Luke Ronchi

Who is Luke Ronchi?

Luke Ronchi is a professional cricketer currently contracted to Wellington in New Zealand domestic cricket, having played international cricket for both the Australian and New Zealand national cricket teams. Born in Dannevirke in the Manawatu-Wanganui region of New Zealand, Ronchi emigrated to Perth, Western Australia, with his family at an early age. A wicket-keeper, he debuted for Western Australia in January 2002 at the 2001–02 ING Cup. After a period as second-choice wicket-keeper behind Ryan Campbell, Ronchi became Western Australia's first-choice keeper after Campbell's retirement in 2006. For a period of time between 2007 and 2009, he served as Australia's second-choice keeper behind Brad Haddin, and played several matches for Australia A.

After Haddin broke his finger during the national team's 2008 tour of the West Indies, Ronchi played one Twenty20 International and four One-Day International matches, and later played two further Twenty20 International matches against the touring South African team in 2009. In Twenty20 cricket, Ronchi represented the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League at the 2008 and 2009 tournaments.