Andrew Tye


Andrew James Tye is an Australian cricketer who plays One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. At the domestic level he plays for Western Australia, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and Perth Scorchers. He is most famous for his use of the knuckle ball and wide variation of pace.

Early career

From the northern suburbs of Perth, Tye played second XI cricket in England for Somerset, Durham and Northamptonshire before making his list A debut in the 2013–14 Ryobi One-Day Cup aged 26. He performed extremely well, taking the second most wickets in the tournament and returning the best single innings bowling figures of 5 wickets for 46 runs against Tasmania.
Following his impressive performances in the One Day tournament, he signed with the Sydney Thunder for the 2013–14 Big Bash League season. For the 2014–15 Big Bash League season however, he switched to play for the Perth Scorchers.
He was seen as a breakout player in BBL04, with Australian T20 captain Aaron Finch labelling him as the 'find of the tournament'. He enjoyed success with the team, and was a focal contributor to Perth's second successive Big Bash League title.
At grade cricket level, Tye plays for Scarborough.

Indian Premier League

Tye was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2015 Indian Premier League but did not play in the IPL until 2017 when he played for Gujarat Lions. On his debut he took a five-wicket haul, including a hat-trick. His bowling figures of 5/17 were the best by a bowler on debut in the IPL. In January 2018 he was bought by Kings XI Punjab in the 2018 IPL auction. He went on to win the Purple Cap for the 2018 IPL season for taking the most wickets during the season. He was released by the Kings XI Punjab ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.
Tye was sold for to Rajasthan Royals for the 2020 season.

International career

He made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia against India on 29 January 2016. In January 2018, he was named in Australia's One Day International squad for their series against England. He made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 14 January 2018.
In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season. He went on to become the leading wicket taker in T20IS in 2018 with 31 wickets. On 16 July 2020, Tye was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.