Cricketer connections

[Red]

Now I've no idea if this thread will work or not, but basically the idea is that you connect the cricketer you've posted to the cricketer previously posted with an interesting bit of trivia or a story, or at very least a "played together/with" connection.

Eg

Post 1: Frank Worrell

Post 2: Richie Benaud: Benaud and Worrell's were the opposing captains in the 1960 tied test

Post 3: Tony Greig: Tony Greig and Benaud shared many years together as commentators on Australia's Channel 9 cricket coverage

Post 4: Jeff Thomson: Sandshoe crusher story....

And so on...

So to kick it off, here is a cricketer's name to begin with:

Arthur Mailey

 

[Starfighter]

Arthur Mailey

Advised Bill O'Reilly to change his close fingered grip to a more conventional one. O'Reilly ignored him on the advice of Charles Turner.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Charles Turner, 1888, broke the record of most runs in a English season by 69 wickets, when took 283 wickets. Previously the record was held by Ted Peate.

 

[the big bambino]

Peate was the first in line of 5 great Yorkshire slow left armers. The next being Bobby Peel

 

[fredfertang]

After Peel was sacked by Yorkshire he played for Accrington, from which nursery we have David 'Bumble' Lloyd

 

[AndrewB]

Bumble's only Test 50 was a double century, a feat later matched by Brendon Kuruppu.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Kuruppu was one of two players to make their Test debut in that match, the other was Andrew Jones

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

When Andrew Jones was dismissed New Zealand were in a bit of trouble at 4/99. However Hadlee scored one of his two test match centuries and Jeff Crowe scored one of his three test match centuries to rescue New Zealand and ensure the match was a draw.

 

[Howe_zat]

Jeff Crowe has been an ICC Test match referee since 2004, and one of the matches he presided over Bangladesh v England at Dhaka in 2010. Hitting his highest Test match score of 91* in that match was Tim Bresnan

 

[fredfertang]

Tim Bresnan was hugely underrated, much like Graeme Fowler, incidentally another son of Accrington

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Graeme Fowler was the first England wicket to fall in their momentous innings of 82 at Christchurch in '84. He played outside a delivery from Stephen Boock, apparently not realising that that bowler simply waved his arms around without turning the ball.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Boock was renowned as somewhat of a muppet with the bat, but he made a valuable contribution in the Sydeny test of 1985/86, making his highest score of any professional cricket with 37 as part of a 124 run 10th wicket stand with John Bracewell. This eventually came to an end when he was LBW to the bowling of Dave Gilbert

 

[AndrewB]

Dave Gilbert made his debut for a struggling Aussie team in the last Test of the 1985 Ashes series. His only wicket in the match was that of Richard Ellison.

 

[Howe_zat]

Richard Ellison made his test match debut at home against the West Indies, much like Tim Bresnan

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Tim Bresnan's last wicket in a disappointing test career was Mitchell Johnson

 

[Top_Cat]

Mitchell Johnson's 123* is the 16th highest Test score by a number 8, If you divide his placing in half you find the 8th highest score by a Test number 8 claimed by another tall, lean, tanned fast bowler, Imran Khan.

 

[marc71178]

Imran Khan was an all-rounder, as was Tim Bresnan.

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

Imran Khan was an all-rounder, as was Tim Bresnan.

Tim Bresnan was a failure in test cricket as was Scott Muller

 

[GoodAreasShane]

In the 1998/99 Shield final, Muller was the final Queensland wicket to fall as WA wrapped up a convincing victory, LBW for a golden duck to Brendon Julian

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Julian (known as BJ) was born in one country, yet represented another. So too did Bradley-John Watling.