jeff thomson Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
jeff thomson is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Jeffrey Robert Thomson
Born
August 16, 1950, Greenacre, Sydney, New South Wales
Age
73 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 51 | 50 | - | - |
Inn | 73 | 30 | - | - |
Runs | 679 | 181 | - | - |
Avg | 12.81 | 7.54 | - | - |
SR | 55.25 | 64.64 | - | - |
HS | 49 | 21 | - | - |
NO | 20 | 6 | - | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | - | - |
4s | 68 | 9 | - | - |
6s | 9 | 2 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 51 | 50 | - | - |
Inn | 90 | 50 | - | - |
Balls | 9545 | 2682 | - | - |
Runs | 5601 | 1942 | - | - |
Wkt | 200 | 55 | - | - |
BBI | 46 / 6 | 67 / 4 | - | - |
BBM | 105 / 9 | 67 / 4 | - | - |
Eco | 3.52 | 4.34 | - | - |
Avg | 28.0 | 35.31 | - | - |
5W | 8 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- MW Thomson
- Australia
- Middlesex
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Thomson bowled with a slinging action, which is attributed to his training to be a javelin thrower in his early days, and was extremely pacy despite bowling with a short run-up. He was one of the Aussie bowlers who relied simply on fast, short pitched deliveries to intimidate the batsmen and rarely ever swung the ball. He made his international debut in 1972-73 at the age of 22 after playing just 5 first class games for NSW. In his first Test against Pakistan, he returned figures of 0/110 and it was later came to be known that he had played with a broken bone without informing the selectors. Following this, he disappeared from the scene and did not play even for his state side until the final game of the 1973-74 season against Queensland. The skipper of Queensland, Greg Chappell, was also leading Australia at that time and he was impressed with what he saw of the young man. Chappell coaxed him to shift to Queensland and soon enough Thomson was inducted in the squad for the 1974-75 Ashes series. Chappell, the master strategist, instructed his fast bowler to bowl well within himself in a tour match against the English side. Later, Thomson was to remark that 'he liked to see the batsman hurt on the cricket pitch'. The English batsmen were at the receiving end of his outburst in that series and he ended up accounting for 33 wickets and a few more in the form of injuries. Australia won the Ashes and the Thomson-Lillee pair was stars to reckon with. A shoulder injury picked up during a random tennis match forbade him from playing the fifth Test or he would have been on course to surpass Arthur Mailey's record of 36 wickets in a single Australian season.
The turning point of Thomson's career came in Adelaide on Christmas Eve in 1976. He was severely injured after an on-field collision with teammate Alan Turner as they both attempted a catch in the first Test against Pakistan. His right collarbone was dislocated which forced him to miss the remainder of the season. His pace was never the same when he returned to competitive cricket in the 1977 Ashes series, but still managed to successfully lead the attack with 23 wickets
at 25.34. The Packer circus, which hampered the Australian team's performance played an important role in Lillee's career as well. He swung back and forth between the national side and World Series Cricket and was part of the depleted side led by Bob Simpson against the visiting Indians in 1976. He managed to pick up 22 wickets in that series and helped Australia win the series 3-2. Eventually, he fell to the lure of the WSC and was reunited with Lillee, who had defected earlier. Together, they forged another successful bowling partnership in the five 'SuperTests' against West Indies with Thomson accounting for 16 wickets.
Thomson ended his Test career with exactly 200 wickets with the last wicket being Graham Gooch on the 1985 tour to England. He was repeatedly dropped and re-selected in the Australian Test squad many times as his fitness was not up to the mark at all times. His performance in the ODIs was far less impressive and he could pick up only 55 wickets in 50 ODIs at an average of 35. He played for Australia in two World Cups, 1975 and 1979. He was known to be a capable lower order batsman and a useful fielder in the out-field.
Facts:
1) Rod Marsh has stated that Thomson was the fastest bowler whom he has kept wickets to. In his opinion, Thomson bowled in excess of 160 Kmph and might have even touched 180 Kmph during his fastest spells.
2) Clive Lloyd corroborated Marsh's opinion when he said that Thomson was the fastest bowler he ever faced.
3) Frank Tyson, a former cricketer and commentator, wrote that \"at a muzzle velocity of 99.6 m.p.h. Thompson is so fast and human reaction time is so slow that scientists have calculated that the batsman has to begin playing a stroke against him more than .062 of a second before 'Thommo' lets go of the ball\".
By Siddharth Prabhakar
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Jeff Thomson was one of the fastest bowlers to have played Test cricket. With an unusual slinging action, and an aggressive approach, he was a fearsome sight to batsmen. He debuted against Pakistan in 1972-73, but hampered by a broken bone in his foot (which he hid from the selectors) was ineffective. Recalled in 1974-5, and forming a partnership with Dennis Lillee, he terrorised the England tourists with consistent spells of extreme fast bowling, taking 33 wickets in
the series. His action put considerable stress on his body, particularly his right shoulder, and he was rarely fit enough to reach those peaks again. He adapted his methods, relying less on pure pace, and more on an excellent cutter, and seam and swing. He was always capable of unleashing a very fast bouncer that
would skid and follow the batsman from only just short of a length. He remained with the Australian side when many left to join the Packer circus in 1977, and carried their attack through two series against England and India, but left to join WSC shortly afterwards. A capable fielder, and a lower order batsman
who could hit, he was frequently heard on radio commentary during the 1997 Ashes series.
Dave Liverman
Wisden overview
Jeff Thomson's run to the wicket was undertaken at the pace of man jogging around the block, but his action was one of cricket's most explosive; tilting back in the style of a javelin thrower, he catapulted the ball at speeds seldom, if ever, attained since. He was also naturally fit, and as much a threat with old ball as new. Too hot for England in 1974-75 and West Indies the following season, a shoulder injury sustained in an on-field collision at Adelaide in November 1976 restricted him thereafter. But his psychological presence remained valuable, and he reached 200 Test wickets on his last Ashes tour in 1985. Lillee and Thomson remain a combination to conjure with, as sinister in England as Burke and Hare, or Bismarck and Tirpitz.
Gideon Haigh