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Rhett John Gaven Lockyear (born 28 February 1983) in Mudgee, New South Wales 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 (age 39) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2004–2012	Tasmania
2011–2012	Hobart Hurricanes
2012	Sydney Thunder
First-class debut	29 November 2004 Tasmania v Queensland
Last First-class	10 March 2010 Tasmania v Victoria
List A debut	25 January 2006 Tasmania v New South Wales
Last List A	22 December 2010 Tasmania v Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A 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 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 – Best bowling 1/1 0/12 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.[1] In the opening game against Ireland, he captained the team and retired not out on 31 runs.[2]

See also

• List of Tasmanian representative cricketers

References

External links

• Rhett Lockyear at ESPNcricinfo
• Rhett Lockyear at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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