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Full name Ross Edwards
Born December 1, 1942, Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 65 years 236 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Western Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
20
32
3
1171
170*
40.37
2
9
104
1
7
0
ODIs
9
8
1
255
80*
36.42
349
73.06
0
3
22
0
0
0
First-class
126
212
25
7345
170*
39.27
14
42
111
11
List A
30
26
6
550
80*
27.50
0
3
14
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
20
1
12
20
0
-
-
-
10.00
-
0
0
0
ODIs
9
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
126
84
75
1
1/24
75.00
5.35
84.0
0
0
List A
30
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1972 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 28-Sep 3, 1975 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 21, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1964/65 - 1979/80
List A span
1969/70 - 1979/80
Profile
Ross Edwards was a dependable middle-order batsman and a brilliant cover fielder (although he started as a wicketkeeper) who improved with age and was 29 when he was picked for his first overseas tour , to England in 1972. In his second Test at Nottingham he opened the innings in an emergency and hammered an unbeaten 170. Australia might have thought they had found a new opener, a pair in the next Test resulted in Edwards returning to his more familiar middle-order role. After another solid home series against Pakistan, he toured West Indies as the reserve wicketkeeper, but a poor series meant he was out of the side until recalled against England in 1974-75, hitting his second hundred at Perth. He toured England in 1975, top-scoring with 58 in the World Cup final defeat by West Indies, and in the Tests series which followed he made 99 in a crisis at Lord's, but didn't play for Australia again after that series. In 1977 he joined World Series Cricket, ending his career in 1979-80. An accountant by trade, he moved to England where he continues to play club cricket.
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