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Full name John Chaloner Alabaster
Born July 11, 1930, Invercargill, Southland
Current age 78 years 89 days
Major teams New Zealand,Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Relations Brother - GD Alabaster
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
34
6
272
34
9.71
0
0
0
7
0
First-class
143
212
30
2427
82
13.33
0
5
94
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
32
3992
1863
49
4/46
8/180
38.02
2.80
81.4
4
0
0
First-class
143
30140
12687
500
7/41
25.37
2.52
60.2
25
4
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi, Oct 13-17, 1955 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v New Zealand at Port of Spain, Mar 9-14, 1972 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1955/56 - 1971/72
Profile
A legbreak bowler, the best New Zealand have produced, and an occasionally useful batsman, Jack Alabaster toured India and Pakistan in 1955-56, England in 1958, South Africa in 1961-62 ... and West Indies in 1971-72. He reached his peak in South Africa, where, in all first-class matches, he took 86 wickets, more than anyone else, and scored 296 handy runs as well. And in the five Tests he took 22 wickets, helping New Zealand to square a series for the first time. Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Adapted by Wisden from World Cricketers: A Biographical Dictionary (Oxford, 1996).
