Theo Doropoulos
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| Full name | Theo Paul Doropoulos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1985 Subiaco, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Zoolander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006/07–2009/10 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Theo Paul Doropoulos (born 25 April 1985) is an Australian journalist and former Australian cricketer of Greek origin. He played for South Australia, Western Australia and Wellington.
Career
[edit]Doropoulos represented Australia at under-19 level, Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19 and played for South Shields Cricket Club in the English North East Premier League.[1] He played as a right-handed batsman and bowled right-arm fast-medium. He made his Twenty20 debut for Western Australia in January 2007 and his first-class cricket and List A cricket debuts in November 2007.
Doropoulos previously held the record for the highest score in an under-19 One Day International, scoring 179 not out against England in 2003.[2][3]
Doropoulos’s most noticeable moment came during a test match between Australia and the West Indies at the WACA Ground in 2009 when after Nathan Hauritz went down with during the West Indies second innings with Doropoulos becoming a substitute fielder in his place. Doropoulos upon his introduction dropped a catch from Sulieman Benn of the bowling of Clint McKay but soon after took a redeeming catch, this time of his WA teammate Mitchell Johnson’s bowling to remove Benn. Doropoulos was mistaken in several times by commentators most notably Michael Slater who said it was Marcus Stoinis who took the catch.[4]
In June 2011, after being dropped from Western Australia's squad, Doropoulos signed with South Australia.[5] He also played 3 matches for the Adelaide Stikers in the Big Bash League.
Media career
[edit]After not being offered a contract by South Australia in 2012, Doropoulos started working in the media working as sports reporter for the Seven Network in Adelaide on Seven News Adelaide where he focused mainly the AFL football while also reporting on his former sport cricket.[6]
In 2024, he moved to Melbourne where he worked in a similar role on Seven News Melbourne, he has also appeared on the station cricket coverage as a boundary commentator a similar role he done on Triple M’s AFL coverage.
References
[edit]- ^ Marshall, Jeff; Newcastle win has Shields in a spin; The Shields Gazette; 2007-06-11
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Records | Under-19s Youth One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in an innings | ESPNcricinfo.com". Stats.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- ^ "The day I accidentally played for cricket for Australia". 6PR. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ South Australia sign Doropoulos – ESPNCricinfo. Published June 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ "South Australia cull six from contract list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2024.