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Carl Rackemann
Personal information
Full name
Carl Gray Rackemann
Born3 June 1960 (1960-06-03) (age 64)
Wondai, Queensland, Australia
NicknameMocca
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1979/80–1995/96Queensland
1995Surrey
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 12 52
Runs scored 53 34
Batting average 5.29 2.83
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 15* 9*
Balls bowled 2,719 2,791
Wickets 39 82
Bowling average 29.15 22.35
5 wickets in innings 3 1
10 wickets in match 1 0
Best bowling 6/86 5/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 6/–
Source: CricInfo, 12 December 2005

Carl Gray Rackemann OAM[1] (born 3 June 1960), nicknamed "Mocca", is a former Queensland and Australian cricketer. He was a fast bowler in 12 Test matches, 52 One Day Internationals and 167 first-class cricket matches in a career spanning 1979/80 to 1995/96.

International career

Rackemann, a well built fast bowler, was born in Wondai, Queensland. He made his Test debut versus England at Brisbane in 1982 and was consistently picked for the national side, mainly for One Day Internationals, until 1985. He was the leading wicket taker during the 1984-85 tour of India.

He signed up to play in the rebel tours of South Africa (1985-86 and 1986-87), thereby becoming ineligible to be a member of the official Australian team during that time.

Rackemann came back into the Australian team in 1989, being picked for that year's Ashes tour to England. In the 2nd innings of the Test against New Zealand in Perth in 1989–90, he achieved the amazing figures of 31 overs, 21 maidens, 23 runs and 1 wicket.

He was well-known for being a poor batsman, making only 53 runs in his 14 test innings, with a highest score of 15 not out.[2]

Queensland career

A legend in Queensland cricket, Rackemann until recently held the record of 425 wickets until being overtaken by Michael Kasprowicz. Rackemann's last game for Queensland was the 1994-95 Sheffield Shield Final. Queensland won this match and the Shield for the very first time. This was a relief for Rackemann as he had played in four of Queensland's previous final defeats.

He also played English county cricket for Surrey 2nd XI in 1981 and Surrey in 1995 and was briefly recalled to the Australian side in 1995 for their tour of the West Indies due to a fast bowling injury crisis.

After his playing career, he went on to the national coaching position for the Zimbabwean national cricket team for two seasons from 2000. He has now returned to farming in Queensland and is also an after dinner speaker. He has inspired an expatriate Australian cricket team in London "Carl Rackemann All Stars (CRAS)"[3]

Politics

Rackemann stood as a Katter's Australian Party candidate in the electoral district of Nanango during the 2012 Queensland state election. His attempt was unsuccessful.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Rackemann, Carl Grey". Search Australian Honours. Australian Government. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Carl Rackemann". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media Ltd. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Carl Rackemann All Stars website". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. ^ Bita, Natasha (18 September 2011). "Katter has a hat in each ring". The Australian. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Nanango - Queensland Votes 2012". ABC News. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

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