Alan Connolly

Australia

Full name Alan Norman Connolly

Born June 29, 1939, Skipton, Victoria

Current age 78 years 301 days

Major teams Australia, Middlesex, Victoria

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Explore Alan Connolly's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	29	45	20	260	37	10.40			0	0		8	17
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
First-class	201	215	93	1073	40	8.79			0	0			77
List A	32	15	6	70	13	7.77			0	0			9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	29	55	7818	2981	102	6/47	7/109	29.22	2.28	76.6	6	4	0
ODIs	1	1	64	62	0	-	-	-	5.81	-	0	0	0
First-class	201		43578	17974	676	9/67		26.58	2.47	64.4		25	4
List A	32		1536	871	41	5/22	5/22	21.24	3.40	37.4	1	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Dec 6-11, 1963 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 9-14, 1971 scorecard
Test statistics
Only ODI	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 5, 1971 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1959/60 - 1970/71
List A span	1964 - 1970/71

Profile

He began his career as a run-of-the-mill tearaway, but laconic Alan Connolly improved his fitness, truncated his run and broadened his repertoire to become the very model of a modern medium-pacer, and developed a reputation for utmost reliability and perseverance. He was capable of long, conscientious spells, and was adept at moving the ball regardless of its age. His best Test moments were in England in 1968 and South Africa in 1969-70, where he propped up weak attacks. Two seasons with Middlesex, however, wore the edge from his bowling, and his career was finished by the time he was 31.
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Mar 7, 1970