Ben Robert Dunk (born 11 March 1987) is an Australian professional

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er who is currently playing and is the power hitting coach for the

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. Previously, he has played for Melbourne Stars in the

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, and he has also played for

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in Australian domestic cricket as a left-handed batsman. He can also play as a

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and is a capable bowler, bowling right arm off spin. He made his

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debut for Australia against South Africa on 5 November 2014.

Early career

Born in the northern Queensland town of Innisfail, Dunk moved to

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early in his career to broaden his cricketing opportunities. He participated in a specialist cricket program at Mitchelton State High School before winning a Rugby and Cricket scholarship to Brisbane Grammar School. He played for the

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in Queensland's grade cricket competition and represented Queensland in youth representative teams. He was also in the Australian squad for the 2005 World Youth Cup.

Domestic and T20 franchise career

Dunk made his debut for Queensland in December 2009, having been selected in the Twenty20 team. 2009-10 was a breakout season for Dunk, playing 9 games, highlighted by an innings of 70 not out off 40 balls. He made his

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debut for Queensland in October 2010, playing as a specialist batsman (

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retained selection as Queensland's wicket-keeper). In 2012, Dunk moved to the Tasmanian Tigers. On 18 October 2014 he scored an unbeaten 229 against Queensland in the domestic one-day competition, surpassing

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's 197 and became the first one-day double century in Australian Domestic cricket. Dunk has been the top run-scorer in a

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season twice and has played for four of the eight franchises, most recently for the Melbourne Stars. In the

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he has played for both

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and

and in the Indian Premier League for

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. In July 2020, he was named in the

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squad for the

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. In January- February 2022, Ben Dunk again played for Lahore Qalandars, but then got offered the position as power-hitting coach.

References

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