A product of the Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy, Coulter-Nile currently represents Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash. Although largely a bowler, he can double up as a handy lower order batsman as well, evidenced by a high score of 92 in ODIs. Interestingly, it came 
against West Indies in the 2019 World Cup and is the highest score by a No.8 batsman in ODI World Cups. It also missed the overall highest score by a No.8 batsman in all ODIs by a whisker, 3 runs.
 
Coulter-Nile’s exceptional performances for Australia A in all the formats saw him a step closer to getting selected for the senior side. He made his T20I debut against West Indies in February 2013. Although he has performed decently at the opportunities that came by, persistent injuries kept him in and out of the side.
 
Add to this, he also had to compete with fiercer quicks like Johnson, Starc and the all-rounder Faulkner for a spot in the national side. However, despite these odds, Coulter-Nile was not completely relegated as he continued to receive opportunities, and to his credit, he made good 
use of whatever came by. Due to a combination of the above-mentioned factors, he did not figure in the squads for the 2015 World Cup and the 2017 Champions Trophy. But, he was in the squad for a subsequent tour to India and impressed with his performances therein. His athletic body makes him a very agile fielder as well.
 
Coulter-Nile’s allegiances in the Indian T20 League varied almost every season. He was picked by Mumbai in 2013 and appeared in just one game. Moving to Delhi in the next season, Coulter-Nile impressed in 2015, becoming the joint-highest wicket-taker for Delhi in that edition. 
He was lapped up by Kolkata in 2017, where he got 15 wickets in the tournament, for yet another time. However, he was released later and was purchased by Bangalore for the 2018 season. Coulter-Nile though, did not feature in a single game, owing to injury.
 
In the 2020 League auctions, he was signed up by Mumbai again, for a whopping 8 crore and will look to justify the tag with the League around the corner.

Nathan Coulter-Nile

Australian players Alex Carey and Nathan Coulter-Nile said they were not surprised at their IPL franchises releasing them and they are hoping to find a team in next month&#39;s Players Auction for the upcoming edition of the cash-rich league.While wicket-keeper batsman Carey was released by last edition&#39;s runners-up side Delhi Capitals on Thursday, Coulter-Nile was de-listed by champions Mumbai Indians.&quot;It wasn&#39;t a surprise. Those things, you get a bit of an inkling for and I didn&#39;t play a lot of cricket, just sat on the sidelines, so it probably makes sense to open that spot up for someone else, Carey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.&quot;Hopefully there&#39;s an opportunity in this year&#39;s draft, but I&#39;m really grateful for Delhi and Punter (Ponting) for picking me up in the first place,&quot; added the stumper, who played just three games for Delhi Capitals in his debut IPL season.Coulter-Nile too said that his release by five-time champions Mumbai Indians was on expected lines, despite returning with figures of 2 for 29 in the title clash against Delhi Capitals.&quot;I was expecting that was going to happen,&quot; Coulter-Nile said.&quot;They paid overs for me so I thought that was going to happen. Hopefully, I can get picked up again this year. I&#39;ve got nothing else on so hopefully I can get to the IPL,&quot; added the 33-year-old right-arm pacer.Carey and Coulter-Nile were part of nine Australian cricketers who were released by their respective IPL franchises. The others include Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith and Aaron Finch.Powered by <a href="https://www.froala.com/wysiwyg-editor?pb=1" title="Froala Editor">Froala Editor</a>

Both players were part of nine Australian cricketers who were released by their respective IPL franchises. The others include Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith and Aaron Finch

