Jo Angel

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Jo Angel
Australia (Aus)
Jo Angel
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling type Right-arm fast
Tests ODIs
Matches 4 3
Runs scored 35 -
Batting average 5.83 -
100s/50s -/- -/-
Top score 11 -
Balls bowled 748 162
Wickets 10 4
Bowling average 46.29 28.25
5 wickets in innings - -
10 wickets in match - N/A
Best bowling 3/54 2/47
Catches/stumpings 1/- -/-

As of 12 December 2005
Source: Cricinfo.com


Jo Angel (born April 22, 1968, Mount Lawley, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 4 Tests and 3 ODIs from 1993 to 1995.

Angel was a giant fast bowler from Western Australia. 6' 6" (1.98m) and a big, strapping man, he had an ungainly and lumbering approach to the wicket and hit the deck hard. On the fast WACA Ground, his bounce was a threat and lot of his wickets in the domestic circle came from playing on this pitch.

The positive aspect about his bowling was that he would always try hard to get wickets and would bowl long spells even if the wicket was unresponsive or the weather was hot. He made his Test debut against the West Indies at the WACA in 1993. Prior to the match, he vowed to fight the West Indies fire with fire. But apart from forcing Desmond Haynes to retire hurt after hitting him in the face with a short ball, Angel failed to make much of an impact. In fact, Richie Richardson, after getting his eye in, hit him around the park.

He toured Sri Lanka in 1994 for the Singer Cup one-day tournament with some degree of success where the other Australian pacemen did not perform very well in the heat and slow conditions. While his international career was less than stellar, Angel's domestic performance was impeccible, carrying the Western Australian attack with distinction. He holds the career wickets record for Western Australia and is one of two bowlers who have taken 400 or more wickets for the state with 445. The other being Terry Alderman with 433 wickets [1].

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