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1408	dbpedia	1	13	https://i.imgci.com/db/ARCHIVE/2009-10/PAK_IN_AUS/	en	Pakistan in Australia, Dec 2009			[ "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/NATIONAL/AUS/cricinfo_home.jpg", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/cricinfo/section-headings/header-this-season_150x22.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://i.imgci.com/cricinfo/section-headings/latestnews_features_135x17.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/cricinfo/section-headings/ci_logo_106x39.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/adverts/RSS_icon_small-15x15.gif", "http://img.cricinfo.com/cricinfo/section-headings/netscaler_logo_135x25.gif" ]	[]	[]	[ "Pakistan in Australia", "Dec 2009 - Feb 2010" ]	null	[]	null	Baggygreen.com.au - the very latest news on Australian cricket as well as live scores from around the world and much more				null	News Fixtures Squads Scorecards Statistics Pakistan in Australia Cricket Australia surprised by Pakistan investigation The investigation of Pakistan's tour of Australia by the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) has come as a surprise to Cricket Australia [more] ACSU investigating Pakistan's Australia tour Malik and Yousuf should be 'kicked out' - Nazar One player spoilt team unity - Yousuf Power to Pakistan Intikhab takes blame for Australia debacle Under-fire Kamran Akmal determined to improve Ponting rates his bowlers the world's best 'Fresh' Tait sets sights on Akhtar's record Clarke relieved, but worries remain Tait leads Australia's great escape Clarke vows to raise his Twenty20 game Mohammad Yousuf intent on staying on as captain Delay in Lahore attack report irks parliamentary panel Last chance for Pakistan Next in line White wants to learn Hilditch backs Clarke as Twenty20 captain 'Shahid's desire to win was there for all to see' Nannes keen to grab 'big opportunity' CA calls for $20,000 fines for pitch invaders PCB confident of ICC ruling on WACA security breach Australia must get its house in order Afridi's actions unacceptable - Inzamam PCB committee to evaluate debacle Shoaib Malik named captain for Twenty20 David Dwyer quits as Pakistan's fitness trainer ICC asks Cricket Australia for report on security breach Series defeat bites Pakistan WACA wants bigger fines for ground invaders Travis Birt and Steve Smith in line for T20 debuts WACA pitch invader charged with assault Afridi banned for two T20s for ball-tampering Calm Hussey seals 5-0 whitewash 'We have let our fans down' - Salman Butt Shaun Tait called up as cover for Peter Siddle Pakistan desperate to avoid whitewash Please, WACA, gimme some shade Ryan Harris downs Pakistan yet again Yousuf keen to stay on as captain Australia push to keep up momentum Deceptive Harris springs a surprise Mitchell Johnson returns for Perth ODIs Ryan Harris grabs five as Australia take series White waits for another bowl Fountain keen on Pakistan fielding coach role Upbeat Australia aim to take series Dominant Australia cruise to 2-0 lead Former captains criticise Ijaz Butt comments Clarke a concern ahead of second encounter New captain after Australia tour - Ijaz Butt 'Now I know my role a bit better' - Cameron White Cameron White century secures Australian win Ponting keen to ensure 50-over cricket survives Pakistan more threatening in ODI arena 'Energetic' Younis Khan raring to go Tireless Siddle wants to keep going Pakistan turn to new faces and format Ponting switches focus to one-dayers Australia all the way Pakistan's fielding caught in a time warp Maligned Hauritz keeps on surprising Ponting sees no weak links in developing squad I'm willing to take advice on captaincy - Yousuf Intikhab calls for fielding camps in Pakistan Bowlers hand Australia 3-0 clean-sweep Intikhab: 'Seniors should learn from mistakes' Reverse swings Watson forward Katich ends 90s nightmare Shoaib Malik hits back on Test return Shaky Pakistan hope for rain after Katich ton The UDRS and Pakistan are failing Butt continues to walk a crooked path Pakistan will bounce back in one-dayers - Afridi Centurion Butt not brooding over run-outs Kat out of the bag Australia wonder when to declare Yousuf upset over Younis delay Australia extend lead to 277 after Butt ton Brother backing up Mohammad Yousuf slams Salman Butt's running Ponting shows another side in revitalising display North's mission impossible Clumsy Pakistan wilt after Ponting double Pakistan and their batting worries Younis Khan returns for Australia ODIs Ponting pulls his way out of trouble Selectors sympathetic to state T20 ambitions Pakistan drop bundle after Ponting chance A confession and a century Lazy days gone for hard-working Clarke Australia ride to safety on Ponting and Clarke tons Yousuf looks to settle scores Ponting can't get Ashes out of his head Second fiddle Siddle under scrutiny Saga ends as dropped Kamran heads for a rest Plenty of life left in dead rubber Ponting could drop down order in future The Akmals: a TV series First-change Johnson enjoys new role Intikhab says Sarfraz will play Katich cleared to play third Test Marcus North's chance to regain form Akmal confident of keeping wicket in Hobart Nielsen declares Marcus North safe, for now Confusion hovers over Kamran Akmal Test cricket strikes again Hand injury forces Razzaq out of Australia tour Warne barbs lifted Hussey North forced to fight for place Ponting won't give up pulling Sydney debacle a 'scary dream' - Kamran Akmal 'We can compete with any side' - Mohammad Yousuf Sarfraz call-up deserves extended run- Ramiz Kamran Akmal needs a break - Intikhab Alam Intikhab calls for separate Twenty20 team 'Sydney will play on their minds' - Siddle Hughes retained, Katich in doubt for Hobart Pakistan puzzle, Dhaka squib Ponting's fall from stratospheric heights Yousuf calls for Pakistan to appoint a batting coach Latif advised PCB to drop Kamran The inquisition begins for Yousuf Pleasure beats thumb pain for Hauritz Ponting not blaming slump on elbow injury Pakistan rush Sarfraz Ahmed to Australia 'My wicket was the turning point' - Yousuf Pakistan played like they did not believe Nathan Hauritz meets demands A tale of two keepers Superhero Hussey returns Ponting's toss decision vindicated Winning after conceding 200-plus leads Hussey ton sets up stunning win for Australia Yousuf backs Kamran despite drops Hussey ton sets up stunning win for Australia Akmal said 'sorry mate' three times - Kaneria Pakistan fight themselves on crucial day 'We're still in it' - Shane Watson Nineties suit nearly-man Watson Thanks for the laughs on a tense day Kaneria spins Pakistan into command Our bowling was a treat to watch - Waqar An opening partnership with promise It's good that we never gave up - Bollinger Mentorless attack errs in length Comebacks and close calls Pakistan dominate with 204-run lead Mohammad Asif: A master strategist Mohammad Asif revels in second coming Michael Hussey disappointed after collapse Ricky Ponting pays heavily for overconfidence An unexpected and memorable comeback Pakistan think pink Asif shines with six on Pakistan's day Katich ruled out with elbow injury Pakistan rocked by Aamer blow 'Kaneria doesn't get the respect he deserves' - Yousuf Pakistan's spirit willing, despite Aamer blow Fielding coach futile, says Mohammad Yousuf Curator pitches for fast men at SCG Ponting braced for Pakistan backlash Phillip Hughes on standby for Simon Katich Pakistan look to tighten up their act Winning venue for Australia and Ponting Danish Kaneria set for SCG Test Fawad Alam, Abdur Rauf to fly back home Simon Katich and Shane Watson enjoying opening role Faisal Iqbal confident of improved performance Shane Watson, Mohammad Asif return to place of debut Tim Nielsen lauds fearless Nathan Hauritz Warne's advice was helpful - Nathan Hauritz Twenty20 will 'finish' Pakistan cricket - Mohammad Yousuf Johnson a first-rate first-change Younis Khan's chances of playing in Sydney thin Turning point for Nathan Hauritz Australia unchanged for Sydney Test Mitchell Johnson's over "killed" us - Mohammad Yousuf Stunted development, but hope floats Record-breaking Ponting hails 'outstanding' win Hauritz five seals Australian victory Mohammad Aamer goes from strength to strength Relieved Watson aware of tipping point Bolly's musical numbers The rewards of resilience Stubborn Pakistan hold out for final day An old warrior reignites the spark Pakistan send out SOS for Younis Khan Australia back Shane Watson to break century jinx Pakistan hopes rest on young shoulders Left-arm combination a find for Australia When Katto was Santa The day of the nightwatchmen Shane Watson restores Australian dominance Intikhab rues wasted opportunity on good batting pitch After fun runs, Hauritz hopes for wickets Pakistan need to overcome fear Ponting declares change in policy A boundary drought, and Kevin Rudd's desperate plea On song Australia back up their leader 'Feel like I was playing in Faisalabad' - Mohammad Asif Getting hundreds is all mental Catching up...and down On-cue Watson delivers another dramatic exit A summer of nervous nineties Australia shine despite Watson, Katich near misses Pakistan tempted to play Saeed Ajmal Pakistan's best opportunity in years Steven Smith keen to shine Ricky Ponting confident of playing on Boxing Day Battle of the unpredictable begins Pakistan's chance to end the drought Steven Smith called in as cover for Nathan Hauritz Ajmal 'much better' than Hauritz - Salman Butt Mohammad Yousuf wants Younis Khan for ODIs Ponting bats in strong Boxing Day warm-up Australia vow to improve their conduct Australia confident Ponting will play Bouncers on menu for Ponting and Hughes Hughes and Siddle in Boxing Day squad Saeed Ajmal finds form in drawn tour game Bollinger gives selectors Boxing Day headache Ponting wary of 'dangerous' Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf backs bowlers against 'beatable' Australia Kamran Akmal lights up with muscular century Butt century boosts Pakistan Spinners give Pakistan the edge - Kaneria Younis Khan in contention for Australia ODIs Mohammad Sami recalled for tour of Australia Waqar Younis appointed bowling and fielding coach Mohammad Yousuf retained captain for Australia Younis unlikely for Australia Tests Hauritz waits for another chance Hobart to host its first January Test
