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Full name Moises Constantino Henriques
Born February 1, 1987, Funchal, Portugal
Current age 21 years 249 days
Major teams Australia Under-19s, Australian Institute of Sports, New South Wales
Nickname Moey
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Height 1.87 m

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

First-class

18.25

160

45.62

List A

127

43*

21.16

157

80.89

Twenty20

16.50

120.73

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

First-class

366

177

5/17

5/40

25.28

2.90

52.2

List A

461

435

3/30

54.37

5.66

57.6

Twenty20

138

175

2/19

25.00

7.60

19.7

Career statistics

First-class debut

New South Wales v South Australia at Sydney, Oct 17-20, 2006 scorecard

Last First-class

New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

Victoria v New South Wales at Wangaratta, Jan 2, 2006 scorecard

Last List A

New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 23, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard

Last Twenty20

New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard

Moises Henriques was so young when he first came into the New South Wales squad that he could train only in school holidays and often had to catch a taxi to practice. By the age of 18 he had already won praise from Trevor Hohns, the former national chairman of selectors, and a rookie contract with the Blues. After starring as captain of Australia's Under-19 side - he first made the team as a 16-year-old - with 16 World Cup wickets in Sri Lanka at 10.62 and 150 runs at 37.5, Henriques played his second senior game in the final of the 2005-06 ING Cup. As the Blues were heading towards the tightest of victories over South Australia, Henriques, the No. 9, refused to fluster and was unbeaten on 5 from 21 balls when Stuart MacGill squirted the winning run.

The next season he added another six one-day games but the highlight was playing the opening two Pura Cup matches of the Blues' campaign. In his second outing he displayed his huge potential with 5 for 17 from 13 overs against Queensland. Strangely, he was dropped and did not earn another first-class appearance that summer, although he struggled with a shoulder injury. A part-time stint at the Academy followed and in 2007-08 he earned a sprinkling of state appointments along with a grade haul of 913 runs and 39 wickets, which helped drive St George to the premiership. More confirmation of his high regard came when he was sent to Darwin as a replacement for Andrew Symonds in the national one-day team. Australia A were on tour, limiting the selectors' options, and Henriques was told he would play Bangladesh only in "exceptional circumstances", but it was a tick for a future talent.

A 187cm opening bowler, Henriques is the youngest player to collect ten wickets in a Sydney first-grade match, and he supplements his skills with fine middle-order strokeplay. "Moises is a genuine allrounder who would be selected in sides for his bowling or his batting alone," Hohns said in 2004. "He is an outstanding prospect and certainly has a bright future." Born on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Henriques arrived in Australia as a baby and first played cricket with friends aged nine. Occasionally compared to Steve Waugh, he looks overseas for Jacques Kallis as an all-round idol. "Everyone asks me if I prefer batting or bowling," he says, "I couldn't choose if I had to pick one."
Peter English September 2008

Sep 1, 2008

Moises Henriques spends his first training day with the Australian squad after being called in to replace Andrew Symonds © Getty Images

Sep 1, 2008

Moises Henriques at the nets © Getty Images

Jan 6, 2008

Moises Henriques sends in a delivery © Getty Images

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