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Andy Bichel retires from cricket
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Jim Morton
February 09, 2009 12:35pm
FORMER Australian fast bowler Andy Bichel has announced his retirement from cricket at age 38.
Queenslander Bichel, who played 19 Tests from 1997-2003, decided on Monday to hang up his boots after a long battle with a shoulder injury.
A bustling fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, Bichel took 58 wickets at 32.24 as he played the bulk of his Tests as the first-change bowler to Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie.
But his best performances came in one-day cricket at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa where he starred in comeback victories over England and New Zealand.
Bichel took 7-20 against England and shared in a rearguard 73-run stand with Michael Bevan in a man-of-the-match effort.
He finished the tournament with 16 wickets at 12.31
The evergreen quick was the Pura Cup player of the season in 2005-06 at age 35 when he led Queensland to the interstate four-day title with a double of 452 runs at 34.76 and 50 wickets at 26.69.
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Jim Morton
February 09, 2009 12:35pm
FORMER Australian fast bowler Andy Bichel has announced his retirement from cricket at age 38.
Queenslander Bichel, who played 19 Tests from 1997-2003, decided on Monday to hang up his boots after a long battle with a shoulder injury.
A bustling fast bowler and hard-hitting lower-order batsman, Bichel took 58 wickets at 32.24 as he played the bulk of his Tests as the first-change bowler to Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie.
But his best performances came in one-day cricket at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa where he starred in comeback victories over England and New Zealand.
Bichel took 7-20 against England and shared in a rearguard 73-run stand with Michael Bevan in a man-of-the-match effort.
He finished the tournament with 16 wickets at 12.31
The evergreen quick was the Pura Cup player of the season in 2005-06 at age 35 when he led Queensland to the interstate four-day title with a double of 452 runs at 34.76 and 50 wickets at 26.69.

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Thanks for the memories Birchell, espec. PE 2003.

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bodyline in deep mourning..
always got the absolute best out of himself and a champion bloke
always got the absolute best out of himself and a champion bloke

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So does he have a megabuck superannuation with one of the t20 circuses?
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Not yet ...but cant be too far away ...unless his shoulder is completely rooted

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Was a more than handy bowler who may have been unlucky with the selectors on occasions.

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Cheers, Andre.

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Legend!

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I thought he'd retired long ago.

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I need a ruling: is the " Putting the ABC yobbos on ignore: + Britainstan pseudo-libs " thread just a bunch of crazy incomprehensible nonsense, or does it possess such sublime sagacity that it is beyond the understanding of my simple antipodean brain?

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OP Tipping wrote:I need a ruling: is the " Putting the ABC yobbos on ignore: + Britainstan pseudo-libs " thread just a bunch of crazy incomprehensible nonsense, or does it possess such sublime sagacity that it is beyond the understanding of my simple antipodean brain?
I can't comprehend the title, let alone the content.

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I prefer the term Tukogbanistan anyway.

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OP, this is one of those times it wouldn't matter if you were a qbilly or a Rhodes scholar, it's even less comprehensible than hat in extremis.OP Tipping wrote:I need a ruling: is the " Putting the ABC yobbos on ignore: + Britainstan pseudo-libs " thread just a bunch of crazy incomprehensible nonsense, or does it possess such sublime sagacity that it is beyond the understanding of my simple antipodean brain?
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embee wrote:Not yet ...but cant be too far away ...unless his shoulder is completely rooted
the shoulder + a very dodgy finger or two on the right hand.

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Happy memories of Bichel during his time as Worcestershire's overseas player. Never anything less than 100% effort.

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