Alex Carey

Aaron Finch

Glenn Maxwell

Steven Smith

Carey, Coulter-Nile not surprised at IPL franchises releasing them

It was a perfect start for Melbourne Stars as they cruised to a comfortable six-wicket victory over Brisbane Heat in Match 2 of the Big Bash League 2020-21 at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Stars not just won the match, but they gained an extra point for being ahead of their opponents at the end of 10 overs, taking their tally to four points.&nbsp;After restricting Brisbane to just 125, Melbourne despite losing three wickets early went on to register an easy win, thanks to a magnificent 75-run partnership between Glenn Maxwell (46) and Hilton Cartwright (46*).&nbsp;Brisbane Heat never got things going right from the beginning and scored just 19 runs from the Powerplay (four overs), but importantly, did not lose a single wicket. The Stars executed their lines and lengths to perfection and that bore results as Brisbane kept losing at regular intervals. Once Clint Hinchliffe got the better of Sam Heazlett, it was Nathan Coulter-Nile who stole the show with four wickets and two brilliant run-outs off his own bowling to restrict Heat to a below par total.Before this match, the team chasing had won just two T20s out of seven at the Manuka Oval in 2020, but with just over run-a-ball needed for Stars to win, it seemed like this could be a great opportunity to set the record straight.Opportunity missedThe Power Surge rule introduced by BBL seemed like it could be an opportunity for the batting side to make good use of it. However, it turned out to hurt Heat today as they scored just 13 runs from the two overs and also lost a couple of wickets when they took it in overs 16 and 17. While it was supposed to be a chance for the batsmen to accelerate, it turned out to be a blessing for the bowling team as a couple of poor shots helped them take control of the game even further.&nbsp;It also might have been a good idea to take the Power Surge option when Chris Lynn was still at the crease, as he was struggling with his timing. A couple of big hits in those two overs could have seen him get his touch back and that could have propelled Heat to at least a par score.<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">Also, the fact that Heat lost six wickets for just 25 runs in the final phase also did not help their cause.<span style="color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/image.cricket.com/temp%2Fc69cd73a4fca1f0efa6507f7bc3b5a87cd2dd5b4.png" style="width: 900px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" data-code="200"> NOTE: Melbourne Stars chased down the target in 17.1 oversMatch-winning partnershipAt 34 for 3 in the seventh over, Brisbane looked very much in with a shout to perhaps pull it off, but Maxwell and Cartwright stitched together a match-winning 75-run stand off just 51 deliveries to ensure that they cruised to an easy win in the end. Things could have been different had Dan Lawrence held on to a catch at third man when Cartwright was on 10, but after that, the Australian batsman played sensibly, scoring at just about run-a-ball, playing second-fiddle to Maxwell, who was scoring a lot more freely.&nbsp;Maxwell was eventually dismissed with just 17 more needed of 32 deliveries. Cartwright and Nick Larkin (16*) ensured that there wasn&rsquo;t a way back in for Brisbane.&nbsp;With Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mark Steketee, and Mitchell Swepson at Brisbane Heat&rsquo;s disposal in the upcoming weeks, they are sure to pose a threat in the future matches. As far as the Stars are concerned, the addition of Nicholas Pooran could make their strong batting line-up even more formidable.&nbsp;Melbourne Stars do not have much time to rest as they take on Sydney Thunder on Saturday (December 12), while Brisbane Heat have a couple of days to rethink their strategy before they too take on Thunder on Monday (December 14).Brief scores:Brisbane Heat&nbsp;125 in 19.5 overs (Tom Cooper 26, Chris Lynn 20; Nathan Coulter-Nile 4 for 10) lost to Melbourne Stars 129 for 4 in 17.1 overs (Hilton Cartwright 46*, Glenn Maxwell 46; Jack Wood 2 for 28) by 6 wickets.Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile.

