ashley mallett Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
ashley mallett is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Ashley Alexander Mallett
Born
July 13, 1945, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
Died
October 29, 2021, Adelaide, (aged 76 years old)
Also Known As
Rowdy
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 38 | 9 | - | - |
Inn | 50 | 3 | - | - |
Runs | 430 | 14 | - | - |
Avg | 11.62 | 7.0 | - | - |
SR | 36.78 | 38.89 | - | - |
HS | 43 | 8 | - | - |
NO | 13 | 1 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 40 | 1 | - | - |
6s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 38 | 9 | - | - |
Inn | 71 | 9 | - | - |
Balls | 8784 | 468 | - | - |
Runs | 3940 | 341 | - | - |
Wkt | 132 | 11 | - | - |
BBI | 59 / 8 | 34 / 3 | - | - |
BBM | 144 / 10 | 34 / 3 | - | - |
Eco | 2.69 | 4.37 | - | - |
Avg | 29.85 | 31.0 | - | - |
5W | 6 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 1 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- South Australia
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Mallett struggled to break into the Western Australian side in 1966-67. It was not a major surprise as they played at the WACA. He then moved over to South Australia. Mallett had a fine Sheffield Shield season, too, as he ended up with 32 scalps in 1967-68 and was picked for the tour of England in 1968.
In his debut Test at The Oval, Mallett ended up with five wickets to his name. The tour that turned around Mallett's fortunes, however, was when Australia visited the shores of India in 1969-70. He picked up 28 wickets and at an impressive average of 19.1. It was his performance that helped Australia to win the series.
However, it was followed by a series in South Africa, where the hosts whitewashed Australia 4-0. Mallett though, performed creditably by picking up a five-for in the Test at Newlands. Surprisingly, he didn't play another Test in that series.
He was ignored for a few more games, too, before getting a chance to play in the Test against England at the MCG in 1970-71, only for it be washed out. Instead, they played the first over ODI and Mallett took a three-for.
Mallett was arguably at his best in the 1974-75 Ashes series in Australia. The series was not just about Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee ripping apart England's batting line-up. But Mallett too played a key role by taking 17 wickets at 19.94.
Unfortunately, he was laid low by arthritis and retired from the game in 1976-77. He soon started to work as a journalist. However, the lure of playing in the Packer series made him think of coming back into the game. Even though, initially, Packer was against the idea of offering Mallett a contract, he finally got one and played in World Series Cricket.
By 1980, he even made a return to Test cricket, but success eluded him and he hung up his spiked boots. Since retirement, Mallett continued to work as a journalist and as a commentator. He also was appointed as the spin bowling consultant of Sri Lanka and served as a spin director for the Australian board.
By Bharath Ramaraj
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Quiet, gangling, short-sighted, Ashley Mallett looked like a book-keeper at a bikers' convention in the Australian XIs of the 1970s, but his teasing finger-spin and superlative gully fielding were an important element of their success. He moved from his native Perth to Adelaide in 1967 to partake of the wisdom of Clarrie Grimmett, made the first of three tours of England the following year, then found Indian conditions to his liking. No finger-spinner has done better in Australia than his Test-best 8 for 59 against Pakistan at Adelaide in December 1972. A journalist by trade, he wrote two volumes of reminiscences, and has published biographies of Victor Trumper and his paterfamilias Grimmett.
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