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Simon Katich

Batting style:
Left Handed-hand bat
Bowling style:
Slow left arm chinaman
Played for:
Australia, Kings XI Punjab, New South Wales Blues
Roles played:
Ex Skipper-T20 | Batsman
ICC Rank:
Batting:
20
Bowling:
70
Home country:

Australia

Born:
August 21, 1975, Middle Swan

Profile

Was selected to make his Test debut in 1999, for Australia's tour of Sri Lanka, but suffered chicken pox. He eventually made his debut two years later against England.Has represented Durham, Hampshire and Yorkshire in the English County Championship.On his maiden tour, to England in 2001, after informing Katich he hadn't made the team for the Lord's Test, John Buchanan, the Australia coach, asked him to write a poem, which ended up running to about 20 verses.


Statistics

Show:
  Matches Innings Runs NO Avg. SR 100's 50's
Test 43 74 2990 5 43.33 49.54 8 16
ODI 45 42 1324 5 35.78 68.74 1 9
T20 3 2 69 0 34.5 146.81 0 0
  Matches Innings Balls Runs Wickets BBI BBM Avg. Econ. 4w 5w 10w Extras
Test 43 21 919 560 18 6/65 / 31.11 3.66 0 1 0 0
  Catches Stumpings Runouts
Test 32 0 3
ODI 13 0 2
T20 2 0 0
  Matches Won Lost Tie No Result Win percentage
T20 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career

Span:
Test:
2001-2009
 
ODI:
2001-2006
 
T20:
2005-2006
Test
Debut:
Australia Vs England at Headingley, Leeds - Aug 16, 2001
Last played:
Australia Vs England at Kennington Oval (The Oval), London - Aug 20, 2009
ODI
Debut:
Australia Vs Zimbabwe at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne - Victoria - Jan 21, 2001
Last played:
Australia Vs West Indies at Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur - Sep 24, 2006
T20
Debut:
Australia Vs New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland - Feb 17, 2005
Last played:
Australia Vs South Africa at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - Feb 24, 2006
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