Doug Ring

Douglas Thomas Ring (14 Oktoban 1918 - 23 Yunin 2003) ɗan wasan kurket ne na kasar Australiya wanda ya taka leda a Victoria da kuma Ostiraliya a wasannin gwaji guda 13 tsakanin 1948 zuwa  1953. A cikin wasannin kurket na aji na farko 129, ya dauki wickets 426 bowling leg spin, kuma yana da babban maki na 145 , wanda shine kawai karni na aikinsa.

Ring ya yi gwajinsa na farko da Indiya a kakar 1947–48 kuma an zabo shi don yawon shakatawa na Ostiraliya na Ingila a 1948, abin da ake kira "Ba za a iya cin nasara ba", amma ya buga wasan gwaji guda ɗaya kawai a yawon shakatawa. Ya sami babban nasara a kan West Indies a cikin 1951 – 52, da Afirka ta Kudu a kakar wasa ta gaba kuma ya yi balaguron cin nasara na biyu na Ingila a 1953. Bayan wasan kurket, Ring ya rike mukamai a cikin gudanarwar masana'antu a Victoria, kuma ya zama mai sharhin rediyon cricket kuma daga baya mai masaukin baki na Duniyar Wasanni ta Ostiraliya.

 Shekarun farko a matsayin dan wasan cricket 
An haife shi a Hobart, Ring ya koma Victoria tun yana yaro, kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Melbourne .  Bayan buga wasan kurket na makaranta, ya buga wasan karshe na kakar 1935–36 tare da matakin matakin farko a Prahran . Ya yi bugun dama-dama da kwano karyawar kafa na hannun dama . Ya kai matsakaicin matsakaicin matakin bowa na Ƙungiyar Cricket Association ta Victoria kuma ya shiga ƙungiyar matakin farko na Richmond

 Cricket-aji na farko 
A cikin 1938, bayan wasanni biyar tare da Richmond, an zaɓi shi don Victoria.  A wasansa na farko, a cikin Disamba 1938, ya ɗauki wickets huɗu na New South Wales, gami da Sid Barnes, wasan ƙwallon ƙafa tare da Chuck Fleetwood-Smith . A cikin wasan na gaba, batting a No 9, ya sanya 112 don wicket na takwas tare da Lindsay Hassett, yana yin 51 yana gudanar da kansa.   Bai fito a cikin sauran wasannin Sheffield Shield na Victoria ba a lokacin 1938–39, amma daga baya, ya buga da Western Australia a Perth a wasan da ba na Garkuwa na farko ba. – Yammacin Ostiraliya bai shiga Sheffield Shield ba sai bayan yakin duniya na biyu – ya dauki wickets shida don gudu 97 a farkon innings na Western Australia. 
A cikin lokacin 1939 – 40, Ring ya taka leda a duk wasannin Sheffield Shield na Victoria, kuma duk da cewa bai inganta kan ko dai mafi kyawun wasansa ba ko mafi kyawun batting, ya karɓi matsayin babban ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na gefe daga Fleetwood-Smith, tare da wickets 28. a fafatawar shida da babban dan wasan 17. A karshen kakar wasa ta bana, an zabo shi ne a kungiyar "Sauran", wanda ya kunshi fitattun 'yan wasa daga sauran jihohi, domin karawar da suka yi da kungiyar Garkuwa ta New South Wales, ko da yake dan wasan mai shekaru 48 ya yi fushi da shi. Clarrie Grimmett, wanda ya dauki wickets 10 zuwa Ring's daya a wasan.  Wisden ya lura a cikin taƙaitaccen rahoto kan Sheffield Shield na 1939-40 a cikin bugu na 1940 cewa Bill O'Reilly, Grimmett da Ring "sun ɗauki manyan karramawar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a gasar".  Kafin yakin duniya na biyu, kyaftin din Australiya Don Bradman ya ce game da Ring: "Idan ina zabar Australia XI don zuwa Ingila yanzu, daya daga cikin maza na farko a jerina zai zama Doug Ring".

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