Andrew Hilditch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Andrew Hilditch
Occupation	Cricketer
Date Of Birth	May 20, 1956(1956-05-20)
Age	68
Birthplace	North Adelaide
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Taurus

Andrew Hilditch Biography

Andrew Hilditch is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on May 20, 1956 in North Adelaide, Australia.

Hilditch was born in North Adelaide, South Australia, but made his First-class debut for New South Wales against Tasmania in Hobart in February 1977, scoring 5 and 42. Tasmania was not yet in the Sheffield Shield and the NSW side was mostly full of younger players. Hilditch played a further four matches for NSW in 1977/78 when the NSW side was weakened through the loss of players to World Series Cricket. He filled in as NSW captain in only his third match for them.

The 1978/79 season was the breakthrough for Hilditch, establishing himself as a regular opener in the NSW side, scoring 778 runs at 45.76. His maiden first- class century came in his birth city of Adelaide, scoring 124 against South Australia. He also scored 93 against the touring England team.

Andrew Hilditch Net Worth

Andrew Hilditch is one of the richest Cricketer from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Hilditch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Andrew Mark Jefferson Hilditch (born 20 May 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 18 Test matches and 8 One Day International from 1979 to 1985. He played for New South Wales from 1977 to 1981 and for South Australia from 1982 to 1992. He was an Australian cricket selector from 1996 until 2011.

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Hilditch retained his vice-captaincy role for the 1985 Australian tour of England. He began the tour, scoring 119, his highest Test innings, and 80 in the first Test loss at Headingley. He was then dismissed three times in the forties in the middle of the series. In the second Test at Lord’s with Australia chasing a small target, Hilditch played a hook shot against an Ian Botham bouncer and was caught on the leg side boundary. In the fifth Test at Edgbaston, Hilditch again fell to Botham in the same manner. This happened a third time in the sixth Test at The Oval. Hilditch gained a reputation as a compulsive player of the hook shot.

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Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Cricketer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Andrew Hilditch celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.

Hilditch re-appeared on the Australian cricket scene as a national selector in 1996/97. He became the chairman of the selection panel in April 2006 following the resignation of Trevor Hohns. When he became chairman, Australia were first placed in the ICC Test rankings, but fell to fifth place by October 2010, shortly before his removal in August 2011. Criticism by some members of the press and former players included his missing the Third Test in 2009 to walk on the beach with his daughter and dog, the removal of Brad Hodge from the test side two matches after making a double century, the selectors’ use of ten spinners in the four years after the retirement of Shane Warne, and the removal of Simon Katich’s contract after he had been the second highest Test run scorer in the world after Alastair Cook since his Test recall. Hilditch is the son-in-law of former Australian captain and coach, Bob Simpson.