Luke Woodcock

Luke James Woodcock (born 19 March 1982) is a former New Zealand cricketer who has played for New Zealand in limited over internationals. He also played for Wellington in New Zealand's domestic competitions. An all-rounder, he batted left handed and bowled left-arm orthodox spin. In March 2019, Woodcock announced his retirement from the game.^[1]

Luke Woodcock

Personal information
Full name	Luke James Woodcock
Born	(1982-03-19) 19 March 1982 (age 42) Wellington, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox spin
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	New Zealand (2010–2011)
ODI debut (cap 164)	29 January 2011 v Pakistan
Last ODI	25 October 2011 v Zimbabwe
T20I debut (cap 47)	28 December 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	17 October 2011 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–2019	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 4 3 144 129 Runs scored 14 – 7,604 2,008 Batting average 14.00 – 35.69 24.48 100s/50s 0/0 – 11/41 1/11 Top score 11 – 220* 102 Balls bowled 164 60 12,827 4,913 Wickets 3 1 141 105 Bowling average 51.66 70.00 43.57 38.02 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/58 1/30 4/3 4/36 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 72/– 40/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 January 2019

Domestic career

In October 2017, in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season, he and Michael Papps made an opening partnership of 432 runs for Wellington. This was the highest opening partnership and the highest partnership for any wicket in first-class cricket in New Zealand.^[2][3]

The following month, he played in his 128th game for Wellington, the most first-class appearances for a player with one team in New Zealand.^[4]

In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Wellington for the 2018–19 season.^[5]

International career

He has represented New Zealand in the One Day International and Twenty20 International forms of the game, making his debuts against Pakistan during the 2010–11 season.^[6]

References

1. "Woodcock announces retirement from cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
2. "Michael Papps and Luke Woodcock smash records with mammoth opening stand for Wellington". Stuff. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
3. "Cricket: Michael Papps and Luke Woodcock smash records with mammoth opening stand for Wellington". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
4. "Plunket Shield: Meet the ultimate cricket tragic". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
5. "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
6. "Luke Woodcock called up for third ODI". ESPNcricinfo.