04 Jul Terry Alderman
Terry Alderman is a former Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right arm fast medium bowler
He began his first class cricket career in 1974 with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and came to international prominence when he was chosen for the Australian national team to tour England in 1981 He was a poor batsman passing fifty just once in his career and averaging barely eight in first class cricket He had three seasons in English county cricket with Kent County Cricket Club in 1984 and 1986 and with Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 1988
In the 1981 Ashes series he took 42 Test wickets including nine on debut the biggest haul in a series since Jim Lakers 46 in 1956 and the fourth highest total of all time Aldermans 42 wickets is the record for the most wickets taken in a series without taking 10 wickets in a match He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the Almanacks 1982 edition
He was injured and unable to play for over a year by a shoulder injury sustained on 13 November 1982 when he rashly tackled an English supporting ground invader at the WACA Ground in Perth
Alderman took part in an unofficial Australian tour of South Africa in 198586 and 198687 when that country was banned from Test cricket as a Commonwealth anti apartheid sanction As a result he received a 3 year ban from international cricket which disqualified him from playing in the 1985 Ashes series in England
Following his suspension Alderman returned to the Australian side and resumed his success against England taking 41 wickets in the 1989 Ashes series and another 16 in the 199091 series his final Ashes appearance He rarely enjoyed similar success against other countries His final Test series was against the West Indies in 199091 where he ended his career with 170 Test wickets
