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Full name Leonard Stephen Pascoe
Born February 13, 1950, Bridgetown North, Western Australia
Current age 58 years 279 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Coach
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
14
19
9
106
30*
10.60
263
40.30
0
0
12
0
2
0
ODIs
29
11
7
39
15*
9.75
102
38.23
0
0
2
0
6
0
First-class
80
81
25
502
51*
8.96
0
1
23
0
List A
41
14
8
50
15*
8.33
0
0
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
14
27
3403
1668
64
5/59
6/96
26.06
2.94
53.1
4
1
0
ODIs
29
28
1568
1066
53
5/30
5/30
20.11
4.07
29.5
4
1
0
First-class
80
15460
7913
309
8/41
25.60
3.07
50.0
12
2
List A
41
2159
1416
69
5/28
5/28
20.52
3.93
31.2
5
1
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 16-21, 1977 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Jan 30-Feb 3, 1982 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Jun 2, 1977 scorecard
Last ODI
New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, Feb 20, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1974/75 - 1983/84
List A span
1976/77 - 1982/83
Profile
Dark and swarthy, Len Pascoe was the son of Yugoslavian immigrants (his original surname was Durtanovich) who would have won more than 14 Test caps had he not defected to World Series Cricket just as he was making his mark in Australia. A fast bowler with little subtlety but heaps of aggression (he regularly topped 90mph) he took 41 wickets at 21.78 on the 1977 tour of England - including 13 in three Tests - and in the hostile environment of WSC he thrived. He emerged as a genuine Test fast man, taking 5 for 59 (his only five-for) in the first innings of the 1980 Centenary Test and followed up with good home series against new Zealand (12 wickets) and India (16) in 1980-81. But he was increasingly troubled by a knee injury, and he opted to miss the 1981 tour of England to try to get it sorted. He returned for one Test against West Indies in 1981-82 but was not as effective as he had been although he did take four wickets. On retiring he had a spell coaching New South Wales and subsequently ran Len Pascoe Sports Entertainment. Pascoe, who once famously noted that "a tiger never changes its spots", was also a schoolmate of Jeff Thomson at Punchbowl Boys High and the Bankstown Club: imagine coming up against those two in a school game.
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