Rhett John Gaven Lockyear (born 28 February 1983) is an Australian former professional

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player, who played for the

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and the

Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmania men's cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield an ...

. He plays club cricket for Tasmania University Cricket Club. Rhett is a right-handed middle order batsman who has recurentely been performing consistently for club side University. He has had limited opportunities to establish himself in the Tiger's line-up. On 18–20 November 2007, he assisted the Australian national side as a 12th man during the Hobart Test against

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. In the first innings, he was involved in the run out of

Farveez Maharoof Mohamed Farveez Maharoof (, : born 7 September 1984), or Farveez Maharoof, is a Sri Lankan former professional cricketer, who played Tests and ODIs. He first made his impression in the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in which he captained the S ...

and caught Michael Vandort off the bowling of

Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He represented Australia in international cricket from ...

. In the second innings he was involved in the run out of

Dilhara Fernando Congenige Randhi Dilhara Fernando (; born 19 July 1979) is a former professional Sri Lankan international cricketer. He played as a right-handed pace bowler and was a key member of the Sri Lankan teams which finished as runners-up in the 2007 ...

. In October 2011 he was a member of the Australian squad at the 2011 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes tournament. In the opening game against Ireland, he captained the team and retired not out on 31 runs.Game 1 Scorecard

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* 1983 births Living people Australian cricketers Tasmania cricketers Hobart Hurricanes cricketers Sydney Thunder cricketers Cricketers from New South Wales Sportspeople from Mudgee 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1980s-stub