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He played in a sole one day international<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64968.html</ref> and was named in the final 12 for the 1980 Centenary Test along with Ashley Mallet.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125618684 |title=CRICKET Dymock, Dyson out of Australian team |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=54, |issue=16,408 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 August 1980 |accessdate=21 January 2017 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The selectors decided to play two spinners, and Bright went wicketless over 46 overs, making 0-50 and 0-44.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63271.html|website=Cricinfo|title=Australia tour of England, Only Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 28-Sep 2, 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125619676 |title=CENTENARY TEST |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=54, |issue=16,413 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 September 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=1 (SPORTS SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125619935 |title=CENTENARY TEST |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,415 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=4 September 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=1 (SPORTS SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
He played in a sole one day international<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64968.html</ref> and was named in the final 12 for the 1980 Centenary Test along with Ashley Mallet.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125618684 |title=CRICKET Dymock, Dyson out of Australian team |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=54, |issue=16,408 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=28 August 1980 |accessdate=21 January 2017 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The selectors decided to play two spinners, and Bright went wicketless over 46 overs, making 0-50 and 0-44.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63271.html|website=Cricinfo|title=Australia tour of England, Only Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 28-Sep 2, 1980}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125619676 |title=CENTENARY TEST |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=54, |issue=16,413 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 September 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=1 (SPORTS SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125619935 |title=CENTENARY TEST |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,415 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=4 September 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=1 (SPORTS SECTION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


===1981 Tour of England===
===1980-81 Season===
Bright was picked on the 1981 tour of England. According to one report "the Victorian was not everybody's choice to make the tour. He has been to England twice before, with little success, and apart from a fruitful series on the Pakistan wickets last year has only a moderate Test record."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125637437 |title=CRICKET Bright bounces back with quick wickets |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,682 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 May 1981 |accessdate=21 January 2017 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Bright did not have a particularly successful season with the ball in 1980-81. However he did make a first class century, 108 against Tasmania.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126165717 |title=TASMANIA v VICTORIA Run-scoring duel |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,525 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=23 December 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He also took 4-59 in the same game.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126165907 |title=TASMANIA v VICTORIA Islanders collapse |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,526 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=24 December 1980 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He scored 70 in a McDonald's Cup game against WA.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125652730 |title=Moment of glory |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,578 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=15 February 1981 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


At the end of the summer, Bright was picked on the 1981 tour of England.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126827031 |title=Chappell, Walters out of team |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,603 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=12 March 1981 |accessdate=22 January 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He was selected over [[Bruce Yardley]] who had more wickets and had been playing tests for Australia. According to one report "the Victorian [Bright] was not everybody's choice to make the tour. He has been to England twice before, with little success, and apart from a fruitful series on the Pakistan wickets last year has only a moderate Test record."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125637437 |title=CRICKET Bright bounces back with quick wickets |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=55, |issue=16,682 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 May 1981 |accessdate=21 January 2017 |page=38 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
===1981 Tour of England===
Bright began the tour poorly, struggling the Sri Lankan leg of the tour, and in early games. However 3 wickets against Glamorgan improved his confidence.
Bright began the tour poorly, struggling the Sri Lankan leg of the tour, and in early games. However 3 wickets against Glamorgan improved his confidence.


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Ray Bright
Personal information
Full name
Raymond James Bright
Born (1954-07-13) 13 July 1954 (age 69)
Footscray, Melbourne, Australia
NicknameCandles
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 280)7 July 1977 v England
Last Test19 October 1986 v India
ODI debut (cap 19)30 March 1974 v New Zealand
Last ODI11 April 1986 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1972–1988Victoria
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 25 11 184 47
Runs scored 445 66 4,130 458
Batting average 14.35 16.50 21.07 19.08
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 2/12 0/2
Top score 33 19* 108 70
Balls bowled 5,541 462 37,912 2,367
Wickets 53 3 471 40
Bowling average 41.13 116.66 32.08 41.12
5 wickets in innings 4 – 24 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 2 n/a
Best bowling 7/87 1/28 7/87 3/30
Catches/stumpings 13/– 2/– 107/– 11/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 November 2008

Raymond James Bright (born 13 July 1954) is a former Australian Test and One Day International cricketer.

