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2 unusual facts about Mel McInnes


Mel McInnes

He no-balled Doug Wright three balls in succession for overstepping, and this courageous act may have led to his first Test appointment the following year.

(Presumably Wisden had bowlers Ian Meckiff and Gordon Rorke in mind with this comment.) Johnnie Moyes in 1959 thought “McInnes, in my opinion, ranks with Hele and Crockett as the finest Australia has produced … McInnes adopted the English idea of never rushing into a decision and perhaps that is why he makes so few mistakes.”



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