Douglas Jardine
English cricketer (1900-1958) · United Kingdom · On the map · Athletes · Died at 57
Douglas Robert Jardine was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934. A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during their successful 1932-33 Ashes tour of Australia.
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The England side emerging onto the field during the first Test at Brisbane in 1928-29. Jardine is third from the right.
Jardine in 1930
A team photograph of England's 1932-33 side: Jardine is seated at the centre of the front row; Pelham Warner is standing at the extreme left.
Jardine addressing an audience at the Hotel Australia on 2BL shortly after his team's arrival in Sydney in November 1932
Australian captain Bill Woodfull facing bodyline bowling from Harold Larwood in the fourth Test at Brisbane 1932-33. Jardine is the third fielder anti-clockwise in the ring, the furthest fielder on the left.
Jardine's Test career batting graph. The red bars indicate the runs that he scored in an innings, and the blue line indicates the batting average in his last 10 innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which Jardine finished not out.
Jardine batting in the early 1930sAwards
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During that series, England employed "Bodyline" tactics against the Australian batsmen, headed by Donald Bradman, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that some contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous. As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline.
