Simon Katich

Simon Katich
Personal information
Full name
Simon Matthew Katich
Born (1975-08-21) 21 August 1975 (age 49)
Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia
NicknameKat
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist spin
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 384)16 August 2001 v England
Last Test3 December 2010 v England
ODI debut (cap 143)21 January 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI24 September 2006 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 6)17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I24 February 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1995/96–2001/02, 2013/14Western Australia
2000Durham
2002Yorkshire
2002/03–2011/12New South Wales
2003–2005, 2012Hampshire
2007Derbyshire
2008–2009Kings XI Punjab
2010–2011, 2013Lancashire
2011/12–2013/14Perth Scorchers
2012/13Duronto Rajshahi
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 56 45 266 253
Runs scored 4,188 1,324 20,926 7,550
Batting average 45.03 35.78 52.84 35.78
100s/50s 10/25 1/9 58/111 7/60
Top score 157 107* 306 136*
Balls bowled 1,039 – 6,429 938
Wickets 21 – 107 25
Bowling average 30.23 – 35.30 34.72
5 wickets in innings 1 – 3 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 6/65 – 7/130 3/21
Catches/stumpings 39/– 13/– 227/– 115/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 May 2019

Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He captained New South Wales and also, until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club.[1] Katich also played for Lancashire, represented his birth state of Western Australia and played in Indian Premier League for Kings XI Punjab. Katich was also a member of the Australian team that won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

He played primarily as a left-handed opening batsman and part-time left-arm unorthodox spin bowler. He played 56 Test matches for Australia from 2001 to 2011. On 12 June 2012 Katich retired from first-class cricket in Australia,[2] but returned to play for Western Australia in 2013.[3] In August 2019, Katich was appointed as the head coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and was present at the 2020 IPL Player Auction in Kolkata in December 2019.

He is also a commentator for ABC Radio Grandstand[4] and the Seven Network.

  1. ^ "Katich leaves Derbyshire". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Simon Katich retires from first-class game". 12 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Katich returns in loss to Victoria, Tigers topples Bulls". Abc.net.au. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Katich, Rogers join commentary ranks". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 18 November 2021.