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Peter Siddle is a retired Australian right arm fast medium bowler who took 221 Test wickets for Australia and remains, at 41, an active T20 freelancer still playing in the BBL and the PSL. Across his international career he played 67 Tests, 20 ODIs, and 2 T20Is for Australia, taking 221, 17, and 3 wickets respectively. In domestic and franchise cricket he has taken 792 First Class wickets and 127 wickets in the BBL alone. He retired from international cricket in December 2019 and from Victorian first class and List A cricket after the 2024-25 season, but he is still contracted to Melbourne Stars in the BBL and has recently played for Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League.
If you just wanted the short version: he is 41 years old, stands 187 cm tall, bats right handed, bowls right arm fast medium, and is best remembered for taking a Test hat-trick on his own birthday during the 2010-11 Ashes. Everything else, including his full stat tables across every format and his standalone BBL numbers, is below.
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Peter Siddle: Biography at a Glance
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Peter Matthew Siddle (Peter Siddle) |
| Born | 25 November 1984, Victoria’s Latrobe Valley (sources cite both Traralgon and Morwell) |
| Age | 41 |
| Nicknames | Sidds, Sid Vicious, Dermie |
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in), confirmed by Cricket Australia and Wikipedia |
| Weight | Not officially confirmed by any credible cricket source |
| Batting Style | Right handed |
| Bowling Style | Right arm fast medium |
| Playing Role | Bowler |
| Test Caps | 67, debut 17 October 2008 vs India, last Test 12 September 2019 vs England |
| ODI Caps | 20, debut 13 February 2009 vs New Zealand, last ODI 18 January 2019 vs India |
| T20I Caps | 2, debut 15 February 2009 vs New Zealand, last T20I 31 October 2010 vs Sri Lanka |
| International Retirement | December 2019 |
According to Peter Siddle’s official Cricinfo profile, he is a right arm fast medium bowler and right handed lower order batter, and his Wikipedia record confirms his 221 Test wickets and his ongoing involvement in franchise T20 cricket well past his international retirement.
Teams Peter Siddle Has Played For
| Team | Format | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Victoria | First Class / List A | 2005/06 to 2024/25 |
| Melbourne Renegades | Big Bash League | 2013/14 to 2014/15 |
| Nottinghamshire | County cricket, England | 2014 |
| Lancashire | County T20, England | 2015 |
| Adelaide Strikers | Big Bash League | 2017/18 to 2022/23 |
| Essex | County cricket, England | 2018 to 2021 |
| Tasmania | First Class / List A | 2020/21 to 2022/23 |
| Somerset | County T20, England | 2022 to 2023 |
| Durham | County T20, England | 2024 |
| Melbourne Stars | Big Bash League | 2023/24 (Renegades), 2024/25 to present (Stars) |
| Multan Sultans | Pakistan Super League | 2026 |
He was actually a foundation squad member of Melbourne Stars when the BBL launched, but never played a match for the club at that time. He only pulled on a Stars shirt for real more than a decade later, from the 2024-25 season onward, which makes his current stint feel like a full circle moment for his career.
How Did Peter Siddle’s Career Start?
Peter Siddle grew up in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, where his first real sporting pursuit was competitive woodchopping, a family tradition passed down from his father. He gave that up as a teenager to focus on cricket, and quickly showed he had a rare gift for taking wickets, breaking a state junior record with 11 wickets in a match for Latrobe Cricket Club while still a teenager.
He made his first class and List A debuts for Victoria in November 2005 against a touring West Indies side, and after taking nine wickets in a losing Sheffield Shield final in 2008, he earned a Test call up later that same year. His Test debut came against India in Mohali in October 2008, and he wasted no time making an impression, striking Gautam Gambhir on the helmet with a bouncer in his very first over.
He toured South Africa soon after and was named the ICC Emerging Player of the Year for 2008-09, a strong early signal that Australia had found a genuine new ball workhorse.
What Is Peter Siddle’s Full International Record for Australia?
Peter Siddle’s international career ran from 2008 to 2019, and it was built almost entirely around Test cricket.
