28 Facts About Chadd Sayers

Chadd James Sayers was born on 31 August 1987 and is a former Australian cricketer from South Australia.

Chadd Sayers is a swing bowler who bowls with slower pace than most other bowlers in the modern era.

Chadd Sayers specializes in first-class cricket and does not play Twenty20s.

Chadd Sayers started his cricket career, after switching from baseball, playing grade cricket with Woodville Cricket Club.

Chadd Sayers considered moving interstate to seek opportunities at a higher level, but he stayed in South Australia and his form continued to improve.

In 2011, Chadd Sayers was given his first full contract with South Australia.

Chadd Sayers won the Neil Dansie Medal for the best South Australian player of the season and finished just two points behind former Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting, to be second in the Sheffield Shield player of the year.

Chadd Sayers was included in an Australia A squad touring England in the 2013 season before the 2013 Ashes series.

Chadd Sayers signed a contract to play for Twenty20 team the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League for the first time.

Chadd Sayers had never played in the BBL and was considered a specialist in the longer forms of cricket.

Chadd Sayers was unable to play in the BBL and the rest of the Sheffield Shield season due to an ankle injury which required surgery.

Chadd Sayers was selected for the tour because it was expected the conditions would suit his style of swing bowling.

Chadd Sayers did not play in the Test, but he was again included in the Australian squad for a match against Pakistan, which he did not play in.

Chadd Sayers finished the season with 62 wickets, again the most in the competition, and again won the Neil Dansie Medal.

Chadd Sayers was selected for Australia A again in 2017 for their tour of South Africa, but the tour plans were derailed when a pay dispute erupted between Cricket Australia and the Australian Cricketers' Association.

Chadd Sayers was put in financial uncertainty by the pay dispute as his three-year contract had come to an end, and the players agreed to boycott the Australia A tour if an agreement had not been reached before its commencement.

In June 2019, Chadd Sayers signed with Gloucestershire for the 2019 County Championship as an injury replacement for Daniel Worrall.

Chadd Sayers played four matches for the club and took 11 wickets at an average of 36.36.

Chadd Sayers replaced the injured Jackson Bird in Australia's Test squad for their tour of South Africa in February to April 2018.

Chadd Sayers made his Test debut in the final test of the series on 30 March 2018, replacing the injured Mitchell Starc.

Chadd Sayers was not selected for the next Test tour, against Pakistan in late 2018, and did not play any more Tests.

In 2014, the club sought to replace Aaron as vice-captain because it saw all three Chadd Sayers being so heavily involved in leadership as being a conflict of interest.

Aaron Sayers joined Port Adelaide Cricket Club and Chadd Sayers joined Glenelg Cricket Club.

Chadd Sayers is a fast-medium bowler capable of getting late outswing against right-handed batsmen.

Unlike most other pace bowlers of the 21st century, Chadd Sayers is not a very fast bowler, instead focusing on precision and swing to take wickets.

Chadd Sayers's abilities lend themselves to success even on pitches not considered to help pace bowlers.

Chadd Sayers has been called an "old-fashioned" cricketer as he does not bowl with significant pace to frighten batsmen or have many variations on his bowling, both major elements of pace bowling in the era of Twenty20 cricket.

Chadd Sayers specializes in first-class cricket rather than List A cricket or Twenty20 cricket.