John Hastings (cricketer)

John Wayne Hastings (born 4 November 1985) is an Australian former international cricketer who played for the Victoria cricket team. He played as an all-rounder.

John Hastings

Personal information
Full name	John Wayne Hastings
Born	(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985 (age 39)[1] Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname	The Duke[2][3]
Height	1.98[4] m (6 ft 6 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia (2010–2017)
Only Test (cap 430)	30 November 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 184)	20 October 2010 v India
Last ODI	2 June 2017 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 47)	31 October 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	9 September 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	41
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–2016/17	Victoria
2012/13–2017/18	Melbourne Stars
2014–2015	Chennai Super Kings
2014–2015	Durham
2016	Kolkata Knight Riders
2017	Worcestershire
2018	Quetta Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 29 75 113 Runs scored 52 271 2,231 1,260 Batting average 26.00 27.10 22.08 20.65 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/11 0/2 Top score 32 51 93 69* Balls bowled 234 1,486 13,191 5,872 Wickets 1 42 239 179 Bowling average 153.00 29.90 27.22 27.59 5 wickets in innings 0 1 7 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/51 6/45 7/60 6/45 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 35/– 35/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 October 2021

In October 2017, he announced his retirement from Test and One Day International cricket.^[5] Later that month, he retired from all forms of cricket following a lung condition.^[6]

Domestic career

At the end of the 2006–07 season, Hastings was recruited from New South Wales, where he had represented the state in under-age and Second XI teams. He impressed with his first one-day games for Victoria and grabbed three wickets in six deliveries on debut in 2007–08, when he was asked to bowl at the death against Queensland. His first-class debut, against the touring Indian national team, was ruined by rain. Hastings was given three more first-class opportunities in 2008–09, taking 16 wickets at 18.56, including 5 for 61 against his home state.

On 9 January 2011, he was bought by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala for US$20,000, and in 2014 the Chennai Super Kings purchased him.^[7]

He previously played for the Melbourne Stars, a Twenty20 team.^[8] He is contracted to play for English county side Durham for the 2016 English season.^[9] He won the Big Bash Smash for the longest six of the competition^[10]

In the players auction for the 2014 IPL, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs. 50 lakhs (Rs. 5 million).^{[citation needed]}

In 2014, he along with Calum McLeod holds the highest 6th wicket partnership in T20 history (126*)^[11][12][13]

International career

After a series of injuries to several senior Australian pacemen, Hastings was called into the ODI team to tour India in October 2010. He made his ODI debut against India in Visakhapatnam in October 2010. He did not bat and took 2/44 from ten overs. He removed centurion Virat Kohli and then bowled captain MS Dhoni for a duck later in the same over.^[14]

On 18 January 2011, he was announced in Australia's 15-man squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.^[15]

On 30 November 2012, Hastings made his début as Australia's 430th Test Cricketer against South Africa at the WACA.^[16]

In 2015, after a series of injuries to several senior Australian pacemen again, Hastings was called into the ODI team, this time as India tours in Australia in January 2016.

In 2018, however, he has a career-threatening health issue, where he coughs out blood only while bowling. As such, he did not play cricket in 2018.^[17]

Honours

• Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: 2010

References

1. "John Hastings". bushrangers.com.au. Victorian Bushrangers. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
2. "ESPNcricinfo profile". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
3. "John Hastings". melbournestars.com.au. Melbourne Stars. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
4. "John Hastings". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
5. "John Hastings retires from Test and ODI cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
6. "Mystery lung condition forces John Hastings into retirement". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
7. "Kochi franchise terminated by BCCI". ESPNcricinfo. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
8. "Melbourne Stars player profile". Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
9. "BBC Sport – John Hastings: Durham retain Australian all-rounder for 2016". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
10. BBL – This is BIG!
11. "Records. Twenty20 matches. Partnership records. Highest partnerships by wicket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
12. "North Division: Durham v Northamptonshire at Chester-le-Street, Jul 25, 2014. Cricket Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
13. "Hastings atones with winning innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
14. "John Hastings player profile". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
15. "Cricket World Cup 2011 squads". BBC Sport. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
16. "Hastings on debut". ABC Sport. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
17. cricket.com.au (11 October 2018), John Hastings reveals serious health issue, retrieved 13 October 2018^{[dead YouTube link]}

External links

• John Hastings at ESPNcricinfo