Andrew Tye

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Andrew Tye

Personal information
Full name	Andrew James Tye
Born	12 December 1986 (age 29) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nickname	AJ
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia
T20I debut(cap 78)	29 January 2016 v India
T20I shirt no.	68
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013	Western Australia
2013–14	Sydney Thunder
2014–present	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 68)
2015-present	Gujarat Lions
?-present	Scarborough Cricket Club (Australia)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 2 7 14 24 Runs scored 4 33 126 54 Batting average 4.00 4.71 18.00 7.71 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 10 28* 16* Balls bowled 48 1,361 707 538 Wickets 1 21 29 30 Bowling average 79.00 33.80 22.72 21.63 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 n/a n/a Best bowling 1/28 3/47 5/46 4/18 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/- 3/- 3/-
Source: ESPN CricInfo, 9 February 2016

Andrew James Tye (born 12 December 1986) is an Australian cricketer, currently contracted to Western Australia, Gujarat Lions and the Perth Scorchers domestically.

Contents

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• 1Early career
• 2International call
• 3Career best performances
• 4See also
• 5References
• 6External links

Early career[edit]

From the northern suburbs of Perth, Tye played second XI cricket in England for Somerset, Durham and Northamptonshire before making his list A debut in the 2013–14 Ryobi One-Day Cup aged 26.^[1] He performed extremely well, taking the second most wickets in the tournament and returning the best single innings bowling figures of 5 wickets for 46 runs against Tasmania.^[2][3]

Following his impressive performances in the One Day tournament, he signed with the Sydney Thunder for the 2013–14 Big Bash League season.^[4] For the 2014–15 Big Bash League season however, he switched to play for the Perth Scorchers.^[5]

He was seen as a breakout player in BBL04, with Australian T20 captain Aaron Finch labelling him as the 'find of the tournament'. He enjoyed success with the team, and was a focal contributor to Perth's second successive Big Bash Leaguetitle. He was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2015.

At grade cricket level, Tye plays for Scarborough.^[1]

International call[edit]

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India on 29 January 2016.^[6]

Career best performances[edit]

	Bowling
	Score	Fixture	Venue	Season
FC	3/47	Queensland v Western Australia	Allan Border Field, Brisbane	2014/15 [7]
LA	5/46	Western Australia v Tasmania	Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney	2013/14 [8]
T20	4/18	Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars	WACA, Perth	2014/15 [9]

See also[edit]

• List of Western Australia List A cricketers

References[edit]

1. ^ Jump up to:^a b "Player profile: Andrew Tye". Western Australian Cricket Association. Retrieved