Keith Slater
Test Cap #212
Keith Nichols Slater (born 12 March 1936 in Midland, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer and WAFL player. Slater was a star footballer for Swan Districts and Subiaco and played in the 1961 WAFL grand final with Swan's against East Perth. In cricket he only played in one Test, but 74 first-class cricket matches for Western Australia.
Keith was first selected as a batsman to represent the club's First Grade side at the age of 15 years old in 1950. He was a versatile all-rounder skilled in both off spin and fast medium swing bowling. Keith was added to the State squad and made his First Class debut during the 1955-56 season, played one Test match for Australia against England during the 1958-59 Ashes series (first West Australian to play a Test against England) and retired from First Class Cricket at the completion of 1967-68 season, playing 74 First Class matches, 2198 runs, 140 wickets and 50 catches. Keith was awarded WACA Life Membership in October 2013.
Keith captained the Club for eight seasons and played in two First Grade premierships in 1968-69 and 1969-70 season. After twenty four years, Keith retired from First Grade cricket at the completion of 1973/74 season with the following statistics:
Matches: 259 (Club record)
Runs: 5770
Wally Edwards
Test Cap #271
Walter John Edwards (born 23 December 1949, Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests and one ODI from 1974 to 1975.
He has maintained his links with Australian cricket since retirement, being the vice-president of the Western Australian Cricket Association since 2000 (receiving life membership in 2002) as well as being on the board of Cricket Australia for the past 11 years.
Tony Mann
Test Cap #285
Anthony Longford Mann (born November 8, 1945, Middle Swan, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests from 1977 to 1978.
He was only the second man in history to score a century in a Test match after being sent in as nightwatchman following Nasim-ul-Ghani of Pakistan with 105 against India at Perth in 1977-78. But whereas Nasim was hardly a fish out of water batting at No. 6, Mann was well and truly in the deep end at No. 3. It was a vital innings too, as it laid the foundation for Australia's successful fourth-innings chase of 342 for 8. But Mann continued to struggle in his day job (after taking 3 for 12 in his first innings, his leggies yielded only one more wicket at a cost of 304 runs) and played only two more Tests.
In a domestic career spanning two decades, he was a key part of several Shield-winning Western Australian sides.
A leg break bowler with a sharp googly, Mann was almost selected for 1969-70 Australian Second XI Tour of New Zealand when the Test players were in India and South Africa. A useful batsman, he made the Test side during the first season of the Packer schism. His father was Jack Mann, a pioneer of the wine industry in Western Australia.
Bruce Yardley
Test Cap #294
Bruce Yardley (born 5 September 1947, Midland, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 33 Tests and 7 ODIs from 1978 to 1983.
Known to his teammates as 'Roo', Yardley was an off-spin bowler who, like many spinners, began life as a fast-medium pace seamer. In his late 20s Yardley switched to off-spin and had success at club and then state level. His technique was slightly unusual in that he bowled at near medium-pace, rolling the ball off his middle finger rather than the index finger like conventional off-spinners.
In the early 1980s Yardley was Australia's first-choice spinner; during this period he took most of his 126 Test wickets, including a Test-best of 7/98 against the West Indies at Sydney in 1981/82.
Yardley participated in Australia's first tour of Sri Lanka in 1983 and took seven wickets, including a five-wicket haul, in what proved to be his final Test. Yardley was also a handy number-eight batsman, good enough to score four Test half-centuries, and an exceptional fielder in the gully region, where he took some spectacular catches. He served as coach of Sri Lanka during the late 1990s.
Tim Zoehrer
Test Cap #337
Timothy Joseph Zoehrer (born 25 September 1961 in Armadale, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricket player.
He played as a wicket-keeper and began his career in the 1980-81 season with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield as an understudy to Rod Marsh. After Marsh's retirement he became the number one state keeper and eventually the Australian Test keeper.
He played ten Test matches between 1986 and 1987 when Australia were far from the top team in the world. He also played 22 One Day Internationals. After a personality clash with Australian coach and newly appointed selector, Bob Simpson, Zoehrer claims he was replaced as first-choice keeper by Simpson for personal reasons. He was replaced firstly by Greg Dyer and then Ian Healy, though he did tour England twice, in 1989 and 1993, as Healy's deputy. Zoehrer played his final One Day International in 1994, seven years after his previous appearance again as a replacement for a rested Healy.
Zoehrer was a successful and popular keeper for Western Australia with a state record of 360 dismissals and also took 38 wickets with his leg break bowling. He was controversially axed in 1994, when the state opted for NSW's Adam Gilchrist behind the stumps. Zoehrer later played and coached cricket in the Netherlands and wrote an autobiography, "The Gloves Are Off". Zoehrer played professional Australian rules football with Western Australian Football League (WAFL) club East Fremantle in 1982.
