AUS: Domestic Season 1992/93 - Western Aust. Season Summary
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Western Australia
Western Australia would be disappointed with their
season, after calling the 1991/92 season a rebuilding season
and having a surprising win, a lot was expected of them in
this season. However a complete absence of form from the
older players saw the younger players Martyn, Langer and
Julian propping the team up. Martyn matching Mark Waugh
early in the season for Western Australia, however he was
unavailable there after and the batting was poor until late
in the season when the experienced players came back to
form. Unfortunately by this stage the bowling of Angel and
Julian had fallen away and they were unable to bowl sides
out. Western Australia also missed Tom Moody's underrated
bowling in the first half of the season.
Tom Moody appeared to still be struggling to overcome
his abysmal Sri Lankan tour, and with Michael Veletta and
Tim Zoehrer all struggling, it was to Damien Martyn that
most responsibility fell in the earlier part of the season.
His responded with centuries in both innings of the first
match and centuries in his first three shield matches. He
finished with 669 runs in just 5 matches for WA and the
healthy average of 96. Just to emphasise the responsibility
that fell to the WA youth the next most successful batsman
was Justin Langer whose 672 runs at 44.8 brought him to in
front of the selectors. Geoff Marsh's season was good
statistically with 905 runs at 43, the fact that he made 5
centuries was indicative of the fact that he generally
struggled expect for a couple of innings. Both Veletta and
Moody has poor starts to the season, being both on the verge
of being dropped. They started to scores runs in the second
half of the season and finished with runs in the high 600's
and mid thirty averages. Both would be disappointed with
there effort's and Moody having no English commitments can
get over some niggling injuries. Mark Lavender would have
been very unhappy with his performances, he was given plenty
of opportunities with Wayne Andrews being dropped from the
side, he failed to capitalise however making a single
century but only 283 runs at a meagre 23.58. Wayne Andrews
had an extraordinarily bad season for a players who normally
displays consistency, in his 13 innings he failed to pass
fifty once. A young player slightly older than Langer in Rob
Kelly got his first chance to play first class cricket, he
scored only 94 runs in his three matches. He has quality, he
should show it when given more opportunities. Wicketkeeper
Tim Zoehrer had a solid year with the gloves, given them up
less for the ball, he did suffer the lack of early form
similar to Veletta and Moody, however he did come back with
some fine innings at important stages late in the season.
With Terry Alderman (20 wickets at 36) struggling, and
Tom Moody not bowling because of a back injury,
responsibility in the bowling lineup fell to the two
youngest players Brendan Julian and Jo Angel. Both started
the season well but fell away towards the end. Julian who
finished with 43 wickets at 31 was unlucky to be overlooked
for the final test against the West Indies for Jo Angel (31
wickets at 34), however he was rightfully selected to go to
England. Alderman struggled rarely getting above slow-
medium, swing was lacking from his bowling and he struggled
to take wickets. Bruce Reid started well, his comeback
though was ill-fated as he never got above medium pace, and
could have cost WA some points from the two matches he
played. Mark Atkinson bowled with aggression but appeared to
lack the quality, although his batting on debut was
excellent, 90 runs in two innings at more than a run a ball.
Western Australia was again shown up for a lack of spinner,
with left armer Jamie Stewart tried without success, and
right arm finger spinner Steven Herzberg only getting one
match, and with Zoehrer staying behind the stumps it was
obvious that WA lacked variety in attack. Another
disappointment for WA would have been Moody's early
unavailability as he proved when he came back to be a
quality bowler. Forcing the collapse of Queensland with a 14
over spell for 1 wicket and 18 runs, in a game WA won, and
his 4 for 44 precipitating a collapse by SA that should have
put WA in which a good chance of victory.
Match Date Venue Result
WA v Vic 9.10.92 Perth Vic 132(42.3) WA 0-135(32.4) WA 10w
WA v NSW 11.10.92 Perth NSW 8-206(50.0) WA 2-207(47.5) WA 8w
WA v Tas 17.10.92 Perth WA 8-218(50.0) Tas 3-219 (48.5) Tas 7w
Qld v WA 21.10.92 BrisbaneWA 370 184,Qld 221 283 WA 50r
Qld v WA 25.10.92 BrisbaneWA 7-221(50.0) Qld 4-222(45.2) Qld 6w
SA v WA 31.10.92 AdelaideSA 9-173(50.0) WA 4-176(44.4) WA 6w
WA v WI 6.11.92 Perth WI 280 4-326,WA 7-329 131 WI 236r
WA v NSW 14.11.92 Perth WA 159 286,NSW 220 5-229 NSW 5w
Vic v WA 4.12.92 St KildaWA 212 3-337,Vic 352 Drawn
WA v SA 11.12.92 Perth SA 409 6-284,WA 6-304 7-392 WA 3w
WA v Tas 18.12.92 Perth WA 417 9-268,Tas 9-457 Drawn
WA v Vic 8.1.93 Perth WA 448,Vic 265 7-457 Drawn
NSW v WA 3.2.93 Sydney WA 467 168,NSW 452 3-186 NSW 7w
Vic v WA 13.2.93 M'bourneVic 9-187(50.0) WA 109(42.1) Vic 78r
WA v QLd 5.3.93 Perth Qld 381 233,WA 298 3-318 WA 7w
Tas v WA 11.3.93 Hobart WA 321 299,Tas 7-370 6-170 Drawn
SA v WA 18.3.93 AdelaideWA 5-323 9-235,SA 8-334 1-226 SA 9w
Contributed by Phil Shead (drinnen@deakin.edu.au)