Lindsay Hassett

**Arthur Lindsay Hassett** MBE (28 ga Agusta 1913 – 16 ga Yuni 1993) ɗan wasan kurket ne na Australiya wanda ya buga wa Victoria da ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Australiya wasa. Ɗan wasan Hassett mai ƙarancin shekaru ya kasance ƙwararren mai buga ƙwallon ƙafa na tsakiya, wanda *Wisden* ya bayyana a matsayin, "... ƙwararren mai buga ƙwallon ƙafa kusan kowace bugun ƙafa ... lokacinsa mai kyau, aikin ƙafa mai kyau da kuma ƙarfin wuyan hannu ya ba shi damar sanya yin bugun ya zama abu mai sauƙi".  Aikinsa na wasanni a makaranta ya nuna shi a matsayin ƙwararren mai hazaka, amma ya ɗauki yanayi da dama don samun matsayi na yau da kullun a cikin wasan kurket na aji ɗaya kuma da farko ya yi fama da manyan maki. An zaɓe shi don yawon shakatawa na Ingila na 1938 tare da ƙarni ɗaya kawai na aji ɗaya a sunansa, Hassett ya kafa kansa da tan uku na aji ɗaya a jere a farkon kamfen ɗin. Duk da cewa ya yi gwagwarmaya a cikin Gwaje-gwajen, ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a nasarar da Australiya ta samu a Gwaji na Huɗu, tare da nuna wasan tsere a tseren gudu wanda ya tabbatar da riƙe Ashes . Bayan ya koma Ostiraliya, ya shahara a wasan kurket na cikin gida da yawan maki masu yawa, inda ya zama ɗan wasa ɗaya tilo da ya ci ƙarni biyu a wasa da Bill O'Reilly —wanda aka fi sani da mafi kyawun ɗan wasan bowling a duniya.

Koyaya, fashewar Yaƙin Duniya na II ya katse ci gaban Hassett. Tare da soke wasan kurket na farko, ya shiga cikin Sojojin Daular Australiya na Biyu, yana aiki a Gabas ta Tsakiya da New Guinea kafin a zaba shi a matsayin kyaftin din ƙungiyar wasan kurket ta Australian Services wacce ta buga "Jarabawar Nasara" a Ingila a cikin watanni nan da nan bayan Nasara a Ranar Turai. Hassett shi ne kawai dan wasan gwaji a cikin tawagar kuma mutanensa ba zato ba tsammani sun zana jerin 2-2 a kan tawagar Ingila da ta kunshi 'yan wasan wasan cricket na gwaji. Jagorancin Hassett ya kasance mai mahimmanci ga nasarar tawagar, wanda ya zagaya kuma ya taimaka wajen sake kafa wasan a Ingila, Indiya da Ostiraliya bayan yakin.

A lokacin da yake da shekaru masu tsufa a lokacin da yake na 32, Hassett ya fara aikin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na gwaji da gaske kuma ya zama mai saurin zama, mai taka tsantsan wanda sau da yawa ya ɓata wa masu kallo rai tare da jinkirin zira kwallaye. Daga 1946-47 zuwa gaba, ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin kyaftin din Don Bradman na jerin uku, gami da yawon shakatawa na Invincibles na Ingila a 1948. Daga nan sai ya gaji Bradman da ya yi ritaya a matsayin kyaftin din Australiya a 1949 kuma ya jagoranci ƙungiyar da ta ci nasara wacce a hankali ta tsufa kuma ta ƙi. Bayan yawon shakatawa na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ya ga nasara 4-0 a cikin gwaje-gwaje, Hassett ya jagoranci 'yan Australia zuwa nasarar gida 4-1 a kan Ingila a cikin jerin Ashes na 1950-51. Rashin da aka yi a gwajin na biyar shine farkon gwajin Australiya tun lokacin da aka sake dawo da wasan kurket bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Matsayin Australia na wasan kurket na duniya ya ragu kuma, a kakar wasa ta karshe ta Hassett a gida a 1952-53, ya jawo 2-2 a kan tawagar Afirka ta Kudu wacce ake sa ran ta kasance mai raunin adawa. A cikin wasannin gwaji 24 a matsayin kyaftin, Hassett ya kula da nasarori 14 kuma ya sha kashi sau hudu kawai, amma shi ne na karshe daga cikin asarar hudu da ya lalata rikodin sa. 

A cikin girmamawar Sabuwar Shekara ta 1953, an nada shi memba na Order of the British Empire (MBE).

An ci su a wasan karshe na jerin 1953 da Ingila, ƙungiyar Hassett ta rasa Ashes, ta kawo ƙarshen mulkin Australia na shekaru 19. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 40, ya yi ritaya nan da nan bayan wasan shaida na karshe bayan ya koma Ostiraliya. Hassett mai farin ciki tare da Fuskar poker wanda ya taimaka masa a matsayin kyaftin dinsa, an san shi da iyawarsa a matsayin jakadan Australia, jin daɗinsa da ƙwarewar diflomasiyya. Richie Benaud ya rubuta game da shi: "Akwai wasu da suka yi karin gudu kuma suka dauki karin wickets, amma kaɗan ne suka taɓa samun karin daga rayuwarsu. "  A shekara ta 2003, Cricket Australia ta shigar da shi cikin Hall of Fame na Cricket Australia. 

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