IPL playerAustralia2008 to 2013
Cameron White
On scorecards: CL White · Right-hand bat
Cameron White, a batter, played five IPL seasons for three franchises.
The arrival
Cameron White arrived through the auction: Royal Challengers Bangalore paid ₹2 cr (US$500k), against a base price of ₹40 lakh, at the very first IPL auction.
That first season brought 8 matches and 114 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2012, for Deccan Chargers: 479 runs at an average of 43.5, striking at 149.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 123.7, with 5 fifties, and a highest score of 78.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bought at the 2008 auction for ₹2 cr. 15 matches and 162 runs.
2011 to 2012, Deccan Chargers. Bought at the 2011 auction for ₹4.95 cr. 19 matches and 583 runs.
2013, Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arrived outside the auction. 13 matches, 226 runs and 1 wicket.
3 spells with three franchises in all. The longest was with Royal Challengers Bangalore, 2008 to 2010. 2009 is missing from the record: a season without an IPL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, Cameron White struck at 127.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.6, so Cameron White scored about 4 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 55% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 76 fours and 38 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 34.2% of the balls Cameron White faced were dot balls, a lower share than 70% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 20 balls, and a four every 10.
The fielding record: 22 catches and 4 run-outs.
At the auction
Cameron White went under the hammer five times, bought twice and left unsold three times. The highest price was ₹4.95 cr (US$1.10m), paid by Deccan Chargers in 2011, more than 3 times the base price. The price climbed with the reputation: ₹2 cr in 2008, ₹4.95 cr by 2011.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Cameron White made 47 IPL appearances, the last for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013, and won 1 player-of-the-match award.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 8 | 114 | 31* | 16.3 | 111.8 | 0/0 | 0 | 24.00 | - | 3 | ||
| 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | 7 | 48 | 21* | 24.0 | 145.4 | 0/0 | 0 | 19.00 | - | 4 | ||
| 2011 | Deccan Chargers | 6 | 104 | 31* | 26.0 | 95.4 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Deccan Chargers | 13 | 479 | 78 | 43.5 | 149.7 | 5/0 | 0 | 9.00 | - | 3 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 13 | 226 | 52 | 18.8 | 115.3 | 1/0 | 1 | 8.00 | 1/14 | 10 |
Franchise journey
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: 2008 to 2010
- Deccan Chargers: 2011 to 2012
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2013
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 34.2% |
| Balls per four | 10 |
| Balls per six | 20 |
| Dot balls bowled | 19.1% |
| Balls per wicket | 42 |
| Catches | 22 |
| Run-outs | 4 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Set F | ₹40 lakh | Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹2 cr (US$500k) |
| 2011 | – | ₹1.35 cr | Sold to Deccan Chargers for ₹4.95 cr (US$1.10m) |
| 2014 | Batter | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2015 | Batter | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
| 2016 | Batter | ₹1.50 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet