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Meet Matt Renshaw

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WHO IS AUSTRALIAN TEST DEBUTANT MATT RENSHAW?

- born in Middlesbrough, England and still holds a British passport

- childhood friend of England batsman Joe Root after their fathers played cricket together in Sheffield Collegiate firsts

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- his cricket idols are England opener Alastair Cook and Australia's Mike Hussey

- parents Ian and Alison moved from England to New Zealand in 2003 when Renshaw was seven-years-old and five years later relocated to Queensland

- offered a Queensland Bulls rookie contract on 18th birthday

- in 2014-15 domestic season, became youngest batsman to make his first-class debut for Queensland since Martin Love in 1993

- at 19 years and 253 days old became Queensland's youngest ever Sheffield Shield centurymaker, hitting 170 against NSW in Mackay in December 2015

- Queensland's leading Shield run scorer last season (2015-16) with 738 at an average of 43.41

- at 20 years and 241 days, became the youngest Australian batsman to earn Test selection since Phillip Hughes in 2009

- picked for Australia after 108 and 50 in Shield game against South Australia at Gabba

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- passed 1,000 first class runs in Gabba clash in only his 12th game. Includes three tons.

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