- Tests: 67 matches, 221 wickets at 30.66, with 8 five wicket hauls and a best of 6 for 54
- ODIs: 20 matches, 17 wickets at 43.70
- T20Is: 2 matches, 3 wickets at 19.33
His consistent, metronomic length made him a genuine Test match specialist, but selectors found his lack of variation harder to use in white ball cricket, which explains the huge gap between his Test numbers and his limited ODI and T20I opportunities. He was part of Australia’s title winning squad at the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, and he toured England for four separate Ashes series during his career.
What Is Peter Siddle’s Most Famous Moment?
Ask most Australian cricket fans for one Peter Siddle memory and they will point to the same day: 25 November 2010, his 26th birthday, at the Gabba against England.
Peter Siddle had already dismissed Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood in the same session when he came back after tea and produced one of the most famous spells in Ashes history. He had Alastair Cook caught at slip after 168 balls of resistance, bowled Matt Prior next ball, then trapped Stuart Broad lbw with a full, fast yorker to complete a hat-trick, finishing with 6 for 54. It was the first Ashes hat-trick by an Australian since Shane Warne in 1994-95, and it made Siddle the first player in cricket history to take a Test hat-trick on his own birthday.
His other standout Ashes performance came at Trent Bridge in 2013, where he took 5 for 50 in England’s first innings, getting his name on the honours board with the wickets of Root, Trott, Pietersen, Bell, and Prior.
What Is Peter Siddle Doing Now? Is He Still Playing Cricket?
This is one of the most searched questions about him, since he retired from international cricket back in 2019 but keeps showing up in current cricket news. Here is the honest, current picture.
He retired from Victorian first class and List A cricket at the end of the 2024-25 season, closing out a state career that spanned nearly 20 years. He remained contracted to Melbourne Stars for the BBL beyond that, and produced a genuinely “vintage” 3 for 30 against reigning champions Hobart Hurricanes during the 2025-26 BBL season at age 41.
He has also kept playing franchise cricket abroad, most recently for Multan Sultans in the Pakistan Super League alongside fellow Australian Steve Smith. Early in 2026 he ran into an unusual bit of trouble: after playing five games in an unsanctioned World Legends Pro T20 League event in Goa, India, the England Cricket Board blocked him from a planned T20 Blast stint with Nottinghamshire, applying a six month ban that expired in August 2026. That clears him to play the 2026-27 BBL season with Melbourne Stars as planned.
In short, he is retired from international duty and from state cricket, but he remains an active, high level T20 player well into his forties.
Off the Field: Diet, Family, and Advocacy
Peter Siddle became one of the most talked about vegan athletes in world cricket after adopting a fully plant based diet in November 2012. The change was inspired by his long term partner at the time, animal rights advocate and wellness coach Anna Weatherlake, who had refused to cook meat at home. Siddle credited the switch with helping his recovery between matches and often pushed back publicly on suggestions that it had slowed his bowling. He has also supported animal welfare causes such as Animals Australia and the Edgar’s Mission farm sanctuary.
He and Weatherlake married in 2017 in what guests called a “big fat vegan wedding,” complete with animal free wedding attire, before separating in 2022 after five years of marriage.
How Tall Is Peter Siddle? Height and Weight
Peter Siddle’s height is confirmed at 187 cm, or 6 feet 2 inches, by Cricket Australia and Wikipedia. His weight has not been officially published by any credible cricket source, so treat any specific figure you see elsewhere online with caution. If an official number is released, this section will be updated.
Peter Siddle International Career Records
Test Batting and Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 94 | 15 | 1,164 | 51 | 14.73 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 13,907 | 6,777 | 221 | 6/54 | 30.66 | 2.92 | 62.9 | 8 |
ODI Batting and Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 10* | 10.33 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | 901 | 743 | 17 | 3/55 | 43.70 | 4.94 | 53.0 |
T20I Batting and Bowling
| Matches | Innings | Runs | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | – | – |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 48 | 58 | 3 | 2/24 | 19.33 | 7.25 | 16.0 |
He did not bat in either of his two T20I appearances for Australia.
Peter Siddle Domestic and Franchise Career Records
First Class (FC) Career
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 231 | 284 | 36 | 3,990 | 103* | 16.08 | 1 | 6 | 50 |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 423 | 44,241 | 20,753 | 792 | 8/54 | 26.20 | 2.81 | 55.8 | 27 |
His maiden first class century, an unbeaten 103, is a nice reminder that a genuine tailender can still put together a special day with the bat when the team needs it.
