| Lindsay Sparks | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Lindsay Charles Sparks |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Waikari, Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 109 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.90 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 21 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,110 |
| Wickets1: | 18 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 24.72 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/46 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/0 |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 2 |
| Runs2: | 0 |
| Bat Avg2: | - |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | - |
| Deliveries2: | 101 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 85.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/44 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/0 |
| Date: | 29 April |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22901/22901.html CricketArchive |
Lindsay Charles Sparks (born 5 December 1944) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Central Districts and Auckland in the late 1960s and 1970s.
After several successful matches for Marlborough in the Hawke Cup,[1] including seven wickets in the match in January 1968 in which Marlborough gained the Cup for the first time,[2] Sparks made his first-class debut for Central Districts against the touring Indians in February 1968, taking 4/63 in what was nevertheless an innings defeat.[3] He was to beat this return only once, when claiming 6/46 against Canterbury in January 1970.[4]
Sparks' last two games in senior cricket were the only List A matches in which he appeared. In March 1971 he played against MCC at Fitzherbert Park in Palmerston North, taking the wicket of John Edrich.[5] After a gap of more than six years, in November 1977 he made a solitary appearance for Auckland against Wellington in the Gillette Cup, and though Auckland won handsomely Sparks' own contribution was slight: his six overs went for 41 and he did not bat or take a catch.[6]