Xavier Colin Bartlett (born 17 December 1998) is an Australian international

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er who represents the Australia national cricket team in ODI and

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cricket. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Bartlett plays for

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and

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in domestic cricket. Bartlett represented Australia in the

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. Bartlett played in

's 2020–21 Sheffield Shield season title win and the

's 2023-24 Big Bash League title win.

Early life

Bartlett was born in

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, but moved with his family to the

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, in 2005 at the age of seven. He began playing junior cricket for Surfers Paradise and made his first grade debut for the Gold Coast Dolphins in November 2015 at the age of 17. Bartlett graduated from The Southport School in 2016 as a member of Radcliffe House. While at the school, he represented the school's First XI cricket team in both 2015 and 2016; winning the Westcott Family Trophy for First XI bowler of the year alongside teammate Jack McDonald and played a pivotal role in TSS's 2015 First XI

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Premiership winning season.

Domestic career

He made his

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debut for the Australian National Performance Squad against India A on 27 August 2016. He made his

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debut on 18 October 2019, for

in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season. He made his

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debut on 11 December 2020, for the

, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season. In just his second Big Bash League game, Bartlett took three wickets against the

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. In the 2023/24 Big Bash Season, Bartlett was the top wicket taker in the tournament taking 20 wickets. This included 2 in the Brisbane Heat’s Final victory against the

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. Making him a vital part of the Brisbane Heat’s Title win. In February 2024,

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announced that they had signed Bartlett for the first round of

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matches and part of the group stage of the

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T20 tournament.

International career

In December 2017, he was named in Australia's squad for the

. In January 2024, he earned his maiden call-up to Australia's

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(ODI) squad for their series against the West Indies, as an injury replacement for Jhye Richardson. He made his debut in the first match of the series. On debut he recorded figures of 4/17 which earned him the

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. At the time of his debut these are the second best bowling figures recorded for an Australian debutant in ODIs. After being rested for the second match in the series, he returned in the third match taking 4/21. This performance saw him pick up his second player of the match, ultimately earning him the player of the series. Bartlett made his

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debut in February 2024 in the third match of the series against the West Indies at

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as a replacement for the injured Josh Hazlewood. He took two wickets in the match.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartlett, Xavier 1998 births Living people Australian cricketers Cricketers from the Gold Coast, Queensland People educated at the Southport School Cricket Australia XI cricketers Brisbane Heat cricketers Queensland cricketers Australia One Day International cricketers Australia Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Australian sportsmen