Luke Pomersbach

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Luke Pomersbach
female =


country = Australia
fullname = Luke Anthony Pomersbach
nickname = Pomers
living = true
dayofbirth = 28
monthofbirth = 9
yearofbirth = 1984
placeofbirth = Bentley, Western Australia
countryofbirth = Australia
heightft =
heightinch =
heightm = 1.78
batting = Left-hand bat
bowling = Right-arm offbreak
role = Batsman
oneIT20 = true
international =
testdebutdate =
testdebutyear =
testdebutagainst =
testc

lasttestdate =
lasttestyear =
lasttestagainst =
odidebutdate =
odidebutyear =
odidebutagainst =
odic

lastodidate =
lastodiyear =
lastodiagainst =
odishirt =
club1 = Western Australia
year1 = 2006 -
deliveries = balls
columns = 2
column1 = FC
matches1 = 12
runs1 = 949
bat avg1 = 52.72
100s/50s1 = 2/7
top score1 = 176
deliveries1 = 39
wickets1 = 1
bowl avg1 = 13.00
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 1/6
catches/stumpings1 = 14/–
column2 = List A
matches2 = 15
runs2 = 285
bat avg2 = 23.75
100s/50s2 = 0/1
top score2 = 87
deliveries2 = –
wickets2 = –
bowl avg2 = –
fivefor2 = –
tenfor2 = –
best bowling2 = –
catches/stumpings2 = 5/–
date = 11 October
year = 2008
source = http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/96/96485/96485.html CricketArchive

Luke Anthony Pomersbach (born 28 September 1984 in Bentley, Western Australia) is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays for the Western Warriors and has recently signed with Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab. An attacking left handed batsman, Pomersbach also represents Gosnells in Western Australian club cricket.

Pomersbach made his Ford Ranger Cup debut for Western Australia in their match against New South Wales in November, 2006, scoring 33 runs from 47 balls. In December, 2006 in a two-day tour match at the WACA against the England XI, he showed his potential against a quality bowling attack when he scored 101 not out. [cite news|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/271902.html|title=Harmison still a concern for England|author=Miller, Andrew|publisher=Cricinfo|date=9 December, 2006]

Shortly after, he made his First-class cricket debut against Tasmania in a Pura Cup match at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. He performed very well scoring 74 in the first innings, partnering Chris Rogers in a 106 run 5th wicket partnership. He continued his good form into the second innings when he came to the wicket with WA in trouble at 4/36. With a mix of aggressive strokeplay and careful defending he helped to save WA, scoring 63 runs, leaving his teammates only 32 more runs to win.

In November 2007, Pomersbach and fellow Western Warrior Shaun Marsh were suspended from the state side for drinking alcohol following a game against Queensland. Despite this suspension, he was named in the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI to play in the annual Lilac Hill game. He starred against the New Zealanders, scoring 88 runs from 65 balls. [cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/story/0,25197,22909469-5001505,00.html|title=Injury to Hodge is lucky for Luke|author=Conn, Malcolm|publisher=The Australian|date=12 December, 2007]

Pomersbach then made a most unusual debut for the Australian cricket team in a Twenty20 International against New Zealand in Perth on 11 December 2007. Having not been selected in the original squad for the match, Pomersbach was at the ground as a spectator with his girlfriend, when a back injury to Brad Hodge during the warm-up forced the Australian team to call on Pomersbach as an emergency replacement. He again performed well, scoring 15 runs from 7 balls, including a 6 off the third ball he faced. [cite news|url=http://cricket.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=40322|title=Pomersbach gets the call|publisher=Cricket Australia|date=11 December, 2007] Pomersbach also won the 2008 Bradman Young Player of the Year. [cite news | title = Lee wins Allan Border Medal | url = http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23281911-23212,00.html | publisher = Fox Sports | date = 2008-02-26 | accessdate = 2008-02-26]

He attended Yale Primary School and Kent Street Senior High School in Perth. [cite news
author = Staff writer
title = Luke ready for big stage
work = Southern Gazette
publisher = News Limited
page = 74
date = 2008-01-22
accessdate = 2008-02-18
quote = Batsman Luke Pomersbach became the first Kent St Senior High graduate to represent Australia in the Twenty-20 international at the WACA Ground last month. ]

References

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/232284.html Luke Pomersbach] at Cricinfo

. You can help Wikipedia by [SERVERlocalurl:NAMESPACE:Luke Pomersbach|action=edit expanding it] ".