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Full name Gary Raymond Stead
Born January 9, 1972, Christchurch, Canterbury
Current age 36 years 240 days
Major teams New Zealand,Canterbury
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relations Father - DW Stead
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
5
8
0
278
78
34.75
671
41.43
0
2
36
0
2
0
First-class
101
165
10
4984
190
32.15
10
24
46
0
List A
103
90
12
2173
101*
27.85
2
10
37
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
5
1
6
1
0
-
-
-
1.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
101
1053
587
9
4/58
65.22
3.34
117.0
0
0
List A
103
48
43
1
1/20
1/20
43.00
5.37
48.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
New Zealand v South Africa at Christchurch, Mar 11-15, 1999 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, Dec 26-29, 1999 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class debut
1991/92
Last First-class
Wellington v Canterbury at Wellington, Mar 26-29, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
1994/95
Last List A
Auckland v Canterbury at Auckland, Jan 7, 2006 scorecard
Profile
An top-order batsman, Gary Stead played five Tests in nine months in 1999, averaging a decent 34.75 and never being dismissed in single figures. Against South Africa he showed his great character, digging in and grinding out runs, but after two mediocre performances against West Indies he was dropped. His call-up had come after eight years of first-class cricket with Canterbury, and he led them for five seaosns from 1998-99 in a period in which they struggled. He later took to coaching, first working with New Zealand Cricket High Performance Centre, before taking over the national women's team in July 2008.