Bright made his One Day International debut for Australia on the tour of New Zealand in the 1976–77 season. He was 12th man in the Centenary Test against England at Melbourne a few weeks later, and fielded throughout England's two innings as substitute for Rick McCosker who had suffered a broken jaw when batting in Australia's first innings.

He toured England in 1977, and made his Test debut in the Second Test at Old Trafford. Over the next decade he was a fixture in the Australian squad without ever holding down a regular place in the Test or One Day teams, playing in only twenty-five Tests and eleven One Day Internationals during his twelve-year international career. He played in the Australian team in World Series Cricket in 1977–78 and 1978–79, and had some good performances against the strong West Indies batting lineup.

Arguably his finest moment in international cricket came in the famous tied Test in Madras against India in 1986, when he took 5 for 94 in India's second innings. He also captained Australia in one match (a loss), his final One Day International appearance for his country, against Pakistan in April 1986.

Gideon Haigh once wrote that "for a time, Ray Bright was colloquially and rather meanly known for having made almost as many tours as he had played Tests."[1] Bright was selected on a large number of Australian touring squads, including ones to New Zealand (1973-74, 1976-77, 1981-82 and 1985-86), England (1977, 1980 and 1981), the West Indies (1978-79), Pakistan (1979-80 and 1982-83), Sri Lanka (Australian cricket team in England in 1981|1980-81), Sharjah (1986) and India (1986-87).

Biography

A left-arm orthodox spin bowler and useful lower order right-handed batsman, Bright played club cricket for Footscray.

In December 1971 he was picked for Victoria against Western Australia. He was aged 17, the youngest player picked for the state since World War Two.[2]

He played for Victoria colts[3] and toured Sri Lanka.

1972-73 Season

Bright found his way back into the Victorian team for the 1972-73 season.[4] He scored 67 as a nightwatchman.[5] Bright kept his place in the Victorian side for the rest of the season.

1973-74 Season

Bright played well during the 1973-74 season. He took part in a century partnership in a Victoria vs New Zealand game[6], took 4-59 against WA[7] and 3-8 against SA.[8] 9-55 against Queensland saw his name start to be mentioned as an international prospect.[9] He was a "bolter" selection on the 1973-74 tour of New Zealand, replacing Terry Jenner as the third spin option after Ashley Mallett and Kerry O'Keefe.[10]

1973-74 Tour of New Zealand

Bright was not picked in the test side while on tour.[11]

1974 Lancashire League

He followed this with a successful English summer in the Lancashire League.[12]

1974-75 and 1975-76 Seasons

Bright found the next two Australian summers tougher going. He was unable to find his way into the national side, with Terry Jenner and Ashley Mallett the preferred spinners and Jim Higgs being picked to go to England in 1975.

1976-77 Season

He won man of the match for the Gilette Cup semi final against NSW, taking 3-30 and scoring 55 not out.[13][14]

That summer Bright took 19 wickets at an average of 25 making him one of the better performing spinners in the country. He was picked on the 1977 Tour of New Zealand.[15] Kim Hughes was meant to be 12th man for the third test against Pakistan, but when he fell injured Ray Bright stepped in.[16] There was some talk he might even play that game in tandem with Kerry O'Keefe[17] but in the end Australia went with one spinner.

1977 Tour of New Zealand

Bright was the second spinner in the squad, after Kerry O'Keefe. He took five wickets against Otago.[18] and he and O'Keefe ended up taking two-thirds of the wickets on the early part of the tour, Bright with 25 wickets at an average of 14.[19]

Bright was selected in the 12 for the first test[20] but was made 12th man when the Australian selectors decided to keep faith in Gary Gilmour. A draw in the first test saw Greg Chappell consider dropping a batsman to make way for Bright[21] but he eventually decided against it.

