Brian Booth

**Brian Charles Booth** MBE (19 ga Oktoba 1933 - 19 ga Mayu 2023) ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne na Australiya wanda ya buga Wasanni 29 na gwaji tsakanin 1961 da 1966, da kuma wasanni 93 na farko na New South Wales . Ya jagoranci Australia a gwaje-gwaje biyu a lokacin jerin Ashes na 1965-66 yayin da kyaftin din Bob Simpson na yau da kullun bai kasance ba saboda rashin lafiya da rauni. Booth ya kasance mai kyau mai tsakiya na tsakiya a No. 4 ko 5, kuma a wasu lokuta yana buga matsakaicin matsakaicin hannun dama ko kuma ya fita. Yana da sha'awar amfani da ƙafafunsa don cajin Masu jefa kwallo. Booth an san shi da kwarewarsa a fagen wasa kuma sau da yawa yana kiran Kiristanci yayin tattauna ka'idoji da wasanni.

An haife shi a kusa da garin Bathurst na ƙasar New South Wales, Booth ya koma Sydney a 1952 kuma ya taka leda a gasar wasan kurket yayin da yake horo don zama malami. Ya fara buga wasan farko na tawagar wasan kurket ta New South Wales kuma ya zama sananne a cikin yanayi mai ban mamaki a wasan sa na biyu, a kan 'yan Ingila masu yawon shakatawa a 1954-55. Saboda janyewa da wuri, an zaɓi Booth a ƙarshen sanarwa kuma dole ne a kira shi daga aiki a safiyar wasan. Da ya zo bayan fara wasan, ya zira kwallaye 74 bayan faduwar batting. Booth ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi tasiri a farkon aikinsa kuma ya rasa kakar wasa don horar da ƙungiyar wasan hockey ta Australiya don Wasannin Olympics na 1956 a Melbourne. Bayan ya dawo wasan kurket na farko a 1957-58, ya rike matsayi na yau da kullun a cikin tawagar jihar yayin da 'yan wasan Test ke yawon shakatawa a kasashen waje. Booth a hankali ya ci gaba kuma ya sami zaɓi a 1959-60 Australian Second XI yawon shakatawa zuwa New Zealand.

An zaɓi Booth don ƙungiyar Australiya da ta zagaya Ingila a 1961 kuma ta taka leda a gwaje-gwaje biyu na ƙarshe. Bayan ya dawo Ostiraliya, Booth ya yi ƙarni biyu a cikin jerin gwajin gida na 1962-63 da Ingila, ya kafa kansa a cikin ƙungiyar gwajin. Ya ci gaba da ƙarni biyu a lokacin rani mai zuwa a kan Afirka ta Kudu kuma an ba shi suna dan wasan Australiya na shekara. Bayan ritaya na Richie Benaud, an nada Booth mataimakin kyaftin a karkashin Simpson yayin da Ostiraliya ta fara rangadin Ingila na 1964, wanda ya ga riƙe Ashes. Booth ya buga wasan gwaji na karshe a 1965-66 a kan Ingila, inda ya jagoranci Australia a gwaje-gwaje na farko da na uku saboda Simpson ya kasance a gefe tare da karyewar wuyan hannu da chickenpox bi da bi. An zana gwajin farko amma Ostiraliya ta fadi zuwa kashi na farko a cikin kusan shekaru goma a gwajin na uku. Kamar yadda yake cikin raguwa, an bar Booth yayin da masu zabar Australiya suka yi canje-canje masu yawa, suna kawo karshen aikinsa. A lokacin da ya yi ritaya, Booth ya koma aikinsa na koyarwa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mai wa'azi na Baptist. An shigar da shi cikin Hall of Fame na Cricket NSW a shekarar 2014.

## Shekaru na farko
The son of "Snowy" Booth, a market gardener and talented country cricketer, Booth was born in Perthville, located  outside the New South Wales regional town of Bathurst. His father hung pictures of Don Bradman and Stan McCabe on the wall and told him that "these are the two greatest living cricketers". Booth represented Bathurst High School at the age of 13 and played first grade cricket in Bathurst at 15. He was selected for a New South Wales youth countryside at the age of just 14. In 1950, Booth represented New South Wales Country against a combined Sydney team, and moved to St. George to play on a weekly basis two years later. He made the first grade team at the age of 19 and began a four-year course at Sydney Teachers College. Booth also played hockey in Perthville and began playing for St George upon his arrival in Sydney.

Booth ya fara buga wasan farko na bat-linkid="283" href="./New_South_Wales_cricket_team" id="mwWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New South Wales cricket team">New South Wales a kan Queensland a 1954-55 Sheffield Shield . Ya yi Duck_(cricket)" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Duck (cricket)">Duck a cikin innings na farko kafin ya kara 19 a cikin na biyu. New South Wales ta lashe,  amma an bar Booth lokacin da 'yan wasan Test suka dawo daga aikin kasa da kasa.  An tuno da Booth wata daya bayan haka don wasan da Len Hutton ta Ingila a Sydney Cricket Ground . Arthur Morris da Bill Watson sun janye a ƙarshen sanarwa kuma an nemi Booth ya yi wasa, bayan ya riga ya fara aikinsa na ranar a matsayin malami a Kwalejin Aikin Gona ta Hurlstone. Ya kama jirgin kasa kuma ya isa ƙasa fiye da rabin sa'a bayan fara wasan, lokacin da New South Wales ta rushe zuwa 3/12. New South Wales ya ci gaba da faduwa zuwa 5/26 kafin Booth ya zo tare da ƙwanƙwasawa da aka aro kuma ya shiga Peter Philpott. Sun sanya haɗin gwiwa na 83, kuma Booth daga ƙarshe ya gama innings ba tare ba a ci nasara ba a kan 74 yayin da masu masaukin suka ninka don 172.    Booth ya yi duck a wasan na biyu kuma ya dauki wicket na farko yayin da New South Wales ta ci mutanen Hutton. Rashin yawon bude ido ne kawai ya yi nasara a yakin,   kuma wasan karshe a kakar wasa ta farko ta Booth.

