Hilton William Raymond Cartwright was born on 14 February 1992 and is a Zimbabwean born Australian international cricketer who plays for Western Australia and the Melbourne Stars.
28 Facts About Hilton Cartwright
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Hilton Cartwright spent his early life in Marondera, but at the age of 11 emigrated to Australia with his family after their tobacco farm was occupied.
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Hilton Cartwright's family settled in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Wesley College.
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Hilton Cartwright was picked for the under-13 South Perth Cricket Club district team where he had early success, averaging 34 in his first season.
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Hilton Cartwright holds British citizenship, and spent the 2010 English season playing for Sidmouth in the Devon Cricket League.
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Hilton Cartwright debuted for the Scorchers in the second match of the competition, against the Melbourne Stars, and top-scored with 17 runs from Perth's innings of 69, the lowest completed score recorded in the tournament.
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Hilton Cartwright made his first-class debut for Western Australia in January 2013, against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield.
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In October 2015 Hilton Cartwright was picked in the Cricket Australia XI to play New Zealand.
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Hilton Cartwright won man of the match in a Matador Cup game scoring 99 for the Cricket Australia XI against Queensland.
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Hilton Cartwright was selected in the Australian National Performance Squad.
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That summer in the Sheffield Shield Hilton Cartwright scored 59 in a game against NSW; scored 44 and took 4 wickets against Queensland; scored 139 and took 2 wickets against South Australia; and scored 92 against Queensland.
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Hilton Cartwright was picked to play for Australia A against a touring India A side in 2016.
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Hilton Cartwright scored 117 and took a wicket, winning the man of the match.
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In November 2016, Hilton Cartwright was added to Australia's One Day International squad ahead of their three-match series against New Zealand, despite the fact his domestic one day performances for WA had been relatively underwhelming.
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On 3 January 2017 Hilton Cartwright was presented his baggy green cap by former Australian cricketer Tom Moody to make his debut in third Test match against Pakistan, replacing Nic Maddinson.
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Hilton Cartwright averaged over 44.50 with the bat and had taken 15 wickets from 16 games at 44.
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Hilton Cartwright was overlooked for Australia's squad to tour India in favour of Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh.
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Hilton Cartwright finished the rest of the season strongly at domestic level.
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Hilton Cartwright made 94 and 27 against Tasmania, winning the man of the match.
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Hilton Cartwright scored 101 against Victoria and a man of the match winning 70 and 170 not out against New South Wales.
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Hilton Cartwright was picked on the 2017 tour of Bangladesh, replacing Shaun Marsh.
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Hilton Cartwright is a quality player who we believe has a big future for Australia and we are very keen to see him carry on his good form in the sub-continent.
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Hilton Cartwright did not play in the first test but was picked in the second test in place of Usman Khawaja.
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Hilton Cartwright was named in the Australian one day squad to tour India in 2017.
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Hilton Cartwright made a duck playing as opener in a tour game against the Indian Board XI.
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Hilton Cartwright made his One Day International debut for Australia against India on 17 September 2017.
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Hilton Cartwright was part of the West Australian side that won the JLT One Day Competition in 2017.
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Hilton Cartwright signed to play for the English county Middlesex over the 2018 summer.