Cooper Connolly

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Cooper Connolly
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Personal information
Full name
Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly
Born (2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 22)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 471)10 February 2025 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 249)29 September 2024 v England
Last ODI25 October 2025 v India
ODI shirt no.9
T20I debut (cap 111)7 September 2024 v Scotland
Last T20I13 September 2024 v England
T20I shirt no.9
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2022/23–presentPerth Scorchers
2023/24–presentWestern Australia
2025San Francisco Unicorns
2026Punjab Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 8 12 19
Runs scored 4 94 780 400
Batting average 4.00 31.33 45.88 30.76
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/9 0/3
Top score 4 61* 90 64
Balls bowled 30 156 465 450
Wickets 0 6 5 10
Bowling average – 22.83 66.40 44.00
5 wickets in innings – 1 0 1
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 5/22 2/59 5/22
Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 6/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 December 2025

Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly (born 22 August 2003) is an Australian cricketer who represents the Australia national team in all formats.[1] He is a left-handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, who plays for Western Australia in domestic cricket, Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League and Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.[2]

Career

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In January 2022, he was named as the captain of the Australia national under-19 cricket team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3] The allrounder also captained the Western Australia under-17 cricket team.[4] In August 2022, he was signed by the Perth Scorchers to play for them in the 2022–23 Big Bash League season.[5][6] He made his Twenty20 debut for the Scorchers, on 7 January 2023 against the Brisbane Heat in the 2022–23 Big Bash League.[7] He played in the final and got 25 runs off 11 balls to win the match for the Scorchers.[8]

He made his List A debut for Western Australia on 24 September 2023, against Queensland in the 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup.[9] He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 21 March 2024, against Tasmania in the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield final, scoring 90 in the first innings.[10]

On 15 July 2024, Connolly was named in Australia's T20I and ODI squads for their tour of England and Scotland to be held in September that year.[11][12] He made his T20I debut against Scotland on September 7 and his ODI debut against England on September 29.[13][14]

In January 2025 Connolly was included in Australia's Test squad to tour Sri Lanka.[15] In the second Test in Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in January 2025, Connolly made his Test debut. Before the game, he received his Baggy Green, the 471st[a] from former Test allrounder and fellow Western Australian Simon Katich.[16]

Playing style

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Connolly has stated that he models himself after former Australian batsman and fellow Western Australian Shaun Marsh.[17][18]

Statistics

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T20 Franchise Statistics
Team Season League Batting Bowling Fielding
Competition Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Average High score 100s / 50s Overs Wickets Runs Economy Average BBM Catches
Perth Scorchers 2022/23 BBL 4 2 2 45 – 25* 0 / 0 2 0 15 7.50 – – 2
2023/24 BBL 11 10 2 181 22.62 37* 0 / 0 11 6 76 6.90 12.66 3-25 5
2024/25 BBL 10 10 3 351 50.14 66 0 / 2 24 6 178 7.41 29.66 1-15 1
2025/26 BBL 2 2 0 136 68.00 77 0 / 2 2 0 12 6.00 – – 1
Total 27 24 7 713 41.94 77 0 / 4 39 12 281 7.21 23.42 3-25 9
San Francisco Unicorns 2025 MLC 4 4 1 56 18.66 23 0 / 0 0 – – – – – 2
Total 4 4 1 56 18.66 23 0 / 0 0 – – – – – 2
Career Total 31 28 8 769 38.45 77 0 / 4 39 12 281 7.21 23.42 3-25 11
Statistics are correct to December 19, 2025

Notes

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  1. ^ Referring to number of players to have played Test Cricket for Australia

References

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