DTVHINDIFormer Australian fast bowler Frank Misson passed away at the age of 85
Frank Misson used to play domestic cricket for New South Wales Frank Misson (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Australian cricket team fast bowler Frank Misson has passed away at the age of 85. He used to represent New South Wales in domestic cricket. His cricket career ended very early due to an Achilles injury. Mision played a total of five Test matches for Australia in his one-year international cricket career. His best performance of 4/58 came against the West Indies cricket team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Also, this was the first match in the history of red ball cricket that ended in a tie. Apart from this, Mission also played 71 first class matches for New South Wales from 1958 to 1964, taking a total of 177 wickets at an impressive average of 31.13. Apart from playing cricket, Mission was also an excellent athlete. He trained with Australian athletics middle-distance coach Percy Cerutti, who was the coach of Herb Elliot. Mission won the gold medal in the 1500 meter race at the 1960 Rome Olympics. The ACA is saddened to hear of the passing of Frank Misson, who played five Tests for Australia (Test Cap #217) alongside 71 First Class games for New South Wales. Our thoughts are with his family and many friends in cricket. pic.twitter.com/rfjgtfSqSU — Australian Cricketers’ Association (@ACA_Players) September 13, 2024 Ian Chappell reacts to the death of Frank Mission So, after the death of Frank Mission, Ian Chappell, while recalling a cricket tour with him, told ESPN Cricinfo- In 1961, the Australian cricket team went on a tour of England by boat. But during this time, Mission was not deprived of his training. As soon as he started running on the deck of the boat for his training, some less intelligent players saw him coming out. Embarrassed by Mission’s passionate workouts, they decided to complicate things for him by placing chairs in his way. But when Mission crossed these obstacles, he was followed by another set of chairs. But later these boys took a lenient approach and left him to do his training in peace.
Frank Nsubuga: Uganda’s 43-year-old bowler created history! Left Bumrah-Stark behind
Frank Nsubuga, the oldest player in the Ugandan team, has now become the most economical bowler to bowl 4 overs in the history of T20 World Cup. Frank Nsubuga (Pic Source X) Frank Nsubuga bowled a brilliant spell in the T20 World Cup: The ninth match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Papua New Guinea and Uganda in Guyana in Group C. In this match, the Ugandan team won by 3 wickets but very poor batting was seen from both the teams. Papua New Guinea, batting first, scored just 77 runs in 19.1 overs, while Uganda achieved the target in 18.2 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. In this match, 43-year-old left-arm spinner Frank Nsubuga has created a new record in the history of T20 World Cup with his brilliant bowling for Uganda. Frank Nsubuga bowled the best economical spell of the World Cup Frank Nsubuga, the oldest player in the Ugandan team in this World Cup, has now become the most economical bowler to bowl 4 overs in the history of the T20 World Cup. In the match against Papua New Guinea, Nsubuga gave 4 runs in 4 overs and also took 2 wickets. Before Nsubuga, this record was in the name of South African fast bowler Enrique Norkhia, who gave 4 wickets and 7 runs in 4 overs against Sri Lanka in the same World Cup. Bowlers who bowled the best spell (4 overs) in T20 World Cup history – Frank Nsubuga – 2 wickets in 4 runs (vs Papua New Guinea, 2024) Anrich Norkhia – 4 wickets in 7 runs (vs Sri Lanka, 2024) Ajantha Mendis – 6 wickets in 8 runs (vs Zimbabwe, 2012) Mahmudullah – 1 run wicket in 8 (vs Afghanistan, 2014) Wanindu Hasaranga – 3 wickets for 8 runs (vs UAE, 2022) In this match, apart from Riazat Ali Shah, no batsman could do anything special for Uganda, he scored 33 runs and led the team to victory. However, his strike rate was only 58.92 runs. In this match, Alpesh scored eight runs, Dinesh scored zero runs, Juma Miyagi scored 13 runs, Kenneth scored seven runs not out. Brian remained unbeaten without opening the account. For Papua New Guinea, Ali Nao and Norman Vanua took two wickets each. While Chad Soper and Assad Wala took one wicket each. See also: Uganda team’s dance video goes viral after victory
