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From The Bulls Website.
Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has severed his ties with the XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls.
Hauritz confirmed today he had told Bulls coach Terry Oliver and the State selectors he didn?t want to be considered for a 2006-07 Bulls contract and was heading to Sydney to play.
It was his own initiative, he said, and there were no guarantees even of a contract with New South Wales, but he felt the time was right to make a fresh start.
?Queensland has a fast bowling culture and I see this as a fantastic opportunity to go down there and work within a spin-bowling culture,? Hauritz said.
?I still want to play for Australia and I see this as my best chance. So I?ll head down there, get a job, play grade cricket and see what happens.?
Oliver said he understood and admired Hauritz?s decision. ?It?s a gutsy move and if he?s going to do it then now is the right time,? he said.
?Horrie has been a tremendous asset to Queensland Cricket and has been one of our form one-day players over the last couple of years. In fact he was a crucial part of our one-day side and showed great leadership qualities at times.
?We wish him all the best ? the door is always open for him to come back,? said Oliver.
But Hauritz said he saw the move to Sydney as a long-term thing - not a short-term thing.
?I?ve done a lot of work this year with Trent Ryan and it has got me to a stage where I want to move to the next level, and the opportunity to work with guys like Greg Matthews and Stuart McGill is too good to pass up.
?It?s exciting but at the same time it was also a really hard decision to leave all the guys I?ve played junior cricket with, especially given the fact that the Bulls look set for a really successful period in the next few years.
?I could have stayed here and probably been a good one-day spinner for Queensland for the next 10 years but I want to play both forms of the game ? one-day and four-day cricket ? and I want to give myself a chance to play Test cricket again.
?I?ve got to back myself and do what I think is best for me right now. I can?t wait to get down there and get into it.?
Hauritz will move to Sydney with his fianc?e Dianne Thomas ? probably in the first week in July.
Hauritz, who made his debut for Queensland back in 2000-01, has played 33 first-class games and 73 one-day games, including one Test match and eight one-day internationals for Australia. He played 28 first-class games and 53 one-day games for Queensland.
His one Test appearance was as a replacement for Shane Warne in the Fourth Test against India in Mumbai in November 2004. India won by 13 runs after Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead into the final dead rubber of the series.
He took 3-16 from five overs in the Indian first innings, removing the lower order spin trio of Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik, and opened the bowling in the second innings, when he returned 2-87 off 22 overs. His victims were two of the all-time greats ? V.V.S.Laxman (69) and Sachin Tendulkar (55). He scored 0 and 15 with the bat.
But since then he has only played seven first-class matches for Queensland, and only one in the 2005-06 season ? as a replacement for the injured Daniel Doran. He returned 0-29 off 15 overs in as the Bulls were beaten outright by an innings inside three days by Tasmania in Hobart.
In his 33 first-class games Hauritz has taken 59 wickets at 47.8, with a best of 4-95, and scored 584 runs at 16.7, with a highest score of 94.
In 73 one-day games he has taken 90 wickets at 29.95, with an economy rate of 4.76, including 9 wickets at 34.22 in eight one-day internationals - economy rate of 5.13.
Good to see him trying to get his bowling back to where it was, I rate him.
Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz has severed his ties with the XXXX Gold Queensland Bulls.
Hauritz confirmed today he had told Bulls coach Terry Oliver and the State selectors he didn?t want to be considered for a 2006-07 Bulls contract and was heading to Sydney to play.
It was his own initiative, he said, and there were no guarantees even of a contract with New South Wales, but he felt the time was right to make a fresh start.
?Queensland has a fast bowling culture and I see this as a fantastic opportunity to go down there and work within a spin-bowling culture,? Hauritz said.
?I still want to play for Australia and I see this as my best chance. So I?ll head down there, get a job, play grade cricket and see what happens.?
Oliver said he understood and admired Hauritz?s decision. ?It?s a gutsy move and if he?s going to do it then now is the right time,? he said.
?Horrie has been a tremendous asset to Queensland Cricket and has been one of our form one-day players over the last couple of years. In fact he was a crucial part of our one-day side and showed great leadership qualities at times.
?We wish him all the best ? the door is always open for him to come back,? said Oliver.
But Hauritz said he saw the move to Sydney as a long-term thing - not a short-term thing.
?I?ve done a lot of work this year with Trent Ryan and it has got me to a stage where I want to move to the next level, and the opportunity to work with guys like Greg Matthews and Stuart McGill is too good to pass up.
?It?s exciting but at the same time it was also a really hard decision to leave all the guys I?ve played junior cricket with, especially given the fact that the Bulls look set for a really successful period in the next few years.
?I could have stayed here and probably been a good one-day spinner for Queensland for the next 10 years but I want to play both forms of the game ? one-day and four-day cricket ? and I want to give myself a chance to play Test cricket again.
?I?ve got to back myself and do what I think is best for me right now. I can?t wait to get down there and get into it.?
Hauritz will move to Sydney with his fianc?e Dianne Thomas ? probably in the first week in July.
Hauritz, who made his debut for Queensland back in 2000-01, has played 33 first-class games and 73 one-day games, including one Test match and eight one-day internationals for Australia. He played 28 first-class games and 53 one-day games for Queensland.
His one Test appearance was as a replacement for Shane Warne in the Fourth Test against India in Mumbai in November 2004. India won by 13 runs after Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead into the final dead rubber of the series.
He took 3-16 from five overs in the Indian first innings, removing the lower order spin trio of Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and Murali Kartik, and opened the bowling in the second innings, when he returned 2-87 off 22 overs. His victims were two of the all-time greats ? V.V.S.Laxman (69) and Sachin Tendulkar (55). He scored 0 and 15 with the bat.
But since then he has only played seven first-class matches for Queensland, and only one in the 2005-06 season ? as a replacement for the injured Daniel Doran. He returned 0-29 off 15 overs in as the Bulls were beaten outright by an innings inside three days by Tasmania in Hobart.
In his 33 first-class games Hauritz has taken 59 wickets at 47.8, with a best of 4-95, and scored 584 runs at 16.7, with a highest score of 94.
In 73 one-day games he has taken 90 wickets at 29.95, with an economy rate of 4.76, including 9 wickets at 34.22 in eight one-day internationals - economy rate of 5.13.
Good to see him trying to get his bowling back to where it was, I rate him.
