Bio

Sam McFarlane Whiteman (born 19 March 1992) is an English-born-Australian cricketer currently contracted to Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. He has also played for Australia A. Whiteman is a wicket-keeper who bats left-handed. Early life Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Whiteman emigrated with his family to Western Australia at an early age, and was raised in Bunbury, in the state's south-west region. Playing cricket from an early age, he toured England with an Australian Schools under-16 representative team during the 2007 English cricket season, aged 15. Whiteman played representative cricket for Western Australia at both under-17 and under-19 level, and also played several games for the Australian under-19 cricket team in 2009, against the Indian and Sri Lankan under-19 teams. In 2010, he was awarded the Adam Gilchrist Cricket Development Scholarship, which allowed him to spend the 2010 season playing for the Weybridge Cricket Club in the Surrey Championship, as well as playing several Second XI matches for the Surrey County Cricket Club. He led Weybridge's runs totals during the season, scoring 572 runs at an average of 44.00.