deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country fivefor batting name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
60 245 2 8 / - 45 / - 1963 - - right-arm bowler new zealand - - right-hand bat barry sinclair 1968 tests first-class true 23 february http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38390.html cricinfo 23 february 1148 6114 1963 2 2 7 march 3/3 6/38 21 118 barry sinclair

barry sinclair

barry whitley sinclair -lrb- born 23 october 1936 , wellington -rrb- is a former new zealand cricketer who played 21 test matches as a specialist batsman from 1962-63 to 1967-68 .
sinclair scored three of his six first-class centuries in tests , yet never played in a winning test side .
he captained new zealand in three tests -lrb- the second and third tests against england in 1965-66 , and the first test against india in 1967-68 -rrb- and also in the four-match series against the visiting australian team in 1966-67 and on the brief tour to australia in 1967-68 .
his highest test score was 138 against south africa in auckland in 1963-64 , made in 345 minutes out of a team total of only 263 .
it was the only century by either side in the three-test series , and was at the time the highest test score by a new zealander in new zealand .
he took two test wickets in ten overs , both against pakistan in lahore in 1964-65 .
he played for wellington from 1955-56 to 1970-71 .
his first century came against northern districts in 1963-64 , when he made 102 not out , out of a team total of 138 for 5 , to take wellington to a five-wicket victory almost single-handedly .
his highest first-class score was 148 , captaining wellington against the australians in 1966-67 , out of a total of 365 for 7 on the first day .
christopher martin-jenkins described him thus : `` fair-haired and one of the smallest cricketers ever to appear new zealand , barry sinclair was a sound and often fluent right-handed batsman with an indomitable spirit and an excellent field at cover . ''
in 2010 he was made the inaugural patron of the new zealand cricket players ' association .
