Wayne Holdsworth

Personal information

Full name

Wayne John Holdsworth

Born

5 October 1968
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Batting style

Right-handed batsman

Bowling style

Right-arm fast bowler

Role

Bowler

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1986-2001

Bankstown

1989-1997

New South Wales

1990

Hampshire

Career statistics

Competition	First-class	List A
Matches	68	35
Runs scored	399	107
Batting average	7.82	21.40
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	34	49*
Balls bowled	11525	1656
Wickets	212	39
Bowling average	32.75	29.17
5 wickets in innings	11	1
10 wickets in match	1	-
Best bowling	7-41	5-28
Catches/stumpings	28/0	8/0

Source: CricketArchive

Wayne John Holdsworth (born 5 October 1968 in Paddington, New South Wales) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for the New South Wales Blues. He was a right arm pace bowler and took 188 wickets for NSW at 32.13.^[1] His best season came in 1992/93 when he took 53 first-class wickets.In this season he became the first player in the history of Sheffield Shield cricket to take seven wickets in an innings in three consecutive matches. The tally included career-best figures of 7/41, which he took in the Sheffield Shield final against Queensland, which NSW won. He was rewarded with a spot in the 1993 Ashes touring squad and although he didn't play a Test he did take a hat-trick against Derbyshire in a warm up match and played a one-day match against Ireland, and took 3 for 13 off 6 overs.^[2] He also represented Australia B on a tour of Zimbabwe in 1991/92 under Mark Taylor and for Australia at the ICC Under 19's World Cup in 1988 which Australia won.^[3] In the season 1989/90 he was chosen for the Prime Minister's XI game against Pakistan and has been selected in an Northern Territory Invitation XI, Bradman XI and Australian Masters XI teams.

The stockily-built "quick" struggled to recapture his form and a consistent place in the NSW team following his tour of England and played his final first class match in 1996. Nicknamed "Cracker", in his début First Class game, he took a wicket with his first ever ball for New South Wales in 1989 ^[4] and also another wicket and a dropped catch in his first over.

He is all time wicket record holder at Bankstown in Sydney Grade with 511 First Grade wickets at 21.23^[5] He also was leading season wicket taker for Bankstown in the 1986/87, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1999/00 and 2000/01.

Personal achievements

3 × Sheffield Shield winner (NSW) - 1989/90, 1992/93 and 1993/94
2 × Sheffield Shield runner-up (NSW) - 1990/91 and 1991/92
3 × Domestic One Day winner (NSW) - 1991/92, 1992/93 and 1993/94
1 × Domestic One Day runner-up (NSW) - 1990/91
Ashes Tourist 1993 (12 matches for Australia on tour)
Australia B Zimbabwe Tourist 1991/92 (5 matches on tour)
Prime Ministers XI vs Pakistan (1989/90)
ICC Under 19 World Cup winner 1988 (Australia)
1988 ICC Under 19 World Cup leading wicket taker (19 wickets at 12.52)
Bradman XI (1991/92-1998/99)
Northern Territory Invitation XI (1992/93)
Australia Masters XI (2008/09)
Bankstown District Cricket Club leading season wicket taker 1986/87, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1999/00 and 2000/01

References

External links

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1950–51 to 1999–2000)

1950–51: Bedser 1951–52: Johnston 1952–53: Tayfield 1953–54: Johnson 1954–55: Tyson 1955–56: Benaud 1956–57: Kline 1957–58: Quick 1958–59: Benaud 1959–60: Martin 1960–61: Davidson 1961–62: Benaud 1962–63: Meckiff 1963–64: Sellers 1964–65: Hawke 1965–66: Hawke 1966–67: Lock 1967–68: Connolly 1968–69: McKenzie 1969–70: A. Thomson 1970–71: A. Thomson 1971–72: Mallett 1972–73: Mallett 1973–74: Dymock 1974–75: Lillee/J. Thomson 1975–76: Lillee/J. Thomson 1976–77: Lillee 1977–78: J. Thomson 1978–79: Hogg 1979–80: Mallett 1980–81: Lillee 1981–82: Yardley 1982–83: Lawson 1983–84: Lillee 1984–85: Holland 1985–86: Holland 1986–87: McDermott 1987–88: Matthews 1988–89: Whitney 1989–90: Rackemann 1990–91: McDermott 1991–92: McDermott 1992–93: Holdsworth 1993–94: Warne 1994–95: Rackemann 1995–96: Kasprowicz 1996–97: Kasprowicz 1997–98: Miller 1998–99: Saker 1999–2000: Bichel

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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