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Rick McCosker

Australia

Full name Richard Bede McCosker

Born December 11, 1946, Inverell, New South Wales

Current age 62 years 350 days

Major teams Australia, New South Wales

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	25	46	5	1622	127	39.56	3833	42.31	4	9	143	3	21
ODIs	14	14	0	320	95	22.85	623	51.36	0	2	14	0	3
First-class	127	228	24	8983	168	44.03			27	43			144
List A	39	39	2	1249	164	33.75			2	7			15

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	127		295	177	2	2/28		88.50	3.60	147.5		0	0
List A	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 4-9, 1975 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 1-6, 1980 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v Pakistan at Leeds, Jun 7, 1975 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Jan 17, 1982 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1973/74 - 1983/84
List A span	1973/74 - 1983/84

Profile

Although he played 25 Tests for Australia between 1975 and 1980 - it would have been far more but for his spell with World Series Cricket -scoring four hundreds, Rick McCosker will be best remembered for his gutsy innings in the Centenary Test at Melbourne in 1977. In the first innings he had his jaw broken by a Bob Willis bouncer (helmets only began to appear later that year) but in their second he came out to bat at No. 10 swathed in bandages and with his jaw wired shut, and made a gritty 25, including a hooked four off a John Lever bouncer, in a ninth-wicket stand of 54 with Dennis Lillee. Australia eventually won by 45 runs.

Tall and broad shouldered, McCosker, who worked in a bank, moved to Sydney from northern NSW to develop his cricket but it took him a long time to force his way into the state side. When he did, his powers of concentration and strength off his legs helped him establish himself, and four successive first-class hundreds gaine dhim a Test call-up against England in 1974-75 at the age of 28. He made 80 in his first knock, scored 202 at 40.40 in the series and remained a regular in the side until he defected to WSC. he struggled on Australia's tour of England in 1977 - as did most of his coleagues - which was in contrast to his tour two years earlier when he scored 414 runs at 82.80.

He returned to the Australian side after the demise of WSC for three Tests in 1979-80, but never really recaptured his old form, although he did lead NSW with some success. He retired at the end of the 1983-84 summer, signing off with 723 runs.
Martin Williamson

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1976