Michael Scott Kasprowicz (born 10 February 1972) is a former Australian international cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a right arm fast bowler. He represented Queensland and played in the English county scene at first class level.

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Michael Kasprowicz

Personal information
Full name	Michael Scott Kasprowicz
Born	(1972-02-10) 10 February 1972 (age 52) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	Kasper[1]
Height	194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (1996–2006)
Test debut (cap 369)	22 November 1996 v West Indies
Last Test	4 April 2006 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 125)	19 December 1995 v West Indies
Last ODI	12 July 2005 v England
T20I debut (cap 5)	17 February 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	13 June 2005 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1989/90–2007/08	Queensland
1994	Essex
1999	Leicestershire
2002–2004	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 38 43 237 220 Runs scored 445 74 4,342 955 Batting average 10.59 18.50 17.72 14.46 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/11 0/0 Top score 25 28* 92 40 Balls bowled 7,140 2,225 48,552 10,790 Wickets 113 67 944 293 Bowling average 32.88 24.98 26.52 26.51 5 wickets in innings 4 2 51 3 10 wickets in match 0 0 6 0 Best bowling 7/36 5/45 9/36 5/45 Catches/stumpings 16/– 13/– 95/– 47/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 September 2017
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

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A past student of Brisbane State High School, Kasprowicz is the older brother of former professional rugby union player Simon Kasprowicz.^[2] He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Queensland.^[3][4] Kasprowicz is also a father to three children.

Kasprowicz made his debut for Queensland as a seventeen-year-old in the 1989/90 domestic season. He was an AIS Australian Cricket Academy scholarship holder in 1990/91.^[5]

In 1991, Kasprowicz played for the Australian Under-19 team which was captained by Damien Martyn.^[2] In the 1991/92 season, Kasprowicz became the youngest Australian to take 50 first-class wickets.^[2]

Kasprowicz represented Mumbai Champs in the Indian Cricket League. Kasprowicz's name was not added to the list of national contract awardees announced by the ACB on 1 May 2007.^[6]

His solid performances for Queensland earned him a Test debut against West Indies in his native Brisbane in November 1996. However, he would go through his first two Test matches for Australia wicketless.

Kasprowicz played in all the Tests on the tours of Sri Lanka and India in 2004, which were won 3–0 and 2–1. After being in and out of the side since his debut, Kasprowicz returned in 2004 to hold down a regular spot ahead of Brett Lee.

In the 2005 Ashes, Kasprowicz almost pulled off an escape for the Australian team in the second test at Edgbaston. On the final day England needed one last wicket with Kasprowicz and Brett Lee at the crease. However the two batsmen had edged Australia to within two runs of England. But then Kasprowicz gloved a Steve Harmison ball to Geraint Jones and England won. Though TV replays showed the dismissal should not have been given as Kasprowicz took his lower hand off the bat before ball hit glove.^[7] After the 2005 Ashes loss to England, Kasprowicz was dropped from the Australian team and his Cricket Australia contract was not extended. However, he had a successful 2005/06 domestic season with Queensland, taking 44 wickets. This effort earned him a tenth recall to the national side to replace Glenn McGrath as Brett Lee's new ball partner.

On 8 February 2008 he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket effective 16 February.^[8] Kasprowicz's best Test batting score of 25 was made against India, Kolkata, 1997–1998. His best Test bowling figures of 7 for 36 came against England, The Oval, 1997. Kasprowicz's best ODI Batting score of 28 not out was made against England, Lord's, 1997. His best ODI bowling figures of 5 for 45 came against Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2003–2004.

Kasprowicz has been a director at Cricket Australia since 2011, although he briefly resigned from that position in 2016 to serve as interim CEO of Queensland Cricket.^[3]