The Melbourne Stars bowler finished with figures of 4 for 10 to restrict Brisbane Heat to 125

Nathan Mitchell Coulter-Nile

Big Bash League, 2020/21

Melbourne Stars

Brisbane Heat

Coulter-Nile, batsmen power Stars to easy win

Remember the times when Australia did not use to take T20 cricket seriously? Ricky Ponting, leading Australia in their first-ever T20 international, against New Zealand, said that it is difficult to play seriously.&nbsp;They didn&rsquo;t expect the format to kick on. We all know it did and Australia fell behind in the race. In the first T20 World Cup in 2007, they suffered an embarrassing loss to Zimbabwe and crashed out in the first round of the subsequent edition. Consequently, the shift in opinion took place but after four more editions, they have continued to be one of the few major Test-playing nations not to get their hands on the T20 World Cup, although they were the runners-up in 2010.&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/image.cricket.com/temp%2Fe61c442194f08e49e0919938140fad756f5902bc.jpeg" style="width: 600px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" data-code="200">It has been more than four years since the last edition of T20 World Cup was held, in 2016. Like most sides, Australia have also gone through a number of overhauled strategies, albeit without any results. The recently concluded T20I series against India which brought a 1-2 series loss at home, after a similar score line against England, have underlined the glaring issues with their approach once again. While a lot of them can be rectified by picking the right players, keeping a firm eye on budding players in the upcoming BBL season starting on Thursday (December 10), the others can be corrected through a rejig in the currently existing batch of players.&nbsp;Top-order157.7 and 144.6. These are Aaron Finch and David Warner&rsquo;s strike-rates in the Powerplay as openers in T20Is since 2019. These are excellent numbers but there is a certain Matthew Wade who has been striking at 169.6 during this period (although in a smaller sample size of three innings).&nbsp;In the first T20I against India, Australia batted him at number 7, sending him when D&rsquo;Arcy Short was out, to maintain a left-right batting combination throughout. Short has a strike-rate of 107.4 on the above criteria. In all T20s since 2019, Short has a strike-rate of 127.4 while Wade has batted at 154.6. Clearly, Wade should have been the preferred choice to open in Warner&rsquo;s absence. In the second T20I, when Finch sat out, Wade put the intent in Australia&rsquo;s innings, scoring 47 out of 59 runs in the Powerplay. In the third T20I, when Finch came back, he opened ahead of Short, playing a match-winning knock of 80.&nbsp;This underlines a poor selection in Short. The left-hander is more of an anchor who starts slowly and has a par strike-rate against spinners, restraining him to up the ante in the middle-overs.&nbsp;Wade is clearly the more appropriate choice to open the innings even when both Finch and Warner are available. Australian cricket currently lacks players who can strike from ball one, except Glenn Maxwell. Hence, they need to find a way to slot Wade in, at the top. For such a scenario, it won&rsquo;t be a bad option to bat Warner, the more adaptable between him and Finch, at three. It will also maintain the right-left hand combination to kick start the innings with Finch and Wade.&nbsp;Middle-orderDo Australia need Steve Smith in T20Is? After consecutive 62-ball hundreds in the ODIs, he seemed out of place in the T20Is, especially at number 4.&nbsp;He is a craftsman against spinners but needs time to carve into them. Against pacers, he uses the pace on the ball to use the gaps to his advantage. At number 4 in T20Is, he gets neither the time nor the pace to lay the foundation for his innings. Also, the only time Smith plays consistent T20 cricket in the year is during the IPL, hence giving him less time to build his game in the format.