Fleetwood seal deal for Aussie
David King |
Fleetwood Cricket Club begin plans for the 2015 Season after confirming the signing of Victoria rising star David King.
David is a former Australian Under-19 player who as been one of the Victorian Premier League's star performers for clubside Ringwood since the 2007/08 season.
A genuine batting all-rounder - over 169 Premier 1st XI matches, David has churned out 5582 runs at 33.63 including 8 centuries (all within the last three seasons) and a highest score of 171*>
He has taken 118 wickets at 22.97 including best bowling figures of 6-31 and 5-27.
He has topped Ringwood's run charts four times and has finished inside the top 12 run getters in the Premier 1st XI in 5 of the past 6 seasons.
He has been an integral member of the Ringwood side in recent years, to include their 2012/13 run to the Grand Final. King struck 4 centuries in 6 innings, to include 108 in the Semi Final, before hitting 56 against Melbourne in their narrow GF loss.
David has been part of two Premiership winning sides, won "Club Champion" once, has featured in the Victorian "Team of the Season" twice (2011-12; 2013-14) and has 2 top 5 finishes in the "Ryder Competition Medal" as first grades player of the season.
In recent years, King has also stepped up into Ringwood leadership roles, he acts as the 1st XI's vice captain and is heavily involved with batting coaching and development squad training.
He has over the years also played numerous representative matches for both Victorian age-group sides and of course Australia during the 2007/08 Malaysian Under-19 World Cup, alongside current national players James Faulkner, Josh Hazlewood, James Pattinson, Steven Smith and Phil Hughes.
David has played 5 Futures League matches for the Victorian 2nd XI (Under-23s) hitting 286 runs at 26 with two fifties. He also represented a Victorian XI vs the touring England Lions in February 2013
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