Harry Nielsen (cricketer)
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| Full name | Harry James Nielsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 May 1995 Ashford, Adelaide, South Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tim Nielsen (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–present | South Australia (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017/18–present | Adelaide Strikers (squad no. 4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 15 November 2017 Cricket Australia XI v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 27 September 2017 Cricket Australia XI v South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Nielsen (born 3 May 1995) is an Australian cricketer, the son of former South Australian cricketer Tim Nielsen.[2] During the 2017–18 season, he made his debut in all three major forms of the game, first-class, one-day and Twenty20 cricket playing for Cricket Australia XI in the JLT One-Day Cup and tour matches, the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield.
Domestic career[edit]
Early career[edit]
Nielsen started his career playing grade cricket for Woodville Cricket Club in Adelaide.[3] He played his first against a higher quality opposition when he played for a Cricket Australia XI against the touring India national cricket team. Despite his team's poor performance, he scored 43 runs off 40 balls and was part of a 52-run partnership for the final wicket.[4] His next major appearance was in another tour match, this time when South Africa were touring Australia, but instead of playing against the South Africans he played with them. When South Africa's wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock was unable to field and their reserve keeper had not yet arrived in the country, Nielsen had to leave partway through a grade cricket match for Woodville to stand in as their wicket-keeper. This gave him the opportunity to keep to a world-class bowling attack.[5]
Nielsen started to play for South Australia in the Futures League. When he was the state's leading run-scorer in the competition for the 2016–17 season,[3] he was upgraded to a senior contract with South Australia for the 2017–18 season.[6]
2017–18 season[edit]
Nielsen was in the Cricket Australia XI squad for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup and played for them in all six matches, one of their standout players in the tournament.[7] He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the first match of the tournament against South Australia. He took three catches as Cricket Australia XI's wicket-keeper in what was just the team's second win in their history.[8] He made his first mark with the bat against Victoria, when he came to the crease with Cricket Australia XI at 4/36. They lost two more wickets quickly to fall to 6/45, but Nielsen fought hard and scored 94 runs, falling just short of a century, taking them to 9/216. They lost the match by 7 wickets.[9] He finished the tournament with the highest batting average among the team, scoring 147 runs at an average of 49.00. As their keeper he also had nine dismissals.[10] In November 2017 he also made his first-class debut for Cricket Australia XI in a tour match against England.[7]
During the 2017–18 Big Bash League season, Nielsen was added to the Adelaide Strikers squad for their semi-final match in order to replace their regular wicket-keeper Alex Carey, who was busy playing for Australia's national team at the time.[7] He was taken out of the team for the BBL final when Carey was surprisingly released from his national duty.[11][12]
Nielsen made his Sheffield Shield debut for South Australia a week later when Carey was again called up for national duties.[11] His father Tim Nielsen, who had also kept wickets for South Australia, presented him with his cap.[13] He scored a century in the first innings of the match, becoming the ninth South Australian to do so on Sheffield Shield debut,[14] with his 105 bringing South Australia back into the game after they had slipped to 5/126.[15] On 2 December 2018, he scored a century against India in a tour match for Cricket Australia XI.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Harry Nielsen". cricket.au.com. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Harry Nielsen | Cricket Players and Officials". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Harry Nielsen". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Indian seamers make early impact | Cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Ramsey, Andrew (23 October 2016). "How Harry became SA's accidental hero". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "South Australia name contract list - ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b c Capel, Andrew (30 January 2018). "Big Bash League: Harry Nielsen in Adelaide Strikers squad | Adelaide Now". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27 2017 | Match Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "13th match, JLT One-Day Cup at Sydney, Oct 10 2017 | Match Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Records | Records | JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - Cricket Australia XI | | Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
- ^ a b Capel, Andrew (6 February 2018). "Sheffield Shield: Harry Nielsen to debut for Redbacks after BBL semi-final appearance | Adelaide Now". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Tour Match, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Townsville, Nov 15-18 2017 | Match Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Earle, Richard (8 February 2018). "Sheffield Shield: SA Redbacks back to reality against Bushrangers | Adelaide Now". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Earle, Richard (8 February 2018). "Harry Nielsen scores ton on South Australia Sheffield Shield debut | Adelaide Now". The Advertiser. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Nielsen's debut ton resurrects South Australia". ESPNcricinfo. 8 February 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Ferris, Sam (2 December 2018). "Young keeper hopes India are worn out | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 March 2024.