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| Full name | Fergus Patrick O'Neill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-01-27)27 January 2001 (age 24) Tauranga, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armfast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021/22–present | Victoria(squad no. 17) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Melbourne Renegades(squad no. 69) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fergus Patrick O'Neill (born 27 January 2001) is an Australian cricketer who plays domestic cricket forVictoria. He made his List A debut for Victoria againstWestern Australia in the2021–22 Marsh One-Day Cup, and his first-class debut in the2022–23 Sheffield Shield againstSouth Australia.[1] In the2023–24 Big Bash League season he was signed by theMelbourne Renegades.[2]
In 2014, O'Neill and his father Peter O'Neill both scored centuries in the same North West Metro Cricket Association match for the Flemington Colts. Peterretired not out on 106, while Fergus was eventually caught for 104.[3] Fergus attendedMaribyrnong College, a sports secondary school in Melbourne.[3]
A bowlingall-rounder, O'Neill plays forMelbourne inVictorian Premier Cricket. In 2019 he took ahat-trick againstMonash, finishing with career-best figures of 6/25.[4] In the 2021–22 season he received the Paul Sheahan Club Champion Award for his all-round performance, averaging 19.31 with the ball and 42.33 with the bat that year.[5]
O'Neill's performances in Premier cricket earned him a List A debut for Victoria later that season, as well as a first-class appearance for Victoria the following season in which he took four wickets on debut, including the wickets of Australian Test playersAlex Carey, andTravis Head (twice).[6] In Victoria's victory overSouth Australia in the2023–24 Sheffield Shield, he took five wickets in each innings.[7]
In December 2024, O'Neill signed forNottinghamshire County Cricket Club to play in the opening rounds of theCounty Championship.[8][9]
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