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Full name Brian William Luckhurst
Born February 5, 1939, Sittingbourne, Kent
Died March 1, 2005, Kent (aged 66 years 24 days)
Major teams England,Kent
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
21
41
5
1298
131
36.05
3633
35.72
4
5
136
1
14
0
ODIs
3
3
0
15
14
5.00
69
21.73
0
0
1
0
0
0
First-class
389
662
77
22303
215
38.12
48
115
391
0
List A
153
151
16
5485
142
40.62
7
39
62
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
21
4
57
32
1
1/9
1/9
32.00
3.36
57.0
0
0
0
ODIs
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
389
5643
2744
64
4/32
42.87
2.91
88.1
0
0
List A
153
266
183
8
3/22
3/22
22.87
4.12
33.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 27-Dec 2, 1970 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v England at Perth, Dec 13-17, 1974 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 1, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v England at Wellington, Mar 9, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1958 - 1985
List A span
1963 - 1976
Profile
Obituary
Brian Luckhurst shrewdly worked out what he could and could not do, and would have had an even better Test average if the selectors had assessed his ability as thoroughly. He was robbed of one tour he should have made - to India and Pakistan in 1972-73 - where his quick-footedness against spin and reliable close catching would have been invaluable, and chosen for one (Australia 1974-75) for which, aged 35, he was ill-suited. He was overwhelmed by Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, and was never picked again. A well-built, square-shouldered figure always immaculately turned out, his most productive stroke was the square-cut, which he hit with crippling force, while his prime asset was unblinking concentration. He died in March 2005, aged 66, after suffering from cancer of the oesophagus. John Thicknesse
