A left-handed opening batsman, Ken Eastwood played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1959–60 to 1971–72. In 1969–70, when Victoria won the Sheffield Shield, he was their leading batsman, with 584 runs at an average of 41.71.[1] In the 1970-71 Sheffield Shield, he scored 737 runs at an average of 122.83, with three centuries and a top score of 221.[2]
Eastwood replaced Bill Lawry in the Test team for the final match of the series against England in 1970-71, although Lawry had been the Test captain since 1968. Eastwood failed with the bat, scoring five and a duck, but took one wicket, that of Keith Fletcher, with his left-arm unorthodox spin.
In a booklet about Eastwood produced by the Australian Cricket Society, it was revealed that although Eastwood played only one Test, he ended up with two caps. He was given two caps to try for size, and no one ever asked him to return the unused one.[3]
eastwood, kenneth, humphrey, eastwood, born, november, 1935, former, australian, cricketer, played, test, 1971, personal, informationfull, namekenneth, humphrey, eastwoodborn, 1935, november, 1935, chatswood, south, wales, australiabattingleft, handedbowlingsl. Kenneth Humphrey Eastwood born 23 November 1935 is a former Australian cricketer who played one Test in 1971 Ken EastwoodPersonal informationFull nameKenneth Humphrey EastwoodBorn 1935 11 23 23 November 1935 age 88 Chatswood New South Wales AustraliaBattingLeft handedBowlingSlow left arm wrist spinInternational informationNational sideAustraliaOnly Test cap 256 12 February 1971 v EnglandDomestic team informationYearsTeam1959 60 1971 72VictoriaCareer statisticsCompetition Test FC LAMatches 1 42 4Runs scored 5 2 722 139Batting average 2 50 41 87 34 75100s 50s 0 0 9 8 0 1Top score 5 221 69Balls bowled 40 616 0Wickets 1 6 Bowling average 21 00 63 83 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1 21 1 10 Catches stumpings 0 27 2 Source Cricinfo 15 July 2020A left handed opening batsman Ken Eastwood played first class cricket for Victoria from 1959 60 to 1971 72 In 1969 70 when Victoria won the Sheffield Shield he was their leading batsman with 584 runs at an average of 41 71 1 In the 1970 71 Sheffield Shield he scored 737 runs at an average of 122 83 with three centuries and a top score of 221 2 Eastwood replaced Bill Lawry in the Test team for the final match of the series against England in 1970 71 although Lawry had been the Test captain since 1968 Eastwood failed with the bat scoring five and a duck but took one wicket that of Keith Fletcher with his left arm unorthodox spin In a booklet about Eastwood produced by the Australian Cricket Society it was revealed that although Eastwood played only one Test he ended up with two caps He was given two caps to try for size and no one ever asked him to return the unused one 3 See also editOne Test WonderReferences edit Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 1969 70 CricketArchive Retrieved 11 June 2019 Batting and Fielding in Sheffield Shield 1970 71 CricketArchive Retrieved 4 November 2018 David Jenkins Ken Eastwood One and Only Australian Cricket Society Sydney 2008 External links editKen Eastwood at ESPNcricinfo One Test Two Caps by Brydon Coverdale nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian cricket person born in the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Eastwood amp oldid 1163493513, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
