Sam David Robson was born on 1 July 1989 and is an Australian-born English cricketer who plays for Middlesex County Cricket Club.
15 Facts About Sam Robson
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Sam Robson is a right-handed batsman and occasional legbreak bowler.
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Sam Robson had attended Sydney Boys High School in Year 10, playing in the school's 1st XI in the GPS.
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Sam Robson played cricket for New South Wales Under-17s, New South Wales Under-19s, the Australia Under-19 cricket team, the University of New South Wales, and Eastern Suburbs.
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Sam Robson left Sydney after school as he was stuck behind Usman Khawaja, his schoolmate Phillip Hughes, and others in the NSW pecking order.
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Sam Robson started to play for the Middlesex 2nd XI in 2008, and played his first List A match for Middlesex against Worcestershire in the NatWest Pro40 League on 14 September 2008.
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Sam Robson made his first-class debut in June 2009, scoring 43 and 23 for Middlesex against Essex County Cricket Club at Chelmsford.
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On 31 March 2012, on the first day of a three-day match against Durham MCC University, Sam Robson made cricket history by becoming the first batsman to score a first-class hundred in England in the month of March.
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Sam Robson has British and Australian nationality but played for Australia in nine Under-19 ODIs against Pakistan in April and October 2007.
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Sam Robson was expected to qualify for England by residency in the summer of 2014 but achieved it unexpectedly early, in August 2013.
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Sam Robson has expressed a clear commitment to Middlesex as he views the County Championship as the best tournament for his development as a cricketer, but under current rules as a dual national he would be treated as an Australian player if he played for an Australian state side and thus would be treated as an overseas player at Middlesex.
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Sam Robson made his debut in the first Test, scoring 1 and 19, before making his maiden Test century with 127 in the first innings of the second Test.
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Sam Robson has played in seven Test matches for England, all in 2014.
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Sam Robson retained his place for the first Test against India, making a half century in the match.
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Sam Robson went on to play in the other four matches of the tour, although he was not able to make more than 37 runs in an innings.