Tony Dodemaide: 10 interesting facts about the Australian cricketer

Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide who is popular as Tony Dodemaide, is a former Australian cricketer.

Born October 5, 1963, Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide who is popular as Tony Dodemaide, is a former Australian cricketer. Dodemaide was a utility cricketer who was primarily a right-arm medium pace bowler but was effective with the bat too. On his 52nd birthday, Suraj Choudhari lists down 10 intriguing facts about the Victorian cricketer who is known for management skills and is one of the best administrators in Australian cricket.

1.  Dodders: Dodemaide is lovingly known as ‘Dodders’.

2.  Impactful Test debut: Dodemaide marked his presence in world cricket with a terrific performance in his debut Test against New Zealand at Melbourne in December 1987. He claimed seven wickets in the Test and a resilient 50 with the bat lower down the order.

3.  Dream ODI debut: Dodemaide had an uncanny knack of making it big on his debut game. After a successful Test debut he stunned the cricket cognoscenti with a powerful performance in his One-Day International (ODI) debut against Sri Lanka at Perth in January 1988. He scalped five Sri Lankan wickets with the ball as Australia won the encounter by 81 runs.

4.  Massive First-Class records: Dodemaide has inspiring overall First-Class records. In 184 First-Class outings, he amassed 5966 runs at an average of 28.68 whereas with the ball he had 534 wickets at an average of 32.01.

5.  First four Test encounters against four different teams: Dodemaide’s first four Test encounters had a mixed experience as he locked horns with four different teams. He made his debut in a Test against New Zealand then faced England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan in his next three clashes.

6.  County cricket: Dodemaide played for Derbyshire in the English County cricket.

7.  Harvard: Dodemaide also went to the prestigious and one of the world’s top most institutions of Harvard Business School.

8.  MCC’s Head of cricket: Dodemaide served the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as their head for a term of five years after being selected in 1999.

9.  CEO of WACA: In 2004, Dodemaide was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Western Australia Cricket Association and was associated with them for a period of three years.

10. CEO of Cricket Victoria: After a brief time with WACA, Dodemaide joined cricket Victoria as their Chief Executive Officer in 2007 and at present he’s allied with them.

(Suraj Choudhari, an avid cricket follower who plays the sport at club level, is a staffer with Criclife)