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(b.
May 26 ,
1947 ) played
Cricket for
New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific
Batsmen .
Born in
Dunedin, New Zealand , he represented New Zealand in 41 Tests, and achieved an average of 44.64, including seven centuries. He would have appeared for his country much more, however, had he not elected to be unavailable for several seasons after falling out with administrators. Instead, Turner made his mark on the
First-class Cricket scene, particularly with
Worcestershire in the English county championship. In all, he played 455 first-class matches, amassing 34,346 runs at 49.70, including 103 centuries—making him one of a select few to score a "century of centuries". Turner also coached the
New Zealand side twice—once in the mid-1980s, when he presided over the team's first and (to date) only series victory in
Australia , and again a decade later.
Turner is one of only two players (the other being
Graeme Hick ) since the
Second World War to have scored 1000 first-class runs before the end of May, a feat he achieved in
1973 . Among the eight batsmen who have done this, Turner is one of the two (the other being
Donald Bradman ) who did it while playing for a touring team.
His brothers are poet
Brian Turner and golfer
Greg Turner . His wife,
Sukhi Turner , is a former mayor of Dunedin.
