steve magoffin Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
steve magoffin is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Steven James Magoffin
Born
December 17, 1979, Corinda, Queensland
Age
43 years old
Nicknames
Mal
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowler
Height
1.94 m
Education
Indooropilly High School, Curtin University, Perth
Teams he has played for:
- Leicestershire 2nd XI
- Queensland
- Surrey
- Surrey 2nd XI
- Sussex
- Western Australia
- Worcestershire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
In a career that has sustained 14 long years, Magoffin has emerged as a consistent pace bowler, who relies on his height to generate pace and bounce off the surface. Competition for places in the Australian line-up meant a national call-up wasn't coming for Magoffin, despite his consistency across all formats of the game - although he was called up as an injury standby when Australia toured South Africa during the 2008-09 season.
With chances of playing for Australia receding, Magoffin applied for UK passport in 2015 and gained nationality. He signed with Sussex ahead of the 2012 season and had some instant success. Ahead of the 2018 season, he switched back to Worcestershire and will be looking forward to end his career on a high.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Tall, thin and fast, Steve Magoffin was a successful Western Australian import who has stepped comfortably into the first-class arena since leaving Queensland. With the state's bowling stocks faltering, the Warriors looked to Magoffin, who was a Queensland Academy of Sport player, and he made his debut in 2004-05, playing every Pura Cup match and adding 28 wickets at 35.10. At 194cm, Magoffin has a similar frame to his mentor Greg Rowell, the former Australia A bowler, and he is an especially intimidating prospect on the WACA. He can also swing the ball and has been responsible for big hauls, including a career-best 8 for 47 against South Australia in 2005-06. He finished that season with 25 victims at 25.52 and then spent the winter in England, where he starred against the touring Sri Lankans with 4 for 14 in their warm-up game against the Sir Paul Getty XI.
Magoffin continued his impressive run in 2006-07 with 33 wickets at 27.57 and he was equal third on the FR Cup tally with 15 victims at 23.73. The wickets kept coming the following summer when he picked up 35 in the Pura Cup at 25.48 and was the state's leading FR Cup bowler with 14 victims at 27.21. A successful spell with Worcestershire followed for Magoffin, who went even higher after another strong home campaign. Having captured 38 breakthroughs in the 2008-09 Sheffield Shield, he was flown to South Africa as a stand-by player for the injury-hit national squad.
Interest from Australia never materialised but Magoffin became a regular in county cricket where his ability to hit the seam from a great height made him a testing proposition. He had spells at Leicestershire, Worcestershire and Surrey before signing with Sussex ahead of the 2012 season. He was an immediate success there, taking 7 for 34 on his debut for the county to deliver Sussex victory over Lancashire and bowling with metronomic accuracy even if his pace had quietened from his early days. He switched back to Worcestershire as he approached his 38th birthday, confident he could handle First Division life in the twilight of his career.
Peter English