Christopher Austin Lynn (born 10 April 1990) is an Australian cricketer known as an explosive right-handed batsman with a reputation for clearing the boundary with powerful sixes. He represents Queensland in Australian domestic first-class and List A cricket and the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.
| Full name | Christopher Austin Lynn |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1990 |
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Batting style | Right-handed |
| Domestic team | Queensland |
| Big Bash League team | Adelaide Strikers |
| Education | St Joseph's Nudgee College; Queensland Academy of Sport |
Lynn was born and raised in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. He attended St Joseph's Nudgee College, a school with a long association with Australian sport, and was subsequently developed through the Queensland Academy of Sport, the state's high-performance pathway for emerging athletes.
Lynn is widely identified as an aggressive top-order batsman whose game is built around clean ball-striking and the ability to hit large sixes. This power-hitting approach has made him particularly suited to the Twenty20 format.
At the domestic level, Lynn plays for Queensland in Australian state cricket. In the Big Bash League, the country's premier domestic Twenty20 competition, he turns out for the Adelaide Strikers.