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| Full name | Samuel Leigh Rainbird | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1992 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Drought Fish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183[1] cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012/13– | Tasmania (squad no. 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2016/17 | Hobart Hurricanes (squad no. 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19 | Sydney Thunder (squad no. 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21– | Melbourne Stars (squad no. 43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 24 March 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samuel Leigh Rainbird (born 5 June 1992) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler, and currently plays for Tasmania and the Melbourne Stars.
Before his first contract with Tasmania in 2011, Rainbird played Australian Rules Football for the Clarence Football Club in the Tasmanian Football League.[2][3] He was born in Hobart and was educated at MacKillop College and Guilford Young College.[1]
In March 2022, during the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season, Rainbird took eight wickets for 21 runs against Queensland, recording the best bowling figures for Tasmania in a first-class match.[4] Rainbird then took a five-wicket haul in the second innings of the match, to give him the best match figures for Tasmania in the Sheffield Shield with 13 for 42.[5]
References
- 1 2 Sam Rainbird, CricInfo. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ↑ Queensland sign batsman Peter Forrest, CricInfo, 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ↑ Grand Final Record 2010, AFL Tasmania, 2010, p.29. Retrieved at the Wayback Machine 2021-10-10.
- ↑ "Rainbird rips through Bulls, breaks 164-year-old record". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ↑ "Rainbird's record 13-wicket haul helps Tasmania hammer Queensland". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2022.