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Full name Paul Cameron Rofe
Born January 16, 1981, Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 27 years 270 days
Major teams Northamptonshire,South Australia
Nickname Rudy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.99 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
68
102
40
477
25
7.69
1194
39.94
0
0
19
0
List A
41
13
7
19
6*
3.16
59
32.20
0
0
3
0
Twenty20
4
1
0
6
6
6.00
9
66.66
0
0
0
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
68
14406
6667
211
7/52
31.59
2.77
68.2
8
1
List A
41
1925
1398
41
3/23
3/23
34.09
4.35
46.9
0
0
0
Twenty20
4
3
54
89
1
1/24
1/24
89.00
9.88
54.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2000/01
Last First-class
New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Mar 7-9, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2000/01
Last List A
South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, Dec 23, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Australia v South Australia at Perth, Jan 4, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Jan 6, 2008 scorecard
Profile
The fast bowler Paul Rofe grew into one of South Australia's most important players following a string of consistent seasons but he has fallen down the state's list of fast bowlers after a couple of leaner summers. In 2007-08 he picked up 14 Pura Cup wickets at 42.35 from six appearances, having grabbed 11 at 46.09 again from six games the previous year. In 2005-06, Rofe had been second on the state's Pura Cup wicket list behind Jason Gillespie, with 31 at 27.27 and a best of 6 for 49 against Western Australia. Rofe stands at 199cm, has a bowling resemblance to Glenn McGrath and has often been a bankable performer for his state since making his first-class debut in 2000-01. In the next four campaigns he collected wicket hauls of 41, 28, 35 and 35 but was not able to convince the national selectors of his worth. South Australia would not swap him, especially as his injury record is relatively clear, but he will need to return to his consistent ways next summer with Jason Gillespie gone and Shaun Tait pushing for Australian action. Cricinfo staff October 2008