Bright did not play in the Centenary Test but was picked on the 1977 tour of England.[22]

1977 Tour of England

Early in the tour it was announced that Bright had signed to play World Series Cricket.[23]

Bright had solid form early in the tour, particularly with the bat.[24] He took 4-63 against Gloucestershire and at one stage his batting average was 107.[25] He took 5-91 against Worcestershire.[26]

Bright made his ODI debut in the second one dayer, but only bowled three overs.[27] He was given 11 overs in the third game, taking 1-56.[28][29]

Bright was in the original 13 man squad for the first test but O'Keefe was preferred as sole spinner.[30] Australia lost the game and Bright further pressed his claims with 3-34 against Nottinghamshire. By this stage he was leading Australia's tour bowling averages with 20 wickets at 16.[31]

Australia decided to play two spinners for the second, allowing Bright to make his test debut. He took 3-69 in an Australian defeat.[32] He was 12th man for the third test as Australia went back to 3 pacemen[33] but 5-67 against Lancashire saw him reach 35 wickets for the tour at 20.[34] For the 4th test O'Keefe was dropped in favour of Bright.[35] Bright took 2-66.[36]

Bright kept his spot for the rain-shortened final test. He scored 15 and only bowled six overs.[37]

World Series Cricket

Bright signed with World Series Cricket. He and Kerry O'Keefe were the two Australian spinners.

His signing meant he was banned from training with the Victorian squad.[38]

1977-78

Bright began the 1977-78 summer playing against a World XI. Bright made 47 in Australia's first innings, helping them revive from a collapse, and taking three wickets.[39]

The first Supertest was played in December 1977, against the West Indies XI. Australia batted first and collapsed to 6-66 when Bright came out to bat; he helped lead an late innings rally to 256, with Bright the top scorer on 69.[40] However he was used sparingly as a bowler, taking 1-15 and 0-10 as Australia lost by three wickets.[41]

In the second Supertest he took 2-75 and 0-18 and made two run outs, but Australia lost again.[42][43] Things were better in the third match, were Bright's hauls of 2-18 and 4-74 helped Australia win.[44][45] He only bowled four overs in the 4th test, against the World XI.[46]

In a one day game against the West Indies he took 4-37.[47]

Bright had another strong game in the fifth test. Barry Richards, Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards took their toll on Australia's bowlers, but Bright finished with 5-149. He scored 41 in Australia's first dig but they lost the game by an innings.[48][49]

He was crucial to Australia's victory in the 6th Supertest, taking 3-98 in the World Xi's first innings and scoring 25 crucial runs in an Australian XI second innings collapse, and taking two catches.[50][51][52]

He took 17 supertest wickets for the summer at an average of 28.8 and scored 192 runs at an average of 21.[53]

1978-79

Bright played in all the Supertests over the 1978-79 summer as well. In the first, he took 1-21 and 3-81 in an Australian loss to the World XI.[54][55][56]

Against the West Indies XI he took 3-113 and 0-36.[57][58][59]

For the third Supertest against the West Indies XI, Kerry O'Keefe was drafted into the squad as a possible support for Bright[60] but he ultimately did not play. Bright had a brilliant game taking 6-52 and 1-12, helping Australia to a rare victory and winning the Man of the Match Award.[61][62][63]

This victory saw Australia get into the final against the World XI. They lost by five wickets. Bright again scored some useful lower order runs and took one wicket.[64][65]

1979 Tour of the West Indies

Bright went to the West Indies with the Australian XI for World Series Cricket.[66] In the first Supertest, Bright was one of the more successful bowlers, taking 2-20 and 2-108; his second innings of 47 not out was Australia's highest.in the game as they crashed to defeat by 369 runs.[67][68]

Bright batted well in the second test too, making 37 and 22; he picked up 2-22 and 0-16.[69][70][71]

Australia won a thrilling third Supertest by 27 runs; however it was Ian Chappell, not Bright, who bowled them to victory at the end. Bright took 1-28 and 1-68.[72] He took 1-78 and scored 29 not out in the fourth test, famously shortened by a riot.[73] He struggled with the ball in the final game, taking 1-60, but took part in a crucial second innings partnership with Rod Marsh which helped secure a draw - Bright was not out on 56.[74][75]

Bright had enjoyed an excellent World Series Cricket, being Australia's number one spinner for the entire time.

"Rod Marsh and I were the only two that played in all of the Supertests," said Bright. "Fourteen all up, ten in Australia and four in the West Indies. They were probably my best two years, believe it or not.”[76]

1979 in England

He spent the 1979 English summer playing in the Lancashire League, taking 41 wickets at an average of 11.85.[77] He also participated in a single wicket competition against such players as David Gower and Zaheer Abbas.[78]

1979-80 Season

Victoria had won the Sheffield Shield in 1978-79 but Bright went straight back into the state squad along with fellow WSC players Richie Robinson and Max Walker.[79]

Bright was injured early during the 1979-80 season.

