Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Matthew Horne retires
The Black Caps website is reporting that Matthew Horne has announced his retirement. Horne is a batsman that Mark Richardson feels should have spent more time at the top. And Mark Richardson isn't the only one to think that way. Horne played 35 tests as an opener and while his average of 28.38 is not that impressive, it is better than many of those who followed him and probably more reflects the lack of faith placed in him by the selectors than his ability. Horne's final first-class average was over 40 and few batsmen have scored as many runs for one province as he scored for Auckland. He scored a test hundred against England at Lords and he 133 against Australia at Bellerive Oval. Not even Mark Richardson managed centuries against both opponents - in fact you have to go back to John Wright to find another New Zealand opener who has.
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commiserations to NZC and hat tip to horne.
bryan young and matt horne--old school openers streets ahead of the young upstarts that the grave digger digs out these days.
averaging 28 isnt all that bad, in an era of pomp for ambi, walsh, 2Ws, donald, pollock, mcgrath,goughie, gillesppie etc.
mike atherton finished with arounf 38 me thinks. (compare that to jaywardene etc averaging 47-48, shite)
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