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Encyclopedia > Greg Blewett
Greg Blewett

Australia
Personal information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Tests ODIs
Matches 46 32
Runs scored 2552 551
Batting average 34.02 20.40
100s/50s 4/15 -/2
Top score 214 57*
Balls bowled 1436 749
Wickets 14 14
Bowling average 51.42 46.14
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - n/a
Best bowling 2/9 2/6
Catches/stumpings 45/- 7/-

As of 12 December 2005
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Gregory Scott Blewett (born 29 October 1971, Adelaide, South Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 46 Tests and 32 ODIs from 1995 to 2000. is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... This article is about the sport. ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ...


Blewett came into the Australian Test Team in January 1995 against England in Adelaide, scoring a century on debut. He followed that up with another century in Perth and another in Edgbaston (1997), thus scoring three centuries in his first three Ashes Tests; a unique statistic. At his best, he could pull anything short with ease and was difficult to stop. He was noted for his strong play square of the wicket, which is highly rewarded at his home ground, the Adelaide Oval, with its short square boundaries. His highest score of 214 was against South Africa, reaching a double-century in Johannesburg. Most of those runs were with Steve Waugh in one of the biggest partnerships ever, when they batted unbroken for a whole day. The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... The Adelaide Oval is a sports stadium in Adelaide, South Australia. ... A century (From the Latin cent, one hundred) is one hundred consecutive years. ... The WACA is the commonly used name to describe the sports ground in Perth, Western Australia as well as its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association. ... Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ... The Adelaide Oval is a sports stadium in Adelaide, South Australia. ... The South African cricket team, also known as The Proteas, is a national cricket team representing South Africa. ... This article is about the city in South Africa. ... Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. ...

Greg Blewett's Test career batting performance.
Greg Blewett's Test career batting performance.

However, he has been known to struggle against spin bowling. He has been dismissed in the past by the likes of Mushtaq Ahmed and Anil Kumble. After a successful first year in the international arena, he encountered Mushtaq when Pakistan visited Australia in the 1995/96 season. He was completely unable to pick Mushtaq's wrong 'un and was continuously dismissed either LBW or bowled after either incorrectly leaving the ball or playing down the wrong line. He was subsequently replaced by Ricky Ponting, but in late 1996, regained his position after Ponting himself had fallen upon hard times. Blewett then performed well, until the 1998 tour to India, where he was tormented by Kumble, and again dropped in favour of Justin Langer. Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Mushtaq Ahmed (Urdu: مشتاق احمد) (born 28 June 1970 in Sahiwal) is a Pakistani cricketer, more specifically a leg spin bowler. ... Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (Kannada:ಅನಿಲ್‌ ರಾಧಾಕೃಷ್ಣ ಕುಂಬ್ಳೆ)   (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and currently the highest wicket-taker for India in both One-day International and Test matches. ... The Pakistani cricket team is a national cricket team representing Pakistan. ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is a professional Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australian cricket team in One Day International, Twenty20 International and Test cricket. ... Justin Lee Langer (born 21 November 1970 in Perth) is a former Australian cricketer, more specificially a left-handed batsman. ...


His record in India, a spin-dominated country, is abysmal (48 runs at an average of 8). However, upon the retirement of captain Mark Taylor in 1999, Blewett assumed his role as an opener, until he was dropped in favour of Matthew Hayden in early 2000 after a period of indifferent form. Mark Anthony Taylor (born 27 October 1964 in Leeton, New South Wales; nicknamed Tubby or Tubs) was an Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border. ... Matthew Lawrence Hayden was born on 29 October 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden. ...


Steve Waugh also noted that Blewett "[had] a technical flaw when facing deliveries that swung in...[as] he often left an inviting gap between bat and pad." [1]


Test and ODI averages of 34 and 20 respectively also reflect his inability to, according to Waugh, "align...talent with results". Waugh blames this failure on a "lack of discipline and...self-belief." [1]


He also bowled some useful medium pace seamers and was used primarily as the fifth bowler in ODIs.


Notes

  1. ^ a b Waugh, Steve (2005). STEVE WAUGH: Out of my comfort zone - the autobiography. Victoria: Penguin Group (Australia), 336–337. ISBN 0-670-04198-X. 

Stephen Rodger Waugh AO (born June 2, 1965 in Canterbury, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who captained the Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004. ...

External links

  • Cricinfo article on Greg Blewett

 

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