Gary Putland (born 10 February 1986) is an Australian professional

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er. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler who has played for the

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, the representative team of the

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. Putland represented Australia at youth level and was trained at the

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. He played grade cricket for Southern Districts. He started playing

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and

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matches for South Australia in the 2005–06 season, but it took him until February 2010 to make his first-class debut for the state, in a

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match against Western Australia. He entered the players auction to join the

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in 2011, but was unsold.

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