Rhett Lockyear
Rhett John Gaven Lockyear (born 28 February 1983) is an Australian former professional cricket player, who played for the Sydney Thunder and the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club.
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| Full name | Rhett John Gaven Lockyear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 February 1983 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004/05–2011/12 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12 | Hobart Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13 | Sydney Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 29 November 2004 Tasmania v Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 10 March 2010 Tasmania v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 25 January 2006 Tasmania v New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 22 December 2010 Tasmania v Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhett is a right-handed middle order batsman who has recurentely been performing consistently for club side University. He has had limited opportunities to establish himself in the Tiger's line-up.
On 18–20 November 2007, he assisted the Australian national side as a 12th man during the Hobart Test against Sri Lanka. In the first innings, he was involved in the run out of Farveez Maharoof and caught Michael Vandort off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson. In the second innings he was involved in the run out of Dilhara Fernando.
In October 2011 he was a member of the Australian squad at the 2011 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes tournament.[1] In the opening game against Ireland, he captained the team and retired not out on 31 runs.[2]
References
- Tassie tonkers off to Honkers
- Game 1 Scorecard Archived 6 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine