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Full name Ian Meckiff
Born January 6, 1935, Mentone, Victoria
Current age 73 years 246 days
Major teams Australia,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
20
7
154
45*
11.84
0
0
0
9
0
First-class
74
89
20
778
55
11.27
0
1
37
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
34
3734
1423
45
6/38
9/107
31.62
2.28
82.9
1
2
0
First-class
74
16399
6282
269
6/29
23.35
2.29
60.9
12
1
Career statistics
Test debut
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Dec 23-28, 1957 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Dec 6-11, 1963 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1956/57 - 1963/64
Profile
From a casual saunter of 16 paces, and with a left arm disconcertingly bent, Ian Meckiff bowled at great speed and amid unending controversy for almost eight first-class seasons, until umpire Colin Egar abruptly concluded his career at Brisbane in November 1963 during the first Test against South Africa by calling him for throwing four times in his only over. Supporters found the end sickening, critics considered justice finally done; Meckiff's action had been an object of odium since the 1958-59 Ashes series, when his 6 for 38 in the second Test at Melbourne had included Peter May, Colin Cowdrey and Tom Graveney. A tailender with a golfer's swing, his image is part of one of cricket's most famous tableaux: it is his bat groping for the line in Ron Lovitt's great photograph of the climax of the first tied Test, between Australia and West Indies at Brisbane in December 1960.
Gideon Haigh
