Brett Dorey

Brett Dorey

Personal information
Full name	Brett Raymond Dorey
Born	(1977-10-03) 3 October 1977 (age 39) Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Nickname	Behemoth
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
ODI debut (cap 157)	20 January 2006 v South Africa
Last ODI	28 April 2006 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–present	Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 4 40 43 16 Runs scored 2 796 224 20 Batting average 2.00 17.30 8.96 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 Top score 2 53 45 14* Balls bowled 162 8217 2148 372 Wickets 2 151 46 21 Bowling average 73.00 25.78 34.63 23.19 5 wickets in innings 0 9 1 0 10 wickets in match n/a 1 n/a n/a Best bowling 1/12 7/86 5/48 3/19 Catches/stumpings 0/– 15/– 14/– 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 September 2010

Brett Raymond Dorey (born 3 October 1977) is an Australian cricketer. He played four One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australia national cricket team in 2006, picking up two wickets. He played domestic first-class and one-day cricket for the Western Warriors from the 2004–05 to 2010–11 seasons.

Dorey was born in East Fremantle, Western Australia. He started his cricketing career playing for the Western Australian Under-17 and Under-19 sides during the late 1990s, before he travelled around Europe for two and half years. He suffered a terrible accident while snowboarding in Austria: after knocking himself out, Dorey was trying to navigate back to his base when he was cut off by a German whose skis sliced open his right knee. The wound required 14 stitches, and Dorey was worried his sporting career may be over. During his time in Europe, he also served as a bodyguard for the children of a wealthy Russian businessman.

Until his knee injury, Dorey had been planning to attempt to break into professional football on his return to Australia, having previously played for South Fremantle. Instead, he began playing professional cricket. A string of injuries led to his call-up to the Western Australia state side during the 2004–05 season, and he made his debut in the ING Cup against Victoria in November. Later in the same month, he made his first-class debut, claiming one wicket during a draw against Queensland. He claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in his third first-class match, finishing with 5/41 against the touring Pakistanis. Dorey completed the 2004–05 season with 23 first-class wickets, and 4 one-day wickets.