Peter Siddle

Peter Matthew Siddle (born 25 November 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a specialist right-arm fast-medium bowler who played mostly for Victoria in first-class and List A cricket, and also had a two season stint at Tasmania. In the Big Bash League, he was a foundation member of the Melbourne Stars, although he never played a game for them. He also played one season for cross town rivals the Melbourne Renegades, before a long stint with the Adelaide Strikers. He later played for the Renegades and Stars in the 23-24 and 24-25 seasons respectively. He played Test cricket for Australia over an eight-year period from 2008 to 2016, before being recalled for the Test series against Pakistan in 2018. He retired from International cricket in December 2019. Australia won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy during his time in the team.

Early in Siddle's career he faced injury problems, but he overcame them in 2009 to be named the ICC Emerging Player of the Year. Though injuries continued to plague him throughout his career, he rose to prominence in the 2010–11 Ashes series when he became the ninth Australian to take a Test hat-trick and the first Australian since Shane Warne in 1994–95 to do so in an Ashes test. He remained a regular fixture in Australia's team until his bowling pace started to drop in 2014, with Australia's selectors beginning to focus on younger, faster bowlers.

Siddle became a vegan in 2012, subsequently receiving criticism that suggested his diet had a negative effect on his performance, which he disputed. He announced his international retirement on 29 December 2019, effective immediately.

On 4 December 2024, he announced his retirement from cricket.