1408	dbpedia	2	11	https://firstgrade.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Hussey	en	Michael Hussey	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to National Rugby League (NRL) Wiki" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	National Rugby League (NRL) Wiki	https://firstgrade.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Hussey	Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut.[1] However, he has had a highly successful international career, being the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world in 2006.[2] He plays first-class cricket as vice-captain of the Western Warriors in Australia and has played for three counties in England. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, although he opted out of the 2009 season. He was retained by Chennai Super Kings in the 2011–2012 season of Indian Premier League for $425,000 at auctions held in January 2011. Pre-Test career[] Hussey initially played for his native Western Australian Warriors, and his career total of 6471 runs ranks eighth in the list of that state's run-makers in the Sheffield Shield. He then moved to England, where in July 2001 he scored an unbeaten 329 (a Northamptonshire club record) at Wantage Road in his side's 633 for six declared on the way to a 10-wicket victory. He later captained Northamptonshire. In August 2003 he surpassed his own Northamptonshire record, when he scored 331 not out against Somerset at Taunton. When Hussey was playing for the second-string national team, Allan Border once jokingly suggested he get match practice by staying in the nets for a full six hours; to his astonishment, Hussey went on to do just that.[3] Hussey started out as a right-handed batsman but turned himself into a left-hander as he is greatly inspired by Border. International career[] Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 after excelling in the ING Cup. Statistically, Hussey's international career has been very successful, with his career batting average in tests being 52.16 and in ODIs 51.93 as of June 2010. He is a very occasional medium pace bowler, bowling only 28 overs in his Test career, 23 of them in 2008. He is brought into the attack usually to give the pace bowlers a rest, although he was once brought on in India to stop Ricky Ponting getting a one-match ban for a slow over rate. On 28 December 2008, Day 3 of the Boxing Day test, he got his first test wicket, Paul Harris caught by Mitchell Johnson. He ended with figures of 1/22. He has taken two wickets in One Day Internationals. At the age of 36 Hussey is still dominating in the test arena. One-day internationals[] Hussey debuted for the Australian One-day team against India on 1 February 2004 at his home WACA ground in Perth. In this match Hussey made 17* helping Australia win the match by five wickets. In the third Super Series match on 9 October 2005, Hussey became the first person to hit the roof of the Telstra Dome (the ICC World XI's Makhaya Ntini was the bowler in this case). On 6 February 2006, he tied with Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee on 22 votes for the Australian One-Day Player of the Year at the annual Allan Border Medal presentation. However, Symonds was ruled ineligible after an alcohol-related indiscretion, and after Lee and Gilchrist were eliminated on countback, Hussey was named the outright winner. Hussey had also come second overall in the Allan Border medal his first year in international cricket. On 3 November 2006, Hussey became the ICC's ODI Player of the Year at the annual ICC Awards in Mumbai. He was also named in its World ODI XI in 2006 and as 12th man in 2007. Many tip Hussey to be the next ODI and Test captain of Australia[4][5][6] and on 18 September 2006, owing to Australia's rotation policy, and in Ricky Ponting's absence, Hussey captained Australia for the first time in the DLF Cup second round match against West Indies at Kuala Lumpur. Australia lost the game by three wickets, but Hussey and Brad Haddin put together a sixth-wicket partnership of 165, a world record for that wicket in all ODIs.[7] In the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series, Australia were in trouble while chasing a target against England, and in a later match New Zealand. Both times Hussey guided the Australians to victory, and on both occasions was the only recognised batsman at the crease at the end of the match. Hussey led Australia in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after selectors rested captain Ricky Ponting and vice-captain Adam Gilchrist. The first match against New Zealand saw a 10-wicket loss, the first time Australia had lost by this margin in their One Day International history, although Hussey top scored with 42 off 96 balls. Hussey's record as captain was further marred when Australia lost the top place in the ODI rankings to South Africa for the first time since they were introduced in 2002 after losing to New Zealand two days later. Hussey top-scored for Australia with an aggressive 105 off 84 before another loss in the final match left him with a captaincy record of four losses from four matches. In early 2007, Hussey had a major slump in form with an average of only eight in over 10 innings, which scarcely improved in the World Cup where he gained an average of 17.4 with 87 runs. However, this was also due to a lack of opportunities to bat because of Australia's top-order dominance. In the fourth ODI in the Commonwealth Bank Series played at the MCG on 10 February 2008 against India, Australia's top order and middle order collapsed, which saw Hussey come in at 5/72 with the side in deep trouble. He made a 53-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Brett Lee (which was the highest partnership of the innings) until Lee fell to Pathan. Hussey batted through the rest of the innings, making an unbeaten 65 off 88 being the only Australian to really contribute to the poor total of 159. In the first ODI of the 2008 Bangladesh ODI series, Hussey top-scored with 85 and received the man-of-the-match award. This coincided with his rise to second in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI player rankings. After initially being left out, Michael Hussey was named in the Australian 2011 World Cup squad as the replacement of Doug Bollinger after recovering from hamstring injury that needed surgery.[8] Tests[] Hussey made his Test debut at the Gabba in Brisbane on 3 November 2005, as a replacement for fellow Western Australian batsman Justin Langer in the Australia vs. West Indies series. In the first innings Hussey managed only one run, caught by Denesh Ramdin off the bowling of Daren Powell. In the second innings Hussey turned in an unimpressive 29. In the following Test, at Bellerive Oval (Tasmania) he scored 137 and 31* and was named man of the match. In the third Test at Adelaide Oval, Hussey was moved down the order to number five to accommodate the return of Langer. He made 133 not out in the first innings and 30 not out in the second, bringing his Test average to 120. Since being moved down the order, Hussey has proved invaluable to the Australian team, often building impressive partnerships with the tail-end batsmen, the most impressive being a 107-run 10th-wicket partnership with Glenn McGrath in the second Test in South Africa's 2005–06 tour of Australia. Hussey continued his remarkable batting with tail-enders against Bangladesh in their Spring 2006 2-Test series when he and Jason Gillespie (as a nightwatchman) put together a 320-run partnership, with Hussey making a career-best 182. On 18 April 2006 Hussey set a record as the fastest player in terms of time to reach 1,000 Test runs.[9] He reached the milestone in just 166 days. Hussey was also the fastest player to reach the top 10 of the LG ICC cricket ratings. He maintained an exceptional average of 105.25 in the 2006-07 Ashes series, which Australia won 5–0. In the second Test of the 2006–07 Ashes, Hussey made 91 before he was bowled (playing on) by Matthew Hoggard and fell nine runs short of his fifth Test century. In the second innings Australia was chasing 168 off 35 overs for victory for a chance to go 2–0 up in the series. After the fall of two early wickets, Ponting and Hussey, who was promoted to No. 4 instead of Damien Martyn, formed a steady partnership to guide Australia to victory. Ponting fell on 49 but the battle was well over. Hussey scored the winning runs and made 61 not out from 66 balls. His partner, Michael Clarke, scored 21 not out.[10] On 16 December Hussey scored 103 runs off 156 balls—his fifth Test century—on the third day of the third match of the series at the WACA Ground in Perth. On 6 January 2007 after Australia's 5–0 Ashes whitewash, Justin Langer anointed Hussey to be the next leader of the team's victory song Under the Southern Cross I Stand. In the first Test of the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy against Sri Lanka, Hussey scored his sixth Test century with a score of 133 runs off 249 balls. He was also part of a record-breaking fourth-wicket partnership with Clarke. Their 245-run partnership is the third-highest partnership for Australia against Sri Lanka in Test matches. In the following match of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, Hussey scored his seventh Test century with a score of 132 and following it up in the second innings with 34 not out. On the 6 January 2008, at the SCG, Hussey scored his eighth Test century against India. This was the first time he scored more than 50 runs at that ground. He ended up not out on 145, before Ponting declared. However, in the first innings of the next Test he scored his first Test duck. Hussey claimed his first Test wicket against South Africa on the third day of the 2008 Boxing Day Test at the MCG, when Paul Harris skied a ball over Mitchell Johnson's head and the latter ran back and took a running catch as the ball fell down past his shoulder. Hussey played in all five of Ashes Test matches in England in 2009, scoring 276 runs in 8 innings. This gave him an average of 34.5. This included a century in Australia's second innings in the Fifth and final Test at The Oval where he scored 121, potentially saving his Test career after a long run without a century. He also scored two half centuries at Lord's in the Second Test, which England won, and in the Third Test at Edgbaston, which ended in a draw. He also took five catches in the field. In the summer of 2009/10 Hussey scored his tenth test century. Australia were playing Pakistan and were losing badly when Hussey proved yet again that he was brilliant with the tail end, scoring an unbeaten 134. This innings with Peter Siddle who scored 38 potentially saved the match as Australia went from a terrible position to a reasonable one and ended up winning the match with Michael Hussey named man of the match for his heroic effort. In the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies in 2009 at the Gabba, Hussey took his second Test wicket after Dwayne Bravo hooked a short ball straight to deep backward square leg which was caught comfortably by Ben Hilfenhaus. Prior to the 2010/11 Ashes series, Hussey was experiencing poor form in the warm-up games and many were speculating that he should be dropped, but he was not. In the first test, he scored a magnificent 195, his highest test score, in a partnership of 307 with Brad Haddin, the highest partnership ever at the Gabba, later broken by Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott in the next innings; the test ended in a draw. In the second test, he scored 93 in the first innings following up with a 52 in the next. The next match, he helped Australia to a 267 run win scoring 61 and 116. In the 2011 tour (3 test series) of Sri Lanka, he scored 95 & 15 in the first test which rewarded him with the Man of the Match honour. In the second test he made 142 and took two wickets, including a vital one in Kumar Sangakkara, and took a spectacular one-handed full length diving catch in the gully and also being rewarded with the Man of the Match honour. In the third test, he made 118 in the 1st innings. Twenty 20 Internationals[] Hussey was part of Australia's 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squad which was knocked out in the semi-finals. He played in all of Australia's matches, scoring 65 runs with a best of 37 before injuring a hamstring, which prevented his participation in Australia's tour of India that followed. In May 2010, he scored 60 runs off 24 balls in the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 to help defeat Pakistan and secure a place for Australia in the final. It is considered to be one of the most stunning run chases in Twenty20 cricket.[11] Indian Premier League[] He also plays for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and he became only the second batsman to score a century in the competition, after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum. He scored 116 not out against the team Kings XI Punjab. Hussey chose to play for his Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings instead of his Australian state side Western Warriors in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League although the 2008 event was eventually cancelled and neither side qualified in 2009. Hussey due to national duties was unable to play the second edition of the Indian Premier League.[12] Hussey joined the Chennai Super Kings for the second half of the 2010 Indian Premier League along with fellow team-mate Doug Bollinger to reverse the fortunes of the side which eventually went on to win the title that year.[13] In the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, Michael Hussey replaced Matthew Hayden and opened the innings for the side along with Murali Vijay. He played a crucial knock in the group-clash against the Chevrolet Warriors which was a must-win game for the Chennai Super Kings. Hussey's innings fetched him the Man of the match award and helped the Chennai Super Kings to proceed to the knockout stage where they got to win the league altogether.