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Sam Heazlett
- Age
- 31y 61d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Left-arm orthodox
- From
- Sunnybank
- Age
- 31y 61d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Left-arm orthodox
- From
- Sunnybank
Sam Heazlett made an immediate mark in first-class cricket, scoring 129 on his Sheffield Shield debut against a Tasmania bowling unit that included four players with international caps. In the second innings of that same match, with his side set 274 to win, he again finished as the top scorer, going on the attack for 78.
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His first Shield season brought him 649 runs at an average of 40.56. Earlier, in 2016, he had turned out for the National Performance Squad in an A series and averaged 72 across five matches. On the strength of those returns he was a surprise pick for the tour of New Zealand in early 2017, brought in as a replacement for Steven Smith. He made 4 on debut, in a game best remembered for Marcus Stoinis almost completing a chase while batting with last man Josh Hazlewood.
Brisbane Heat signed him for the 2015-16 Big Bash League. Because the club has had a large pool of batting talent, his appearances for them have come on and off, frequently at number three, and the 2017/18 edition of the competition was his opportunity to lock down a regular place through steadier scoring.
As of December 2017 he was 22 years old, and his first-class average stood at around the mid-thirties. Away from cricket, he goes surfing on the Gold Coast with his father, and he has been working towards a career in physiotherapy at the same time as playing.
