Cameron Bancroft

Australia|Wicketkeeper Batter
Cameron Bancroft
INTL CAREER: 2016 - 2019
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Full Name

Cameron Timothy Bancroft

Born

November 19, 1992

Age

31y 121d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Fielding Position

Wicketkeeper

Playing Role

Wicketkeeper Batter

Whatever Cameron Bancroft goes on to achieve in his career, he will forever be known as the player who put sandpaper down his trousers in Cape Town. He was handed a nine-month ban for his part in the controversy, bringing a sudden halt to a Test career that had shown some promise without quite taking off. Whether another chance comes in 2019 and beyond remains to be seen.

A patient opening batsman with a sound technique, Bancroft made a debut for Australia as a batsman/keeper in a T20I against India in Sydney early in 2016. He enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2014-15 when he finished third on the Sheffield Shield run tally with 896 runs at 47.15. The highlight of his summer was a maiden double-century: he batted for more than 13 hours in scoring 211 against New South Wales, proof of the high price he places on his wicket. A call-up for Australia A followed and he used his feet and the sweep to great effect in negating India A's spinners when he made 150 in Chennai. Bancroft was then named in Australia's Test squad for the 2015 tour of Bangladesh, which was cancelled due to safety concerns, and he instead had to settle for another productive Shield campaign with 732 runs at 45.75. It was his attributes as a part-time glovesman that eventually brought him a T20 international debut but that did not shake the belief that it is in the longer form in which his greatest potential lies. Highly rated by his Western Australia coach Justin Langer, Bancroft had debuted for his state in one-day cricket at 18, but had to wait two more years to be given a chance in the Sheffield Shield side.

Gloucestershire signed him as an overseas player for the early part of the 2016 season. It was a disappointing outcome as he made only one half-century in five matches, but they gave him an opportunity to continue his education in English conditions by re-signing him for the whole of 2017. Another commonplace season followed until an unbeaten 206 against Kent, spanning more than eight hours, added some substance to his season.

His Test debut came at the start of the 2017-18 Ashes and included an unbeaten 82 before his returns faded during a series where he became most remembered for his role in the Jonny Bairstow 'headbutt' incident in a Perth bar earlier in the tour. He was retained for the South Africa trip and made some tough runs against an impressive attack to suggest better things to come. Then it came crashing down.
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Cameron Bancroft Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests1018144682*26.23104242.8003621160
T20Is11100*-0-000010
FC150271229715228*39.012270442.7826351081312221
List A888314287817641.71342384.0742023443692
T20s999219227995*31.211851123.1201617351426

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests10------------
T20Is1------------
FC1503667721/101/1038.507.0033.0000
List A88------------
T20s99------------
Cameron Timothy Bancroft

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Recent Matches of Cameron Bancroft

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
West Aust vs Victoria16 & 5811-Mar-2024MelbourneFC
West Aust vs Queensland0 & 1201-Mar-2024PerthFC
West Aust vs NSW525-Feb-2024SydneyList A
West Aust vs Tasmania2 & 100*16-Feb-2024HobartFC
West Aust vs Tasmania6414-Feb-2024HobartList A

Photos of Cameron Bancroft

Cameron Bancroft struck a second-innings century opening the batting
Cameron Bancroft sped up after a cautious start
Cameron Bancroft brought up a half-century
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Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris prepare to head out
Cameron Bancroft and Sam Whiteman put up a 96-run stand