Ashton Agar

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ashton Agar

• Does Ashton Agar smoke: Not Known

• Does Ashton Agar drink alcohol: Yes

• Having been born to a Sri Lankan mother and an Australian father, Agar is a whisk of nationalities.

• If not in the baggy green cap, he would have been wearing a lawyer’s cloak in the courtroom and fulfilling his dream to be a lawyer.

• Apart from being a good cricketer at school, Agar had a fine hand in baseball as well.

• Both his younger brothers have their grips on cricket and have been trying to get a notch through Cricket Victoria elite Junior system. The trio used to practice the game in the driveway at their home. 

• His teammates at Henley used to address him as Scotty for his similitude to Adam Scott, an Australian golfer.

• Agar was among the top 5% scholars when he graduated with a score of 90.55 in Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) in 2011.

• He was unknown to almost everyone till the time Michael Clarke named him in the Australian squad for 2013 Ashes series in England. It was more of a surprise as he was brought in the place of experienced Nathan Lyon, who already had his name on the list. He then became the first teenage Australian cricketer to have a test wicket in the card.