Mitchell Swepson

Mitchell Joseph Swepson (born 4 October 1993) is an Australian cricketer. He made his international debut for the Australia cricket team in June 2018.[1]

Mitchell Swepson
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Joseph Swepson
Born (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleSpin bowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 91)27 June 2018 v England
Last T20I8 December 2020 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–presentQueensland
2015/16–presentBrisbane Heat
2015/16Cricket Australia XI
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 4 46 32 52
Runs scored 15 638 157 52
Batting average – 12.50 13.08 4.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0
Top score 12* 37 77 12*
Balls bowled 84 8,024 1,473 1,070
Wickets 7 140 27 54
Bowling average 15.14 33.95 54.03 24.92
5 wickets in innings 0 4 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 1 0 0
Best bowling 3/23 5/55 3/40 3/14
Catches/stumpings 4/– 32/– 12/– 17/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 January 2021

Domestic career

A leg-spin bowler, Swepson made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI on 5 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup.[2] He made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI on 29 October 2015 in a tour match against New Zealanders as part of New Zealand's tour to Australia.[3] On 10 January 2016 he made his Twenty20 debut for the Brisbane Heat in the 2015–16 Big Bash League.[4]

In November 2019, during the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season match against Victoria, Swepson took a hat-trick in the first innings.[5]

International career

In January 2017 he was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against India, but he did not play.[6] In August 2017, he was added to Australia's Test squad for their tour to Bangladesh, but he did not play.[7] In May 2018, he was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the one-off match against England.[8] He made his T20I debut for Australia against England on 27 June 2018.[9] In December 2019, Swepson was added to Australia's Test squad for the third Test against New Zealand.[10]

In November 2020, Swepson was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against India.[11] In January 2021, Swepson was named in Australia's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[12]

References
  1. "Mitchell Swepson". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. "Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 2nd Match: New South Wales v Cricket Australia XI at Sydney, Oct 5, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. "New Zealand tour of Australia, Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders at Sydney, Oct 29-31, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. "Big Bash League, 26th Match: Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat at Sydney, Jan 10, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  5. "Queensland claim dramatic win with seven balls left". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. "Swepson joins spin quartet for India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. "Swepson called in for Bangladesh tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  8. "New skippers in, Swepson named for white-ball tours". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  9. "Only T20I (D/N), Australia tour of England at Birmingham, Jun 27 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  10. "Legspinner Mitchell Swepson called up for SCG Test". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  11. "Pucovski, Green headline Test and Australia A squads". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  12. "Matthew Wade dropped from Test squad, Travis Head set to reclaim middle-order spot". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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