Full name Nathan Michael Hauritz
Born October 18, 1981, Wondai, Queensland
Current age 27 years 232 days
Major teams Australia, New South Wales, Queensland
Nickname Ritzy
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Height 1.82 m
Nathan Michael Hauritz (born 18 October 1981, Wondai, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer who has played both Test cricket and One Day Internationals from 2002.
A highly accredited junior player, his first Test match was in Mumbai in 2004 in which he took 3/16 in the first innings and 5/103 in the match. Since his return however, he lost form and was dropped by the selectors. He was also left out of the Queensland first-class side, playing one of their eleven games during the 2005–06 season, and, following that season, he decided to move from Queensland to New South Wales without having secured a contract with any side in that state.
In November 2008 he was, surprisingly, recalled back into the Australian squad to cover an ankle injury to Jason Krejza. He made his second Test appearance on 28 November 2008 against New Zealand in Adelaide. He took 4/95 in the match and made one run. He played his third Test, the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and was found to be quite economical, bowling 43 overs in South Africa's 1st innings for only 3/98.
Throughout his career he has been constantly questioned due to his inability to spin the ball significantly. Hauritz took his career best of 4/29 in the first ODI against South Africa on April 3 2009.
Profile
Nathan Hauritz surprised himself with his season in 2008-09 as he leapfrogged a host of fringe spinners to finish the season as the only specialist slow bowler with a Cricket Australia contract. It was a stunning turnaround for an offie who was cut loose following his first Test in 2004. Having watched Beau Casson, Jason Krejza, Cameron White and Bryce McGain take preference following Stuart MacGill's retirement last year, Hauritz was picked for the second Test against New Zealand in Adelaide despite not playing for New South Wales the previous week. In three matches at home he took nine wickets and appeared in his first ODI for six years, but was kept in the dressing room for the Tests in South Africa. After four breakthroughs in the opening one-dayer against the Proteas, he was chosen in every 50-over contest over two series, leading Australia's wicket-takers in the United Arab Emirates.
Hauritz, an Australian Under-19 captain, made his ODI debut at 20 and was also a surprise selection for the Test tour of India ahead of MacGill in 2004. Hauritz made his debut in the fourth Test, becoming Queensland's first slow-bowling representative since Trevor Hohns in 1989, and picked up Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman after opening the bowling in the second innings. His five match wickets were a distant memory on returning home, where he struggled in first-class games and was dropped towards the end of the 2004-05 season. In the next summer he also received limited opportunities with the Bulls and left for New South Wales.
He played three Pura Cup games - including the final loss to Tasmania - in his first season with the Blues and his four dismissals cost 63.50 each. However, his one-day form was excellent and he missed only one match, leading the state's wicket tally with 14 at 24. He appeared in only one first-class game the following summer, but was a fixture in the FR Cup and his seven wickets at 46.28 - and an economy rate of 4.83 - persuaded the national selectors to include him in the 30-man squad for the postponed version of the 2008 Champions Trophy. Further promotions followed quickly and he now carries new responsibilities.
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