Chris Pringle

Christopher Pringle (born 26 January 1968) is a New Zealand former cricketer. A medium-fast bowler, he played 14 Tests and 64 One Day Internationals (ODI) for New Zealand between 1990 and 1995. He represented Auckland in the State Championship between 1989 and 1998.

Chris Pringle
Personal information
Born26 January 1968 (1968-01-26) (age 55)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RelationsTim Pringle (son)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 173)10 October 1990 v Pakistan
Last Test18 March 1995 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 69)23 May 1990 v England
Last ODI1 April 1995 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989–1998Auckland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 14 64 63 129
Runs scored 175 193 795 577
Batting average 10.29 8.77 12.82 10.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 34* 47* 38*
Balls bowled 2,985 3,314 12,252 6,612
Wickets 30 103 194 195
Bowling average 46.29 23.87 28.95 23.25
5 wickets in innings 1 1 7 1
10 wickets in match 1 0 2 0
Best bowling 7/52 5/45 7/52 5/45
Catches/stumpings 3/– 7/– 15/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Pringle was in England in 1990 playing cricket in the Bradford Cricket League and had gone to watch an ODI at Headingley, Leeds between England and New Zealand. He asked if there was a spare ticket for the match, and when three other New Zealand bowlers were injured or unwell, he found himself playing in two matches.[1]

International career

Pringle made his Test debut versus Pakistan at Karachi in 1990/91 and in his third test took Test best figures of 11-152, including 7-52 in the first innings. The match and the series was dogged by controversy as both teams were accused of ball tampering. Pringle later admitted that he had used a bottle cap that he'd cut into four quarters to scrape one side of the ball.[2] He appeared intermittently for the Test side, gaining more success in the one-day game. From his seemingly uncoordinated action he was good at bowling yorker length deliveries in the closing overs.

In a 1990 ODI at Hobart versus Australia, Pringle was due to bowl the 50th and final over of the innings with Australia needing two runs to win. He ended up bowling a maiden over with batsman Bruce Reid run out going for the tie. New Zealand won the match by one run.[3]

In 1994, Pringle became the first number 11 batsman in ODI history to top score for his team in an ODI. He scored unbeaten 34 runs in New Zealand's total of 171/9.[4][5]

Later career

He played and coached cricket in the Netherlands. An ankle injury ended his cricketing career in 1998.

References

  1. "The closest Test of all". ESPNcricinfo. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. "Mailey to Murray Mints: Seven ball-tampering confessions". Cricinfo. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  3. "YouTube". Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2016 via YouTube.
  4. "Scorecard – 1994-1995 Wills World Series – 5th Match – New Zealand v West Indies – Guwahati – 01/11/1994". howstat.com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  5. "HowSTAT! ODI Cricket – No 11 Top Scoring". howstat.com. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
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