Terry Jenner

Terrence James Jenner (8 September 1944 – 25 May 2011) was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman. In his latter years he was a leg-spin coach to many players around the world, and a great influence on Shane Warne. He was also a radio cricket commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. This resulted in crowd trouble which forced English captain Ray Illingworth to evacuate his players from the ground. Jenner returned to bat at 235–8 and made a brave 30, last man out on 264 – giving Australia a lead of 80 runs – and took 1/39 in the second innings, but Australia lost the test and The Ashes.

He was then dropped from international cricket for a season, before being selected to tour the West Indies in 1972–73, playing the last four matches in a five Test series. He claimed thirteen wickets at 26.7, including career best figures of 5/90 in the fifth Test at Port of Spain, Trinidad, as well as making 38 with the bat without dismissal in the same game. Despite this performance, he was again overlooked for the entirety of the following season, playing next against England in the 1974–75 Australian season, in which he was selected for two matches. He had little success with the ball, taking two wickets at 48.5, but showed some of all-round skill by scoring a Test best of 74 at the Adelaide Oval. A solitary Test the following year in Australia against the West Indies, in which he took 2/90, was his last.

Unable to hold down a regular position in the team, Jenner played a total of nine Tests in a four-year period. He only played Test cricket outside of Australia on one tour, against the West Indies. He played one ODI, in which he scored 12 and bowled economically without success, conceding 28 runs in 8 overs.

He then became a spin-bowling coach at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. As a highly respected coach, he had a massive influence on the career of Shane Warne, and was a mentor to many other slow bowlers across the world.

Death In April 2010 Jenner suffered a massive heart attack, and died at home on 25 May 2011. His funeral took place at the Adelaide Oval on 30 May 2011.