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Full name | Ross Alexander Verry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 25 October 1964|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1986–1993 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CricketArchive, 7 January 2009 |
Ross Alexander Verry (born 25 October 1964, in Wellington) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington. He was a right-hand batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler.
Verry made his first-class debut against Central Districts in the final game of the 1985/86 season, opening the batting he scored 16 in both innings. [1] The following season Verry played a single one-day match, before a five-year break in his cricket career. [2]
Verry returned to make three appearances in 1991, scoring 156 runs in six innings, including two fifties. [3] Verry was used more regularly in the next season playing six matches for a Wellington team which finished bottom of the league. [4] In eleven innings Verry scored 341 runs including the only century of his first-class career. [3] In the final fixture of the season against Northern Districts he scored 132 off 371 balls. [5] He shared a third wicket partnership of 346 with Graham Burnett, this is a record partnership for Wellington for any wicket. [6]
In the 1992/93 season Verry's form dropped, in five matches he averaged 15.25 with a highest score of 28 not out. [3] This proved to be his final season with the club, his final match was a one-day fixture against Northern Districts on 13 January 1993.
Of Māori descent, Verry affiliates to Te Āti Awa of the Taranaki region. [2]