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Full name Brett Geeves
Born June 13, 1982, Claremont, Tasmania
Current age 26 years 116 days
Major teams Australia, Delhi Daredevils, Tasmania
Nickname Banger
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 1.85 m

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

First-class

523

80*

17.43

1083

48.29

List A

176

37*

10.35

219

80.36

Twenty20

23.50

188.00

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

2/11

5.50

2.20

15.0

First-class

5251

3180

5/49

38.78

3.63

64.0

List A

2465

2030

5/45

29.00

4.94

35.2

Twenty20

162

243

3/36

27.00

9.00

18.0

Career statistics

Only ODI

Australia v Bangladesh at Darwin, Aug 30, 2008 scorecard

ODI statistics

First-class debut

2004/05

Last First-class

Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Mar 7-10, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2000/01

Last List A

India A v Australia A at Chennai, Sep 26, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Dec 31, 2007 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians at Delhi, May 24, 2008 scorecard

After a breakthrough season in 2004-05, injuries and a lack of wickets threatened to stop Brett Geeves from becoming a permanent member of Tasmania's teams. However, he solved that problem last summer, playing all but one of the state's Pura and FR Cup games, and won a surprise promotion into Australia's squad for the off-season series against Bangladesh. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Geeves was the equal-leading wicket-taker in the one-day competition - his 15 came at an average of 25.20 - and he was Man of the Match in the Tigers' thrilling win in the final. In the Pura Cup he managed a strong haul of 37 victims and became a crucial part of the campaign.

The previous season Geeves played six Pura Cup matches and removed 12 batsmen at 63.83. By the end of that summer Ben Hilfenhaus, Damien Wright, Adam Griffith, Luke Butterworth and Brendan Drew were all ahead of Geeves in the fully-fit attack. He also made seven one-day appearances for eight wickets at 40.5. Geeves can deliver in-swinging yorkers that are particularly dangerous in limited-overs affairs and he picked up 20 wickets in the 2004-05 ING Cup, the second most in the competition behind Shaun Tait, and was a key performer in Tasmania's trophy success. His first-class debut arrived in that season and he collected 23 victims before a knee problem the following year limited his output. A former national under-19 and Academy representative, Geeves is an improving lower-order batsman who produced two handy Pura Cup half-centuries in 2006-07.
Cricinfo staff August 2008

Sep 26, 2008

Brett Geeves and team-mates come together at the fall of another wicket © Sivaraman Kitta

Sep 5, 2008

Brett Geeves bowls in the nets © Getty Images

Aug 31, 2008

Brett Geeves the day after his one-day debut © Getty Images

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