"We were playing a Shield game in Queensland and I threw my arm out on the day before the match," he recalls. “I lost a lot of power, and a lot of things I could do before I wasn’t able to do. So I probably changed my technique after that to get more side-on, but I probably got more back-on. I was coming in to bowl but I was facing the wrong way. I thought I was doing the right thing by changing things, but it didn’t work... Nowadays I would’ve had a shoulder operation... I got told I could have one, but it was really up to me to organise.” [76]

Bright was picked in the Australian side to play in the first test against the West Indies. It was the first "reunited" Australian side since World Series players returned to the fold.[80] The day after his selection Bright won match of the match in a McDonald's Cup semi final taking 3-30 against Tasmania.[81] In the test, Bright took 1-97.[82]

Bright played several one day games, against the West Indies (0-26)[83] , England (1-40)[84] and the West Indies (0-29).[85] He was then dropped for the next one day game.[86]

He played in the first test against England, taking 1-36.[87][88] He was kept in the squad for the next game, the second test against the West Indies[89] but was made 12th man in favour of Jim Higgs.[90]

Bright was dropped for the second test against England in favour of Ian Chappell.[91] However he was picked on the 1980 Tour of Pakistan.[92]

1980 Tour of Pakistan

Bright bowled well early in the tour[93] and was picked in the 12 for the first test along with Graeme Beard.[94]

Bright had an excellent test, taking 7-87 and 3-23.[95][96] "I found the wicket helpful but the turn was very slow and it made me really concentrate on my line", said Bright.[97] However Australia's batsmen suffered against the Pakistani spinners and Pakistan won the game.

Bright made 0-71 in the batting-friendly second test.[98] After making 52 in a tour game[99] and 5-172 in the third.[100][101]

1980 Tour of England

Bright's efforts earned him selection on the 1980 tour to England to play the second Centenary Test. He was one of two spinners, the other being Ashley Mallett.[102]

Bright played well against Hampshire[103] but did not overly impress in other games on the tour.

He played in a sole one day international[104] and was named in the final 12 for the 1980 Centenary Test along with Ashley Mallet.[105] The selectors decided to play two spinners, and Bright went wicketless over 46 overs, making 0-50 and 0-44.[106][107][108]

1980-81 Season

Bright did not have a particularly successful season with the ball in 1980-81. However he did make a first class century, 108 against Tasmania.[109] He also took 4-59 in the same game.[110] He scored 70 in a McDonald's Cup game against WA.[111]

At the end of the summer, Bright was picked on the 1981 tour of England.[112] He was selected over Bruce Yardley who had more wickets and had been playing tests for Australia. According to one report "the Victorian [Bright] was not everybody's choice to make the tour. He has been to England twice before, with little success, and apart from a fruitful series on the Pakistan wickets last year has only a moderate Test record."[113]

1981 Tour of England

Bright began the tour poorly, struggling the Sri Lankan leg of the tour, and in early games. However 3 wickets against Glamorgan improved his confidence.

Bright did not play in the first test. An injury to Rodney Hogg saw him picked in the second test.[114] He played well, taking 1-31 and 3-67 as well as scoring 33.[115] His 5-57 against Northamptonshire helped him keep his spot for the third test.[116] This was the famous Headingly test. Bright did not bowl at all in the first innings and was bowled four hours in the second innings, despite Ian Botham's famous counter-attacking innings which helped England win the game after following on.[117]

Bright was given more to do in the 4th test, taking 2-20 and 5-68. However he was unable to prevent another Australian defeat.[118] He had less success in the 5th test, taking 0-30 and 1-68[119] or the 6th, taking 0-41 and 0-50.[120]

1981-82 Season

Bright lost his place in the Australian side to Bruce Yardley for the 1981-82 season. However he was picked on the 1982 tour of Pakistan, where Bright had enjoyed success before.

Bright was picked for the first test against Pakistan, playing in tandem with Yardley. He made 3-96 and 0-14.[121]

Bright kept his spot for the second test but suffered badly at the hands of Pakistan batsmen, going for 0-107.[122] He was dropped for the third test in favor of Terry Alderman.

