Lockie Ferguson Quick Info | |
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height | 6 feet 1 inch |
weight | 81 kg |
Date of birth | 13 June 1991 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
friend | cat hockey |
Lockie Ferguson is a New Zealand professional cricketer, who has primarily represented his country in the limited overs formats of the game (ODIs and T20Is) as a frontline fast bowler. He was an integral member of the New Zealand team that reached the final of 2019 ICC Cricket World CupThis was only the second time the country had achieved this feat. As of January 2021, he left for New Zealand in a lone Test match against Australia in December 2019. However, he was sidelined by a calf strain in the second session of the first day of that match. In the New Zealand domestic circuit, he has played for his home city team of Auckland (2013–present) in all 3 formats. In IPL (Indian Premier League), he has turned out Rising Pune Supergiants (2017) and Kolkata Knight Riders (2019-2021). A rare occurrence in modern cricket, Lockie has also played domestic cricket outside his home country, such as Derbyshire County Cricket Club (2018) and Yorkshire County Cricket Club (2021) in England.
name at birth
Lachlan Hammond Ferguson
nick name
Locky, Wakamana Express
Sun sign
Gemini
birth place
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Habitat
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
nationality
Business
professional cricketer
family
- father — Doug Ferguson
- Mother – John Ferguson
- siblings – Mitch Ferguson (Older Brother) (Software Developer, Former Cricketer)
batting
right handed
bowling
right hand fast
role
bowler
Jersey number
- 87 – Test matches, One Day International (ODI), T20 International (T20I)
- 69 – Auckland (New Zealand domestic cricket), Rising Pune Supergiant (IPL), Kolkata Knight Riders (IPL)
Make
strong
height
6 feet 1 inch or 185.5 cm
weight
81 kg or 178.5 lbs
girlfriend / spouse
Lockie has dated –
- cat hockey (2018-present)
Caste / Ethnicity
White
hair color
light brown
eye color
green
sexual orientation
Straight
special features
- toned physique
- short cut, side parted hair
- friendly smile
- Often sports a bumpy beard or thick mustache
Lockie Ferguson Facts
- Lockie made his T20I debut for New Zealand in January 2017 in a match against Bangladesh. In that match, he took 2 wickets in his first 2 balls, becoming the second player in history to do so. He became the first New Zealand male cricketer to take a wicket on the first ball of his T20I career and only the 14th overall.
- That’s 2019. was one of the stars of ICC Cricket World Cup and a key component in New Zealand’s race to the tournament’s final, the country’s second (consecutive and ultimately unsuccessful) appearance in the tournament’s final. He regularly managed to top 150 kilometers per hour and his raw pace got him 21 wickets at an impressive average of 19.47 and an impressive economy rate of 4.88.
- He was second only to Mitchell Starc (27 wickets) in the list of leading wicket-takers of the tournament. He was accompanied by the captain of the team, Kane Williamson. ICC’S ‘Team of the Tournament’.
- In November 2020, in a match against West Indies, he took his first five-wicket haul in T20I cricket. This was just the 48th instance of a bowler taking 5 wickets in the history of men’s T20I cricket. To put the rarity of the achievement in proper perspective, this was the men’s 1108th match in the T20I format.
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