Christopher Desmond Hartley (born 24 May 1982) is an Australian

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er who played for

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in Australian domestic cricket between 2002 and 2016. He was the team's first-choice

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and won two

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titles with the team. Hartley was born at

Nambour, Queensland Nambour is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nambour had a population of 11,187 people. Geography Nambour is north of the state capital, Brisbane. The town lies in the sub ...

and educated at

Brisbane Boys' College (Let Honour Stainless Be) , established = 1902 , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding , denomination = Presbyterian and Uniting Church , slogan = , headmaster = André Casson , city = Toowong , state = Queensland , country ...

where he was College Captain in 1999. He played as a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and became the first from his state since

Matthew Hayden Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed batting order (cricket)#opening batsman, opening batsm ...

to score a debut

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, making 103 against South Australia in 2003–04. On 21 September 2005, he took part in Australia A's tour of Pakistan. He was part of Queensland's Pura Cup winning side for 2005–06 and took seven catches in the final to finish with a tally for the season of 53 dismissals. Hartley was announced

player of the 2009–10 season on 15 March 2010 in the week preceding the Shield Final. In the 2014–15 Big Bash League season, Hartley represented

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. In 2016, he took his 500th Sheffield Shield catch, the first wicket-keeper to do so. In February 2017 he equalled

Darren Berry Darren Shane Berry (born 10 December 1969) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who was known for his sharp skills as a wicketkeeper, first with South Australia and then Victoria in the Sheffield Shield and ING Cup domestic compe ...

's record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the Sheffield Shield, when he took his 546th dismissal. Later that month, he played in his 100th consecutive Sheffield Shield match. However, shortly after that he broke a finger, meaning he missed his first Sheffield Shield match since October 2007. In March 2017, he announced his retirement from domestic cricket, following the conclusion of the

2016–17 Sheffield Shield season The 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season was the 115th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Australia. It started on 25 October 2016 and finished on 30 March 2017. There was a break between December and J ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartley, Chris 1982 births Living people Australian cricketers Queensland cricketers People from Nambour, Queensland People educated at Brisbane Boys' College Brisbane Heat cricketers People educated at Strathallan School Cricketers from Queensland Sydney Thunder cricketers Queensland cricket captains Wicket-keepers