text: Mallett played 38 Tests from his debut against England in 1968 and took 132 wickets at an average of 29.84, also finishing his Test career against England in 1980.
  Quietly-spoken Mallett is behind only Nathan Lyon (399 wickets) and Hugh Trumble (141) as Australia’s most successful Test offspinners.
  He earned the ironic nickname Rowdy due to his quietly-spoken nature. Mallett rocketed to fame during his second overseas tour for Australia as Bill Lawry’s team secured a 3-1 series victory over India.
  Ashley Mallett was one of cricket’s great thinkers and one of Australia’s finest off-spinners. After his 1968 debut against England, he took 143 wickets in 38 tests and nine ODIs, plus 693 First-Class wickets. But his legacy extends well beyond statistics.Vale Rowdy. pic.twitter.com/yOBZRHBU2D
  — Australian Cricketers’ Association (@ACA_Players) October 29, 2021
  During that series, Mallett snared 28 wickets at an average of 19.10, including a match haul of 10 wickets in the fifth and final Test.
  Mallett started his career in Western Australia, but with spinners Tony Lock and Tony Mann ahead of him in the pecking order, he made the switch to South Australia. The move proved to be a masterstroke, with Mallett flourishing in a first-class career that would eventually span 183 matches in which he claimed 693 wickets at 26.27.
  Mallett scored a legion of fans after his playing career finished through his writing. He was active in that sense up until recently, co-authoring Neil Harvey’s biography The Last Invincible, which was released in June.
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