Brett Geeves

Brett Geeves
Personal information
Full name Brett Geeves
Born 13 June 1982
Claremont, Tasmania, Australia
Nickname Banger
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Australia
ODI debut (cap 168) 30 August 2008 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 9 April 2009 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2002–2011 Tasmania
2008 Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 2 36 64 9
Runs scored 10 873 221 47
Batting average – 21.29 9.20 23.50
100s/50s 0/0 0/4 0/0 0/0
Top score 10* 99* 37* 28
Balls bowled 90 7,106 3,111 206
Wickets 3 123 92 13
Bowling average 26.00 33.85 28.14 23.84
5 wickets in innings 0 5 1 0
10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/11 6/47 5/45 3/36
Catches/stumpings 1/– 11/– 15/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 24 October 2009

Brett Geeves (born 13 June 1982) is a retired Australian cricket player, who played for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket, and for the Glenorchy Cricket Club in Tasmanian club cricket. He was also selected by the Delhi DareDevils in the Indian Premier League. Primarily a right-arm opening bowler, Geeves developed into a solid lower-order batsman.

In 2011, he was forced to retire from interstate and international cricket due to a series of back injuries. He is a now a journalist and commentator.

International career

One day international

Geeves made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh on 30 August 2008, taking 2 for 11.[1]

Test

On 2 March 2009 Geeves was called up to the Australian squad touring South Africa after Doug Bollinger suffered an abdominal-muscle strain while training in the nets.[2]

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh in Australia ODI Series - 1st ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Geeves to join Test squad