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Fifteen World Cup wins and 90,000 runs: The Fox Cricket commentary team


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FIFTEEN triumphant World Cup campaigns, more than 2000 international wickets, and more than 90,000 international runs – it’s fair to say you would not want to run into Fox Cricket’s commentary team in a park match.

Following the announcement of Ian Healy, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy as Fox Cricket commentators, we take a look at the playing careers of the team so far.

ADAM GILCHRIST
5570 runs at 47.60 across 96 Tests. 416 dismissals
9619 runs at 35.89 across 287 ODIs. 472 dismissals
272 runs at 22.66 across 13 T20Is. 17 dismissals
Three World Cup wins
Considered by many as the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman of all time, Adam Gilchrist was a key member of Australia’s dominant sides of the late nineties and early 2000s. He’s arguably the most revolutionary player of the modern era.

One of the game’s most brutal ever batsmen, the talented left-hander famously scored a 57-ball Test century against England at the WACA in 2007 – the second fastest Test ton at the time. Gilly dominated both ODI (9,619 runs at 35.89) and Test cricket (5,570 runs at 47.60), with the bat and was exceptional behind the stumps – his 416 dismissals are the second most in Test history.

On top of his undeniable talents, Gilchrist was among the sport’s most respected players, famously walking in Australia’s 2003 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka. The Australians still went on to win that tournament, one of three consecutive World Cups Gilly won.

SHANE WARNE
708 wickets at 25.41 across 145 Tests
293 wickets at 25.73 across 194 ODIs
One World Cup win
Australia’s greatest bowler of all-time, Shane Warne, took 708 Test wickets at 25.41 – a total only surpassed by Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan.

Warne breathed life into the dying art of wrist-spin, instilling fear into batsmen worldwide with his unrivalled leg-breaks and legendary ‘flipper’, which he deployed in 145 Test matches and 194 ODIs.

The King of Spin enjoyed a career stacked with highlights but saved his remarkable best for the old enemy. Twenty-five years ago he delivered the original – and the best – “Ball of the Century”, bowling Mike Gatting with his first Ashes delivery on UK soil.

A year later he took an Ashes hat-trick at the MCG and in 2005 he was man-of-the-series (40 wickets at 19.92) in a losing cause in England. Fittingly his final campaign was an Ashes series at home – won 5-0 by the Australians – in which he took his 700th Test wicket at his beloved home ground, the MCG.

ISA GUHA
101 wickets at 23.21 across 83 ODIs
29 wickets at 18.93 across eight Tests
18 wickets at 25.05 across 22 T20Is
One World Cup win. One World T20 win
A commentator’s commentator, Isa Guha’s knowledge of the game is up there with the best and her reputation as a ball-by-ball caller is rapidly rising. If you don’t know her yet, you will by the end of the summer.

Before gracing the airwaves, Guha debuted for England as 16-year-old quick in 2001. She went on to play over 100 matches for her country (eight Tests, 83 ODIs and 22 T20Is), helping England take out the World Cup and the World Twenty20 in 2009.

MEL JONES
1028 runs at 21.41 across 61 ODIs
251 runs at 35.85 across five Tests
Two World Cup wins
Mel Jones burst onto the Test scene in style in 1998, scoring a stunning 131 in an Ashes series on English soil on debut, and helping Australia to a series draw.

She later tasted a 1-0 Ashes victory at home in 2003, where she was the host side’s second-highest scorer for the series.

Although Jones only went on to make five Test appearances – Tests are still few and far between in the women’s game – she enjoyed a highly successful ODI career which included two World Cup wins in 1997 and 2005.

Jones played her last ODI in 2005 before taking on coaching and commentary roles across the globe, including in England, India, Australia and the Caribbean.

MICHAEL HUSSEY
6235 runs at 51.52 across 79 Tests
5442 runs at 48.15 across 185 ODIs
721 runs at 37.94 across 38 T20Is
One World Cup win
Known as ‘Mr Cricket’ for his sheer love of the game, Hussey was a crowd-favourite in the years following Steve Waugh’s dominant reign and among the country’s finest ever three-format players.

Made to wait until he was 30 for his baggy green, Hussey made a position in Australia’s middle-order his own between 2005 and 2013, amassing 6,235 Test runs at an impressive average of 51.52. His ODI record was just as admirable, with the left-hander taking over from Michael Bevan as Australia’s finisher in the ODI arena. Few around the world have been as effective in the role.

It could be argued Australia is still looking for his replacement in both Test and ODI cricket.

ELLYSE PERRY
2540 runs at 51.83 across 97 ODIs, 130 wickets at 25.62
432 runs at 61.71 across seven Tests, 30 wickets at 17.33
875 runs at 25.73 across 90 T20Is, 84 wickets at 20.40
One World Cup win, three World T20 wins
Perry boasts something only one other person – Allan Border – in the commentary team can. She’s scored an Ashes double-century.

Perry hit the first Test century of her career last summer and once she reached triple figures she decided to keep going. Not a bad effort at all from a player who was a better bowler than she was a batter at the start of her career.

Having made her debut as a 16-year-old in 2007, Perry is one of the most experienced cricketers in Australia and has been on the international scene longer than any of the men in current Test team.

ALYSSA HEALY
830 runs at 22.43 across 58 ODIs, 59 dismissals
130 runs at 32.50 across three Test, nine dismissals
942 runs at 17.44 across 80 T20Is, 53 dismissals
Three World T20 wins
Recently appointed captain of the most dominant domestic team in Australian sport – the NSW Breakers have won 19 of the past 22 Women’s National Cricket League seasons – Healy has been the Southern Stars’ custodian for the past eight years and her batting has gone to a new level this year.

Like most Australian keepers, Healy is not adverse to the occasional sledge. That could be bad news for her husband, Mitchell Starc, if she happens to be behind the microphone when he’s got the ball in hand.

IAN HEALY
4356 runs at 27.39 across 119 Tests. 395 dismissals
1764 runs at 21.00 across 168 ODIs. 233 dismissals
In terms of pure glove work, Ian Healy might just be the finest wicketkeeper in Australian cricket history — in 2000 he was named in the country’s team of the century ahead of Rod Marsh.

Given a baggy green after just six first-class matches, Healy went on to play over 100 Tests for Australia, forming one the game’s most deadly bowler-keeper partnerships with Warne. He was no slouch against the quicks either, taking 58 and 55 catches off the bowling of Glenn McGrath and Craig McDermott respectively.

A veteran of the commentary box, Healy handed the gloves to the revolutionary Gilchrist in the last ‘90s.

BRENDON JULIAN
128 runs at 16.00 and 15 wickets at 39.93 across seven Tests
224 runs at 13.17 and 22 wicket at 45.31 across 25 ODIs
One World Cup win
Former all-rounder Julian was one of Australian cricket’s most explosive players in the nineties, exciting crowds with his big-hitting and his ability to move the ball both ways at pace.

He earned his Test debut in an England Ashes series in 1993, going on to make seven appearances, including four in Australia’s landmark 2-1 series defeat of the West Indies in 1995.

Julian played a key role in the absence of Craig McDermott and Damien Fleming, taking nine wickets at 26.22 to help Australia defeat the number one ranked West Indies, signalling a changing of the guard in Test cricket.

One of Julian’s finest moments was helping Western Australia to back-to-back Sheffield Shield titles in 1998 and 1999, scoring 124 and 84 respectively in each season’s final.

ANDREW SYMONDS
1462 runs at 40.61 across 26 Tests
5088 runs at 39.75 across 198 ODIs
337 runs at 48.14 with a strike rate of 169.34 across 14 T20Is
Two World Cup wins
Brutal with the bat, reliable with the ball and dynamic in the field, Symonds could do it all.

One of the most powerful hitters in the country’s cricket history, Symonds played a key role in Australia’s World Cup wins in 2003 and 2007. It was in the 2003 edition that he turned his career around. Having considered quitting the game because of a lack of opportunity, Symonds hammered an unbeaten 143 against Pakistan, rescuing the side after it slumped to 3-52.

The all-rounder managed to squeeze two centuries and ten half-centuries into the 26 Tests he played, and even by today’s standards his numbers in T20I cricket are scary.

ALLAN BORDER
11,174 runs at 50.56 across 156 Tests
6524 runs at 30.62 across 273 ODIs
One World Cup win
Known affectionately as ‘Captain Grumpy’, Border’s strong and uncompromising leadership helped spark an Australian resurgence in the 1980s that provided the platform for success enjoyed by the next generation.

