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Full name Ashley Allan Noffke
Born April 30, 1977, Nambour, Queensland
Current age 31 years 87 days
Major teams Australia,Australia A,Australian Centre of Excellence,Australian Cricket Academy,Bangalore Royal Challengers,Durham,Gloucestershire,Middlesex,Prime Minister's XI,Queensland,Queensland Academy of Sport,Queensland Country,Queensland XI,Sunshine Coast
Nickname Noffers
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Height
1.90 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
ODIs
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
0
0
T20Is
2
1
0
0
0
0.00
0
-
0
0
0
0
0
0
First-class
98
133
22
3055
114*
27.52
2
14
39
0
List A
98
51
17
517
58
15.20
0
1
25
0
Twenty20
16
10
2
77
19
9.62
66
116.66
0
0
4
4
3
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
ODIs
1
1
54
46
1
1/46
1/46
46.00
5.11
54.0
0
0
0
T20Is
2
2
45
41
4
3/18
3/18
10.25
5.46
11.2
0
0
0
First-class
98
19281
9759
345
8/24
28.28
3.03
55.8
18
1
List A
98
4817
3697
108
4/32
4/32
34.23
4.60
44.6
3
0
0
Twenty20
16
15
328
386
23
3/18
3/18
16.78
7.06
14.2
0
0
0
Career statistics
Only ODI
Australia v India at Brisbane, Feb 3, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Dec 11, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
1998/99
Last First-class
South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Queensland v Western Australia at Brisbane, Feb 16, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Sussex v Middlesex at Hove, Jun 18, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore, Apr 18, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Ashley Noffke bounced into a Cricket Australia contract and on to an Ashes tour in 2001 and has stayed in the national selectors' minds despite a series of injuries. In the past two seasons he has rediscovered some of the penetration that earned early comparisons with Glenn McGrath, and his contributions in 2006-07 earned him a recall to Australia A colours for a trip to Pakistan. His 30 Pura Cup wickets at 24.30 were complemented by two half-centuries and a strong FR Cup campaign led to the Queensland Player of the Year prize and a spot in Australia's preliminary Twenty20 world championship squad. Further impressive gains were made in 2007-08 when he collected 51 first-class wickets and scored 741 runs, making him the third Australian behind George Giffen and Greg Matthews to capture the 50-wicket, 500-run season double. That form earned him his first two Twenty20 international appearances, his initial ODI in Brisbane, and a spot on Australia's Test tour of West Indies in 2008.
It was a satisfying set of jumps after he struggled between 2003 and 2005 with back and ankle problems that sat next to inflated averages. Hoping to enjoy endless summers, he seemed to suffer from off-season stints with Middlesex and Durham that twice ended in early flights home. Noffke's Ashes experience also finished in the same way after he rolled his ankle attempting a soccer-style run-out in the tour match against Sussex. It was a painful conclusion to an encouraging trip of three games, but he lost his national contract the following year before recapturing it with 41 first-class victims at 22.65 in 2002-03. The return gained him a second tour with the Australians, and he played two games in the West Indies on the way to re-joining Middlesex and picking up a back problem.
Noffke hails from the Sunshine Coast, bowls with good rhythm from a high, clean and uncomplicated action and develops excellent pace through most of his spells. The Bulls' wealth of riches in the pace bowling department ensured it was not until 2000-01 that he made a real mark at interstate level. Man-of-the-Match performances in the opening game of the summer's Mercantile Mutual Cup program and the Pura Cup final, when he mixed 43 as nightwatchman with seven wickets for the game, headlined his rise. A former Academy associate scholarship holder, Noffke was the leading wicket taker in Brisbane grade cricket in both 1997-98 and 1998-99 and the Queensland Academy of Sport Player of the Year in 1998-99. To add to his skills with the ball, he is also a capable lower-order batsman who can defend stoutly, and in 2003-04 he raised his maiden first-class century with 114 not out against South Australia. Noffke uses the skills learned through a business degree in a sports-shoe-conversion enterprise with former team-mate Joe Dawes. Cricinfo staff April 2008
