Personal Details
- Date of Birth 19 March 1992
- Big Bash Debut 22 December 2013
- Position Wicket Keeper
- Batting Style Left Handed Bat
- Bowling Style Right-Arm Off Spin
- Local Club Fremantle
- Country Australia
SamWhiteman
Australia
Wicket Keeper
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Player Story
Whiteman joined WA on a Rookie contract ahead of the 2012-13 season and quickly became recognised as one of the country's more promising wicketkeeper-batters. The classy left-hander made his First-Class debut against Victoria in November 2012 and played eight Sheffield Shield matches that summer. He backed up a promising debut season by scoring 687 runs at 45.80 (sixth in the Shield that year) and completing 45 dismissals during the 2013-14 Shield campaign, earning a call-up for Australia A. Several serious finger injuries saw Whiteman give away the gloves in long form cricket, but his ability as a hard-edged top-order batter remains valuable to WA's prospects. This was never more evident than during the 2021-22 Sheffield Shield season, when Whiteman finished as WA's leading scorer with 641 runs at 58.27, including two centuries and two half-centuries. No fewer than 208 of those runs came during the Sheffield Shield Final, during which Whiteman faced 517 balls for scores of 85 and 123, earning him Player of the Match honours.
Batting and Fielding
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Matches
M
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Innings Batted
Inn
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Runs scored
Runs
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Highest Score
HS
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Batting Average
Avg
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50s Scored
50s
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100s Scored
100s
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Strike rate
SR
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Not Outs
NO
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4s Hit
4s
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6s Hit
6s
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Catches
Ct
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Stumpings
St
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| BBL | 50 | 45 | 663 | 68 | 15.42 | 2 | 0 | 115.91 | 2 | 62 | 17 | 16 | 4 |
M: Matches
Inn: Innings Batted
Runs: Runs scored
HS: Highest Score
Avg: Batting Average
50s: 50s Scored
100s: 100s Scored
SR: Strike rate
NO: Not Outs
4s: 4s Hit
6s: 6s Hit
Ct: Catches
St: Stumpings