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Peter Handscomb
Handscomb in October 2011
Personal information
Full name
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb
Born (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 33)
Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
NicknameHank
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleWicket-keeper batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 447)24 November 2016 v South Africa
Last Test9 March 2023 v India
ODI debut (cap 219)19 January 2017 v Pakistan
Last ODI11 July 2019 v England
ODI shirt no.54 (formerly 29)
T20I debut (cap 94)24 February 2019 v India
Last T20I27 February 2019 v India
T20I shirt no.54 (formerly 29)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011/12–presentVictoria
2012/13–2019/20, 2023/24Melbourne Stars
2015Gloucestershire
2016Rising Pune Supergiants (squad no. 54)
2017Yorkshire (squad no. 54)
2019Durham (squad no. 54)
2020/21–2021/22Hobart Hurricanes (squad no. 54)
2021–2022Middlesex (squad no. 29)
2022/23Melbourne Renegades
2023–2024Leicestershire (squad no. 54)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 20 22 178 154
Runs scored 1,079 632 10,979 4,992
Batting average 37.20 33.26 39.63 39.93
100s/50s 2/5 1/4 24/64 7/32
Top score 110 117 281* 140
Catches/stumpings 30/0 14/0 297/8 149/7
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 August 2024

Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb (born 26 April 1991) is an Australian cricketer who is the current captain for the Victoria cricket team.

He plays as a middle-order batsman and occasional wicketkeeper. Handscomb has played for Australia in Test matches, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals and plays in the Australian Big Bash League for Melbourne Stars.

Early life

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Handscomb was a talented junior tennis player, but eventually chose to pursue cricket.[1] He played for Victoria at both under-17 and under-19 level,[2] and went on to play for the Australian under-19 cricket team during the Sri Lankan under-19 team's tour of Australia in October 2009.[3]

Domestic career

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Handscomb keeping wicket for Leicestershire in 2023

Having spent the 2011 season playing English club cricket for Tring Park, as well as several matches for Leicestershire County Cricket Club in the Second XI Championship,[4] Handscomb debuted for Victoria during the 2011–12 Australian season, playing as a top-order batsman. He scored 42 and 71 runs, respectively, in his first List A and first-class cricket innings, both in matches against Queensland at the Gabba.[5][6] Handscomb's first century in Sheffield Shield matches came against South Australia in February 2012, an innings of 113 runs at the Adelaide Oval.[7] Towards the end of the season, he was also used as Victoria's wicket-keeper, with both Matthew Wade and Ryan Carters unavailable. Handscomb was awarded Cricket Victoria contracts for both Victoria and the Melbourne Stars for the 2012–13 season.[8] In Victorian Premier Cricket, he plays for the St Kilda Cricket Club, and led the club's batting averages during the 2011–12 season.[9] Handscomb also holds British citizenship, with both of his parents English immigrants to Australia.[1]

Handscomb's break-through first class season occurred for Victoria in 2014–15, when he scored three centuries and averaged 53.91. He also made his mark in the Big Bash League playing for Melbourne Stars, scoring an unbeaten century against the Perth Scorchers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[10] His century was the first time he had passed a score of 25 in the BBL, and he was the only batsman to pass 20 in his side's three-wicket win. He played county cricket for Gloucestershire during 2015, and began touring with Australia A, becoming captain of the team in early 2016.[11] In August 2019, Handscomb replaced Cameron Bancroft, who had been called up to the Australian squad, in the Durham squad in 2019 Vitality Blast.[12]

He captained Middlesex during the 2021 and 2022 seasons.

International career

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Amla, De Kock and Handscomb
Handscomb on Test debut at the Adelaide Oval against South Africa in 2016

In November 2016, immediately after Handscomb's maiden first-class double century against New South Wales[11] and amidst the backdrop of Australia's disastrous home series loss against South Africa and the retirement of chairman of selectors Rod Marsh,[13] Handscomb was one of several players brought into Australia's Test team ahead of the dead rubber third Test against South Africa.[14] He made his Test debut on 24 November 2016,[15] and was presented his baggy green cap by Chris Rogers.[16]

Batting at number five, Handscomb made an impressive start to his Test career, scoring 399 runs at an average of 99.75 across the remaining four home Tests of the summer: one against South Africa and three against Pakistan. He scored his maiden Test hundred (105) in the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba, in a 172-run partnership with skipper Steve Smith,[17][18] and followed it with 110 in the third Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Handscomb became the first batsman in history to score his maiden Test century in a Day/Night Test match. With half-centuries in the other two matches, Handscomb became the second Australian Test cricketer to score a half century in each of his first four Tests,[19] and was not dismissed for less than fifty in any innings.

