Nathan Coulter-Nile ⚾

Nathan Mitchell Coulter-Nile is an Australian fast bowler, who represents Western Australia and Perth Scorchers in their domestic circuit. He started representing Western Australia at both U-17 and Under-19 level and in the 2003-04 National Under-17 championship, he took 4 wickets in 5 matches. A member of the Dennis Lillee Fast Bowling Academy, Coulter-Nile was selected to the Australian national under-19 team in three under-19 ODI matches against the Pakistan under-19s in April 2007. He later played a season for Fremantle, where he took 30 wickets and also appeared in a single match for Cricket Australia Cup for the state second XI team. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Coulter-Nile collected 26 Sheffield Shield wickets and was awarded the Laurie Sawle Medal as Western Australia's player of the season.
 

Coulter-Nile impressed in the ODI leg of the return Ashes tour at home, showcasing good pace and a good mix of variations to stifle the English batsmen. Massively injury prone, he has been in and out of the Australian side over the years. At times, it's been tough for him to break into the Australian squad with the likes of Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc being the preferred quicks in addition to James Faulkner as the all-rounder. However, the rotation of players and at times, forced circumstances have given Coulter-Nile opportunities to feature in the XI and he has more often than not, grabbed those chances.
 

With Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood injured throughout the 2018-19 season, Coulter-Nile got a long run and he didn't disappoint, performing his role as a wicket-taker admirably well while also showing his prowess with the bat at times. His consistency saw him getting rewarded with his maiden World Cup berth as the more celebrated Hazlewood wasn't picked despite recovering from injury.
 

IPL through the years
 

Coulter-Nile's IPL career has been very much like his Australia career - on again, off again. He has missed seasons together because of injury but when on fire, Coulter-Nile is up there among the best. Mumbai Indians first showed interest him in 2013 and won the bidding war against Rajasthan Royals to land the pacer for INR 3 crore. He played only one game that year.
 

Royal Challengers Bangalore was the next franchise who were disappointed by Coulter-Nile. After being bought for 2.2 crore in the 2018 auction, he missed the whole season to injury. But the team retained him and looks forward to see him play at the Chinnaswamy.
 

World Cup through the years
After having been second fiddle to Australia’s main choice pacers for a long time, Coulter-Nile is ready to play his first World Cup with the 2019 edition. With Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins automatic choices,
it could be a tussle between Coulter-Nile and Jason Behrendorff for the third pacer’s slot. It’s likely that the former will start, given the overall value that he adds to the side and with Starc back, Australia
already have a left-arm seamer in the attack. A strong tournament for Coulter-Nile will surely cement his spot in Australia’s limited-overs setup for the coming years.