Brad Young (cricketer)

Bradley Evan Young (born 23 February 1973) is an Australian former cricketer. A left-arm orthodox spinner who was also an aggressive lower order right hand batsman, Young played six One Day Internationals for Australia in the 1998/99 period. Young was selected for Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, taking a hat trick against New Zealand[1] and winning a silver medal after losing to South Africa in the final.[2]

Bradley Young

Personal information
Full name	Bradley Evan Young
Born	(1973-02-23) 23 February 1973 Adelaide, South Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Role	bowler
International information
National side	Australia
ODI debut (cap 138)	18 January 1998 v South Africa
Last ODI	13 January 1999 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996/97–2002/03	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA LA Matches 6 54 65 5 Runs scored 31 2,119 660 12 Batting average 15.50 28.63 16.50 12.00 100s/50s 0/0 3/8 0/1 0/0 Top score 18 122 56 9* Balls bowled 234 13,038 2,574 108 Wickets 1 141 56 5 Bowling average 251.00 44.71 37.35 24.00 5 wickets in innings 0 5 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/26 6/85 4/4 2/37 Catches/stumpings 2/– 44/– 36/– 0/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 June 2021
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Young's final match for Australia ended after he slid into the fence trying to prevent a boundary and needed to be carried from the Sydney Cricket Ground in considerable pain after injuring his leg.

In 1998 and 2001 Young was the professional for Lancashire League team East Lancashire Cricket Club.[3]

On 12 December 2012, Young signed with the Adelaide Strikers, as a replacement for the injured Jon Holland.[4]

Young held the record of the most deliveries needed by an Australian to claim his first One Day International wicket when he took 201 deliveries before being overtaken by Glenn Maxwell in February 2013.[5]