Introduction
Hilton William Raymond Cartwright (born 14 February 1992) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers. He is a right-handed all-rounder. Cartwright made his Test debut for the Australian national team in January 2017, having earlier played for Australia A and the National Performance Squad. In January 2017 he won the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year prize awarded by Cricket Australia.
Early life
Cartwright was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, He spent his early life in Marondera, but at the age of 11 emigrated to Australia with his family. His family settled in Perth, Western Australia, where he attended Wesley College. Cartwright represented Western Australia at the 2008–09 Australian Under-17 Championships, and subsequently progressed to the state's under-23 side in the Futures League, debuting in February 2012. At grade cricket level, he plays for the South Perth Cricket Club. Cartwright also holds British citizenship, and spent the 2010 English season playing for Sidmouth in the Devon Cricket League.
Domestic career
After good form in a Futures League match against the Queensland Academy of Sport, recording a half-century and a five-wicket haul, Cartwright was selected to debut for Western Australia's team for the 2012–13 Ryobi One-Day Cup against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, held on 7 November 2012. In the match, Cartwright scored four runs from seven deliveries coming in at number seven in the batting order, and took a single wicket in Victoria's innings bowling medium pace, Western Australia's only wicket of the match.
In December 2012, Cartwright was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2012–13 Big Bash League season, replacing the injured Pat Cummins. He debuted for the Scorchers in the second match of the competition, against the Melbourne Stars, and top-scored with 17 runs from Perth's innings of 69, the lowest completed score recorded in the tournament. Cartwright made his first-class debut for Western Australia in January 2013, against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield.
International career
In November 2016, Cartwright was added to Australia's One Day International (ODI) squad ahead of their three-match series against New Zealand.
In December 2016 he was added to Australia's Test squad ahead of the Boxing day match against Pakistan. On January 3, 2017 Cartwright was presented his baggy green cap by former Australian cricketer Tom Moody to make his debut in third Test match against Pakistan.