Stephen Boock

New Zealand · SPIN · 1978 to 1987 · on scorecards: SL Boock

BATTING

Matches: 14
Innings: 7
Runs: 30
Average: 10
Strike rate: 96.77
High score: 12
100s / 50s: 0 / 0

BOWLING & FIELDING

Wickets: 15
Average: 34.2
Economy: 4.39
Strike rate: 46.6
Best figures: 3/28
4w / 5w: 0 / 0
Catches / Stumpings: 5 / 0
Run-outs effected: 0

CAREER IN BRIEF

Stephen Boock played 14 ODIs for New Zealand in CricArcade's archive, from 1978 to 1987. The first came against England at North Marine Road Ground, with 1 wicket, and the last against Australia at Sector 16 Stadium in 1987.

The best bowling is 3 for 28 against Sri Lanka at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in 1984. The most wickets came against Sri Lanka: 5 wickets at 15.8 in 3 ODIs. Melbourne Cricket Ground was the most frequent ground, with 3 ODIs and 2 wickets at 40.5.

New Zealand won 6 of the ODIs Stephen Boock played and lost 7.

The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 14 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.

BEST INNINGS

Runs	Balls	Against	Ground	Year	Result
12	8	Australia	Sector 16 Stadium	1987	Lost
8*	8	Sri Lanka	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1984	Won
7*	8	India	M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1987	Lost
2	3	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1980	Lost
1*	3	West Indies	Eden Park	1987	Lost

BEST BOWLING

Figures	Overs	Against	Ground	Year	Result
3/28	9	Sri Lanka	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	1984	Won
2/30	10	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1980	Lost
2/42	8.4	Zimbabwe	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	1987	Won
2/43	10	Zimbabwe	Eden Gardens	1987	Won
1/22	9	Sri Lanka	P Saravanamuttu Stadium	1984	Won

RECORD BY OPPONENT

Against	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Australia	3	14	7.00	0/0	2	37.50
India	3	7	7.00	0/0	1	132.00
Sri Lanka	3	8	–	0/0	5	15.80
England	2	0	–	0/0	2	48.50
Zimbabwe	2	0	–	0/0	4	21.25
West Indies	1	1	–	0/0	1	45.00

HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL

Where	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	2	1	–	0/0	2	42.50
Away	7	17	17.00	0/0	8	24.00
Neutral	5	12	6.00	0/0	5	47.20

BY DECADE

Decade	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
1970s	1	0	–	0/0	1	57.00
1980s	13	30	10.00	0/0	14	32.57

GROUNDS

Ground	ODIs	Runs	Avg	100/50	Wkts	Bowl avg
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	2.00	0/0	2	40.50
P Saravanamuttu Stadium	2	8	–	0/0	2	25.50
Eden Park	2	1	–	0/0	2	42.50
Sector 16 Stadium	1	12	12.00	0/0	0	–
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1	7	–	0/0	0	–
North Marine Road Ground	1	0	–	0/0	1	57.00

FIRST AND LAST

Debut: v England, 1978 at North Marine Road Ground
Latest in the archive: v Australia, 1987 at Sector 16 Stadium

PLAYER DETAILS

Born: 20 September 1951
Batting: Right-hand bat
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Balls faced (career): 31
Ducks: 1
Four-wicket hauls: 0

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