[14] In IPL 2011 he is the fifth highest run getter in all IPL matches. He has scored 492 runs from his fourteen innings. His highest score is 81 not out against the RCB. He has scored four half centuries and three man of the matches as well.He also created a good patnership record with Murali Vijay in the 2011 Ipl Final. Personal life[] Hussey is married to Amy and has three children. His younger brother, David, is also a professional cricketer who plays for Victoria, Nottinghamshire, Kings XI Punjab and Australia. Prior to his entry into first-class cricket, Hussey studied to become a science teacher. He is also a fan of Manchester United[15] due to his dad. "Mr Cricket"[] Hussey has the nicknames Huss, The Huss and Mr Cricket, the last due to his encyclopaedic knowledge of his sport. He dislikes the nickname finding it "a bit embarrassing".[16] There is conjecture over who is responsible for giving him the name, with the suggestion that England's Andrew Flintoff is the man who came up with it and, more recently, the suggestion another English cricketer, Alec Swann, is to blame.[17] The soubriquet appeared on the back of his shirt in the Twenty20 international against South Africa in 2006, in which all the players displayed their nicknames. During the 2007 Twenty20 against England, however, he was seen with Huss on his shirt instead, further suggesting he is fed up with the tag Mr Cricket. Nevertheless, the nickname features prominently in his television ads for the national real estate chain L.J. Hooker. International centuries[] Test Cricket[] Michael Hussey's Test Centuries.[18] Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 137 2 West Indies Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2005 [2] 133* 3 West Indies Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2005 [3] 122 5 RSA (South Africa) Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 2005 [4] 182 11 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2006 [5] 103 14 England Perth, Australia The WACA 2006 [6] 133 17 Sri Lanka Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2007 [7] 132 18 Sri Lanka Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2007 [8] 145* 20 India Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2008 [9] 146 27 India Bangalore, India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2008 [10] 121 42 England London, England The Oval 2009 [11] 134* 47 Pakistan Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2010 [12] 195 55 England Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2010 [13] 116 57 England Perth, Australia The WACA 2010 [14] 142 61 Sri Lanka Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 [15] 118 62 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2011 One Day International centuries[] Mike Hussey's One Day International Centuries.[19] Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 109* 41 Template:Country data West Indies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval 2006 [2] 105 60 Template:Country data NZ Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2007 [3] 108 158 Template:Country data BAN Dhaka, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium 2011 References[] [] Template:Commons category Super Series 2005 – Australian Squad from Cricinfo Template:Cricinfo Template:Australian batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Template:Western Warriors squad Template:Chennai Super Kings Squad Template:Perth Scorchers current squad Template:Australia Squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Template:Australia Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup Template:Australia Squad 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Cricket Team Template:Batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Template:Persondata
1408	dbpedia	0	73	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4964656	en	David Warner (cricketer)	https://en-academic.com/…_social_en.png?3	https://en-academic.com/…_social_en.png?3	[ "https://en-academic.com/images/Logo_en.png", "https://en-academic.com/images/Logo_h_en.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/50/230px-David_Warner.jpg", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/49/150px-David_warner_t20_debut.JPG", "https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/magnify-clip.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/53/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/53/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png", "https://mc.yandex.ru/watch/70309897", "https://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=23600742&cv=2.0&cj=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	David Warner Personal information Full name David Andrew Warner Born 27 October 1986 (1986 10 27) (age 25) Paddington, Sydney	en	https://en-academic.com/favicon.ico	Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4964656	David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket.[1] He plays for New South Wales, Durham and the Delhi Daredevils.[2] Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Indian Premier League 2.2 KFC Big Bash 2.3 English County Cricket 2009 3 Sponsorship 4 References 5 External links Early life David Andrew Warner was born on 27 October 1986 at Paddington in Sydney.[3] At the age of 13 Warner was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later he went back to batting left-handed and broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with NSW.[4] Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School.[citation needed] Career Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.[5] Warner's break through innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever.[6] Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket.[7] This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009. [8] Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history.[9] Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals.[10] On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the SCG, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh.[11] Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries.[12] On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketer to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both matches were in the Champions League. [13] Indian Premier League Warner was signed by IPL team Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons.[14] During the 2009 tournament which was played in South Africa, Warner played in seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23.28 and with a strike-rate of 123.48. His top score was 51.[15] In the fourth season, Warner was contracted by Delhi Daredevils for US$750,000. KFC Big Bash Warner made a record in KFC Big bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. The earlier record was held by George Bailey, who completed his half century in 19 balls. English County Cricket 2009 Warner is played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season.[16] He is sponsored by Gray-Nicolls, and has trialled their unique double-sided bat in the domestic competition. He uses a bat from the Kaboom range and has pads and gloves from the Ignite range. He has previously used bats from the Ignite range. References Player profile: David Warner from ESPNcricinfo Player Profile: David Warner from CricketArchive
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Over the years, he became an important asset to Tasmania's middle-order. Bailey has also represented Australia at the Under-19 level. After making headlines, he then surprised the cricketing fraternity when the Australian selectors named him Australia's T20I captain for 2011-2012. 'Hector' became only the second to captain Australia in his first-ever international game, after Dave Gregory in 1877, in the first-ever Test match. The right-hander made his first-class debut in 2004-05 and in the next season, scored 778 runs that included three centuries. The summer of 2008-09 brought him many more domestic runs (673 runs in Sheffield Shield) and also a place in the Australian A tour of India in late 2008. Eventually, he was handed over the captaincy in 2009-10 and in his first season itself, led his team to the FR Cup title, being the competition's second-highest run-scorer (538 runs) at a staggering average of 59.77. He was then included in Australia's squad for the Chappell-Hadlee series in 2010. However, an international debut came only two years later, in a T20I against India. ODI debut followed against the West Indies. Bailey was signed by Chennai in 2009 for the Indian T20 League and was re-signed in 2011. The following year, he succeeded Cameron White as Australia's Twenty20 captain. He had a prolific 2013 where he scored 1098 ODI runs averaging in the mid-60s. After an impactful performance against India where he notched up 478 runs at an average of 95, Bailey was handed his Test cap in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, 2013. Indian T20 League captaincy followed when Mohali picked Bailey during the 2014 auction and assigned him the role of captain of the side.
1408	dbpedia	3	71	https://www.racing.com/news/2024-06-16/news-feature-q-and-a-with-rod-nicholson-160624	en	Q & A with Rod Nicholson	https://cdn.racing.com//…x380supplied.jpg	https://cdn.racing.com//…x380supplied.jpg	[ "https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=1631310827106969&ev=PageView&noscript=1", "https://cdn.racing.com/-/media/racing/news2/robrodnicholson_660x380supplied.jpg?h=380&w=660&la=en&hash=582240A1A2F16312B8B7E797D8AB6DF9C792F777", "https://secure-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=au-racingvic&cg=0&cc=1&ts=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "Racing.com", "Rod Nicholson" ]	null	[ "Paul Richards", "Paul Richards - @richowp" ]	2024-06-16T00:00:00	Winning Post's Paul Richards catches up with the former racing journo	en	/resources/Racing/img/favicon/hub/favicon.ico	RACING.COM	https://www.racing.com/news/2024-06-16/news-feature-q-and-a-with-rod-nicholson-160624	PR: Rod, congratulations on Heroes of the Heath winning the Bill Whittaker Award for best new book on Australian racing. Do you remember the first Caulfield Cup you saw live? RN: Thanks, Paul. I certainly do remember it. It was Big Philou's win on protest in 1969. Wow. Big one to start. Were you working as a journalist or there as a spectator? I was a cadet journalist with the (Melbourne) Herald. The legendary Jack Elliott was my boss and I was just a kid. My job was to watch the race in a stand above the press room and jot down the one-two-threes (first, second and third) as they went over the line. Then I had to climb down a ladder into the press room, go into a phonebox and call the office with the details. Jack was in the booth next to me ringing through his cup story. He was beside himself - he'd backed Nassouri, who was first past the post. I'll never forget it. (Fellow journo) Bill Cosgrove came in and tapped on the window. "The protest siren's just gone. Tell Jack, can you?" I knocked on Jack's window and told him. He said, "They don't protest in the Caulfield Cup," slammed the door and kept reading his copy. Usually after a race the press room is packed with people getting their copy organised, but this time they'd all gone outside because of the protest. I knocked on Jack's door again and said, "Sorry, Mr Elliott, but …" and before I could finish he looked out and asked, "Where is everyone?" I explained and he stormed off to the stewards' room. And what was he like when the protest was upheld? He was ropeable. Not just because his bet had lost, but because he had to rewrite his story. These were the days when you could buy The Herald out the front of the track after the last. There was so much pressure to get the copy rung through accurate and on time. There were Melbourne Cup editions in the 1970s where we had a truck with a darkroom in the back. They'd get the film from the photographer