Aaron Hardie

Aaron Mark Hardie (born 7 January 1999) is an Australian international cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in ODI and T20I cricket. A right-handed all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium-fast, domestically he plays for Western Australia at the state level, and the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League.^[1]

Aaron Hardie

Personal information
Full name	Aaron Mark Hardie
Born	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 26) Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Australia (2023-present)
ODI debut (cap 239)	9 September 2023 v South Africa
Last ODI	10 November 2024 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	20
T20I debut (cap 104)	30 August 2023 v South Africa
Last T20I	14 November 2024 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	20
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018/19	Cricket Australia XI
2018/19–present	Perth Scorchers (squad no. 21)
2018/19–present	Western Australia
2022	Surrey (squad no. 15)
2024	Texas Super Kings
2025–present	Punjab Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 13 13 35 31 Runs scored 166 128 1,719 377 Batting average 16.60 21.33 38.20 18.85 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 3/6 0/1 Top score 44 28 174* 58 Balls bowled 390 180 3,843 794 Wickets 10 10 67 25 Bowling average 33.70 25.00 28.05 31.76 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/13 3/21 4/24 3/28 Catches/stumpings 4/– 4/– 18/– 11/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 22 February 2025

Early life

Hardie was born in England, but grew up in Perth, Australia.^[2]

Domestic career

In January 2018, he was added to Australia's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup,^[3] but was later ruled out of the tournament due to injury.^[4] In November 2018, he played for the Cricket Australia XI team in a four-day match against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. During the match, he took the wicket of India's captain Virat Kohli, finishing with figures of four wickets for 50 runs in the first innings, and scored 86 runs while batting.^[2][5] Hardie described the experience as being "a bit surreal".^[6]

He made his Twenty20 debut for the Perth Scorchers in the 2018–19 Big Bash League season on 9 January 2019.^[7] He bowled one over, conceding thirteen runs, and did not bat, with the Perth Scorchers winning by six wickets.^[8] He made his first-class debut for Western Australia in the 2018–19 Sheffield Shield season on 20 March 2019.^[9] He made his List A debut on 23 October 2019, for Western Australia in the 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup.^[10] In March 2020, in round nine of the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season, Hardie scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.^[11] In April 2022, in the final of the 2021–22 Sheffield Shield season, Hardie scored 174 not out,^[12] with Western Australia going on to win the tournament.^[13]

In June 2022, Hardie was signed by Surrey to play in the T20 Blast and County Championship in England.^[14]

International career

In August 2023 Hardie was called up to the Australia squad for the T20I series against South Africa.^[15] He was also called up to the squad for the ODI series against South Africa.^[16] On 30 August 2023 Hardie made his T20I debut for Australia against South Africa in the first match of the three match T20I series.^[17] On 9 September 2023 Hardie made his ODI debut for Australia against South Africa in the second match of the five match series.^[18]