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Former New Zealand cricketer Jock Edwards passes away

Former New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Jock Edwards passed away. He had made his Test debut in the home Test series against Australia in 1976-77 as a specialist batsman. He played the last of his eight Tests against India in 1981.

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Edwards also played six ODIs, between 1976 and 1981, and on his ODI debut, he made 41 runs off 57 deliveries as an opener to help New Zealand to a nine-wicket win against India in Christchurch. He managed to score 377 runs in the eight Test matches he played, and in the ODI format, he played 6 ODIS and scored 138 runs.

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