Rob Baker (cricketer)
Robert Michael Baker (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia. He played as a right-handed batsman and occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He showed great promise as a junior cricketer – being a skillful middle-order batsman and handy bowler. He was represented the Australian Under 19 side in 1993 and 1994 (as captain)[1] and attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 1994.[2] He became a regular in the Western Australian side, but a debilitating onset of chronic fatigue syndrome forced him from the game when he was only 26 years old.[3] Baker was the second player and first Western Australian to take a hat-trick in a domestic one-day match.[4] Baker would moist likely play for Australia but unfortunately got chronic fatigue.
References
- ↑ Australia Under 19 scorecard
- ↑ Victoria Institute of Sport v Australian Cricket Academy scorecard
- ↑ "Fix me or take me: The ballad of Rob Baker". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- ↑ "Bracken hat-trick not enough for Blues". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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