1982-83 Season

Bright was unable to force his way back into the Australian side during 1982-83.

1983-84 Season

Graham Yallop had led Victoria to two wooden spoons in a row and was axed as captain at the end of the 1982-83 season. Bright was appointed in his stead at the beginning of the 1983-84 season.[123]

He later said this may have affected his bowling. "When I became captain of Victoria, we didn’t have a great side, we never had a lot of runs to play with, and the MCG wicket being what it was with no bounce, and with that being my home ground we played five games there every year, the mentality may have gone a bit too defensive.”[76]

1985-86 Season: Test Recall

Bright was back in the Australian team for the 1985-86 season. He was picked for the second test against New Zealand at the MCG, replacing an unfit Geoff Lawson as a third spin option (alongside Bob Holland and Greg Matthews).[124][125] Bright had not been expected to play - most observers thought Murray Bennett, who was in strong form and had toured England in 1985 would get the nod. However Bright had an excellent game, taking 2-87 and 3-39 and helping Australia win the match.[126]

Bright did not play in the third test, with Australia picking a third pace bowler. He was preferred to Bob Holland for the first test against India, taking 1-80.[127]

Bright took 6-74 against NSW in a Shield game which ensured his retention for the second test against India.[128] He took 0-76 but scored 28 runs in the first innings.[129] He kept his place for the third test, and even though it was at the spin friendly SCG, was badly mauled by the Indian batsmen, taking 0-121.[130][131] (In Bright's defence, other Australian spinners also fared poorly - and Bright had to deal with an inexperienced wicketkeeper in Wayne Phillips.[132])

That summer, Bright became Victoria's most capped player with 100 games, overtaking Bill Lawry's record of 99.[133]

Despite his poor results against India, Bright was picked as spinner and vice captain on the New Zealand tour.[134] He was also made captain of Australia for a short one day international tour of the United Arab Emirates.[135]

And he was picked in the 13-man Australian one day squad for the finals.[136] However he did not play any games.[137]

1985-86 Tour of New Zealand

As well as being vice captain, Bright was one of the selectors of the Australian tour party (along with Alan Border and David Boon). Border and Bright were the only members of the squad who had toured New Zealand before.[138]

Bright began the tour well with 5-42 against Northern Districts.[139] He was 12th man for the first test as Border felt the pitch was more suited to a seamer.[140] He played the second test[141] making 0-51.[142] His batting was useful helping Australia escape with a draw.[143]

Bright led Australia for the first time in a one day game against Nelson.[144] He captained Australia in a three day game against Central Districts, which ended in a draw.[145][146]

He was kept on for the third test making 2-58 and 0-29.[147][148][149]

He was left out of the team for the first one day internationals.[150] Australia lost, Alan Border threatened to resign, and Ray Bright, as vice captain, chaired a meeting of the players which resulting in them reiterating support for their captain.[151]

Bright was back in the team for the third game, taking 0-31 and at the crease when Australia won a thrilling victory.[152][153]. Australia won the fourth game which Bright played but did not bowl in.[154]

1986 Tour of Sharjah: Australian Captain

The tour of the UAE followed, where Bright captained the side.[155] Australia only played one game, against Pakistan. Australia made 7-202, which Pakistan reached in 49 overs for the loss of two wickets. Bright took 1-28.[156]

1986 Tour of India

Bright was still chosen on the tour of India, as the second spinner alongside Greg Matthews.[157] He ended up playing all three tests.

Bright began the tour badly taking 0-55 and 0-61 in a tour game.[158] He took four wickets in 3 matches at an average of 245 and was considered likely to be made 12th man for the first test.[159] However Border decided to go with two spinners, Bright and Matthews.

"Touring India is not how it is now," recalled Bright. "I was crook for the match. The gut; why would you eat a pizza in India? The night before the game I did the right thing and had an early night instead of having a few extra beers with (Bruce) Reid, (David) Boon, Border, (Geoff) Marsh, etcetera, who liked a couple. I thought ‘no, I’ll have an early night and be ready for tomorrow’, but the room service pizza wasn’t what it was supposed to be. Fortunately we won the toss and batted, as I would have been struggling to bowl that next day.”[76]

Bright was nightwatchman. He ended up scoring 30 ad taking part in a partnership with Dean Jones, who made 210. "It was one of the better efforts of human endurance I’ve seen," said Bright. "He was very ill, we were all very ill. To get through that, with the heat being unbearable, but he was good enough to hit the singles when he needed to and get the fours when they were there. The good thing was that he had to spend the night in hospital on a saline drip so we didn’t have to spend the night hearing about how good a knock it was.”[76]

Bright took 2-88 in the first innings. In the second innings temperatures reached 40 degrees and 80% humidity.

