Cameron White ( Australian Cricket Team Member )

Cameron White

Batting style:     Right Handed bat
Bowling style:    Leg break googly
Played for:        Australia, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Deccan Chargers,
                          Victoria, Australia Under-19, Melbourne Stars,
                          Skipper-T20 | Ex Skipper-ODI, Batsman

Profile

Australia turned a blind eye to Cameron White’s batting talents in its obsession to transform him into a genuine spinner but in time, they realised that White’s ability as a batsman will serve them far better than as a bowler.

The Victorian who debuted only at 17 played for their youth four-day and one-day teams before embarking on the 2002 Under-19 WC, where his leadership abilities combined with his brilliant batting led Australia to cup honours. Despite this, Victoria oddly continued using him as a frontline bowler with his WC exploits contributing to him being saddled with Victoria’s captaincy responsibility in the 2003-04 season. All of 20, White showed great maturity in leading a side replete with experienced campaigners and his ever-improving batting convinced selectors to include him for the tour of Zimbabwe which he eventually didn’t play.

Following a fine 2005 Pakistan tour, White got his international break debuting as a Supersub against the ICC World XI. But a handful of ODIs later, he found himself once again on the sideline and despite making sporadic appearances throughout 2007, continued to be backed by Ricky Ponting who gave him his Test debut against India in 2008. A poor first Test, silver-lined only by Tendulkar’s wicket, exposed his frailties as a bowler and White decided to fully concentrate on his batting abilities. A whirlwind 105 off just 88 balls against Pakistan in 2010 along with a few sensational knocks in T20s have confirmed his big hitting abilities and he now features for Australia as a specialist batsman.

Fast Facts

Cameron White was the captain of Australia’s 2002 Under-19 WC winning squad and was also the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 423 runs at an average over 70.
At 20, he was Victoria’s youngest ever captain in history.
He became the second Victorian after Shane Warne to have captained the Australia ODI team.

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