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Full name Warren Kenneth Lees
Born March 19, 1952, Dunedin, Otago
Current age 56 years 209 days
Major teams New Zealand,Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
37
4
778
152
23.57
1
1
5
52
7
ODIs
31
24
5
215
26
11.31
307
70.03
0
0
4
28
2
First-class
146
243
43
4932
152
24.66
5
18
304
44
List A
81
73
16
1071
73*
18.78
0
4
82
10
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
1
5
4
0
-
-
-
4.80
-
0
0
0
ODIs
31
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
146
247
109
2
1/34
54.50
2.64
123.5
0
0
List A
81
1
1
0
-
-
-
6.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore, Oct 9-13, 1976 scorecard
Last Test
England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Aug 25-29, 1983 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Nottingham, Jun 9, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Pakistan at Nottingham, Jun 20, 1983 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1970/71 - 1987/88
List A span
1971/72 - 1987/88
Profile
Warren Lees followed Ken Wadsworth into the New Zealand side and soon proved himself a capable wicketkeeper-batsman. In only his third Test, against Pakistan at Karachi in 1976-77, he made 152 at a time new Zealand were in deep trouble and followed with 46 in the second innings to save the match. He was very unfortunate to be left out of the tour of England in 1978, arguably being a better wicketkeeper and batsman than Jock Edwards, his replacement, who was described by one journalists as the worst wicketkeeper he had ever seen! He returned to England the following year as part the New Zealand side which reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, but the emergence of Ian Smith meant that this opportunities thereafter were limited. In 1982-83 he took five catches in an innings and eight in the match against Sri Lanka at Wellington, and played his final Tests on the 1983 tour of England. He returned to coach New Zealand between 1990 and 1993.
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