Thought of among the many greatest legspinners to return out of New Zealand, Alabaster performed 21 Exams, taking 49 wickets between 1955 and 1972.
Alabaster was a part of New Zealand’s first 4 Check wins. He was on excursions to India and Pakistan in 1955-56, England in 1958, South Africa in 1961-62 and West Indies in 1971-72.
He took 22 wickets in 5 Exams within the collection in South Africa, serving to New Zealand get their first collection draw towards them. He took seven wickets within the first match of the collection as New Zealand narrowly misplaced by 30 runs, earlier than returning his career-best match haul of 8 for 180 in New Zealand’s first Check win overseas as they drew degree 1-1 within the third Check.
Representing Otago in home cricket, in all he performed 143 first-class video games and claimed 500 scalps.
He performed the primary two Exams on the West Indies tour in 1971-72, bowling Garry Sobers for his solely wicket of the collection earlier than an Achilles tendon damage reduce his tour quick. He retired from first-class cricket after that, which meant his first and final first-class video games have been each for New Zealand.
