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Greg Loveridge

Greg Loveridge

New Zealand cricketer

Greg Riaka Loveridge (born 15 January 1975) is a former cricketer who played one Test match for New Zealand in 1996.

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Born in Palmerston North, Loveridge represented Central Districts in New Zealand's domestic competitions, as well as playing for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup and in England for Cambridge University.[1]

International career

Batting in the first innings of his only Test, against Zimbabwe, Loveridge fractured a knuckle and was unable to bowl.[2] Loveridge became only the sixth batsman, after Charles Bannerman, Talat Ali, Ewen Chatfield, Andy Lloyd and Sanjay Manjrekar, to retire hurt in his debut Test.[3]

After cricket

He is now the general manager of New Zealand property company Robert Jones Holdings.[4]

Loveridge has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Cambridge University and a master's in history from Massey University, completed in 2003.[5][6][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Greg Loveridge, CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 April 2022. (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    A fairytale beginning, CricInfo. Accessed 15 January 2011.
  3. [3]
    Sengupta, Arunabha. "Sanjay Manjrekar: The blade of his bat was the face of perfection". Cricket Country. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    Coverdale, Brydon. "The legspinner who never bowled". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  5. [5]
    "Our People | Robt. Jones Holdings Limited". rjholdings.co.nz. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  6. [6]
    Loveridge, Greg (2003). The Gilfillan killings : narrative, marginality and the strangeness of the colonial past (Masters thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/6228.
  7. [7]
    "LOVERIDGE, Greg". NBR | The Authority since 1970. Retrieved 9 April 2023.


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