Scott Oliver Henry (born 14 February 1989, in

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) was an Australian

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er who played for

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and

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. A left-handed batsman, he made his first class debut playing for

against

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in October 2011. Henry scored an unbeaten double century against the touring Sri Lanka's in 2012 and hit a half century on his Ryobi cup debut against

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at the WACA in Perth. He played regularly including every game of the 2014–15

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season but was cut from the squad following the signing of test cricketer

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. Following a move to Queensland, he scored a century on debut in October 2015. It was his maiden first class century and came against Victoria at the

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. He completed an ACA internship programme at Queensland cricket in the commercial and marketing team. He took up a position as Operations Manager at

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in January 2018. He played one game for the

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in December 2012 during 2012–13

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season, scoring 6 runs before being

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. He then signed to play for the

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in the Big Bash League for 2014–15 season, but did not play any more T20 games.

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* 1989 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales New South Wales cricketers Melbourne Stars cricketers Australian cricketers People from Mudgee Cricketers from New South Wales {{Australia-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

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