Cameron James Merchant (born 4 January 1984) is an Australian cricketer living in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
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Career
After a Second XI career in Australia, moved to New Zealand to play
first class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...
for
Northern Districts from 2007. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler, Merchant continually alternated between Northern Districts' First and Second XIs into the 2009 season. During his career, he has scored more than 1,000 runs in First and Second XI cricket, including two centuries and five half-centuries. He was formerly a professional at the Toronto Cricket Club in Canada.
Merchant is now the stand-in first grade captain of
Manly Warringah District Cricket Club in
Sydney Grade Cricket
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.
Personal life
In 2019, he appeared on the
Australian version of ''Married at First Sight'', where he 'married' 36-year-old Jules Robinson in an episode originally aired on 28 January 2019. They legally married in November 2019, and their first child, Oliver Chase Merchant, was born on 3 October 2020.
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1984 births
Cricketers from Sydney
Living people
Australian cricketers
Northern Districts cricketers
Wellington cricketers
Participants in Australian reality television series
21st-century Australian sportsmen