Simon Katich
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Simon Mathew Katich | |||
| Born | 21 August 1975 Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia |
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| Nickname | Kat | |||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Left-Arm Chinaman | |||
| Role | Opening Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Australia | |||
| Test debut (cap 384) | 16 August 2001 v England | |||
| Last Test | 19 March 2009 v South Africa | |||
| ODI debut (cap 143) | 21 January 2001 v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 24 September 2006 v West Indies | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 13 & 19 | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997 - 2002 | Western Australia | |||
| 2000 | Durham | |||
| 2002 | Yorkshire | |||
| 2003 - | New South Wales | |||
| 2003 - 2005 | Hampshire | |||
| 2007 | Derbyshire | |||
| 2008-Present | Kings XI Punjab | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | List A |
| Matches | 38 | 45 | 200 | 212 |
| Runs scored | 2,649 | 1,324 | 16,289 | 6,787 |
| Batting average | 43.42 | 35.78 | 54.66 | 37.49 |
| 100s/50s | 7/15 | 1/9 | 46/85 | 7/53 |
| Top score | 157 | 107* | 306 | 136* |
| Balls bowled | 859 | – | 5,589 | 847 |
| Wickets | 18 | – | 92 | 24 |
| Bowling average | 29.61 | – | 36.59 | 32.79 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | – | 3 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | – | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 6/65 | – | 7/130 | 3/21 |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/– | 13/– | 181/– | 96/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 28 March 2009 | ||||
Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975 in Middle Swan, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club. [1]. He currently plays for the Indian Premier League team, Kings XI Punjab.
He is a left-handed opening batsman and part-time Left-arm unorthodox spin bowler. He is well regarded for his ability and tenaciousness as a batsman, and draws comparison to former national player Michael Bevan. He married Georgie Willis in May 2006.
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[edit] Early career
Katich made his debut for the Western Australia state team in the 1996-1997 season. The following season he was a central figure in Western Australia's Sheffield Shield success, scoring an impressive 1039 first-class runs for the season [1].
[edit] International selection
He was selected to tour Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe with the national team the following season but suffered greatly from illness, including a debilitating bout of chicken pox and subsequent health problems. However he recovered to contribute further for his state, highlighted in the 2000-2001 domestic season where he helped himself to 1282 first-class runs. He later switched from Western Australia to New South Wales where he currently lives.
Katich made his Test debut on the 2001 Ashes tour of England. He failed to capitalize making only 15 and was not out 0. In only his second match he bowled for the first time in test cricket, and in the second innings took 6/65 in the 2nd innings against Zimbabwe in Sydney. So far he has taken 13 wickets in his career. Following Steve Waugh's retirement in 2004, Katich established himself in the Australian team. His best Test batting performance came against India at Sydney in January 2004, when his 125 and unbeaten 77 saved Australia the Test, series, and a decade long unbeaten record at home. Despite this, he was dropped in favor of Andrew Symonds for Australia's next Test, in Sri Lanka,when Symonds was dropped after the first two tests, Katich was picked for the third test and made a patient 86. He regained his place and enjoyed a good Test series in India in October 2004, where he made good scores of 81 and 99. His good form continued with 118 against New Zealand in March 2005. However, he had a poor Ashes tour of England later that year, and after scoring only two runs in the following two Tests (against the ICC World XI and the West Indies),he was dropped from the Test side. Katich was fined during the Ashes for showing dissent to umpire Aleem Dar along with captain Ricky Ponting.
Since the commencement of the 2005/06 season, Katich attempted to cement his place in the Australian one day cricket side, having lost his Test place. He had been sometimes criticised for his slow scoring rate in one day internationals, but others believe he was the perfect foil to the aggressive fellow opening batsman Adam Gilchrist. Australia persisted with him throughout the VB Series and in South Africa, as Katich scored runs fairly consistently. However, he struggled in the DLF Cup in September 2006; the next month he lost his place at the top of the order to Shane Watson, who impressed Ponting with some attacking displays against the West Indies and an Indian state team. Katich wasn't picked in the 15 man squad to play in the World Cup in the West Indies. Katich so far has played a total of 45 One day Internationals. Katich wore the number 19 but swapped for the number 13.
