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Tom Lexely William Cooper (born 26 November 1986) is an Australian-born Netherlands cricketer who also plays for South Australia. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm off-spinner, has represented Australia Under-19s and is nicknamed Coops.〔(Tom Cooper player profile ), ESPNcricinfo, accessed 2012-02-01〕 He is the older brother of fellow Netherlands cricketer Ben Cooper. ==Career== Cooper first played for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Adelaide Oval, scoring 10 in South Australia's only innings.〔(South Australia v Western Australia in 2008/09 ), CricketArchive, accessed 2010-06-17〕 He then made his one-day debut for South Australia against Western Australia in a Ford Ranger Cup match at Adelaide Oval, scoring 53 from 67 deliveries.〔(South Australia v Western Australia in 2008/09 ), CricketArchive, accessed 2010-06-17〕 In his fourth one day match he scored his first century against New South Wales for South Australia which he made 101 from only 108 deliveries.〔(New South Wales v South Australia in 2008/09 ), CricketArchive, accessed 2010-06-17〕 Cooper qualified to play for the Netherlands as his mother was born in Dutch New Guinea. After playing for the Netherlands during their 2010 Clydesdale Bank 40 campaign in England, he made his One Day International debut for the Netherlands in a match against Scotland, in which he scored an unbeaten 80 to help his side to a six-wicket victory in Rotterdam.〔(Ten Doeschate & Cooper Lead Netherlands To Victory ), Cricket World, 2010-06-15, accessed 2010-06-17〕 He became the first cricketer to score half-centuries in each of his first three One Day Internationals after he followed up his first innings with 87 against Scotland in his next match and then 67 against Kenya in his third game. He then returned to play for South Australia during the 10/11 season.〔(TLW Cooper's world record feat ), Yahoo Cricket, 2010-07-04, accessed 2010-07-13〕 He narrowly missed a fourth consecutive half-century when he made 39 against Canada in his fourth match.〔(Netherlands v Canada in 2010 ), CricketArchive, 2010-07-05, accessed 2010-07-013〕 Cooper was included in the Netherlands' 15-man squad for the 2011 World Cup.〔(Borren to lead Netherlands in World Cup ), ESPNcricinfo, 2011-01-01, accessed 2012-05-10〕 The team lost all six of their matches and were knocked out in the first round.〔(ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Results ), ESPNcricinfo, accessed 2012-05-10〕 With 174 runs Cooper was the Netherlands' second-highest run-scorer in the tournament behind Ryan ten Doeschate.〔(ICC Cricket World Cup, 2010/11 / Records / Most runs ), ESPNcricinfo, accessed 2012-05-10〕 After scoring 47 in the opening match against England,〔(a21205 wc308 o3104 England v Netherlands: ICC World Cup 2010/11 (Group B) ), CricketArchive, accessed 2012-05-10〕 Cooper's solitary half century came in the next match amidst the Netherlands' 215-run defeat to the West Indies. Batting at number three Cooper scored 55 not out as his side was dismissed for 115.〔(a21228 wc316 o3112 Netherlands v West Indies: ICC World Cup 2010/11 (Group B) ), CricketArchive, accessed 2012-05-10〕 The Netherlands were one of three teams not from the Caribbean invited to participate in the Caribbean Twenty20 held in January 2012, however Cooper missed the tournament〔(ten Doeschate, Cooper to miss Caribbean T20 ), ESPNcricinfo, 2011-12-24, accessed 2012-02-01〕 which clashed with the Big Bash League, Australia's remarketed twenty20 competition.〔(New look and feel for freshly formed Big Bash teams ), ESPNcricinfo, 2011-04-06, accessed 2012-02-01〕 Cooper played for the Adelaide Strikers and scored 101 runs from five matches at an average of 33.66 and with a highest score of 43 not out.〔(Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most runs ), ESPNcricinfo, accessed 2012-02-01〕 At the auction for the 2012 Indian Premier League, Cooper was one of three players from Associate teams in the auction, which included 144 people.〔Nagraj Gollapudi, (Nervous Kevin O'Brien lines up for IPL ticket ), ESPNcricinfo, 2012-01-31, accessed 2012-02-01〕 Cooper was included in Australia A's 17-man squad to tour England in July 2012.〔(Paine included in Australia A squad ), ESPNcricinfo, 2012-05-10, accessed 2012-05-10〕 Cooper replaced an injured Tim Gruijters for selection in the Dutch squad at the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. On December 3, 2014, Cooper, along with Aaron Finch and Michael Clarke were three of the pallbearers at Phillip Hughes' funeral.〔(Lessons of Hughes' life unforgettable in death )〕 In February 2015, Cooper signed for Somerset County Cricket Club for the whole of the 2015 English county season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Cooper (cricketer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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