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Full name Xavier John Doherty
Born November 22, 1982, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Current age 25 years 362 days
Major teams Australia A,Tasmania
Nickname X
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height
1.78 m
Relations Brother - PN Doherty
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
29
46
10
482
53*
13.38
1414
34.08
0
2
11
0
List A
62
40
14
438
53
16.84
625
70.08
0
1
22
0
Twenty20
11
4
2
43
33
21.50
38
113.15
0
0
1
2
6
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
29
5782
3461
61
6/149
56.73
3.59
94.7
2
2
0
List A
62
2742
2080
64
4/18
4/18
32.50
4.55
42.8
4
0
0
Twenty20
11
11
228
319
6
1/15
1/15
53.16
8.39
38.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2001/02
Last First-class
Western Australia v Tasmania at Perth, Oct 19-22, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2001/02
Last List A
Victoria v Tasmania at Melbourne, Nov 12, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 6, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Queensland v Tasmania at Brisbane, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Following Brad Hogg's retirement, Xavier Doherty will be keen to press his claims as a potential one-day international spinner having carved a limited-overs niche with Tasmania. He was the state's one-day player of the year in 2006-07, when he collected 11 wickets at 29.72, and was the joint winner of the same award in 2007-08. That season he was one of four men to top the competition wicket tally with 15 at 25.53, including 4 for 18 in the final as Tasmania secured the limited-overs trophy. The repeated successes earned him a place in the Australia A one-day team that toured India in 2008 and he was picked for his first taste with the national side for a Twenty20 match against an All-Stars team in November 2008. His handy lower-order batting adds to his limited-overs value and his first hint of potential higher honours came when the national selectors named him in the preliminary 30-man squad for the 2008 Champions Trophy, which was ultimately postponed.
Big things were expected of Doherty, a left-arm orthodox spinner, after he starred at the Under-19 World Cup and was given a Tasmanian debut at 19 in 2001-02. Since then he has struggled for lasting impact in the Pura Cup but with slow-bowling positions opening up in the Test squad, he will also be desperate to win back his place in Tasmania's first-class team. A 2001 Academy graduate and Prime Minister's XI representative in 2004, Doherty was not used in the Pura Cup in 2007-08 as Jason Krejza was preferred and he must reduce his first-class average a long way below its current mark of 56.23 to get more regular opportunities in the longer format. Cricinfo staff November 2008
