23 Facts About Tom Moody

Thomas Masson Moody was born on 2 October 1965 and is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Tom Moody ended his long tenure with the Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad in August 2022 and was earlier appointed Director of Cricket at Desert Vipers, one of the six franchises in the ILT20, which was scheduled to begin in the UAE in January 2023.

Tom Moody was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup, and their second in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

Tom Moody was selected to train with the 1st XI side at just thirteen, and play with them the following year.

Tom Moody's 1,387 List A runs for Worcestershire in 1991 is a record for the county.

Tom Moody made his ODI debut on 9 October 1987 against India during the 1987 World Cup in Chennai.

Tom Moody made his test debut against New Zealand on 24 November 1989 and scored 61 on his debut.

Tom Moody became the first of two Australians alongside Steve Waugh to win two World Cup tournaments.

Tom Moody was even more successful when he threw a haggis the distance of 230 feet in 1989.

Tom Moody registered a 28 ball fifty against Bangladesh at the 1999 World Cup which was regarded as the then World Cup record for the fastest fifty.

Since retirement in 2001, Tom Moody has coached, been an Australian cricketer's representative and for several years held the post of director of cricket with Worcestershire since 2001.

Tom Moody served as the President of Australian Cricketers' Association for a brief stint.

Tom Moody was in the frame again to become the head coach of Indian team replacing Greg Chappell for the 2007 World Cup but the speculations were later rubbished.

Tom Moody was in contention to become the head coach of Australian cricket team replacing John Buchanan in 2007 but he pulled out of the race as he was not initially ready to return to Australia.

Tom Moody coached Kings XI Punjab for the first three seasons of Indian Premier League in 2008,2009 and 2010.

Tom Moody then began cricket commentary around the world as well as covering some Australian Test and ODI Cricket for Channel Nine and the Big Bash League for Channel Ten.

Tom Moody had coached the SRH franchise for seven consecutive years.

Tom Moody had coached the Rangpur Riders team in the Bangladesh Premier League.

On 22 September 2017, it was announced that Tom Moody would be appointed as the head coach of the newest team Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League for the 2018 season.

Tom Moody was replaced with Trevor Bayliss as the head coach of Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2020 Indian Premier League.

However, on 15 December 2020, Tom Moody was appointed as the Director of Cricket of Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of the 2021 IPL season.

Tom Moody became the first director of Sri Lanka cricket, a role which was newly created by SLC to uplift the standards of cricket in Sri Lanka.

Tom Moody was handed over a contract spanning three years and his job role includes analysis of future tour programmes, domestic structure, performance based contracts to Sri Lankan players, player welfare, education, training and development.