• D.O.B: 24.06.1977
• Occupation: Translator, Conference Organiser, Cricket Administrator (Chairman of the Austrian Cricket Association)
• Club: Vienna Cricket Club
• Previous Clubs: St Andrews University CC
• Secondary School: Taunton School, Somerset
• Representative Honours: 1 full cap for Austria, also have umpired at international level, scored and managed the Austrian National Team
• Best Bowling: 1-4 for Vienna CC – otherwise occasional threefers throughout
• Highest Score: 26* for Vienna CC vs Five Continents CC, 2003 – highest since childhood days

Who had the greatest influence on your career?
My mother and aunt (They got me interested in the game!) and coaching staff at Taunton School and Dennis Breakwell – I wouldn’t have started bowling spin without their encouragement.

What is your ultimate cricketing aspiration?
To see it as an Olympic sport as this would open up so many new funding opportunities.

What is your most memorable cricketing moment?
Rearranging a bully’s stumps first ball after two years out with knee injuries and stepping out to bat against Italy for Austria

What was your worst cricketing moment?
Having my nose rearranged – whilst scoring.

What is your funniest cricketing moment?
Being attacked with a water pistol by a wicketkeeper during the drinks break, or arriving at a training camp to discover that I’d bought 30 pairs of socks and no cricket trousers.

Who is your best friend in European Cricket and why?
I couldn’t pick out just one – collectively there have been so many who have inspired me, and there are so many with whom it is possible to have a good chat over a beer or two.

Who is your favourite European cricketer (past and present), and why?
Stan Mortensen – inspirational and motivational.

Which is your favourite European cricket ground, and why?
Velden (right, in southern Austria) – it is so spectacular

Who is the best young European cricketer you have seen in recent times?
From a very biased point of view, Austrian leg-spinner Lakmal Kasturiarachchige.

Do you think bowlers should be restricted in domestic cricket?
For young players, yes, as it can add a tactical dimension to the game.

What are your main complaints about European cricket?
A lot of the players don’t appreciate the amount of work the volunteers put in.

How would you set about improving the standard of European cricket?
By increasing the opportunities for those playing to play, and increasing their exposure to cricket around Europe.

How would you set about making European cricket more popular?
By playing it in a form that dispels all the stereotypes people may have had about the game.

Which Test team, if any, do you support, and why?
England – I am still just about English

Which overseas countries have you played cricket in?
Slovenia, Germany, Austria, Scotland, Barbados, Ireland, Denmark

Which was your favourite, and why?
Barbados – what an incredible opportunity

Who is your favourite English cricketer, and why?
Marcus Trescothick – he hasn’t let it go to his head, and he appreciates fine cooking (sausages!) and is of course a Somerset boy.

• Which other sports do you play regularly? Currently none – that will change in 2006
• What are your hobbies? Travel, photography, sudoku, cooking, fine wine
• Who is your favourite musical artist? REM
• Who is your favourite author? Oscar Wilde
• Which is your favourite film? Chariots of Fire
• What is your favourite newspaper? The Times
• What is your favourite television programme? Bodyline – fortunately out on DVD now!
• What is your favourite web site? Cricinfo
• What is your favourite type of food? A traditional English Roast is still very hard to beat.
• Where is your favourite place to go on holiday? Russia, the Baltic States or Scandinavia