Simon O'Donnell
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
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| Bowling type | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 6 | 87 |
| Runs scored | 206 | 1242 |
| Batting average | 29.42 | 25.34 |
| 100s/50s | -/- | -/9 |
| Top score | 48 | 74* |
| Balls bowled | 940 | 4350 |
| Wickets | 6 | 108 |
| Bowling average | 84.00 | 28.72 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/37 | 5/13 |
| Catches/stumpings | 4/- | 22/- |
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Simon Patrick O'Donnell (born 26 January 1963 in Deniliquin, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and AFL footballer, and is currently a cricket commentator.
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[edit] Cricket
Simon played as an all-rounder for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield between 1984 and 1993. He played 6 Test matches, 5 on the 1985 Ashes tour of England, but was more successful in one day internationals. A medium pace bowler and lower order big hitter he played 87 times between 1985 and 1992 and scored 1242 runs and took 108 wickets in his career. He was played in Australia's 1987 World Cup Final victory but then was diagnosed with cancer soon after. But he came back from the brink to return to the Australian One-Day team. At one time he held the record for the fastest half-century in One Day Internationals (18 balls v Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1990, until Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) 17 balls v Pakistan at Singapore on 7 April 1996). His ODI scoring rate was 80.96 and Test scoring rate was 43.74
He was captain of Victoria's 1991 Sheffield Shield winning team.
[edit] AFL
An Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club in 1982 and 1983, he played 24 games and kicked 18 goals. He was recruited from Assumption College. He retired from football to focus on his cricket career. Was approached to return to AFL football in 1984 after Tony Lockett was injured but was advised to decline.
[edit] Media career
O'Donnell hosted Melbourne radio station Sport 927's morning program with Kevin Bartlett until 2004.
He has been a commentator of cricket for the Nine Network since 1997 and currently hosts The Cricket Show.
