Ashley Mallett is a former Australian cricketer who played in thirty-eight Tests and nine One Day Internationals between 1968 and 1980. Until Nathan Lyon, he was Australia's most successful off spin bowler since World War II. Ashley is a spin bowling consultant for Cricket Australia’s National Cricket Centre in Brisbane and he runs an internationally recognised coaching program, Spin Australia. He has worked closely with myriad spinners within Australia and overseas including Sri Lanka’s Rangana Hereath and England’s Graeme Swann. Ashley has written some thirty-three books and continues to write for newspapers and to be interviewed for his viewpoint of all matters cricket.
