Bob Massie

Australia

Full name Robert Arnold Lockyer Massie

Born April 14, 1947, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia

Current age 71 years 8 days

Major teams Australia, Western Australia

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

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Explore Bob Massie's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	8	1	78	42	11.14			3	2	1
ODIs	3	1	1	16	16*	-	24	66.66	2	0	1
First-class	52	54	14	385	42	9.62					8
List A	15	5	4	17	16*	17.00					4

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	6	11	1739	647	31	8/53	16/137	20.87	2.23	56.0	2	2	1
ODIs	3	3	183	129	3	2/35	2/35	43.00	4.22	61.0	0	0	0
First-class	52		10629	4446	179	8/53		24.83	2.50	59.3		6	2
List A	15		883	429	17	3/22	3/22	25.23	2.91	51.9	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1972 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 6-11, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Birmingham, Aug 28, 1972 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1965/66 - 1974/75
List A span	1969/70 - 1973/74

Profile

Bob Massie, a fast-medium swing bowler, will always be remembered for one of the most startling debuts in Test history. At Lord's in 1972, the mutton-chopped Massie swung the ball devilishly and demolished England with eight wickets in each innings, and his figures of 16 for 137 were the best by a Test debutant until Narendra Hirwani spun West Indies to defeat 15 years later. But Massie's star fell as quickly as it had risen: he played only five more Tests, and within 18 months of his Lord's debut he was dropped by his state side, Western Australia. Two years before that debut, Massie had been rejected after a trial with Northants. A banker by profession, he latterly became a radio commentator.
Rob Smyth

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