John Kenneth Lindsay (born 2 April 1957) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played 44 first-class and eight

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matches for

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between the 1980–81 and 1991–92 seasons.John Lindsay

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. Retrieved 15 May 2016. Lindsay was born at Winton in Southland in 1957.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 80. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He played for Otago age-group sides from the 1974–75 season and made his Hawke Cup debut for Southland the following season. His senior representative debut for Otago came against

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in December 1980. Primarily an

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bowler, Lindsay took a single wicket on debut, going on to take 75 first-class and five List A wickets in a career that lasted until the end of the 1991–92 season.John Lindsay
CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 November 2023. Two of his three

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s came during the final Plunket Shield match of the 1987–88 season as Otago defeated Wellington at the Basin Reserve to win the Shield. Lindsay took five wickets for 110 runs (5/110) in Wellington's first innings and 5/48 in the second in a match which the ''

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'' named as one of the greatest moments in Otago sport in 2011.Edwards B (2011
Greatest moments in Otago sport – Number 41
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'', 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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* 1957 births Living people New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers People from Winton, New Zealand {{NewZealand-cricket-bio-1950s-stub