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Andy Caddick

Andrew Caddick
Andrew Caddick in Somerset County Cricket Club Colours.jpg
Personal information
Full name Andrew Richard Caddick
Born (1968-11-21) 21 November 1968 (age 48)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Nickname Caddy
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Batting style Right-hand batsman
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 559) 3 June 1993 v Australia
Last Test 2 January 2003 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 121) 19 May 1993 v Australia
Last ODI 2 March 2003 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years Team
2009 Wiltshire
1991–2009 Somerset (squad no. 10)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 62 54 275 262
Runs scored 861 249 4259 810
Batting average 10.37 12.45 14.89 10.65
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/9 0/0
Top score 49* 36 92 39
Balls bowled 13558 2937 59663 12827
Wickets 234 69 1180 341
Bowling average 29.91 28.47 26.59 26.62
5 wickets in innings 13 0 78 5
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 17 n/a
Best bowling 7/46 4/19 9/32 6/30
Catches/stumpings 21/– 9/– 88/– 44/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 August 2009

Andrew Richard Caddick (born 21 November 1968 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a retired cricketer who played for England as a fast bowler. At 6 ft 5in, Caddick was a successful bowler for England for a decade, taking 13 five-wicket hauls in Test matches. He spent his entire English domestic first-class cricket career at Somerset County Cricket Club, and then played one Minor Counties match for Wiltshire in 2009.

Caddick was born in Christchurch, New Zealand to English parents, and educated at Papanui High School. As a youngster, he modelled his bowling action on that of Richard Hadlee. He appeared three times for New Zealand Young Cricketers, all of his appearances coming in February 1988. His performances were unremarkable, the highlight being an unbeaten 20 with the bat and bowling figures of 1/16 off three overs in the first One Day International (ODI) against the touring India Under 19 team. In spite of his modest figures in the two matches against the Indians, he retained his place for the first match of the McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup. However, after struggling with 0/39 he lost his place, and did not appear for New Zealand again.

Frustration at what he saw as a lack of opportunities to be selected for the New Zealand Test side drove him to try his luck in England, something New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford would later rue, commenting that "he slipped through the net and given our lack of depth we can ill afford to lose players like him". He played a handful of games for Middlesex Second XI in late 1988 and early 1989, taking 17 wickets in four matches for them at 26.71. On his Somerset Second XI debut in June 1989, Caddick took 8/46 in Surrey Second XI's first innings.


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