Full Name

Cameron John Boyce

Born

July 27, 1989, Charleville, Queensland

Age

34y 236d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Playing Role

Bowler

Ashley Mallett, the former Test offspinner and respected coach, has watched closely the progress of Queensland legspinner Cameron Boyce. In 2007-08, he declared Boyce "the best spinner in Australia not in first-class cricket". Then, in 2011-12, Mallett said Boyce was "the best leggie I've seen in first-class cricket since Warne". It was high praise indeed. One of the greatest challenges Boyce has faced, though, has been the lack of spinning pitches in his home state. It has not been unusual for Boyce to go through the first innings of a match without bowling a ball, and in some cases nearly an entire Sheffield Shield game. Still, when the conditions have been more favourable, he has shown his value: he picked up 26 Shield wickets in 2013-14 after Cricket Australia issued instructions for states to prepare surfaces that would provide a more even contest. That brought an Australia A call-up for the four-day games against India A in Darwin in 2014, and he also played in the one-day quadrangular series. It was Boyce's second Australia A call-up, after he played against the England Lions in a one-day series in February 2013.

His one-day work for Australia A was particularly notable given that he has been largely ignored by Queensland in the 50-over format, having played only four Ryobi Cup games up until 2014. The Bulls have used Boyce more for the longer format - his second first-class game was the 2009-10 Shield final and he showed his promise with 6 for 181 off 44 overs in the second innings. The performance, which included some big turning leggies, was the only bright spot for the Bulls, who were beaten by Victoria by 457 runs. At 20, he was the youngest to take a five-wicket haul in a Shield final, and the display gained him a contract ahead of Daniel Doran for 2010-11. A good 2011-12 summer brought 20 Shield wickets at 34.40 for Boyce, who is a carpenter by trade.
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Cameron Boyce Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
T20Is7713815282/102/1019.006.6017.2000
FC487975804793967/688/14349.923.7978.9430
List A484721441959554/214/2135.615.4838.9200
T20s105104221427481165/215/2123.687.4419.0110

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
T20Is721434.00757.14000000
FC4871159606617.14152462.990513012300
List A482582295213.47211108.5301177210
T20s105471530151*9.40268112.31011916140
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Recent Matches of Cameron Boyce

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Strikers vs Heat1*2/5022-Jan-2024CarraraT20
Strikers vs Scorchers--3/2020-Jan-2024PerthT20
Strikers vs Thunder--1/2014-Jan-2024CanberraT20
Strikers vs Hurricanes--2/1711-Jan-2024HobartT20
Strikers vs Hurricanes--2/1309-Jan-2024AdelaideT20

Photos of Cameron Boyce

Lloyd Pope (left) and Cameron Boyce (right) have helped inspire a change of fortunes for Adelaide Strikers
Cameron Boyce finished with three wickets
Cameron Boyce was again outstanding for Adelaide Strikers
Cameron Boyce picked up 2 for 13 from his four overs
Cameron Boyce at the top of his mark
Cameron Boyce with the ball after his five wickets