Craig Simmons

Australia

Full name Craig Joseph Simmons

Born December 1, 1982, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales

Current age 35 years 147 days

Major teams Adelaide Strikers, New South Wales, Perth Scorchers, Western Australia, Western Australia Under-23s

Nickname Simmo

Playing role Opening batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left-arm medium, Slow left-arm orthodox, Slow left-arm chinaman

Height 1.86 m

Explore Craig Simmons's performance

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	7	12	0	187	60	15.58	394	47.46	0	1			3
List A	21	21	0	501	98	23.85	708	70.76	0	3			4
T20s	29	29	1	711	112	25.39	495	143.63	2	0	62	41	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	7		120	72	1	1/37	1/57	72.00	3.60	120.0	0	0	0
List A	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20s	29	6	84	88	3	2/26	2/26	29.33	6.28	28.0	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Dec 20-22, 2003 scorecard
Last First-class	Western Australia v Victoria at Perth, Mar 1-4, 2012 scorecard
List A debut	Western Australia v New South Wales at Perth, Nov 4, 2005 scorecard
Last List A	New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Oct 26, 2014 scorecard
T20s debut	New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Jan 21, 2006 scorecard
Last T20s	Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers at Adelaide, Dec 31, 2015 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0	HH Jaguars	v Kow Cantons	Mong Kok	28 May 2016	Other T20
19*	HH Jaguars	v Lan Riders	Mong Kok	27 May 2016	Other T20
25	Strikers	v Syd Sixers	Adelaide	31 Dec 2015	T20
1, 1/5	Strikers	v Syd Thunder	Sydney	28 Dec 2015	T20
1	Strikers	v Scorchers	Perth	21 Dec 2015	T20
13, 0/3	Strikers	v Melb Stars	Adelaide	18 Dec 2015	T20
5	Strikers	v Syd Sixers	Adelaide	24 Jan 2015	T20
15	Strikers	v Melb Reneg	Melbourne (Docklands)	19 Jan 2015	T20
46	Strikers	v Syd Sixers	Sydney	14 Jan 2015	T20
21	Strikers	v Syd Thunder	Adelaide	12 Jan 2015	T20

Profile

A Western Australia junior, Craig Simmons represented his home state in a Pura Cup game before taking his aggressive batting talents east to avoid Perth's backlog of well-credentialled top-order players. The move worked in 2005-06, as Simmons was a familiar face in both New South Wales teams, picking up 157 runs at 26.16 in the ING Cup and a top score of 43 in three Pura Cup fixtures. However, he could not break back into the first-class set-up last season and added only two one-day games to his tally. Simmons was a heavily decorated youth player who was part of the World Cup-winning under-19 team in 2002, the Academy, and a national development tour to India.
Cricinfo staff June 2007

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