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David Trist
Personal information
Full name
David George Trist
Born(1947-09-22)22 September 1947
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died29 May 2025(2025-05-29) (aged 77)
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1969/70–1977/78Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 24 6
Runs scored 267 19
Batting average 9.88 9.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 41* 16
Balls bowled 4,176 348
Wickets 57 10
Bowling average 28.24 18.70
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/31 3/20
Catches/stumpings 13/– 3/–
Medal record
Men's cricket
Representing  New Zealand as Coach
Winner 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy
Source: Cricket Archive, 8 June 2025

David George Trist (22 September 1947 – 29 May 2025) was a New Zealand cricketer and cricket coach. He was coach of the New Zealand national cricket team from 1999 to 2001, and led the team to victory in the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the first title won by the country.

Biography

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Trist was born at Christchurch on 22 September 1947 and educated at Christchurch Boys' High School.[1] A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played 24 first-class and six List A games between the 1968–69 and 1977–78 seasons, most of them for Canterbury.[2][3] Before his Cantebrury debut in December 1969 he had played five first-class matches, one for the South Island, one for New Zealand under-23s, and three for New Zealand during their tour of India and Pakistan in 1969–70 as a replacement for Dick Motz. He took a total of 57 first-class wickets and scored scored 267 runs.[3][4]

After retiring as a player, Trist became a cricket coach and led Eastern Province to victory in the 1988–89 Currie Cup. He also had spells as coach of Hong Kong (at the 1997 ICC Trophy) and the Netherlands. Following New Zealand's tour of England in 1999, Trist replaced Steve Rixon as coach of his home country. Under Trist, New Zealand won the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy in Nairobi, New Zealand's first world title.[5]

Trist died at Christchurch on 29 May 2025, at the age of 77.[6]

References

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  1. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 131. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  2. ^ "David Trist". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b David Trist, CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2025. (subscription required)
  4. ^ New Zealand to England, India, Pakistan 1969, Test Cricket Tours (archived September 2020). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. ^ Coverdale, Brydon (24 May 2017). "David Trist, New Zealand's coach during their ICC Knockout triumph in 2000". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Former Black Caps coach David Trist dies". RNZ News. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
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