Sam Heazlett
Samuel Daly Heazlett is an Australian cricketer who plays for Queensland [cricket team|Queensland] in Australian domestic cricket and the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League. He made his state-level debut for Queensland in November 2015, and despite his inexperience, he was fast-tracked into the Australian national cricket team for a One Day International debut in January 2017. As of December 2022, he has not played another match for Australia.Domestic career
Heazlett made his first-class debut on 6 November 2015 in the 2015–16 [Sheffield Shield season|2015–16 Sheffield Shield], scoring a century against Tasmania. On 29 December 2015 he made his Twenty20 debut for the Brisbane Heat in the 2015–16 [Big Bash League season|2015–16 Big Bash League]. At the end of the 2015–16 season, he was included in Australia's second-level team, Australia [A cricket team|Australia A], who played matches against India A and South Africa A in the 2016 winter. Heazlett made his List A debut during this winter, playing for the National Performance Squad.ODI debut
Heazlett was fast-tracked into the Australian national cricket team in January 2017 despite having very limited experience in state cricket. Heazlett suffered a thigh strain that ruled him out of playing for Queensland in the 2016–17 Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, meaning at the end of 2016 he still had not played a one-day match for his state team. Regardless, he was added to Australia's One Day International squad as a replacement for the injured Steve Smith for their series Australian [cricket team in New Zealand in 2016–17|against New Zealand]. Heazlett was told the day before the first ODI that he would not be in the playing XI for that game, but when wicket-keeper Matthew Wade was ruled out of the first ODI due to a back strain, Heazlett became a last-minute replacement. As a result, he made his ODI debut for Australia against New Zealand on 30 January 2017. He only scored 4 runs, and did not play for the rest of the series. Former Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark criticized Heazlett's selection, saying, "You've got a lot of guys running around playing first-class cricket and you go, 'Hang on, why are they not getting an opportunity?' But the selectors have obviously seen someone and thought, 'Well this guy's a player of the future, let's get him into the series'. But I'm a bit uncomfortable with that."