testdebutagainst deliveries oneodi columns catches/stumpings year birth_date odidebutdate bowling tenfor country club fivefor batting name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international odidebutagainst testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches odidebutyear article_title
south africa 7,818 64 43,578 1,536 true 4 17 9 / -- / -- 0 / -- 77 / -- 1959 -- 1971 1969 -- 1970 1963 29 june 1939 5 january right-arm fast-medium 0 0 4 0 australia victoria middlesex 4 0 25 1 right-handed alan connolly 1971 alan norman connolly skipton , victoria , australia tests odis fc la true england 6 december england http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/1/1207/1207.html cricket archive 1939 6 29 yes 260 -- 1,073 70 1963 102 0 676 41 9 january 0/0 -- 0/0 0/0 29 1 201 32 1971 alan connolly

alan connolly

alan norman connolly -lrb- born 29 june 1939 , skipton , victoria -rrb- is a former australian cricketer who played in 29 tests and one odi from 1963 to 1971 .
connolly was a fast bowler early in his career , but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with garth mckenzie .
he was instrumental in australia 's 159-run victory at old trafford in 1968 , the only time england lost a match in a sequence of 40 tests between 1966 and 1971 .
he headed australia 's bowling figures for the series , with 23 wickets at 21.34 .
he played the 1969 and 1970 seasons for middlesex .
on the tour of south africa in 1969-70 he took 20 wickets at 26.10 , in a series in which australia lost all four tests , and his four fellow pace bowlers took only 17 wickets between them at a combined average of 61.70 .
he was recalled for his last test match in the fourth test at sydney in the 1970-71 ashes series , but was dropped after taking just one wicket in australia 's 299-run loss .
he retired from first-class cricket at the end of the season .
