eddiesmith
Active Member
Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
This is the toughest pick I have made, but I think he is finally showing some ability at test level after a superb first class career and adds great variety to the side as he can bat anywhere in the top 6 and can be used as a 2nd spinner on spinning pitches
Simon Katich
Australia
Full name Simon Mathew Katich
Born August 21, 1975, Middle Swan, Western Australia
Current age 33 years 281 days
Major teams Australia, Derbyshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kings XI Punjab, New South Wales, Western Australia, Yorkshire
Nickname Kat
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Height 1.82 m
Batting and fielding averages
This is the toughest pick I have made, but I think he is finally showing some ability at test level after a superb first class career and adds great variety to the side as he can bat anywhere in the top 6 and can be used as a 2nd spinner on spinning pitches
Simon Katich
Australia
Full name Simon Mathew Katich
Born August 21, 1975, Middle Swan, Western Australia
Current age 33 years 281 days
Major teams Australia, Derbyshire, Durham, Hampshire, Kings XI Punjab, New South Wales, Western Australia, Yorkshire
Nickname Kat
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm chinaman
Height 1.82 m
Batting and fielding averages
Code:
Mat Inns NO [B]Runs HS Ave[/B] BF SR [B]100[/B] 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 38 66 5 [B]2649 157 43.42[/B] 5403 49.02 [B]7[/B] 15 313 6 26 0
First-class 200 343 45 [B]16289 306 54.66[/B] [B]46[/B] 85 181 0
Bowling averages
Mat Inns Balls [B]Runs Wkts[/B] BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 38 18 859 [B]533 18[/B] 6/65 6/90 [B]29.61[/B] 3.72 47.7 0 1 0
First-class 200 5589 [B]3367 92[/B] 7/130 [B]36.59[/B] 3.61 60.7 3 0
Ever since he was included in Western Australia's state squad in 1994-95 he looked destined for bigger things. His talents were on show in 1998-99 when he amassed 1039 first-class runs, including 115 in the final won by Western Australia, and earned a spot on the tour to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Katich was on the brink of a Test call-up in Sri Lanka when he contracted chicken pox and was quarantined. Unable to free himself of a virus that overcame him in the wake of that illness, he was forced to sit out much of the 1999-2000 domestic summer, but after a stellar 2000-01 - 1282 first-class runs and a century against every state - he was picked for the 2001 Ashes tour.
Replacing the injured Steve Waugh for the fourth Test, he made 15 and 0 not out on debut and had to wait two years for an opportunity against Zimbabwe, when his occasional left-arm chinaman bowling was surprisingly effective. He took 6 for 65 in the second innings in Sydney, which became his home when he switched to New South Wales and accepted the captaincy. Returning to the SCG later in the summer against India, he registered his maiden Test century and helped to ensure Waugh's final Test ended in a draw instead of a loss. He was in and out of the side in the next couple of years but his vicious first-class assault in 2007-08 helped him regain more Test recognition.
Cricinfo staff May 2009
Notes
State Player of the Year - 2004
Pura Cup Player of the Year - 2007-08