and develop it as the truck drove back into town. The journos would ring the copy through. The truck would arrive, they'd run the print of the cup finish inside, they'd print off 10,000 copies or whatever and it would be back at the track to sell within an hour of the cup being run. I assume you were working at the Melbourne Cup a few weeks later when Big Philou was a late scratching after being doped. It was an incredible time. I was only on a six-month cadetship and it was due to run out just after the cup. On cup day, I'm not sure why I was there, but I was walking past the birdcage area and I could see stewards and vets converging on a stall. Clearly something was wrong, so I raced back to the press room and told Jack. He charged off then came rushing back with the scoop that the Melbourne Cup favourite had been doped. The paper extended my cadetship for another three months and got me to work on the Big Philou story. I had to keep tabs on everything that was going on. You had one vet saying it was this and another saying it was that. Whenever a lead came up, Jack would send me off to interview someone. Les Lewis admitted to doping Big Philou some 30 years on. Did his name come up at all at the time? Yes, his name was mentioned pretty early on. I chased him a few times for a quote, but had the door slammed whenever we asked if he was around. I'll come back to your time as a journalist in part two, but let's turn to the book. How did the idea come about? I was keen to work on a history of racing at Caulfield and Peter Le Grand (Melbourne Racing Club chairman 2018-22) also liked the idea. I didn't think readers would be that interested in the minutes of meetings and details of the finances, but I thought they'd be keen for stories on the participants or how the track has developed, so it became Heroes of the Heath rather than a traditional history. It's almost a history of racing in Melbourne, rather than just Caulfield. Yeah, we've covered all the star horses and jockeys and pinpointed how they went at Caulfield, as well as mentioning their other achievements. Where did you start your research? We tried to start with the commencement of the club, but there aren't a lot of records around from those days. The people at the Australian Racing Museum and Library were a great help with old newspaper clippings, while Caulfield has quite a collection of old racebooks, some dating back to early last century, as well as more recent stuff. I'd also kept tapes from interviews I did over the years. Tapes as in the old plastic cassettes? Yep, lucky I kept them. I've got chats with Scobie Breasley, Ron Hutchinson and Roy Higgins among them. Of course, Hutchy is still going strong at 96, so I was able to catch up with him for a chat. He was brilliant. He rode in the 1946 Caulfield Cup, when there were 108,213 there. They were on the infield as well as the grandstands. It must have been quite a sight. What was the most interesting story you came across that you didn't already know? There were quite a few, but probably how TJ (Tommy) Smith and George Moore met at the cricket ground behind the track. TJ didn't have a trainer's licence then, but he was in Melbourne with a few horses. There was a trainers-and-jockeys cricket match going on and apparently TJ walked up to George and said, "I'm going to train a derby winner one day and you're going to ride it." Legend has it that George thought, "Who is this lunatic?" Then there's the story of a property and stable next to the track called Tecoma, at 32 Booran Road. In the early days, Frank and Jack Godby had a lot of success training out of there. Later Angus Armanasco trained there and won seven Victorian trainers' titles, Peter Moody was there for another three, then Ciaron Maher and David Eustace moved in and won another five. It's extraordinary that so many good trainers and horses came out of the same address. It is, isn't it? There was also a run there where Weekend Hussler (2007-08), Typhoon Tracy (2009-10), Black Caviar (2010-11, '11-12, '12-13), Lankan Rupee (2013-14) and Dissident (2014-15) all won the Australian Horse of the Year award. In six of seven years, the best horse in the land was trained out of Caulfield. Another part of the book I found fascinating was a list of the streets where trainers had stables. I was great friends with the late Jim Meek, who became known as a top trackman but at one stage trained horses from Rosebery Grove. Many years back he took me for a walk around the area and pointed out who'd trained from where. Basil Conaghan was in Bond Street, Geoff Murphy and Jack Godby in Booran Road. The Leeks - Herbie, Norm and Paddy - trained from Queens Avenue. There were other trainers in Manchester Grove, Eskdale Road and Redan Road, but most of them were in Rosebery Grove, at the back of the track. Guys like Des Judd, Ken Hilton and Colin Little had stables there. Do you remember the off-course stables? Oh, yes. I can clearly remember driving along Neerim Road, which runs parallel to the back straight, and having to stop while horses crossed. Do you have a favourite Caulfield Cup? I've seen a few. The one that I feel closest to was Elvstroem in 2004. I mention it in the book, but one evening Jim Meek and I were having a quiet beer at the Caulfield Tabaret and Tony Vasil joined us. He had Elvstroem at the time and he told Jim that he was thinking of keeping him for the Cox Plate. Jimmy, in his usual straight-to-the-point way, said, "You're a local kid who sold newspapers here after the last race. You were a Caulfield jockey. Now you're a Caulfield trainer. The Caulfield Cup's worth $2.5 million, and you're talking about giving it a miss?" Then he took a breath and added, "Seriously, Tony. You are a mug with a good horse." Tony was convinced to change his mind and, when he won, he thanked Jim for his advice. I was standing near Jim, and it meant a lot to him. I sort of felt part of it, having listened in on the conversation. John Wren is a fascinating character from early last century. I didn't realise he was banned from Caulfield. Yes, he won a fortune when he backed his horse Murmur to win £50,000 in the 1904 Caulfield Cup. With his winnings, he planned to open a racecourse at Eltham (24km northeast of the Melbourne CBD) and run an annual £10,000 race. The Melbourne Cup was only worth £6374 back then. Naturally the VRC (Victoria Racing Club) didn't like the idea so they banned Wren from entering any horses at their meetings. The VATC (Victoria Amateur Turf Club) at Caulfield did the same. I knew the story of Melbourne gangster Squizzy Taylor burning down the grandstand on Caulfield Cup Day 1922. But after reading your book, I'm starting to wonder if it was an insurance job. Ha ha. Well, whoever it was probably did the club a favour as they wanted to replace the stand. When it burnt down, the insurance money helped build a new one. I wasn't aware that a future US president, Richard Nixon, went to a Caulfield Cup. I didn't know that either. We found a great picture from the paper the day after the 1953 Caulfield Cup of him watching the race with Sir Charles Lowe (Chief Justice of Victoria) and John Cain (senior, Victorian Premier). Nixon was vice-president then (president 1969-1974). There was an interesting story to Yangtze's cup win in 1964. This was another one I wasn't aware of. Apparently the public-address system went down just before the race and didn't start working again until well after Yangtze led all the way. There were 62,814 there and most of them had no idea who'd won. I also liked the story about the windsock along the side of the track. Sid Hill was a leading bookmaker in the 1980s who used to walk the track back before it was a popular thing to do. He worked out that leaders couldn't win at Caulfield if there was a strong headwind coming down the side. He used to get down from his stand between races to check the flags on the grandstand roof to see which way the wind was blowing. If it was blowing in the direction of the turn towards the back straight, he knew it was hard for leaders to win and would set his board accordingly. Later a windsock was installed near the turn and it became known as "Sid's sock". Let's get into your time as a journalist. When did you start? I managed to get a cadetship at the (Melbourne) Herald straight out of school, So I was 18. It was 1969 and back in those days there were six VFL (Victorian Football League) games each Saturday. The legendary Alf Brown was in charge of the football department and each journo would be assigned a game to go and report on. One day, one of the reporters had the flu and couldn't go, so everyone moved up a slot and I was given the supposed sixth-best game of the round. Alf got a cardboard press pass organised and I jumped on the train out to Glenferrie Oval (Hawthorn) to work on my first ever game. It was Hawthorn versus Melbourne (May 3, 1969) and (Hawthorn full forward) Peter Hudson kicked 16 goals. At that stage I'd written a few four-paragraph stories about 10 pages in from the back. All of a sudden, I had a story about Huddo kicking all these goals on both the front and back page. It was quite a start. Later that year you covered Big Philou's controversial Caulfield Cup win, which we spoke about last week. Did you already like racing or did it come with the job? I did like racing. It was so big in the 1960s everyone followed it. At the end of the footy season in 1969 I'd switched over to the racing section for the rest of my cadetship. Three years later I became the paper's cricket writer and did that for 21 years, before returning to racing. I was still doing racing carnivals as well, when it didn't clash with the cricket. So did you go on the overseas cricket tours? Yes, I went on four Ashes tours to England, as well as a memorable tour to India, New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies. Were you on the 1977 Ashes tour when the World Series Cricket story broke? Would you believe I missed that one. I'd been working on Greg Chappell's book, The 100th Summer, so I couldn't get away for that tour. I did go to the first World Cup (1975), which was an amazing time, and then stayed for the Ashes tour that followed. I was able to get the exclusive on the pitch being dug up at Headingley during that series. Really? What happened? I was coming home from a disco of all things. The reporters were close to the team back then and remarkably I was in a cab with Ian Chappell, Rod Marsh and Dennis Lillee heading back to our hotel. At the end of day four Australia had lost three wickets and needed another 225 to win. It was all set up for a classic finish to a test match. Marsh (bowled Underwood, 12) and Chappell (lbw Old, 62) were already out so they knew they wouldn't be batting while Dennis was going to be well down the order, so they all went out and had a good time. As the taxi went past the ground, I could see all these lights on, which seemed strange. After the boys got dropped at the hotel, I headed back to the ground to check it out. There was a policeman on the gate, and I asked him what was going on. He told me some people had dug up the pitch. I mentioned I was a reporter, and he took me out to the centre. We found holes had been dug into the pitch and oil poured into some of them. Outside the ground, the protesters had painted, "George Davis is innocent." Old George had been jailed for 20 years for armed robbery and a few of his mates didn't think he'd done it. (Davis was released the following year, only to be found guilty and jailed subsequently for his involvement in two other robberies.) I had the story in the early hours of the morning and phoned it through to the paper in time for it to make an early edition of The Herald in Melbourne. The news was out in Australia before the local English (journos) knew anything about it. They weren't happy when all their editors started asking them what the hell was going on. You mentioned a memorable tour of India. That was in 1979. They had six tests in eight weeks, but it came just after Graham Yallop had been sacked as captain, plus World Series Cricket