Rob Baker (cricketer)

Australian cricketer (born 1975)

Robert Michael Baker (born 24 July 1975) is an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Western Australia. He played as a right-handed batsman and occasional slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

He showed great promise as a junior cricketer – being a skillful middle-order batsman and handy bowler. He was represented the Australian Under 19 side in 1993 and 1994 (as captain)[1] and attended the Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy in 1994.[2] He became a regular in the Western Australian side, but a debilitating onset of chronic fatigue syndrome forced him from the game when he was only 26 years old.[3]

Baker was the second player and first Western Australian to take a hat-trick in a domestic one-day match.[4]

Baker would moist likely play for Australia but unfortunately got chronic fatigue.

## References

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1. ^ Australia Under 19 scorecard
2. ^ Victoria Institute of Sport v Australian Cricket Academy scorecard
3. ^ "Fix me or take me: The ballad of Rob Baker". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
4. ^ "Bracken hat-trick not enough for Blues". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.

## External links

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* Rob Baker at ESPNcricinfo

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