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Ross Edwards (cricketer)

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Ross Edwards
Personal information
Born (1942-12-01) 1 December 1942 (age 81)
Cottesloe, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
RelationsEdmund Edwards (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 259)22 June 1972 v England
Last Test28 August 1975 v England
ODI debut (cap 12)24 August 1972 v England
Last ODI21 June 1975 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964/65–1974/75Western Australia
1979/80New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 20 9 126 30
Runs scored 1,171 255 7,345 550
Batting average 40.37 36.42 39.27 27.50
100s/50s 2/9 0/3 14/42 0/3
Top score 170* 80* 170* 80*
Balls bowled 12 84
Wickets 0 1
Bowling average 75.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/24
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/– 111/11 14/0
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Runner-up 1975 England
Source: CricketArchive, 18 July 2012

Ross Edwards (born 1 December 1942) is a former Australian cricketer. Edwards played in 20 Test matches for Australia, playing against England, West Indies and Pakistan. He also played in nine One Day Internationals. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup. He was a right-handed batsman and superb cover fielder[1] as well as a part-time wicket-keeper.

Edwards was born on 1 December 1942 in Cottesloe, Western Australia.[2] His father, Edmund Edwards, played twice for Western Australia as a wicket-keeper.[3][4]

In the 1971–72 Sheffield Shield season he made four centuries and went to England in 1972 at the age of 29 and got his first chance at Nottingham where he made an unbeaten 170. He made ducks in his next two innings however.[5]

In 1974–75 Edwards scored his second century against England when he hit 115 in the Perth Test match. He made 99 at Lord's in 1975.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "West Indies in Australia, 1975-76". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 1977. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ "Ross Edwards". ESPNcricinfo. 1 January 1943. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Ross Edwards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Edmund Edwards". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  5. ^ Preston, Norman (1973). "Australians in England, 1972". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ Preston, Norman (1976). "England v Australia, Second Test Match". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 9 July 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.
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