Chadd Sayers

Chadd Sayers
Personal information
Full name
Chadd James Sayers
Born (1987-08-31) 31 August 1987 (age 37)
Adelaide, South Australia
NicknameLeo
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
RelationsDean Sayers (father)
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 452)30 March 2018 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010/11–2020/21South Australia
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA
Matches 1 85 16
Runs scored 0 1,597 37
Batting average 0.00 15.35 7.40
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/0
Top score 0 58* 14
Balls bowled 294 19,074 855
Wickets 2 320 12
Bowling average 73.00 26.51 64.08
5 wickets in innings 0 16 0
10 wickets in match 0 3 0
Best bowling 2/78 8/64 2/41
Catches/stumpings 1/– 26/– 2/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 March 2024

Chadd James Sayers (born 31 August 1987) is a former Australian cricketer from South Australia. After spending several years in the South Australian Grade Cricket League as one of the best pace bowlers in the state, Sayers began playing first-class cricket for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield in 2011. He played matches for Australia A from 2013, and played his only Test for Australia in the final Test of the 2017–18 tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, after years of near misses.

Sayers is a swing bowler who bowls with slower pace than most other bowlers in the modern era. Despite his precision and consistency, his lack of pace has consistently been a barrier to selection for higher levels of cricket. Sayers specializes in first-class cricket and does not play Twenty20s.

Sayers retired from first class cricket at the end of the 2020–21 season.[1][2]