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Full name Peter Matthew Siddle
Born November 25, 1984, Traralgon, Victoria
Current age 23 years 318 days
Major teams Australia A, Victoria
Nickname Vicious, Dermie
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height 1.87 m

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

First-class

128

10.66

385

33.24

List A

6.00

45.00

Twenty20

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

First-class

1883

993

6/57

9/167

23.09

3.16

43.7

List A

606

471

3/60

31.40

4.66

40.4

Twenty20

121

2/43

30.25

8.06

22.5

Career statistics

First-class debut

Victoria v West Indians at Melbourne, Nov 11-13, 2005 scorecard

Last First-class

Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Hyderabad (Decc), Oct 2-5, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Oct 23, 2005 scorecard

Last List A

Australia A v New Zealand A at Hyderabad (Decc), Sep 15, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Queensland v Victoria at Townsville, Dec 31, 2007 scorecard

One of the most promising young fast bowlers in Australia, Peter Siddle will need a stroke of good fortune with his faulty right shoulder if he is to progress beyond a being dangerous state player. He had a reconstruction two years ago that sidelined him for most of 2006-07, then dislocated the shoulder again at the beginning of 2007-08 before aggravating it towards the end of the summer. Another reconstruction loomed after he was Victoria's best bowler in the Pura Cup final loss to New South Wales, with match figures of 9 for 167. When fit he was arguably the most threatening fast man in the attack, picking up 33 wickets at 15.75 from five matches last season. He destroyed South Australia early in the campaign with 5 for 27 as they were skittled for 77, rattled the Redbacks again later in the summer with 6 for 57 and collected 5 for 61 in a win over Tasmania. The consistent successes led to his first call-up into the Test squad for the 2008-09 tour of India immediately after he visited the country with Australia A.

Siddle grew up in Morwell in rural Victoria and was already a promising competitive woodchopper when he eventually took up cricket at 14. He became a successful youth player whose honours included taking 11 for 47 in a state under-17 match, breaking the long-standing record of John Scholes, the late Victoria coach. He was bumped up from a rookie contract to a full Bushrangers deal in 2006-07 but his injury limited him to two Pura Cup games after his first-class career began the previous summer against the touring West Indians. A highly-regarded right-armer with genuine pace and the ability to swing the ball, Siddle attended the Academy in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
Brydon Coverdale September 2008

Oct 3, 2008

Peter Siddle is a happy man after taking Irfan Pathan's catch © AFP

Oct 3, 2008

Australia's fast bowlers - Peter Siddle, Mitchell Johnson and Brett Lee © AFP

Oct 2, 2008

Peter Siddle is ecstatic after accounting for S Badrinath © AFP

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