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| Luke Pomersbach ( Australian batsman) |
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luke Anthony Pomersbach | |||
| Born | 28 September 1984 Bentley, Western Australia,Australia | |||
| Nickname | Pomers | |||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||
| Batting style | Left-hand bat | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm offbreak | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Australia | |||
| Only T20I | 11 December 2007 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2006–11 | Western Australia | |||
| 2008–09 | Kings XI Punjab | |||
| 2011–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | T20I | FC | List A | T20 |
| Matches | 1 | 30 | 33 | 35 |
| Runs scored | 15 | 2,111 | 599 | 624 |
| Batting average | 15 | 40.59 | 21.39 | 22.28 |
| 100s/50s | – | 4/16 | 1/1 | –/2 |
| Top score | 15 | 176 | 104* | 79* |
| Balls bowled | – | 255 | 18 | – |
| Wickets | – | 5 | – | – |
| Bowling average | – | 26.80 | – | – |
| 5 wickets in innings | – | – | – | – |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | – |
| Best bowling | – | 1/4 | 0/16 | – |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 36/– | 18/– | 16/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 19 May 2012 | ||||
Luke Anthony Pomersbach (born 28 September 1984 in Bentley, Western Australia) is an Australian cricketer who is listed with the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He previously played with Western Australia and Kings XI Punjab, before standing down from Western Australia in September 2011 to deal with personal issues.
Zohal Hamid, a US national, was allegedly molested by Pomersbach when they were partying in her room at the hotel after the Delhi Daredevils-Royal Challengers Bangalore match on Thursday evening.
A case was registered against the 27-year-old Australian player under IPC sections 354 (outraging modesty of woman), 323 (hurt), 454 (lurking house trespass) and 511 (Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment).
If the RCB had done a background check, this is what it would have turned up: The 27-year-old is not new to off-field controversy. His career is dotted with regular recorded skirmishes with the authorities. In November 2007, Pomersbach and fellow Western Warrior Shaun Marsh were suspended from the state side for drinking alcohol following a game against Queensland.
In August 2009, Luke Pomersbach was involved in a drink and driving case. He was arrested and charged by the police with failing to stop, failing to accompany the police, driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of .08, assaulting a public officer, obstructing police and escaping legal custody. He pleaded guilty and was fined and had his driver's licence cancelled. The Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) responded by suspending him indefinitely.
Pomersbach has also been to a rehabilitation centre for his reported alcohol problem. He signed with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League in June 2011, but backed out of both his Western Australia contract and the Scorchers contract, to deal with depression.
In India, the middle-order batsman got his 15 minutes of fame, or infamy, with the Maurya episode, having done absolutely nothing with the bat in the three IPL seasons that he has played - he was picked by the Kings XI Punjab for the 2008-09 season and made 152 runs in five innings. Last year, he played five games and made 51 runs.
In Australia, Pomersbach's cricketing journey has seen exciting moments. He made his international debut in the most remarkable way - called into Australia's T20 side against New Zealand in Perth in December 2007 after Brad Hodge injured his back while bending over to pull on his trousers. Pomersbach, who was not in the squad, was called in as a replacement just as he was parking his car to attend the game as a spectator. He went on to hit a six on his way to 15 from seven balls as Australia beat New Zealand. That T20 game remains his sole international appearance for the Australian squad, but in 2008, Pomersbach won the Bradman Young Player of the Year.
Career
Pomersbach made his Ford Ranger Cup debut for Western Australia in their match against New South Wales in November, 2006, scoring 33 runs from 47 balls. In December, 2006 in a two-day tour match at the WACA against the England XI, he showed his potential against a quality bowling attack when he scored 101 not out.
Shortly after, he made his First-class cricket debut against Tasmania in a Pura Cup match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. He performed very well scoring 74 in the first innings, partnering Chris Rogers in a 106 run 5th wicket partnership. He continued his good form into the second innings when he came to the wicket with WA in trouble at 4/36. With a mix of aggressive strokeplay and careful defending he helped to save WA, scoring 63 runs, leaving his teammates only 32 more runs to win.
In November 2007, Pomersbach and fellow Western Warrior Shaun Marsh were suspended from the state side for drinking alcohol following a game against Queensland. Despite this suspension, he was named in the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI to play in the annual Lilac Hill game. He starred against the New Zealanders, scoring 88 runs from 65 balls.[2]
Pomersbach then made a most unusual debut for the Australian cricket team in a Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Perth on 11 December 2007. Having not been selected in the original squad for the match, Pomersbach was at the ground as a spectator, when a back injury to Brad Hodge during the warm-up forced the Australian team to call on Pomersbach as an emergency replacement. He again performed well, scoring 15 runs from 7 balls, including a 6 off the third ball he faced. Pomersbach also won the 2008 Bradman Young Player of the Year.
He attended Yale Primary School and Kent Street Senior High School in Perth.
On 9 August 2009, after two hit-and-run incidents, Pomersbach was arrested and charged by police with failing to stop, failing to accompany police, driving with a blood alcohol level in excess of .08, assaulting a public officer, obstructing police and escaping legal custody.[6] He pleaded guilty and was fined and had his driver's licence cancelled. The WACA responded by suspending him indefinitely. On 6 October 2009, Pomersbach was awarded an extraordinary driver's licence due to hardship using public transport. [7] He returned from his ban for Western Australia in January 2010.
Pomersbach signed with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League (BBL) in June 2011.[8] In October 2011, Pomersbach stood down from Western Australia and the Scorchers to deal with depression.[9]
Pomersbach played for the Kings XI Punjab in the 2008 and 2009 Indian Premier League seasons. He switched to Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League.[10] In 2012 Pomersbach returned to play for Bangalore in the 2012 Indian Premier League.[11] In May 2012 he was arrested and charged with molesting a woman and assaulting her male friend after an incident at a hotel in New Delhi.[12][13]
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