Tom Moody
Test Cap #348
Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer and coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Schooled at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited great talent for athletics and Australian rules football but truly excelled at cricket being selected to train with the 1st XI side (usually made up of year twelve students) at just thirteen, and play with them the following year.
Upon leaving school he moved immediately into Western Australian First Grade cricket with the Midland Guildford team. "Long" Tom Moody, so nicknamed for his 1.98 metre (six foot six inch) height, began his first class career in the 1985/86 season with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and also played in England with Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
Captaining WA and Worcester to various trophies, Moody, an aggressive and fast scoring batsman, scored over 20,000 first class runs and hit 64 centuries; he was also a useful medium pace bowler. His 1,387 List A runs for Worcestershire in 1991 is a record for the county.
He played eight Test matches for Australia between 1989 and 1992, although he had more success with Australia's one-day team, appearing in three World Cups and two finals – 1987 and 1999 – alongside Steve Waugh.
Since his retirement in 2001, Moody has coached, been an Australian cricketer's representative and for several years held the post of director of cricket with Worcestershire. In May 2005 he was considered for the post of coach to the Indian national cricket team but lost out to Greg Chappell. However, a few days later he was appointed coach of Sri Lanka. A few days after the 2007 Cricket World Cup, he resigned from the post of coach of Sri Lankan Cricket Team.
On 14 May 2007, the WACA announced Moody's appointment as manager and head coach of the Western Warriors for the next three years. Trevor Penney, England's fielding coach during the 2005 Ashes series and assistant to Moody in Sri Lanka, supported Moody as assistant coach.
Moody continues his involvement in cricket through various T20 franchises around the world and through cricket commentary roles.
Alec Stewart
England Test Cap #543
Alec James Stewart OBE (born 8 April 1963 in Merton Park, Greater London) is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the England cricket team.
He is the most capped English cricketer of all time in Test matches and 2nd most capped in One Day Internationals, having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs.The younger son of former English Test cricketer Micky Stewart, Stewart was educated at Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames.
He made his début for Surrey in 1981, earning a reputation as an aggressive opening batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. He made his England début in the first Test of the 1989/90 tour of the West Indies. At the start of his career, Stewart was a specialist opening batsman for England, with wicketkeeping duties being retained by Jack Russell.His highest Test score, 190, was against Pakistan in the drawn first Edgbaston Test on 4 June 1992; it was his fourth century in five Tests.
In 1994 at the Kensington Oval he became only the seventh Englishman to score centuries in both innings of a Test match, scoring 118 and 143 as the West Indies were beaten at their Bridgetown "fortress" for the first time since 1935.Stewart was vice-captain of the England side during most of Atherton's tenure as captain, eventually succeeding him in 1998.
In his first series as captain, against South Africa, Stewart scored an outstanding 164 in the third Test at Old Trafford to salvage a draw, a result which eventually enabled England to overturn a 1–0 deficit to win the series 2–1. During his captaincy, he had the unusual distinction of simultaneously captaining the side, opening the batting and keeping wicket. He continued to deputise occasionally as captain of England's one-day side, and became the second international captain to concede a match in 2001, after a pitch invasion during a One Day International against Pakistan rendered the continuation of play impossible.
He continued as an England player for five more seasons, and became only the fourth player to score a century in his 100th Test, scoring 105 against the West Indies at Old Trafford in 2000.
Jo Angel
Test Cap #355
Jo Angel (born 22 April 1968, Mount Lawley, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1993 to 1995.
Angel was a giant fast bowler from Western Australia. 6' 6" (1.98m) and a big, strapping man, he had an ungainly and lumbering approach to the wicket and hit the deck hard. On the fast WACA Ground, his bounce was a threat and lot of his wickets in the domestic circle came from playing on this pitch.
The positive aspect about his bowling was that he would always try hard to get wickets and would bowl long spells even if the wicket was unresponsive or the weather was hot. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at the WACA in 1993. Prior to the match, he vowed to fight the West Indies fire with fire.
Angel's domestic performance was impeccable, carrying the Western Australian attack with distinction. He holds the career wickets record for Western Australia and is one of two bowlers who have taken 400 or more wickets for the state with 445. The other is Terry Alderman, with 433 wickets.
Brendon Julian
Test Cap #356
Brendon Paul Julian (born 10 August 1970, Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 7 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1993 to 1999.
Standing at 6' 5", he was a dangerous left-arm fast-medium bowler and a tremendously hard-hitting right-handed late-middle order batsman, he was regarded as a prospect to become an all-rounder. When in form, his bowling was particularly lethal, with the awkward angle of delivery being a left-armer, the natural swing, and the lift he generated from his great height.
In batting, he was a destructive striker of the ball when on song. He had two short spells in the Australian Test team. His first stint was in the 1993 Ashes tour against England when he scored a gritty 56*, and secondly his tight and penetrative bowling spells in the history making West Indies tour of 1995 when, in the absence of injured Craig McDermott and Damien Fleming, he and Paul Reiffel undertook new ball responsibilities.
