Rod McCurdy

Rodney John McCurdy (born 30 December 1959) is a former first-class cricketer who played for Australia, Border, Derbyshire, Eastern Province, Natal, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. He now lives in South Africa.

Rod McCurdy

Personal information
Full name	Rodney John McCurdy
Born	(1959-12-30) 30 December 1959 (age 64) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
ODI debut (cap 85)	27 January 1985 v West Indies
Last ODI	29 March 1985 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1979/80	Victoria
1979	Derbyshire
1980/81	Tasmania
1981/82–1983/84	Victoria
1984/85	South Australia
1986/87–1990/91	Eastern Province
1991/92	Natal
1992/93	Border
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 11 86 108 Runs scored 33 725 252 Batting average 8.25 10.21 14.82 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 Top score 13* 55 42 Balls bowled 515 16,779 5729 Wickets 12 305 171 Bowling average 31.25 29.85 22.77 5 wickets in innings 0 16 8 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/19 7/55 5/15 Catches/stumpings 1/– 25/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 August 2011

A fast bowler, he played in 11 One Day Internationals in the mid-1980s and later joined in the South African rebel tours in 1985.

Career

In 1979, McCurdy was in England when, while playing at club level for Pudsey St Lawrence in Yorkshire also appeared at the county level for Derbyshire and Shropshire.^[1]

McCurdy represented Australia's U-19 team.^[2] He played for Victoria before moving to Tasmania, for whom he took 7–81 against the touring New Zealanders in 1980–81.^[3]

He returned to Victoria for the 1981–82 season. During the 1984–85 summer, McCurdy signed to play in South Africa.^[4]

McCurdy was selected in the original squad to tour England in 1985.^[5] However, his South African commitments meant he was unable to tour. McCurdy:

It always bugs me. I was picked on the Ashes tour. Would I have gone there? Yes, I was going there. We would have loved to have gone there, played in the Ashes, and come out to South Africa afterward. At least I would have had my opportunity. That's a disappointment for me.^[6]

McCurdy stayed in South Africa after the tour playing for Eastern Province^[7] and joined the rebel tours in South Africa in 1985–86 and 1986–87, defying the international sporting boycott of the apartheid state.

He later ran a security business in Port Elizabeth, making alarms for homes and small businesses. He then moved to Johannesburg to work as operations manager of Tellytrack, the racing television station.

External links

• Rod McCurdy at ESPNcricinfo
• Baggy green or livelihood? Rod McCurdy cash or country – ESPNcricinfo

References

1. Percival, Tony (1999). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. pp. 35, 56. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
2. "Australian youth team named". The Canberra Times. 26 January 1978. p. 19. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "CRICKET India fights back in exciting game". The Canberra Times. 3 January 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "The 16 Aussies who went to South Africa".
5. "Australian tour squad". The Canberra Times. 21 March 1985. p. 28. Retrieved 16 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Baggy green or livelihood?".
7. "St George's Park – Rod McCurdy". Archived from the original on 1 September 2006.