Fitzroy Crozier

Fitzroy Bertram Crozier (born 28 November 1936) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1957 and 1967.

Fitzroy Crozier

Personal information
Full name	Fitzroy Bertram Crozier
Born	(1936-11-28) 28 November 1936 (age 88) Colombo, Ceylon
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	All-rounder
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 334 Batting average 23.85 100s/50s 0/2 Top score 60 Balls bowled 1818 Wickets 26 Bowling average 29.07 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/133 Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricinfo, 2 October 2014

Born in Colombo, Crozier attended Royal College and captained the First XI in his final year, 1956.^[1] A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played for Ceylon in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1956–57, but did not play again until he was a surprise selection in the Ceylon side that toured Pakistan in 1966–67.^[2]

Pakistan won all three matches between the two teams by wide margins, losing only 27 wickets in the process. Crozier took 14 of those wickets for 372, at an average of 26.57. He took 6 for 135 off 64 overs in Pakistan's first innings in the first match,^[3] and 7 for 133 in Pakistan's only innings in the third match.^[4] He also top-scored with 57 as an opening batsman in the second innings of the second match.^[5]

Crozier later went to live in Australia.^[6] In September 2018, he was one of 49 former Sri Lankan cricketers felicitated by Sri Lanka Cricket, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).^[7][8]