Tom Puna

Tom Puna

File:Tom Puna.jpg Tom Puna in 1962-63
Cricket information
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling style	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	New Zealand
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 3 70 Runs scored 31 1305 Batting average 15.50 14.66 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 Top score 18* 62* Balls bowled 480 15053 Wickets 4 229 Bowling average 60.00 24.44 5 wickets in innings 0 11 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 2/40 6/25 Catches/stumpings 1/- 36/-
Source: Cricinfo

Narotam "Tom" Puna (born 28 October 1929, Surat, India, died 7 June 1996, Hamilton, Waikato) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests in 1966.

Playing as an off-spinner for Northern Districts, he had taken 34 wickets at 13.70 in the Plunket Shield in the 1965-66 season, and was selected as New Zealand's principal spinner in all three Tests against the visiting England team, but achieved little.

He was a fixture in the Northern Districts side from 1956-57 to 1968-69, beginning as a middle-order batsman but descending the order as his bowling developed. His best innings figures were 6 for 25 against Otago in Hamilton in 1966-67 (match figures of 59-29-66-9).

His family migrated from India to New Zealand when he was eight. His sons Ashok and Kirti also played for Northern Districts.

External links

• Tom Puna at Cricket Archive
• Tom Puna at Cricinfo