&nbsp;Australia lost a couple of battles in the middle-overs against India. Except for Glenn Maxwell, who himself has gone through ups and downs, no one is sure of a spot in the middle-order.One option could be the 25-year old, Josh Inglis, who is also the acclaimed best player in terms of attacking spin bowling in the Perth Scorchers&rsquo; squad. A wicket-keeping option as well, Inglis had a grand BBL season last year, scoring 405 runs at a strike-rate in excess of 150. Although, those runs came as an opener, his reputation against spin bowling will make him one to watch out for in the season.&nbsp;Similarly, Inglis&rsquo; Scorchers&rsquo; teammate,&nbsp;Mitchell Marsh has an important BBL season ahead of him. Australian selectors will be watching him and the interest lies both ways. He had a decent last season in BBL and was a part of the squad in the T20Is against England. Always on the radar to fill the fast-bowling allrounder&rsquo;s role at six, Marsh has been let down by form and injuries. Now, returning from an ankle twist, this is certainly the last opportunity for Marsh to push his claim for the spot. <img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/image.cricket.com/temp%2Fdd110ef84e56d0f41217ae7cfb0263a7b1a2283f.jpeg" style="width: 600px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" data-code="200">He is in direct competition with Marcus Stoinis for the role. The fact that Stoinis will be opening for Melbourne Stars gives Marsh an edge. Although, if not Inglis, Stoinis can be the number 4 for Australia after a splendid 2020 IPL season.&nbsp;There are also Josh Philippe and Jono Wells. Phillippe has made it to the Australia&rsquo;s squad but yet to earn a cap. Wells has been brilliant for a number of seasons. He is another busy player against spin who brings urgency in the middle-overs.&nbsp;Fast bowlersAustralia opted to test their second string of pacers in the T20Is against India and it would be a fair assessment that they were left disappointed. None amongst AJ Tye, Sean Abbott and Daniel Sams, each of them a leading bowler for their respective BBL side, landed consecutive deliveries in the right area. Australia pacers went at 9.8 runs per over in the series and three out their nine wickets were picked by Moises Henriques.&nbsp;The eyes will move to the other lot in BBL. Nathan Ellis was the surprise package last season. Showing great skills to restrict the batsmen during the death overs, he picked 12 wickets in 15 games at an economy of 7.9. He gained selectors&rsquo; attention in the maiden season itself. Another good season, if he is able to evade the usual challenges of a sophomore year, will put him straight in Australia&rsquo;s XI.&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/image.cricket.com/temp%2F31332f8fca462629e310413669c23a4093c5fd3e.jpeg" style="width: 600px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" data-code="200">Jason Behredorff and Ben Dwarshuis have spent a number of seasons in BBL as the leading pacer of their respective side. Both of them have a lot of cricketing years ahead of them and their left-arm bowling angle will keep them under the spotlight.&nbsp;In addition, Nathan Coulter-Nile is always an enticing prospect with his adjunct striking abilities with the bat. Another injury-prone allrounder, Coulter-Nile will slot in nicely at 8 in Australia&rsquo;s line-up but needs to show both form and fitness this season.&nbsp;***Overall, BBL has not produced enough talent for Australia as IPL and PSL have done for India and Pakistan respectively. At the moment, Mitchell Swepson is the only BBL product who seems to be a part of Australia&rsquo;s side for the long run. With the World Cup approaching and Australia more desperate to have a top T20 side, things might change, making BBL more important than ever for budding and currently non-incumbent Australia players.&nbsp;

