Tom Moody

Tom Moody

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Masson Moody
Born	(1965-10-02) 2 October 1965 Adelaide, Australia
Nickname	Moods, Long Tom, Big Tom, Moonshine
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder, Coach
Relations	David Moody (nephew)
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 348)	24-28 November 1989 v New Zealand
Last Test	8-13 September 1992 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 98)	9 October 1987 v India
Last ODI	24 October 1999 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1985–2001	Western Australia
1990	Warwickshire
1991–1999	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs Matches 8 76 Runs scored 456 1211 Batting average 32.57 23.28 100s/50s 2/3 0/10 Top score 106 89 Balls bowled 72 466.1 Wickets 2 52 Bowling average 73.50 38.73 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a Best bowling 1/17 3/25 Catches/stumpings 9/0 21/0
Source: Cricinfo, 16 May 2005

Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and the former coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Currently he is the coach for the IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad And Bangladesh Premier League team Rangpur Riders Recently Tom Moody has been appointed head coach of the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Rangpur Riders for the next three seasons of the tournament. In 2017, he applied for the Head coach of Indian Cricket Team.

Early Life

Schooled at Guildford Grammar School in Perth, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited great talent for athletics (particularly the high jump) and Australian rules football but truly excelled at cricket being selected to train with the 1st XI side (usually made up of year twelve students) at just thirteen, and play with them the following year. Upon leaving school he moved immediately into Western Australian Grade Cricket with the Midland-Guildford team and in the winter months pursued overseas experience as a young pro in the Northern leagues in England.

Playing Career

"Long" Tom Moody, so nicknamed for his 2.00 metre (six foot six inch) height, began his first class career in the 1985/86 season with Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield and also played in England with Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Captaining WA and Worcester to various trophies, Moody, an aggressive and fast scoring batsman, scored over 20,000 first class runs and hit 64 centuries; he was also a useful medium pace bowler. His 1,387 List A runs for Worcestershire in 1991 is a record for the county.^[1]

He played eight Test matches for Australia between 1989 and 1992, although he had more success with Australia's one-day team, appearing in three World Cups and two finals – 1987 and 1999 – alongside Steve Waugh. He was even more successful when he threw a haggis the distance of 230 feet in 1989.^[2][3]

In 1994,he along with Tim Curtis set the record for the highest ever partnership for the 3rd wicket in List A cricket history(309*)^[4][5]

Post-retirement

Since retirement in 2001, Moody has coached, been an Australian cricketer's representative and for several years held the post of director of cricket with Worcestershire. In May 2005 he was appointed coach of the Sri Lankan national team and he led them to the final of the 2007 world cup before leaving the post.

On 14 May 2007, the WACA announced Moody's appointment as manager and head coach of the Western Warriors for the next three years. Trevor Penney, England's fielding coach during the 2005 Ashes series and assistant to Moody in Sri Lanka, will join as assistant coach.^[6] However Moody announced in March 2010 that he would not seek a new contract after the 2009–2010 season. Under Moody, WA qualified for one final in three seasons, in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, in his first season which it lost to Victoria.

He then began cricket commentary around the world as well as covering some Australian Test and ODI Cricket for Channel Nine and the Big Bash League for Channel Ten.

Moody still regularly commentates on both television and radio throughout the Australian international and domestic season.

In December 2012, it was announced that Moody would coach the new IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad team. ^[7] Over the course of 2012-2017, Sunrisers Hyderabad have reached the qualifier rounds three times and won the championship in 2016.

Moody's long involvement in the game has been recognised over the recent years with appointments to two significant consultancy roles. The first being appointed as the International Director of Cricket for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) ^[8] and the second being appointed in 2014 as Director of Cricket with the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League. ^[9]

Tom Moody's Test career batting performance.

International centuries

Test centuries

Test centuries of Tom Moody
No	Runs	Match	Against	City/Country	Venue	Start date	Result
[1]	106	2	Sri Lanka	Brisbane, Australia	The Gabba	8 December 1989	Drawn
[2]	101	5	India	Perth, Australia	WACA Ground	1 February 1992	Won

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	Pakistan	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	11 February 1990	89 (82 balls: 4x4, 4x6)	Australia won by 67 runs.[10]
2	Sri Lanka	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	7 March 1992	3-0-18-0, 1 Ct. ; 57 (86 balls: 4x4)	Australia won by 7 wickets.[11]

References

1. ↑ "Most Runs in a Season for Worcestershire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2006-12-16. 
2. ↑ "A knight to remember". Cricinfo. 2 October 2003. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
3. ↑ Brenkley, Stephen (13 June 1999). "World Cup – Long Tom the talisman". The Independent. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
4. ↑ "Semi-Final: Surrey v Worcestershire at The Oval, Aug 9, 1994 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 
5. ↑ "Records | List A matches | Partnership records | Highest partnerships by wicket | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-05-01. 
6. ↑ "Moody returns home to coach Retravision Warriors". 2007-05-14. Archived from the original on 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
7. ↑ Moody to coach SunRisers Hyderabad
8. ↑ "Moody takes CPL role, open to England". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-06-02. 
9. ↑ "Moody appointed Renegades' director of cricket". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-06-02. 
10. ↑ "1989-1990 Benson & Hedges World Series - 7th Match - Australia v Pakistan - Brisbane". Howstat. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015. 
11. ↑ "1991-1992 Benson & Hedges World Cup - 20th Match - Australia v Sri Lanka - Adelaide". Howstat. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015. 

Notes

• Benaud, Richie (1991). Border & Co: A Tribute To Cricket's World Champions. Hamlyn Australia. ISBN 0-947334-31-9. 
• Player Profile: Tom Moody on ESPN Cricinfo