Graeme Turner (cricketer)

Graeme John Turner (born 5 August 1964) is a Rhodesian-born South African former cricketer.

Turner was born in August 1964 at Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, later moving to South Africa to study at university. He made his debut in first-class cricket for Western Province B against Boland in the 1984–85 Castle Bowl. His second first-class match, played in December 1984, came for the combined South African Universities against Transvaal. He played first-class cricket for Western Province and their B team until the 1986–87 season, making sixteen appearances.^[1] He scored 678 runs in these matches, at an average of 24.21 and a high score of 69 not out.^[2] It was for Western Province that he made his debut in List A one-day cricket in the 1984–85 Benson and Hedges Series against Transvaal, with Turner making two further List A appearances for Western Province in the 1986–87 Nissan Shield.^[3] Toward the end of the 1986–87 Castle Bowl, Turner moved to Northern Transvaal B, where he represented the team in seven first-class matches until January 1988.^[1] He scored 259 runs in these matches, at an average of 21.58 and a high score of 58.^[2] He made a first-class appearance for the South African Defence Force cricket team against Natal in December 1988,^[1] while conscripted in the South African Defence Force.

He travelled to England in 1989 to study at the University of Oxford, where he attended St Anne's College.^[4] While studying at Oxford, he made sixteen first-class appearances for Oxford University in 1990–91, scoring 607 runs at an average of 38.93. He made his only first-class century while playing for Oxford, scoring 101 not out against Lancashire in 1991.^[2][5] With his right-arm off break bowling, he took 19 wickets for Oxford with best figures of 3 for 32.^[6] He also made a single first-class appearance for the combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricket team against the touring New Zealanders in 1900,^[1] where he featured alongside fellow South African and St Anne's College attendee Willem van der Merwe. In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also appeared in three List A matches for the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1991 Benson & Hedges Cup.^[3] Returning to South Africa, he later made two first-class appearances for Transvaal in the 1993–93 Castle Cup.^[1]

• Graeme Turner at ESPNcricinfo