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| Full name | Cameron James Merchant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1984-01-04) 4 January 1984 (age 40) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007/08–2008/09 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10–2010/11 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: ESPNCricinfo, 29 January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cameron James Merchant (born 4 January 1984) is an Australian cricketer living in Sydney.
Career
After a Second XI career in Australia, moved to New Zealand to play first class cricket for Northern Districts from 2007. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler, Merchant continually alternated between Northern Districts' First and Second XIs into the 2009 season. During his career, he has scored more than 1,000 runs in First and Second XI cricket, including two centuries and five half-centuries. He was formerly a professional at the Toronto Cricket Club in Canada.
Merchant is now the stand-in first grade captain of Manly Warringah District Cricket Club in Sydney Grade Cricket.
Personal life
In 2019, he appeared on the Australian version of Married at First Sight, where he 'married' 36-year-old Jules Robinson in an episode originally aired on 28 January 2019. They legally married in November 2019, and their first child, Oliver Chase Merchant, was born on 3 October 2020.
Notes
- "Player Profile: Cameron Merchant". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- "Detailed Player Oracle Results: CJ Merchant". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- "Cricket Central – Slow Bouncer". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2012 – via YouTube.
- "Waratah's Prepare for Crunch Round – Team Selections Round 10 v North Sydney + Womens 3rd Grade". Manly-Warringah District Cricket Club. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Moustafa, Abi. "Who is Cameron Merchant". Who. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- "Two babies, a 'real' wedding and a shock engagement: What the cast of MAFS 2019 are doing now". MSN. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
