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Full name Michael Scott Kasprowicz
Born February 10, 1972, South Brisbane, Queensland
Current age 33 years 153 days
Major teams Australia, Essex, Glamorgan, Leicestershire, Queensland
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 33 46 10 379 25 10.52 838 45.22 0 0 40 3 12 0
ODIs 43 13 9 74 28* 18.50 89 83.14 0 0 6 1 13 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 1 1 3 3* - 5 60.00 0 0 0 0 2 0
First-class 221 298 63 4121 92 17.53 0 11 86 0
List A 209 104 39 944 40 14.52 0 0 46 0
Twenty-20 8 7 2 68 31 13.59 58 117.24 0 0 3 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 33 6364 3174 102 7/36 8/92 31.11 2.99 62.39 4 4 0
ODIs 43 2225 1674 67 5/45 5/45 24.98 4.51 33.20 1 2 0
Twenty-20 Int. 2 42 57 5 4/29 4/29 11.40 8.14 8.40 1 0 0
First-class 221 45417 23234 882 9/36 26.34 3.06 51.49 48 6
List A 209 10237 7384 279 5/45 5/45 26.46 4.32 36.69 8 3 0
Twenty-20 8 168 202 10 4/29 4/29 20.19 7.21 16.80 1 0 0
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Test debut Australia v West Indies at Brisbane - Nov 22-26, 1996
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Last Test New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Mar 26-29, 2005
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ODI debut Australia v West Indies at Melbourne - Dec 19, 1995
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Last ODI England v Australia at The Oval - Jul 12, 2005 scorecard
Twenty-20 Int. debut New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - Feb 17,
2005 scorecard
Last Twenty-20 Int. England v Australia at Southampton - Jun 13,
2005 scorecard
First-class span 1989/90 - 2004/05
List A span 1989/90 - 2005
Twenty-20 span 2003 - 2005
Michael Kasprowicz seems to have been smiling
appeals forever. As a head-banded 17-year-old he studied Western
Australia's top order on Queensland debut in 1989-90 while his
schoolmates were sitting final exams, and continued to pop up in
unexpected places. Like India. A swing bowler who learned to weave
outswingers on Gabba green-tops, Kasprowicz matured into a
subcontinental specialist with reverse swing, heavy cut and a
this-isn't-too-hot-for-another-over attitude. He bravely carried an
injury-hit attack struck by Navjot Sidhu and Sachin Tendulkar in
1997-98, popped back in 2001 and returned in 2004 to help end
India's 35-year hold. After three years mostly spent refining his
efficient yet aggressive action with Queensland and Glamorgan,
Kasprowicz celebrated his fifth recall in 2004 with 13 matches, his
longest Test run. During the wildly successful year the prongs of
McGrath, Gillespie and Kasprowicz were so sharp that Brett Lee ran
their refreshments. To call Kasprowicz a workhorse is unflattering
even though the description matches his size - he was an Australian
Schoolboys rugby forward - and stamina. Regularly clocked faster
than his new-ball counterparts from a shorter run, Kasprowicz's
angle and dart-perfect line causes constant headaches for
left-handers in the style of Paul Reiffel, another under-rated third
wheel. He has become an important clean-up or go-to man and only
four times in 2004 did he leave an innings without a wicket as he
collected 47 victims. An intimidating and muscular presence at
county and state level - he often broke bones in England and peer
pressure from Pura Cup batsmen hurried his Test and one-day returns
- Kasprowicz became Queensland's leading wicket-taker in 2003-04.
Popular and cheerful off the field, `Kasper' has experienced the
lows of being 12th man for Queensland's first Sheffield Shield win
in 1994-95, having to wait five months and three Tests for his first
wicket and completing a regular do-si-do for a national place with
his best man Andy Bichel. The recent success ensured they became
old-school memories, and he will be around for a while longer
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