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| birth_place = Huddersfield, West Yorkshire| heightm = 1.96| batting = Left-handedFast bowling>fast-medium| role = Bowler| family = Arnie Sidebottom (father)| international = true| internationalspan = 2001–2010| testdebutdate = 17 May| testdebutyear = 2001| testdebutagainst = Pakistan| testcap = 604| lasttestdate = 14 January| lasttestyear = 2010| lasttestagainst = South Africa| odidebutdate = 7 October| odidebutyear = 2001| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe| odicap = 168| lastodidate = 28 February| lastodiyear = 2010| lastodiagainst = Bangladesh| odishirt = 18Yorkshire County Cricket Club>Yorkshire| year1 = 1997–2003Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club>Nottinghamshire| year2 = 2003–2010Yorkshire County Cricket Club>Yorkshire| year3 = 2011–2017| clubnumber3 = 11| columns = 4Test cricket>Test| matches1 = 22| runs1 = 313| bat avg1 = 15.65| 100s/50s1 = 0/0| top score1 = 31| deliveries1 = 4,812| wickets1 = 79| bowl avg1 = 28.24| fivefor1 = 5| tenfor1 = 1| best bowling1 = 7/47| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–One Day International>ODI| matches2 = 25| runs2 = 133| bat avg2 = 13.30| 100s/50s2 = 0/0| top score2 = 24| deliveries2 = 1,277| wickets2 = 29| bowl avg2 = 35.82| fivefor2 = 0| tenfor2 = 0| best bowling2 = 3/19| catches/stumpings2 = 6/–First-class cricket>FC| matches3 = 230| runs3 = 2,684| bat avg3 = 13.90| 100s/50s3 = 0/3| top score3 = 61| deliveries3 = 39,204| wickets3 = 762| bowl avg3 = 23.80| fivefor3 = 31| tenfor3 = 4| best bowling3 = 7/37| catches/stumpings3 = 64/–List A cricket>LA| matches4 = 186| runs4 = 552| bat avg4 = 11.04| 100s/50s4 = 0/0| top score4 = 32| deliveries4 = 8,226| wickets4 = 198| bowl avg4 = 30.97| fivefor4 = 2| tenfor4 = 0| best bowling4 = 6/40| catches/stumpings4 = 39/–| date = 28 September| year = 2017| source =weblink ESPNcricinfo}}Ryan Jay Sidebottom (born 15 January 1978) is a former England international cricketer who played domestic cricket for Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire and retired in 2017, after taking more than 1,000 career wickets.WEB,weblink Ryan Sidebottom to retire from cricket after the 2017 County Championship, Independent.co.uk, 22 February 2017, He is the only player in the last 15 years (as of 2017) to win 5 county championshipsNEWS,weblink Ryan Sidebottom aiming to retire on a high with Yorkshire, Booth, Mel, 2017-02-22, huddersfieldexaminer, 2017-10-13, and also won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 with England.NEWS,weblink Ryan Sidebottom: Yorkshire's ex-England seamer to retire at end of the season, 2017-02-22, BBC Sport, 2017-10-13, en-GB, He was primarily a left-arm fast-medium bowler. Sidebottom played his first Test match in 2001 against Pakistan, but failed to take a wicket and was dropped for six years. In 2007, he was brought back into the side following an injury to Matthew Hoggard and took four wickets in his first innings. He went on to become a prolific bowler for England over the next two years, though injuries saw him lose his place in the Test side in 2009. He retired from international duty on 20 September 2010,WEB,weblink Ryan Sidebottom retires from international cricket, ESPNcricinfo, 20 September 2007, 2008-10-21, after playing 22 Tests for England and winning the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.He took the 37th Test cricket hat-trick in his 11th match for England against New Zealand, becoming the 11th English player to do so, on 8 March 2008, and on 23 March, he took his third five-wicket haul in the same series, breaking the previous record for an Englishman in New Zealand. He is a former pupil of King James's Grammar School, Almondbury, Huddersfield.WEB,weblink Career Statistics, Ryan Sidebottom, 2013-06-26, He has two children, a daughter, Indiana Nell, and a son, Darley Jack with his first wife Kate. He now lives with his second wife Madeleine and her son Louis. His father, Arnie Sidebottom, was also a cricketer, and played one Test match for England in 1985 against Australia, as well as playing professional football.

