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Full name | Blake Peter Coburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 25 December 1995||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–18 to 2022–23 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 10 June 2023 |
Blake Peter Coburn (born 25 December 1995) is a New Zealand cricketer. [1] He played for Canterbury from 2017–18 to 2022–23. [2]
Coburn was born in Christchurch and educated there at Shirley Boys' High School. [2] A left-arm wrist-spin bowler, he has an unusual bowling action: his torso rotates downward and his head gets below the horizontal when releasing the ball. [3]
Coburn made his first-class debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season on 23 October 2017. [4] In November 2017, in his second match, he took 7 for 64 in the second innings to lead Canterbury to victory over Northern Districts by 8 runs. [5] [6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Canterbury in the 2017–18 Super Smash on 17 December 2017. [7]
He made his List A debut for Canterbury in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy on 7 November 2018. [8] After some time out of the Canterbury team, he was awarded a contract for the 2022–23 season. [3]
Coburn announced his retirement from professional cricket in June 2023, aged 27. [9]