Cameron Leon White was born on 18 August 1983 and is an Australian former international cricketer who captained the national side in Twenty20 Internationals.
56 Facts About Cameron White
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International recognition came for the first time in 2005, but Cameron White found himself in and out of the side as the selectors and national captain Ricky Ponting looked for Cameron White to improve his bowling to play as a front-line spinner.
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Cameron White had a short Test career playing four Test matches in 2008.
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Cameron White was succeeded by Melbourne Stars teammate George Bailey.
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Cameron White began his cricket career working his way through the youth structure at Victoria, playing in the Commonwealth Bank Under-17, and later Under-19 Championship series.
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Cameron White showed his prowess with both bat and ball during these competitions, claiming a century, two half-centuries and 17 wickets in the ten matches he played over two seasons.
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Cameron White tended to bat as part of the middle order and bowl as third or fourth change.
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Cameron White made one further first-class appearance that season before joining up with the Australian Under-19 cricket team for two youth tests against Sri Lanka.
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Cameron White received his first senior man of the match award a few days later for his two wickets and score of 91 batting at number seven during the Pura Cup match against South Australia.
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Cameron White was named as captain of the Australian Under-19 squad to compete in the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, and led his team to victory in the competition, beating South Africa by seven wickets in the final.
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Aged only 20, Cameron White became the youngest player to captain the Victoria state side in its 152-year history to that point.
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Cameron White was given his first taste of international cricket in December 2003.
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Cameron White retained his place in the A side to face Zimbabwe in two 50-over contests, claiming two wickets.
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Cameron White described the decision as a missed opportunity "to see how everything went and how an international Test match is played".
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Cameron White was pleased with the appointment, saying that the captaincy "brings out the best in my game and the extra responsibility is good for me".
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In December 2004, Cameron White made his maiden first-class century, making 119 after Victoria were forced to follow-on against Queensland.
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Victoria did not qualify for either Pura Cup or ING Cup finals, but Cameron White's improvement was again significant; his first-class averages remained roughly the same as in the previous season, but he more than doubled his previous best season batting average in one-day cricket, passing 30 in the format.
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Cameron White was named as supersub in the first two matches, being on field only during the ICC World XI innings, therefore being unable to bat.
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Cameron White did not bowl in the first match, and only bowled three wicket-less overs in the second.
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Cameron White was dismissed for a golden duck, falling to Chris Martin first ball.
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Cameron White finished the tournament with 99 runs, second only to Brad Hodge, and 6 wickets, trailing only Shane Harwood, both Victoria teammates.
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When Somerset captain Ian Blackwell suffered a shoulder injury that put him out of the game for three months, Cameron White was named as his replacement.
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Cameron White was joined at Somerset by fellow Australian Justin Langer for the tournament, and the pair shone in Somerset's opening match of the competition.
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Just under two weeks later, Cameron White surpassed this score, at the time the joint highest made in Twenty20 cricket, with 141* against Worcestershire.
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Cameron White's runs, made off 70 balls, set a new world record Twenty20 total that would stand for almost two years before being beaten by Brendon McCullum.
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Cameron White was less impressive with the bat in the other two matches, making 13 on both occasions.
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Cameron White was among the runs immediately, one of eight centurions as Somerset played Middlesex.
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Cameron White passed 1,000 runs in the County Championship for the second time, and his batting average topped 70 as Somerset won promotion from Division Two, a turnaround from the previous season when they had finished bottom of the division, 'winning' the competition's wooden spoon.
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Two months into the Australian domestic season, Cameron White was forced to retire hurt after colliding with Queensland bowler Lee Carseldine, and after the match it was revealed he'd fractured his foot.
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Cameron White conceded that the injury would almost certainly rule out any chance he had of playing for the national team that summer.
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Cameron White was finally sold for $500,000 to the Royal Challengers Bangalore, $50,000 more than Shane Warne fetched, and more again than Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey.
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Cameron White finished the tournament with 114 runs, over 500 less than fellow Australian and the competition's leading run-scorer Shaun Marsh.
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Cameron White holds the record for the highest individual score in a T20 as captain.
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Cameron White was recalled to the Australian ODI and Twenty20 squads for the 2008 tour of the West Indies.
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Cameron White was selected as captain of the Australia A team to compete against New Zealand A and India A in a tri-series hosted by India.
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When fellow Victorian leg-spinner Bryce McGain left the tour injured, Cameron White got the call-up to the Test squad that Shipperd felt he deserved, although he was nominally selected as a specialist bowler.
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Cameron White was selected to bat at number eight, usually a specialist bowler's position, despite generally playing first-class cricket as a batsman.
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Cameron White played in a more familiar role in the Twenty20s, batting in the middle-order, and after a disappointing 7 in the first match, made 40* off 18 in the second to push Australia's total up beyond South Africa's reach.
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Cameron White had a steady ODI series, in which he was again used as a middle-order batsman, and part-time spinner.
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Cameron White remained in Australia's Twenty20 team for their two matches in South Africa, but was not involved in their ODI matches, and subsequently was not named as part of their squad for the ICC World Twenty20.
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Cameron White returned to Australia to captain the A team against Pakistan and showed consistency with the bat, culminating in 73* in the Twenty20 match.
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Cameron White played the remaining four matches of the series at number six, but finished the tour as Australia's leading run-scorer in ODIs.
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The return of Clarke to the ODI team for the Pakistan series saw Cameron White move down the order again, although batting at number five, he made his second international century in the first match, scoring 105 from 88 balls to help drive Australia to victory.
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Cameron White became the 2nd highest paid Australian in the IPL, behind David Hussey.
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Cameron White scored his first fifty in the IPL against Pune Warriors India, batting at No 3.
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Cameron White scored a further 4 half-centuries for the Chargers, ending the season with the second most runs for the Chargers; 479 runs with an average of 43.54, and a strike rate of 149.68, with a high score of 78 from 13 innings.
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Cameron White captained the Chargers in a further 2 matches.
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Cameron White made 209 runs, averaging 17.41 with a strike rate of 109.42.
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Cameron White signed for Northamptonshire Steelbacks to play in the Friends Life T20 competition, as their second overseas player.
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Cameron White scored the most runs for the Steelbacks; 228 runs with an average of 57 and a strike rate of 131.03, with a high score of 62* from 8 innings.
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Cameron White re-signed to play for the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, signing a 3-year contract.
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Cameron White said he intended to continue playing Premier Cricket for the Melbourne Cricket Club and was looking for coaching opportunities.
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Cameron White was then named vice-captain to Clarke for the following 7-match One Day Series against England.
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When Clarke was rested for the last ODI, Cameron White was named captain of the side.
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Cameron White is the first Victorian since Shane Warne to captain the Australia ODI Team.
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Cameron White was succeeded by Melbourne Stars teammate George Bailey.