had just finished up. The Australians were travelling around India in cattle class on trains and staying 10 to a room on occasions. Meanwhile, the World Series guys are back in Australia playing Sheffield Shield and staking their claims to take the places of the guys on tour. Throw in that India in 1979 wasn't as modern as it is now, and it was amazing we all survived it. It was such a memorable trip though. They were a great bunch of guys on that tour - Allan Border, Rodney Hogg and co. When did you return to doing racing more often? It would have been the early 1990s. I took over as racing editor of the Sunday Herald Sun. I always enjoyed working on racing more than cricket or footy. In cricket, if Dennis Lillee comes out and takes three wickets in his first spell, which he often did, you wouldn't get to talk to him until after the day's play, six hours later. Same with the footy. If someone does something really good in the third quarter, you don't get to speak until it's all calmed down. In racing, you get the build-up to the race, the great adrenaline rush and excitement of the contest and then within seconds you can speak to the trainer, owner and jockey. And often in racing, there are so many different stories, as the participants and owners come from such varied backgrounds. I also loved the politics of racing. There's been no shortage of material there. Ha ha, there certainly hasn't. When I came back to racing in the 1990s, it was a hundred miles behind the other sports in terms of getting in the news. I remember having a chat with David Bourke (VRC chairman 1991-98) and pointing out how cricket operated with the media. How a story is a story, and it's better to have it out in the public, as it gets your sport in the public vision. The same with Peter Young at the Melbourne Racing Club. When we pointed out Taufan's Melody wasn't qualified for the Caulfield Cup (1998), it was front-page news four days in a row - three in the lead-up and the day after he won. The race had never had so much publicity. What was the biggest racing story you broke? Gee, there were a few. I suppose one of the more satisfying was the back story of Michael Bastion, who was a con man who stung racing people for millions in Hong Kong with a scam promising them a massive return on their investments. He lived a high life, so everyone thought he had money and bought horses for him or invested with him. But he didn't have it and ended up mysteriously falling to his death from a building in Hong Kong (June 2000), while David Hayes was downstairs waiting to have dinner with him. It turned out he owed Hayes a million bucks and a few other racing people were conned out of up to $8 million. I worked on that story for a week before we broke it in the Sunday Herald Sun. It caused quite a stir with the guys who were working at the weekday edition of the paper. The boss, Peter Blundell, who is a huge racing fan, called all the racing guys in and gave them a dressing-down - "How does this bloke, who only works one day a week, get a story you guys don't?" Hayes ended up having to stay in Hong Kong a few more years than he'd initially planned, as all the money he'd earned in the first few years was spent by Bastion. While doing the Backtrack column on page four of Winning Post I've come across the Rails Run column you used to do in the Sunday Herald Sun in the 1990s. It makes great reading 25 years on. It covered plenty of tidbits but I notice you didn't hold back with a few of your opinions either. In recent weeks I found you suggesting the Adelaide Cup shouldn't be a Group 1 (which it no longer is) and pointed out a high-profile person claiming an idea that wasn't his. Did you often upset people? Oh, yes, there were plenty of times I got some feedback that wasn't necessarily positive. But the idea of the column was to offer an opinion. If I had one, I was happy to get it out there. While we upset a few, we also had some pretty good ideas. Such as? We managed to convince the VRC that they should provide miniature cups to the jockey and trainer who won the Melbourne Cup. Up until the 1960s the jockey used to get a whip, but that had stopped. The jockey and trainer had nothing to show for their great effort. We wrote about it and the VRC took it on board. They brought them back and backdated it as well. Any others? The other one was convincing the bookmakers to change their boards to decimal odds, in line with the TAB dividends. So, rather than the boards showing 11/8 or 15/4, they displayed $2.40 or $4.75 instead. We figured it was easier for everyone if the prices were displayed in the same terms, plus it was better for the next generation of punters and those who only watched races at carnival time. When did you give it away at the Herald Sun? I finished up in December 2017. I'd been there for 48 years. It got to the stage where you'd work for a week getting an exclusive story and then it would be on some website 60 seconds later with no attribution. No one knew who'd written it. And it's actually worse now. I thought, what's the point? I lost my zest for it all and decided I'd had enough. I'd had the best time, but it wasn't as much fun. And you've written a book since. Yes, it has taken up plenty of time. Where can our readers get a copy? If they go to the Melbourne Racing Club's website mrcshop.com.au they can find a link there. Thanks, Rod. My pleasure, Paul. Great to catch up.
1408	dbpedia	0	32	https://www.smh.com.au/sport/warriors-player-profiles-20091207-kevs.html	en	Warriors Player Profiles	https://www.smh.com.au/smh.png	https://www.smh.com.au/smh.png	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-12-14T01:59:38+00:00	Warriors player profiles	en	/favicons/smh.ico	The Sydney Morning Herald	https://www.smh.com.au/sport/warriors-player-profiles-20091207-kevs.html	Date of Birth - 28 July 1979 Club - Bayswater-Morley Playing Style - LHB, OB First Class Debut - (CBCA) v Matabeleland Invitation XI 1998-99 Put aside the disappointment of an injury-interrupted debut season as Retravision Warriors Captain with a stunning 2008-09 which culminated in a long-awaited Test debut on the VB Tour of South Africa. He struck 117 in the first Test in Johannesburg, becoming the 18th Australian, and the first Western Australian, to achieve a century in his maiden Test appearance. He also went into the record books after scoring 103 & 141 in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match against Victoria in November – accomplishing that feat of centuries in both innings for the second time, the first Western Australian to do so. He also led the Warriors' run-scorers in the Ford Ranger Cup, with 343 at 57.16, and notched 448 runs in just four innings for Bayswater-Morley in the Retravision Shield. Date of Birth - 4 October 1979 Club - Melville Playing Style - RHB, SLA First Class Debut - v TAS 2002-03 The Warriors' vice captain was one of the team's shining lights in the Ford Ranger Cup last summer, scoring 311 runs in eight matches, which included a match winning 104 not out against South Australia in Adelaide. His potential in the shorter forms of the game was underlined when he was selected in the Australian squad for the Commonwealth Bank Series and KFC Twenty20 International against New Zealand. His freakish catch on the boundary rope in the Twenty20 match to dismiss explosive Black Caps wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum is sure to feature in the highlight reels for many years to come. Married his long-time partner Kristy at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season before embarking on a stint with English county team Nottinghamshire in the northern summer. Date of Birth - 26 December 1980 Club - Claremont-Nedlands Playing Style - LHB, LM First Class Debut v QLD 2008-09 The emergence of Robinson as a quality batsman at first class level was a highlight for the Retravision Warriors in 2008-09. Earning his first interstate contract at 27 years of age after several prolific seasons in the Retravision Shield competition, the left-hander made his first class debut against Queensland at the WACA Ground, taking the place of Shaun Marsh who was summoned to join the Australian Test squad in India. Robinson scored his maiden century, a patient 141, in his second match – against SA at the Adelaide Oval. He finished as the Warriors' second highest run-scorer in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield with 531 at an average of 37.93. Robinson has spent the 2009 off-season playing for Shrewsbury in the Birmingham & Districts Premier League. Date of Birth - 18 June 1988 Club - Melville Playing Style - RHB First Class Debut v TAS 2008-09 Towers earned a call-up to the Retravision Warriors team for the final three Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield matches of 2008-09 after a stellar season at lower levels. He was one of the leading batsmen in the Retravision Shield, scoring 674 runs at 39.65 for Melville and playing a leading role in their charge to the Minor Premiership. Was promoted to the WA Second XI for the Cricket Australia Cup match against QAS in Brisbane and went on to carry his bat in the first innings to score an unbeaten 143. One week later he notched up another century for a WA ‘A' team in a practice match against an English Academy side which secured his promotion to first class level. Date of Birth - 09 July 1983 Club - Fremantle Playing Style - LHB, RM First Class Debut v SA 2000-01 ? Has secured a Cricket Australia contract for the second successive season after a strong start to his international career in 2008-09. The big-hitting left-hander played 15 one-day internationals, scoring 582 runs at an average of 41.57, with five half-centuries and a highest score of 81. He also played three Twenty20 Internationals before hamstring injuries brought a premature end to his 2008-09 season during the Commonwealth Bank Series against New Zealand last February and again in the Chapal Cup series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. Earlier in the summer, Marsh was rushed to India as a replacement player for Australia's four-Test tour after fellow opener Phil Jaques was forced to return home with a serious back injury. Date of Birth - 20 October 1991 Club - Fremantle Playing Style - RHB, RFM First Class Debut vs New South Wales, 2009/2010 Upon making his debut for the Retravision Warriors in the Ford Ranger Cup match against South Australia in Bunbury, Marsh became the youngest man to ever play in Australia's one-day domestic competition, and he was also WA's youngest debutante for over 70 years. His promotion to the Warriors' one-day team came a week after he broke Fremantle Cricket Club's record for the highest individual score in a Retravision Shield match, posting 208 against Gosnells, an innings which featured 26 boundaries and nine sixes, and surpassing the unbeaten 202 scored by the late Mark McPhee in 1993. Marsh has chosen to follow older brother Shaun and father Geoff into cricket, putting aside a promising career in Australian Rules football. Date of Birth - 25 April 1985 Club - Scarborough Playing Style - RHB, RM First Class Debut vs 2007-08 v SA Started 2008-09 with a bang, scoring a patient 58 not out to take the Warriors to outright points in a low-scoring Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania at the WACA Ground, and followed up two days later with a brilliant 92 that earned him a Man of the Match award in the Ford Ranger Cup clash with the Tigers at the same venue. With those performances following a promising season in 2007-08, the focus is on Doropoulos to progress further and deliver on the potential he exhibited in a decorated under-age career. He finished last summer on a high by playing in Scarborough's third consecutive Retravision Shield premiership win. Date of Birth - 23 April 1981 Club - Perth Playing Style - RHB, WKT First Class Debut vs TAS 2002-03 Ronchi experienced the highs and lows of cricket in 2008-09. He was called into the Australian team for two KFC Twenty20 International matches against South Africa as Brad Haddin was given the opportunity to have