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Full name | Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Perth, Western Australia | 22 August 2003|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batting all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut(cap 249) | 29 September 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 10 November 2024 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 111) | 7 September 2024 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 13 September 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022/23–present | Perth Scorchers (squad no. 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023/24–present | Western Australia (squad no. 8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,10 January 2025 |
Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly (born 22 August 2003) is an Australian cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. [1] He is a left-handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler,who plays for Western Australia in interstate cricket and Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. [2]
In January 2022,he was named as the captain of the Australia national under-19 cricket team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [3] The allrounder also captained the Western Australia under-17 cricket team. [4] In August 2022,he was signed by the Perth Scorchers to play for them in the 2022–23 Big Bash League season. [5] [6] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Scorchers,on 7 January 2023 against the Brisbane Heat in the 2022–23 Big Bash League. [7] He played in the final and got 25 runs off 11 balls to win the match for the Scorchers. [8]
He made his List A debut for Western Australia on 24 September 2023,against Queensland in the 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup. [9] He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 21 March 2024,against Tasmania in the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield final,scoring 90 in the first innings. [10]
On 15 July 2024,Connolly was named in Australia's T20I squad for their tour of England and Scotland to be held in September that year. [11] [12] He made his T20I debut against Scotland on September 7 and his ODI debut against England on September 29. [13] [14]
In January 2025 Connolly was included in Australia's Test squad to tour Sri Lanka. [15]
Connolly has stated that he models himself after former Australian batsman Shaun Marsh [16] [17]
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