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Full name Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch
Born May 20, 1956, North Adelaide, South Australia
Current age 52 years 93 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,South Australia
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Other Selector
Relations Father-in-law - RB Simpson
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
18
34
0
1073
119
31.55
2
6
103
4
13
0
ODIs
8
8
0
226
72
28.25
476
47.47
0
1
15
0
1
0
First-class
156
276
13
9962
230
37.87
20
55
101
0
List A
42
40
4
1224
109
34.00
2
6
11
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
156
436
197
4
1/5
49.25
2.71
109.0
0
0
List A
42
144
107
2
1/17
1/17
53.50
4.45
72.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v England at Sydney, Feb 10-14, 1979 scorecard
Last Test
Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane, Nov 8-12, 1985 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 24, 1979 scorecard
Last ODI
England v Australia at Lord's, Jun 3, 1985 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1976/77 - 1991/92
List A span
1977/78 - 1991/92
Profile
Andrew Hilditch was a qualified solicitor, but one who lacked the IQ to cut out the hook, a stroke that consistently brought about his downfall. Both his Test centuries came in the space of three innings, against West Indies and England in a purple patch in 1984-85, but his penchant for the fatal cross-bat shot soon became a standing joke on that England tour of 1985 when he was Allan Border's vice-captain. He played only one Test after that - and was out twice hooking Richard Hadlee. Hilditch had no reasonable defence, and was dumped for good as Australia turned to Geoff Marsh and David Boon. It was strangely out of character: Hilditch was generally a composed batsman and a responsible player - he was made captain of New South Wales after only two first-class games. He was also Test cricket's second handled-the-ball victim: at Perth in 1978-79, Hilditch was the non-striker when he returned a loose throw to the bowler, Sarfraz Nawaz. Sarfraz appealed and Hilditch was given out. The Adelaide-based Hilditch was appointed as a national selector in 1996-97 and along with illustrious names like Allan Border, Trevor Hohns and David Boon, he helped guide Australia to world dominance at both Test and one-day level. He was appointed as the panel's chairman in April 2006 when Trevor Hohns walked away. Rob Smyth
