Full name Paul Ronald Reiffel
Born April 19, 1966, Box Hill, Victoria
Current age 53 years 237 days
Major teams Australia, Nottinghamshire, Victoria
Nickname Pistol
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Other Umpire
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | 50 | 14 | 955 | 79* | 26.52 | 2042 | 46.76 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
ODIs | 92 | 57 | 21 | 503 | 58 | 13.97 | 709 | 70.94 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
First-class | 167 | 208 | 59 | 3690 | 86 | 24.76 | 0 | 18 | 77 | 0 | ||||
List A | 158 | 99 | 36 | 882 | 58 | 14.00 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 35 | 67 | 6403 | 2804 | 104 | 6/71 | 8/152 | 26.96 | 2.62 | 61.5 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
ODIs | 92 | 92 | 4732 | 3096 | 106 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 29.20 | 3.92 | 44.6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 167 | 32772 | 14392 | 545 | 6/57 | 26.40 | 2.63 | 60.1 | 16 | 2 | |||
List A | 158 | 7830 | 5153 | 166 | 4/13 | 4/13 | 31.04 | 3.94 | 47.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | Australia v India at Perth, Feb 1-5, 1992 scorecard |
Last Test | India v Australia at Chennai, Mar 6-10, 1998 scorecard |
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ODI debut | Australia v India at Sydney, Jan 14, 1992 scorecard |
Last ODI | Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 20, 1999 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class span | 1987/88 - 2001/02 |
List A span | 1987/88 - 2000/01 |
Test debut | West Indies v New Zealand at North Sound, Jul 25-29, 2012 scorecard |
Last Test | Afghanistan v West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 27-29, 2019 scorecard |
Test matches | 45 |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | Australia v New Zealand at Melbourne, Feb 6, 2009 scorecard |
Last ODI | Afghanistan v West Indies at Lucknow, Nov 6, 2019 scorecard |
ODI matches | 69 |
ODI statistics | |
T20I debut | Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Jan 13, 2009 scorecard |
Last T20I | England v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Mar 26, 2016 scorecard |
T20I matches | 16 |
T20I statistics |
Paul Reiffel was a nagging right-arm seam bowler and a very capable lower order batsman. Throughout a career which saw him appear in many Tests and one-day internationals for his country, he was a player who distinguished himself with his ability to bowl an awkward line and length and to complement it with a capacity to cut the ball both ways off the pitch. His unstinting accuracy and control was also a key to his success. Reiffel experienced occasional problems with no-balling and was afflicted by a number of injuries that threatened to end his career at different times. But he remained an outstanding player and a highly valued member of Victorian and Australian teams for more than a decade. The laid-back Reiffel retired from international cricket after forming a part of Australia's victorious 1999 World Cup side, and from his state at the end of the 2001-02 season.
John Polack