Profile
Born in New Zealand, this exciting wicket-keeper batsman migrated to the neighbouring country of Australia for greener pastures in his international career.
Luke Ronchi first grabbed eyeballs when he succeeded Ryan Campbell as Western Australia’s first-choice wicket-keeper in 2006, after spending most of his time waiting in the wings since his debut in 2001. Thereafter, he was handed an opportunity to don the Australian colours in 2008, as a finger injury ruled Brad Haddin out of the West Indies series. It was an impressive debut series for the Kiwi, not only with the gloves but also with the bat as he brought an altogether different approach to his top-order batting. A quick-fire half century in an ODI coming off just 22 deliveries gave further proof of Ronchi’s clean hitting. He had some fine seasons on the domestic front and it didn’t take him long to become one of Western Australia’s mainstay.
Known to have fun while batting as he once said, Ronchi quickly adapted to the shortest format of the game, Twenty20 cricket. He was signed by the Mumbai for the first two seasons of the IPL in 2008, followed by Perth in the inaugural Big Bash season in 2011-12. The following year, he returned to New Zealand with an intention to represent his country, which led to him signing up for Wellington. In 2013, he was named in New Zealand's T20 squad for warm-up games against England.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| ODI |
10 |
8 |
123 |
0 |
15.37 |
116.03 |
0 |
1 |
64 |
| T20 |
3 |
2 |
47 |
0 |
23.5 |
174.07 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
| IPL |
5 |
5 |
34 |
0 |
6.8 |
100 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| CLT20 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
5 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
13 |
3 |
0 |
| IPL |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| CLT20 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
Career
Span:
- ODI:
- 2008-2013
- T20:
- 2008-2009
- IPL:
- 2008-2009
- CLT20:
- 2012-2012
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs West Indies at National Cricket Stadium, St George's - Grenada - Jun 27, 2008
- Last played:
- New Zealand Vs England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Jun 16, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Australia Vs West Indies at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados - Jun 20, 2008
- Last played:
- Australia Vs South Africa at Brisbane Cricket Ground (Woolloongabba), Brisbane - Queensland - Jan 13, 2009
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Vs Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (Bombay) - Apr 20, 2008
- Last played:
- Mumbai Vs Delhi at Buffalo Park, East London - May 08, 2009
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Perth Scorchers Vs Titans at SuperSport Park, Centurion - Oct 13, 2012
- Last played:
- Perth Scorchers Vs Auckland at SuperSport Park, Centurion - Oct 23, 2012
