Will Sutherland (born 27 October 1999) is an Australian

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er. He made his List A debut for

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against

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during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017. In July 2017, he took a multi-year deal with

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, rather than playing in the

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. He attended Scotch College and he is the son of James Sutherland, the former CEO of

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. In December 2017, he was named as the vice captain of Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In March 2018, he won the Commonwealth Bank Future Star Award at

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awards ceremony. He made his

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debut for

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in the 2018–19 Big Bash League season on 20 December 2018. In only his second game of the

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, Sutherland was Man of the Match with the bowling figures of 2/43 and followed up by making his maiden List- A half century scoring 54 runs guiding his team to a 1 run victory. He made his first-class debut on 12 November 2019, for

in the

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. In February 2020, in the round eight match against

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, Sutherland took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, with 5/34. A year later, Sutherland was named the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year at the 2021 Australian Cricket Awards.

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