Christopher Desmond Hartley (born 24 May 1982) is an Australian cricketer who played for Queensland in Australian domestic cricket between 2002 and 2016. He was the team's first-choice wicket-keeper and won two Sheffield Shield titles with the team.
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| Full name | Christopher Desmond Hartley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1982 Nambour, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Harts, Hannibal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003/04–2016/17 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011/12–2013/14 | Brisbane Heat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2015/16 | Sydney Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 19 December 2003 Queensland v South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 16 March 2017 Queensland v Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 29 February 2004 Queensland v Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 21 October 2015 Queensland v Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 April 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartley was born at Nambour, Queensland and educated at Brisbane Boys' College where he was College Captain in 1999.
He played as a hard-hitting left-handed batsman and became the first from his state since Matthew Hayden to score a debut century, making 103 against South Australia in 2003–04. On 21 September 2005, he took part in Australia A's tour of Pakistan. He was part of Queensland's Pura Cup winning side for 2005–06 and took seven catches in the final to finish with a tally for the season of 53 dismissals.
Hartley was announced Sheffield Shield player of the 2009–10 season on 15 March 2010 in the week preceding the Shield Final.
In the 2014–15 Big Bash League season, Hartley represented Sydney Thunder.[1]
In 2016, he took his 500th Sheffield Shield catch, the first wicket-keeper to do so.[2] In February 2017 he equalled Darren Berry's record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the Sheffield Shield, when he took his 546th dismissal.[3] Later that month, he played in his 100th consecutive Sheffield Shield match.[4] However, shortly after that he broke a finger, meaning he missed his first Sheffield Shield match since October 2007.[4]
In March 2017, he announced his retirement from domestic cricket, following the conclusion of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Chris Hartley". Players. Sydney Thunder. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ^ "Hartley breaks record with catch No.500". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Hartley scores 102*, equals Shield wicketkeeping record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Hartley to miss first Shield game since 2007". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Voges, Doherty and Hartley opt for retirement". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.