Name:

Kerry James O’Keeffe
Leg Spinning all rounder
NSW, Somerset and Australia

First Class Matches: 146
First Class Batting: 4169 runs @ 26.05
First Class Bowling: 476 wickets @ 28.11
Fielding: 112 catches

TEST MATCHES:

24

Batting: 644 runs @ 25.76
Bowling: 53 wickets @ 38.07
Fielding: 15 catches

COUNTRIES TOURED WITH AUSTRALIA:

New Zealand (1970, 1974, 1976)
West Indies (1973, 1979)
England (1977)

OF INTEREST:

Played 80 matches for NSW (1968-1979)

Played World Series Cricket (1977-79)

Opened batting for Australia in 1977 Centenary Test against England in Melbourne

TODAY:

• ABC Radio Test and One Day International Commentator

• Channel 7 cricket expert

• Elite coach for NSW Emerging Blues Squad

• After dinner speaker

• Author of best seller ‘According to Skull’

Kerry is one of the best known commentators in cricket. With his vast experience on the ABC, he has become known as a colourful and witty caller, with a contagious laugh and unrivalled sense of humour.

Kerry is a very entertaining speaker, who is able to capture the ‘essence’ of each function , adding a touch of familiarity along with his many hilarious stories of ‘life as a cricketer’. A ‘class act’ who is hard to beat!