Samuel Daly Heazlett (born 12 September 1995) is an Australian

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er who plays for

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in Australian domestic cricket and the

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in the

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. He made his state-level debut for Queensland in November 2015, and despite his inexperienced was fast-tracked into the

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for a

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(ODI) debut in January 2017. As of December 2022, he has not played another match for Australia.

Domestic career

Heazlett made his first-class debut on 6 November 2015 in the 2015–16 Sheffield Shield, scoring a century against

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. On 29 December 2015 he made his

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debut for the

in the 2015–16 Big Bash League. At the end of the 2015–16 season, he was included in Australia's second-level team, Australia A, who played matches against

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and South Africa A in the 2016 winter. Heazlett made his

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debut during this winter, playing for the National Performance Squad.

ODI debut

Heazlett was fast-tracked into the

in January 2017 despite having very limited experience in state cricket. Heazlett suffered a thigh strain that ruled him out of playing for Queensland in the

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, meaning at the end of 2016 he still had not played a one-day match for his state team. Regardless, he was added to Australia's

(ODI) squad as a replacement for the injured

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for their series against New Zealand. Heazlett was told the day before the first ODI that he would not be in the playing XI for that game, but when wicket-keeper

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was ruled out of the first ODI due to a

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, Heazlett became a last-minute replacement. As a result, he made his ODI debut for Australia against New Zealand on 30 January 2017. He only scored 4 runs, and did not play for the rest of the series. Former Australian fast bowler

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criticized Heazlett's selection, saying, "You've got a lot of guys running around playing first-class cricket and you go, 'Hang on, why are they not getting an opportunity?' But the selectors have obviously seen someone and thought, 'Well this guy's a player of the future, let's get him into the series'. But I'm a bit uncomfortable with that."

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