a rest following a gruelling 3 mobile Test Series campaign. But one month after those games in Melbourne and Brisbane, Ronchi was dropped from the Warriors team for the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup matches against Tasmania in Hobart. The explosive wicket-keeper and batsman is determined to regain his place in the Warriors line-up in 2009-10 and it would be foolish to suggest he is incapable of reclaiming his place as one of Australia's premier glovemen. Date of Birth - 30 April 1977 Club - Mount Lawley Playing Style - RHB, RF First Class Debut vs (CBCA) v Zimbabwe A 1998-99 Prized off-season recruit who has agreed to join the Retravision Warriors for the next two seasons. Noffke played two Twenty20 internationals and a one-day match for Australia in 2007-08, and in that same summer he became just the third player in the history of the Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup competitions to capture 50 wickets and score 500 runs in a season. He is also the only Queensland player to have won two consecutive Ian Healy Medals as Bulls Player of the Year. Noffke was Man of the Match in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match against the Warriors at the WACA Ground last summer after taking seven wickets for the game and scoring a vital 40 from as many deliveries in the second innings. Date of Birth - 19 July 1978 Club - Subiaco-Floreat Playing Style - RHB, RM First Class Debut vs SA 2005-06 Enjoyed his most consistent season for the Warriors in 2008-09, despite suffering horrific facial injuries after being felled by a short ball from Victorian paceman Dirk Nannes in a Ford Ranger Cup match at the MCG in December. Bandy's season looked to be over, but he finished with an unbeaten 87 in the final Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the SCG – heavy rain and bad light preventing him from the chance of a maiden first class century. He scored 322 runs at 35.78 in the Shield competition, and took five wickets at 28.80, and also averaged 35 in the Ford Ranger Cup. The summer ended with Bandy playing in a third consecutive Retravision Shield premiership with Scarborough. Date of Birth - 3 October 1977 Club - Fremantle Playing Style - RMF, RHB First Class Debut vs QLD 2004-05 Dorey reaped the benefits of an uninterrupted pre-season with arguably his best and most consistent season for the Warriors in 2008-09. The towering paceman was the leading wicket-taker in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield with 42 at an average of 24.11, which included his first ten wicket match haul against Queensland at the Gabba. He also led the Warriors' bowlers in the Ford Ranger Cup competition, picking up 13 wickets at 26.84, and skippering the team in the historic fixture against South Australia in Bunbury following the late withdrawal of Marcus North due to a finger injury. The accolades flowed at the end of the season – judged the inaugural MasterCard Interstate Most Valuable Player and taking out the Players Choice and Excalibur gongs at the WACA Premier Cricket Awards. Date of Birth - 17 December 1979 Club - Melville Playing Style - RFM, LHB First Class Debut vs Tas 2004-05 After an excellent season in 2007-08 when he emerged as the Retravision Warriors' leading paceman across all forms of the game, Magoffin began the 08-09 summer with his maiden ten wicket haul in a first class match, taking 10-102 in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield clash with New South Wales at the WACA Ground. He went on to pick up 38 scalps in the Shield competition at 22.87, placing him second overall in the wicket-takers list behind Warriors team mate Brett Dorey. Magoffin's performances and consistency were recognised by Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel earlier this year when they rushed him to South Africa to act as a stand-by player for the Australian squad ahead of the second Test in Durban. Date of Birth - 29 October 1981 Club - University Playing Style - LHB, RF First Class Debut (VIC) vs NSW, 2004-05 Former Victorian Bushrangers paceman who moved west to play for University in the Retravision Shield for the latter half of the 2008-09 season. After taking seven wickets for the WA Second XI in a CA Cup match, Knowles was promoted to the Retravision Warriors team for their last two Ford Ranger Cup matches – against South Australia in Bunbury and Tasmania in Hobart. He took 5-62 against the Tigers, falling just short of the best bowling performance by a WA player in the Australian domestic limited-overs competition. He also made his first class debut for the Warriors in the final Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match of the summer against New South Wales at the SCG. Date of Birth - 31 May 1981 Club - Fremantle Playing Style - RHB, RF First Class Debut - Hogan has earned his first state contract after an impressive summer in Sydney grade cricket where he captured 54 wickets for Northern Districts at the superb average of 16.33, placing him fifth in the competition's leading wicket taker list. The strongly-built paceman played in his hometown of Newcastle with Mereweather before moving to Sydney in 2005-06 to try his luck. He returned to Newcastle the following summer, and after two seasons where he represented NSW and Australian Country, he headed back to Northern Districts in 2008-09, where his tremendous form saw him promoted to the NSW Second XI team for a CA Cup match against SA in Adelaide. Hogan also worked for Hornsby Shire Council as a groundsman at Northern Districts' home ground Waitara Oval.
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Sophie’s cricket journey started-out at her local Somerset village team, and at school. She represented Somerset Girls squads, and rapidly progressed into the Somerset 1st team. She is a prolific to-order batter, and has amassed the most runs ever scored by a Somerset Player: She has scored five centuries, with a top score of 138 not-out against Wales in 2015. Not unsurprisingly Sophie’s performances caught the eye of the England selectors, and she was picked for the National Development squads as early as 2008, and has represented the England Academy and A teams on numerous occasions, including tours to South Africa, Dubai and Sri Lanka. Sophie became Somerset Captain in 2016. In that same year she was selected to be part of the Western Storm squad in the inaugural season of the Women’s [KIA] Super League: She has winners medals from the successful 2017 and 2019 campaigns. Sophie has also developed her coaching skills, and in 2018 became the Head Coach for the Women’s and Girls squads at Somerset. In 2020 Sophie became captain of Western Storm, eventually turning professional. And in 2021 was named as captain of the Welsh Fire team in the inaugural season of the Hundred Competition. Sophie continues to represent Somerset. Somerset Playing Statistics Career Statistics Somerset Women Cricketers Players Gallery – Tamara Gould Tamara was born in Timaru, Canterbury in New Zealand (south of Christchurch). Tamara played for Canterbury Women, and as a schoolgirl was opening the batting for Canterbury alongside then England International Claire Taylor. Tamara came to the UK in 2005 as part of her cricket development. She played for Bath Cricket Club in the Women’s National League, and Somerset during this period. During here spell with Somerset, Tamara was an enthusiastic and industrious wicketkeeper, and top-order batter. After returning to New Zealand she played for Northern Districts, and New Zealand Women’s A Team. Tamara played for NZ A Team against an England Touring Team during 2008 that featured a Somerset team-mate Steph Davies. The NZ side that day included Rachel Priest and Holly Huddlestone. Tamara returned to England for a few seasons to coach and play club Cricket at Weston-s-Mare. Somerset Playing Statistics Somerset Women Cricketers Players Gallery – Elwyn Campbell Elwyn was born in Perth, Western Australia. She played 70 games for Western Australia, and was selected for the Australian U23 side in 1998, and again in 2000, before moving to the UK During her time the UK, Elwyn was a consistent and reliable top-order/opening batter. She played for Bath Cricket Club in the Women’s National League, and for Somerset where she was regularly in the runs. Her top score for Somerset was 125 [against Surrey, in 2011], and she achieved a respectable batting average in the mid 30’s. Somerset Playing Statistics Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 142 – 200 And Answers here Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 121 – 141 Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 101 – 120 Bridgetown Cricket Club – Club History In 1924 a recently qualified young man with a Cricket Blue from University was employed as Land Agent to the Milton’s Estate on Exmoor. Roy Nesfield was a cricket fanatic who had played three times for Worcestershire and although playing for The Somerset Stragglers and Somerset 2nd X1 he wanted to raise his own Cricket Team in Bridgetown. Not an easy task as he had to find a fairly level field which is not easy on Exmoor and find players drawn from mostly rural farming folk who had probably never watched a cricket match let alone played. Continue reading “Bridgetown Cricket Club – Club History” The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 81 – 100 The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 61 – 80 Somerset Women (& Girls) Cricket Quiz 2022 (SOMERSET, REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL – Multiple Choice) Q1. In what year did the Somerset Girls U15’s start playing in the County Championship? a. 2002 b. 2003 c. 2004 d. 2005 Q2. How many girls that have represented Somerset Girls age group teams have gone on to play for the England Women’s team? a. None b. One c. Two d. Three Q3. How many players have represented Somerset Women in the modern era (since the year 2000)? a. Less than 25 b. Between 25 and 75 c. Between 75 and 125 d. Greater than 125 Q4. Who is currently the only batter to score more than 3000 runs for Somerset Women? a. Janet Godman b. Frances Wilson c. Hannah Knight (nee Lloyd) d. Sophie Luff Q5. What player has currently taken the most wickets for Somerset Women? a. Jackie Hawker b. Anya Shrubsole c. Nicole Harvey (nee Richards) d. Lorraine Szczepanski Q6. What is the highest position that Somerset Women have finished in Division 1 of the County Championships? a. First b. Second c. Third d. Fourth Q7. What is the highest score achieved by Somerset Women in a 50 over match? a. 325-5 b. 312-2 c. 304-6 d. 275-3 Q8. What player returned the best figures for Somerset Women of 7 wickets for 28 runs, in a County Championship match against Surrey in 2007? a. Jackie Hawker b. Laura Harper c. Isabelle Westbury d. Anya Shrubsole Q9. What team have Somerset Women played more than any other? a. Berkshire b. Surrey c. Wales d. Devon Q10. What current Somerset Women’s player has been selected to play for the England Women’s U19 team in the World Cup in South Africa in Feb. 2023. a. Daisy Jeanes b. Niamh Holland c. Joleigh Roberts d. Jess Hazell Q11. What Country did Isabelle Westbury represent in the 2005 European Championships? a. England b. Ireland c. Scotland d. Netherlands Q12. In what year did the Women’s [KIA] Super League begin? a. 2015 b. 2016 c. 2017 d. 2018 Q13. In which two years did Western Storm win the Women’s ([KIA] Super League title? a. 2016 & 2017 b. 2017 & 2018 c. 2016 & 2018 d. 2017 & 2019 e. 2018 & 2019 f. 2016 & 2019 Q14. How many Somerset Women’s players have World Cup winners’ medals? a. None b. Two c. Four d. Six Q15. England Women scored their highest ever T20 International score at Taunton in 2018, but, who where they playing? a. India b. New Zealand c. South Africa d. West Indies Q16. Which Somerset Women’s player took 6 wickets in the 2017 Women’s ODI World Cup Final at Lords? a. Sarah Collyer b. Laura Harper c. Anya Shrubsole d. Frances Wilson Q17. In what year did Lizelle Lee start playing for Somerset Women? a. 2013 b. 2014 c. 2015 d. 2016 Q18. Which Country did Lizelle Lee go on to