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Adam Griffith

Australia

Full name Adam Richard Griffith

Born February 11, 1978, Launceston, Tasmania

Current age 31 years 148 days

Major teams Australia A, Leicestershire, Tasmania

Nickname Big

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast

Height 1.98 m

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	4s	6s	Ct
First-class	44	64	15	584	47	11.91	1622	36.00			5
List A	54	22	9	88	33	6.76	116	75.86			9
Twenty20	12	3	1	7	6	3.50	9	77.77	0	0	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
First-class	44		9616	5277	155	7/54		34.04	3.29	62.0	7	7	1
List A	54		2798	2206	63	4/36	4/36	35.01	4.73	44.4	1	0	0
Twenty20	12	12	261	289	19	3/14	3/14	15.21	6.64	13.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Nov 9-12, 2007 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	Tasmania v South Australia at Hobart, Oct 27, 2007 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Essex v Leicestershire at Nottingham, Aug 12, 2006 scorecard

Profile

One of Tasmania's most dangerous strike bowlers when fit, Adam Griffith has been seriously curtailed by injuries over the past couple of seasons. The trend is set to continue in 2008-09 with Griffith ruled out of the whole summer following a knee reconstruction. In 2007-08 he managed only three Pura Cup games and three one-day outings as he battled to stay on the park, and the previous summer he almost missed out on Tasmania's Pura Cup triumph. A hamstring injury meant he had not tasted first-class action for two months but the Tigers considered him such an important weapon that they took their chances. He was not at his best but removed the dangerous Phil Jaques at the start of New South Wales' second innings to bring the celebrations closer. Griffith's injury limited him to 17 Pura Cup wickets at 35.64 from six games in 2006-07 after two impressive back-to-back seasons had Tasmania supporters demanding an Australian cap for him.

A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Griffith towers at 198cm and his large frame has assisted in making many breakthroughs on Bellerive Oval pitches that have a tendency to favour batsmen. In 2005-06 he led the Pura Cup wicket-taking list with 48 at 25.85, following on from his 45 at 28.77 in 2004-05, and collected his 100th first-class victim before ending the season with Tasmania's Player of the Year and Pura Cup Player of the Year prizes. An Australia A representative in 2003-04, Griffith also struggled with injuries that season and considered a move to the pace-friendly west, but he stayed with the state of his birth.
Cricinfo staff September 2008