Tony Dell
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New Milton, Hampshire, England
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| Full name | Anthony Ross Dell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 August 1945 New Milton, Hampshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 255) | 12 February 1971 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 29 December 1973 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1975 | Queensland[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony Ross Dell (born 6 August 1945) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Test matches in the 1970s.
Dell was a fast-medium seam bowler who played for Queensland[1] and made his debut against England for the vital Seventh Test at Sydney in the 1970–71 Ashes series. With Australia needing to win, he opened the bowling with Dennis Lillee and took 2–32 in the first innings – John Edrich caught by Greg Chappell for 30 and Basil d'Oliveira bowled for 1 - as England collapsed to 98–5 and 184 all out.
In the second innings, he was the best bowler with 3–65, but England made 302 and the 223 runs required for victory proved too many for Australia to make. Dell batted last and made 3 not out in each innings, so he was at the crease when The Ashes were lost.
His five wickets at 19.40 put him ahead of Dennis Lillee (8 wickets at 24.87) at the top of the series averages, if Ian Chappell's one wicket for 10.00 is excluded.
Dell's only other test was the first test against New Zealand at Melbourne in 1973–74, in which he did not bat, but took 1–54 and 0–9 in Australia's innings victory.[2]