{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (born 1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Greg Loveridge | country = New Zealand | fullname = Greg Riaka Loveridge | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|1|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm leg-spin | role = Bowler | international = true | testdebutdate = 13 January | testdebutyear = 1996 | testdebutagainst = Zimbabwe | testcap = 199 | lasttestdate = 13 January | lasttestyear = 1996 | lasttestagainst = Zimbabwe | club1 = Central Districts | year1 = {{nowrap|1994/95–2002/03}} | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1998–1999 | columns = 3 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 4 | bat avg1 = – | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 4* | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/– | column2 = FC | matches2 = 29 | runs2 = 935 | bat avg2 = 23.37 | 100s/50s2 = 1/2 | top score2 = 126 | deliveries2 = 4,267 | wickets2 = 46 | bowl avg2 = 53.23 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/59 | catches/stumpings2 = 17/– | column3 = LA | matches3 = 25 | runs3 = 326 | bat avg3 = 17.15 | 100s/50s3 = 0/2 | top score3 = 54 | deliveries3 = 811 | wickets3 = 21 | bowl avg3 = 29.00 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/25 | catches/stumpings3 = 5/– | date = 30 April | year = 2017 | source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37609.html Cricinfo }} '''Greg Riaka Loveridge''' (born 15 January 1975) is a former cricketer who played one Test match for New Zealand in 1996.
Born in Palmerston North, Loveridge represented Central Districts in New Zealand's domestic competitions, as well as playing for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup and in England for Cambridge University.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2235/2235.html Greg Loveridge], CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 April 2022. {{subscription required}}</ref>
==International career== Batting in the first innings of his only Test, against Zimbabwe, Loveridge fractured a knuckle and was unable to bowl.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149516.html A fairytale beginning], CricInfo. Accessed 15 January 2011.</ref> Loveridge became only the sixth batsman, after Charles Bannerman, Talat Ali, Ewen Chatfield, Andy Lloyd and Sanjay Manjrekar, to retire hurt in his debut Test.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sengupta|first1=Arunabha|title=Sanjay Manjrekar: The blade of his bat was the face of perfection|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/sanjay-manjrekar-the-blade-of-his-bat-was-the-face-of-perfection-28856|website=Cricket Country|date=12 July 2013 |accessdate=20 January 2015}}</ref>
==After cricket== He is now the general manager of New Zealand property company Robert Jones Holdings.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Coverdale|first1=Brydon|title=The legspinner who never bowled|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/857117.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=28 April 2015}}</ref>
Loveridge has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Cambridge University and a master's in history from Massey University, completed in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our People {{!}} Robt. Jones Holdings Limited |url=https://www.rjholdings.co.nz/Our-People-Auckland/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=rjholdings.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last=Loveridge |first=Greg |year=2003 |type=Masters thesis |title=The Gilfillan killings : narrative, marginality and the strangeness of the colonial past |publisher=Massey Research Online, Massey University |hdl=10179/6228}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LOVERIDGE, Greg |url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/loveridge-greg/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=NBR {{!}} The Authority since 1970 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=37609}}
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