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South African cricketer

Kim Elgie
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut8 December 1961 v New Zealand
Last Test1 January 1962 v New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 3 32
Runs scored 75 1,834
Batting average 12.50 36.67
100s/50s 0/1 3/13
Top score 56 162*
Balls bowled 66 760
Wickets 0 10
Bowling average 40.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/16
Catches/stumpings 4/– 25/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 December 2020

Michael Kelsey "Kim" Elgie (born 6 March 1933) is a former South African cricketer who played in three Test matches in the 1961–62 series against New Zealand. He was also a rugby union footballer, who played for Scotland eight times as a centre while he was studying at the University of St Andrews in the 1950s.

Elgie was educated at Michaelhouse before attending university in the United Kingdom. He hit his top first-class score of 162 not out for Natal against Border in the 1959–60 season in a match in which 38 wickets fell for 418 runs.

See also

References

  1. Brooke, Robert (1985). The Collins Who's Who of English First-Class Cricket, 1945-1984. London: Collins. p. 82. ISBN 0002180960.
  2. Andrew Ward, Cricket's Strangest Matches, Robson, 1999, pp. 186–88.
  3. "Border v Natal 1959-60". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2024.

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