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Full name Brett Raymond Dorey
Born October 3, 1977, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Current age 30 years 296 days
Major teams Australia,Western Australia
Nickname Behemoth
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
2.03 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
4
1
0
2
2
2.00
8
25.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
26
38
8
526
53
17.53
1039
50.62
0
1
9
0
List A
30
20
2
130
25
7.22
192
67.70
0
0
12
0
Twenty20
11
4
2
15
14*
7.50
14
107.14
0
0
2
0
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
4
4
162
146
2
1/12
1/12
73.00
5.40
81.0
0
0
0
First-class
26
5375
2578
102
7/86
25.27
2.87
52.6
4
5
0
List A
30
1500
1076
28
2/25
2/25
38.42
4.30
53.5
0
0
0
Twenty20
11
11
252
316
15
3/19
3/19
21.06
7.52
16.8
0
0
0
Career statistics
ODI debut
Australia v South Africa at Melbourne (Dock), Jan 20, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Bangladesh v Australia at Fatullah, Apr 28, 2006 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
2004/05
Last List A
New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Jan 13, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Brett Dorey was a surprise call-up for the 2005-06 Australia VB Series squad and he came with an interesting background. He represented Western Australia at Under-17 and Under-19 level in 1995 and 1997 before heading to Europe on a travelling adventure, where he worked as a bodyguard to the children of a wealthy Russian businessman. After returning to Western Australia in 2004, he decided to play cricket again and was called into an injury-depleted state side to make his debut against Queensland.
A giant at 2.03m like Bruce Reid, Dorey has a stronger physique than his Perth predecessor, although a snowboarding accident on his European vacation left him unable to walk and threatened his sporting career. His bowling is also worth talking about, and his steepling bounce impressed Merv Hughes, the selector who watched his career-best 7 for 86 against Queensland before his national call-up. He finished that summer on top of Western Australia's Pura Cup bowling list with 38 wickets at 25.02. His next campaign was quieter as a toe injury troubled him, and his six games brought 21 victims at 26.28.
Andrew McGlashan July 2007
