Rhett Lockyear

Rhett John Gaven Lockyear (born 28 February 1983) is an Australian former professional cricket player, who played for the Sydney Thunder and the Tasmanian Tigers. He plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club.

Rhett Lockyear

Personal information
Full name	Rhett John Gaven Lockyear
Born	(1983-02-28) 28 February 1983 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004/05–2011/12	Tasmania
2011/12	Hobart Hurricanes
2012/13	Sydney Thunder
FC debut	29 November 2004 Tasmania v Queensland
Last FC	10 March 2010 Tasmania v Victoria
LA debut	25 January 2006 Tasmania v New South Wales
Last LA	22 December 2010 Tasmania v Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 15 21 23 Runs scored 570 412 415 Batting average 19.00 24.23 18.04 100s/50s 0/3 1/1 0/3 Top score 85 111 64 Balls bowled 126 12 60 Wickets 3 0 2 Bowling average 20/66 – 15.00 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 Best bowling 1/1 – 2/20 Catches/stumpings 6/– 13/– 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 July 2011

Rhett is a right-handed middle order batsman who has recurentely been performing consistently for club side University. He has had limited opportunities to establish himself in the Tiger's line-up.

On 18–20 November 2007, he assisted the Australian national side as a 12th man during the Hobart Test against Sri Lanka. In the first innings, he was involved in the run out of Farveez Maharoof and caught Michael Vandort off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson. In the second innings he was involved in the run out of Dilhara Fernando.

In October 2011 he was a member of the Australian squad at the 2011 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes tournament. In the opening game against Ireland, he captained the team and retired not out on 31 runs.

External links

• Rhett Lockyear at ESPNcricinfo