44 Facts About Peter Siddle

Peter Matthew Siddle was born on 25 November 1984 and is an Australian cricketer.

Peter Siddle is a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who currently plays for Victoria in first-class and List A cricket and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.

Peter Siddle has played Test cricket for Australia over an eight-year period from 2008 to 2016, before being recalled for the Test series against Pakistan in 2018.

Peter Siddle remained a regular fixture in Australia's team until his bowling pace started to drop in 2014, with Australia's selectors beginning to focus on younger, faster bowlers.

Peter Siddle became a vegan in 2012, subsequently receiving criticism that suggested his diet had a negative effect on his performance, which he disputed.

Peter Siddle announced his international retirement, effective immediately on 29 December 2019.

Peter Siddle was born in Traralgon, Victoria and grew up in nearby Morwell in the Gippsland region.

In 2003, Peter Siddle attended the Australian Cricket Academy and made his first-class debut playing for Victoria against a touring West Indian side at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in November 2005.

Peter Siddle required a second shoulder reconstruction at the end of the season and, despite missing more than half of the season due to shoulder injuries, took 33 wickets at an average of 15.75 to attract attention from national selectors.

When Clark injured his elbow prior to the second Test, Peter Siddle was selected in the match squad.

Peter Siddle made his Test debut at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on 16 October 2008.

Peter Siddle's first ball was a bouncer which hit Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir in the head and his maiden Test wicket was that of Sachin Tendulkar.

Peter Siddle lost his position when Clark recovered, but he got back into the side for the first Test against South Africa at the WACA due to Clark's elbow injury recurring, and during Australia's back-to-back series against South Africa he solidified his place in the team.

Peter Siddle broke through with three wickets in front of his home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Boxing Day Test Match against the Proteas on his way to figures of four for 81 in the first innings.

Peter Siddle backed this performance up in the next Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, taking five for 59 in South Africa's first innings.

Peter Siddle's efforts were not enough to prevent Australia from succumbing to a historic home series defeat.

Stuart Broad came to the crease for the hat-trick ball, on which Peter Siddle bowled a yorker.

Peter Siddle went on to dismiss Graeme Swann for his sixth wicket of the innings and almost took a seventh when wicket-keeper Brad Haddin dropped James Anderson off his bowling.

Peter Siddle finished with figures of six wickets for just 54 runs, his best ever in Test match cricket, having bowled 16 overs in total.

Peter Siddle started to enjoy more consistent success, starring against India the next summer with 23 wickets at an average of 18.65.

Peter Siddle had signed for English county Essex for the 2012 Friends Life t20, England's premier Twenty20 competition, but due to his injury he was unable to fulfill his contract with the club.

Peter Siddle returned to the Australian Test team for their series against South Africa at the end of 2012.

Australia needed to bowl South Africa out in the final two days of the Test match to avoid a second consecutive draw and Peter Siddle was the most successful Australian bowler with four wickets.

Whilst showing clear signs of exhaustion throughout the final day, Peter Siddle pushed through and took wickets late in the match but was unable to get Australia the win.

Some of his critics blamed this on his new vegetarian diet, though Peter Siddle himself denied that his diet was responsible for the fatigue.

When Peter Siddle returned to the Test team for the series against Sri Lanka, he registered his career-best bowling figures in Test cricket, taking nine wickets across both of Sri Lanka's innings.

Peter Siddle's spell of 4 for 50 at Hobart was nominated to be one of the best Test bowling performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.

Peter Siddle then struggled to make an impact with his bowling in India, though he did make history by becoming the first number 9 batsman to score a half century in both innings of a Test match.

Peter Siddle had particular success through both series against English batsman Kevin Pietersen.

Peter Siddle dismissed Pietersen 6 times during the two series, making it 10 times in total that Siddle had dismissed Pietersen in Test cricket.

Peter Siddle became a victim of the Australian selectors' changing policy, focusing more on outright pace than consistent line and length, resulting in him being dropped from the team when he started to lose some of his bowling speed in early 2014.

Peter Siddle had lost weight over the last two years, making it difficult for him to bowl as fast as he had previously, so when Australian coach Darren Lehmann emphasized the importance of him bowling at speeds of around 140 kmph, he worked hard to rebuild his frame and improve his pace.

Peter Siddle signed to play for Nottinghamshire in 2014, making himself available for all of the LV County Championship and 50-over matches but not the Twenty20s.

Peter Siddle started to make a comeback to Test cricket in 2015, being brought into Australia's team for the 2015 Ashes series.

Peter Siddle subsequently became a regular part of the Australian bowling lineup due to the retirement of Mitchell Johnson and an injury to Mitchell Starc.

Peter Siddle played enough Test cricket to get himself back on a Cricket Australia contract, but in February 2016 he again had stress fractures in his back.

Peter Siddle has primarily been used as a workhorse, bowling for long periods of time, such as bowling the most overs by an Australian fast bowler in a 21st-century Test match against South Africa in 2012.

Peter Siddle's charging run-up and powerful delivery is followed by worrying bounce off the pitch.

Peter Siddle is a Test cricket specialist, bowling with great consistency over long periods of time, worrying aggressive batsmen like Kevin Pietersen.

Peter Siddle has now toured on 4 Ashes Tours to England.

Peter Siddle has been a vegan since 2012 when his partner Anna, an animal rights activist, convinced him to adopt the lifestyle.

Peter Siddle is well known for his diet, which involves him eating as many as 20 bananas a day.

Peter Siddle himself has always denied that any of his poor form was related to his diet change and when he was rested from the third Test against South Africa, he said that it was because of the heavy workload he had faced in the previous two Tests, which had been one of the heaviest workloads of any Australian fast bowler in the 21st century.

Peter Siddle is an animals rights activist, doing charity work for Animals Australia's campaign against factory farming, Edgar's Mission and the Penguin Foundation, which protects penguins living on Phillip Island.