Although he is often remembered more for his decade-long captaincy of Australia, AB also amassed 11,174 Test runs at 50.56 to become the nation’s highest ever scorer; a record only surpassed by Ricky Ponting in 2009.

Border lifted Australia’s maiden World Cup trophy in Kolkata in 1987 after an iconic, underdog triumph on the subcontinent, which continues to be the game’s toughest assignment.

MARK WAUGH
8029 runs at 41.81 across 128 Tests
8500 runs at 39.35 across 244 ODIs
One World Cup win
The more stylish of the Waugh brothers, Mark was a staple of the successful Australian teams of the nineties, racking up 128 Test appearances and 244 ODIs,

‘Junior’ was among the decade’s most elegant batsmen but there was more to him than his immaculate cover drive. Waugh is one of only two Australians to have scored more than 8000 runs in both Test (8029 at 41.81, 20 centuries) and ODI (8500 at 39.35, 18 centuries) cricket. The other is of course Ricky Ponting, who is coincidentally the only Australian to have scored more ODI centuries than Waugh.

Arguably his finest moment was his 1996 World Cup campaign, in which he set the record for most centuries scored (3) in one edition of the tournament – a mark Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara one upped in 2015.

Waugh recently stepped down as an Australian selector after almost four years in the job.

MICHAEL VAUGHAN
5719 runs at 41.44 across 82 Tests
1982 runs at 27.15 across 86 ODIs
27 runs at 13.50 across two T20Is
Vaughan scored 18 centuries across 82 Tests but he’s most famous for leading England to Ashes glory in 2005, ending Australia’s 16-year possession of the urn.

A thorn in Australia’s side throughout his nine-year career, Vaughan averaged a healthy 47.95 in Ashes Tests, piling on 633 runs down under in 2002-03. A remarkably calm and elegant figure at the crease, the Englishman climbed to the top of the Test batting rankings after that series.

Not shy of sharing an opinion, Vaughan has made a name for himself as a columnist and a commentator since calling stumps on his playing career.

BRETT LEE
310 wickets at 30.81 across 76 Tests
380 wickets at 23.36 across 221 ODIs
28 wickets at 25.50 across 25 T20Is
One World Cup win
Lee battled Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar for the status as the world’s fastest and most feared bowler throughout the 2000s, hurtling down deliveries in excess of 150km/h regularly and clocking 161.1km/h against New Zealand in 2005.

He was not just fast either. Lee is second to Glenn McGrath (381 at 22.02) for the most ODI wickets, with 380 wickets at an impressive 23.36. He was ferocious with the red ball too, amassing 310 at 30.81 across 76 appearances, which included Ashes victories in 2001, 2002-03 and 2006-07.

Lee lifted the World Cup trophy in 2003 after he dominated the tournament by taking the second-most wickets; 22 at 17.90.

KERRY O’KEEFFE
53 wickets at 38.07 across 24 Tests
Two wickets at 39.50 across two ODIs
Former leg-spinner O’Keeffe represented Australia in 24 Tests and two ODIs, taking 55 wickets at 38.13 to go with his 476 at 28.11 in first-class cricket.

But it was ‘Skull’s’ career after cricket which turned him into a household name, as he picked up the microphone and blessed radio listeners with his unique brand of commentary comedy.

His now legendary anecdotes, and his trademark laugh, became staples of the Australian summer during 13 seasons on ABC Grandstand, before he departed in 2014.

MARK HOWARD
Sports presenter Howard has a decorated broadcasting career, predominately covering motorsports and cricket.

His work with Network Ten over a decade saw him involved in a number of sports, before he became the voice of the Big Bash League, sitting alongside the likes of Andrew Symonds and Adam Gilchrist.

The on-air chemsitry Howard has built with Australian cricketing legends has seen him become a standout name in the sport’s television coverage.

JESSICA YATES
Yates has enjoyed a successful career for Fox Sports, which includes ushering in a new era of motorsort coverage while hosting V8 Supercars.

She has branched out into NRL coverage, where she continues to play a key role as the co-host of League Life and Sunday Ticket.

Over the years she has also been a boundary rider for the BBL and domestic one-day cricket coverage.

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