Full Name

Mitchell Joseph Swepson

Born

October 04, 1993

Age

30y 67d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Bowler

A legspinner who can give the ball a good rip - with an increasing collection of highlight-grabbing dismissals - Mitchell Swepson was initially called into Australia's Test squad for the tour of India in early 2017 but a debut would have to wait another five years. His first selection came at a time when he had played only 14 first-class matches, but he had impressed with his wicket-taking ability in less than two full seasons of Sheffield Shield cricket.

In 2015-16, his debut Shield season for Queensland, Swepson took 17 wickets at 37.94 from six games, and he was rushed into the Australia A side for three first-class games against South Africa A and India A in 2016, collecting 14 wickets at 19.35. His development continued thereafter winning the admiration of Shane Warne through his performances for the Brisbane Heat in the BBL.

His international debut came in T20 cricket for Australia on the 2018 tour of England although that remained his only appearance for more than two years. Opportunities in Shield cricket for Queensland stalled due to the nature of the Gabba pitches but he was called up to Australia's squad for the Sydney Test against New Zealand in January 2020 as an option to partner Nathan Lyon. The following summer he took three consecutive five-wicket hauls at the start of the Shield season to cement his place in the Covid-enlarged Test squad as Lyon's understudy for the 2020-21 home series against India - a role he continued to perform the following season against England. Finally, a first cap came his way against Pakistan in Karachi when Australia employed a twin-spin attack although his early foray into Test cricket came with significant toil.
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Mitchell Swepson Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests47892458103/555/8945.803.0889.2000
ODIs3315816132/532/5353.666.1152.6000
T20Is88150204113/123/1218.548.1613.6000
FC731221408479112215/3910/17135.793.3763.71061
List A414018771856353/403/4053.025.9353.6000
T20s777415571978723/123/1227.477.6221.6000

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Tests4512815*7.005451.85003020
ODIs310222.002100.00000000
T20Is8553214*-23139.13001240
FC7391199566913.27144766.06011196390
List A412271797711.9320686.8901230130
T20s7728138614*5.738798.850062210
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Recent Matches of Mitchell Swepson

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Heat vs Stars--3/2307-Dec-2023BrisbaneT20
Queensland vs West Aust--0/8428-Nov-2023BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs Victoria16 & 00/68 & 2/6116-Nov-2023MelbourneFC
Queensland vs South Aust0* & 0*1/80 & 3/2606-Nov-2023BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs Tasmania01/32 & 2/9326-Oct-2023HobartFC

Photos of Mitchell Swepson

Mitchell Swepson dismissed Joe Burns
Mitchell Swepson and Matt Renshaw celebrate Queensland's win
Spinners Matt Kuhnemann (left) and Mitchell Swepson (middle) celebrate a wicket
Michael Neser struck early, sending back Joe Clarke
Mitchell Swepson made late inroads
Mitchell Swepson broke the century stand after tea