The Team
Simon Katich
Born: August 21, 1975
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
The most improved cricketer to come from Australia. Has consistently scored big runs in the domestic competition and internationally.
Career statistics
First-class debut: 1996/97
List A debut: 1995/96
Twenty20 debut: Hampshire v Sussex at Southampton, Jun 13, 2003
Batting and Fielding Statistics :
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 48 | 83 | 5 | 3503 | 157 | 44.91 | 6948 | 50.41 | 9 | 20 | 408 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| ODIs | 45 | 42 | 5 | 1324 | 107 | 35.78 | 1926 | 68.74 | 1 | 9 | 138 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| T20s | 3 | 2 | 0 | 69 | 39 | 34.5 | 47 | 146.8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| First Class | 215 | 368 | 46 | 17571 | 54.56 | 54.66 | NA | NA | 49 | 93 | NA | NA | 198 | 0 |
| List A | 214 | 204 | 22 | 6835 | 136 | 37.55 | NA | NA | 7 | 53 | NA | NA | 97 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 43 | 40 | 8 | 1050 | 75 | 32.93 | 813 | 129.64 | 0 | 5 | 102 | 27 | 22 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics :
| Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | 10W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 24 | 1009 | 617 | 21 | 6\65 | 6\90 | 29.38 | 3.66 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | NA | NA | - | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| T20s | NA | NA | - | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| First Class | NA | |||||||||||
| List A | NA | 877 | 817 | 24 | 3\21 | 3\21 | 34.09 | 5.58 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | NA | NA | - | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Glossary - Batting:
| Mat - Matches Played | Inns - Innings Batted | NO - Not Out |
| Runs - Runs Scored | HS - Highest Innings Score | Avg - Batting Average |
| BF - Balls Faced | SR - Batting Strike Rate | 100 - Hundreds Scored |
| 50 - Fifties Scored | 4S - Boundary Fours | 6S - Boundary Sixes |
| CT - Catches Taken | ST - Stumpings Made |
Glossary - Bowling:
| Inns - Innings bowled | Balls - Balls bowled | Runs - Runs Conceded |
| Wkts - Wickets Taken | BBI - Best innings bowling | BBM - Best matches bowling |
| Avg - Bowling Average | Econ - Economy rate | SR - Bowling strike rate |
| 4W - Four wickets in an innings | 5W - Five wickets an innings | 10W - Ten wickets in a match |
Messages
Baseball
— Kelly7
Hi, Simon.
As a cricket-mad American, I was wondering, do you follow American baseball at all?
Brilliantly played!
— Kaustubh
Hey Katich, v well played man! Juz kip it rocking this way till da end. Good luck for rest and God bless.
R's,
King Kau$tubh
Well wisher of King ११ Punjab team. We'll win!
good luck with this tour
— kopke clan
comon katich u avrge
— jivi
comon katich u avrge 40!
dats spaz....!!!!
gluk man, and kik dehli