Blake Coburn

Blake Peter Coburn (born 25 December 1995) is a New Zealand cricketer.[1] He played for Canterbury from 2017–18 to 2022–23.[2]

Blake Coburn
Personal information
Full name
Blake Peter Coburn
Born (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist-spin
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–18 to 2022–23Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 8 9 17
Runs scored 50 42 44
Batting average 5.55 8.40 14.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 17 15* 12*
Balls bowled 880 377 294
Wickets 16 10 11
Bowling average 33.06 38.20 37.18
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 7/64 2/25 4/17
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2023

Coburn was born in Christchurch and educated there at Shirley Boys' High School.[2] A left-arm wrist-spin bowler, he has an unusual bowling action: his torso rotates downward and his head gets below the horizontal when releasing the ball.[3]

Coburn made his first-class debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 23 October 2017.[4] In November 2017, in his second match, he took 7 for 64 in the second innings to lead Canterbury to victory over Northern Districts by 8 runs.[5][6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 17 December 2017.[7]

He made his List A debut for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 7 November 2018.[8] After some time out of the Canterbury team, he was awarded a contract for the 2022–23 season.[3]

Coburn announced his retirement from professional cricket in June 2023, aged 27.[9]

References
  1. "Blake Coburn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. "Blake Coburn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. "Coburn earns comeback contract". Voxy. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. "Plunket Shield at Christchurch, Oct 23-26 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. "Young spinner Coburn delivers for Canterbury in thrilling Plunket Shield win". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. "Rangiora, October 30 - November 02, 2017, Plunket Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. "5th Match, Super Smash at Nelson, Dec 17 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. "The Ford Trophy at Dunedin, Nov 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  9. "Rarity Blake Coburn announces retirement". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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