During the return trip to Australia, Lindwall captained Australia for the only time in a Test match against India in Mumbai, after injuries forced out regular captain Ian Johnson.

He bowled only briefly in the first innings, with 0 / 23 before being forced from the field with chickenpox, which prevented him from bowling in the second innings as Australia secured a heavy innings victory .< Ref name =" testlist "/> The illness prevented Lindwall from playing in the Second Test in Sydney in what would have been his first Test in his home town.

Australia bowled first, and Lindwall took the wicket of Cyril Washbrook, before he was forced to leave the field with a groin strain with figures of 1 / 30.

Lindwall came into bat at 6 / 172 with Sid Barnes forced to retire hurt and Australia facing the prospect of the follow on .< Ref name =" 3sco "/> He then received five consecutive bouncers from Edrich, one of which hit him in the hand, evoking cheers from the home crowd.

Lindwall forced his way back into the XI for the First Test of the 1950-51 Ashes series against Freddie Brown's England team.

Lindwall compounded Hutton's match by removing him for four and finished with 3 / 27 as England were skittled for 190 and forced to follow on.

England amassed their highest total of the series but Australia managed to hang on for a draw after being forced to follow on .< Ref name =" testlist "/> Lindwall ended with 14 wickets at 27. 21 for the season, which was below his usual standards as Australia were convincingly defeated 3 – 1.

He was no longer the reveller that Miller once knew .< Ref name =" p236 "/> After Australia had made 9 / 515, Lindwall took a match total of 6 / 124, as the hosts were forced to follow on in the First Test at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica.

Although Lindwall took 3 / 67 in the first innings, Australia was forced to follow on and fell to its first innings loss since 1938 ,< Ref > as Laker and Lock ravaged the Australians .< Ref name =" testlist "/>< Ref name =" dust "/> Lindwall took two wickets in the Fourth Test at Old Trafford but the results were the same ; Australia suffered another innings defeat in what was known as " Laker's Test " – the off-spinner took 19 of the Australian wickets to fall.

In reply, Australia was still some way behind when Lindwall came in at 6 / 329.

At the same time, Lindwall, a fine athlete, was playing for St. George Dragons in the first-grade of the New South Wales Rugby League as a full back.

Bradman arranged for Lindwall to see his Melbourne masseur Ern Saunders, who had Lindwall's leg back to prime condition in a fortnight.

The absence of Lindwall and Miller's new ball partnership allowed South Africa to fight back and draw the series 2 – 2, making it the first series that Australia had not won since 1938.

The headmaster, Brother Aidan O ' Keefe, was a competent player and invested time into training Lindwall.

Lindwall came into the team seeing himself as an into-the-wind swing bowler.

Lindwall came into the final Test on his home ground in Sydney with a match haul of 10 / 73 in a Shield match.

Lindwall died at age 74 at Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland .< Ref name =" az "/> Lindwall was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the ten inaugural members.

His leg spin yielded ten wickets at 30. 60, with a best of 4 / 118 in the Fourth Test in Adelaide when he was given a heavy workload, totalling 58 overs, when Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller broke down during the match.

The Australian Test cricketer and rugby league player Ray Lindwall was born in Mascot.

In the final Test, Hutton scored a century, batting through the first day to score 122 not out, his first Test century in Australia, despite another barrage from Lindwall and Miller.

He was dismissed for a duck only once in Tests, lbw to Ray Lindwall in the 1st Test against Australia at Brisbane in 1951.

With leading pacemen Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller breaking down in the match, Harvey bowled for only the third time in his Test career.

Queensland's captain, the veteran paceman Ray Lindwall, was no longer an automatic Test selection.

After supporting Lindwall in a 48-run partnership in the first innings of the Fourth Test, Johnston took 4 / 95 in the second innings, including three in the space of 16 runs.

In all, Johnston finished with 27 Test wickets at an average of 23. 33, equal to Lindwall.

In the Fourth Test at Adelaide, both Lindwall and Miller broke down in the middle of match, leaving Australia two bowlers short.

Lindwall and Miller were unable to play in the Fifth Test, and in their absence, the South Africans were able to score heavily.

In the last two Tests, Johnston conceded more than 100 runs in three of the four innings with the increased burden in his colleagues ' absence ; the only previous occasion when he had conceded a century of runs in an innings was in the First Test against England in 1948 when Lindwall broke down mid-match.

