will pucovski Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
will pucovski is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
William Jan Pucovski
Born
February 02, 1998, Malvern, Victoria
Age
25 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 1 | - | - | - |
Inn | 2 | - | - | - |
Runs | 72 | - | - | - |
Avg | 36.0 | - | - | - |
SR | 57.14 | - | - | - |
HS | 62 | - | - | - |
NO | 0 | - | - | - |
100s | 0 | - | - | - |
50s | 1 | - | - | - |
4s | 6 | - | - | - |
6s | 0 | - | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 1 | - | - | - |
Inn | - | - | - | - |
Balls | - | - | - | - |
Runs | - | - | - | - |
Wkt | - | - | - | - |
BBI | - | - | - | - |
BBM | - | - | - | - |
Eco | - | - | - | - |
Avg | - | - | - | - |
5W | - | - | - | - |
10W | - | - | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Australia
- Australia Under-19s
- Melbourne Cricket Club
- Melbourne Stars
- Victoria
- Victoria Under-23s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
After rising through the ranks of age-group cricket, Pucovski made giant strides in the domestic scene, scoring at an unprecedented average of 162.50 in the Under-19 championship, and was handed a Shield debut in the 2016/17 season. He became the first batsman from Victoria since Dean Jones to score a double-hundred on a bouncy WACA track against Western Australia and started to pique the notice of the national selectors.
Pucovski has also made the headlines on account of some unsolicited reasons, with two concussions in his first two years in first-class cricket, the second of which was bowled by Sean Abbott, who incidentally bowled the bouncer that would result in the untimely demise of Phillip Hughes in November 2014. Abbott reportedly broke down after bowling the bouncer that sent Pucovski back to the dressing room. Pucovski also took a break from professional cricket, citing mental health problems, but returned in the 2018/19 Shield season to score heavily for Victoria, earning himself a call-up to the Australian Test side on their tour to Sri Lanka. He earned the call-up on the back of just 8 first-class games, at an average of 49, including two hundreds, one of them being a mammoth 243 against Western Australia - only the 9th instance of an Australian batsman scoring a double-hundred before turning 21.
Each of the other eight went on to play Test cricket for Australia. Make of that what you will, and if you're McGain, you'd put your money on Pucovski becoming the Test captain of Australia in future. With promising numbers, and very little clear footage of his technique, the rookie remains an enigma, and his loyalty to the longest format remains to be seen as the glitzy T20 leagues take over. As of now, he eagerly awaits his Baggy Green in a sunny little subcontinental island.
Written by Rishi Roy
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Will Pucovski has been earmarked as the of future Australian batting after making a stunning start to his first-class career for Victoria. He almost made his Test debut in January 2019 after being selected in the squad to face Sri Lanka in a two-Test series but was overlooked for the in-form Kurtis Patterson. His early career has also been challenged by multiple concussions from blows to the head and an unrelated mental health issue that he has to continue to manage.
He starred for Victoria at Under-19 level scoring four centuries in a national championships and made his List A debut in a tour match against Pakistan in January 2017 on the back of that form then earned his Sheffield Shield debut in the same season. In 2017-18 he played for the CA XI against England before announcing himself with 188 against Queensland in his second Shield game. His season ended two games later against New South Wales when he was substituted out of the game with concussion after being hit in the head by a bouncer.
In the first Shield game of 2018-19 he became just the eighth Australian after Don Bradman, Ian Chappell, Clem Hill, Darren Lehmann, Norm O'Neill, Ricky Ponting, Paul Sheahan and Doug Walters to make a Sheffield Shield double century before the age of 21 when he made 243 against Western Australia at the WACA. But his mental health issues emerged in that match and he needed to take a six-week break from the game. He made his return in the last Shield match before the BBL and the national selectors felt that was enough to call him into the Test squad. Pucovski looked certain to play against Sri Lanka before Patterson was added to the squad late and got the nod ahead of him. Pucovski needed to leave the squad during the Canberra Test because of further mental health problems.
He returned to Victoria and was a key part of their Sheffield Shield title. He finished the Shield season with 649 runs at 54.08 from just seven games batting at No.3 and was selected for both the 50-over and four-day Australia A squads to tour England in 2019.
ESPNcricinfo staff