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Full name Ashley Alexander Mallett
Born July 13, 1945, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 63 years 48 days
Major teams Australia,South Australia
Also known as Rowdy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
38
50
13
430
43*
11.62
0
0
0
30
0
ODIs
9
3
1
14
8
7.00
36
38.88
0
0
1
0
4
0
First-class
183
230
59
2326
92
13.60
0
2
105
0
List A
29
13
5
127
24*
15.87
0
0
10
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
38
71
9990
3940
132
8/59
10/144
29.84
2.36
75.6
5
6
1
ODIs
9
9
502
341
11
3/34
3/34
31.00
4.07
45.6
0
0
0
First-class
183
39673
18208
693
8/59
26.27
2.75
57.2
33
5
List A
29
1603
1054
41
3/34
3/34
25.70
3.94
39.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 22-27, 1968 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 28-Sep 2, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 20, 1975 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1967/68 - 1980/81
List A span
1970/71 - 1980/81
Profile
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.
Gideon Haigh
