Ryan Sidebottom

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Ryan Sidebottom
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country = England
fullname = Ryan Jay Sidebottom
nickname = Sexual Chocolatecite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/07/30/scdiar130.xml | title=Timely summit for Ashes showdown | author=Simon Briggs | publisher="Telegraph.co.uk" | date=2007-07-30 | accessdate=2008-03-09]
living = true
dayofbirth = 15
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1978
placeofbirth = Huddersfield, Yorkshire
countryofbirth = England
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heightft = 6
heightinch = 4
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batting = Left-handed
bowling = Left-arm fast-medium
role = Bowler

international = true
testdebutdate = 17 May
testdebutyear = 2001
testdebutagainst = Pakistan
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lasttestdate = 30 July
lasttestyear = 2008
lasttestagainst = South Africa
odidebutdate = 7 October
odidebutyear = 2001
odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
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lastodidate = 28 June
lastodiyear = 2008
lastodiagainst = New Zealand
odishirt = 78

club1 = Nottinghamshire
year1 = 2003–present
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club2 = Yorkshire
year2 = 1997–2003
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matches1 = 18
runs1 = 266
bat avg1 = 15.64
100s/50s1 = 0/0
top score1 = 31
deliveries1 = 4,272
wickets1 = 76
bowl avg1 = 25.68
fivefor1 = 5
tenfor1 = 1
best bowling1 = 7/47
catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
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bat avg2 = 10.20
100s/50s2 = 0/0
top score2 = 15
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wickets2 = 24
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best bowling2 = 3/19
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matches3 = 126
runs3 = 1,361
bat avg3 = 11.83
100s/50s3 = 0/1
top score3 = 54
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wickets3 = 410
bowl avg3 = 25.29
fivefor3 = 17
tenfor3 = 2
best bowling3 = 7/47
catches/stumpings3 = 45/–
column4 = LA
matches4 = 154
runs4 = 404
bat avg4 = 10.91
100s/50s4 = 0/0
top score4 = 32
deliveries4 = 6,848
wickets4 = 162
bowl avg4 = 30.16
fivefor4 = 2
tenfor4 = n/a
best bowling4 = 6/40
catches/stumpings4 = 33/–
date = 20 September
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4638/4638.html CricketArchive

Ryan Jay Sidebottom (born 15 January 1978 in Huddersfield) is an English cricketer who plays international cricket for England and domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire. He is a primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six years. In 2007 he was brought back into the side following an injury to Matthew Hoggard and took four wickets in his first innings. Since then he has become a prolific bowler for England. He took the 37th Test cricket hat-trick in his 11th match for England against New Zealand, becoming the 11th English player to do so, on 8 March 2008, and on 23 March he took his third five-wicket haul in the same series, breaking the previous record for an Englishman in New Zealand. His father, Arnie Sidebottom, was also a cricketer, and played one Test match for England in 1985 against Australia.

Career

Sidebottom made his debut for his native Yorkshire in 1997. The winner of the NBC Denis Compton Award two years running, (in 1999 and 2000), he finished as the leading domestic English-bowler at the end of 2000, conceding only 12.5 runs for each of his 24 wickets, and capping this with a nomination for Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club. Injury problems took away much of his 2000 season, but, during the winter, Sidebottom toured the West Indies with England A, taking 16 wickets at a bowling average of 16.81. He made his international debut the following summer against Pakistan in place of Matthew Hoggard. He played in two ODIs in October 2001 against Zimbabwe.

Sidebottom left Yorkshire to join Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2003 season, having taken 163 wickets for Yorkshire at an average of 25.12. At Nottinghamshire, he took 50 wickets in both the 2005 and 2006 seasons, helping them to the County Championship title in 2005; he had also won the title with Yorkshire in 2001. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20187.html | title= Players and Officials - Ryan Sidebottom (Profile) | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | accessdate=2008-03-09]

He sports a flamboyant hairstyle which has led to the dressing room nickname of "Sexual Chocolate". Sidebottom's long hair indirectly led to a second nickname, "Stringfellow", after a hapless Henry Blofeld repeatedly confused him with long-haired nightclub impresario Peter Stringfellow during the first Test match against New Zealand in 2008. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/7408060.stm | title=First Test England v NZ: Day Five as it happened | publisher = "BBC" | accessdate=2008-03-19]

International Test career

Debut-Pakistan 2001

Sidebottom made his international test debut in May 2001, as England took on Pakistan. Batting first, England made 391 and in reply, Pakistan made 203 and 179, with the away side sinking to an innings and 9 run defeat. Sidebottom contributed four with the bat and finished with figures of 0-38 and 0-26. [cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63932.html | title=1st Test:England v Pakistan at Lord's, May 17-20 2001 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2001-05-20 | accessdate=2008-03-09]

West Indies 2007

Following this match, Sidebottom had to wait another six years before being recalled to play in the England side to face the West Indies in the second test in May 2007, following the injury to Matthew Hoggard in the opening match. His first Test victim was Chris Gayle, trapped leg before wicket, and Daren Ganga, Dwayne Bravo and Corey Collymore soon followed, as he finished with figures of 4-42. The West Indies followed on, and Sidebottom again impressed, taking the wickets of four of the top order batsmen, ending with 4-44. The hosts eventually won by a record innings and 283 runs. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/england/6698509.stm | title=England v West Indies 2nd Test | author=Jamie Lillywhite | publisher=BBC Sport | date=2007-05-28 | accessdate=2008-03-09]

