He played 16 One Day Internationals in the 1980s in Richard Hadlee's team as a wicketkeeper-batsman but he never played in a Test match.
While coaching Canterbury he was twice named Canterbury Coach of the Year by The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust.
Richard Hadlee, MBE (born 1951), former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania
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Players involved in the match included Shane Warne, Stephen Fleming, Tana Umaga, Richard Hadlee, Martin Crowe, other famous former New Zealand cricketers, current All Blacks Richie McCaw and Conrad Smith and actors Russell Crowe, Ian McKellen.