Selected for the 2008 Australian team's tour of India he found himself opening the batting with the injury to Phil Jacques. The repeated failures of his opening partner, Matt Hayden, increased the pressure on Katich. Katich has been criticised for his slow scoring but is considered by some to have helped solidify the Australian batting and to have contributed to the strong position the team had in the first Test (which India recovered to draw) and to have been relatively blameless for the second Test loss in Mohali.
He retained his spot for the home series against New Zealand. In the first test, at the Gabba, Brisbane, he made 10 in the first innings (in which Australia was all out for 214 on a tough batting deck). However, in the second innings, Katich carried his bat through the innings; the first cricketer to do so at test level since Mark Taylor in the late 90's. He made 131 not out, 48.88% of Australia's total of 268, in an innings in which the next highest score was 31 (by Mitchell Johnson batting at no. 10). Katich's batting allowed Australia to post a victory target of 327, which it ultimately defended.
[edit] 2007-08 Domestic Season
The 2007-08 domestic season could only be described as a triumph for Simon Katich. He smashed 1506 runs to break Michael Bevan's all-time Pura Cup/Sheffield Shield record for runs in a season[2] as NSW romped home undefeated to claim their 45th title. Aside from being given the honour of captaining NSW in the Pura Cup final against Victoria, Katich also contributed scores of 86 and 92 to lead the match on run aggregate[3] as he had done for the season overall. He was also crowned the Pura Cup player of the year for his 1506 runs at an average of 94.12.[4] The highlight of Katich's season was undoubtedly his 306 against QLD at the SCG, an innings in which the last 200 runs came at better than a run a ball. It was the first time since Sir Donald Bradman that a player had scored 300 at the SCG, and an innings which the Sydney Morning Herald called "superb".[5] Peter Roebuck later claimed Katich should be the Australian cricket captain after Ricky Ponting came under fire during the January 2008 SCG test.[6] During the coverage of the final, Damien Fleming described Katich as a left-handed V. V. S. Laxman for his dominant bottom hand and willingness to hit through the on-side. Katich's season culminated with his recall to the national side for May tour of the West Indies. He cemented his place in the test team with scores of 113 and 157 in the second and third tests respectively.[7]
[edit] Career highlights
[edit] Tests
Test Debut: vs England, Leeds, 2001
- Katich's best Test batting score of 157 was made against West Indies, 2008
- His best Test bowling figures of 6 for 65 came against Zimbabwe, Sydney, 2003-2004
- Katich became the first batsman since Mark Taylor in the late 90s to carry his bat through a completed test innings, notching 131 not out at the Gabba in 2008-2009 vs New Zealand.
[edit] One-day internationals
ODI Debut: vs Zimbabwe, Melbourne, 2000-2001
[edit] First Class
Scored a monumental 306 for New South Wales against Queensland in Sydney, 2007
[edit] External links
- Simon Katich at Cricket Archive
- Cricinfo profile on Simon Katich
- HowSTAT! statistical profile on Simon Katich
[edit] References
- ^ Cricinfo - Katich leaves Derbyshire
- ^ Katich breaks run-scoring record FOX Sports News, March 17, 2008
- ^ South Wales v Victoria baggygreen.com.au, Pura Cup Final Scorecard
- ^ Katich crowned Pura Cup Player of the Year baggygreen.com.au, March 13, 2008
- ^ This puts a Katich among the pigeons Sydney Morning Herald October 29, 2007
- ^ The skipper for a storm Sydney Morning Herald January 12, 2008
- ^ Katich - captaincy gave me the runs April 01, 2008, foxsports.com.au
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| Preceded by Graeme Welch |
Derbyshire cricket captains 2007 |
Succeeded by Rikki Clarke |
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