Max Bryant
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{use Australian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Max Bryant
| image =
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| fullname = Max Arthur Bryant
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|3|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = Batter
| club1 = Cricket Australia XI
| clubnumber1 = 15
| year1 = {{nowrap|2017/18}}
| club2 = Queensland
| year2 = {{nowrap|2018/19–present}}
| club3 = Brisbane Heat
| year3 = {{nowrap|2018/19–present}}
| type1 = LA
| debutdate1 = 27 September
| debutyear1 = 2017
| debutfor1 = Cricket Australia XI
| debutagainst1 = South Australia
| lastdate1 =
| lastyear1 =
| lastfor1 =
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| columns = 3
| hidedeliveries= true
| column1 = FC
| matches1 = 9
| runs1= 377
| bat avg1= 23.56
| 100s/50s1= –/1
| top score1= 84
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 8/–
| column2 = LA
| matches2 = 40
| runs2= 1079
| bat avg2= 29.16
| 100s/50s2= –/7
| top score2= 89
| deliveries2 = –
| wickets2 = –
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2= 24/–
| column3 = T20
| matches3 = 72
| runs3= 1517
| bat avg3= 22.98
| 100s/50s3= –/6
| top score3= 81
| deliveries3 = –
| wickets3 = –
| bowl avg3 = –
| fivefor3 = –
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = –
| catches/stumpings3= 3029/–
| date = 14 March 2025
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1088608.html ESPNcricinfo
|club4=Peshawar Zalmi|year4=2025}}
Max Arthur Bryant (born 10 March 1999) is an Australian cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1088608.html |title=Max Bryant |access-date=27 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup on 27 September 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1118569.html |title=1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27 2017 |access-date=27 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
Early life
Bryant was born in Murwillumbah{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/1088608.html|title=ESPN Cric Info Profile: Max Bryant|access-date=21 September 2018|publisher=ESPN Cric Info}} and raised 15km south of the Queensland-New South Wales border in Kingscliff.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/HeatBBL/status/1080765720265252864|title=A Rugby League contract at 15, now our opening batsman. Get to know 19 year old Max Bryant|date=3 January 2019|access-date=4 January 2019|publisher=Brisbane Heat}} He grew up playing cricket and rugby league for Cudgen in the Gold Coast competition. Due to its close proximity and population difference, most sports teams based in the north-eastern Tweed region of New South Wales fall under the jurisdiction of neighbouring Gold Coast sporting administrations. State representation differs between sports and this was evidenced when Bryant played for New South Wales in rugby league and Queensland in cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/max-bryant-queensland-bulls-jlt-one-day-cup-fastest-fifty-list-a-hurstville-south-australia/2018-09-25|title=And he's only 19: Teen slams Bulls record|date=25 September 2018|access-date=4 January 2019|publisher=Cricket Australia}} At the age of seven, he moved to Townsville for three years before relocating to the Gold Coast.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressreader.com/australia/weekend-gold-coast-bulletin/20180825/282961040989811|title=Gold Coast Bulletin Q&A: Max Bryant|date=25 August 2018|access-date=25 August 2018|publisher=Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin}} Upon return, Bryant began playing Queensland Premier Cricket for the Gold Coast Dolphins where he made his first grade debut at the age of 16 in December 2015.{{cite web|url=http://mycricket.cricket.com.au/common/pages/public/rv/cricket/viewplayer.aspx?entityid=13710&save=0&playerid=673965&eid=13710&locx=PLY&seasonid=122 |title=Gold Coast Dolphins Player Statistics - Max Bryant |publisher=MyCricket.com.au |access-date=16 March 2020}} and attended St Joseph's College throughout his teenage years.{{cite web|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/sport/local-sport/cudgen-product-max-bryant-is-off-to-tasmania-for-a-sixmatch-series-against-sri-lanka/news-story/3943ca44e526f14369f1211f7c3c66bb|title=Cudgen product Max Bryant is off to Tasmania for a six-match series against Sri Lanka|access-date=24 March 2017|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin}} He continued to play rugby league as a teenager and was offered a three-year developmental contract with the Gold Coast Titans but gave the sport away at the age of 17 to focus on cricket.{{cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/graynicolls-or-steeden-schoolboy-sports-star-max-bryant-chooses-cricket-over-rugby-league/news-story/69169c4b1c90b49c78bc6f122e255fe1|title=Gray-Nicolls or Steeden? Schoolboy sports star Max Bryant chooses cricket over rugby league|access-date=21 April 2016|publisher=Gold Coast Bulletin}}
Domestic career
Bryant was in the Cricket Australia XI squad for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. He made his List A debut in Cricket Australia XI's victory over South Australia, but he only scored one run and did not bowl.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/scorecard/1118569/Cricket-Australia-XI-vs-South-Australia-1st-match-jlt-one-day-cup|title=1st match, JLT One-Day Cup at Brisbane, Sep 27, 2017, |date=27 September 2017|access-date=24 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He played again in their second match, top-scoring for the side with 60 runs against Queensland in a losing effort.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1118571/Western-Australia-vs-New-South-Wales-3rd-match-jlt-one-day-cup/|title=Labuschagne penalized under new 'fake fielding' rule|date=29 September 2017|access-date=24 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} He registered his highest score for the tournament against New South Wales, reaching 89 runs off just 61 balls, also in a loss.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8626/report/1118579/New-South-Wales-vs-Cricket-Australia-XI-11th-match-jlt-one-day-cup/|title=Maddinson ton, Nevill record cap NSW's victory|date=8 October 2017|access-date=24 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}} His form was good enough that he did not miss a match for Cricket Australia XI and finished the tournament with a total of 168 runs with a strike rate over 100.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12012;team=5437;type=tournament|title=Records / JLT One-Day Cup, 2017/18 - Cricket Australia XI / Batting and bowling averages|access-date=24 October 2017|website=ESPNcricinfo.com|publisher=ESPN Inc.}}
He made his Twenty20 debut for Brisbane Heat in the 2018–19 Big Bash League season on 19 December 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1152511.html |title=1st Match (N), Big Bash League at Brisbane, Dec 19 2018 |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He made his first-class debut on 24 February 2020, for Queensland in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1196137.html |title=24th Match, Marsh Sheffield Shield at Brisbane, Feb 24-27 2020 |access-date=24 February 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In 2024 he won his first ever Big Bash League title in 2023-2024 season where he scored 29 off 19 balls.
International career
In December 2017, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/under-19-world-cup-squad-australia-captain-jason-sangha-austin-waugh-will-sutherland-lloyd-pope/2017-12-15 |title=Sangha, Waugh head U19 World Cup squad |access-date=15 December 2017 |work=Cricket Australia}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=1088608}}
{{Queensland cricket team squad}}
{{Brisbane Heat current squad}}
{{Peshawar Zalmi squad}}
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Category:Australian cricketers
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Category:Cricket Australia XI cricketers
Category:Cricketers from the Gold Coast, Queensland