Cooper Patrick Leonard Connolly (born 22 August 2003) is an Australian

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er who represents the

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, ODI and

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cricket. He is a left-handed batter and a slow left-arm orthodox bowler, who plays for

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in interstate cricket and

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in the

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Career

In January 2022, he was named as the captain of the

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for the

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. The

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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

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. He made his

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debut for the Scorchers, on 7 January 2023 against the

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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

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debut for

on 24 September 2023, against

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in the

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. He made his first-class debut for Western Australia on 21 March 2024, against

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in the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield final, scoring 90 in the first innings. On 15 July 2024, Connolly was named in Australia's T20I and ODI squads for their tour of

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and

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to be held in September that year. He made his T20I debut against Scotland on September 7 and his ODI debut against England on September 29. In January 2025 Connolly was included in Australia's Test squad to tour Sri Lanka. Before the second Test in Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in January 2025, Connolly received his Test Cap (nicknamed 'Baggy Green') from former Test allrounder

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, who is another Western Australian, and became the 471st Australian to play tests for Australia.

Playing style

Connolly has stated that he models himself after former Australian batsman and fellow Western Australian

Shaun Marsh Shaun Edward Marsh (born 9 July 1983) is an Australian cricketer who previously played for the Western Australia cricket team in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australian national cricket team, Australia in all three formats. Ni ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Cooper 2003 births Living people Australian cricketers Australia Test cricketers Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Twenty20 International cricketers Western Australia cricketers Perth Scorchers cricketers Cricketers from Perth, Western Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen