Luke Ronchi
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| Luke Ronchi | ||||
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Luke Ronchi | |||
| Nickname | Rock, The Ronchmeister | |||
| Born | 23 April 1981 | |||
| Manawatu, New Zealand | ||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||
| Role | Wicketkeeper Batsman | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2002 - | Western Australia | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| FC | List A | |||
| Matches | 28 | 42 | ||
| Runs scored | 1,480 | 1,038 | ||
| Batting average | 37.94 | 25.95 | ||
| 100s/50s | 3/9 | 2/8 | ||
| Top score | 107 | 105 | ||
| Balls bowled | - | - | ||
| Wickets | - | - | ||
| Bowling average | - | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | - | ||
| Best bowling | - | - | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 100/6 | 53/6 | ||
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As of 26 March 2008 |
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Luke Ronchi (born April 23, 1981 in Dannevirke, Manawatu, New Zealand) is an Australian professional cricketer who currently plays for Western Australia. Ronchi is a wicket-keeper batsman and since the retirement of former wicket-keeper batsmen Ryan Campbell he has been the number one wicket-keeper for the Western Warriors.
Ronchi is well known for his ability to score runs quickly and on February 7, 2007 he broke the record for the fastest domestic one-day hundred in Australian cricket. Opening the batting against New South Wales, Ronchi scored his maiden one-day ton off only 56 deliveries, beating the previous record of fellow West Australian Adam Voges by 62 deliveries. When finally dismissed, he had scored 105 runs from just 64 balls and easily guided Western Australia to an 8-wicket victory over New South Wales.
Ronchi began the 2007-08 season in strong fashion. Proving that he is in the Australian selectors minds for the future, Ronchi was chosen as Australia A wicketkeeper for their tour of Pakistan. In the second first-class match of the tour, Ronchi scored a blistering 107 off 109 balls, striking 16 fours and 2 sixes. His good form continued into the Australian Domestic season, as he scored 104 against New South Wales in Western Australia's first List A match of the season. On November 11, 2007 Ronchi scored one of the fastest centuries in Australian Domestic history with a ton from 51 balls against Queensland. Ronchi struck 11 sixes in his innings of 105* with his second fifty coming from just 11 balls. Luke Ronchi has also been inducted in the Mumbai Indians team, one of the eight IPL franchises. The team is captained by the Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
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