Jo Angel (born 22 April 1968) is an Australian former cricketer who played in four

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and three

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s from 1993 to 1995. A giant

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standing tall, Angel took 485 first-class wickets, including 445 in Australian domestic cricket for

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Biography

Born in

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, Angel made his Test debut against the

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at the

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in 1993, forcing

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to retire hurt after hitting him in the face with a short ball. He toured

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in 1994 for the Singer Cup one-day tournament with some degree of success as the other Australian pacemen struggled in the heat and slow conditions. However he did not make a consistent impact and was dropped shortly after. While his international career did not take off, Angel helped carry the Western Australian attack and holds the career wickets record for

. On 28 July 2000 he was awarded the

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for being "fourth on list of all time greatest wicket takers for Western Australia" and is the only bowler to have taken 400 or more wickets for the state in the

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with 419 wickets. He also took a further 26 wickets in other First-class matches for Western Australia, bringing his total to 445.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Angel, Jo 1968 births Living people Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Western Australia cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England Australian cricketers Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia 20th-century Australian sportsmen