Aaron William Summers (born 24 March 1996) is an Australian former

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er and convicted sex offender. He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 21 December 2017. He made his

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debut for Tasmania in the

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on 19 September 2018. In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the

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cricket tournament. However, the following month the tournament was cancelled. In December 2020, it was announced that Summers would play in the

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, becoming the first Australian cricketer to play in a domestic cricket competition in Pakistan, after signing with

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. In May 2021, after playing professionally and working in

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, Summers was arrested and charged in relation to seven counts of grooming and possessing child abuse material. In December 2021, after pleading guilty, he was jailed for three years and 11 months, and was registered as a sex offender.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Summers, Aaron 1996 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia Hobart Hurricanes cricketers Tasmania cricketers Southern Punjab (Pakistan) cricketers Australian people convicted of child pornography offences Australian sportspeople convicted of crimes 21st-century Australian sportsmen