| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart James Karppinen | |||
| Born | 13 June 1973 Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1997–98 | Australian Capital Territory | |||
| 2000–03 | Western Australia | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 3 | 18 | ||
| Runs scored | 22 | 101 | ||
| Batting average | 5.50 | 12.62 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Top score | 17 | 23 | ||
| Balls bowled | 558 | 806 | ||
| Wickets | 11 | 14 | ||
| Bowling average | 29.45 | 44.85 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | ||
| Best bowling | 4/110 | 2/35 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 7/– | ||
| Source: CricketArchive, 21 June 2011 | ||||
Stuart James Karppinen (born 13 June 1973, in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer, who played for Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory between 1997 and 2003. He is the current strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national team.
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Karppinen was born in Townsville but moved to Canberra with his family at a young age. He played for the Australian Capital Territory Under-19s at the 1991–92 Barclays Bank Australian Under-19 Championships, taking one wicket in his only match. He was first selected for the Australian Capital Territory senior side during the 1993–94 season, although the ACT did not at the time have either first-class or List A status, and thus resorted to playing against other states' Second XIs and other sides touring Canberra. Karppinen received an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship in 1997 for cricket.[1][2]
The Australian Capital Territory was admitted to the Australian domestic limited-overs competition for the 1997–98 season as the "Canberra Comets". Karppinen played six matches for the team in their inaugural season, taking nine wickets with a best of 2/35[3] Karppinen did not play any matches the following season, and transferred to Western Australia for the 1999–2000 season.
Karppinen made his List A debut for Western Australia against South Australia during the 1999–2000 Mercantile Mutual Cup.[4] He played 11 further matches for Western Australia, the last of which during the 2002–03 season, taking five wickets at an average of 78.00.
Karppinen made his first-class debut for Western Australia against Victoria at the WACA Ground during the 2000–01 Pura Cup. He took 2/34 and 3/34 on debut, and made 1 and 17 batting.[5] He did not play another first-class match that season, and only played two further first-class matches, both against touring international sides: against a South Africa in 2001–02, against whom he recorded his best bowling analysis of 4/110 off 26 overs; and against England in 2002–03.[6]
Karppinen studied sports science at the Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence and Charles Sturt University. He served as fitness coach for the Bangladesh national team between 2004 and 2006, before being recruited by New South Wales where he served as strength and conditioning coach. He was appointed strength and conditioning coach of the Australian national team in December 2007, and continues to serve in that role.[1]