Ashton Turner

Ashton James Turner (born 25 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who debuted for Western Australia during the 2012–13 season, and is also contracted to the Perth Scorchers. From Perth, Turner represented Western Australia at under-15 (schoolboys), under-17 and under-19 level.^[1] and captained the under-17 team to their National Championships win. A right-arm off spinner, he toured India with the Australian under-19 team in September and October 2011, taking eight wickets from six matches in a quadrangular tournament involving the Australian, Indian, Sri Lankan, and West Indian under-19 teams.^[2][3] At the 2012 Under-19 World Cup, he was Australia's first-choice spinner, ahead of Victoria's Ashton Agar, (Agar was injured and did not play in the World Cup) and took eleven wickets from six matches,^[4] with his best figures 4/28 against Nepal.^[5]

Ashton Turner

Turner in November 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ashton James Turner
Born	(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31) Perth, Western Australia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Middle-order batter
International information
National side	Australia (2017–2023)
ODI debut (cap 228)	2 March 2019 v India
Last ODI	26 July 2021 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 86)	17 February 2017 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	3 September 2023 v South Africa
T20I shirt no.	70
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012/13–present	Western Australia (squad no. 17)
2013/14–present	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 17)
2019	Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 70)
2022–present	Durham
2022–present	Manchester Originals
2024-present	Lucknow Super Giants
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 9 19 51 71 Runs scored 192 110 2,626 1,751 Batting average 32.00 12.22 35.48 33.03 100s/50s 0/1 0/0 5/12 1/10 Top score 84* 24* 128 100 Balls bowled 84 78 1,058 613 Wickets 2 4 12 16 Bowling average 30.00 20.50 47.08 35.81 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/23 2/12 6/111 2/14 Catches/stumpings 4/– 7/– 59/– 38/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 December 2023

Early and domestic career

At state level, Turner was awarded a rookie contract with the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) for the 2012–13 season.^[6] In December 2012, he was selected in composite sides for two matches against touring international teams, playing for the Prime Minister's XI against the West Indies where he picked up the wicket of captain Darren Sammy and the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI against Sri Lanka.^[7] After good form in these matches and at lower levels, Turner was selected to make his List A debut for WA, taking 1/32 and scoring a half-century, 51 runs, against Tasmania towards the end of the 2012–13 season of the limited-overs Ryobi One-Day Cup.^[8][9] At grade cricket level, Turner plays for the Fremantle District Cricket Club, having made his first-grade debut aged 16.^[10]

As part of a development program organised by Cricket Australia and Hampshire County Cricket Club, six players were selected to spend the 2013 Australian winter playing for English club teams, with Turner playing for Chichester Priory Park in the Sussex Cricket League.^[11] The players also spent time training with the Australian national cricket team during the ongoing Ashes series.^[12] While in England, Turner was selected to make his first-class debut in July 2013 in a tour match for the Australians against Sussex, although he did not take a wicket from four overs on debut.^[13] Turner joined English Lancashire League club Todmorden as their professional for the 2016 season.^[14] In the Moorhouses T20 competition he scored 531 runs (highest score 123*) at an average of 88.5.^[15]

Ahead of the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup, Turner was named as one of the six cricketers to watch during the tournament.^[16]

International career

In February 2017, Turner was named in Australia's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Sri Lanka.^[17] He made his T20I debut for Australia against Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 February 2017.^[18] In February 2019, he was named in Australia's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India.^[19] He made his ODI debut for Australia against India on 2 March 2019 scoring 21 runs off 23 balls. In his second game, he scored an unbeaten 84 off 43 balls to win the player of the match award and help Australia achieve their highest ever successful run chase in ODIs.^[20][21]

T20 franchise career

In December 2018, he was bought by the Rajasthan Royals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.^[22][23] He made his IPL debut on 16 April 2019.^[24] On 22 April 2019, in the match against the Delhi Capitals, Turner was dismissed without scoring and became the first batsman to make five consecutive ducks in Twenty20 cricket.^[25][26] He was released by the Rajasthan Royals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.^[27]

References

1. Miscellaneous matches played by Ashton Turner (35) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
2. Under-19 ODI matches played by Ashton Turner (15) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
3. Bowling in Under-19 Quadrangular Series 2011/12 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. Bowling in ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
5. Australia Under-19s v Nepal Under-19s, ICC Under-19 World Cup 2012 (Group A) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
6. Brydon Coverdale (2012). Western Australia name 17-man squad – ESPNcricinfo. Published 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
7. Antony Pinshaw (2013). Meet Ashton Turner, the latest unheralded player to be called up for Australia on their Ashes tour – The Telegraph. Published 25 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
8. List A matches played by Ashton Turner (1) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
9. Western Australia v Tasmania, Ryobi One-Day Cup 2012/13 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
10. Turner putting the agro back into off-spin Archived 10 July 2013 at archive.today – Cricket Australia. Published 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
11. Hampshire scholars link up with Ashes squad – Cricket NSW. Published 15 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
12. Australia call up rookie spinner Ashton Turner for Sussex tour match – The Guardian. Published 24 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
13. Barrett, Chris (24 July 2013). "Ashton who? Australia turn up another bolter". The Age. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
14. "Player Ashton Turner". todmordencc.leaguerepublic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
15. "Batting and Fielding in Lancashire League Moorhouses T20 2016 (Ordered by Average)". lancashireleague.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
16. "Six players to watch in the Marsh One-Day Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
17. "Klinger, Paine in Australia's T20 squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
18. "Sri Lanka tour of Australia, 1st T20I: Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 17, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
19. "Australia name squad for India tour". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
20. "Team records. One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
21. "India vs Australia 4th ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
22. "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
23. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
24. "IPL 2019: Ashton Turner falls for golden duck on debut". Fox Sports. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
25. "Ashton Turner in record fifth successive T20 duck - four of them first ball". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
26. "Ashton Turner's record five ducks in a row". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
27. "Where do the eight franchises stand before the 2020 auction?". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2019.

External links

• Ashton Turner at ESPNcricinfo
• Cricket Australia profile
• Perth Scorchers profile
• WACA profile