Blake Nikitaras
 Nikitaras playing First Class cricket with New South Wales in October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 April 2000 Mount Lawley, Western Australia[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Steve Nikitaras (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–2025/26 | New South Wales (squad no. 45) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–present | Sydney Thunder (squad no. 47) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blake Nikitaras (born 29 April 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed batsman. He is the son of former state cricketer Steve Nikitaras.[2]
Early life
[edit]Nikitaras is of Greek descent. Nikitaras is from Oak Flats in the Illawarra region of New South Wales. He plays for St George Cricket Club in NSW Premier Cricket.[3]
Career
[edit]Ahead of the 2020-21 season Nikitaras injured his anterior cruciate ligament playing a friendly game of basketball and missed the majority of the season instead rehabbing for months at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.[4]
In March 2022 Nikitaras made his first-class debut for New South Wales scoring 44 and 56 against the South Australia cricket team in the Sheffield Shield.[5] This earned him a rookie deal with NSW for the 2022-23 season.[6][7]
In December 2022 Nikitaras was given a contract for the Big Bash League with Sydney Thunder.[8][9]
Nikitaras was delisted by New South Wales at the end of the 2025-26 season.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Blake Nikitaras | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 6 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ↑ "Blake Nikitaras". Espncricinfo.
- ↑ "Nikitaras hoping to strike for Sydney Thunder in upcoming Big Bash League". Illawaramercury.com. 9 December 2022.
- ↑ "Kerr, Nikitaras headline Blues inclusions for 2022-23". Cricket.com.
- ↑ "Oak Flats' Blake Nikitaras makes impressive Sheffield Shield debut for NSW Blues". Illawarra Mercury. 29 March 2022.
- ↑ "Can they live up to the promise? NSW squad breakdown". theroar.com.au.
- ↑ "Blues contract list: 'Mature aged' Shield debutants ink deals". cricketnsw.com.
- ↑ "YOUNG GUN BLAKE NIKITARAS SIGNS WITH THUNDER". Sydneythunder.com.
- ↑ "BBL 12: Sydney Thunder sign Blake Nikitaras". babacric.in. 12 December 2022.
- ↑ "NSW Blues' 2026-27 squad locked in". New South Wales cricket team. 12 May 2026.
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