D'Arcy Short made his international debut for Australia in February 2018.
21 Facts About D'Arcy Short
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D'Arcy Short is of Indigenous Australian descent through his maternal grandmother, whose ancestors are the Mitakoodi people of the Cloncurry River region in Queensland.
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D'Arcy Short's parents ran an indoor sports centre in Darwin and he grew up playing indoor cricket before progressing through the Darwin grade cricket leagues.
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D'Arcy Short later moved to Perth to have more opportunity to play at higher levels.
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D'Arcy Short only scored 3 runs, but took two wickets with his left-arm unorthodox spin bowling, including one from the second delivery he bowled.
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In February 2010, D'Arcy Short made his debut for Western Australia in the Futures League after performing well for the Northern Territory in the Imparja Cup in 2009.
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D'Arcy Short was selected in an Indigenous Australian cricket team that toured England in June and July 2009.
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In March 2011, D'Arcy Short was named the Lord's Taverners Indigenous Cricketer of the Year award winner.
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On 10 January 2018, D'Arcy Short made the highest individual score in a Big Bash League match at the time, scoring 122 not out off 69 balls against Brisbane Heat.
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D'Arcy Short took 3 wickets during the season and was named Player of the Tournament.
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In March 2019, D'Arcy Short signed for Durham for the upcoming T20 Blast season.
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D'Arcy Short made a fine start to his first game in Durham colours, contributing to a seven run victory over Northamptonshire with an aggressive innings of 46 from 40 balls, whilst taking 2 wickets from 4 overs.
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On 17 May 2021, D'Arcy Short signed for Hampshire Hawks for their upcoming T20 Blast season.
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D'Arcy Short was drafted by Trent Rockets as one of their overseas players for the inaugural season of The Hundred.
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D'Arcy Short made his T20I debut for Australia against New Zealand on 3 February 2018.
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D'Arcy Short scored a match winning 76 from 46 balls against New Zealand at Eden Park later in the same series.
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Australia eventually won the match by recording the highest successful chase ever in T20I history, with D'Arcy Short named as the man of the match for his batting performance.
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In May 2018, D'Arcy Short was named in Australia's One Day International squad for the series against England.
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D'Arcy Short made his ODI debut for Australia against England on 16 June 2018.
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The partnership of 223 between Finch and D'Arcy Short is the highest partnership for any wicket in a T20I and marked the first ever instance of a 200+ runstand in a T20I match for any wicket.
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On 16 July 2020, D'Arcy Short was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic.