Peter Toohey
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Peter Michael Toohey is a former Australian cricket
er who played in 15 Tests
and 5 ODIs from 1977 to 1979.
Toohey was one of the cricketers who came to the fore when the bulk of Australia's top cricketers defected to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
. During that defection period, Toohey was probably the mainstay of the Australian batting lineup, along with Graham Yallop
and Graeme Wood
.
During his prime playing years in the Australian Test team, some media commentators referred to Toohey as "Australia's master batsman", such was Toohey's pivotal role in the Australian Test team during the absence of the defecting World Series players.
When the World Series cricketers returned to mainstream Test cricket to reclaim their places in the Australian Test team, most of those players, who had sustained Australian cricket during the World Series Cricket
years, were unable to retain their places in the Test side. Among those who did retain their places were Toohey and Graeme Wood.
Toohey thereafter lost his place in the Australian Test team after a series of poor performances. Some commentator's believed that his batting stance was too rigid, in the sense that he tended to lock his knees back, which hindered his mobility.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in 15 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
and 5 ODIs from 1977 to 1979.
Toohey was one of the cricketers who came to the fore when the bulk of Australia's top cricketers defected to Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
. During that defection period, Toohey was probably the mainstay of the Australian batting lineup, along with Graham Yallop
Graham Yallop
Graham Neil Yallop is a former cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia briefly during the tumultuous era of World Series Cricket in the late 1970s...
and Graeme Wood
Graeme Wood
Graeme Malcolm Wood is a former Australian cricketer who played in 59 Tests and 83 ODIs from 1978 to 1989. He scored nine Test centuries in his career and it was a West Australian record until 2001-02 when it was passed by Justin Langer....
.
During his prime playing years in the Australian Test team, some media commentators referred to Toohey as "Australia's master batsman", such was Toohey's pivotal role in the Australian Test team during the absence of the defecting World Series players.
When the World Series cricketers returned to mainstream Test cricket to reclaim their places in the Australian Test team, most of those players, who had sustained Australian cricket during the World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket...
years, were unable to retain their places in the Test side. Among those who did retain their places were Toohey and Graeme Wood.
Toohey thereafter lost his place in the Australian Test team after a series of poor performances. Some commentator's believed that his batting stance was too rigid, in the sense that he tended to lock his knees back, which hindered his mobility.