Andy Bichel

Andy Bichel
Personal information
Full name
Andrew John Bichel
Born (1970-08-27) 27 August 1970
Laidley, Queensland, Australia
NicknameBic
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 371)25 January 1997 v West Indies
Last Test12 December 2003 v India
ODI debut (cap 130)5 January 1997 v West Indies
Last ODI1 February 2004 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–2007/08Queensland
2001–2004Worcestershire
2005Hampshire
2006–2007Essex
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 19 67 186 235
Runs scored 355 471 5,860 2,491
Batting average 16.90 20.47 26.51 20.58
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 9/23 1/5
Top score 71 64 148 100
Balls bowled 3,337 3,257 37,197 11,433
Wickets 58 78 769 320
Bowling average 32.24 31.57 25.98 26.13
5 wickets in innings 1 2 36 4
10 wickets in match 0 0 7 0
Best bowling 5/60 7/20 9/93 7/20
Catches/stumpings 16/– 19/– 91/– 73/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner2003 South Africa-Zimbabwe-Kenya
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur
Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2017

Andrew John Bichel (born 27 August 1970) is a former Australian cricketer, who played 19 Test matches and 67 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1997 and 2004. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but was also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman. Bichel was a member of the Australian team who won the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Bichel represented Queensland in the Australian domestic competitions. He also played for Worcestershire, Hampshire and Essex in English county cricket.

Since retiring from playing, Bichel has been a coach and a selector. He is a cousin of Chris Sabburg.