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Callum Vidler: Age, Injury Return, U19 World Cup and Stats

Callum Vidler is a 20-year-old Australian right-arm fast bowler who led Australia's attack with 14 wickets during the title-winning 2024 Under-19 World Cup. He then took 17 wickets across his first five senior matches for Queensland before a back stress fracture kept him out for the entire 2025/26 domestic season. Vidler was bowling from his full run-up again by August 2026, with Queensland planning a gradual white-ball return. He is contracted to Brisbane Heat through BBL|16 but has not yet made a completed Big Bash appearance.

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Right-handedRight-arm fast bowlerBorn 14 October 2005

Current squadBrisbane HeatBig Bash League · BBL|16 contract and career records checked 3 September 2026

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Full nameCallum Andrew Vidler

Age20As of 3 September 2026

Date of birth14 October 2005Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm fast

Career overview

Callum Vidler cricket career

Born in Brisbane on 14 October 2005; aged 20 on 3 September 2026.

Right-handed lower-order batter and right-arm fast bowler.

Took 14 wickets at 11.71 as Australia won the 2024 Under-19 World Cup.

Claimed 12 first-class wickets and five List A wickets in five Queensland matches.

Missed the whole 2025/26 domestic season with his first back stress fracture.

Bowling from his full run-up by August 2026; contracted to Brisbane Heat through BBL|16 without a BBL debut.

Career story

Callum Vidler career and playing journey

Who is Callum Vidler?

Callum Andrew Vidler is a Brisbane-born fast bowler in Queensland's 2026/27 squad and Brisbane Heat's BBL|16 list. He bats right-handed and bowls right-arm pace, with speed and new-ball wicket-taking at the centre of his role.

Cricket Australia lists him as a pace bowler, while CricketArchive uses right-arm medium-fast. Those labels describe the same player. The official record supports pace in the 140 km/h bracket during his early career, but it does not justify attaching an unchanging maximum speed to every spell.

Vidler was born on 14 October 2005 and was 20 on 3 September 2026. His senior record remains compact because injury removed a full Australian summer after only five Queensland appearances.

How did Callum Vidler start playing cricket?

Vidler grew up in Ashgrove and joined Valley District's under-eights. He still represents the Brisbane Premier Cricket club, giving his pathway a continuous local base from junior cricket to Queensland selection.

His father, Richie, showed him Mitchell Johnson's Ashes highlights, while Vidler later identified Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc as fast-bowling models. The influence is relevant to his cricket development; it does not open the door to unrelated private-family detail.

Vidler attended Brisbane Grammar and later began studying economics and finance at the University of Queensland. He told Cricket Australia that study gave him another focus during the long rehabilitation period.

What did Vidler achieve before the 2024 Under-19 World Cup?

Vidler's youth record was substantial before the World Cup. He took 12 wickets in two Under-19 Tests at 18.91, including five for 49, and 22 wickets in 11 Under-19 one-day matches at 15.45.

The Under-19 one-day line includes two four-wicket innings and best figures of four for 17. It covers the wider youth career, so the 14 World Cup wickets form a subset rather than a second total to add on top.

Those matches established his pace against international age-group opposition. Senior cricket then tested whether the same wicket-taking method could survive longer spells, stronger batters and a heavier physical workload.

How did Callum Vidler perform at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup?

Vidler took 14 wickets at 11.71 as Australia won the 2024 Under-19 World Cup in South Africa. He finished as Australia's leading wicket-taker and formed a four-man pace attack with Tom Straker, Mahli Beardman and Charlie Anderson.

In the final against India, Vidler dismissed two batters as Australia defended 253 and won by 79 runs. The performance completed an unbeaten campaign and gave the attack its strongest result against the tournament favourite.

The ICC selected Vidler in its Team of the Tournament alongside Australian captain Hugh Weibgen and opener Harry Dixon. The recognition belongs to that event and does not imply a senior international cap.

What happened on Callum Vidler's Sheffield Shield debut?

Vidler made his first-class debut for Queensland against New South Wales at Allan Border Field on 11 March 2024. He took five wickets across the match, an immediate senior return only weeks after the Under-19 World Cup final.

