Jeremy Coney

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	Tests	ODIs
Jeremy Coney New Zealand (NZ)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
Matches	52	88
Runs scored	2668	1874
Batting average	37.57	30.72
100s/50s	3/16	-/8
Top score	174*	66*
Balls bowled	2835	2931
Wickets	27	54
Bowling average	35.77	37.75
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	3/28	4/46
Catches/stumpings	64/-	40/-
As of 4 February 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Jeremy Vernon Coney (born 21 June 1952 in Wellington) was a New Zealand cricketer, who played 52 Test matches and 88 ODIs for New Zealand, captaining them in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs. He was one of New Zealand's most successful batsmen, at least by average, and he made 16 fifties, but centuries often eluded him and he had to wait nine years to make his first - by that time, he had turned 31. He only lost one Test series as captain, against Pakistan away, and he became Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1984. Coney was the captain who in 1986, after the England wicket keeper Bruce French was injured by a Hadlee bouncer, allowed Bob Taylor to leave the sponsor's tent and play as a substitute. It was one of the great sporting gestures of all time. New Zealand won that series with the bowling of Hadlee only slightly more potent than the captaincy of Coney. His medium-pace bowling was often used in ODIs, where it yielded 54 wickets, including four for 46 against Sri Lanka. He now works as a commentator.