His dour temperament and near-impregnable defence made John Wright one of the most reliable New Zealand batsmen, though his limited strokeplay meant he was overshadowed by Martin Crowe for a decade.
Wright was the first New Zealand batsman to score 4,000 Test runs, and scored Test hundreds against every opposition (barring South Africa and Zimbabwe, who he never played against). Unfortunately, only two of his 12 hundreds came away from home.
He also led New Zealand to three Test victories (including one on Indian soil) and played crucial roles in each of them. His career-best of 185 came when he led his side to victory against India at Christchurch. He also scored 117 not out, again as captain, as New Zealand chased down 181 against Australia at Wellington in 1989-90 to win the one-off Test series.
Following retirement Wright went into coaching, starting with Kent before taking up the unenviable job of being the first foreign coach of India. His partnership with Sourav Ganguly, the then Indian captain, put India on the way to ascent in the early 2000s and taking them to World Cup final 2003. He also coached the ICC World XI during the Super Series against Australia in 2005.
He also coached New Zealand when they made it to the semifinal in World Cup 2011 and during their first Test win against Australia after 18 years. Incidentally, their last win against Australia before the Test was also Wright’s last.
Abhishek Mukherjee
Career | M | In | R | NO | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
Test | 82 | 148 | 5334 | 7 | 185 | 37.82 | 14614 | 36.49 | 12 | 23 | 631 | 9 | 38 | 0 |
ODIs | 149 | 148 | 3891 | 1 | 101 | 26.46 | 6771 | 57.46 | 1 | 24 | 368 | 13 | 51 | 0 |
T20s | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
World Cup | 18 | 18 | 493 | 0 | 69 | 27.38 | 829 | 59.46 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Career | M | B | R | W | Avg | EC | SR | 5WI | 10WM | BBI | BBM |
Test | 82 | 30 | 5 | 0 | -- | 1.000 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
ODIs | 149 | 24 | 8 | 0 | -- | 2.000 | -- | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
T20s | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
World Cup | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0/0 |
Test Debut
New Zealand v England at Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 10, 1978
Last Test
New Zealand v Australia at Eden Park, Auckland, March 12, 1993
ODI Debut
England v New Zealand at North Marine Road, Scarborough, July 15, 1978
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at P Sara Oval, Colombo, December 12, 1992
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Wright played 82 Tests and 149 ODIs between 1978 and 1993, scoring a combined 9225 runs.
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Latham is only behind John Wright in terms of runs and hundreds by a New Zealand opener.
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The former India coach made Laxman realise his decision to not follow instructions added to defeat in the West Indies.
Latham is only behind John Wright in terms of runs and hundreds by a New Zealand opener.
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India reached the final of ICC World Cup 2003 under John Wright, and won the tournament in 2011 under Gary Kirsten.
Lehmann, Flower, Kirsten, Flecther; surprising proportion of modern-day coaches who are left-handed.
Bedi has delved into his vast stores of recollections to criticise Dhoni and Fletcher.
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