Callum Ferguson

Callum Ferguson

Ferguson in November 2011
Personal information
Full name	Callum James Ferguson
Born	(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984 (age 39) North Adelaide, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Middle-order batter
International information
National side	Australia (2009–2016)
Only Test (cap 445)	12 November 2016 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 171)	6 February 2009 v New Zealand
Last ODI	13 April 2011 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 33)	15 February 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I	7 May 2009 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002/03–2020/21	South Australia
2011–2012	Pune Warriors India
2011/12–2013/14	Adelaide Strikers
2014/15–2016/17	Melbourne Renegades
2017/18–2020/21	Sydney Thunder
2018–2019	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 30 147 175 Runs scored 4 663 9,386 5,952 Batting average 2.00 41.43 37.09 42.82 100s/50s 0/0 0/5 20/49 14/31 Top score 3 71* 213 192 Balls bowled – – 149 30 Wickets – – 2 1 Bowling average – – 49.50 22.00 5 wickets in innings – – 0 0 10 wickets in match – – 0 0 Best bowling – – 2/32 1/8 Catches/stumpings 0/– 7/– 87/– 52/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 October 2021

Callum James Ferguson (born 21 November 1984) is a former Australian cricketer and commentator who has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket.^[1] He also represented South Australia in the JLT One-Day Cup. He was formerly the captain of the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League^[2] before being released at the end of the 2020–21 season

Ferguson began his domestic career in the 2004–05 season, and by 2009 his form in limited overs cricket was good enough for him to be selected by the Australian national cricket team. Though his form in ODIs was strong, bolstering Australia's middle order, a knee injury in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy final took him out of competitive cricket for 11 months and he lost his place in the national side. He has played few ODIs since, and he played a single Test match in 2016 against South Africa, scoring 4 runs across his two innings.

Ferguson has played for South Australia for his entire domestic career, which spanned over fourteen seasons. When the Big Bash League was created he initially played for the Adelaide Strikers, but played for the Melbourne Renegades for three seasons after moving in the 2014–15 season^[2] and now plays for the Sydney Thunder. He also spent two seasons playing for Pune Warriors India in the Indian Premier League. In the 2019 BBL he scored 113*, the top score in BBL 2019.

During the 2020-21 Sheffield shield season Ferguson announced he was retiring from first class cricket. He said “Once I got left out of the first game of the year, it knocked a bit of the wind out of my sails”. He conceded that being dropped sped up his retirement.

On the 7th of February 2021, Ferguson was notified that he would not be offered a contract for the 2021-22 Big Bash season despite captaining the franchise for the last 2 seasons.

Following his retirement from cricket, Ferguson works as a commentator for Triple M, Seven and Nine Australia.