Scott Muller

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Scott Muller Australia (AUS)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm fast-medium
	Tests	First-class
Matches	2	30
Runs scored	6	210
Batting average	-	10.00
100s/50s	-/-	-/-
Top score	6*	26
Balls bowled	348	4839
Wickets	7	102
Bowling average	36.85	23.50
5 wickets in innings	-	4
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	3/68	5/35
Catches/stumpings	2/-	12/-
Test debut: 5 November 1999 Last Test: 18 November 1999 Source: Cricinfo

Scott Andrew Muller (born July 11, 1971 in Herston, Brisbane) is a former Australian and Queensland cricketer.

Muller was a fast-medium bowler for the Queensland Bulls in the Sheffield Shield competition who was a solid performer for his state, with a bowling average of 23. Since he had not performed over a long period of time, it came as a surprise that he was called up to make his Test debut in 1999.

He played in two Tests, against Pakistan in Australia in 1999, but is unfortunate to be remembered mainly by an incident in the second of those, in Hobart.

Shortly after being informed that he was not required for the following Test, a special effects microphone picked up someone saying "can't bowl, can't throw" just after Muller had fielded a ball at fine leg and sent an errant return to wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist, far above his head. Television show The Panel replayed it and the finger was pointed at Shane Warne as the source of the comment. Warne denied it but Muller was unconvinced and threatened legal action. The Australian media ran the story as a hot topic for a few days with much of the general public believing that Warne was guilty despite voice analysis experts' opinions and scrutiny of television footage. A Short time later a cameraman from Channel 9 named Joe Previtera confessed on A Current Affair to being the culprit, although many disputed the truth of his confession, including then opposition backbencher Mark Latham, who accused the network of a cover-up [1].

Muller was involved in a record last-wicket stand with Shane Warne in one of his two Tests, but the Joe the Cameraman incident remains the most famous memory of Muller's Australian career. Brett Lee's band Six & Out recorded a song drawing on the famous phrase, entitled "Can't Bowl, Can't Throw", however the song had nothing to do with Muller, and in no way intended to insult him.

Muller's cricketing career went downhill very fast after his sacking from the Test team, playing only a handful of games for Queensland. He made a return in the 2002/03 season in a List A game but that was the last of his cricket career. As he did early in his first-class career, he returned to focus on his business interests.