Full Name:
Simon Mathew Katich
Born: 21 August 1975, Middle Swan, Western
Australia
Major Teams: Australia, New South Wales,
Western Australia,
Durham, Yorkshire, Hampshire
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Chinaman
Test Debut: Australia Vs England at Leeds,
4th Test, 2001
ODI Debut: Australia Vs Zimbabwe at Melbourne,
Carlton Series, 2000/01
| Simon
Katich: The Rock of Australia |
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Karthik Narayan
The lifespan of any cricketer has four
stages: The Infancy or Debut stage, the Rising
Star Stage, Super Star stage and finally the
Consolidation Stage. Simon Katich of Australia
is right now in the second stage moving higher
up.
All roads lead to Rome, but there are certain
stones and blocks in between some roads.
Katich’s test debut did take a long time, beset
with strange health problems; he contracted
Chicken pox after he was named in the squad in
the 1998-99 season. At last, the road took him
to Rome after a few more stumbles! Katich made
his foray into test cricket when Steve Waugh
broke down with an injury after sealing the
Ashes 2001 in England at Leeds as a total
Stranger to every one of us watching with all
our mouths wide open to gasp a welcome for the
new comer. The whole wide world gaped at this
new Debutant at the age of 25, as the nervous
butterflies inside his stomach tapped and
flapped. He did not score much to gain a
permanent berth on the Aussie Chart Busters.
Katich had to wait till the fag end of Steve
Waugh’s career to comeback again into the team
in 2003 versus Zimbabwe at Sydney. He scored a
fifty with the bat, but really the surprise was
when he rolled a few balls off his left arm
Chinaman, and picked up 6/65. The Australians
always have a bag of surprises to show every
single time they take the field, and this man is
one too. He is one of those Bits ‘N’ Pieces
players in the team.
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Statistics of Simon
Katich's Career : |
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Test Matches
: Batting and Fielding |
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
26 43 3 1579 157 39.47 48.84 4 8 18 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
659 10 406 12 33.83 6-65 1 0 54.91 3.69
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One Day
Internationals
: Batting and Fielding |
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
45 42 5 1324 107* 35.78 68.74 1 9 13 0
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One Day
Internationals
: Bowling |
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
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M : Matches
I : Innings
NO : Not Out
HS : Highest Score
Ave : Average
Ct : Catches
St : Stumped
O : Overs
M : Maidens
R : Runs
W : Wickets BBI
: Best bowling in an innings SR
: Strike Rate Econ : Economy
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