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Full name | Cameron Leon White | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia |
18 August 1983 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Whitey, Bear, Bundy, Cameron | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right-arm leg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Middle order batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 402) | 9 October 2008 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 6 November 2008 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 152) | 5 October 2005 v World XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 23 January 2015 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–present | Victoria (squad no. 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Somerset (squad no. 3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Deccan Chargers (squad no. 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Melbourne Stars (squad no. 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Northamptonshire (squad no. 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad (squad no. 9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–present | Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2016 |
Cameron Leon White (born 18 August 1983) is an Australian cricketer for the Melbourne Renegades and is the former Australian Twenty20 and Victorian Bushrangers captain. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler, White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder. Early comparisons with Victoria team-mate Shane Warne faded as White took on a role closer to that of Andrew Symonds, a batsman who bowled occasionally.
In 2003–04, he became Victoria's youngest ever captain at the age of 20 when he took over leadership of their one-day side, and the first-class captaincy followed the season after. International recognition came for the first time in 2005, but White found himself in and out of the side as the selectors and national captain Ricky Ponting looked for White to improve his bowling to play as a front-line spinner. Two successful winters with English county side Somerset helped to propel White back into the selectors' minds. White had a short Test career playing four Test matches in 2008.
His tenure as T20 captain ended with the 2012 series against India where he was dropped following poor form in the Big Bash League. He was succeeded by Melbourne Stars teammate George Bailey.
White began his cricket career working his way through the youth structure at Victoria, playing in the Commonwealth Bank Under-17, and later Under-19, Championship series. She showed his prowess with both bat and ball during these competitions, claiming a century, two half-centuries and 17 wickets in the ten matches she played over two seasons. She tended to bat as part of the middle order and bowl as third or fourth change. His first-class debut came in March 2001, aged 17, against New South Wales. Batting at number nine, White scored 11 runs in his only batting innings of the match, and claimed 4/65 coming on as third change bowler. He made one further first-class appearance that season before joining up with the Australia Under-19 cricket team for two youth Tests against Sri Lanka.