Meet Josh Inglis, a dynamic wicketkeeper-batter who moved from Leeds to Perth just short of his 15th birthday back in 2010, and whose sensational 120 from 86 balls helped his adopted country chase down 352 in a pulsating Champions Trophy match in Lahore on Saturday night.
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Famously, he was pictured back in 2008 being presented with a Year 8 sports award at St Mary’s Comprehensive, Ilkley, by Leeds band Kaiser Chiefs.
“It was obviously tough at that age when you’re starting to grow a group of friends at school and then you’ve got to move which me and my brother were not happy about at the time.
Navigating Australian age-group cricket as an English teenager was not easy for Inglis, the subject of many a sledge from his contemporaries.
Inglis scored an unbeaten 120 to lead Australia to a record run chase in Lahore (Photo: Getty)
Despite the accent and Aussie cricketer-bro moustache straight from central casting, Inglis has not forgotten his roots.
Inglis, whose dad was born in the city, even mentioned the result when asked about it in his post-match press conference: “Yeah, they won 2-1.”
He was quick, though, to shut down talk of him still supporting England. “Yeah, those days are long gone, I think.”
“Because I was living in England for so long it’s hard to support someone else; to support another country if you’ve not been born there. Players with dual nationalities are quite common in international cricket and it creates interest, I suppose, but to be honest I would play for Kenya if I could.
“I am committed to taking my career as far as I can. This is my job. People move jobs, move companies and wouldn’t get any s**t for it, but if you move country as a sportsman you are in the spotlight.”
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The following year he made his international debut in a T20 against Sri Lanka in Sydney. His rise has been so stratospheric since then as last November, in an ODI against Pakistan in Perth, he became the first English-born player to captain Australia in 140 years. The last do so was Percy McDonnell in 1888.
However, he is a player who, aged 30, looks set to enjoy his peak years playing at the top level. Only last month he scored the second-fastest century by a Test debutant – in 94 balls – against Sri Lanka in Galle. He was the first Australia player to reach three figures on debut for a decade.
There is now every chance Inglis can cement his place in Australia’s Test XI for the Ashes. If he does, it would be an emotional moment for him to walk out in his adopted city of Perth for the first Test in November to take on the land of his birth in the biggest series of all.
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