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Stuart Clark
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27 April
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2006
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(born
September 28 1975 ,
Sydney, New South Wales ) is a cricketer who plays for the
New South Wales Blues and
Middlesex . He bowls right-arm fast medium deliveries.
Clark, who is of an Indian background, made his state debut with the
New South Wales Blues in the 1997-98 season. He had a run of injuries in 2003-04, but recovered to play
First-class Cricket for Middlesex in
England in
2005 .
In the
2005 Ashes Series , in a shock decision, he was called into the
Australian Cricket Team squad for the fourth and fifth
Tests covering for
Glenn McGrath and
Brett Lee , however both McGrath and Lee went on to play.
Australian Chairman of selectors
Trevor Hohns said: ''We consider Stuart to be a similar style bowler to Glenn McGrath ... he is already in England and showing some good form, so we have selected him to provide some cover for the current injuries.''
In
October 2005 Clark was again called into the Australian
One-day International ICC Super Series squad against the
ICC World XI , covering
Shaun Tait but did not play in the first match on
October 5 . He made his debut later in that series, and also played against
New Zealand in the 05/06
Chappell-Hadlee series. He had vindicated the decision of the selectors somewhat with his solid performances in the ODI arena, however many fans have expressed disbelief at the fact that Clark was selected ahead of players such as
Paul Rofe ,
Mick Lewis ,
Jason Gillespie and
Andrew Bichel who had been performing to a higher standard at state level.
Several months after his ODI debut, at 30 years of age, Clark made a dream Test debut at Cape Town on March 16, 2006, taking 5 for 55, including the prized scalp of
Herschelle Gibbs (who was in good form, coming off a 175 off 111 balls in the record-breaking 5th ODI at Johannesburg) as well as 3 other specialist batsmen. Clark finished with a historic debut total of 9-89, a total that has not been bettered since
Bob Massie took 16-137 against England in 1972.
1 Clark went on to be Australia's leading wicket taker of the series, snaring 20 wickets at just 15.85.
Clark then was retained for the tour of
Bangladesh , but flew home and did not play the 2nd Test due to the birth of his child. His performance in the first Test, where Australia were tested by the lowly Deshis, netted match figures of 1/77 which suggested to some that his bowling was only suited to certain conditions. The performance of
Jason Gillespie in the 2nd Test also saw him moved back in the pecking order, and despite putting his hand up he was not selected for the 1st ODI.