His best innings figures remained below five wickets because the debut total came across two innings. That distinction matters: a five-wicket match and a five-wicket innings are different achievements.

Queensland awarded him a full state contract after the season. The contract reflected his youth and debut progress, while later selections still depended on fitness, team balance and completed match availability.

Why did the 2025 Sheffield Shield final matter?

Vidler took five wickets in Queensland's Shield final defeat to South Australia in March 2025. His first-innings four for 64 included Alex Carey and Nathan McSweeney, followed by one for 60 in the second innings.

The match gave him a five-wicket match return against a strong batting side but not a title. Queensland lost the final, so the accurate achievement is an individual bowling performance in a losing cause.

One match earlier, he bowled in 40-degree heat as South Australia compiled 614 for seven. Vidler later described that workload as a lesson in sustaining speed and accuracy across four days, a different challenge from a short youth spell.

What are Callum Vidler's first-class statistics?

Vidler has 12 wickets from three first-class matches through the 2024/25 season. He bowled 447 balls, conceded 339 runs, averaged 28.25 and recorded best innings figures of four for 64.

His bowling strike rate is 37.25 balls per wicket and his economy rate 4.55 runs per over. The numbers show frequent early wickets but cover only six innings, so they should not be stretched into a settled long-term forecast.

He scored three runs from five batting innings and was not out four times. The batting average of 3.00 uses his single dismissal; it does not indicate an established all-round role.

What are Callum Vidler's List A statistics?

Vidler took five wickets in his first two List A matches for Queensland. His best return was three for 36, with a bowling average of 20.40, an economy rate of 6.80 and a strike rate of 18 balls per wicket.

The wickets included experienced domestic batters Moises Henriques and Hilton Cartwright. Two matches demonstrate early impact but remain too small a sample for a fixed assessment of his one-day role.

His List A batting record contains one run from two unbeaten innings. As with the first-class row, the primary contribution is fast bowling rather than lower-order scoring.

Which injuries interrupted Callum Vidler's rise?

Osteitis pubis limited Vidler's preparation before BBL|14. A separate back problem then developed after the 2024/25 Shield final, beginning with bone oedema before scans in September 2025 showed a partial stress fracture in his L3 vertebra.

The back injury was his first stress fracture and ruled him out of Australia A's one-day tour of India. It also kept him out of the entire 2025/26 Queensland and Brisbane Heat season.

These were two distinct interruptions. Combining them into one continuous diagnosis would blur the record, while predicting a precise recovery from either would go beyond the medical updates made public.

What is Callum Vidler's latest injury update?

Vidler had returned to bowling from his full run-up by August 2026. He began bowling again in May, extended the approach in July and continued building intensity under Queensland and national pace-bowling staff.

Cricket Australia reported that his back had healed by December 2025, but Queensland gave him a longer conditioning runway. The plan was to reintroduce him through one-day cricket and the Big Bash before targeting red-ball cricket in early 2027.

A rehabilitation plan does not equal match clearance. His next appearance should be recorded only when Queensland or Brisbane Heat select him and a completed scorecard confirms that he played.

Has Callum Vidler played in the Big Bash?

Vidler has no completed Big Bash appearance through BBL|15. He spent two seasons on Brisbane Heat's list, with osteitis pubis affecting BBL|14 and the back stress fracture removing BBL|15.

Brisbane originally signed him before BBL|14 and later extended his contract through BBL|16. The current squad includes him alongside Xavier Bartlett, Spencer Johnson, Michael Neser and other pace options.

Vidler has called a Heat debut a personal goal for BBL|16. That ambition and his contract confirm opportunity, not an appearance, wicket tally or guaranteed place in the XI.

What role could Vidler play for Brisbane Heat?

Vidler offers Brisbane an attacking right-arm pace option if his recovery and selection progress as planned. His youth and Queensland records show wicket-taking intent with the new ball and during aggressive spells.

The Heat already have internationally capped fast bowlers and younger domestic quicks. Availability, workload and the balance of each XI will determine whether Vidler opens the bowling, works through the middle overs or remains outside the side.

