Jack Iverson

John Brian Iverson (27 ga Yuli 1915 - 23 ga Oktoba 1973) ɗan wasan kurket ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wasanni biyar na gwaji daga 1950 zuwa 1951. An san shi da riƙonsa na musamman na "yatsunsa masu lanƙwasa", wanda ya ɗan ruɗar da masu kurket a faɗin Ostiraliya da kuma ƙungiyar kurket ta Ingila da ke yawon buɗe ido.  Gwaje-gwajensa guda biyar duk sun kasance ne da Ingila, a cikin jerin 1950-51, amma an tilasta masa ya yi ritaya don kula da harkokin mahaifinsa da ke fama da rashin lafiya; "zai iya samun mafi kyawun masu kurket a duniya a hannunsa, idan zai iya ɓatar da lokaci". 

 Shekaru na farko da aikin Soja 
An haifi John Brian Iverson a ranar 27 ga Yuli 1915, a St Kilda, Melbourne, kuma ya kasance mai saurin jefa kwallo a Kwalejin Geelong inda ya yi karatu. Ayyukansa na makaranta ya kasance sananne ne saboda korar Lindsay Hassett tare da wani mai shiga tsakani a cikin wasan da ya yi a cikin makarantarsa, daga baya ya zama kyaftin dinsa a duka kungiyoyin Victoria da Australia. Iverson mai shiga ciki wasan kurket ba har tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu bayan kammala karatunsa, kuma bai buga wasan kurket na farko ba har tsawon wasu shekaru 15. Farawa a 1933, Iverson ya zama jackaroo a cikin Mallee kuma daga baya ya zama mataimakin manajan a kan dukiyar Essington Lewis a Tallarook.[1]

A shekara ta 1939, ya shiga cikin Sojojin Tsaro na Australiya bayan barkewar Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin rundunonin yaki da jirgin sama na Kashi na Tara a Gabas ta Tsakiya, kafin a tura shi zuwa abin da ke yanzu Papua New Guinea. A can, Sergeant Iverson ya kirkiro wata hanyar da ba ta dace ba ta juyawa kwallon, wanda ya riƙe tsakanin yatsa da yatsan tsakiya. Wannan ya ba shi damar yin amfani da nau'o'i daban-daban, gami da raguwa, raguwa da kafafu, ba tare da wani canji na aiki ba. A wannan matakin yana wasa ne kawai a cikin jama'a a cikin nishaɗi na kai tsaye tare da sauran abokan aikin soja."Players and Officials – Jack Iverson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2007.

 Farkon aiki 
Bayan ya dawo Ostiraliya bayan yaƙin, Iverson kawai ya buga golf da Tennis don nishaɗi, har sai da ya sami damar haɗuwa da makafi masu wasan cricket a kusa da Melbourne Cricket Ground wanda ya motsa shi ya shiga Brighton Cricket Club a lokacin da ba shi da kayan wasan cricket. Ya tashi da sauri, daga na uku XI a Brighton a ƙarshen 1946, zuwa Melbourne Cricket Club a 1948 da kuma ƙungiyar Victorian shekara guda bayan haka.

 Ayyukan gwaji 
Ya fara jan hankalin mutane a wasan kurket na farko a 1949-50 lokacin da ya dauki wickets 46 ga Victoria a matsakaicin 16.12. A cikin kaka mai zuwa ya zagaya New Zealand a karkashin Bill Brown, kuma ya dauki, a duk wasannin, wickets 75 a farashin gudu bakwai kowannensu, kuma a kakar Australia ta gaba, yana da shekaru 35, an zaba shi don ƙungiyar gwajin da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila da F. R. Brown ta jagoranci. Ayyukansa na musamman sun rikitar da masu buga kwallo masu ziyara har zuwa yadda a cikin jerin gwaje-gwaje ya sami wickets 21 don gudu 15.73 kowannensu. Iverson ya fara bugawa a gwajin farko a Brisbane, inda bai yi kwallo ba a farkon innings kafin ya dauki 4/43 a karo na biyu. Ya dauki adadi na wasa na 6/73 a gwajinsa na biyu a filin wasan Cricket na Melbourne kafin mafi kyawun aikinsa na 6/27 a wasan na biyu na gwajin na uku a filin wasan cricket na Sydney yayin da Australia ta kammala nasarar innings. A lokacin gwajin na huɗu a Adelaide ya sami rauni a idon sa lokacin da ya yi tafiya a kan kwallon. Wannan ya lalata ikonsa, saboda kawai ya dauki 3/68 da 2/84 a cikin gwaje-gwaje biyu na karshe na aikinsa. Ya taka leda a wasa daya kawai a kowane kakar wasa biyu masu zuwa sannan ya daina wasan kurket gaba daya bayan da 'yan wasan suka bincika kuma suka iya dabarunsa."Players and Officials – Jack Iverson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2007."Statsguru – JB Iverson – Tests – Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2007.

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