Matt Renshaw

He first made people take notice as a 19-year-old in the 2015-16 Sheffield Shield, finishing as Queensland's top run-getter with 738 runs at 43.41. Among those runs was a hard-fought 170 in difficult conditions, an innings that made him the youngest Queenslander to reach three figures in the competition's history. A place with Australia A followed, and he made a fifty against South Africa A.

When Australia's selectors chose to freshen up their side for the third Test against South Africa, Renshaw was handed the job of opening alongside David Warner, taking over from fellow Queenslander Joe Burns. In only his second Test he made a composed 71 against Pakistan at the Gabba on a seaming surface, an effort that suggested he could cope at the top level. He then went on to his maiden Test hundred, a score of 184 against Pakistan at Sydney in his fourth Test, which helped win the match and set a record for the highest score by an Australian of his age. He also became the first Australian to pass 500 runs before turning 21.

A sterner examination came on the four-Test tour of India in February and March 2017. He made fifties in each of the first two matches before his returns tailed off, though his appetite for long stays at the crease earned admiration. Consistency proved elusive over time, and he moved in and out of the Test team. He returned in 2023 as a middle-order option without making a big impact, and was recalled again in early 2024 after Warner retired and Steve Smith moved up to open.

In the Big Bash League, Renshaw represented the Brisbane Heat for a couple of seasons from 2018, switched to the Adelaide Strikers for 2020/21, and rejoined the Heat in 2022/23.