Darren Jude Wates is an Anglo-Indian

Anglo-Indian

Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in India, now mainly historical in the latter sense. British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent...

 Western Australian cricketer, currently playing as an all-rounder for the Western Warriors in the Ford Ranger Cup and Pura Cup

Pura Cup

The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...

 competitions. He attended Aquinas College, Perth

Aquinas College, Perth

Aquinas College is a Catholic independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Salter Point, Western Australia. Its sister school is Santa Maria Ladies College located in Attadale...

 and the University of Western Australia

University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia was established by an Act of the Western Australian Parliament in February 1911, and began teaching students for the first time in 1913. It is the oldest university in the state of Western Australia and the only university in the state to be a member of the...

.

He started his career in the 1999/2000 season, where he made a spectacular entry, where he won the Best new talent award on the way to the Western Warriors winning the Mercantile Mutual Cup Final.

In 2004, he gave away his career as a lawyer to become a full-time cricketer, but injuries have restricted his last few seasons, with persistent hamstring problems.

In the 2004 ING Cup Final, Wates starred with Kade Harvey

Kade Harvey

Kade Murray Harvey in Perth, Western Australia was an Australian cricketer who played first class cricket for the Western Warriors. He was an all-rounder who bowled right-arm medium and batted in the lower order...

 to add 75 for the seventh wicket to guide the Western Warriors to their first title since 1999/2000. Wates hit the winning runs off the bowling of Clinton Perren

Clinton Perren

Clinton Terrence Perren is an Australian first-class cricketer who played for Queensland. He was a right-handed middle order batsman....

 in the final over of the match.

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