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Thomas Masson Moody (born 2 October 1965) is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of
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. He ended his long tenure with the
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team
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in August 2022 and was earlier appointed Director of Cricket at
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, one of the six franchises in the
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, which is scheduled to begin in the
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in January 2023.


Early life

Schooled at
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in
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, where his father was headmaster, he exhibited talent for athletics (particularly the high jump) and
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but excelled at cricket. He was selected to train with the 1st XI side (usually made up of year twelve students) at just thirteen, and play with them the following year.


Playing career

"Long" Tom Moody, so nicknamed for his 1.98-metre height, began his first-class career in the 1985/86 season with
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in the
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and also played in England with
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and
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. Captaining WA and Worcester to various trophies, Moody, an aggressive and fast scoring batsman, scored over 20,000 first-class runs and hit 64 centuries; he was also a useful medium pace bowler. On 27 July 1990, in a county match against
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he scored a 36 ball century. His 1,387
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runs for Worcestershire in 1991 is a record for the county. He captained the Worcestershire side from 1995 to 1999 and was a key member of the side which won the
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and the
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. He made his ODI debut on 9 October 1987 against
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during the 1987 World Cup in
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. He made his test debut against
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on 24 November 1989 and scored 61 on his debut. He played eight Test matches for Australia between 1989 and 1992, although he had more success with Australia's one-day team, appearing in three
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and two finals – 1987 and
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– alongside
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. He also became the first of two Australians alongside Steve Waugh to win two World Cup tournaments. He was even more successful when he threw a
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the distance of 230 feet in 1989. He registered a 28 ball fifty against
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at the 1999 World Cup which was regarded as the then World Cup record for the fastest fifty. In 1994, he along with Tim Curtis set the record for the highest ever partnership for the 3rd wicket in
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cricket history (309*) He retired from all forms of cricket in 2000-01 due to sustaining a back injury in his later career and was replaced by
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as the captain of Western Australia.


Coaching career

Since retirement in 2001, Moody has coached, been an Australian cricketer's representative and for several years held the post of director of cricket with Worcestershire since 2001. He also served as the President of
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for a brief stint. In 2005, he was in contention of coaching Indian team but the role was accepted by
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. In May 2005, he was appointed coach of the Sri Lankan national team and he led them to the
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of the
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before leaving the post. Moody was also in the frame again to become the head coach of Indian team replacing Greg Chappell for the 2007 World Cup but the speculations were later rubbished. He was also in contention to become the head coach of Australian cricket team replacing John Buchanan in 2007 but he pulled out of the race as he was not initially ready to return to Australia. On 14 May 2007, the WACA announced Moody's appointment as manager and head coach of the
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for the next three years until 2010. He coached
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for the first three seasons of
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in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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, England's fielding coach during the 2005 Ashes series and assistant to Moody in Sri Lanka joined as assistant coach. However Moody announced in March 2010 that he would not seek a new contract after the 2009–2010 season. Under Moody,
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qualified for one final in three seasons, in the
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, in his first season which it lost to Victoria. He then began cricket commentary around the world as well as covering some Australian Test and ODI Cricket for Channel Nine and the Big Bash League for Channel Ten. Moody still regularly commentates on both television and radio throughout the Australian international and domestic season. In December 2012, it was announced that Moody would coach the
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team which was newly included in
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ahead of the 2013 IPL season. Over the course of 2013–2019, Sunrisers Hyderabad have reached the qualifier rounds five times and won the IPL title in 2016. Moody had coached the SRH franchise for seven consecutive years. He had also coached the
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team in the
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. Moody's long involvement in the game has been recognised over the recent years with appointments to two significant consultancy roles. The first being appointed as the International Director of Cricket for the
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(CPL) and the second being appointed in 2014 as Director of Cricket with the
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in the
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. On 22 September 2017, it was announced that Moody would be appointed as the head coach of the newest team
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in the
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for the 2018 season. In June 2019, he was named as the coach of the Montreal Tigers franchise team for the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament. Moody was replaced with
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as the head coach of
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for the
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. However, on 15 December 2020, Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket of
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ahead of the 2021 IPL season. In February 2021, he was appointed as the director of cricket of Sri Lanka cricket with the influence of Technical Advisory Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket led by
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. He also became the first director of Sri Lanka cricket, a role which was newly created by SLC to uplift the standards of cricket in Sri Lanka. He was handed over a contract spanning three years and his job role includes analysis of future tour programmes, domestic structure, performance based contracts to Sri Lankan players, player welfare, education, training and development. In May 2021, he was appointed as the consultant coach of the Sri Lankan team for the white ball series against England.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, Tom 1965 births Living people Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Test cricketers Australian cricket coaches Warwickshire cricketers Western Australia cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Worcestershire cricketers Worcestershire cricket captains Cricketers at the 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1992 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia People educated at Guildford Grammar School Coaches of the Sri Lanka national cricket team Indian Premier League coaches Australian cricket commentators Australian cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide Australian expatriate sportspeople in Sri Lanka Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket