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Andrew Hilditch

Australia

Player profile

Full name Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch
Born May 20, 1956, North Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 52 years 101 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales, South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Selector
Relations Father-in-law - RB Simpson

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	18	34	0	1073	119	31.55			2	6	103	4	13
ODIs	8	8	0	226	72	28.25	476	47.47	0	1	15	0	1
First-class	156	276	13	9962	230	37.87			20	55			101
List A	42	40	4	1224	109	34.00			2	6			11

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	156		436	197	4	1/5		49.25	2.71	109.0		0	0
List A	42		144	107	2	1/17	1/17	53.50	4.45	72.0	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 10-14, 1979 scorecard
Last Test	Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 8-12, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 24, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI	England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 3, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span	1976/77 - 1991/92
List A span	1977/78 - 1991/92

Profile

Andrew Hilditch was a qualified solicitor, but one who lacked the IQ to cut out the hook, a stroke that consistently brought about his downfall. Both his Test centuries came in the space of three innings, against West Indies and England in a purple patch in 1984-85, but his penchant for the fatal cross-bat shot soon became a standing joke on that England tour of 1985 when he was Allan Border's vice-captain. He played only one Test after that - and was out twice hooking Richard Hadlee. Hilditch had no reasonable defence, and was dumped for good as Australia turned to Geoff Marsh and David Boon. It was strangely out of character: Hilditch was generally a composed batsman and a responsible player - he was made captain of New South Wales after only two first-class games. He was also Test cricket's second handled-the-ball victim: at Perth in 1978-79, Hilditch was the non-striker when he returned a loose throw to the bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz. Sarfraz appealed and Hilditch was given out. The Adelaide-based Hilditch was appointed as a national selector in 1996-97 and along with illustrious names like Allan Border, Trevor Hohns and David Boon, he helped guide Australia to world dominance at both Test and one-day level. He was appointed as the panel's chairman in April 2006 when Trevor Hohns walked away.
Rob Smyth