Damien Fleming played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001 in an all-conquering Australian cricket team breaking Test and One-day records and winning World Cups. Damien is one of only three men to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut. 

In ODI’s, Damien was a specialist bowler in the latter overs. He was the last-over specialist in both the 1996 and 1999 World Cup Semi-Finals. In 1996 at Mohali with the West Indies needing six runs to win off five balls, he bowled Courtney Walsh for victory. In 1999 at Edgbaston, with South Africa requiring one run with four balls remaining, it took an Allan Donald brain-fade to send Australia into the final. Damien was instrumental in Australia getting over the line on both occasions. 

Following his retirement in 2003, Damien was appointed coach at the Australian Cricket Academy. It was around this time that the beginnings of his Bowlology theory began to take shape. 

In 2018, Damien joined the 7’s Network TV cricket commentary team, after working on Ch 10’s award-winning Big Bash Coverage and BT Sports Ashes coverage.  The same year, Damien also joined the SEN 1116 radio commentary team. Damien continues to be a leading commentator with both these networks.

Damien has realised a best-selling book “Bowlology – Stories from the Avenue of Apprehension” A collection of humorous stories based around his life in cricket. He also pens a column in Inside Edge magazine and a column for the Sunday Age.