Aaron Christopher Bird is an Australian

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er who played

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for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Bird arrived from Taree, NSW as a 16-year-old to play

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with

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, eventually going on to play First Grade as an 18-year-old. In this time with North Sydney, Bird hit the headlines when he hit former Test batsman

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injuring the former test star in the process. Bird now plays his cricket with Bankstown Cricket Club, former home of the Waugh brothers. Bird caused controversy after appearing in a

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match, in which players wore nicknames on their shirts, with the moniker 'Flu' – a reference to

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. He was ordered not to wear the name again, as might upset the sponsors of the tournament,

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. In December 2006 Bird was reported for a suspect bowling action but was later cleared by

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. In January 2009, his bowling action was again reported. After undergoing analysis at the

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biomechanics laboratory in Canberra it was found that for some deliveries his elbow extension exceeded the 15-degree limit, he was subsequently banned by

. After being mentioned by the umpires in a Blues' Twenty20 match in January 2010, Bird ended his first-class career in April 2010; he would continue to play grade cricket for Canterbury-Bankstown.

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* 1983 births Australian cricketers Cricketers from New South Wales Living people New South Wales cricketers People from Taree {{Australia-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

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