Has a fast bowler ever captained Australia?

Has a fast bowler ever captained Australia? But the tide is turning, albeit slowly, with the 10 fast bowlers to have taken 50 or more wickets as captain all coming in the past four decades. And 144 years after Dave Gregory became Australia’s first ever Test captain, Cummins could soon become the latest to break the mould.

But the tide is turning, albeit slowly, with the 10 fast bowlers to have taken 50 or more wickets as captain all coming in the past four decades. And 144 years after Dave Gregory became Australia’s first ever Test captain, Cummins could soon become the latest to break the mould.

When was the last fast bowler to captain Australia?

The last fast bowler to lead Australia at test level was Ray Lindwall for a single match in 1956, and only as a stand-in. Cummins is Australia’s 47th Test captain. Smith was fired from the captaincy after the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa in 2018.

Who is the best captain of Australia?

As Australian captain from 1997 to 2004, he led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins, and to victory in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Waugh is considered the most successful Test captain in history with 41 victories and a winning ratio of 72%.

Steve Waugh.

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