Mick Malone (cricketer)
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| Full name | Michael Francis Malone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 October 1950 Scarborough, Western Australia |
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| Batting | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1975–1982 | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–80 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 December 2005
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Michael "Mick" Francis Malone (born 9 October 1950 in Scarborough, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in one Test and ten ODIs from 1977 to 1982. Malone played one Test prior to joining World Series Cricket. In English county cricket he had a period with Lancashire. He was also an Australian rules football full-forward and played in 104 WANFL games for Subiaco.
Malone made his first class debut for Western Australia on 21 February 1975 against Victoria, in the Sheffield Shield. He took five wickets in the match getting Bob Baldry twice.
In his second appearance, against New South Wales he would take seven wickets in the match, including the wicket of test star batsman and Blues captain Doug Walters. Western Australia would win the Sheffield Shield that year, Malone playing in the vital final two matches of the season.
In his second season of Shield cricket (1975–76) Malone would take 28 wickets at an average of just 18.75, including two 5 wicket hauls. Only Australian test players Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson, Ashley Mallett and Alan Hurst took more wickets although Malone's average was superior to them all.
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