Greg Loveridge

Greg Loveridge

Personal information
Full name	Greg Riaka Loveridge
Born	(1975-01-15) 15 January 1975 (age 49) Palmerston North, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-spin
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 199)	13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Last Test	13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1994/95–2002/03	Central Districts
1998–1999	Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 1 29 25 Runs scored 4 935 326 Batting average – 23.37 17.15 100s/50s 0/0 1/2 0/2 Top score 4* 126 54 Balls bowled – 4,267 811 Wickets – 46 21 Bowling average – 53.23 29.00 5 wickets in innings – 1 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 Best bowling – 5/59 4/25 Catches/stumpings 0/– 17/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 April 2017

Greg Riaka Loveridge (born 15 January 1975) is a former cricketer who played one Test match for New Zealand in 1996.

Born in Palmerston North, Loveridge represented Central Districts in New Zealand's domestic competitions, as well as playing for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup and in England for Cambridge University.^[1]

International career

Batting in the first innings of his only Test, against Zimbabwe, Loveridge fractured a knuckle and was unable to bowl.^[2] Loveridge became only the sixth batsman, after Charles Bannerman, Talat Ali, Ewen Chatfield, Andy Lloyd and Sanjay Manjrekar, to retire hurt in his debut Test.^[3]

After cricket

He is now the general manager of New Zealand property company Robert Jones Holdings.^[4]

Loveridge has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Cambridge University and a master's in history from Massey University, completed in 2003.^[5][6][7]

References

1. Greg Loveridge, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 April 2022. (subscription required)
2. A fairytale beginning, CricInfo. Accessed 15 January 2011.
3. Sengupta, Arunabha (12 July 2013). "Sanjay Manjrekar: The blade of his bat was the face of perfection". Cricket Country. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
4. Coverdale, Brydon. "The legspinner who never bowled". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
5. "Our People | Robt. Jones Holdings Limited". rjholdings.co.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
6. Loveridge, Greg (2003). The Gilfillan killings : narrative, marginality and the strangeness of the colonial past (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/6228.
7. "LOVERIDGE, Greg". NBR | The Authority since 1970. Retrieved 9 April 2023.

External links

• Greg Loveridge at ESPNcricinfo