Random Australian Test Cricketers

[footyfan1978]

Shaun Young in 1997

Maybe, barely remember him. I checked up my memory on Whitney debut and actually I was wrong about the circumstances of his debut. He was actually part of touring squad in 1981 and made his debut when Rodney Hogg and Geoff Lawson were both injured. Wellham made his debut in same infamous 1981 series. It was only Wellham that was outside the touring squad. Man, our batting was terrible that series after looking up the stats. Probably just as bad as current Test side batting line-up.

 

[footyfan1978]

Shaun Young in 1997

Just looked it up and he was part of touring squad. Not at first but Paul Rieffel got injured and had to go home to Australia so they replaced him in touring squad with Young whom later on made his debut which was very forgettable...lol

 

[STFU Donnie]

Injuries to India remind me how a few Aussie players made their debut for Australia because they happened to be overseas in England when our touring side had so many injuries, they got given a chance as we no fit players left. Dirk Wellham did this in England and so did Mike Whitney.
Wellham is probably the player I have least liked to ever play for Australia.

Correct about Whitney, but a big negative on Wellham. He was a part of the touring party from day one.

 

[Cleavy]

Just looked it up and he was part of touring squad. Not at first but Paul Rieffel got injured and had to go home to Australia so they replaced him in touring squad with Young whom later on made his debut which was very forgettable...lol

the selection was down to Shaun Young or Shane Lee, in hindsight we should have picked the latter

 

[footyfan1978]

Correct about Whitney, but a big negative on Wellham. He was a part of the touring party from day one.

Yeah, my confusion of trying to remember that traumatic series following in middle of night via tv and then radio next to the bed when pretending to be getting sleep before school the next day.

Mike Whitney - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

"Australia was touring England in 1981, and Whitney was in England playing Northern League Cricket in Lancashire for Fleetwood Cricket Club and some County Cricket for Gloucestershire. Injuries to Rodney Hogg and Geoff Lawson in the Australian squad led to Whitney playing the final two tests of the tour. He was the first Australian Test Cricketer to be selected this way. "

 

[footyfan1978]

the selection was down to Shaun Young or Shane Lee, in hindsight we should have picked the latter

Do not think either of them worthy Test cricketers to be honest.

 

[Jamurp]

Did Ryan Campbell play a few ODIs/T20is? First time a lot of us saw the ramp shot (or possible the first ever?), was great to see. He ended up hosting the IPL coverage when it was Channel 10 in it's first years too, haven't heard about him since.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Did Ryan Campbell play a few ODIs/T20is? First time a lot of us saw the ramp shot (or possible the first ever?), was great to see. He ended up hosting the IPL coverage when it was Channel 10 in it's first years too, haven't heard about him since.

Played for Hong Kong and coached Netherlands.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

the selection was down to Shaun Young or Shane Lee, in hindsight we should have picked the latter

Young was picked at they very low point of form in his career. But even then was more likely to do something than Shane Lee - of course, he didn't, but was more likely heading in. Really, they should not have gone for an all-rounder at all. You need batsman, you ned bowlers, you need a wicket-keeper, if someone can do more than job then great - but never pick an no-rounder for the long form.

There were some other times when Young maybe deserved consideration for a call-up if an all-rounder was to be used (which, as above, should only be when you actually have one). That was not one of those times.

 

[corbies]

Did Ryan Campbell play a few ODIs/T20is? First time a lot of us saw the ramp shot (or possible the first ever?), was great to see. He ended up hosting the IPL coverage when it was Channel 10 in it's first years too, haven't heard about him since.

Played 2 ODIs for Australia but actually made his T20I debut for Hong Kong in the 2016 World Cup at the age of 44. As Richard Pryor said, currently coaches the Netherlands.

Dougie Marillier nearly got Zimbabwe home against Australia at the WACA by ramping Glenn McGrath a few times in the dying overs and that would have been the year before Campbell did it for Aus A and Australia.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Played 2 ODIs for Australia but actually made his T20I debut for Hong Kong in the 2016 World Cup at the age of 44. As Richard Pryor said, currently coaches the Netherlands.

Dougie Marillier nearly got Zimbabwe home against Australia at the WACA by ramping Glenn McGrath a few times in the dying overs and that would have been the year before Campbell did it for Aus A and Australia.

He would have played the first ramps I saw. From memory he ended up near face planting on one of them, one-bounce four.

 

[Richard Pryor]

Played 2 ODIs for Australia but actually made his T20I debut for Hong Kong in the 2016 World Cup at the age of 44. As Richard Pryor said, currently coaches the Netherlands.

Dougie Marillier nearly got Zimbabwe home against Australia at the WACA by ramping Glenn McGrath a few times in the dying overs and that would have been the year before Campbell did it for Aus A and Australia.

Speaking of random T20I players for Associates, Cameron Gannon is an international T20 player for the USA and Dom Michael for Samoa.

 

[sherb]

Would be contender for batting line up these days

He was a very good first-class cricketer, over 7000 runs at nearly 38.

And that's not taking into account his more than handy medium pace/medium fast bowling.

 

[sherb]

Do not think either of them worthy Test cricketers to be honest.

That's a bit harsh regarding Young, given you said yourself that you barely remember him.

He was more a batting all-rounder than the opposite. In three consecutive seasons in Australia (93-94, 94-95 & 95-96) he scored 2411 runs @ 50.23.

His overall record?
7212 runs @ 37.95 with 14 hundreds & 44 fifties.
274 wickets @ 35.82 with a best of 7-64

Young is 9th on the all-time Shield runs list for Tassie and 5th on the all-time wickets list.

