David Renneberg

David Alexander Renneberg (23 September 1942 – 7 April 2025) was an Australian cricketer who played in eight Test matches from 1966 to 1968.^[1]

David Renneberg

Personal information
Full name	David Alexander Renneberg
Born	(1942-09-23)23 September 1942 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 April 2025(2025-04-07) (aged 82) Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
International information
National side	Australia (1966–1968)
Test debut (cap 239)	23 December 1966 v South Africa
Last Test	19 January 1968 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 8 90 3 Runs scored 22 466 14 Batting average 3.66 7.06 14.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 9 26 10* Balls bowled 1,598 17,030 167 Wickets 23 291 3 Bowling average 36.08 29.30 25.00 5 wickets in innings 2 13 0 10 wickets in match 0 1 0 Best bowling 5/39 8/72 1/19 Catches/stumpings 2/– 35/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 3 June 2025

Born to parents of German ancestry,^[2] Renneberg was a tall fast bowler who played for New South Wales from 1964–65 to 1970–71. He toured South Africa in 1966–67 and England in 1968 with the Australian Test team. He played a season for Rawtenstall in the Lancashire League in 1969.^[3]

Renneberg's best first-class bowling figures were 8 for 72 against Essex on the 1968 tour.^[3] His best Test figures were 5 for 39 against India in the First Test of the 1967–68 series in Australia.^[4] He had taken his best Sheffield Shield figures of 7 for 33 against Queensland a month earlier.^[5]

Renneberg retired after 1970–71 season. He provided comments on ABC radio cricket broadcasts in Sydney from 1974 to 1986.^[3]

He died on 7 April 2025 at the age of 82.^[6][7]