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Darrin Joseph Ramshaw (born 29 November 1965) is a former Australian
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er who played at domestic level for
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and
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during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The son of Graham Ramshaw, Ramshaw was a talented junior sportsman, playing
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for the
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in the
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(WAFL) and representing the Australian under-19 cricket team. He made his
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debut for Western Australia during the 1989–90 season, but moved to
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the following season, where he established himself as an
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. Later moving to the middle order, in the absence of Dean Jones Ramshaw captained Victoria in several matches during the 1993–94 season, but that season was his last at state level. He later served as assistant coach of
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and coach of Western Australia's under-19 team.


Career

The son of Graham Ramshaw, a leading
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player, Ramshaw grew up in
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, Western Australia, and occasionally played matches for the
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in the
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(WAFL).Reid, R. (2006) "Players pay tribute to premiership star", ''The West Australian'', 9 October 2006. A talented junior sportsman, he played cricket for Western Australia at under-16, under-19, and colts level,Miscellaneous matches played by Darrin Ramshaw (22)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
and toured the British Isles during the 1983 season with the Australian national under-19 cricket team, playing three
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and two
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(ODIs). On tour, Ramshaw led Australia's Test runs aggregates, with 111 runs from two innings, and finished third in the ODI aggregates. His form on tour led to his selection for Test and ODI series the following year against a Sri Lankan under-19 team, with the Australian under-19s including two future Australian captainsMark Taylor and
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. Ramshaw debuted at state level during the 1989–90 season, playing his first first-class in that season's
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, against
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at the
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.First-class matches played by Darrin Ramshaw (24)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
Scoring eleven runs on debut in a match where
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scored a triple century (355
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), later in the season he played two further Shield matches and two limited-overs matches against the touring Sri Lankan national team.List A matches played by Darrin Ramshaw (9)
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
With Western Australia's batting line-up at the time including internationals
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,
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, Graeme Wood, and
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, as well as experienced state players Wayne Andrews and Mark McPhee, Ramshaw moved to
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the following season to further his career. He spent most of the 1990–91 season playing second XI matches, but was promoted to the Sheffield Shield team for two matches late in the season. Ramshaw was subsequently included in the squad for its 1991 tour of England, playing in two matches against
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. Now usually playing as an
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, and often partnering with Wayne Phillips, Ramshaw was a regular selection in Victoria's team during the 1991–92 Sheffield Shield, playing seven matches for 371 runs at an
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of 33.72. This included four half-centuries, although he was never able to progress past 60 runs in a single innings. During the season, Ramshaw also played two matches in the one-day Federated Automobile Insurance Cup, serving as
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in the match against
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in the absence of regular keeper
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. He did not play at all the following season, but returned for the 1993–94 season, which was to be his last at state level. Displaced from his previous role as an opener, Ramshaw played as a middle-order batsman, scoring 502 runs at an average of 29.52 from nine matches. This again included four half-centuries, with his highest first-class score an innings of 85 runs against New South Wales. Late in the season, when regular captain Dean Jones was on international duty, Ramshaw served as
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of
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for three Shield matches and two one-day matches. After the conclusion of his playing career, he served as assistant coach of
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for a period in the early 2000s, as well as co-coach of Western Australia's under-19 team during the 2003–04 season, with Doug Harris.Warriors youth coaching appointments
– ESPNcricinfo. Published 16 June 2003. Retrieved 15 January 2013.


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