Here is all you need to know about U-19 Australian cricket player Tom Straker including his age, career, bio, bowling speed and more
Australian pacer Tom Straker made history at the ICC Under-19 World Cup by surpassing Kagiso Rabada’s mark for most bowling figures in the tournament’s semifinal or final.
Who is Australia U19 cricketer Tom Straker, biography, age, height, bowling speed and career stats
In an exciting semi-final match, Australia narrowly defeated Pakistan thanks in large part to Straker’s superb effort. Australia restricted Pakistan to 179 thanks to Straker’s deadly spell, as the bowler achieved career-best statistics in a U19 World Cup semifinal match.
With a combination of shorter and longer deliveries, the 18-year-old right-arm bowler at Willowmoore Park claimed six wickets with impressive impact. Here is all about the risky youngster.
A record-breaking spell by Tom Straker to help Australia into the #U19WorldCup final 🔥 pic.twitter.com/zNwG05effa
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) February 8, 2024
Who is Tom Straker?
Tom Straker is an Australian cricket player for the U-19 category who we born on March 19, 2005 and is an all-rounder who is currently 18 years old but his height isn’t known. He can persistenlty bowl in the 130-140 kmph range mark.
He is a fast-medium right-arm bowler who has so far played seven One-Day Internationals, one Test match, and one Twenty20 International for Australia’s youth. He bowled for Australia’s U-19 team in one Test match in January 2023 against the England U-19 team, with respective figures of 3/58 & 1/48.
Tom took three wickets (2/32 & 1/9) in his two outings as a player in the Youth ODI against the England U-19 squad in February 2023. He also played in his first Youth T20I match, finishing with a 2/35 performance in 4 overs against England.
With 12 wickets from 5 games in the 2024 U-19 WC, Tom now shares the record for most wickets taken by Australia in this Under-19 WC season with Callum Vidler.
Meanwhile, Australia will face India at the ICC U-19 World Cup 2024. Following an exciting one-wicket victory over Pakistan in the semi-finals, Australia advanced to the final to face the Indian side.
After defeating Namibia by four wickets, the Australians crushed Zimbabwe by 225 runs and then triumphed against Sri Lanka by six wickets. Then, under the DLS technique, Australia defeated England by 110 runs in the Super Six stage. Unfortunately, rain later cancelled their match against the West Indies before overcoming Pakistan to reach the final against India.