Trent Kelly (cricketer)

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Trent Peter Kelly (born 24 March 1984 in Henley Beach) is a former Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for South Australia and Western Australia. [1] In Adelaide, his grade cricket club was the Western Eagles. [2] [3]

Kelly was a right-arm paceman and right-handed batsman who played eight matches of first-class cricket between 2004 and 2011 and seven List A matches between 2002 and 2008. [4] He retired in October 2015. [5] Kelly was an assistant coach for the South Australian under-19 team at the 2014–15 Under 19 National Championships. [6]

Since his retirement from playing, Kelly has worked as a groundsman in Adelaide. He supervised the preparation of the pitches used for the opening rounds of the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season. [7]

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