Wil Parker | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Wil Brian Parker | ||
Date of birth | 29 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Croydon, Victoria, Australia | ||
Original team(s) | Eastern Ranges (Talent League) | ||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Collingwood | ||
Number | 45 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2024– | Collingwood | 2 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2024. |
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Geoff Parker (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20–2023/24 | Victoria (squad no. 8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21–2022/23 | Hobart Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,4 April 2023 |
Wil Brian Parker (born 29 May 2002) [1] is a professional Australian rules football player who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club,and a former domestic cricketer who played for the Victoria cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes.
Parker made his first-class debut on 14 February 2020,for Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season. [2] [3] He became the fourth-youngest cricketer to make their first-class debut for Victoria. [4] His uncle,Geoff Parker,also played first-class cricket for Victoria. [5]
In June 2020,Parker signed a professional contract with Victoria for the 2020–21 domestic season,opting to play cricket instead of Australian rules football,where he was touted as a potential early draft selection. [6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 27 December 2020,for the Hobart Hurricanes,in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season. [7] He made his List A debut on 10 March 2021,for Victoria in the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup. [8] At the end of the 2023-24 Sheffield Shield season and 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup he gave up his contract with Cricket Victoria to return to Australian rules football.
For Victoria he played 4 First-Class games,taking 6 wickets at an average of 32 and scoring 4 runs in 2 innings at an average of 2. Parker also represented Victoria in a solitary one-day match,taking 1 wicket for 44 and scoring 7 runs. In T20 cricket he played 9 games,taking 1 wicket for the cost of 185 runs and scoring 47 runs in 6 innings (with a high score of 25 against the Perth Scorchers in December 2021) at an average of 11.75.
For the 2024 AFL season,Parker signed with the Collingwood Football Club [9] as a Category B Rookie. He made his debut against Fremantle in round 11. [10]
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