Clay Young
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Claye Michael Young is a former Australian cricket
player, who played three First-class cricket
matches for Tasmania
in the 1987-88 season. Clay Young was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who performed well in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket
competition, earning him a call up to the state side in 1987. Although performing well in one match, taking figures of 6/120 in one innings, he failed to cement a place in the side, and was not recalled.
Clay is the older brother of the Tasmanian cricketer, Shaun Young
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
player, who played three First-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches for Tasmania
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
in the 1987-88 season. Clay Young was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who performed well in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket
Tasmanian Grade Cricket
Tasmanian Grade Cricket, or the Tasmanian Grade Competition, refers to the hierarchically graded cricket competitions played in Tasmania, Australia...
competition, earning him a call up to the state side in 1987. Although performing well in one match, taking figures of 6/120 in one innings, he failed to cement a place in the side, and was not recalled.
Clay is the older brother of the Tasmanian cricketer, Shaun Young
Shaun Young
Shaun Young is an Australian cricketer.He played in one Test at The Oval in London in 1997. He was called into the test team as a replacement as he happened to be in England at the time. He played in 138 first-class cricket matches for Tasmania and Gloucestershire taking 274 wickets with his best...
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