Blake Coburn

Blake Coburn
Personal information
Full name
Blake Peter Coburn
Born (1995-12-25) 25 December 1995 (age 29)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist-spin
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–18 to 2022–23Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 8 9 17
Runs scored 50 42 44
Batting average 5.55 8.40 14.66
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 17 15* 12*
Balls bowled 880 377 294
Wickets 16 10 11
Bowling average 33.06 38.20 37.18
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – –
Best bowling 7/64 2/25 4/17
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 June 2023

Blake Peter Coburn (born 25 December 1995) is a New Zealand cricketer.[1] He played for Canterbury from 2017–18 to 2022–23.[2]

Coburn was born in Christchurch and educated there at Shirley Boys' High School.[2] A left-arm wrist-spin bowler, he has an unusual bowling action: his torso rotates downward and his head gets below the horizontal when releasing the ball.[3]

Coburn made his first-class debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 23 October 2017.[4] In November 2017, in his second match, he took 7 for 64 in the second innings to lead Canterbury to victory over Northern Districts by 8 runs.[5][6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 17 December 2017.[7]

He made his List A debut for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 7 November 2018.[8] After some time out of the Canterbury team, he was awarded a contract for the 2022–23 season.[3]

Coburn announced his retirement from professional cricket in June 2023, aged 27.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Blake Coburn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Blake Coburn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Coburn earns comeback contract". Voxy. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Plunket Shield at Christchurch, Oct 23-26 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Young spinner Coburn delivers for Canterbury in thrilling Plunket Shield win". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Rangiora, October 30 - November 02, 2017, Plunket Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  7. ^ "5th Match, Super Smash at Nelson, Dec 17 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  8. ^ "The Ford Trophy at Dunedin, Nov 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Rarity Blake Coburn announces retirement". New Zealand Cricket. Retrieved 10 June 2023.