Lee Germon

Lee Kenneth Germon (born 4 November 1968) is a sporting body administrator and former New Zealand cricketer, wicket-keeper and former captain.

Under Germon's leadership, Canterbury won in the New Zealand one day game, winning the Shell Cup 50 over competition in 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96 & 1996/97.

In this match, Germon shared in a record breaking batting partnership, when he added 160 runs with Warren Wisneski for a tenth wicket, setting the New Zealand first-class record for a tenth wicket partnership, Germon made 80 runs in his final innings.

On this tour Germon made his ODI debut for New Zealand on 8 December against Sri Lanka in a rain affected match at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein; he kept wicket while Parore played as a specialist batsman.

Turner, upon deciding that Ken Rutherford would be replaced as captain, appointed Germon, recognising that he had the best captaincy record in New Zealand domestic cricket at the time.

Former New Zealand captain and then senior squad member Martin Crowe also stated to Turner that he thought Germon as better at wicket-keeping than incumbent wicketkeeper Adam Parore.

He led New Zealand to the quarter-final of the 1996 World Cup, where despite scoring their highest ever total against Australia (to that point) with 286, they lost.

Along with coach Glenn Turner, Germon had wanted to make significant changes to the culture of the New Zealand team He was faced with opposition from some high-profile players.

It is widely believed that this conflict with high-profile players along with loss of form led to Germon's sudden dismissal from the New Zealand side in 1997.

New Zealand convenor of selectors of the time Ross Dykes admitted to receiving hate mail and anonymous phone calls over the issue.

In 2004 Germon shifted to Mainland Soccer as chief executive officer for what turned out to be only a 10-month stint before moving to Nelson to become CEO of the Tasman Rugby Union.