| Graeme Yallop, the solid left-hander from Victoria, found himself in the
unenviable position of moving from apprentice Australian batsman to his
country's captain and principal run scorer almost overnight, as the
bulk of the Australian team defected to World Series cricket. Yallop
made his debut at Sydney during Australia's 5-1 defeat of the West
Indies in 1975-76, scoring 47 and 43 in his second Test at Adelaide and
53 in the next. He was not chosen again until the top players had
departed, but made his mark in Bob Simpson's rebuilt Aussie team with
121 and 24 in the 5th Test against India in 1977-78. Touring the West
Indies under Simpson he made 81 in Trinidad when the attack still
contained Roberts, Croft and Garner. Appointed captain against England
in 1978-79 he fought back from early reverses with 102 in the second
innings at Brisbane. However, his captaincy came in for criticism and he
was replaced by Kim Hughes against Pakistan. Touring the sub-continent
with Hughes he made 167 in Calcutta and 172 in Faisalabad. He played in
the Centenary Test at Lord's in 1980 and was part of the Australian team
of 1981, scoring 58 at Headingley and 114 at Old Trafford. He made 98
against Sri Lanka at Kandy in 1982-83, 141 against Pakistan in Perth in
1983-84, following that with 268 in Melbourne. Next season he lost his
place to David Boon against the West Indies and joined the Australian
'rebel' tours to South Africa. He scored 51 in Newlands in 1985-86,
eventually bowled by Garth Le Roux. He played in two World Cups, in 1979
and 1983, scoring 66 not out against India at Trent Bridge and 52 not
out against West Indies at Lord's. (Bob Harragan) |
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Test Career Batting and Fielding (1975/76-1984/85).
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct
Australia 39 70 3 2756 268 41.13 8 9 23
Test Career Bowling (1977/78-1981)
Balls Mdns Runs Wkts BB Ave 5wI 10wM SRate Econ
Australia 192 5 116 1 1-21 116.00 0 0 192.00 3.62