David Sincock

David John Sincock (born 1 February 1942) is a former Australian cricketer who played in three Test matches from 1964 to 1966.

David Sincock

Personal information
Born	(1942-02-01) 1 February 1942 (age 83) North Adelaide, South Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 232)	4 December 1964 v Pakistan
Last Test	7 January 1966 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 3 46 Runs scored 80 838 Batting average 26.66 17.45 100s/50s 0/0 0/4 Top score 29 61* Balls bowled 724 9,492 Wickets 8 159 Bowling average 51.25 36.87 5 wickets in innings 0 10 10 wickets in match 0 1 Best bowling 3/67 7/48 Catches/stumpings 2/0 27/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 April 2018

Nicknamed "Evil Dick" by his teammates, Sincock was called "one of the most interesting bowlers I have ever played against" by Garry Sobers, who claimed that Sincock turned the ball more than any other bowler he had faced and had an unreadable googly.^[1] However, Sobers noted that Sincock was too inconsistent, bowling an over of long hops and full tosses for every unplayable delivery.^[1] His last Test was against England in the Third Test at Sydney in 1965-66, Sincock was hit for 0/98, but made a fighting 29 and 27 as Australia suffered their worst home defeat in over 50 years. The selectors promptly dropped five players including Sincock and the stand-in captain, Brian Booth, neither of whom played for Australia again.

Sincock dropped out of first-class cricket after the 1965–66 season, moving to Sydney where he played for Sydney Grade Cricket club Northern District.^[2] He later said, "I definitely didn't want to be a professional sportsman ... Once I'd got a guy out I couldn't really see the point in getting him out again next week."^[3] He became a successful business executive.