List A (Domestic One Day) Career
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 45 | 15 | 315 | 62 | 10.50 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 4,224 | 3,390 | 111 | 5/49 | 30.54 | 4.81 | 38.0 | 1 |
T20s (All Leagues Combined)
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 164 | 43 | 24 | 184 | 13* | 9.68 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Bowling Innings | Balls | Runs | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Strike Rate | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 3,364 | 4,405 | 196 | 5/16 | 22.47 | 7.85 | 17.1 | 2 |
This T20 table blends every league he has played, including the BBL, the PSL, and various English T20 Blast stints.
Peter Siddle BBL Stats: Full Big Bash League Breakdown
Since fans specifically search for his Big Bash numbers on their own, here is the standalone BBL record, spanning his time with Melbourne Renegades, Adelaide Strikers, and Melbourne Stars.
BBL Batting Totals
| Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Highest Score | Average | Strike Rate | 4s | 6s | Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 31 | 20 | 80 | 12 | 7.27 | 86.96 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
BBL Bowling Totals
| Matches | Overs | Runs Conceded | Wickets | Best Bowling | Average | Economy | Maidens | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104 | 354.3 | 2,675 | 127 | 5/16 | 21.06 | 7.56 | 3 | 2 |
His career best BBL figures of 5 for 16 came for Adelaide Strikers against Hobart Hurricanes, his first five wicket haul in T20 cricket at any level, built on a mix of slower balls and yorkers that completely deceived the Hurricanes’ middle order.
BBL Career Journey
Siddle was on the books at Melbourne Stars from the league’s launch but never actually played a match there in that first stint. He moved across town to Melbourne Renegades for two seasons, then had his most productive BBL years at Adelaide Strikers between 2017-18 and 2022-23, including a 30 wicket season in 2020-21. He returned to Melbourne Renegades briefly in 2023-24, before finally becoming a genuine playing member of Melbourne Stars from the 2024-25 season, more than a decade after first signing with the club.
Records and Career Highlights
- 221 Test wickets, the backbone of a 67 match international career
- First cricketer in history to take a Test hat-trick on his own birthday, against England at the Gabba in 2010-11
- First Australian to take an Ashes hat-trick since Shane Warne in 1994-95
- Part of Australia’s title winning squad at the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy
- 5 for 50 at Trent Bridge in the 2013 Ashes, getting his name on the honours board
- ICC Emerging Player of the Year, 2008-09
- A maiden first class century, 103 not out, a rare feat for a genuine tailender
- 792 First Class wickets across a 20 year domestic career
- Career best BBL figures of 5 for 16, one of the sharpest death overs spells the format has seen
- Still an active T20 freelancer at 41, playing for Melbourne Stars in the BBL and Multan Sultans in the PSL
FAQs
Has Peter Siddle retired from cricket?
He retired from international cricket in December 2019 and from Victorian first class and List A cricket after the 2024-25 season, but he remains an active T20 player, contracted to Melbourne Stars in the BBL and recently playing for Multan Sultans in the PSL.
What is Peter Siddle’s BBL record?
Across 104 matches for Melbourne Renegades, Adelaide Strikers, and Melbourne Stars combined, he has taken 127 wickets at an average of 21.06 and an economy of 7.56, with best figures of 5 for 16.
How old is Peter Siddle?
He was born on 25 November 1984, making him 41 years old as of the 2026 season.
What is Peter Siddle’s height and weight?
He is 187 cm (6 feet 2 inches) tall, confirmed by Cricket Australia. His weight has not been officially published by a credible source.
What is Peter Siddle most famous for?
Taking a Test hat-trick on his own 26th birthday against England during the 2010-11 Ashes, still considered one of the most memorable moments in Ashes history.
Why is Peter Siddle known for veganism?
He switched to a fully plant based diet in November 2012, inspired by his then partner Anna Weatherlake, and became one of the most visible vegan athletes in world cricket, often defending the diet publicly against criticism that it had slowed him down.
Which BBL teams has Peter Siddle played for?
He has played for Melbourne Renegades, Adelaide Strikers, and Melbourne Stars, and was also a founding squad member of Melbourne Stars in the league’s first season without actually playing a match for them at that time.
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