Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972) is a former Australian international cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm

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. He represented

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and played in the English county scene at first class level.

Personal life

A past student of

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, Kasprowicz is the older brother of former professional rugby union player

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. He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Queensland. Kasprowicz is also a father to three children.

Domestic career

Kasprowicz made his debut for Queensland as a seventeen-year-old in the 1989–1990 domestic season. He was an

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scholarship holder in 1990–1991. In 1991, Kasprowicz played for the Australian Under-19 team which was captained by

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. In the 1991/92 season, Kasprowicz became the youngest Australian to take 50 first-class wickets. Kasprowicz represented

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in the

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. Kasprowicz's name was not added to the list of national contract awardees announced by the ACB on 1 May 2007.

International career

His solid performances for Queensland earned him a

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debut against

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in his native Brisbane in November 1996. However, he would go through his first two Test matches for Australia wicketless. Kasprowicz played in all the Tests on the tours of Sri Lanka and India in 2004, which were won 3–0 and 2–1. After being in and out of the side since his debut, Kasprowicz returned in 2004 to hold down a regular spot ahead of

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. In the 2005 Ashes, Kasprowicz almost pulled off an escape for the Australian team in the second test at

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. On the final day England needed one last wicket with Kasprowicz and Brett Lee at the crease. However the two batsmen had edged Australia to within two runs of England. But then Kasprowicz gloved a

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ball to

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and England won. Though TV replays showed the dismissal should not have been given as Kasprowicz took his lower hand off the bat before ball hit glove. After the 2005 Ashes loss to England, Kasprowicz was dropped from the Australian team and his Cricket Australia contract was not extended. However, he had a successful 2005/06 domestic season with Queensland, taking 44 wickets. This effort earned him a tenth recall to the national side to replace Glenn McGrath as Brett Lee's new ball partner. On 8 February 2008 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket effective 16 February.''Kasprowicz announces retirement''

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. Retrieved 8 February 2008 Kasprowicz's best Test batting score of 25 was made against

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, 1997–1998. His best Test bowling figures of 7 for 36 came against

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, 1997. Kasprowicz's best ODI Batting score of 28 not out was made against England,

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, 1997. His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 45 came against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

, 2003–2004.

Post-retirement

Kasprowicz has been a director at

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since 2011, although he briefly resigned from that position in 2016 to serve as interim CEO of Queensland Cricket.

References

External links

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