Drew Nathan Porter (born 7 September 1985) is an Australian former cricketer. The son of

Graeme Porter Graeme David Porter (born 18 March 1955) is a former Australia national cricket team, Australian international cricketer. He played in two 1979 Cricket World Cup matches in England as a medium pace bowler taking three wickets at an average of ...

, who played

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cricket for

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, Porter was educated at Leeming Primary School and

Kent Street Senior High School Kent Street Senior High School is a public co-educational specialist high day and boarding school in the Town of Victoria Park, located on Kent Street in East Victoria Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Over 50 percent of students a ...

. He played cricket from an early age, representing Western Australia at schoolboy, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19, and was named in the Australian Cricket Board's Under-17 development squad in 2003. He played cricket in England in

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, playing for Bashley (Rydal) in the

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and Second XI matches for Hampshire.Second Eleven Championship matches played by Drew Porter
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 October 2011. Porter made his first-class debut for Western Australia against Queensland in January 2009, making 18 not out and taking one wicket. He has played three further first-class matches, as well as three

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and one Twenty20 match. He also plays grade cricket for Melville in the

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competition.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Drew 1985 births Australian cricketers People educated at Kent Street Senior High School Western Australia cricketers Living people Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia