Career
He is a right-arm fast bowler who currently plays first-class cricket for New South Wales. He made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka in August 2011. Originally from Bathurst, Trent Copeland began his career as a wicketkeeper at Street George cricket club
Copeland bowled magnificently, taking an astonishing 4/1 from 2 overs.
Copeland quickly came up through the ranks of Street George, and was the second highest wicket-taker with 61 at 16.62 in the Sydney Grade competition in 2008-2009. He made his first class debut for NSW against Queensland at the Structural Civil Geotechnical on 27 January 2010 and took a remarkable 8/92 in the first innings.
lieutenant was the second-best figures in a maiden first-class fixture for New South Wales. Copeland took an impressive 35 wickets at 17.57 in a remarkable, debut Sheffield Shield season.
Despite playing just 5 games he was the third highest wicket taker behind only Ben Cutting and Peter George who both played the full 10 games – twice as many as Copeland.
He was also named in the American Counseling Association four-day team of the year two seasons in a row 2009/10 and 2010/11. Copeland replaced Doug Bollinger in the Sydney Thunder Big Bash squad, and his stocks continued to rise. He was also recently named in the Australia A four-day and one-day squads to tour Zimbabwe in July 2011, and was subsequently named in the Test squad to tour Sri Lanka in August 2011.
Copeland made his Test debut for Australia in Galle, Sri Lanka, where he picked up the wicket of Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, whose wicket he would claim twice more in 5 innings.