Career

Sidebottom started playing as a young boy for Kirkburton Cricket Club. He made his debut for his native Yorkshire in 1997. The winner of the NBC Denis Compton Award two years running, (in 1999 and 2000), he finished as the leading domestic English-bowler at the end of 2000, conceding only 12.5 runs for each of his 24 wickets, and capping this with a nomination for Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Club. Injury problems took away much of his 2000 season, but, during the winter, Sidebottom toured the West Indies with England A, taking 16 wickets at a bowling average of 16.81. He made his international debut the following summer against Pakistan in place of Matthew Hoggard. He played in two ODIs in October 2001 against Zimbabwe.Sidebottom left Yorkshire to join Nottinghamshire at the end of the 2003 season, having taken 163 wickets for Yorkshire at an average of 25.12. At Nottinghamshire, he took 50 wickets in both the 2005 and 2006 seasons, helping them to the County Championship title in 2005. He has won five County Championships in total; he won the title with Yorkshire in 2001, 2014 and 2015NEWS,weblink BBC Ryan Sidebottom to retire, BBC Sport, after returning to the county of his birth, and with Nottinghamshire in 2005 and 2010.WEB,weblink Players and Officials – Ryan Sidebottom (Profile), ESPNcricinfo, 2008-03-09, He sports a flamboyant hairstyle which has led to the dressing room nickname of "Sexual Chocolate". Sidebottom's long hair indirectly led to a second nickname, "Stringfellow", after a hapless Henry Blofeld repeatedly confused him with long-haired nightclub impresario Peter Stringfellow during the first Test match against New Zealand in 2008.NEWS,weblink First Test England v NZ: Day Five as it happened, BBC, 2008-03-19, 19 May 2008, Mark, Mitchener, On 22 February 2017, Sidebottom announced that he would be retiring from first-class cricket in all formats, commencing at the end of the 2017 County Championship. He now runs a Cricket Academy and Foundation.Sidebottom was appointed bowling consultant for Surrey, on 14 March 2018.NEWS,weblink Ryan Sidebottom: Former England bowler joins Surrey as a bowling consultant, 14 March 2018, BBC Sport, 3 March 2019, In 2019, Sidebottom appeared on the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice alongside professional skater Brandee Malto.WEB,weblink Former Yorkshire cricketer Ryan Sidebottom talks 'Dancing on Ice', Bradford Telegraph and Argus, en, 2019-02-10, Following a skate-off against Melody Thornton and Jane Danson, Sidebottom and Danson were eliminated in Week 7.WEB,weblink Ryan Sidebottom and Jane Danson booted off Dancing on Ice in double elimination, 2019-02-17, Metro, en, 2019-02-17, His international career is now behind him but he can draw much satisfaction not only from the manner in which he took a belated second chance in international cricket, but the way that latterly he has committed himself with skill and determination to an extended career on England's professional circuit with Yorkshire, the county of his birth.WEB, Ryan Sidebottom,weblink 2021-03-16, Cricinfo,

International Test career

Debut—Pakistan 2001

Sidebottom made his international Test debut at Lord's in May 2001, as England took on Pakistan. Batting first, England made 391 and in reply, Pakistan made 203 and 179, with the away side sinking to an innings and 9 run defeat. Sidebottom contributed four with the bat and finished with figures of 0–38 and 0–26.WEB,weblink 1st Test:England v Pakistan at Lord's, May 17–20, 2001, ESPNcricinfo, 20 May 2001, 2008-03-09,

West Indies 2007

Following this match, Sidebottom had to wait another six years before being recalled to play in the England side to face the West Indies in the second Test in May 2007, following the injury to Matthew Hoggard in the opening match. His first Test victim was Chris Gayle, trapped leg before wicket, and Daren Ganga, Dwayne Bravo and Corey Collymore soon followed, as he finished with figures of 4–42. The West Indies followed on, and Sidebottom again impressed, taking the wickets of four of the top order batsmen, ending with 4–44. The hosts eventually won by a record innings and 283 runs.NEWS,weblink England v West Indies 2nd Test, Jamie Lillywhite, BBC, BBC Sport, 28 May 2007, 2008-03-09, In the third Test, Sidebottom contributed a useful 23 over the two innings and finished with match figures of 3–101 as England won by 60 runs.WEB,weblink 3rd Test: England v. West Indies at Manchester, Jun 7–11, 2007, ESPNcricinfo, 11 June 2007, 2008-03-09, In the final match of the series, he took his first international five wicket haul during the West Indies' first innings, finishing with 5–88, hit an unbeaten 26 in England's reply, and then bowled fifteen overs for 40 runs, with no reward, as the hosts won by 7 wickets and wrapped up a 3–0 series victory.WEB,weblink 4th Test: England v. West Indies at Chester-le-Street, Jun 15–19, 2007, ESPNcricinfo, 19 June 2007, 2008-03-09,

