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What nationality is Usman Khawaja?
Australian
Pakistani
Usman Khawaja/Nationality
Who is youngest cricketer in Australia?
Making his Test debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Craig became, at the age of 17 years and 239 days, the youngest ever Australian to play Test cricket.
How did Usman Khawaja get to Australia?
Khawaja played his first test in 2011 against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground and since then has become a leading light in the Australian Test Team. Born in Pakistan, Usman moved to Australia with his family as a young boy and grew up in Sydney.
What is the age of Shafali Verma?
17 years (January 28, 2004)
Shafali Verma/Age
Where is Adil Rashid born?
February 17, 1988 (age 33 years), Bradford, United Kingdom
Adil Rashid/Born
What happened to Khawaja?
In April 2019, he was named in Australia’s squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In Australia’s final group-stage match, against South Africa, Khawaja picked up a hamstring injury, ruling him out of the rest of the tournament.
Who was the first South Australian cricketer to represent Australia?
South Australia is an Australian state, it has produced cricketers that have represented Australia in all forms of the game— Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). George Giffen became the first South Australian to represent the national side when he played in the first Test of England’s 1881–82 tour of Australia.
How many English-born cricketers have played for Australia?
They were the English-born quartet of Charles Bannerman, John Hodges, Tom Kendall and William Midwinter, along with Tom Horan (Ireland) and Bransby Cooper (India). Overall there have been eleven English-born cricketers to play Test cricket for Australia. Below is a list of 25 Australian Test cricketers born overseas.
Who are the cricketers who switched allegiance from Australia to England?
Four other Test cricketers switched allegiance from Australia to England in the late-19th century: Billy Murdoch, J. J. Ferris, Sammy Woods and Albert Trott. Both Frank Hearne and Frank Mitchell started their international careers playing for England but went on to play for the South African Test team.
Who was the first cricketer to play for two nations?
Billy Midwinter was the first cricketer to play for two nations during his career, playing two Test matches for Australia in 1877 before appearing for England in four Tests in 1881-82. Within a year he was representing Australia once again.