Chris Kuggeleijn
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Full name | Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 May 1956 Auckland, New Zealand | (age 65)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | SC Kuggeleijn (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 167) | 12 November 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 2 December 1988 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 61) | 9 March 1988 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 March 1989 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1976–1991 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017 |
Christopher Mary Kuggeleijn (born 10 May 1956) is a retired former New Zealand cricketer. He played two Tests in 1988-89 and 16 One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1988 and 1989. He played domestic cricket for Northern Districts and also played for Hamilton in the Hawke Cup.
Kuggeleijn is of Dutch extraction, which accounts for his unusual middle name of Mary. Kuggeleijn's son Scott also plays for New Zealand, as well as Northern Districts in the Plunket Shield.
International career[]
His biggest contribution came in just the third over of his Test debut at Bangalore, when he took the catch (India's Arun Lal) that gave Richard Hadlee the record number of Test wickets (374) at the time.[1] In those days he was popularly known as "Sledge Hammer", due to his facial resemblance to the actor David Rasche, who played the title character in the US television series Sledge Hammer!.
After cricket[]
He later coached Northern Districts and the Hamilton Boys' High School 1st XI which, under his tutelage was national champion twice.
References[]
- ^ "'Is it me you're looking for?'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- New Zealand One Day International cricketers
- New Zealand Test cricketers
- New Zealand cricketers
- Northern Districts cricketers
- New Zealand people of Dutch descent
- New Zealand cricket coaches
- New Zealand cricket biography, 1950s birth stubs