Sam Fanning
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| Full name | Samuel Thomas Fanning | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 October 2000 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 November 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Samuel Thomas Fanning (born 20 October 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for the Western Australia cricket team. He made his first-class debut against New South Wales in the 2022–23 Sheffield Shield. He has also represented the Australian under-19 team in both Test and ODI cricket.
Career
Fanning represented Australia at the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[1] In the quarter-final against India he top-scored for Australia with 75 runs, but received two demerit points from the ICC for elbowing Akash Singh during the match.[2][3] He also faced criticism along with some of his teammates for inappropriate comments made on social media during the tournament that appeared to mock non-native English speakers, with a Cricket Australia statement labelling the comments as "having no place in society".[4]
Fanning plays for Perth in Western Australian Premier Cricket and had a breakout season in 2021–22, scoring more First Grade runs than any other batter,[5] and scoring over 1000 runs for the season across all competitions by mid-January.[6] His performance in grade cricket earned a call-up to his state side for the first match of the 2022–23 Sheffield Shield in which he scored a gritty 32 from 161 balls.[7]
Shortly after his first-class debut Fanning played two T20 matches for Western Australia against a touring Indian side as part of the Indian warm-ups for the 2022 T20 World Cup. In the first of these matches Fanning gained attention for scoring a half-century after coming in with his team 4 wickets down for just 12 runs.[8]
References
- ^ Middleton, Dave. "Next generation: Australia reveal U19 World Cup squad". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ Tiwari, Ajay. "U19 World Cup: Australia's Sam Fanning punished by ICC for elbowing Akash Singh in quarter-final". India Today. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Sam Fanning receives two demerit points for breaching ICC Code of Conduct". ICC Cricket. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "CA to consider sanctioning U-19 players for controversial Instagram comments". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Batting Averages and Aggregates". WA Premier Cricket. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ McArdle, Jordan. "WA rookie Sam Fanning reaches 1000 runs for the summer after back-to-back centuries for Perth Cricket Club". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Western Australia's Teague Wyllie the youngest Sheffield Shield centurion in three decades, with 104 against NSW". ABC News. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ McArdle, Jordan. "India beat WA by 13 runs despite stunning Sam Fanning knock at packed WACA ground". The West Australian. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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