There were times during the 1990s when any aspiring young Australian cricketer was faced with two stark choices. One was to wait for someone in the Test side to die and take their place, the other was to declare themselves to be English.
Jason Gallian was one of the first to take the latter course and it rather upset Cricket Australia, to the point where someone there must have sat in an office with a box of pins and a little Gallian doll as, no sooner had he made the England side than his body started falling apart.
First up, he was asked to face the last of the great Windies attacks on an Edgbaston pitch so bad that the game was over in seven sessions, with England losing by an innings despite no player in the game scoring more than 79. Gallian broke a finger in that game and his Test career never recovered. He played only twice more before being discarded forever.
His career thereafter was a mixture of injuries and falling out with clubs (and Kevin Pietersen), ending this year at Essex.
i remember as a young boy during the 90s i used to avidly follow the english county scene … jason gallian used to be one of my fav batsman then… technically sound , the sort i wud always try to emulate. wish him better luck with everything he pursues..
jason gallian has taken up a cricket coaching role at a school, and i hope it all goes well for him there and in the future.