Ashton Agar facts for kids
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Agar in 2018
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Ashton Charles Agar
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| Born | 14 October 1993 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Nickname | Larry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Wes Agar (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 434) | 10 July 2013 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 January 2023 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 208) | 8 September 2015 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 September 2023 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 83) | 6 March 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 22 June 2024 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13–present | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013/14–present | Perth Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-25 | Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 August 2024
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Ashton Charles Agar (born 14 October 1993) is an Australian cricket player. He plays all types of cricket games for Australia's national team. Ashton is known for his left-handed spin bowling. He is also a good lower-order batsman, meaning he bats later in the team's lineup. He has even scored three centuries (100 runs or more) in first-class matches.
Ashton Agar has played five Test matches for Australia. He was also part of the Australian team that won the 2021 T20 World Cup in Dubai and Oman. Domestically, he plays for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers.
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Early Life and Cricket Beginnings
Ashton Agar was born in Melbourne, Australia. His mother, Sonia Hewawissa, is from Sri Lanka, and his father, John Agar, is Australian. Ashton has two younger brothers, Will and Wes. Wes is also an international cricketer for Australia. Ashton went to De La Salle College in Melbourne and finished school in 2011.
Playing for Victoria and Australia Under-19s
Ashton played cricket for Victoria at both the under-17 and under-19 levels. He did very well at the 2010–11 National Under-17 Championships, taking 16 wickets. A wicket is when a bowler gets a batsman out. Because of his good performance, he was chosen to play for the Australian under-19s. He played against the West Indies under-19s in the United Arab Emirates.
Ashton made his under-19 debut at just 17 years old. He played one under-19 Test match and ten under-19 One Day International (ODI) matches for Australia. He was part of the squad for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.
Moving to Western Australia
Ashton didn't get selected for the senior team in Victoria. So, for the 2012–13 season, he moved to Western Australia. He received a contract with the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA).
He made his first-class debut for Western Australia in January 2013. This was a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales. In his second Shield match, he scored 53 runs. He and Michael Hogan set a new Sheffield Shield record for the tenth wicket partnership, scoring 94 runs together. A partnership is the total runs scored by two batsmen while they are both batting.
Ashton also made his List A debut for Western Australia in January 2013. He took five wickets in two matches. He finished the Sheffield Shield season with 19 wickets from five matches. He also scored 229 runs at an average of 32.71.
Playing for Perth Scorchers
Ashton made his Twenty20 debut for the Perth Scorchers in 2013. He mostly batted at the top of the order in that tournament. In one match against the Mumbai Indians, he scored 35 runs.
In the 2014–15 season, he played in eight of the Scorchers' ten matches. He took eight wickets, which was a great effort. After the Big Bash League, Ashton had an amazing performance in a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia. He took an inaugural ten-wicket haul, which means he took ten wickets in a single match. He also scored 64 runs in that match.
International Cricket Career
In June 2013, Ashton Agar was chosen to tour England, Scotland, and Ireland with Australia A. This is a team for promising players who might soon play for the main Australian team.
Test Debut and Record-Breaking Performance
Ashton was chosen to make his Test debut for Australia in the first Test of the 2013 Ashes series against England. He was only 19 years and 269 days old. This made him one of the youngest Australians to debut in the Ashes.
In his very first Test innings, batting at number eleven (the last batsman), he scored an incredible 98 runs from 101 balls. This broke several Test records:
- He was the first player to score a half-century (50 runs or more) as a number eleven batsman on debut.
- It was the highest score ever by a number eleven batsman.
- He and Phillip Hughes set the highest partnership for the tenth wicket, scoring 163 runs together.
Even though he batted brilliantly, his bowling wasn't as successful in those first two Tests. He was then dropped from the team.
Limited-Overs Debuts
In 2015, Ashton became a regular player in Australia's List A (one-day) squad. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against England on 8 September 2015. He then made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Australia against South Africa on 6 March 2016.
Return to Test Cricket and T20I Success
In 2017, Ashton was called back to the Australian Test team for their tour of Bangladesh. In the first Test, he took 5 wickets in total and scored an impressive 41 runs not out.
On 21 February 2020, in a T20I match against South Africa, Ashton Agar made history. He became the second Australian bowler to take a hat-trick in a T20I match. A hat-trick is when a bowler takes three wickets in three consecutive balls. He finished that match with 5 wickets for 24 runs, which was his first five-wicket haul in a T20I.
In March 2021, during a series against New Zealand, Ashton took the best figures for an Australian bowler in T20Is. He took 6 wickets for 30 runs from his four overs. In August 2021, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, which Australia went on to win.
In March 2022, Ashton was added to the Australian squad for their tour of Pakistan. However, he had to withdraw from the T20 squad after testing positive for coronavirus.
In January 2023, Ashton was named in the Australian Test team again for a match in Sydney against South Africa. This was his first Test match in five years. He was included as an all-rounder, meaning he is good at both batting and bowling.
Ashton was also named in Australia's squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.
