You made your test debut at 34. You got Botham for a duck. You had too brief a stint for international consciousness as a player. (Australians will disagree and protest he will be remembered for the 1989 Ashes win and his useful bowling though he did have too brief a career). But you got a second inning in Australian cricket as a selector. You were one of the people responsible for turning the Australian cricket team into world champions. Your selection team did make some forgettable decisions off late but over all that is not what we will remember your tenure for. At least you were bold and didn’t flinch in taking tough decisions wherever the need was felt. Most went right though people thought some went wrong. A job well done. Bye Bye.

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