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Born | Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia [1] | 29 April 2000|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Steve Nikitaras (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | New South Wales (squad no. 45) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2022/23–present | Sydney Thunder (squad no. 47) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,21 February 2024 |
Blake Nikitaras (born 29 April 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed batsman. He is the son of former international cricketer Steve Nikitaras. [2]
Nikitaras is from Oak Flats in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. He plays for St George Cricket Club in NSW Premier Cricket. [3]
Ahead of the 2020-21 season Nikitaras injured his anterior cruciate ligament playing a friendly game of basketball and missed the majority of the season instead rehabbing for months at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. [4]
In March 2022 Nikitaras made his first-class debut for New South Wales scoring 44 and 56 against the South Australia cricket team in the Sheffield Shield. [5] This earned him a rookie deal with NSW for the 2022-23 season. [6] [7]
In December 2022 Nikitaras was given a contract for the Big Bash League with Sydney Thunder. [8] [9]
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