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Verna Coutts

Batter · New Zealand Women

Team
New Zealand Women
Role
Batter
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium

Verna Coutts is a cricketer who plays for New Zealand. She was born on 13 July 1930 in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand. Verna plays as a batter, bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium.

International career

  • Test: debut on 12 June 1954 against England (cap 26); most recent Test on 27 December 1957 against England.

Verna has played 1 international format.

Career statistics

In 6 Tests Verna has scored 136 runs at an average of 12.36, with a highest score of 41. In the field: 1 catch.

In 56 first-class matches Verna has scored 2,047 runs at an average of 26.93, with a highest score of 137*. Her tally includes 3 hundreds and 10 fifties. With the ball she has taken 7 wickets at 22.50, with best figures of 2/15. In the field: 14 catches.

Career statistics (as of 27 November 2021)
Competition Test first-class
Matches 6 56
Runs 136 2,047
Batting average 12.36 26.93
100s/50s 0/0 3/10
Top score 41 137*
Balls bowled – 353
Wickets – 7
Bowling average – 22.50
5 wickets in innings – 0
10 wickets in match – 0
Best bowling – 2/15
Catches/stumpings 1/– 14/–

Domestic and franchise teams

  • Wellington (1946/47–1953/54)
  • Canterbury (1954/55–1956/57)
  • Wellington (1957/58–1960/61)

Questions and answers

When was Verna Coutts born?

13 July 1930, in Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand.

What is Verna Coutts’s playing style?

Right-handed batter; bowls right-arm medium.

How many Test runs has Verna Coutts scored?

136 runs in 6 matches (as of 27 November 2021).

When did Verna Coutts make her Test debut?

12 June 1954 against England.

Sources: career details and statistics compiled from Verna Coutts on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); statistics as of 27 November 2021. The statistics on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.