Lindwall was a fine all round cricketer ; he was a hard-hitting batsman who scored two centuries at Test level and often improved Australia's position with his lower order batting.

During his teenage years, Lindwall rose through the ranks of Sydney Grade Cricket at St. George under the tutelage of Test leg spinner Bill O ' Reilly, who was regarded as the finest bowler in the world at the time.

Lindwall brought up his maiden Test century in the Second Test and was the leading wicket-taker as Australia established its ascendancy in the post-war era.

Following the Invincibles tour, Lindwall found the pitches in South Africa in 1949 – 50 less to his liking and was dropped for the final Test.

In retirement, Lindwall mentored Test world-record holder Dennis Lillee and also served as a national selector.

At the age of 11, Lindwall and his elder brother Jack were spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the second day of the First Test of the 1932 – 33 Ashes series.

In a match in which Australia fielded seven Test debutants, Lindwall opened the bowling with state team-mate Ernie Toshack.

Having retired from rugby, Lindwall was selected to make his Ashes and home soil debut in the First Test against England in Brisbane.

Prior to this, Depeiaza had never scored a first-class hundred and during the partnership he was hit on the chest numerous times by short balls from Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall, leading to a suggestion from the father of a team mate that he wear a piece of protective foam rubber around his chest.

Lindwall returned to Australia and spent the winter playing for St. George, helping his team to the grand final of the NSWRL, after which he retired to concentrate solely on cricket.

He returned to 1953 with an aging national team in decline and despite the loss of the Ashes, commentators felt that Lindwall was at his zenith in terms of his bowling craft.

By the age of 13, Lindwall was leading the under-15 school team, opening both the batting and bowling.

In early October 1938, with his final school year drawing to a close, Lindwall was among a group of young cricketers who received an invitation to practise at the SCG with the state team.

Lindwall missed the 1941 NSWRFL season due to illness, and in doing so missed out on the team that won the premiership that season.

During the winter of 1942, Lindwall helped the St. George football team to reach the grand final for the second consecutive year and also finished the season as the League's top point-scorer.

An innings of 134 not out in just 180 minutes against Queensland at the SCG underlined by cutting and driving exhibited his batting skill, and with a haul of 9 / 77 against South Australia further underlining his allround credential .< Ref name =" wisden "/> Lindwall gained further attention when he turned out for New South Wales against the feted Australian Services team of Lindsay Hassett that had played in the 1945 Victory Tests in England.

With 33 wickets for the season, Lindwall as selected for an Australian team tour of New Zealand under Bill Brown.

Lindwall was a fan of Bradman's leadership, recalling that " he put me at ease straight away " and that " his presence was inspiring for all the team ".

In the 1947 – 48 season, the tour by the Indian cricket team saw Lindwall take his career best bowling figures of 7 / 38 at the Adelaide Oval in the second innings of the Fourth Test .< Ref name =" az "/>< Ref name =" testlist "/> Lindwall was again the leading wicket-taker for the series, with 18 wickets at 16. 88, in addition to his 70 runs at 14. 00.

Like the rest of the team, Lindwall had a poor tour on a series of dry and underprepared pitches designed to favour the Surrey spin twins of Laker and Lock.

Overall, it had been a disappointing tour ; Lindwall had been fit for three and a half Tests and managed only seven wickets at 34. 14 Lindwall's performance reignited calls for the aging paceman to be axed from the team.

Having had a successful series in the most recent international fixtures, Lindwall had no reason to expect anything but a continuation of his senior role in the team.

Furthermore, having captained the team in the absence of Johnson and Miller, Lindwall was the now the player with the most seniority in terms of leadership.

Upon return, much of the team were struck down with hepatitis, and the exhausted Grout and Ray Lindwall were the only two test players able to play for Queensland in a match against Western Australia, however during the match Grout picked up eight wickets in a single innings.

The Australian team strategy of primarily depending on pace bowling saw Tallon make 12 catches and no stumpings during the Tests ; however, Bradman rested his lead pace bowlers Miller and Lindwall during the tour games to save energy for the Tests and allowed the spinners do more work, so that overall Tallon took 29 catches and 14 stumpings for the tour.