Travis Birt

Travis Birt

Personal information
Full name	Travis Rodney Birt
Born	(1981-12-09) 9 December 1981 (age 35) Sale, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Edgar, Turtle, Ernie
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
T20I debut (cap 42)	5 February 2010 v Pakistan
Last T20I	3 February 2012 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2003–2011	Tasmania
2006–2007	Derbyshire
2010–2013	Wellington Firebirds
2011	Delhi Daredevils
2011–2012	Western Australia
2011–2014	Hobart Hurricanes
2012	Nagenahira Nagas
2013	Khulna Royal Bengals
2015 -2016	Perth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 4 88 119 88 Runs scored 31 5,223 3,222 1,842 Batting average 10.33 34.58 30.39 23.61 100s/50s 0/0 9/32 2/21 0/7 Top score 17 181 145 94* Balls bowled n/a 220 91 n/a Wickets n/a 2 5 n/a Bowling average n/a 98.00 17.80 n/a 5 wickets in innings n/a 0 0 n/a 10 wickets in match n/a 0 n/a n/a Best bowling n/a 1/24 2/15 n/a Catches/stumpings 1/- 62/- 42/1 21/-
Source: CricketArchive, 29 January 2014

Travis Rodney Birt (born 9 December 1981) is an Australian cricketer currently contracted domestically to the Perth Scorchers as a replacement player. A left-handed batsman, Birt represented the Australian national under-19 team before making his debut for Tasmania during the 2003–04 season. Strong form at state level led to his selection for Australia A during the 2006 off-season, as well as a two-year stint with Derbyshire in English county cricket. Birt transferred to Western Australia for the 2011–12 season, but has found more success in the Twenty20 format, variously representing the Wellington Firebirds, Delhi Daredevils, Nagenahira Nagas, and Khulna Royal Bengals in New Zealand, Indian, Sri Lankan, and Bangladeshi domestic tournaments, respectively. Birt made his Twenty20 International debut for Australia in February 2010, and has played a total of four matches for the team, with his last international match coming in February 2012.

In December 2015 Travis Birt was selected in the Perths Scorchers squad against Brisbane Heat in BBL 5. He was selected as a local replacement player for Nathan Coulter-Nile.

Birt secured a reputation for brutal strokeplay when he posted 145 against South Australia in 2004–05, the highest score in Tasmania's one-day history. He made his first-class debut in the same season but had to wait until the following year to feel at ease at the next level. After an outstanding 2005–06 season in which he was selected for the Australia A cricket team, Birt produced a couple of consistent if unexceptional seasons for Tasmania. His main problem has been an inability to turn starts into first-class centuries. In 2006–07 he was part of the [Tasmania triumphant Pura Cup side and made 736 runs at 38.73 with one hundred, and the next season he collected 565 runs at 31.38 without once reaching triple-figures. A former Academy and Australia Under-19 player who relocated from country Victoria, Birt has spent time playing with Derbyshire but did not return there in 2008 and instead had hip surgery during the off-season.

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