Keith Stackpole

For the Australian rules footballer, seeKeith Stackpole (footballer).

Keith Raymond Stackpole Jr.(born 10 July 1940) is a formerVictorianand Australiancricketerwho played in 43Test matchesand sixOne Day Internationalsbetween 1966 and 1974. He went on to become a cricket commentator on radio and TV in the 80s and 90s. His father,Keith Stackpole Sr.also played first-class cricket and was a notedAustralian rulesfootballer forCollingwoodandFitzroy.

Keith Stackpole

Personal information
Full name	Keith Raymond Stackpole
Born	(1940-07-10)10 July 1940 Collingwood,Victoria,Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Leg break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap238)	26 January 1966 vEngland
Last Test	22 March 1974 vNew Zealand
ODI debut (cap9)	5 January 1971 vEngland
Last ODI	31 March 1974 vNew Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1959–1974	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 43 6 167 16 Runs scored 2,807 224 10,100 522 Batting average 37.42 37.33 39.29 34.80 100s/50s 7/14 0/3 22/50 0/5 Top score 207 61 207 69 Ballsbowled 2,321 77 14,102 240 Wickets 15 3 148 10 Bowling average 66.73 18.00 39.28 17.50 5 wickets in innings 0 0 2 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/33 3/40 5/38 3/14 Catches/stumpings 47/– 1/– 166/– 8/–
Source:CricketArchive,22 October 2010

Stackpole was a big, heavy batsman in theColin Milburnmould and quite capable of hitting the ball all over the ground.He made his Test debut against England in theFourth Test in Adelaide in 1965–66,where he took a great catch to dismissJim Parks,made 43 batting at number 8 and took the wickets of the England captainM.J.K. Smithand his vice-captainColin Cowdreywith his leg spin, his 2/33 remaining his best Test figures. Australia won by an innings to square the series. AgainstEngland in 1970–71he was the main Australian runmaker with 627 runs (52.25). In the First Test Stackpole should have been run out for 18 asGeoff Boycottthrew down the wicket at the bowler's end, but the batsman was given the benefit of the doubt byLou Rowan.The Australian papers carried photographs the next day showing that he was clearly out and labelled the decision "one of the worst in cricket history".It probably cost England victory as Stackpole took advantage of his escape to pile up 207 – his highest Test score – in Australia's 433. Faced with an impossible 469 runs to win in the Sixth Test Stackpole made a powerful 136 with 16 boundaries to save the game, adding 202 for the second wicket withIan Chappell(104) as Australia made 328–3 on the last day. In the Seventh and last Test Australia needed 223 to win and savethe Ashes.Stackpole hit 2 sixes and 6 fours in his 67, but received little support from the rest of the team and they were all out for 160. On the Ashes tour ofEngland in 1972he wasIan Chappell's vice-captain and made 485 runs (52.88), topping the Australian batting averages for the second series in a row and being named aWisden Cricketer of the Yearin 1973.

External links

• Keith StackpoleatESPNcricinfo