deliveries columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country club fivefor batting image name fullname heightm birth_place column nickname role source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
balls 767 1122 2 1/0 7 / -- 2005 -- 28 september 1983 right-arm fast 0 n/a australia new south wales 0 1 right-hand aaron bird.jpg aaron bird aaron christopher bird 1.82 taree , new south wales , australia fc la birdy , flu , aa bowler -lsb- http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4429.html cricinfo -rsb- 1983 9 28 yes 101 65 13 34 0/0 0/0 5 25 aaron bird

aaron bird

aaron christopher bird is an australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the new south wales blues .
he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler .
bird arrived from taree , nsw as a 16-year-old to play sydney grade cricket with north sydney cricket club , eventually going on to play first grade as an 18-year-old .
in this time with north sydney , bird hit the headlines when he hit former test batsman michael slater injuring the former test star in the process .
bird now plays his cricket with bankstown cricket club , former home of the waugh brothers .
bird caused controversy after appearing in a twenty20 match , in which players wore nicknames on their shirts , with the moniker ` flu ' -- a reference to bird flu .
he was ordered not to wear the name again , as it upset the sponsors of the tournament , kfc .
in december 2006 bird was reported for a suspect bowling action but was later cleared by cricket australia .
in january 2009 , his bowling action was again reported .
after undergoing analysis at the australian institute of sport biomechanics laboratory in canberra it was found that for some deliveries his elbow extension exceeded the 15-degree limit , he was subsequently banned by cricket australia .
