Timothy Ignatius Lythe (born 19 April 1980 in
Auckland) is a
New Zealand cricketer who played for the
Auckland Aces in the
State Championship
New Zealand has had a domestic first-class cricket championship since the 1906–07 season. Since the 2009–10 season it has been known by its original name of the Plunket Shield.
History
The Plunket Shield competition was instigated in Octob ...
. It has been announced that he is moving to the
Central Districts Stags for the
2007–08 season where he will play for the
Hawke's Bay in the
Hawke Cup.
A right-handed batsman and off spinner, he was diagnosed with
bone cancer in 1999 at the age of 19 and underwent an operation in which half his left thigh bone was replaced with a
titanium rod while his knee was replaced with a complex
prosthesis
In medicine, a prosthesis (plural: prostheses; from grc, πρόσθεσις, prósthesis, addition, application, attachment), or a prosthetic implant, is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part, which may be lost through trau ...
.
In 9 first class matches for Auckland in 2005/06 and 2006/07 he scored 352 runs at an average of 27 with a best of 66 among his three fifties. He also took 8 first class wickets.
See also
*
List of Auckland representative cricketers
This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, list A or Twenty20 cricket for Auckland cricket team. Seasons given are first and last seasons; the player did not necessarily play in all the intervening seasons.
A
* John Ackla ...
References
External links
Tim Lythe's profile on Cricinfo*
1980 births
Living people
New Zealand cricketers
Auckland cricketers
Central Districts cricketers
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