Cooper Connolly

Cooper Connolly (born 22 August 2003) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, who plays for Western Australia in interstate cricket and Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League.

Career
In January 2022, he was named as the captain of the Australia national under-19 cricket team for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. The allrounder also captained the Western Australia under-17 cricket team. In August 2022, he was signed by the Perth Scorchers to play for them in the 2022–23 Big Bash League season. He made his Twenty20 debut for the Scorchers, on 7 January 2023 against the Brisbane Heat in the 2022–23 Big Bash League. He played in the final and got 25 runs off 11 balls to win the match for the Scorchers.

He made his List A debut for Western Australia on 24 September 2023, against Queensland in the 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 21 March 2024, against Tasmania in the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield final, scoring 90 in the first innings.

On 15 July 2024, Connolly was named in the Australia squad for a white-ball tour of England and Scotland to be held in September that year.