Lee Carseldine

Lee Andrew Carseldine (born 17 November 1975) is a retired professional Australian cricketer living in Brisbane.

Lee Carseldine
Personal information
Full nameLee Andrew Carseldine
Born (1975-11-17) 17 November 1975
Nambour, Queensland
BattingLeft-hand bat
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleAllrounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1998–2011Queensland Bulls
2009Rajasthan Royals
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 47 59 26
Runs scored 2298 1529 596
Batting average 34.29 28.31 31.36
100s/50s 3/13 3/7 0/4
Top score 152 126 74
Balls bowled 1377 378 84
Wickets 14 11 7
Bowling average 47.57 27.00 16.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/25 4/6 2/13
Catches/stumpings 51/– 21/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, May 16 2016

Education

Carseldine has a Masters in Applied Finance from the Queensland University of Technology.[1]

Sporting career

Carseldine played 132 matches for the Queensland Bulls in all formats, with 2298 runs from 47 first-class games and 1529 runs from 59 one-day games.[2]

Carseldine's back stress fractures and degenerative disc problems forced him into retirement in 2004 after 24 first class games.[1] He made a comeback in November 2007, playing for the Bulls in Sheffield Shield, FR Cup, and Twenty20 matches. He also earned a spot in the Rajasthan Royals Indian Premier League side.

Carseldine retired from first class cricket in 2011 and continued to freelance himself in the T20 format which saw him play in the Bangladesh Premier League and KFC Big Bash until 2012.[2] Upon retirement he joined the Australian Cricketers Association as a Past Player Welfare and Game Development Manager.

Media career

Carseldine regularly contributed to ABC Grandstand and Fox Sports as a sports commentator, whilst employed by the Australian Cricketers' Association.

In June 2014 Carseldine joined Sunshine Coast radio station Hot 91 as a presenter of The Big Brekky, alongside Daniel O'Carroll, Lynda Edmonds and Ash Gierke.[3] However, Carseldine resigned just six weeks after joining Hot 91, citing personal reasons. Hot 91 station manager Troy Deighton wished Carseldine well, saying he understood and respected his decision to leave the station.[4] In 2015, Carseldine launched Droneit Group, an aerial film and photography company.

In 2016, he appeared as a contestant on season 3 of Australian Survivor.[5] He ended up as the season's runner-up.

Carseldine appeared on the January 2017 issue of Australian Men's Health magazine.[6]

In 2020, he returned to play on Australian Survivor: All Stars. He made it deep into the season again, only to voluntarily leave the game upon news of his mother's stroke.[7]

Personal life

Carseldine has two sons with his ex-wife, Tanya.[1][5] He and fellow Australian Survivor contestant Elena Rowland began a relationship when their series ended.[8][9][10] In February 2019, the couple broke up.[11]

References
  1. Faulkner, Andrew (1 November 2008). "Bulls all-rounder Lee Carseldine goes full circle". The Australian. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. Clark, Laine (5 April 2011). "Queensland Bulls batsman Lee Carseldine announces retirement". Perth Now. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  3. Hot 91 farewells Todd and Sami, and introduces new Big Brekky crew, Radio Today, 8 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016
  4. Lee Carseldine leaves Hot 91.1 Big Brekky, radioinfo, 25 July 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2016
  5. Byrne, Holly (28 August 2016). "Australian Survivor's hot favourite Lee Carseldine is playing up to his social media pin-up status". The Courier-Mail. news.com.au. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  6. "Survivor runner-up Lee's shocking weight loss". news.com.au. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. Bond, Nick (8 March 2020). "Devastated Survivor star exits show after phone call from home". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  8. Rawsthorne, Sally (16 October 2016). "Lee Carseldine and Elena Rowland come clean on their relationship status". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  9. Dennehy, Luke (26 July 2017). "Australian Survivor couple still very much together after finding love in Samoa". news.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  10. Dewey, Imogen. "El Rowland's frank confession: 'Blending a family is hard'". Nine.com.au.
  11. Mitchell, Thomas (10 February 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: Australian Survivor All Stars' Lee Carseldine opens up about "the worst year of my life"". Now To Love. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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