Max Walker

Australia

Full name Maxwell Henry Norman Walker

Born September 12, 1948, West Hobart, Tasmania

Died September 28, 2016 (aged 68 years 16 days)

Major teams Australia, Victoria

Also known as Tangles

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Other Commentator

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	34	43	13	586	78*	19.53			1	54	1	12
ODIs	17	11	3	79	20	9.87	170	46.47	0	6	0	6
First-class	135	170	40	2014	78*	15.49			3			49
List A	41	26	9	261	31	15.35			0			9

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	34	63	10094	3792	138	8/143	8/143	27.47	2.25	73.1	9	6
ODIs	17	17	1006	546	20	4/19	4/19	27.30	3.25	50.3	1	0
First-class	135		33619	13209	499	8/143		26.47	2.35	67.3		21
List A	41		2423	1315	52	4/19	4/19	25.28	3.25	46.5	2	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, Dec 29, 1972 - Jan 3, 1973 scorecard
Last Test	England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 25-30, 1977 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v Australia at Dunedin, Mar 30, 1974 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Feb 1, 1981 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1968/69 - 1981/82
List A span	1971/72 - 1981/82

Profile

Just as Lindwall and Miller were complemented by Bill Johnston, during their salad days Lillee and Thomson had the unflagging support of Max Walker, a strapping paceman whose convoluted wrong-footed action inspired the nickname "Tangles" and was imitated in backyard games across the country. He was capable of leading Australia's attack at a pinch, as he did during Australia's 1972-73 tour of the West Indies, and when he obtained 8 for 143 in the sixth Test of the 1974-75 Ashes series with both Thomson and Lillee hors de combat. When he retired, in the aftermath of World Series Cricket, Walker became a successful commentator; a series of best-selling anecdote collections reflected his skills as a raconteur.
Gideon Haigh

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