Darrin Ramshaw
Australian cricketer
Darrin Joseph Ramshaw (born 29 November 1965) is a former Australian cricketer who played at domestic level for Western Australia and Victoria during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The son of Graham Ramshaw, Ramshaw was a talented junior sportsman, playing Australian rules football for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and representing the Australian under-19 cricket team. He made his Sheffield Shield debut for Western Australia during the 1989–90 season, but moved to Victoria the following season, where he established himself as an opening batsman. Later moving to the middle order, in the absence of Dean Jones Ramshaw captained Victoria in several matches during the 1993–94 season, but that season was his last at state level. He later served as assistant coach of Tasmania and coach of Western Australia's under-19 team.
Career
The son of Graham Ramshaw, a leading Australian rules football player, Ramshaw grew up in Perth, Western Australia, and occasionally played matches for the Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). A talented junior sportsman, he played cricket for Western Australia at under-16, under-19, and colts level, and toured the British Isles during the 1983 season with the Australian national under-19 cricket team, playing three Tests and two One Day Internationals (ODIs). On tour, Ramshaw led Australia's Test runs aggregates, with 111 runs from two innings, and finished third in the ODI aggregates. His form on tour led to his selection for Test and ODI series the following year against a Sri Lankan under-19 team, with the Australian under-19s including two future Australian captains—Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh.
Ramshaw debuted at state level during the 1989–90 season, playing his first first-class in that season's Sheffield Shield, against South Australia at the WACA Ground.
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