Burt Thomas Cockley (born 3 April 1986) is an Australian
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er who has played for
New South Wales and
Western Australia. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler.
Born and raised in
Newcastle New South Wales, Cockley attended school at Callaghan College. As a young cricketer he played for the Waratah-Mayfield District Cricket Club. At the age of 17 he made his First Grade debut for Waratah-Mayfield. After being selected in the NSW Country Colts and NSW Country sides, Cockley moved to Sydney to play for
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan compe ...
in the
Sydney Grade Cricket Competition.
After only one season in Sydney, Cockley was picked for the NSW State side. He debuted in First Class cricket for NSW against Tasmania at Hobart in the 2007–08 season. In February 2009 he was selected by the
Kings XI Punjab franchise of the
Indian Premier League for the 2009 season and in November 2009 he was added to Australia's injury-ravaged squad in India, as a replacement for
Peter Siddle. The last match of the tour which he was called up for was cancelled due to monsoon weather.
Upon returning home from the ODI tour of India, Cockley was struck down with a stress fracture in his back while playing against Western Australia and ruled out for the following 5 months. Upon his return through grade cricket with his grade club, Randwick Petersham DCC, he ruptured his ACL in his front leg while bowling a bouncer. Complication ensued with staph infection in his knee which required the hamstring graft to be removed. 10 weeks later a new graft was inserted into his knee once the infection and knee had settled down following the complications.
Cockley returned to playing after 10 months of rehab and managed to finish out the remainder of the 2011–12 season with NSW 2nd XI. He moved to Western Australia in 2012 and played his first matches for the state team early in 2013. Cockley tore his meniscus in the same troubled knee while playing against England in a tour game for Western Australia which required surgery. Cockley came off contract at the end of the 2013–14 season.
Cockley now resides in Dallas, Texas. Cockley completed his master's of sports science degree from the University of Kansas and working as the Head of Physical Performance at USA Cricket.
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1986 births
Australian cricketers
Punjab Kings cricketers
Australian expatriate cricketers in India
Living people
New South Wales cricketers
Perth Scorchers cricketers
Cricketers from Newcastle, New South Wales
Western Australia cricketers