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Full name Aaron Christopher Bird
Born September 28, 1983, Taree, New South Wales
Current age 24 years 302 days
Major teams New South Wales
Nickname Birdy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height
1.82 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
4
7
3
60
23
15.00
119
50.42
0
0
8
0
1
0
List A
16
12
7
35
10*
7.00
63
55.55
0
0
0
0
4
0
Twenty20
3
1
0
1
1
1.00
3
33.33
0
0
0
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
4
6
623
373
10
4/80
4/80
37.30
3.59
62.3
1
0
0
List A
16
16
618
585
13
3/30
3/30
45.00
5.67
47.5
0
0
0
Twenty20
3
3
45
75
5
3/39
3/39
15.00
10.00
9.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
Victoria v New South Wales at Melbourne, Dec 6-9, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class
South Australia v New South Wales at Adelaide, Mar 10-13, 2006 scorecard
List A debut
Queensland v New South Wales at Brisbane, Oct 14, 2005 scorecard
Last List A
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Jan 21, 2006 scorecard
Profile
After a season when he broke through to play his opening first-class games, things started to go wrong for Aaron Bird in 2006-07. He could not get back in the Pura Cup side and managed only three wickets at 68 from his six one-day outings. Then in December, he was reported for a suspect bowling action and faced a possible ban from state cricket. He was set to be analysed by the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra but suffered stress fractures that kept him from bowling and delayed the testing. New South Wales stood by him and he retained his contract for 2007-08. A quick right-armer with a whippy action, Bird was promoted to the senior ranks in 2005-06 and collected ten Pura Cup wickets at 37.29 in four matches, including best figures of 4 for 80 against Victoria at St Kilda. He also added another nine in eight ING Cup appearances and his three wickets in six balls helped the Blues win the one-day title. Bird has followed the desired pathway in a career that boasts the Man-of-the-Match award in the Youth World Cup final against South Africa and spells at the Academy. He once forced Michael Slater to retire hurt in a Sydney grade game after striking him on the helmet.
Cricinfo staff June 2007
