Terry Alderman

Terence Michael Alderman (born 12 June 1956 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer.

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12 June - 1956 - Subiaco, Western Australia - Australia - Cricketer

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He began his first-class career in 1974 with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and came to international prominance when he was chosen by the Australian national team to tour England in 1981. In that series he took 42 Test wickets, the biggest haul in a series since Jim Laker's 46 in 1956 and the fourth-highest total of all time. He was, unsurprisingly, named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the Almanack's 1982 edition.

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First-class - 1974 - Sheffield Shield - Australian national team - 1981 - Test - Jim Laker - 1956 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year - 1982

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Alderman joined the unofficial Australian tour in 1985-86 to South Africa. Who were then banned from Test cricket during the apartheid era. He received a 3 year ban from international cricket depriving himself of facing the English in England in 1985.

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Alderman returned to the Australian side and had great success in England in 1989, taking 41 wickets in the series, and also claimed 16 on his final Ashes appearance in 1990/91, but with one or two exceptions he never approached this level of success against other countries. He ended his career with 170 test wickets.

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1989 - Ashes - 1990 - 91

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He was a poor batsman, passing fifty just once in his career and averaging barely eight in first-class cricket. He had three seasons in English county cricket, with Kent (1984 and 1986) and then with Gloucestershire (1988). He now works as a radio commentator in Australia.

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County cricket - Kent - 1984 - 1986 - Gloucestershire - 1988

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Alderman's sister Denise Emerson is married to the former Test umpire Ross Emerson and herself played seven Tests for the Australian women's team.

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