Ray Lindwall
 Lindwall in the late 1940s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Raymond Russell Lindwall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1921 Mascot, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 June 1996 (aged 74) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 165) | 29 March 1946 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 28 January 1960 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1941–1954 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | Queensland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 27 December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Whiticker/Hudson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relatives | Jack Lindwall (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Russell Lindwall MBE (3 October 1921 – 23 June 1996) was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cricket history. In addition to his cricket career, he played top-flight rugby league for St. George, appearing in two grand finals for the club.
Lindwall made his first-class debut for New South Wales in 1941–42. At the same time, Lindwall played for St. George in the first-grade of the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership as a full back. His career was interrupted by World War II, in which he served in the Australian Army in New Guinea from 1943 to 1945. He made his Test debut against New Zealand in March 1946. During the early part of his career, he also played rugby league at first-grade level before retiring from the sport in 1946 to focus on cricket.
As a right-arm fast bowler, Lindwall was known for his smooth, rhythmic action and ability to generate pace and swing. Together with Keith Miller, he formed one of the most celebrated new-ball partnerships in Test cricket. He was a key member of Don Bradman’s Australian team that toured England in 1948, known as “The Invincibles”.
Lindwall was also a capable lower-order batsman, scoring two Test centuries. He was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 1996, named in the Australian Cricket Board’s Team of the Century in 2000, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2009.