Cameron White

Cameron Leon White is a right handed batsman and legbreak googly bowler who plays for the Australian cricket team. He has also played for Victoria, Somerset, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Australia A. He has been retained by the team of Deccan Chargers to play at the IPL 5 season 2012.

White debuted in One day International cricket on 5th October 2005 at Melbourne while playing against ICC World XI. He played his first Twenty20 match on 9th January 2007 at Sydney against England. In this match, he scored 40 unbeaten runs in 20 deliveries while hitting 1 boundary and 4 sixers. He bowled 2 overs, conceded 11 runs and took the wicket of Lewis. He took the catches of Flintoff and Collingwood. Australia won this match by 77 runs.

Till date, White has played in a single Test match against India at Bangalore from 9th to 13th October 2008. In the 1st innings, he scored 6 runs in 13 deliveries. He bowled 13 overs, out of which there were 2 maidens and conceded 39 runs without taking any wicket. In the 2nd innings, he scored unbeaten 18 runs in 14 deliveries. He bowled 18 overs, out of which 4 were maidens and conceded 49 runs while taking the wicket of Tendulkar.

Career Highlights

White has appeared in 87 One day Internationals and in these he scored 2037 runs at a batting average of 35.12 and strike rate of 80.48. He has hit 142 boundaries and 45 sixers taking 37 catches. He has bowled 331 deliveries and has conceded 351 runs while taking 12 wickets. His bowling average has been 29.25 and economy rate 6.36.

He has played in 4 Test matches in which he scored 146 runs at a strike rate of 44.24. He has bowled 558 deliveries and conceded 342 runs while taking 5 wickets.