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    "excerpt": "Wellington, April 6: Big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Jock Edwards, who represented New Zealand in six Tests and eight ODIs, has passed away. He was 64. Central District Cricket Association, for whom ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Wellington, April 6: <\/strong>Big-hitting wicketkeeper-batsman Jock Edwards, who represented New Zealand in six Tests and eight ODIs, has passed away. He was 64.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Central District Cricket Association, for whom he played 67 first-class matches and 31 one-days in the 1970s and 80s, confirmed his death on Monday. He was also a member of the Nelson side that held on to the Hawke Cup for 14 matches between February 1979 and February 1983.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;All the team at CD extend our heartfelt condolences to the family &amp; friends of Jock Edwards&hellip;Jock was a terrific teammate and an entertainer in the game whom we know will be hugely missed. Rest in peace, Jock,&quot; the tweet on CDC official account read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his international career, Jock scored 377 runs in Tests and 138 runs in ODIs which he played against Australia, England and India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In 2011, Jock told the Nelson Mail that while some coaches had tried to rein him in, he &quot;didn&#39;t listen to them&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I remember when I opened against India in a one-day international, I was out to Bishan (Singh) Bedi for 41 and Glenn Turner (the other opening batsman) was still on three or four at the other end,&quot; he had said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among his accomplishments is the time he hit a yorker from Ewen Chatfield into the lake at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth and famously once put one over the Trafalgar Park grandstand that landed in the back of a Transport Nelson truck. It is said that the driver found the ball when he got to Blenheim.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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