Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948

Ray Lindwall was part of the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1948. The Invincibles went undefeated in their 34 matches. He was the equal leading wicket-taker in the Tests and had the best bowling average and strike rate. He died in a car crash in Melbourne, Australia, in 1998.

About Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 in brief

Summary Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 Ray Lindwall was part of the Australian cricket team that toured England in 1948. The Invincibles went undefeated in their 34 matches. Lindwall played as a right-arm opening fast bowler and right-handed batsman in the lower middle-order. He was the equal leading wicket-taker in the Tests and had the best bowling average and strike rate. He made two Test centuries during his career, and he featured in several rearguard actions that boosted Australia’s scores during the tour. In recognition of his achievements, Lind wall was chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1950. He died in a car crash in Melbourne, Australia, in 1998. He is buried in a suburb of Melbourne, next to his late wife, the former Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) president, and their son, the late David Lindwall, a former MCC vice-president and former Australian cricket captain. The couple have three children, a daughter and a son-in-law. They have a son and a daughter, both of whom are former cricketers, as well as a step-son and a grandson. He has a son, David, who is also a cricketer, who played for Melbourne Cricket Club in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also has a stepson, David Miller, who also played for the MCC in the 1970s and 1980s. The pair have two grandchildren, David and David, and a great-grandchild, David Lind Wall, who was born in 1988. Lind Wall is also the father of Australian cricket player David Miller.

He played in all five Tests against the touring Indian cricket team in 1947–48, and played a major part in Australia’s 4–0 series win as the leading wickets-taker with 18 scalps at an average of 16. 88, ahead of Ian Johnson and Bill Johnston who took 16 apiece at averages of 16 and 11. 37 respectively. He had been playing with an injured leg tendon and his foot drag during the delivery stride led to discussion in the media and among umpires as to its legality. He took 1159 in a match against Sussex, with eight of his victims being bowled as the ball curved through their defences at high pace. In the first-class matches, he led the averages although he was second in the wicket taking list with 86 at 15. 68 behind Johnston who was assigned more of the workload in order to keep Miller and Lindwall fresh for the Tests. With the bat, Lindwall scored 191 runs at a batting average of 31. 83 in the Test matches. His most influential contributions in the Ashes matches were his 570 in the first innings of the Second Test at Lord’s, a hard-hitting 77 that limited Australia’s first innings deficit in the Fourth Test at Headingley, and most notably, his 620 on the first day of the Fifth Test at The Oval. The performance was a display of extreme pace and swing that earned high praise.