Brian Hastings
INTL CAREER: 1969 - 1976
Full Name
Brian Frederick Hastings
Born
March 23, 1940, Island Bay, Wellington
Age
84y 49d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak Googly
Playing Role
Top order Batter
RELATIONS
(son),
(great-niece)
Other
Referee
Strongly built and prematurely bald, Brian Hastings was a delightful timer of the ball, quick to take any opportunity to cut or hook, or to clip fast-medium bowling off his legs. A superb gully, he started with Wellington at 17, and was New Zealand's regular No. 4 in the early 1970s. Yet it took him a long time to convince the selectors of his ability - it was 11 years before he stepped up to international cricket. A consistent contributor, Hastings shared in a Test-record last-wicket stand of 151 with Richard Collinge against Pakistan at Auckland in 1972-73. He later became an international match referee. Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Adapted by Wisden from World Cricketers: A Biographical Dictionary (Oxford, 1996).
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