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Teague Wyllie, the youngest player to score a Sheffield Shield century since Ricky Ponting, has landed a state lifeline with the Aussie great’s former team after signing with Tasmania for next season.
Wyllie, who last month lost his contract with Western Australia where he was part of their Sheffield Shield-winning sides in 2021-22 and 2022-23 as a teenager, has secured a one-year deal with Tasmania as he seeks to find a path back to consistent first-class cricket.
The now 22-year-old played just two Shield matches in each of his last two seasons for WA for a top score of 22 from seven innings.
He found more success in the one-day format last summer, scoring 56 against his new state on List A debut last October, as well as 42 not out against the same opponents in February.
The right-hander averaged almost 50 for his Premier Cricket club Rockingham-Mandurah and also hit 71 and 20no in a tour match against England Lions in Perth in November.
But as his Shield runs dried up following his maiden first-class century aged 18 years and 163 days in October 2022 (104 v NSW), Wyllie found himself down the WA pecking order behind fellow young batters Cooper Connolly, Jayden Goodwin and Sam Fanning.