BBL|16 begins for Brisbane against Sydney Sixers on 15 December 2026. The fixture supplies a team starting point; it does not establish Vidler's debut date.

Why is speed only part of Vidler's development?

Vidler's pace created his early point of difference, but his 2025 Shield experience exposed the endurance required to maintain it. Bowling late in a four-day match asks for repeatable mechanics and control after far more work than an Under-19 one-day spell.

During rehabilitation, he added gym work, running and measured bowling loads. He also identified Mitchell Starc's ability to maintain high pace late in Tests as the standard he wants to approach.

Raw speed can create wickets, but durability decides how often a fast bowler can use it. Vidler's next phase therefore depends as much on repeatable workload as on the fastest delivery in a short spell.

Which teams has Callum Vidler represented?

Vidler's recorded teams include Australia Under-19s, Queensland and Valley District. Brisbane Heat holds his current BBL contract, although he has not yet appeared in a completed league match.

The Queensland record covers three Shield matches and two List A matches. The combined 17 wickets quoted in current official coverage comes from those five senior outings, not from a separate competition total.

One player can appear across several team pages without needing duplicate biographies. Each match remains attached to its actual team, season and format.

What is known about Callum Vidler's salary and net worth?

No audited public record establishes Vidler's salary, career earnings or net worth. Brisbane Heat and Queensland contract announcements confirm roster status but do not publish enough financial detail to calculate his income.

A contract term cannot reveal tax, incentives, match payments, sponsorships, management costs or private assets. Estimates on generic biography sites therefore lack the evidence needed for a dependable figure.

If a governing body publishes a specific payment, the amount still needs its season and contract category. It should not be relabelled as lifetime wealth.

What is public about Callum Vidler's family and relationships?

Cricket Australia's career feature names Vidler's father, Richie, while explaining the childhood fast-bowling influences that shaped him. That detail belongs to the cricket story and comes from Vidler's own interview.

No reliable reviewed source establishes a spouse, girlfriend or public relationship. Social posts, search suggestions and unsourced biography pages cannot prove a private relationship.

The available record supports a limited family detail and no relationship claim. Keeping that boundary protects accuracy without turning absence of information into a rumour.

What are Callum Vidler's main records and achievements?

Vidler led Australia's wicket tally with 14 at the 2024 Under-19 World Cup and earned selection in the ICC Team of the Tournament. His wider youth record contains 22 one-day wickets and 12 wickets in two youth Tests.

At senior level, he took five wickets on Shield debut, five in the 2025 Shield final and five across his first two List A matches. Those returns produced 17 wickets in five Queensland appearances.

His Queensland and Brisbane Heat contracts mark progression rather than performance totals. A future BBL achievement begins only after a completed appearance.

What comes next for Callum Vidler?

Queensland planned to ease Vidler back through white-ball cricket before the new year, with a possible red-ball return in early 2027. His full-run-up bowling in August was the clearest positive step after a season without matches.

BBL|16 offers a possible first Brisbane Heat appearance, while competition from established and emerging quicks keeps selection open. Fitness, workload and match conditions will shape the decision.

The next confirmed update will come from a squad announcement or completed scorecard. Until then, his career totals remain 12 first-class wickets, five List A wickets and no Big Bash appearance.

Callum Vidler records

Callum Vidler career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

First-class career through 2024/253matches

Batting

Innings: 5
Runs: 3
High score: 3*
Average: 3.00
Strike rate: 6.97
Not outs: 4
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Innings: Three-match career
Wickets: 12
Best bowling: 4/64
Average: 28.25
Economy: 4.55
Strike rate: 37.25
Balls: 447
Catches / stumpings: 0
5w / 10w: 0/0

List A career through 2024/252matches

Batting

Innings: 2
Runs: 1
High score: 1*
Average: Not dismissed
Strike rate: 11.11
Not outs: 2
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Innings: Two-match career
Wickets: 5
Best bowling: 3/36
Average: 20.40
Economy: 6.80
Strike rate: 18.00
Balls: 90
Catches / stumpings: 0
5w / 10w: 0/0

