Nathan Wegman
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Nathan Wegman in Launceston
, Tasmania
is an Australia
n cricket
player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers
. He plays his club cricket for New Town Cricket Club
.
He is a tall fast bowler with a whipping action, who produces deceptive pace. In his debut List A match for the Tigers, Wegman bowled beautifully to take 4/44 off 8.5 overs, including the prized wicket of NSW captain Simon Katich
.
Although a Launcestonian by birth, Nathan moved to Clarence to play in the more competitive TCA competition, a move which paid divedends when he was called up to the Tasmanian Tigers
to help cover the bowling injury crisis of 2006.
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...
, Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
. He plays his club cricket for New Town Cricket Club
New Town Cricket Club
New Town Cricket Club , also known as "The Bucks", is a Grade level cricket club representing New Town in Tasmania's Grade Cricket Competition.NTCC play their home games at New Town Oval, in New Town, a suburb of Hobart....
.
He is a tall fast bowler with a whipping action, who produces deceptive pace. In his debut List A match for the Tigers, Wegman bowled beautifully to take 4/44 off 8.5 overs, including the prized wicket of NSW captain Simon Katich
Simon Katich
Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...
.
Although a Launcestonian by birth, Nathan moved to Clarence to play in the more competitive TCA competition, a move which paid divedends when he was called up to the Tasmanian Tigers
Tasmanian Tigers
The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket tournaments. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which currently consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and...
to help cover the bowling injury crisis of 2006.