Travis Birt

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Travis Birt
Australia
Personal information
Full name Travis Rodney Birt
Nickname Edgar, Turtle
Born 9 December 1981 (1981-12-09) (age 26)
Sale, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003 - Tasmania
2006 - 2007 Derbyshire
Career statistics
FC List A
Matches 65 72
Runs scored 4,457 1,888
Batting average 39.44 28.17
100s/50s 9/28 2/9
Top score 181 145
Balls bowled 190 91
Wickets 2 5
Bowling average 79.50 17.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/24 2/15
Catches/stumpings 46/- 22/-

As of 7 February 2008
Source: cricinfo.com

Travis Birt (born December 9, 1981 in Sale, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. He has played List A cricket since 2003, first for Tasmania and, as of 2006, for Derbyshire. He plays club cricket for South Hobart/Sandy Bay Cricket Club.

Birt has three Youth Test matches, and four Youth ODIs under his belt, thanks to a 2001 Sri Lankan Under-19s tour of Australia. Birt's debut ton of 145 is the highest ever one-day score by a Tasmanian batsman.

Birt represented Tasmania at the 2004 and 2005 Pura Cups, and most recently began representing Derbyshire in Division Two of the County Championship. He made his Derbyshire debut against Glamorgan, scoring a golden duck in his first innings of a Derbyshire victory. Birt has also represented Australia A.

In a County Championship match against Gloucestershire in 2007, Birt scored two centuries in one match, the second, an innings of 162.

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