India 2007

Following these excellent performances, Sidebottom was included in the England squad to take on India in the second 2007 summer series. In the first Test, he again impressed, taking 4–65 as India struggled to 201. He then followed that in the second innings with 2–42 as the match fizzled out into a draw, with England just one wicket from victory.WEB,weblink 1st Test: England v. India at Lord's, Jul 19–23, 2007, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2007, 2008-03-09, As England slumped to a seven wicket defeat in the second Test, Sidebottom finished with figures of 1–75 (at an economy of 2.08) and 0–23. However, he was deemed extremely unlucky only to finish with one wicket as he found copious amounts of swing and troubled a number of batsmen. Ashley Giles remarked, "One wicket in the first innings did not do his excellent bowling justice."WEB,weblink England Test ratings, Ashley Giles, BBC Sport, 31 July 2007, 2008-03-09, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090808191124weblink">weblink 8 August 2009, Ashley Giles, He also made 18* and 25* with the bat, as he began to establish himself as a competent and reliable number 9.WEB,weblink 2nd Test: England v. India at Nottingham, Jul 27–31, 2007, ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2007, 2008-03-09, In the final Test of the summer, and the third of the series against India, Sidebottom bowled a controlled 32 overs for 93 runs, taking the wicket of Dinesh Karthik as the visitors amassed 664. However, he injured himself and did not bowl another ball in the match.NEWS,weblink Third Test, day two as it happened, Ben Dirs, BBC Sport, Sidebottom, I hear, is experiencing some soreness in his side and will have a scan., 10 August 2007, 2008-03-09, Whilst batting, he fell for 2 in the first innings and was 3* at the end of the second, as the hosts held out for a draw. This could not stop India recording a 1 – 0 series win.WEB,weblink 3rd Test: England v. India at The Oval, Aug 9–13, 2007, ESPNcricinfo, 13 August 2007, 2008-03-09,

Sri Lanka 2007/08

Sidebottom had an up down series in the tour of Sri Lanka. In the One Day International series, he took 12 wickets in five matches but struggled in the Test matches taking five wickets in three tests at a disappointing average of 63.60. Sri Lanka won the Test series 1–0 and England won the One Day Series 3–2.

New Zealand 2007/2008

Sidebottom then accompanied the England team on their tour of New Zealand. Over the five ODI matches he took six wickets at an average of 34.16, behind only Stuart Broad's eight wickets at 25.75. He did not make much impact with the bat, however, scoring six runs in total and averaging only three, much overshadowed by fellow bowler Broad's average of 52.00.NEWS,weblink England ODI Averages vs. New Zealand, BBC Sport, 2008-03-09, 21 December 2009, In the first Test match, Sidebottom started the first day the pick of the England bowlers, taking two wickets. The first innings ended on Day 2, Sidebottom with 4 wickets in total, 2 wickets from the last 2 balls of the innings.NEWS,weblink Battling England restrict Kiwis, Paresh Soni, BBC Sport, 5 March 2008, 2008-03-09, Despite missing out on a hat-trick with the first ball of the second innings (after forcing Jeetan Patel to edge his shot to Andrew Strauss, then cleaning Chris Martin for a duck), he went on to take the 37th Test cricket hat-trick, and the first in 2 years, in New Zealand's second innings. Dismissing Stephen Fleming (caught by Alastair Cook) with the final ball of his ninth over, he then dismissed Mathew Sinclair (also caught by Alastair Cook) and Jacob Oram (lbw) with the first two balls of his tenth over.WEB,weblink New Zealand v England, 1st Test match at Hamilton, ball-by-ball commentary, ESPNcricinfo, 8 March 2008, 2008-03-08, With the dismissal of Oram he also claimed his second five wicket haul in an England Test match and when he went on to dismiss Kyle Mills and Daniel Vettori he recorded his first Test match ten wicket match.WEB,weblink RJ Sidebottom – Test matches – Bowling analysis, ESPNcricinfo, 2008-03-08, Sidebottom went on to take another two five wicket hauls, resulting in one five-for in each Test of the series (including a first-class personal best of 7/47 in the first innings of the third Test), breaking the previous record for an England bowler in New Zealand. His spell was nominated to be the Best Test Bowling Performance of 2008 by ESPNCricinfo.WEB,weblink Test bowling: The nominees, 2 January 2009, As a result of his superb form within the series, taking 24 wickets to double the next best effort of Monty Panesar and Chris Martin who each took 11, he was voted Man of The Match and Series after the final Test.WEB,weblink England in New Zealand 2007–08 bowling statistics, ESPNcricinfo, 2008-04-05, Thanks to this performance in the above-mentioned series he was ranked sixth on the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, the highest ranking English bowler for 5 years. For his performances in 2008, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC.WEB, Chanderpaul scoops top ICC award,weblink BBC Sport, 6 October 2023, 10 September 2008, On 25 June, he was involved in a controversial incident, colliding with New Zealand batsman Elliot in a 50 over match. He was subsequently left out of the second Test against New Zealand.He retired from international cricket on 20 September 2010. On the subject of his time with the England team, Sidebottom said "If I look back on my international career I have achieved more than I could ever have dreamed. I have had a truly fantastic period of my life with England. Winning the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies, my Test debut at Lords, a Test hat-trick against New Zealand, plus a Man of the Series award, are just a few of the highlights."NEWS,weblink Ryan Sidebottom retires from England international duty, BBC Sport, 20 September 2010, 2010-09-20,

References

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External links

• Ryan Sidebottom Cricket Academy
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