Aaron Summers (cricketer)

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Aaron Summers

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Aaron William Summers

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Hobart Hurricanes

| year1 = 2017/18

| clubnumber1 = 35

| club2 = Tasmania

| year2 = 2018/19

| clubnumber2 = 35

| club3 = Karachi Kings

| year3 = 2019

| clubnumber3 = 35

| club4 = Southern Punjab

| year4 = 2020/21

| clubnumber4 = 35

| columns = 2

| column1 = LA

| matches1 = 7

| runs1 = 42

| bat avg1 = 14.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 19

| deliveries1 = 306

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 77.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/72

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = T20

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = –

| bat avg2 = –

| 100s/50s2 = –

| top score2 = –

| deliveries2 = 66

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 31 January 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1124289.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Aaron William Summers (born 24 March 1996) is an Australian former cricketer and convicted sex offender.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1124289.html |title=Aaron Summers |access-date=21 December 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/players/aaron-summers/C8WzNswCoEK6LtvyhKMXnw |title=Aaron Summers |access-date=21 December 2017 |publisher=Cricket Australia}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/aaron-summers-21-year-old-fast-bowler-ryan-harris-nt-strike-league-pathways/2017-07-03 |title=Summers' arrival heats up Harris |access-date=21 December 2017 |publisher=Cricket Australia}} He made his Twenty20 debut for Hobart Hurricanes in the 2017–18 Big Bash League season on 21 December 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1114858.html |title=3rd Match, Big Bash League at Hobart, Dec 21 2017 |access-date=21 December 2017 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}} He made his List A debut for Tasmania in the 2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup on 19 September 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1150090.html |title=3rd match, JLT One-Day Cup at Townsville, Sep 19 2018 |access-date=19 September 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Belfast Titans in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 July 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |publisher=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719163945/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |url-status=dead }} However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}

In December 2020, it was announced that Summers would play in the 2020–21 Pakistan Cup, becoming the first Australian cricketer to play in a domestic cricket competition in Pakistan,{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aaron-summers-set-to-be-first-australian-to-play-pakistan-domestic-cricket-1245211 |title=Aaron Summers set to be first Australian to play Pakistan domestic cricket |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 December 2020}} after signing with Southern Punjab.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pakistan-cup-gets-australia-fast-bowler-boost.html |title=Pakistan Cup gets Australia fast bowler boost |date=10 January 2014 |publisher=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=26 December 2020}}

In May 2021, after playing professionally and working in Darwin, Northern Territory, Summers was arrested and charged in relation to seven counts of grooming and possessing child abuse material.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/australian-cricketer-aaron-summers-charged-with-child-sexual-offences-1263305 |title=Australian cricketer Aaron Summers charged with child sexual offences |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 May 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/former-bbl-cricketer-in-court-on-child-abuse-charges-20210517-p57smo.html |last=Cherny |first=Daniel | title=Former BBL cricketer in court on child abuse charges |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 May 2021|access-date=17 May 2021}} In December 2021, after pleading guilty, he was jailed for three years and 11 months, and was registered as a sex offender.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-22/aaron-summers-cricketer-nt-court-sentencing-child-grooming/100705816|title=Former professional cricketer Aaron Summers jailed for grooming, possessing child abuse material|last=Mackay|first=Melissa|date=22 December 2021|access-date=22 December 2021|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}