Zak Evans | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Zak Kai Evans | ||
Nickname(s) | Cherry [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria | ||
Draft | Category B rookie | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Gold Coast | ||
Number | 36 | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2025– | Gold Coast | 0 (0) | |
Source: AustralianFootball.com |
Zak Evans (born 26 March 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played first-class and List A cricket for Victoria, and played in the Big Bash League for the Melbourne Renegades. [2]
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/2019– | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018/2019– | Melbourne Renegades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,4 October 2021 |
Evans made his Twenty20 debut on 27 January 2020,for the Melbourne Renegades in the 2019–20 Big Bash League season. [3] Prior to his T20 debut,he was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [4] He made his first-class debut on 30 October 2020,for Victoria in the 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season. [5] He made his List A debut on 15 January 2021,for Victoria in the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup. [6]
Evans was delisted from Victoria's contract list ahead of the 2023-24 season. [7] Evans spent the winter playing club cricket in Essex in the hope of pushing for more Sheffield Shield opportunities the following season despite the loss of his contract, [8] however these opportunities were not forthcoming.
Following the end of his professional cricket career,Evans was signed by the Gold Coast Suns as a Category B rookie to play in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the 2025 season. [9] Evans had played junior football before committing to pursuing a career in cricket,with his last competitive football match being in 2018 while playing for Xavier College.