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Feb 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/ill-take-that-one-tom-straker-after-surpassing-kagiso-rabadas-spell-in-u-19-wc20240209100206/|website=aninews.in|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= "I'll take that one": Tom Straker after surpassing Kagiso Rabada's spell in U-19 WC|date=9 February 2024}}</ref> This was the best figures ever recorded in a U19 World Cup semi final or final, eclipsing the 6-25 set in 2014 by [[Kagiso Rabada]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Times of India|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= Australia's Tom Straker Breaks Kagiso Rabada's U-19 World Cup Record|date=9 February 2024|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-u-19-world-cup/australias-tom-straker-breaks-kagiso-rabadas-u19-world-cup-record/amp_articleshow/107543308.cms}}</ref>
Feb 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/cricket/ill-take-that-one-tom-straker-after-surpassing-kagiso-rabadas-spell-in-u-19-wc20240209100206/|website=aninews.in|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= "I'll take that one": Tom Straker after surpassing Kagiso Rabada's spell in U-19 WC|date=9 February 2024}}</ref> This was the best figures ever recorded in a U19 World Cup semi final or final, eclipsing the 6-25 set in 2014 by [[Kagiso Rabada]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Times of India|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= Australia's Tom Straker Breaks Kagiso Rabada's U-19 World Cup Record|date=9 February 2024|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/icc-u-19-world-cup/australias-tom-straker-breaks-kagiso-rabadas-u19-world-cup-record/amp_articleshow/107543308.cms}}</ref>


He signed a professional contract with [[Queensland cricket team]] in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3971399/australia-u19-world-cup-winners-earn-queensland-bulls-contracts-vidler-straker-aitken-weibgen|website=Cricket.com.au|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= Aussie U19 world champions rewarded with Bulls contracts|date=18 April 2024}}</ref> He made his debut for [[Queensland Bulls]] on 27 September 2024 against [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]] in the [[Marsh ODI Cup]].
He signed a professional contract with [[Queensland cricket team]] in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3971399/australia-u19-world-cup-winners-earn-queensland-bulls-contracts-vidler-straker-aitken-weibgen|website=Cricket.com.au|accessdate=27 September 2024|title= Aussie U19 world champions rewarded with Bulls contracts|date=18 April 2024}}</ref> He made his debut for [[Queensland Bulls]] on 27 September 2024 against [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]] in the [[One-Day Cup (Australia)|One-Day Cup]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 12:17, 27 September 2024

Tom Straker (born 19 March 2005) is an Australian cricketer for Queensland cricket team. He is a right arm medium pace bowler and right handed batsman.[1]

Career

He made his debut for the Australia national under-19 cricket team against England U19 in January 2023.[2] He played for Australia U19 as they won the U19 World Cup, taking six wickets for 24 runs in a man-of-the-match performance in the semi-final against Pakistan U19 in February 2024.[3][4] This was the best figures ever recorded in a U19 World Cup semi final or final, eclipsing the 6-25 set in 2014 by Kagiso Rabada.[5]

He signed a professional contract with Queensland cricket team in April 2024.[6] He made his debut for Queensland Bulls on 27 September 2024 against Victoria in the One-Day Cup.

Personal life

A member of Sutherland Cricket Club, he is nicknamed 'Monster Truck'.[7]

References

  1. ^ https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/tom-straker-1356606
  2. ^ "Tom Straker: All you need to know about Australia U19 star who registered the best ever bowling figures in the ICC U19 World Cup history". mykhel.com. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Watch: Australia quick takes two in two with stump-destroying yorkers to complete U19 World Cup semi-final six-for". Wisden.com. Feb 8, 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  4. ^ ""I'll take that one": Tom Straker after surpassing Kagiso Rabada's spell in U-19 WC". aninews.in. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Australia's Tom Straker Breaks Kagiso Rabada's U-19 World Cup Record". Times of India. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Aussie U19 world champions rewarded with Bulls contracts". Cricket.com.au. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  7. ^ Cameron, Louis (7 February 2024). "'We've scared teams': Monster Truck's warning for India". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 27 September 2024.