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Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel
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Personal information
Full name Andrew John Bichel
Born (1970-08-27) 27 August 1970 (age 46)
Laidley, Queensland, Australia
Nickname Bic
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 371) 25 January 1997 v West Indies
Last Test 12 December 2003 v India
ODI debut (cap 130) 5 January 1997 v West Indies
Last ODI 1 February 2004 v India
Domestic team information
Years Team
1992–2007 Queensland
2001–2004 Worcestershire
2005 Hampshire
2006–2007 Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 67 186 235
Runs scored 355 471 5,860 2,491
Batting average 16.90 20.47 26.51 20.58
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 9/23 1/5
Top score 71 64 148 100
Balls bowled 3,337 3,257 37,197 11,433
Wickets 58 78 769 320
Bowling average 32.24 31.57 25.98 26.13
5 wickets in innings 1 2 36 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 7 0
Best bowling 5/60 7/20 9/93 7/20
Catches/stumpings 16/– 19/– 91/– 73/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2010

Andrew John "Andy" Bichel (born 27 August 1970) is a former Australian cricketer. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler, but was also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman.

Bichel played 19 Test matches and 67 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1997 and 2004, and represented Queensland in the Australian domestic competitions. He also played for Worcestershire, Hampshire and Essex in English county cricket.

Since retiring from playing, Bichel has been a coach and a selector. He is currently the bowling coach for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.

Bichel made his Test debut for the Australian Cricket Team in Adelaide in 1996 in a match against the West Indies, and his One-day International Debut in Brisbane, also against the West Indies. As well as Queensland's state team, he has played for the English Counties Essex, Hampshire and Worcestershire.

Unfortunately, his rise to prominence coincided with the appearance of a young Brett Lee, with whom he was often in a battle for a third fast-bowler spot in the lineup behind Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie holding the other two positions. As the younger and pacier Lee was often selected ahead of him, Bichel now holds the test match record of being Twelfth Man for Australia on 19 occasions. He has recently made comments that he believes his bowling suffered during these times, as he missed out on the valuable match practice that he could have earned either playing for Australia or Queensland.


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