"The quicks didn’t bowl much, because it was too hot," said Bright. "The worst thing was the humidity. There was no such thing as a warm up, and the canal out the back, I think it is called the Buckingham Canal, was like an open sewer, so imagine when it is 45 degrees and very humid. It was just horrendous. I’d never known anything like it.”[76]

Bright collapsed and had to be helped from the field. “Ray was 32 years old and, putting it politely, he wasn’t fit,” says Greg Matthews. “People don’t understand how good Ray Bright was in that match, because without him we would have been beaten. To me it sits alongside Rick McCosker’s effort in the Centenary Test for bravery.”[160]

Bright returned to the field and took the wickets of Chetan Sharma and Kiran More. Then with two overs to go, India required seven runs with two wickets in hand. Bright bowled the penultimate over and dismissed Shivalv Yadav, ending the game with 5-94. Matthews got a wicket in the last over and the match was a tie.[161][162][163]


He did not get a chance to bowl in the rain shortened second test[164] and went for 1-109 in the third.[165][166][167]

1986-87

Bright was omitted for the first two tests against England, as Australia elected to go with one spinner, Matthews.[168]

Bright took seven wickets for Victoria against South Australia. He was recalled to the Australian team for the 3rd test of the 1986-87 Ashes.[169] However he was made 12th man in favour of Peter Sleep.[170] He was dropped from the squad for the fourth test.[171] Australia dropped Greg Matthews for the fifth test but tried a new spinner, Peter Taylor, instead of Bright.

Bright was injured towards the end of the 1986-87 season.[172] He led the Victorian team to the Sheffield Shield final, but they lost to Western Australia.

Summary

Australia only won two of Bright's 25 Tests, and in Australia he averaged 68. He averaged 89 in draws, 50 in the first innings, 182 when Australia lost the toss and were put in (when he took a wicket every 83 overs). And in 19 of his 39 innings, he failed to take a wicket at all.

Despite a relatively modest international career, Bright was a stalwart at Australian domestic level for Victoria. He ended his first-class career with 471 wickets at an average of 32.08 and scored two centuries.

Post Retirement Career

Since retiring from playing professionally after the 1987–1988 season, Bright has served as a selector for the Victorian state team and has taken on a number of coaching roles. His son, Adam Bright, plays baseball for Australia.

In December 1990 he went for 1-109 in a Australian XI vs World XI game to raise funds for a school.[173]

Bright became a Victoria selector in April 2002.[174]

Ray has recently taken up the senior assistant coaching role with the Vermont South Cricket Club in the Box Hill Reporter league where his son Matt opens the bowling and batting in the 1st XI. Ray can usually be found in the newly constructed social rooms enjoying a quiet drink and entertaining many with tales of yesteryear.

Teams

International

Australian state

Career highlights

Tests

Test Debut: vs England, Manchester, 1977
Last Test: vs India, Mumbai, 1986–1987

  • Bright's best Test batting score of 33 was made against England, Lord's, 1981
  • His best Test bowling figures of 7 for 87 came against Pakistan, Karachi, 1979–1980

One-day internationals

ODI Debut: vs New Zealand, Dunedin, 1973–1974
Last ODI: vs Pakistan, Sharjah, 1985–1986

  • Bright's best ODI batting score of 19 not out was made against West Indies, Melbourne, 1979–1980
  • His best ODI bowling figures of 1 for 28 came against Pakistan, Sharjah, 1985–1986
  • He captained Australia in one ODI, a loss

See also

References

  1. ^ Gideon Haigh, 'Ray Bright', Cricinfo Profile at Cricinfo
  2. ^ "Youngest". The Canberra Times. Vol. 46, , no. 12, 985. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 6 December 1971. p. 11. Retrieved 21 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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