Aaron Mark Hardie (born 7 January 1999) is an Australian

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er who plays for

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and Perth Scorchers.

Domestic career

In January 2018, he was added to Australia's squad for the

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, but was later ruled out of the tournament due to injury. In November 2018, he played for the

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team in a four-day match against India at the

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. During the match, he took the wicket of India's captain

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, finishing with figures of four wickets for 50 runs in the first innings, and scored 86 runs while batting. Hardie described the experience as being "a bit surreal". He made his

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debut for the Perth Scorchers in the

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on 9 January 2019. He bowled one over, conceding thirteen runs, and did not bat, with the Perth Scorchers winning by six wickets. He made his first-class debut for

in the

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on 20 March 2019. He made his

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debut on 23 October 2019, for Western Australia in the

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. In March 2020, in round nine of the

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, Hardie scored his maiden century in first-class cricket. In April 2022, in the final of the

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, Hardie scored 174

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, with Western Australia going on to win the tournament. In June 2022, Hardie was signed by

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to play in the

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and

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in England.

International career

In August 2023 Hardie was called up to the

squad for the T20I series against

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. He was also called up to the squad for the ODI series against South Africa. On 30 August 2023 Hardie made his

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debut for Australia against South Africa in the first match of the three match T20I series. On 9 September 2023 Hardie made his ODI debut for Australia against South Africa in the second match of the five match series.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hardie, Aaron 1999 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricket Australia XI cricketers Perth Scorchers cricketers Western Australia cricketers Surrey cricketers Sportspeople from Bournemouth Cricketers from Dorset Australia Twenty20 International cricketers Australia One Day International cricketers