# Cameron Merchant

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**Cameron James Merchant** (born 4 January 1984) is an Australian cricketer living in [Sydney](/source/Sydney).

## Career

After a Second XI career in Australia, moved to New Zealand to play [first class cricket](/source/First_class_cricket) for [Northern Districts](/source/Northern_Districts_men's_cricket_team) from 2007. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off-break bowler, Merchant continually alternated between Northern Districts' First and Second XIs into the 2009 season.[1] During his career, he has scored more than 1,000 runs in First and Second XI cricket, including two centuries and five half-centuries.[2] He was formerly a professional at the Toronto Cricket Club in Canada.[3]

Merchant is now the stand-in first grade captain of [Manly Warringah District Cricket Club](/source/Manly_Warringah_District_Cricket_Club) in [Sydney Grade Cricket](/source/Sydney_Grade_Cricket).[4]

## Personal life

In 2019, he appeared on the [Australian version of *Married at First Sight*](/source/Married_at_First_Sight_(Australian_TV_series)), where he 'married' 36-year-old Jules Robinson in an episode originally aired on 28 January 2019.[5] They legally married in November 2019, and their first child, Oliver Chase Merchant, was born on 3 October 2020.[6]

## Notes

1. ["Player Profile: Cameron Merchant"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/26/26575/26575.html). Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

1. ["Detailed Player Oracle Results: CJ Merchant"](https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results1.cgi). Cricket Archive. Retrieved 2009-11-16.

1. ["Cricket Central – Slow Bouncer"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTzavbR5Mr8). Cricket Canada. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/dTzavbR5Mr8) 2021-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-10-15. – via YouTube.

1. ["Waratah's Prepare for Crunch Round – Team Selections Round 10 v North Sydney + Womens 3rd Grade"](https://manlycricket.com/waratahs-prepare-for-crunch-round-team-selections-round-10-v-north-sydney-womens-3rd-grade/). *Manly-Warringah District Cricket Club*. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

1. Moustafa, Abi. ["Who is Cameron Merchant"](https://www.who.com.au/married-at-first-sight-2019-who-is-cameron-merchant). *Who*. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

1. ["Two babies, a 'real' wedding and a shock engagement: What the cast of MAFS 2019 are doing now."](https://www.msn.com/en-nz/entertainment/other/two-babies-a-real-wedding-and-a-shock-engagement-what-the-cast-of-mafs-2019-are-doing-now/ar-BB1a2zuW). MSN. Retrieved 2020-10-16.

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