Lindsay Crocker

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer (1958–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lindsay Crocker

| image =

| fullname = Lindsay Mervyn Crocker

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|5|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Taumarunui, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|5|7|1958|5|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| country = New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper

| club1 = Northern Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1982/83–1988/89}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 54

| runs1 = 2,663

| bat avg1 = 27.45

| 100s/50s1 = 2/14

| top score1 = 126

| hidedeliveries = true

| wickets1 =

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| best bowling1 =

| catches/stumpings1 = 40/1

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 34

| runs2 = 633

| bat avg2 = 18.61

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 74

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| catches/stumpings2 = 7/0

| date = 28 August

| year = 2024

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/lindsay-crocker-36781 Cricinfo

}}

Lindsay Mervyn Crocker (16 May 1958 – 7 May 2023) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 54 first-class matches for Northern Districts in the 1980s.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/21/21720/21720.html| title = Lindsay Crocker| publisher = CricketArchive | accessdate = 2010-03-09}} He scored 2663 runs at 27.45 in his career for the Northern Districts as an opening batsman. After his retirement, he got involved in administration and was Auckland's chief executive for seven years.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36781.html|title=Lindsay Crocker|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2018-04-22}} Crocker died on 7 May 2023, at the age of 64.{{cite news |title=Former Black Caps manager Lindsay Crocker dies |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/300872741/former-black-caps-manager-lindsay-crocker-dies |access-date=7 May 2023 |publisher=Stuff |date=8 May 2023}}