In the third Test, Sidebottom contributed a useful 23 over the two innings and finished with match figures of 3-101 as England won by 60 runs. [cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/engvwi/engine/match/258461.html | title=3rd Test: England v. West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7-11, 2007 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2007-06-11 | accessdate=2008-03-09] In the final match of the series, he took his first international five wicket haul during the West Indies' first innings, finishing with 5-88, hit an unbeaten 26 in England's reply, and then bowled fifteen overs for 40 runs, with no reward, as the hosts won by 7 wickets and wrapped up a 3-0 series victory. [cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/engvwi/engine/match/258462.html | title=4th Test: England v. West Indies at Chester-le-Street, Jun 15-19, 2007 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2007-06-19 | accessdate=2008-03-09]

India 2007

Following these excellent performances, Sidebottom was included in the England squad to take on India in the second 2007 summer series. In the first Test, he again impressed, taking 4-65 as India struggled to 201. He then followed that in the second innings with 2-42 as the match fizzled out into a draw, with England just one wicket from victory. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/258468.html | title=1st Test: England v. India at Lord's, Jul 19-23, 2007 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2007-07-23 | accessdate=2008-03-09] As England slumped to a seven wicket defeat in the second Test, Sidebottom finished with figures of 1-75 (at an economy of 2.08) and 0-23. However, he was deemed extremely unlucky only to finish with one wicket as he found copious amounts of swing and troubled a number of batsmen. Ashley Giles remarked, "One wicket in the first innings did not do his excellent bowling justice." [cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2007/07/england_test_ratings.shtml | title=England Test ratings | author=Ashley Giles | publisher=BBC Sport | date=2007-07-31 | accessdate=2008-03-09] He also made 18* and 25* with the bat, as he began to establish himself as a competent and reliable number 9. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvind/engine/current/match/258469.html | title=2nd Test: England v. India at Nottingham, Jul 27-31, 2007 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2007-07-31 | accessdate=2008-03-09]

In the final Test of the summer, and the third of the series against India, Sidebottom bowled a controlled 32 overs for 93 runs, taking the wicket of Dinesh Karthik as the visitors amassed 664. However, he injured himself and did not bowl another ball in the match. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6939885.stm | title=Third Test, day two as it happened | author=Ben Dirs | publisher=BBC Sport | quote=Sidebottom, I hear, is experiencing some soreness in his side and will have a scan. | date=2007-08-10 | accessdate=2008-03-09] Whilst batting, he fell for 2 in the first innings and was 3* at the end of the second, as the hosts held out for a draw. This could not stop India recording a 1 - 0 series win. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/engvind/engine/match/258470.html | title=3rd Test: England v. India at The Oval, Aug 9-13, 2007 | publisher="Cricinfo.com" | date=2007-08-13 | accessdate=2008-03-09]

ri Lanka 2007/08

Sidebottom had an up down series in the tour of Sri Lanka. In the ODI series, he took 12 wickets in five matches but struggled in the Test matches taking five wickets in three tests at a disappointing average of 63.60. Sri Lanka won the test series 1-0 and England won the One Day Series 3-2.

New Zealand 2007/2008

Sidebottom then accompanied the England team on their tour of New Zealand. Over the five ODI matches he took six wickets at an average of 34.16, behind only Stuart Broad's eight wickets at 25.75. He did not make much impact with the bat, however, scoring six runs in total and averaging only three, much overshadowed by fellow bowler Broad's average of 52.00. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/averages/default.stm | title=England ODI Averages vs. New Zealand | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=2008-03-09]

In the first Test match, Sidebottom started the first day the pick of the England bowlers, taking two wickets. The first innings ended on Day 2, Sidebottom with 4 wickets in total, 2 wickets from the last 2 balls of the innings. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/7273490.stm | title=Battling England restrict Kiwis | author=Paresh Soni | publisher=BBC Sport | date=2008-03-05 | accessdate=2008-03-09] Despite missing out on a hat-trick with the first ball of the second innings (after forcing Jeetan Patel to edge his shot to Andrew Strauss, then cleaning Chris Martin for a duck), he went on to take the 37th Test cricket hat-trick, and the first in 2 years, in New Zealand's second innings. Dismissing Stephen Fleming (caught by Alastair Cook) with the final ball of his ninth over, he then dismissed Mathew Sinclair (also caught by Alastair Cook) and Jacob Oram (lbw) with the first two balls of his tenth over. [cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/nzveng/engine/match/300442.html | title=New Zealand v England, 1st Test match at Hamilton, ball-by-ball commentary | publisher=Cricinfo | date=2008-03-08 | accessdate=2008-03-08] With the dismissal of Oram he also claimed his second five wicket haul in an England Test match and when he went on to dismiss Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori he recorded his first Test match ten wicket match. [cite web | url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/statsguru/engine/player/20187.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=start;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings;wicketsmin1=5;wicketsval1=wickets | title=RJ Sidebottom - Test matches - Bowling analysis | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2008-03-08]

Sidebottom went on to take another two five wicket hauls, resulting in one five-for in each Test of the series (including a first-class personal best of 7/47 in the first innings of the third Test), breaking the previous record for an England bowler in New Zealand. As a result of his superb form within the series, taking 24 wickets to double the next best effort of Monty Panesar and Chris Martin who each took 11, he was voted as Man of The Match and Series after final Test. [cite web | url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=3307;type=series | title=England in New Zealand 2007-08 bowling statistics | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2008-04-05]

Due to this performance in the above mentioned series he is currently ranked sixth on the ICC Test Bowling Rankings. On 25th June, he was involved in a controversial incident, colliding with New Zealand batsman Elliot. He was subsequently left out of the second test against New Zealand.

References

External links

* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20187.html Cricinfo Player Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4638/4638.html CricketArchive Player Profile]