He was a regular member of the One-day team during 1998 and 1999, being a member of the winning squad at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, despite being confined to the bench for the majority of the tournament. He is particularly remembered for the Sheffield Shield finals of 1997–98 and 1998–99, in which innings of 124 and 84 respectively played major roles in leading the Western Warriors to back-to-back titles.
He retired in 2001 to become a presenter in the travel programme Getaway for Channel 9 in Australia. He later presented sports news on Nine News Afternoon Edition, before moving to Fox Sports (Australia). On Fox Sports he is a commentator on domestic cricket matches, host of 'Inside Cricket' and hosting Australia's 2009 tour of South Africa.
Simon Katich
Test Cap #384
Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is a former the captain of the Perth Scorchers, New South Wales Blues, and Derbyshire County Cricket Club. He has also played for the Indian Premier League team, Kings XI Punjab.
He is a left-handed opening batsman and part-time left-arm leg-spin bowler. He is well regarded for his ability and tenacity as a batsman, and draws comparison to former national player Michael Bevan.
Katich made his debut for the Western Australia State team in the 1996–97 season. The following season he was a central figure in Western Australia's Sheffield Shield success, scoring an impressive 1,039 first-class runs for the season. He was selected to tour Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe with the national team the following season but suffered greatly from illness, including a debilitating bout of chicken pox and subsequent health problems. However, he recovered to contribute further for his state, highlighted in the 2000–01 domestic season where he helped himself to 1,282 first-class runs.
He later switched from Western Australia to New South Wales where he currently lives. Katich made his Test debut on the 2001 Ashes tour of England. In only his second match he bowled for the first time in Test cricket, and in the second innings took 6/65 in the 2nd innings against Zimbabwe in Sydney.
Following Steve Waugh's retirement in 2004, Katich established himself in the Australian team. His best Test batting performance came against India at Sydney in January 2004, when his 125 and unbeaten 77 saved Australia the Test, series, and a decade long unbeaten record at home. Despite this, he was dropped in favour of Andrew Symonds for Australia's next Test, in Sri Lanka, when Symonds was dropped after the first two Tests, Katich was picked for the third Test and made a patient 86. He regained his place and enjoyed a good Test series in India in October 2004, where he made good scores of 81 and 99.
His good form continued with 118 against New Zealand in March 2005. Since the commencement of the 2005–06 season, Katich attempted to cement his place in the Australian one day cricket side, having lost his Test place. He had been sometimes criticised for his slow scoring rate in One Day Internationals, but others believe he was the perfect foil to the aggressive fellow opening batsman Adam Gilchrist. Australia persisted with him throughout the VB Series and in South Africa, as Katich scored runs fairly consistently. Katich played a total of 45 One day Internationals. Katich was selected for the 2009 tour to England and he played in all five Ashes Tests, scoring 341 runs in 8 innings at an average of 42.62. Katich opened the batting with Philip Hughes for the first two Tests at Cardiff and Lord's but Hughes was dropped for the Third Test at Edgbaston due to poor form, so Katich was then partnered by Shane Watson for the final three Tests. This proved successful as Watson and Katich scored more runs at the top of the order than Hughes and Katich.
Katich scored his eighth Test century in the First Test with 122. This was backed up later in the series with a half century. Katich scored these runs at a strike rate of 53.87. He also took six catches in the field and effected two direct hit run outs in the Fifth Test. The 2007–08 domestic season could only be described as a triumph for Simon Katich. He smashed 1506 runs to break Michael Bevan's all-time Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield record for runs in a season as NSW romped home undefeated to claim their 45th title.
Aside from being given the honour of captaining NSW in the Pura Cup final against Victoria, Katich also contributed scores of 86 and 92 to lead the match on run aggregate as he had done for the season overall. He was also crowned the Pura Cup player of the year for his 1506 runs at an average of 94.12. The highlight of Katich's season was undoubtedly his 306 against QLD at the SCG, an innings in which the last 200 runs came at better than a run a ball. It was the first time since Sir Donald Bradman that a player had scored 300 at the SCG, and an innings which the Sydney Morning Herald called "superb".
Peter Roebuck later claimed Katich should be the Australian cricket captain after Ricky Ponting came under fire during the January 2008 SCG Test. During the coverage of the final, Damien Fleming described Katich as a left-handed V. V. S. Laxman for his dominant bottom hand and willingness to hit through the on-side. Katich's season culminated with his recall to the national side for May tour of the West Indies. He cemented his place in the Test team with scores of 113 and 157 in the second and third Tests respectively. Katich attended Trinity College in Perth, Western Australia.
Lauren Ebsary
Test Cap #155
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Test Cap #167
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Test Cap #181