represent? a. England b. Australia c. New Zealand d. South Africa Q19. In 1993 England Women won the World Cup by beating New Zealand in the Final, but what team from those listed did not feature in the tournament that year? a. Denmark b. Ireland c. Netherlands d. Sri Lanka Q20. Who scored a century (107 runs) when making her Test Match debut for England at Taunton earlier this summer? a. Natalie Sciver b. Alice Davidson-Richards c. Isabelle Wong d. Lauren Bell Somerset Women Cricketers Players Gallery – Fran Wilson Fran was born in Surrey, but was living in Wiltshire when she first picked-up a cricket bat. Fran excelled in the Somerset Youth teams, and hence earned her place in the Somerset Women’s County 1st team in 2006. Fran is a technically adept middle order bat, and an excellent fielder. Following a fantastic season with the bat in the County Championships in 2010 for Somerset, she was selected for the England Squad in 2011. However a difficult start in International Cricket led to a period in the England Academy, before being selected again as a regular for the England team in 2015. Fran left Somerset in 2015 to play for Middlesex in the County Championship Div 1, and then moved onto play for Kent in 2020 Fran was a member of the England World Cup (ODI) winning team in 2017, and was also a fixture in the Western Storm team that reached every final’s day during the KIA Super League period, and won the KSL title on two occasions. Fran was also part of the Oval Invincible’s team that won the inaugural Hundred trophy in 2021. Fran retired from international cricket during 2021, and has since returned to professional domestic cricket to play for the Western Storm, and the Welsh Fire. Career Statistics Somerset’s Women Cricketers Players Gallery – Caroline Foster (née Atkins) Born in Sussex. Caroline played most of her County Cricket for Sussex (1996-2012), and briefly joined Somerset in 2013. In the longer forms of cricket Caroline was a solid and consistent opening bat, but often played a middle-order stabilising and finisher-role in T20s. Caroline was a member of the England team to retain the Ashes in 2008. That same year she shared in a partnership of 268 with Sarah Taylor, which at that time was an ODI record; Caroline scored 145 in that partnership, her best international score. Caroline was also part of the England squad that did the double in 2009 when victorious in the Women’s ODI and T20i World Cups. Caroline also played for South Australia in the period 2003-05 In 2013 she joined Somerset in a player/coach role. And in more recent years she has turned her hand solely to Coaching, and was the Coach of the Western Storm super league team in 2016. Career Statistics Somerset’s Women Cricket Players Gallery – Anya Shrubsole. Born in Bath, Somerset, Anya showed prodigious talent at youth level with bat and ball, although latterly has become best known for her swing bowling. Anya was the first girl to join the Somerset Cricket Academy, at aged 13. She was called into the England Academy squad in 2007. She swiftly made her England International debut the following season, aged 16. Anya was the first girl to join the Somerset Cricket Academy, at aged 13. She was called into the England Academy squad in 2007. She swiftly made her England International debut the following season, aged 16. Anya was named Player of the Tournament in the 2014 T20i World Cup, and was also part of the successful England ODI World Cup winning sides of 2009 and 2017. And was on the cover of the 2018 Wisden, following her bowling success in the 2017 World Cup Final at Lords. She became a constant in the England team, and became vice-captain for a period. Anya retired from international cricket in early 2022. Anya is now a Player and Bowling Coach at the Southern Vipers and Southern Brave; and has captained the Southern Brave to two successive finals appearances. Somerset Playing Statistics Career Statistics Other Teams – Western Storm (2016-2021), Southern Braves (2021-2022), Southern Vipers (2022), Berkshire CCC (2017 – 2021) The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 41 – 60 Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Vic Marks Victor James Marks (born 25 June 1955) is an English sports journalist and former professional cricketer. An off spin bowler, Marks played in six Test matches and thirty four One Day Internationals for England. His entire county cricket career was spent with Somerset, spanning the period between 1975 and 1989. Vic also played for Oxford University whilst a student and had one season playing in Western Australia, winning the Sheffield Shield 1986–87. Vic Marks made his first-class debut for Somerset in the 1975 County Championship. Even in a Somerset side coming into a successful period, with high-profile players, notably Viv Richards and Ian Botham, Marks at times stood out, especially in List A cricket. In 1982 he was man of the match in the final as Somerset won the Benson and Hedges Cup, an achievement he repeated in 1983 as Somerset won the NatWest Bank Trophy. Vic had a distinguished first-class career between 1975 and 1989 for Somerset. He also played a season for Western Australia in the 1986–87 season, winning the Sheffield Shield. In 342 first-class matches he took 859 wickets at 33.28, and scored 12,419 runs at a batting average of 30.29. Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Peter Roebuck Peter Michael Roebuck (6 March 1956 – 12 November 2011) was A consistent county performer with over 25,000 runs, and captained Somerset between 1986 and 1988. During 1989, Roebuck also captained an England XI one-day cricket team in two matches. Peter Roebuck was a right-handed batsman, often used as an opener, and occasionally bowled right-arm offspin. He played for Somerset’s second eleven at the age of 13 and regular first-class cricket from 1974 until his retirement in 1991. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Devon. In 335 first-class matches he scored 17,558 runs at an average of 37.27, making 33 centuries with a highest score of 221*, and took 72 wickets at 49.16. In 298 one-day matches, he scored 7244 runs at 29.81 while taking 51 wickets at 25.09. He became a controversial figure in 1986 when, at the end of his first season as captain of Somerset, he was instrumental in the county’s decision not to renew the contracts of its two overseas players, Viv Richards and Joel Garner, which also resulted in the departure of Ian Botham. The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 121 – 141 THE UMPIRES LIST OF 1987 121 Name the two umpires on the 1987 list who played for Somerset when under 17 years of age? 122 Which umpire was educated at Taunton School but never played for Somerset? 123 Who is the umpire who played for Somerset and whose nickname is “Buckets”? 124 Which umpire has a one in four chance of standing in a match where one of his former teams is involved? 125 Which umpire attended Backwell Secondary Modern School in Nailsea? 126 Can you name the two brothers on the umpires list in 1987? 127 Did they have anything else in common 128 Which of them was born within the county? 129 In what country did Ken Palmer play his only Test match? 130 Who is the senior umpire on the panel? 131When was he first appointed? 132 How many brothers did he have and how many were Test cricketers? THE YEAR 1966 133 What was unusual about the championship matches of 1966? 134 In this season Somerset first played competitive Sunday cricket. Where and against whom? 135 Who was the bowler who returned figures against Notts. at Trent Bridge 17.2-14-10-7? 136 What significance did the match against Glamorgan at Cardiff on August 13, 1966, have? 137 What record did Roy Virgin set during the season? 138 Who was the amateur who in his first season and at the age of 19 took 76 wickets but could never play regularly because he became a tea-planter in Ceylon? 139 Who was the Somerset batsman who was picked for England, never got an innings and was never selected again for a Test? 140 Which Somerset cricketer spent much of World War One as an interned prisoner of war in Holland? 141 If Arthur Wellard had played for his native county which badge would have been on his cap? Answers here The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 21 – 40 Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Ian Botham Ian Terence Botham. Hailed as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the game, Ian Botham represented England in both Test and One-Day International cricket. He played most of his first-class cricket for Somerset, and has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017. For far greater detail see his full biography here. Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Brian Rose Brian Charles Rose (born 4 June 1950) was educated at Weston-super-Mare Grammar School for Boys and trained as a teacher before pursuing a successful county career with Somerset. He succeeded Brian Close as captain in 1978, and he led the county to their first ever trophies, the Gillette Cup and the John Player League, in 1979. The include world-class match winners in Ian Botham, Viv Richards and Joel Garner, county professionals and keen youngsters. Brian made that infamous decision to declare Somerset’s innings closed in a 1979 Benson and Hedges Cup zonal match after one over, to ensure their progress through the group on run-rate. While within the rules, Somerset were ejected from the competition for bringing the game into disrepute, and Rose was condemned in the press. In 270 first-class matches he scored 13,236 runs at 33.25 with a career best of 205. He resumed teaching after retiring from the first-class game, but maintained his involvement with Somerset. A past Chairman of Cricket, he became the Director of Cricket at Taunton, but stood down at the end of the 2012 season. Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Brian Close Dennis Brian Close, CBE (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times to six wins and one drawn test. Close also captained Yorkshire and I later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. After being sacked by Yorkshire, the 39-year-old Close received offers from many other counties but preferred to accept a non-captain’s role at Somerset. The rest from the captaincy did Close good; he went through the 1971 season without injury, and scored 1,389 runs, including a century in his first game for Somerset and a century in the game against Yorkshire. In 1972. he was awarded the CBE by the Queen for his services to cricket. Close was also promoted to Somerset captain. During his time at Somerset Viv Richards and Ian Botham joined the county squad, and Close’s leadership and discipline helped them become great cricketers. Botham said of Close, “There was a genuine enthusiasm for cricket which rubbed off on all those playing alongside him. You couldn’t help but get excited by the game.” Brian Close retired from county cricket at the end of the 1977 season. The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Answers 1 – 20 The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 101 – 120 JACK WHITE 101What was White’s “Miracle of Brisbane’? 102 On that tour in 1928 he was vice-captain. Who was the captain? 103 White took over in 1928 as captain for the last Test, a game, which set a record. Why? 104 What was his performance in the Adelaide Test of that series? 105:What were his batting and bowling aggregates for Somerset? NICKNAMES AND TERMS OF ABUSE In recent Somerset dressing-rooms who answers or answered tothe following terms of endearment? 106 Pacman? 107 Pooch? 108 Jo burg? 109 Ghostie? 110 Pediar? 111 Rosie? 112 Harry? 113 Ziggy? 114 Earp? 115 Twiglets? FOR AND AGAINST 116 Which Somerset player has a father who was both captain and president of Somerset? 117 Which Somerset batsman scored 174 for Cambridge in the Varsity match of 1986? 118 Which recently retired cricketer had his career-best bowling figures against Somerset at Bristol in 1986? 119 Who was the first Somerset player since Harold Gimblett to score a first-class century on his debut? 