Tom Straker (born 19 March 2005) is an Australian cricketer for

Queensland cricket team The Queensland cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments: *Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926–27 sea ...

. He is a right arm medium pace bowler and right handed batsman.

Career

He made his debut for the

Australia national under-19 cricket team The Australian Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1978. Former captains include Stuart Law, Damien Martyn, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz and Cameron White who have all gone on to play international cricket ...

against England U19 in January 2023. He was selected to tour England with the Australia U19 side in July 2023. He was a member of the NSW Metro side that won the Australian national U19 title in December 2023. He played for Australia U19 as they won the

2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2024 ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international limited-overs cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka in 2024. It is the fifteenth edition of the tournament and the third to be held in Sri Lanka, after 2000 a ...

, taking six wickets for 24 runs in a man-of-the-match performance in the semi-final against Pakistan U19 in February 2024. This was the best figures ever recorded in a U19 World Cup semi final or final, eclipsing the 6-25 set in 2014 by Kagiso Rabada. He signed a rookie contract with

in April 2024. He made his debut for Queensland Bulls on 25 September 2024 against Tasmania Tigers in the One-Day Cup.

Personal life

A member of Sutherland Cricket Club, he is nicknamed 'Monster Truck'.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Straker, Tom 2005 births Cricketers from Sydney Living people Queensland cricketers