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Full name Keith Raymond Stackpole
Born July 10, 1940, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 68 years 10 days
Major teams Australia,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
43
80
5
2807
207
37.42
7
14
10
47
0
ODIs
6
6
0
224
61
37.33
387
57.88
0
3
28
0
1
0
First-class
167
279
22
10100
207
39.29
22
50
166
0
List A
16
16
1
522
69
34.80
0
5
8
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
43
40
2321
1001
15
2/33
2/57
66.73
2.58
154.7
0
0
0
ODIs
6
2
77
54
3
3/40
3/40
18.00
4.20
25.6
0
0
0
First-class
167
11337
5814
148
5/38
39.28
3.07
76.6
2
0
List A
16
240
175
10
3/14
3/14
17.50
4.37
24.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 28-Feb 1, 1966 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 22-24, 1974 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Mar 31, 1974 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1959/60 - 1973/74
List A span
1970/71 - 1973/74
Profile
A red-faced, red-blooded batsman who followed his father into Victoria's Sheffield Shield team, Keith Stackpole was initially drafted by his country as an middle-order batsman who bowled legbreaks, but found his métier when co-opted as an opener by his captain Bill Lawry. Bowlers griped about his good fortune - and his highest Test score of 207 followed a narrow run-out squeak at 18 - but Stackpole belaboured the ball so brutally that he could count on his share of missed chances. Nettled by his failure to make the 1968 Ashes tour, he batted with poise and purpose as Ian Chappell's deputy in England in 1972, and headed the Test averages. Now hits hard as a radio commentator.
Gideon Haigh