He got called up for the UK touring squad prior to the sixth test in 1997, with Shane Lee - there was no time to get a player out from Australia so they looked for players already in the country.

Young playing with Gloucestershire and Lee was playing in the leagues. Young had scored his f-c best of 237* for Gloucestershire that season.

As for his effort in the Test - he bowled tightly in the first innings and wasn't really needed in the second. He scored a duck in the first innings and came in at 6-88 in the second with Australia needing another 36 to win. He was not out at the end - if Healy or even Warne or just one of the tailenders could have hung around we could have won.

It was a dead rubber and we couldn't even chase down 124 to win. No-one in the team could hold their head high after that pathetic effort.

He'd walk into the Australian side these days.

The story of his Test appearance.

Shaun Young's Ashes outing

Flashback to 1997, when the Tasmanian allrounder got a call-up from county cricket to play the final Test at The Oval

www.thecricketmonthly.com

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[footyfan1978]

That's a bit harsh regarding Young, given you said yourself that you barely remember him.

If I forget him, he not worthy to remember given how long I been following cricket.
Harsh but fair and I have no doubt he would say it himself.

 

[corbies]

That's a bit harsh regarding Young, given you said yourself that you barely remember him.

He was more a batting all-rounder than the opposite. In three consecutive seasons in Australia (93-94, 94-95 & 95-96) he scored 2411 runs @ 50.23.

His overall record?
7212 runs @ 37.95 with 14 hundreds & 44 fifties.
274 wickets @ 35.82 with a best of 7-64

Young is 9th on the all-time Shield runs list for Tassie and 5th on the all-time wickets list.

He got called up for the UK touring squad prior to the sixth test in 1997, with Shane Lee - there was no time to get a player out from Australia so they looked for players already in the country.

Young playing with Gloucestershire and Lee was playing in the leagues. Young had scored his f-c best of 237* for Gloucestershire that season.

As for his effort in the Test - he bowled tightly in the first innings and wasn't really needed in the second. He scored a duck in the first innings and came in at 6-88 in the second with Australia needing another 36 to win. He was not out at the end - if Healy or even Warne or just one of the tailenders could have hung around we could have won.

It was a dead rubber and we couldn't even chase down 124 to win. No-one in the team could hold their head high after that pathetic effort.

He'd walk into the Australian side these days.

The story of his Test appearance.

Shaun Young's Ashes outing

Flashback to 1997, when the Tasmanian allrounder got a call-up from county cricket to play the final Test at The Oval

www.thecricketmonthly.com

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I mean if it's harsh on Young it's probably harsh on Lee too. He averaged 39 with the bat at first class level.

 

[sherb]

If I forget him, he not worthy to remember given how long I been following cricket.
Harsh but fair and I have no doubt he would say it himself.

Well, haven't you got a high opinion of yourself, lol.

 

[footyfan1978]

Well, haven't you got a high opinion of yourself, lol.

Bah, I was a shit bat myself..

 

[sherb]

I mean if it's harsh on Young it's probably harsh on Lee too. He averaged 39 with the bat at first class level.

I remember Young's career far better because I follow Tassie in the cricket, so I focussed on him.

But I'll just defer to footyfan1978's opinion from now on, he's the the oracle on these matters.

 

[footyfan1978]

I remember Young's career far better because I follow Tassie in the cricket, so I focussed on him.

But I'll just defer to footyfan1978's opinion from now on, he's the the oracle on these matters.

I have no doubt he was a wonderful cricketer for Tassie. Sorry if you thought I was dissing his cricket at first class level.

 

[PhatBoy]

If I forget him, he not worthy to remember given how long I been following cricket.
Harsh but fair and I have no doubt he would say it himself.

It’s not my place to make that assessment but I remember him very very well and I’ve never been to a shield match in my life. He went through a phase where he, Cox and Hills and from memory a young Ponting made Tassie a suddenly very formidable side with the bat at least

 

[footyfan1978]

It’s not my place to make that assessment but I remember him very very well and I’ve never been to a shield match in my life. He went through a phase where he, Cox and Hills and from memory a young Ponting made Tassie a suddenly very formidable side with the bat at least

Think I been to only one Shield match myself too. Vic v WA at MCG. Remember Hussey and Katich batting and Flemo bowling for Victoria. Was fun stuff with about 100 in the crowd.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

It’s not my place to make that assessment but I remember him very very well and I’ve never been to a shield match in my life. He went through a phase where he, Cox and Hills and from memory a young Ponting made Tassie a suddenly very formidable side with the bat at least

During that period they, and Di Venuto, were quite a batting side. Sometimes chasing down near 400 in the fourth innings I think.
Bellerive got a reputation for being flat in that period, but they were almost as effective at other venues. It was more that Tassie's batting was very good, and the bowling was not which led to high scores from both sides.

 

[PhatBoy]

During that period they, and Di Venuto, were quite a batting side. Sometimes chasing down near 400 in the fourth innings I think.
Bellerive got a reputation for being flat in that period, but they were almost as effective at other venues. It was more that Tassie's batting was very good, and the bowling was not which led to high scores from both sides.

Divva was class. Had some real aggression about him and from memory was a slightly inferior version of Ponting in that he was very strong off the back foot

 

[footyfan1978]

Divva was class. Had some real aggression about him and from memory was a slightly inferior version of Ponting in that he was very strong off the back foot

Should have played more ODI cricket for Australia but think we had fairly strong side in that era so doubt he ended up with many games.