Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia (Australia national cricket team) at international level, in both Test (Test cricket)s and One Day Internationals, and South Australia (Southern Redbacks), Yorkshire (Yorkshire County Cricket Club) and Glamorgan (Glamorgan County Cricket Club) at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler (fast bowling), but he is also a competent lower-order batsman. He made his Test debut against the West Indies (West Indies cricket team) at Sydney (Sydney Cricket Ground) in 1996 and his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka (Sri Lankan cricket team) at Colombo (Sinhalese Sports Club Ground) in the Singer World Series in 1996. On 29 February 2008, Gillespie announced his retirement from first-class cricket in Australia and has since taken up a lucrative contract with the Indian Cricket League where he plays for Ahmedabad Rockets. At the end of the 2008 English domestic season he retired from all first-class cricket.