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
2675 15080 2 3 / - 29 / - 1951 0 3 right-arm fast new zealand 0 12 right-hand bat johnny hayes 1958 tests first-class true 17 march http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37244.html cricinfo 17 march 73 611 1951 30 292 24 july 0/0 0/0 15 78 john hayes -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john hayes -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

john arthur `` johnny '' hayes -lrb- 11 january 1927 -- 25 december 2007 -rrb- was a cricketer who played 15 tests for new zealand .
primarily a fast bowler bowling late away-swingers with a high action , he took 30 wickets in tests .
perhaps his finest moment was taking 11 wickets for the new zealanders against mcc at lord 's in 1958 .
hayes was born in auckland .
outside cricket , he worked for a firm of importers and exporters in auckland .
he made his first-class debut for auckland in december 1946 .
after only two first-class matches , and with the team looking for someone to support the aging jack cowie , he played in a trial match in january 1949 for the new zealand side that toured england that year .
he took five wickets for 73 , and was selected for the tour led by walter hadlee .
he took 26 wickets at a bowling average of 33 before a groin injury in july ruled him out for the remainder of the tour .
nicknamed `` haybag '' , he made his test debut against england at christchurch in march 1951 .
he played against the touring west indies team in 1951 -- 52 , but his job obliged him to miss the tour to south africa in 1953 -- 54 .
he played at home again against the touring english team in 1954 -- 55 , and toured to pakistan and india in 1955 -- 56 .
he missed playing in new zealand 's first test victory , against the west indies at auckland in march 1956 , and played his last four tests on the tour to england in 1958 , ending his test career in the 4th test at old trafford .
he was never on the winning side in a test match .
hayes was `` new zealand cricket almanack '' 's player of the year in 1958 .
he played his last first-class match for the new zealand governor-general 's xi against the touring mcc in auckland in february 1961 .
in the 1980s and 1990s , he served as morocco 's honorary consul in new zealand .
he died in auckland .
