Tony Mann

Australia

Full name Anthony Longford Mann

Born November 8, 1945, Middle Swan, Western Australia

Current age 72 years 170 days

Major teams Australia, Western Australia

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

Explore Tony Mann's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	4	8	0	189	105	23.62	371	50.94	1	0	16	1	2
First-class	80	122	17	2544	110	24.22			2	11			47
List A	13	10	2	162	59*	20.25			0	1			6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	4	7	552	316	4	3/12	3/64	79.00	3.43	138.0	0	0
First-class	80		14802	6908	200	6/94		34.54	2.80	74.0		5
List A	13		262	184	5	2/34	2/34	36.80	4.21	52.4	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v India at Brisbane, Dec 2-6, 1977 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 7-12, 1978 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span	1963/64 - 1983/84
List A span	1969/70 - 1983/84

Profile

Legspinning allrounder Tony Mann was only the second nightwatchman to make a Test hundred, 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.
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Tony Mann

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