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Full name Brian Dunning
Born March 20, 1940, Warkworth, Auckland
Died February 16, 2008, Whangarei Hospital, Northland (aged 67 years 333 days)
Major teams New Zealand,Northern Districts
Nickname Dunno
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
Ct
St
First-class
83
150
10
3929
142
28.06
3
22
58
0
List A
15
11
0
319
80
29.00
0
3
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
83
1804
51
5/37
35.37
1
0
List A
15
485
302
8
2/26
2/26
37.75
3.73
60.6
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class span
1961/62 - 1977/78
List A span
1971/72 - 1980/81
Profile
Brian Dunning played for Northern Districts for 17 seasons as a top-order batsman, and although he made only three hundreds in 82 appearances for them, as a hard-hitting player he was an ever present. His best season was 1972-73 when he made 451 runs at 41.00 and was in the New Zealand side that won Australia's Coca-Cola Knockout Cup. After retiring as a player he continued as a selector and coach. For Northlands province he made his debut at 19 and played 159 times for the province scoring 7164 runs, including 18 centuries, and holding 93 catches - all Northland cricket records - before retiring at age 49. He also represented the province at hockey.
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