Blake Peter Coburn (born 25 December 1995) is a New Zealand cricketer.[1] He played for Canterbury from 2017–18 to 2022–23.[2]
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| Full name | Blake Peter Coburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 December 1995 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–18 to 2022–23 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coburn was born in Christchurch and educated there at Shirley Boys' High School.[2] A left-arm wrist-spin bowler, he has an unusual bowling action: his torso rotates downward and his head gets below the horizontal when releasing the ball.[3]
Coburn made his first-class debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 23 October 2017.[4] In November 2017, in his second match, he took 7 for 64 in the second innings to lead Canterbury to victory over Northern Districts by 8 runs.[5][6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 17 December 2017.[7]
He made his List A debut for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 7 November 2018.[8] After some time out of the Canterbury team, he was awarded a contract for the 2022–23 season.[3]
Coburn announced his retirement from professional cricket in June 2023, aged 27.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Blake Coburn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ a b "Blake Coburn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Coburn earns comeback contract". Voxy. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "Plunket Shield at Christchurch, Oct 23-26 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Young spinner Coburn delivers for Canterbury in thrilling Plunket Shield win". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Rangiora, October 30 - November 02, 2017, Plunket Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "5th Match, Super Smash at Nelson, Dec 17 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "The Ford Trophy at Dunedin, Nov 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Rarity Blake Coburn announces retirement". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links edit
- Blake Coburn at ESPNcricinfo
- Blake Coburn at Canterbury Cricket