Robert Kennedy (cricketer)

Robert Kennedy
Personal information
Full name
Robert John Kennedy
Born (1972-06-03) 3 June 1972
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 198)13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Last Test27 April 1996 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 97)31 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI6 December 1996 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1993/94–1997/98Otago
1998/99–1999/00Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 4 7 38 46
Runs scored 28 17 306 126
Batting average 7.00 17.00 9.00 9.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 22 8* 31 20*
Balls bowled 636 312 5,772 2,427
Wickets 6 5 91 58
Bowling average 63.33 56.60 31.02 32.67
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/28 2/36 6/61 4/29
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 14/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Robert John Kennedy (born 3 June 1972) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played in four Test matches and seven One Day Internationals for New Zealand in 1996.

Biography

Kennedy was born at Dunedin in 1972 and was educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[1] In late-1991 he was invited to a clinic at the Lifespan New Zealand Cricket Academy for bowling coaching and development alongside other promising players aged from 16 to 19 years.[2] He attended the same event in 1992.[3] After playing age-group cricket for the province, he made his senior representative debut for Otago during the 1993–94 season.[4]

A tall fast bowler, Kennedy's ability to "bowl line and length" and to get the ball to move both into and away from the batsman saw him selected for New Zealand Academy matches during the 1995–96 season and he was selected for the Test team to play against the touring Zimbabweans in January 1996.[5] His best international figures of 3/28 came on Test debut, and although he was selected in the 1996 Cricket World Cup squad,[5] Wisden considered that he "seemed out of his depth for much of the international season".[6] He toured the West Indies with New Zealand later in the year, playing in both of the Test matches on the tour, and played in two of the three ODIs on the tour of Pakistan at the end of the year, but fell out of the side and made all 11 of his international appearances during 1996.[5]

Kennedy moved to play for Wellington ahead of the 1998–99 season, playing in the capital for two seasons.[4] He missed the next two first-class seasons because of a shoulder injury. He continued playing as a batsman in club cricket for Upper Hutt. When the injury passed he was earmarked by Wellington coach Vaughn Johnson as a candidate to fill the death overs bowling role after Paul Hitchcock suffered an injury ahead of the 2002-03 season.[7] He did not play any matches that season and subsequently "drifted out of the game".[5]

References

  1. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 75. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  2. ^ "Clinic for fast bowlers". The Press. 17 October 1991. p. 39.
  3. ^ Doyle, Jim (12 November 1992). "Year's final clinic for promising cricketers". The Press. p. 23.
  4. ^ a b Robert Kennedy, CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2023. (subscription required)
  5. ^ a b c d Cameron D (nd)Robert Kennedy, CricInfo. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  6. ^ New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hamilton, January 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  7. ^ Millmow, Jonathan (22 July 2002). "Kennedy ready to return and shoulder the burden". Dominion Post. p. D2.
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