Scott Oliver Henry (born 14 February 1989, in

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) is an Australian former

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er who played for

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and

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. A left-handed batsman, he made his first class debut playing for

against

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in October 2011. Henry scored an unbeaten double century against the touring Sri Lanka's in 2012 and hit a half century on his Ryobi cup debut against

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at the WACA in Perth. He played regularly including every game of the 2014–15

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season but was cut from the squad following the signing of test cricketer

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. Following a move to Queensland, he scored a century on debut in October 2015. It was his maiden first class century and came against Victoria at the

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. He played one game for the

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in December 2012 during 2012–13

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season, scoring 6 runs before being

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. He then signed to play for the

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in the Big Bash League for 2014–15 season, but did not play any more T20 games. He completed an ACA internship programme at Queensland cricket in the commercial and marketing team. He took up a position as Operations Manager at University of Queensland Cricket Club in January 2018.

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* 1989 births Living people Sportsmen from New South Wales New South Wales cricketers Queensland cricketers Melbourne Stars cricketers Australian cricketers Sportspeople from Mudgee Cricketers from New South Wales 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-cricket-bio-1980s-stub

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