Under-19 ODI career through 2024 World Cup11matches

Batting

Innings: 3
Runs: 3
High score: 3*
Average: Not dismissed
Strike rate: 18.75
Not outs: 3
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Innings: Youth career
Wickets: 22
Best bowling: 4/17
Average: 15.45
Economy: 4.09
Strike rate: 22.63
Balls: 498
Catches / stumpings: 3
5w / 10w: 0/0

Big Bash through BBL|15No completed scorecard appearancematches

Batting

Innings: Not applicable
Runs: Not applicable
High score: Not applicable
Average: Not applicable
Strike rate: Not applicable
Not outs: Not applicable
100s / 50s: Not applicable

Bowling & fielding

Innings: Not applicable
Wickets: Not applicable
Best bowling: Not applicable
Average: Not applicable
Economy: Not applicable
Strike rate: Not applicable
Balls: Not applicable
Catches / stumpings: Not applicable
5w / 10w: Not applicable

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

Australia Under-19

Debut

2022/23 youth pathway

Last listed match

2024 World Cup champion; 14 tournament wickets

Queensland first-class

Debut

11 March 2024 against New South Wales

Last listed match

Five wickets in the March 2025 Shield final; 12 career wickets

Queensland List A

Debut

2024/25 season

Last listed match

Five wickets from two completed matches

Brisbane Heat

Debut

No completed BBL appearance through BBL|15

Last listed match

Contracted through BBL|16; debut remains a target

Recovery

Debut

Missed the complete 2025/26 domestic season

Last listed match

Bowling from full run-up by August 2026; white-ball return planned

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

Took 14 wickets at 11.71 during Australia's 2024 Under-19 World Cup title.
Selected in the ICC 2024 Under-19 World Cup Team of the Tournament.
Took 12 wickets in two Under-19 Tests, including 5/49.
Claimed five wickets across his Sheffield Shield debut.
Took 4/64 and five wickets in the 2025 Sheffield Shield final.
Recorded five List A wickets from his first two matches.
Returned to full-run-up bowling by August 2026 after missing the 2025/26 season.
Contracted to Brisbane Heat through BBL|16 without a completed BBL appearance.

Reader questions

Callum Vidler FAQ

How old is Callum Vidler?

Callum Vidler was 20 on 3 September 2026. He was born in Brisbane on 14 October 2005.

How fast does Callum Vidler bowl?

Brisbane Heat reported that Vidler had been clocked in the 140 km/h bracket. No stable official record supports assigning one permanent maximum speed to him.

How many wickets did Callum Vidler take at the Under-19 World Cup?

Vidler took 14 wickets at 11.71 as Australia won the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. He was Australia's leading wicket-taker.

What are Callum Vidler's first-class statistics?

He has 12 wickets from three first-class matches at 28.25, with best innings figures of 4/64, through the 2024/25 season.

What injury did Callum Vidler have?

Scans in September 2025 found a partial stress fracture in his L3 vertebra. It was his first back stress fracture and ruled him out of the entire 2025/26 domestic season.

Has Callum Vidler returned to bowling?

Yes. Cricket Australia reported that he was bowling from his full run-up again by August 2026, although a completed match return had not yet occurred.

Has Callum Vidler played for Brisbane Heat?

He has been on Brisbane Heat's roster but has no completed BBL appearance through BBL|15. He is contracted through BBL|16 and is targeting a debut.

What is Callum Vidler's net worth?

No audited public record establishes Vidler's net worth or complete earnings, and his team contracts do not disclose enough information for a reliable estimate.

Is Callum Vidler married?

No reliable reviewed source establishes that Vidler is married or confirms a current public relationship.

Conclusion

Callum Vidler moved quickly from 14 wickets in Australia's 2024 Under-19 World Cup win to 17 wickets across his first five Queensland matches. His five-wicket Shield debut and five wickets in the 2025 final showed that the youth impact could carry into senior cricket.

The first back stress fracture then removed the full 2025/26 season. Bowling from his full run-up again in August 2026 put a white-ball comeback and possible Brisbane Heat debut back in view, but both remain subject to fitness and selection.