Wadsworth, died in Nelson, New Zealand, on August 19, aged 29. He had been New Zealand's regular keeper since 1969, playing in thirty-three Tests, the last of them against India at Wellington in February 1976: in these he dismissed 95 batsmen and made over a thousand runs. He toured England in 1969 and 1973. As a keeper, he was always brilliant and as time went on became more consistent: perhaps even when he died he had not reached his best. He was primarily an aggressive bat, whose impetuosity often cost him his wicket, but he could defend doggedly enough when the situation demanded. His highest Test innings was 80 against Australia at Melbourne in 1974: in the same season he made a century against them in the one-day Test at Christchurch.

At Kingston, Jamaica, in 1972, coming in to join Turner at 108 for five, he helped to put on 220, still* a New Zealand Test record for the sixth wicket. Above all he was a determined cricketer who loved winning, meant to win and was sure he could, and who equally hated losing. His outlook was more typical of an Australian or a Yorkshireman than a New Zealander and this made proportionately more valuable to his side, who found his courage and confidence an inspiration. His early death is a tragic loss not only to New Zealand Cricket but to world cricket in general.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack *First broken a decade after Wadsworth's death, in 1986-87, by Jeff Crowe and Richard Hadlee, who put on an unbroken 246 against Sri Lanka at Colombo's CCC

Ken Wadsworth Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests3351410108021.48--051924
ODIs1310125810428.6633477.2410-132
FC11816623366411725.62--2--26526
List A3023360310430.15--12-396

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests33------------
ODIs13------------
FC118-16100---3.75-000
List A30-000-----000
Ken Wadsworth portrait

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Debut/Last Matches of Ken Wadsworth

Recent Matches of Ken Wadsworth

MatchBatWktDateGroundFormat
New Zealand vs India46*0c/1s22-Feb-1976AucklandODI # 36
New Zealand vs India--2c/0s21-Feb-1976ChristchurchODI # 35
New Zealand vs India103c/0s & 1c/0s13-Feb-1976WellingtonTest # 772
New Zealand vs India292c/0s & 4c/0s05-Feb-1976ChristchurchTest # 771
New Zealand vs India41 & 191c/0s & 0c/0s24-Jan-1976AucklandTest # 769

Photos of Ken Wadsworth

Ken Wadsworth
Ken Wadsworth just fails to cling on to a Geoff Boycott edge
Dennis Amiss on his way to 138 against New Zealand in 1973 with Ken Wadsworth keeping