A look at the players to watch out for as Australia aims to build a top notch T20 side 

Benjamin James Dwarshuis

Nathan Ellis

Joshua Patrick Inglis

Mitchell Ross Marsh

Joshua Ryan Philippe

Jonathan Wayne Wells

Matthew Scott Wade

Steven Peter Devereux Smith

Jason Paul Behrendorff

David Andrew Warner

Aaron James Finch

Australia

Perth Scorchers

Hobart Hurricanes

Sydney Sixers

Sydney Thunder

Melbourne Renegades

Adelaide Strikers

What lies in BBL 10 for Australia’s T20 setup

Mumbai Indians (MI) mentor and batting great Sachin Tendulkar believes that the inclusions of the Australian duo Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile has further strengthened the already balanced side. Lynn was bought for his base price of INR 2 crore, while Coulter-Nile went for INR 8 crore after an intense bidding war with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) &ndash; MI&rsquo;s opponent in the season&rsquo;s first match.&ldquo;Chris Lynn, when it comes to those explosive starts, he is tremendous. Nathan Coulter-Nile swinging the ball upfront and then bowling those death overs and also chipping in with his bat. All in all, I think the balance is really nice. Of course, Mumbai Indians as a squad earlier was anyway good but it&rsquo;s strengthened much more with these two inclusions,&rdquo; Tendulkar said, according to MI&rsquo;s official website.Tendulkar also spoke highly of MI and CSK&rsquo;s fanbase. The former India batsman said, &ldquo;For any tournament to succeed, you need rivalries. Mumbai Indians as well as Chennai Super Kings, we have a very strong fanbase. Both are extremely competitive. There have been occasions where Mumbai Indians were pushed badly in a corner and we have been able to pull through and win that game and the same thing has also happened with Chennai Super Kings.&rdquo;Tendulkar played for MI between 2008 and 2013. In his last season for the franchise, MI won their first-ever IPL title and have gone on to win three more since.Speaking of Lynn, the Australia batsman says that he is happy to bat anywhere the coach Mahela Jayawardene wants him to. &ldquo;Rohit! What a world-class player, runs on the board on and off the field. What he has contributed to Mumbai is something special and Quinny has been outstanding with the gloves and the bat in hand. So, if I can whizz in my way somewhere and hopefully do a job, that&rsquo;s awesome. At the end of the day happy to bat wherever it may be, top order, middle order, wherever Mahela sees me.&rdquo;

Lynn and COulter-Nile were bought by MI in the IPL 2020 auction for INR 2 crore and INR 8 crore respectively 

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Christopher Austin Lynn

Indian Premier League, 2020

Mumbai Indians

Chennai Super Kings

Inclusion of Lynn, Coulter-Nile has further strengthened MI: Tendulkar

Disappointed at being left out of Western Australia&#39;s contract list, Australia pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile said he is looking to prove the decision makers wrong by representing a new state team for the upcoming season.The 32-year-old, who grabbed 17 wickets at 18.94 to guide West Australia to their third title in six years in the last summer&#39;s Marsh Cup, didn&#39;t receive a contract renewal after he decided to focus his attention on white-ball cricket.Coulter-Nile, who has taken 86 wickets in limited-overs cricket for Australia, said he is now &quot;fired up&quot; to face Western Australia.&nbsp;&quot;I&#39;d love to face Western Australia, I&#39;d definitely be fired up for it,&quot; he told cricket.com.au.&quot;I know the boys had nothing to do with the decision and a few of them openly said they were disappointed with it, but any chance I get to prove the decision-makers wrong, I&#39;d definitely take that opportunity.&quot;&nbsp;Coulter-Nile said he is confident of his bowling and will take up any opportunity that comes his way before the Marsh Cup.&quot;I want to play. I was the leading wicket-taker last year, I feel like I&#39;m bowling alright. I feel like I&#39;ve still got plenty to offer,&quot; said the pacer, who took 82 wickets at 21.96 in 39 one-day games for WA since making his debut in 2009.&quot;But there&#39;s still so much time before the Marsh Cup begins, we&#39;ll just wait and see what happens. But I&#39;m definitely throwing my name out there.&quot;&nbsp;Coulter-Nile has 116 wickets at 27.59 in 32 first-class games but he last played a first-class match in 2017 due to frequent injuries especially during the Sheffield Shield.The pacer said though he understands that WA are focussing on ending their 21-year long Sheffield Shield title drought, he was disappointment at not being considered for a &quot;minimum contract&quot; with the state, which he represented for more than a decade.&quot;I understand where they&#39;re coming from; they want to win a Shield title and that&#39;s the way they thought they needed to go do it. I wasn&#39;t too shocked. I&#39;d been given word they were going to reward the blokes bowling the most overs, which is fair enough,&quot; he said.&quot;But to not even get a minimum contract, say &#39;come down, help out the young kids&#39; I&#39;ve been involved for 15 years so I feel like I know a bit about the game. To say I was not required at all, I was a bit disappointed, but that&#39;s the way it goes,&quot; Coulter-Nile said.

The allrounder didn't receive a contract renewal after he decided to focus his attention on white-ball cricket

Nathan Coulter-Nile

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