Bryan Young (cricketer)

Bryan Andrew Young (born 3 November 1964) is a former international cricketer who played 35 Test matches and 74 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand between 1990 and 1999. He played internationally as a right-handed opening batsman who scored over 2,000 Test runs, including a highest score of 267 not out against Sri Lanka in 1997.

Bryan Young

Personal information
Full name	Bryan Andrew Young
Born	3 November 1964 Whangarei, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman/Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	New Zealand (1990–1999)
Test debut (cap 186)	3 December 1993 v Australia
Last Test	18 March 1999 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 75)	11 December 1990 v Australia
Last ODI	27 March 1999 v South Africa
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 35 74 163 172 Runs scored 2,034 1,668 7,489 4,452 Batting average 31.78 24.52 32.14 28.72 100s/50s 2/12 0/9 10/37 2/27 Top score 267* 74 267* 108* Balls bowled – – 48 – Wickets – – 1 – Bowling average – – 76.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/76 – Catches/stumpings 54/0 28/0 297/11 84/12
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2017

Early life and domestic career

Young was born at Whangarei in the Northland Region of New Zealand in 1964.[1] He began his cricket career as a wicket-keeper and lower-order batsman for Northern Districts.[1] He made his first-class cricket debut for the side in January 1984 and played for the side until the end of the 1997/98 season when he moved to Auckland for his final season as a professional cricketer. He played more than 150 matches for Northern Districts.[2]

International cricket

Young made his international debut for New Zealand in an ODI against Australia at Melbourne in December 1990. During the early 1990s he became a "dogged" opening batsman and played his first Test match in December 1993 during New Zealand's tour of Australia. He went on to make 35 test and 74 ODI appearances for the national side, playing his final international matches in March 1999 against South Africa.[1] Young acquired a reputation as a slow scoring opening batsman and his record as an opener has been described as "traditional, old-school".[3] He scored 38 runs from 167 deliveries in his first Test innings before going on to make a half century in his second innings, making 53 from 122 balls and in December 1994 he scored the third slowest half-century in Test history, taking 333 minutes to reach 50 runs in the second Test on New Zealand's tour of South Africa.[1][4][5]

His batting could also, however, lead to New Zealand victories. He made 120 runs to anchor a difficult run chase in the fourth innings of the Christchurch Test against the touring Pakistan side in 1994, adding 154 runs with Shane Thomson for the fifth wicket, and his score of 267 not out, the only double-century of his career, lead to an inning victory over Sri Lanka at Dunedin in March 1997.[1][6] His score of 267 not out against the touring Sri Lankans in 1997 was the second highest Test match score made by a New Zealander at the time and the highest score by an opening batsman from the country.[7][8][9] Young was also an effective slip fielder, on average taking almost a catch in every innings in which he fielded at Test level.[3]

References

1. Bryan Young, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
2. Bryan Young, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-28. (subscription required).
3. Zaltzman A (2017) An eleven for fielding heaven, The Cricket Monthly, CricInfo, April 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
4. Third Test, New Zealand v Australia, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1995. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
5. Second Test, South Africa v New Zealand, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1996. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
6. Third Test, New Zealand v Pakistan, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1995. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
7. First Test, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1998. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
8. Cricket: Latham rewrites history books to put NZ in charge, Radio New Zealand, 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
9. More runs than his dad scored in his entire Test career... Latham's record-breaking double hundred in numbers, The Cricketer, 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

External links

• Bryan Young at ESPNcricinfo