Cameron John Gannon (born 23 January 1989) is an Australian-American cricketer. He was a member of the 2011–2012 Queensland Bulls squad.[1]

Cameron Gannon
Personal information
Full name
Cameron John Gannon
Born (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35)
Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height2 m (6 ft 7 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowling all-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 13)18 August 2019 v Bermuda
Last T20I22 August 2019 v Bermuda
T20I shirt no.21
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2019/20Queensland (squad no. 21)
2012/13–2014/15Brisbane Heat (squad no. 42)
2015/16Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 21)
2016/17Melbourne Stars (squad no. 21)
2017/18–Brisbane Heat (squad no. 21)
2020/21–Western Australia
2023Seattle Orcas
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 4 44 24 28
Runs scored 12 606 124 83
Batting average 12.00 13.77 17.71 13.83
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
Top score 7* 58 28 23
Balls bowled 54 9,027 1,300 516
Wickets 3 146 35 32
Bowling average 22.33 28.44 28.71 23.31
5 wickets in innings 0 3 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/21 6/53 5/38 4/10
Catches/stumpings 2/– 30/– 10/– 8/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 October 2023

Born in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales,[1][2] Gannon is one of the Ipswich Grammar School Old Boys. He began playing cricket as a junior with Ipswich Brothers and Ipswich Grammar School.[3] Aged 19 he played for a season in Reading, England, for the Sonning Club.[1]

Gannon made his first-class debut in a Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania in October 2010. Gannon signed with Brisbane Heat in 2012 made his Twenty20 debut in 2012 in the KFC Big Bash League.[2]

In August 2019, he was named in the United States' squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[4] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for the United States against Bermuda on 18 August 2019.[5] He is qualified through his mother, who is American.[6]

In June 2020, Gannon joined Western Australia on a three-year deal.[7] In January 2021, USA Cricket named Gannon in a 44-man squad to begin training in Texas ahead of the 2021 Oman Tri-Nation Series.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Queensland Cricket, Cameron Gannon profile Archived 30 December 2012 at archive.today. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ a b "Cameron Gannon: Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  3. ^ Smeaton, P. Gannon planning to be raging Bull Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Queensland Times, 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "Team USA Squad Announced for ICC T20 World Cup Americas' Regional Final". USA Cricket. 13 August 2019. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  5. ^ "1st Match, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Region Final at Sandys Parish, Aug 18 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Smith falls for duck as lesser lights shine". cricket.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Nathan Coulter-Nile and AJ Tye cut by Western Australia; Cameron Gannon joins". Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Former West Indies player Narsingh Deonarine part of USA training camp". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  9. ^ "USA Cricket Selection Update". USA Cricket. 22 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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