Justin Avendano

Justin Avendano (born 11 August 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has represented the Sydney Sixers and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.[1][2][3][4]

Justin Avendano
Personal information
Full name
Justin Avendano
Born (1993-08-11) 11 August 1993
NicknameAvocado
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018/19–2020/21Sydney Sixers (squad no. 32)
2021/22Melbourne Stars
Career statistics
Competition T20
Matches 19
Runs scored 251
Batting average 14.76
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 52
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 January 2022

Avendano plays club cricket for North Sydney and for the Cricket NSW High Performance Transition Academy squad. In 2012 featured on the FOX Sports reality show Cricket Superstar.[5] Avendano is a big hitting batsman and in a Sydney Sixers Academy match in November 2018 against Auckland at the Hurtsville Oval, his innings of 122 from 63 balls included hitting the maximum 6 sixes in one single 6-ball over. Avendano also hit a century opening the batting in a development game for the Sixers Academy against the Lahore Qalanders at the Blacktown International Sports Park in October 2017.[6][7][8][9]

He made his Twenty20 debut for Sydney Sixers in the 2018–19 Big Bash League season on 1 January 2019.[10]

In January 2022, Avendano was called up into the Melbourne Stars squad for the 2021–22 Big Bash after several members of the original squad became unavailable due to illness.[4]

References
  1. "Two more signings for Sixers". bigbash.com.au.
  2. "Big Bash 2018–19 Squads: Teams, team news". www.thecricketer.com.
  3. "Big Bash League 2018/19: Player movements for each club - Sporting News". www.sportingnews.com.
  4. Malcolm, Alex (2 January 2022). "Stars-Scorchers clash to go ahead despite more Covid-19 cases". ESPNCricInfo. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  5. "Cricket Superstar reveals top 15". TV Tonight. 8 December 2011.
  6. "Sixers sign exciting young duo for BBLI08". Sydney Sixers.
  7. "Avendano falls five short of century". Cricket NSW.
  8. "Auckland A split victories on first day of Quin Series". 5 November 2018.
  9. "Sixers Academy notches win over Lahore Qalandars". Sydney Sixers. Archived from the original on 5 April 2019.
  10. "15th Match, Big Bash League at Carrara, Jan 1 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2019.


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