Ian Healy Australia (AUS)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	-
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	119	168
Runs scored	4356	1764
Batting average	27.39	21.00
100s/50s	4/22	0/4
Top score	161*	56
BallsOvers bowled	-	-
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	N/A
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	366/29	194/39
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Ian Andrew Healy (born April 30, 1964 in Brisbane) was an Australian cricketer. April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... This article is about the Australian city. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...

An excellent wicketkeeper and useful right-handed lower middle-order batsman, he made his first-class debut for the Queensland state team in the 1986-1987 season, as understudy to Peter Anderson. A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... Cricket batsman A batsman in the sport of cricket is, depending on context: Any player in the act of batting. ... First-class cricket matches are those in which both teams have two innings each and which involve either international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams. ... The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in both 4-day tournaments (the Pura Cup) and 1-day tournaments (the ING Cup). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Healy was a shock call-up to the Australian national team for the 1988-1989 tour of Pakistan, having played only six first-class games to date, when it was expected more experienced wicketkeepers such as Tim Zoehrer or Greg Dyer might have gone in his place. The Australian cricket team, together with the English cricket team, are the oldest teams in Test cricket having played its first Test match in 1877. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Timothy Joseph Zoehrer (born September 25, 1961 in Armadale, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricket player. ... Gregory Charles Dyer (born March 16, 1959 in Parramatta, New South Wales) is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer. ...

He had a tremendous work ethic allied to natural skill and for the next decade Healy established himself as one of the game's top wicketkeepers, playing in 119 Test matches and 168 one-day internationals from 1988 to 1999. He took 366 catches and completed 29 stumpings, for a world record 395 dismissals. A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

Although he has since been overshadowed as a batsman by current Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist, he was a very useful lower-order batsman, with over 4000 Test runs at an average of 27.39, including four centuries and twenty-two half-centuries. He captained Australia in eight one-dayers, winning five and losing three. Adam Craig Gilchrist (Gilly) (born 14 November 1971 in Bellingen, New South Wales) is an Australian cricketer. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ...

Healy was also well known for his energy and optimism behind the stumps, and could frequently be heard on effects microphones encouraging the rest of the team, perhaps most prominently praise of Shane Warne, expressed as 'Bowling, Shane'. Notable too was his attitude to injuries; despite breaking all of his fingers during his thirteen-year career he only ever missed one Test match, replaced by Phil Emery in Pakistan. Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian cricketer, and captain of Hampshire. ... Philip Allen Emery (born June 25, 1964, New South Wales) is a former Australian and New South Wales cricketer. ...

He could court controversy though, at one stage stripped of the captaincy after television cameras caught him reacting to being given out in a game against South Africa by smashing a plate glass window in the dressing room. He was also involved in an infamous incident with then Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga in 1995, telling him he couldn't have a runner for being "an overweight twat" after the portly batsman claimed he had "sprained something". Arjuna Ranatunga (born 1 December 1963) is a Sri Lankan cricketer-turned politician. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Healy was widely considered the world's best wicketkeeper when he announced his retirement from all cricket in 1999, receiving selection as the wicketkeeper in the Australian Cricket Board's team of the 20th Century ahead of greats such as Rod Marsh, Wally Grout and Don Tallon. He was also recognised as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1994. Since retiring he has gone on to a career in the commentary box, as well as coaching the Somerville House cricket team. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Cricket Australia, formerly the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional cricket in Australia. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Rodney William Marsh (born Armadale, Perth, Australia November 4, 1947) was an Australian Wicket keeper. ... Arthur Theodore Wallace (Wally) Grout (March 20, 1927 in Mackay, Queensland - November 9, 1968 in Brisbane, Queensland was a wicket-keeper who played cricket for Australia and Queensland. ... Donald Tallon (February 17, 1916 in Bundaberg, Queensland - September 7, 1984 in Bundaberg) was a wicket-keeper who played cricket for Queensland and Australia between 1946 and 1953. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

World record

When Healy had Pakistani batsman Wasim Akram caught from Colin Miller's bowling on October 4, 1998 in Islamabad, he became the most successful Test wicketkeeper ever, going past Rod Marsh's previous record with his 356th career dismissal. He went on to take 395 career dismissals. Wasim Akram (born June 3, 1966 in Lahore) is a former fast bowler for the Pakistani cricket team and is widely regarded as one of the best bowlers to have played the game. ... Colin Reid Miller (born February 6, 1964, Melbourne) is a former Australian cricketer. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Islamabad (Urdu: اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), is the capital city of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the northwest of the country. ... Rodney William Marsh (born Armadale, Perth, Australia November 4, 1947) was an Australian Wicket keeper. ...

Teams

International

• Australia

Australian state

• Queensland Bulls

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Career highlights

Tests

Test Debut: vs Pakistan, Karachi, 1988-89
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• Healy's highest Test batting score of 161 not out was made against West Indies, Brisbane, 1996-1997

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One-day internationals

ODI Debut: vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1988-89
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• Healy's highest ODI batting score of 56 was made against England, Melbourne, 1994-1995
• His ODI captaincy record was as follows: 8 matches, 5 wins, 3 losses

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External links

• Cricinfo page on Ian Healy
• HowSTAT! statistical profile on Ian Healy