Terrence James Jenner (8 September 1944 – 25 May 2011) was an Australian

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er who played nine

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and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a

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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

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. He was also a radio cricket commentator for the

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Playing career

Early cricket

Jenner was born in

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. He was first selected as an all-rounder in

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in Perth at the age of 17, playing for Mount Lawley. After two years in grade cricket, he was selected to make his debut for

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, primarily as a bowling all-rounder in the 1963–64 season. However, as the

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was not conducive to spin, and with

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spinner

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playing in the team, Jenner rarely appeared in the XI, claiming only 34 wickets in four seasons.

Move to South Australia

He moved to

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in 1967–68, playing at the more spin-friendly

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and became a regular member of the playing team. After three seasons there, he was selected for the 1970 tour to

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, but did not play in the Test matches.

International cricket

He was finally able to make his debut in the 1970–71 Australian season in the First Test of the 1970–71 Ashes series at

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. He did not however make a large impact, scoring 0 and 2 and taking 2/95, resulting in his immediate dismissal from the team. He was recalled for the Seventh, and final Test of the series at the spin-friendly

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, where took 3/42 as England were dismissed on the first day for 184. In the Australian innings he ducked into a short ball from

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.p105-106, John Snow, Cricket Rebel, Hamlyn, 1976 This resulted in crowd trouble which forced English captain

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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

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. He was then dropped from international cricket for a season, before being selected to tour the

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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

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, 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

. A solitary Test the following year in Australia against the

, 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

. He played one ODI, in which he scored 12 and bowled economically without success, conceding 28 runs in 8 overs.

Final years

His first class career continued for a further two years until the end of the 1976–77 season, participating in a two-pronged South Australian attack with off-spinner

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. In total, his 131 first class matches yielded 389 wickets at an average of 32.2, including fourteen

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s and one

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. He also regularly contributed with the bat, scoring ten half-centuries.

Post-retirement

In 1988 Jenner was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after stealing funds from his employer in order to repay gambling debts. He was however released after 18 months. He then became a spin-bowling coach at the

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. As a highly respected coach, he had a massive influence on the career of

, and was a mentor to many other slow bowlers across the world.Terry Jenner stable after heart attack
www.cricinfo.com, 7 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2010.

Death

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

on 30 May 2011.

References

External links

Official weblog
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