Trent Aaron Copeland (born 14 March 1986) is an Australian

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player and commentator. He was a right-arm fast bowler who played

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for

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. He made his Test debut for

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against

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in August 2011.

Cricket

Originally from Bathurst, Trent Copeland began his career as a wicketkeeper at

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. In a third grade game, with the front-line bowlers exhausted, St George turned to Copeland needing 4 wickets for a win, with the close of play 10 minutes away. Copeland took 4/1 from 2 overs. Following this performance, Copeland quickly came up through the ranks of St George, and was the second highest wicket-taker with 61 at 16.62 in the Sydney Grade competition in 2008–09. He made his first class debut for NSW against Queensland at the

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on 27 January 2010 and took a remarkable 8/92 in the first innings. It was the second-best figures in a maiden first-class fixture for New South Wales. Copeland took an impressive 35 wickets at 17.57 in a remarkable, debut

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season. Despite playing just 5 games he was the third highest wicket taker behind only

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and Peter George who both played the full 10 games – twice as many as Copeland. He was named in the ''ACA four-day team of the year'' two seasons in a row 2009/10 and 2010/11. Copeland replaced

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in the Sydney Thunder Big Bash squad, and his stocks continued to rise. Copeland won the

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– Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year 2010. He was named in the Australia A four-day and one-day squads to tour Zimbabwe in July 2011, and was subsequently named in the Test squad to tour Sri Lanka in August 2011. Copeland made his Test debut for Australia in

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, he had his baggy Green cap presented to him by

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. He picked up the wicket of Sri Lankan opener

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, whose wicket he would claim twice more in 5 innings. He scored a vital 23* in the second innings of his debut Test, achieving the fourth-highest score in the innings. He took 6 wickets at an economical run return, retained his place in the squad for tour of South Africa two months later but Ryan Harris was selected to play ahead of him in the first test and the 18 year old

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made his test debut in the second test as Harris was injured. Copeland was the 12th man and occasionally fielded as the substitute. This was his last involvement in an Australian national team as he was not included in any squad for the Australian summer of 2011/10 as the selectors picked

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and

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to debut alongside Peter Siddle & Nathan Lyon in the bowling attack with

in the squad but not playing. Copeland did not make any appearances for Australia in the 20 or 50 over short formats. In 2018, Copeland joined the

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as an analyst for the network's Test cricket coverage, after having previously done radio commentary with

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. Copeland hosted

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's coverage of the

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. As of January 2025, Copeland is general manager of the

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Personal life

Copeland is married to former Australian Diamonds netballer,

Kimberlee Green Kimberlee Green (born 5 March 1986) is an Australian former international netball player. Green was the captain of the Giants Netball team in the Suncorp Super Netball league and represented the Australia national netball team, Australian natio ...

. During his early years in Sydney, Copeland studied sports management at the Australian College of Physical Education and, later, did a Masters in International Sports Management at

Southern Cross University Southern Cross University (SCU) is an Australian public university, with campuses at Lismore and Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales, and at Coolangatta, the most southern suburb of the Gold Coast in Queensland. In 2019, it was ranke ...

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