Gary Stead, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gary Stead

New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1972

Place of Birth: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Gary Stead

  • Gary Raymond Stead (born 9 January 1972) is a New Zealand cricket coach and former cricketer who is the head coach of the New Zealand cricket team, having been appointed in August 2018. A top-order batsman, Stead played five Tests in nine months in 1999, averaging 34.75 and never being dismissed in single figures.
  • Against South Africa he showed his great character at Wellington, digging in and scoring 68 and 33, but after two mediocre performances against West Indies he was dropped.
  • His Test call-up had come after eight years of first-class cricket with Canterbury, and he led them for five seasons from 1998-99 in a period when they struggled.
  • After he finished playing, he took up coaching and became coach of the successful New Zealand women's team.
  • In August 2018, New Zealand Cricket appointed Stead coach of the New Zealand men's team, succeeding Mike Hesson.After New Zealand's loss in a Super over against England in the 2019 World Cup, Stead criticised the decision of the ICC to go to a tie break and raised the idea of sharing the World Cup Trophy, a system that was in place for the 2015 World Cup.

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