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Full name Gary John Crocker
Born May 16, 1962, Bulawayo
Current age 46 years 150 days
Major teams Zimbabwe,Mashonaland Country Districts
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm medium-fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
3
4
1
69
33
23.00
178
38.76
0
0
5
1
0
0
ODIs
6
5
1
98
50
24.50
105
93.33
0
1
7
2
1
0
First-class
11
17
6
245
62*
22.27
0
1
2
0
List A
7
6
1
104
50
20.80
0
1
1
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
3
5
456
217
3
2/65
2/89
72.33
2.85
152.0
0
0
0
ODIs
6
6
238
208
7
4/26
4/26
29.71
5.24
34.0
1
0
0
First-class
11
1486
708
14
6/84
50.57
2.85
106.1
1
0
List A
7
298
226
10
4/26
4/26
22.60
4.55
29.8
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 18-22, 1992 scorecard
Last Test
Zimbabwe v New Zealand at Harare, Nov 7-12, 1992 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Oct 25, 1992 scorecard
Gary Crocker was a tall, rangy, left-handed all-rounder with a fine temperament, who may well have failed to make a mark on international cricket but for a (for Gary) fortuitous injury to Ali Shah on the eve of Zimbabwe's inaugural Test match. Living in Bulawayo, he was captain of Matabeleland but at the age of 30 had never represented the full national side when he received an emergency call late at night and made an overnight car journey of 440 kilometres to take his place in Harare the following morning. His Test record was not spectacular, but he had a memorable ODI debut with a fifty and four wickets against India. Unfortunately the following season he made a business move to Kadoma, where he lacked good practice facilities, lost form and was never included contention again. He now lives in the USA. He was also a superb baseball player. John Ward
