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Full name John Trevor Sparling
Born July 24, 1938, Mount Eden, Auckland
Current age 70 years 35 days
Major teams New Zealand,Auckland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
11
20
2
229
50
12.72
0
1
0
3
0
First-class
127
215
26
4606
105
24.37
2
27
86
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
11
10
708
327
5
1/9
1/9
65.40
2.77
141.6
0
0
0
First-class
127
7223
318
7/49
22.71
17
3
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 3-8, 1958 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v South Africa at Dunedin, Feb 28-Mar 3, 1964 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1956/57 - 1970/71
Profile
John Sparling was a fair-haired allrounder, a solid right-hand batsman, capable offspinner and good fielder. In 1958 in England he scored 513 runs and took 38 wickets, forcing his way into the Tests side where he never really made his mark. He scored a dour 50 in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on his 20th birthday, but that was as good as it got, and his international career was over by the time he was 25. He continued to play domestic cricket until 1971.
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