Handscomb was dropped from the Australian team during the 2017-18 Ashes series in Australia.[20] He was recalled when three batmen were suspended due to the 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, and played four more tests in 2018 and 2019 before being dropped again.[20]

Handscomb made his One Day Internationals (ODI) debut in Perth on 19 January 2017 against Pakistan,[21] and was presented his ODI cap by Adam Gilchrist.[22] In his debut innings, Handscomb was caught behind for 0, but it was shown that the bowler, Junaid Khan had bowled a no-ball. He went on to score 82 in Australia's successful chase of 264 against Pakistan, the third highest debut score by an Australian in an ODI. On 30 January 2017, Handscomb deputised for Matthew Wade as wicket-keeper against New Zealand.[23]

In April 2018, Handscomb was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season.[24][25] In February 2019, he was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against India.[26] He made his T20I debut for Australia against India on 24 February 2019.[27]

In March 2019, Handscomb scored his first century in an ODI, with 117 against India at Mohali.[28]

In July 2019, Handscomb was added to Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He replaced Shaun Marsh, who was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a fractured forearm.[29]

In February 2023, he was selected for the Australian Test team for the first time in four years, playing all four Tests of the Australian tour of India.

Playing style

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As a batsman, Handscomb plays very deep in his crease, close to the stumps. While the intention of this technique is to get more time to react to the ball, it makes him vulnerable against pace bowlers with sideways movements (inswingers and off cutters from right-hand bowlers). This issue is further exacerbated by his tendency to change his batting guard during his innings. This issue was exposed during his recall to the Test team in 2018 against India, where Australian legend Shane Warne likened him to a "lamb to the slaughter" and in the 3rd test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, his home Test, he was dropped from the Test team.[30][31]

References

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  1. ^ a b Coverdale, Brydon (2011). Young gun Handscomb looks to bat long – ESPNcricinfo. Published 25 October 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ Miscellaneous Matches played by Peter Handscomb (31) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. ^ Under-19 ODI Matches played by Peter Handscomb (4) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ^ Second Eleven Championship Matches played by Peter Handscomb (2) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  5. ^ Queensland v Victoria, Ryobi One-Day Cup 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. ^ Queensland v Victoria, Sheffield Shield 2011/12 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  7. ^ Handscomb, Quiney give Victoria good start – ESPNcricinfo. Published 2 November 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  8. ^ Peter Handscomb player profile – Victorian Bushrangers. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  9. ^ Saints in 2012–13 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Victorian Premier Cricket. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  10. ^ Hogan, Jesse (22 January 2015). "BBL: Peter Handscomb century drives Stars to win over Scorchers". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Handscomb in prime position for Test debut". Cricket Australia. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Durham brings in Peter Handscomb to replace Bancroft". SportStar. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  13. ^ "Australian cricket's chairman of selectors Rod Marsh resigns". Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Renshaw, Maddinson, Handscomb to make Test debuts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  15. ^ "South Africa tour of Australia, 3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Adelaide, Nov 24–28, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  16. ^ "Handscomb: Baggy green debut was special". www.sen.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Australia's quicks blow Pakistan away". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  18. ^ "A tale of two rookies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  19. ^ "Peter Handscomb equals 96-year-old Australian record with fourth half-century since Test debut". Fox Sports. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  20. ^ a b Peter Handscomb, ESPNcricinfo
  21. ^ "Pakistan tour of Australia, 3rd ODI: Australia v Pakistan at Perth, Jan 19, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  22. ^ @phandscomb54 receives Australian ODI cap No.219 from the great @gilly381
  23. ^ "Sore Wade uncertain for Napier ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  24. ^ "Carey, Richardson gain contracts as Australia look towards World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  25. ^ "Five new faces on CA contract list". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  26. ^ "Australia name squad for India tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  27. ^ "1st T20I (N), Australia tour of India at Visakhapatnam, Feb 24 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  28. ^ "Peter Handscomb maiden century keeps Australia in hunt against India in Mohali". News Nation. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  29. ^ "Peter Handscomb replaces injured Shaun Marsh in Australia's World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  30. ^ "Handscomb must make change: Ponting". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  31. ^ "England will be hoping Australia continue to pick Peter Handscomb for Ashes, says Ricky Ponting". Fox Sports. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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