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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 199) | 13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 13 January 1996 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994/95–2002/03 | Central Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
International career
Batting in the first innings of his only Test, against Zimbabwe, Loveridge fractured a knuckle and was unable to bowl. 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.
After cricket
He is now the general manager of New Zealand property company Robert Jones Holdings.
Loveridge has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Cambridge University and a master's in history from Massey University, completed in 2003.
References
- Greg Loveridge, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 April 2022. (subscription required)
- A fairytale beginning, CricInfo. Accessed 15 January 2011.
- Sengupta, Arunabha (12 July 2013). "Sanjay Manjrekar: The blade of his bat was the face of perfection". Cricket Country. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Coverdale, Brydon. "The legspinner who never bowled". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- "Our People | Robt. Jones Holdings Limited". rjholdings.co.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
- 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.
- "LOVERIDGE, Greg". NBR | The Authority since 1970. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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- Alumni of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
- Central Districts cricketers
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- New Zealand businesspeople
- British Universities cricketers
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