Lindsay Sparks

Lindsay Sparks
Personal information
Full name
Lindsay Charles Sparks
Born (1944-12-05) 5 December 1944 (age 79)
Waikari, Canterbury, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 9 2
Runs scored 109 –
Batting average 10.90 –
100s/50s 0/0 –
Top score 21 –
Balls bowled 1,110 101
Wickets 18 1
Bowling average 24.72 85.00
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 6/46 1/44
Catches/stumpings 4/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 April 2009

Lindsay Charles Sparks (born 5 December 1944) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts and Auckland in the late 1960s and 1970s.

After several successful matches for Marlborough in the Hawke Cup,[1] including seven wickets in the match in January 1968 in which Marlborough gained the Cup for the first time,[2] Sparks made his first-class debut for Central Districts against the touring Indians in February 1968, taking 4/63 in what was nevertheless an innings defeat.[3] He was to beat this return only once, when claiming 6/46 against Canterbury in January 1970.[4]

Sparks' last two games in senior cricket were the only List A matches in which he appeared. In March 1971 he played against MCC at Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North, taking the wicket of John Edrich.[5] After a gap of more than six years, in November 1977 he made a solitary appearance for Auckland against Wellington in the Gillette Cup, and though Auckland won handsomely Sparks' own contribution was slight: his six overs went for 41 and he did not bat or take a catch.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Other matches played by Lindsay Sparks". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Hutt Valley v Marlborough 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Central Districts v Indians in 1967/68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Central Districts v Canterbury 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Central Districts v Marylebone Cricket Club in 1970/71". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Auckland v Wellington in 1977/78". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 April 2009.