Trent Copeland

Trent Copeland
Personal information
Full name Trent Aaron Copeland
Born (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Nickname Copes
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 420) 31 August 2011 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 16 September 2011 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010– New South Wales
2012 Sydney Thunder
2013 Northamptonshire
2013– Sydney Sixers (squad no. 9)
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA T20
Matches 3 80 29 3
Runs scored 39 1,645 111 1
Batting average 13.00 18.69 12.33 1.00
100s/50s 0/0 1/6 0/0 0/0
Top score 23* 106 23 1
Balls bowled 648 18,597 1,489 30
Wickets 6 297 41 0
Bowling average 37.83 26.16 31.29 –
5 wickets in innings 0 16 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 3 n/a n/a
Best bowling 2/24 8/92 5/32 –
Catches/stumpings 2/- 73/– 8/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 March 2018

Trent Aaron Copeland (born 14 March 1986) is an Australian cricket player. He is a right-arm fast bowler who currently plays first-class cricket for New South Wales.[1] He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka in August 2011.

Cricket

Originally from Bathurst, Trent Copeland began his career as a wicketkeeper at St George cricket club.[2] In a third grade game, with the front line bowlers exhausted, St George turned to Copeland needing 4 wickets for a win, with the close of play 10 minutes away. Copeland bowled magnificently, taking an astonishing 4/1 from 2 overs. Copeland quickly came up through the ranks of St George, and was the second highest wicket-taker with 61 at 16.62 in the Sydney Grade competition in 2008–09.

He made his first class debut for NSW against Queensland at the SCG on 27 January 2010 and took a remarkable 8/92 in the first innings. It was the second-best figures in a maiden first-class fixture for New South Wales.[3] Copeland took an impressive 35 wickets at 17.57 in a remarkable, debut Sheffield Shield season. Despite playing just 5 games he was the third highest wicket taker behind only Ben Cutting and Peter George who both played the full 10 games – twice as many as Copeland. He was named in the ACA four-day team of the year two seasons in a row 2009/10 and 2010/11.[4] Copeland replaced Doug Bollinger in the Sydney Thunder Big Bash squad, and his stocks continued to rise.[5]

Copeland won the Allan Border Medal – Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 2010. He was also recently named in the Australia A four-day and one-day squads to tour Zimbabwe in July 2011, and was subsequently named in the Test squad to tour Sri Lanka in August 2011.[6]

Copeland made his Test debut for Australia in Galle, Sri Lanka, where he picked up the wicket of Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, whose wicket he would claim twice more in 5 innings. He scored a vital 23* in the second innings of his debut Test, achieving the fourth-highest score in the innings.

Other achievements

Aside from his cricketing career, Copeland also represented the Australian College of Physical Education, often being selected for the highly competitive Australian University Games team. Trent represented ACPE at baseball and touch football, and is a scratch golfer.[7]

Personal life

Copeland is married to Australian Diamonds and Sydney Giants netballer, Kimberlee Green.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Trent Copeland | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo.com.
  2. ↑ Sangster, Tom (3 September 2011). "Four balls changed Australian fast bowler Trent Copeland from bowling obscurity to feared quick". Dailytelegraph.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Copeland shines with 10 but Cutting delivers points | New South Wales v Queensland, Sheffield Shield, 2nd day, Sydney Report". Cricinfo.com.
  4. ↑ "Chris Hartley wins top Sheffield Shield award". Cricinfo.com.
  5. ↑ "Trent Copeland joins the Sydney Thunder". Sydneythunder.com.au. 6 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Nathan Lyon named in Australia Test squad for Sri Lanka". BBC Sport. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Netball NSW". Netball NSW.
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