Booth yana da ƙananan lokaci a cikin 1955-56, yana gwagwarmaya don samun matsayi na yau da kullun a cikin ƙungiyar New South Wales. Kamar yadda babu wasannin kasa da kasa a lokacin bazara,  'yan wasan Test suna samuwa ga duk yakin. Ya taka leda a wasanni shida kuma yana da 'yan dama kaɗan, yana gudanar da gudu 157 kawai a 31.40, ya wuce hamsin a lokaci ɗaya kawai. New South Wales ta ci gaba da da da'awar hat-trick na Sheffield Shield titles.

An zaɓi Booth don ƙungiyar hockey ta New South Wales a 1955 kuma ya zagaya New Zealand a 1956.  Kyakkyawan wasan kwaikwayon a wannan yawon shakatawa ya haifar da zabinsa a cikin tawagar wasannin Olympics ta Australiya don Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1956 a Melbourne, amma yana da jira mai damuwa bayan da'awar kafofin watsa labarai cewa ya karɓi kuɗin da aka kashe don yin wasan kurket, wanda zai sa ya zama ƙwararre sabili da haka bai cancanci shiga gasar Olympics ba. A ƙarshe, an cire Booth da 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko Ian Dick da Maurice Foley don su buga wa Australia wasa. Booth ya rasa kakar Sheffield Shield ta 1956-57 saboda ya kasance daga cikin tawagar wasan hockey ta Australiya wacce ta kammala ta biyar a gasar Olympics.   An zaɓi Booth a matsayin hagu na ciki amma ba a yi amfani da shi a kowane wasannin Ostiraliya ba har sai wasannin rarrabuwa na matsayi na 5 zuwa 8 

A cikin 1957-58, Kungiyar gwajin Australiya ta zagaya Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin rani na kudancin,  ta buɗe damar a gasar Shield a Australia. Booth ya kafa kansa a matakin farko tare da gudu 503 a 50.30. Bayan ya zira kwallaye biyu da hamsin, ya tsallake don ƙarni na farko na farko da ya yi da Victoria a Sydney Cricket Ground, a wasan karshe na kakar. Ya sanya haɗin gwiwa na 325 tare da abokin aikin Test na gaba Norm O'Neill a kasa da sa'o'i hudu. Wannan shi ne karo na goma sha biyar na farko,   kuma ya taimaka wa jiharsa ta sami lambar yabo ta biyar a jere tare da nasara goma a kan manyan abokan hamayyarsu. Tare da 'yan wasan Test da suka dawo Australia a 1958-59, Booth ya sake fuskantar karin gasa don wurare. Ya yi gwagwarmaya, ya buga wasanni shida kuma ya tara gudu 190 kawai a 31.66.  Ya yi wasanni shida kawai a duk kakar, kuma a cikin damar da ya samu a kan 'yan Ingila na Peter May, ya yi duck. Booth ya wuce 50 a lokuta biyu a lokacin kakar, ya yi 75 da 85. A cikin wasan da ya yi da Kudancin Australia, ya dauki 0/97 tare da saurin sa na ɗan lokaci.

## Ƙarfafawa na aji na farko

Kungiyar ta kasa ta zagaya Yankin Indiya a lokacin kakar 1959-60 ta Australiya,  ta buɗe ƙarin wuraren zama a matakin cikin gida. Booth yana da karfi a kakar wasa ta farko, inda ya zira kwallaye 718 a 65.27 tare da ƙarni biyu don sanya na uku a kan jimillar gudu. Ya fara kakar wasa tare da 168 yayin da New South Wales ta doke Queensland ta hanyar innings kafin ya zira kwallaye 177 biyu daga baya a cikin nasarar innings a kan Kudancin Australia. Jiharsa ta kammala nasarar Sheffield Shield ta bakwai a jere.

Ayyukan Booth sun ga an zaba shi don New Zealand in 1959–60">Kungiyar Australiya ta biyu da ta zagaya New Zealand a ƙarƙashin kyaftin din Ian Craig .  Ya zira kwallaye 105 a wasansa na farko ga kasarsa, a nasarar da ya samu a kan Auckland. Booth ya zira kwallaye 184 a 30.66 kuma ya dauki wickets uku a 25.00 a wasanni hudu na kasa da kasa da New Zealand. Booth ya yi la'akari da yin ritaya bayan kakar, yana jin cewa lokacin da ake buƙata don wasan kurket na farko yana shafar aikinsa a matsayin mai wa'azi da kuma ma'aikacin matasa na Kirista.