Bob Cunis

Bob Cunis

Personal information
Full name	Robert Smith Cunis
Born	5 January 1941(1941-01-05) Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Died	9 August 2008(2008-08-09) (aged 67) Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	Stephen Cunis (son)
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 101)	13 March 1964 v South Africa
Last Test	20 April 1972 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1975-1977	Northern Districts
1960-1974	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition	Test	First-class	List A
Matches	20	132	15
Runs scored	295	1849	46
Batting average	12.82	16.50	11.50
100s/50s	0/1	1/6	0/0
Top score	51	111	18
Balls bowled	4250	26698	728
Wickets	51	386	17
Bowling average	37.00	26.65	22.41
5 wickets in innings	1	18	0
10 wickets in match	0	2	0
Best bowling	6/76	7/29	3/15
Catches/stumpings	1/0	30/0	3/0
Source: CricketArchive, 30 January 2009

Robert Smith Cunis (born 5 January 1941 in Whangarei; died 9 August 2008 in Ruakaka) played 20 Test matches for New Zealand as a fast bowler between 1964 and 1972, and was later coach of the New Zealand national team from 1987 to 1990. His son Stephen plays cricket for Canterbury.

Test Match Special commentator Alan Gibson once commented, "This is Cunis at the Vauxhall End. Cunis, a funny sort of name: neither one thing nor the other."^[1] However according to his Wisden obituary, the witticism was probably first coined by Alan Ross in a report in The Observer of the New Zealanders' match against Sussex in 1969.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ The famous quote
2. ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2009 edition, p1599, ISBN 978-1-905625-16-1.

External links

• Former NZ cricketer Bob Cunis dies suddenly

Persondata
Name	Cunis, Bob
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	5 January 1941
Place of birth	Whangarei, Northland
Date of death	9 August 2008
Place of death	Whangarei, Northland