Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's most prolific batsmen.
Glenn Turner was born at Dunedin in 1947 and went to Otago Boys' High School,[2] where he became serious about playing cricket.
This innings helped him get selected for the Otago team to play in the Plunket Shield at the age of 17.
His wife Dame Sukhi Turner, whom he met while touring India in 1969, is a former mayor of Dunedin.
[3] In his third season of first class cricket for Otago in 1966–67, he scored 224 runs at an average of 22.4 per innings.
[7] Glenn Turner made his mark on the first-class cricket scene, particularly with Worcestershire in the English county championship.
Turner is one of only two players (the other being Graeme Hick in 1988 also for Worcestershire) since the Second World War to have scored 1000 first-class runs in England before the end of May, a feat he achieved in 1973.
His 136 for Otago at Molyneux Park in Alexandra included a partnership with Wayne Blair (who scored 82*) to draw with Auckland.
[7] After scoring 123 for the South Island versus the West Indies,[13][4] Glenn Turner made his test debut against the West Indies in March 1969 making a duck in the first innings and 40 in the second innings on debut in the first test.
With a bowling attack lacking experience against someone like Turner, He found gaps in the field and scored "mostly with magnificent drives".
[18] It was also the longest individual innings in one-day international history, occupying 201 balls.
[20] Glenn Turner was the manager or coach of the New Zealand Cricket team between 1985 and 1987 for the Australian series when he presided over the team's first series victory in Australia, the 1986 tour to England, the West Indies tour of New Zealand and the 1987 world cup.