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Full name Robert Arnold Lockyer Massie
Born April 14, 1947, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia
Current age 61 years 147 days
Major teams Australia,Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Other Commentator
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
8
1
78
42
11.14
0
0
3
2
1
0
ODIs
3
1
1
16
16*
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24
66.66
0
0
2
0
1
0
First-class
52
54
14
385
42
9.62
0
0
8
0
List A
15
5
4
17
16*
17.00
0
0
4
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
11
1739
647
31
8/53
16/137
20.87
2.23
56.0
2
2
1
ODIs
3
3
183
129
3
2/35
2/35
43.00
4.22
61.0
0
0
0
First-class
52
10629
4446
179
8/53
24.83
2.50
59.3
6
2
List A
15
883
429
17
3/22
3/22
25.23
2.91
51.9
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 22-26, 1972 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 6-11, 1973 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
England v Australia at Manchester, Aug 24, 1972 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Birmingham, Aug 28, 1972 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1965/66 - 1974/75
List A span
1969/70 - 1973/74
Profile
Bob Massie, a fast-medium swing bowler, will always be remembered for one of the most startling debuts in Test history. At Lord's in 1972, the mutton-chopped Massie swung the ball devilishly and demolished England with eight wickets in each innings, and his figures of 16 for 137 were the best by a Test debutant until Narendra Hirwani spun West Indies to defeat 15 years later. But Massie's star fell as quickly as it had risen: he played only five more Tests, and within 18 months of his Lord's debut he was dropped by his state side, Western Australia. Two years before that debut, Massie had been rejected after a trial with Northants. A banker by profession, he latterly became a radio commentator. Rob Smyth
