Moisés Constantino Henriques ( ; born 1 February 1987) is an Australian international

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er who plays for

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and the

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. An

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, he is the first cricketer born in

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to play for Australia in an international match.

Under-19s career

At 16 years of age, Henriques was selected for the

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's squad for the

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, where he took 11 wickets at 19.27 and scored 95 runs at 19.00. In September 2005, Henriques was named in Australia's U-19 squad to tour India for a One Day series against the Indian U-19 cricket team. Whilst Australia lost the series, Henriques was a stand out. He scored 132 runs at an average of 44.00 and claimed 8 wickets at 18.25. Henriques was named captain of the Australian U-19 team for the

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, and performed to great acclaim as he led the Australians to a semi-final berth. He was a stand out player of the tournament, scoring 150 runs at 37.50 and finished as the World Cup's leading wicket-taker, claiming 16 wickets at 10.52 in 5 matches. During his time in the Australian U-19 team, he played 17 matches, taking 35 wickets at 15.08 and scored 377 runs at an average of 31.41. At the time he aged out of Under-19 cricket in 2006, Henriques was the leading wicket taker in the history of the

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with 27 wickets.

Domestic career

On 2 January 2006, Henriques made his

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debut for New South Wales against Victoria. He bowled 8 overs for 46 runs in a narrow New South Wales victory. His appearance, at only 18 years of age, made him the youngest ever List A debutant for New South Wales. Six days later, Henriques made his

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debut, but did not bat or bowl in that match. He made his first-class debut against

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at the

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on 17 October 2006. Only a week after this match, Henriques took 5/17 against

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with fast bowling. In doing so, he became the youngest New South Wales cricketer to take 5 wickets in a first-class innings since

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However, due to injury, this was the last first-class game Henriques played for over a year. He was signed by the

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franchise for $300,000 to play in the

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during the 2009 season. In 2010, he was traded to the Delhi Daredevils in exchange for Manoj Tiwary. In 2012 he played part of the English season for Glamorgan. In September of the same year he scored his first first-class century, 161 not out off 229 balls against Tasmania at Bankstown. In June 2015, while playing for

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in a

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game against Sussex Sharks at

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, Henriques collided with teammate Rory Burns while attempting to take a catch. Both players were knocked unconscious from the collision and Henriques suffered a broken jaw. Ambulances and medical staff treated the players on-field before taking them both to hospital. The game was abandoned due to the injuries.

T20 franchise career

Moises Henriques used to play for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 4, but was ruled out of the squad because of adductor muscle injury. He was released from his contract with the

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team for IPL and was later picked up by

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in the player auction 2013 for the IPL-6. After some good time with Sunrisers Hyderabad from 2014 to 2017, in December 2018, he was bought by the Kings XI Punjab in the player auction for the

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. But he couldn't feature in the IPL 2019 due to an ankle injury and was later released by Kings XI Punjab before IPL 2020. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. He was released by the Kings XI Punjab ahead of the 2020 IPL auction. In February 2021, Henriques was bought by the Punjab Kings in the IPL auction ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League. In the

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, Henriques captained

to consecutive title victories in 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. He was also a part of the winning squad in the inaugural BBL final in 2011-12, where he scored 70(41) in the final.

International career

Henriques made his full international debut in a

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against

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on 15 February 2009, but he was run out for only 1 run. In October, Henriques was called up, after injuries to

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and James Hopes, during Australia's tour of India. James Hopes had injured his hamstring. Ironically, soon after Henriques played in Hopes' place, he too injured his hamstring. In 2013, Henriques was selected in Australia's Test cricket team during the tour of India making his test debut and then scored his maiden half- century with 68 runs in the 1st innings of the 1st test backing it up with 81 not out in the 2nd innings. In 2017, he got back into the Australian squad for a trip to

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for the

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which was eventually won by

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. After a long three years gap from international cricket, Henriques returned to the national side for Australia's series against India in 2020. He also got a first test call up after four years against India in 2020.

Personal life

The son of former Portuguese professional footballer, Álvaro, Henriques was born in

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, Portugal, before moving to Australia with his family at the age of one.Ronaldo's old neighbour to become NSW's youngest one-day debutant
Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2007 He graduated from Endeavour Sports High School in 2004, yet while attending high school he represented

and Australia at Under 17 and Under 19 level. In 2004 he was the recipient of the first Rexona Australian Youth Cricket Scholarship, an initiative backed by

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. In 2018, Henriques revealed he was suffering from depression and stepped down as captain of New South Wales. Henriques married long-term partner, radio presenter Krista Thomas in 2018 and they had a son, Archie, born in 2020.Huge congratulations to our skipper Moises Henriques and his wife Krista on the birth of their beautiful baby boy Archie!
Facebook. Retrieved 18 December 2024 They are currently separated.Sophie Walsh dating Moises Henriques in cricket romance
news.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2024 Henriques is currently dating ''Nine News'' presenter

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Playing style

A genuine all-rounder, Henriques states that he "couldn't choose" between batting and bowling as his preferred art.Moises Henriques Profile
ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2006. Despite this, some have commented that his bowling is slightly better than his batting.
Sydney Mornin Herald. Retrieved 12 December 2007 As a right-handed batsman, Henriques bats in the middle to lower order, and as a right-arm medium-fast bowler he generally opens the attack. His style has been compared to Australian

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, but Henriques looks to

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n all-rounder

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as a source of inspiration.

Career best performances

References

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