22 Facts About Lee Germon

Lee Kenneth Germon was born on 4 November 1968 and is a former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain.

Lee Germon played for the provinces of Canterbury and Otago and is the most successful Canterbury cricket captain of the modern era.

Lee Germon was made captain of the New Zealand Cricket team on his Test match debut.

Lee Germon holds the unofficial record for the most runs, from a single over in first-class cricket.

Lee Germon became captain of an underperforming Canterbury side, succeeding Rod Latham on 31 December 1990.

At the time of his retirement from the Canterbury Team, Lee Germon held records for dismissals for Canterbury, with 238 in 76 first class matches.

Lee Germon retired from cricket after the match, aged 29.

Turner, upon deciding that Ken Rutherford would be replaced as captain, appointed Lee Germon, recognising that he had the best captaincy record in New Zealand domestic cricket at the time.

Lee Germon played 12 Test matches and 37 ODIs for New Zealand.

Lee Germon distinguished himself in the match, top scoring for New Zealand in both innings, making 48 and 41 runs respectively.

Lee Germon captained New Zealand to its first ever one day victories in the West Indies in 1996, in a closely fought one day series which NZ won three games to two.

Lee Germon led New Zealand to the final of the 1996 Sharjah Cup competition, defeating competition from new world champions Sri Lanka.

Lee Germon led New Zealand to the quarter-final of the 1996 world cup, where despite scoring their highest ever total against Australia with 286, they lost.

Lee Germon scored his highest ODI score of 89 in that match and finished the 1996 World Cup with a batting average of 63.66, the highest of any New Zealander and any wicketkeeper in the tournament.

Lee Germon is one of the few wicketkeepers who has played over ten tests and affected more dismissals than conceded byes.

Lee Germon effected 29 dismissals in test cricket and conceded 24 byes.

Lee Germon was replaced as New Zealand captain by his Canterbury teammate Stephen Fleming, a player he had tipped as a player for the future in the 1993 Who's who of New Zealand cricket.

Lee Germon played for an underperforming Otago team as a batsman between 2000 and 2002.

Lee Germon chose to play for Otago citing the fresh challenge it offered him.

Lee Germon played as a batsman only and did not match his previous heights as a player.

In 1998 Lee Germon became the South Island development manager for the Bank of New Zealand before moving on to work at St Andrew's College as its development officer in 2000.

In 2004 Lee Germon shifted to Mainland Soccer as CEO for what turned out to be only a 10-month stint before moving to Nelson to become CEO of the Tasman Rugby Union.