120 At Headingly in 1985 “Mutley”scored a career-best 90 for Yorkshire against Somerset. What is “Mutley’s” real name? Answers here The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 81 – 100 JOHN CORNISH WHITE Answers Here 81 What was the combined playing span of J. C. White and Lionel Palairet? 82 Against which county did J. C. White take ten for 16 in 1921 and 16 wickets in 1919? 83 How often did J. C. White score 1000 runs in a season? 84 Jack White holds the Somerset record for catches. How many? OVERSEAS ALLEGIANCES The following Somerset players appeared with states, provinces or districts abroad. Identify their overseas sides. 85 D.J. S. Taylor in South Africa. 86 Vic Marks in Australia. 87 Martin Crowe in New Zealand. 88 Viv Richards in the West Indies. R. C. ROBERTSON-GLASGOW 89 What did R. C. stand for? 90 Which public school did he attend? 91 How many appearances did he make for Oxford in the Varsity match? 92 What was his career span with Somerset? 93 What was his best bowling performance for them? 94 Who nicknamed him Robinson Crusoe? 95 He shared in only two century partnerships, each time with the same batsman. Who was the other person? ARTHUR WELLARD 96 How long did Wellard play with Somerset? 97 Twice he hit five sixes in an over. One of the bowlers to suffer was Armstrong of Derbyshire. Who was the other? 98 What advice was he repeatedly given when he unsuccessfully asked his native county, Kent, for a trial? 99 He was selected to go on the England tour which had to be cancelled because of the outbreak of war in 1939. Where would this tour have been going? 100 Who was the Australian bowler whom he hit onto the grandstand balcony during the Lord’s Test of 1938? PS to Q100 – below is a photo of Arthur Wellard being presented to King George from the Museum collection. The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 61 – 80 BILL ALLEY 61 When Bill Alley made 3019 runs in 1961 how many centuries did he make all told? 62 How many wickets did he take in that season? 63 What was his record in Australia as a professional boxer? 64 What record did he set in the match against Surrey at Taunton in June 1961? 65 How many runs did he score that year in the match at Taunton against the touring Australian side? 66 How many centuries did he hit for Somerset in that season? 67 How many other first-class players have made ten centuries in a season at the age of 42? 68 What was his lowest match aggregate in that season? 69 Alley was one of two Somerset players picked to play against the Gentlemen that year. Who was the other? 70 How many balls did Bill Alley bowl against Essex at Yeovil in 1960 without conceding a run? MORE NICKNAMES Which Somerset players answer or answered to the following nicknames? 71 Mandy? 72 Babe? 73 Chimp? 74 Rupert? 75 Twitch? VARSITY MATCHES 76 What was unusual about the match between Somerset and Cambridge University at Taunton in 1960. 77 Name the Cambridge bat who scored a century in each innings. 78 Name the Somerset cricketer who failed by one run to match this feat. 79 Name the other two Somerset players who made centuries in this game. 80 Name the TV commentator who had a first-innings century for Cambridge. Answers here The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 41 – 60 FANCY CAPS 41 Identify the following amateurs from their initials (a) M. M. (b) G. R. S. (c) H. H. 42 And these (a) A. A. (b) C. C. C. (c) L. St.V 43 Name the Somerset amateur who played for the West Indies against England before the Second World War. 44 Name the four Somerset players who played for the Gentlemen against Players in 1924. 45 Who was the prominent Somerset amateur cricketer who was killed in the Second World War? 46 Who was the amateur captain who scored 1000 runs for Somerset in 1950? 47 Who was the England rugby full-back who played a trial for Somerset in the match in which A. C. McLaren made 424 for Lancashire at Taunton? 48 Who was Somerset’s first captain in first-class cricket? 49 Lionel Palairet was one of the great Somerset amateur batsman. Who was the brother who later became club president? 50 Name the amateur who scored four centuries in three matches in 1908. NICKNAMES Which Somerset players were known as:- 51 Crusoe? 52 Dasher? 53 Budgie? 54 The Demon of Frome? 55 The Big Bird? 56 The Farmer? 57 Sammy? 58 Dar? 59 Chico? 60 Sir Len? Answers to be found here The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 21 – 40 COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 21 What was unusual about the County Championship matches of 1919? 22 And those of 1939? 23 When did Somerset tie a game because the last opposing batsman took more than two minutes to arrive at the wicket? 24 Who beat Somerset in a day in 1947? 25 Who did likewise in 1953? 26 Who was the last Somerset player to do the double? 27 How many players have kept wicket for England and Somerset since the Second World War? 28 How many championship centuries did Bill Alley score when making his 3000 runs in 1961? 29 Which batsman scored three centuries against Northants between the years 1982 and 1983? 30 What is the highest score by a Somerset player in the county championship? JOHN PLAYER LEAGUE 31 On which ground did Somerset win the John Player League title of 1979? 32 On which ground did Norman McVicker hit the last two balls for sixes to win the game for Leicestershire? 33 Who was the unfortunate bowler? 34 A Somerset bowler holds an unsurpassable record in Sunday League cricket. Who is he? 35 Trevor Gard had two serious injuries while keeping wicket in John Player League matches for Somerset. Who took over behind the stumps in the matches affected? 36 Name the fast bowler who returned a fine analysis at Bath in a J.P.L match against Lancashire in 1980 while deputising for Joel Garner. 37 What noteworthy performance did Bob Clapp record in the J.P.L.? 38 What is the most northerly ground on which Somerset have played in the Sunday league? 39 What is Joel Garner’s best bowling performance Gloucestershire? 40 And lan Botham’s best batting performance in the Sunday game? ANSWERS HERE Timsbury Cricket Club – Club History The exact date of the formation of Timsbury Cricket Club remains a mystery but an insertion in the Western Gazette on July 25th 1873 talks of a match between Timsbury and Radstock and so in 2023 Timsbury will be at least 150 years old. It moved to its present headquarters on the Recreation Field in 1965 but prior to that had been based on the Glebe field which is now a housing estate and during its history had also played on the school field which is now the home of the third eleven and youth teams and on the beautiful grounds adjoining Pendogget House. Continue reading “Timsbury Cricket Club – Club History” The Somerset Cricket Quiz – Questions 1 – 20 CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS 1 Which Somerset captain had the initials S. M. J.? 2 Which Somerset skipper was known as “The Prophet”? 3 Which two Somerset captains have been headmasters of Millfield School? 4 Which Somerset captain was a Berkshire farmer? 5 Which Somerset captain was a Somerset farmer? 6 Which Somerset captain was born on a Red Indian reservation? 7 Which Somerset captain was a serving naval officer? 8 Which three players shared the captaincy officially in 1948? 9 Which Somerset captain was known as ” Bunty”? 10 Which Somerset captain did the double in his first season in county cricket? COUNTY GROUNDS 11 On what ground did Harold Gimblett hit the fastest century of the first-class season of 1935 on his debut for Somerset? 12 On what ground did Arthur Wellard hit five sixes in one over v. Derbyshire in 1936? 13 Name two grounds on which Somerset have played at Yeovil. 14 And the ground at Bristol 15 Which distinguished Somerset John Player League bowling performance was given at Glastonbury by Graham Burgess? 16 What is the name of the (old) county ground at Bath? 17 On which ground outside the county did Somerset first play in the John Player League? 18 Where did the inaugural meeting of Somerset County Cricket Club decide that the county ground should be? 19 What rivers flow past the grounds at Bath and Taunton? 20 To which player is the Memorial Gates at the County Ground, Taunton, dedicated? Answers are to be found here Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery – Roy Kerslake Roy Cosmo Kerslake (born 26 December 1942, Paignton, Devon) is a former English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Somerset and captained Somerset for one season in 1968. More recently he has served as president of Somerset County Cricket Club from 2004 to 2015. In 1961, he played for Somerset’s second eleven in the Minor Counties that season, being part of the team that won the Minor Counties Championship for the first time. In August 1962, he played for six times for Somerset’s first team, batting middle-order batsman, but did not bowl. Roy played for Cambridge in the first half of the 1964 season and in the second half of the season, he again played regularly for Somerset. His best bowling figures, six for 83 were against Hampshire at Bournemouth. After the 1964 season, Roy went into legal practice and did not play first-class cricket at all in the following three seasons. In 1968, however, following the retirement as Somerset captain of Colin Atkinson, he reappeared as captain of the side, but an injury before the start of the season meant that he was able to play in only one of the opening six matches. At the end of that season, he returned to the law and did not play first-class cricket for the county side again. Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Somerset Cricket Club Players Gallery. Colin Atkinson. Colin Ronald Michael Atkinson CBE (23 July 1931 – 25 June 1991) was an English first-class cricketer, schoolmaster and the headmaster of Millfield School. He played from 1951 to 1958 for Northumberland and Durham, then also a Minor County, and appeared for the Minor Counties representative side in the first-class match against the Indian touring side, his first first-class appearance. Having joined the staff at Millfield, he was approached to join Somerset for the 1960 season, the new captain at Somerset that season being, like Atkinson, a Teessider, Harold Stephenson. In 1960, He only appeared in the school holidays, and took his first five-wicket haul, five for 56, against Kent at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare. In the following two seasons, released from his school duties for the summer terms, he played almost all matches for Somerset. He was awarded his county cap in 1961 and made his first half-centuries in 1962. His seven wickets for 54 runs against Gloucestershire at the County Ground, Taunton in 1962 remained his best bowling performance. Then, at the end of the 1964 season, Harold Stephenson, stepped down from the Somerset captaincy and Atkinson was released from school duties to take the job for 1965. He was an instant success: Somerset led the County Championship table in June 1965, eventuality finishing seventh and third in 1966, equalling their then highest-ever placing in the Championship. His final duty in 1967, was to lead Somerset in the Gillette Cup knock-out final at Lord’s, but the game was a disappointment, and Kent won the match. (See the article The Forgotten Final by Richard Walsh). Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Lympsham and Belvedere Cricket Club – Club History Our club is the result of a very successful merger in 2017, which created a thriving and very successful community-based club. There has been a cricket club at Lympsham, a village halfway between Weston and Burnham, for many years, playing its cricket on what was no more than a field with a very small run-down cricket pavilion/shed. In 1992, with the help of a local landowner, the village created a brand new cricket pitch, together with a proper cricket pavilion and hard tennis courts, all of which was opened by HRH the Princess Royal on the May Bank Holiday with Somerset CCC (Trescothick, Caddick and all) coming to play the first match (and losing, of course!). Continue reading “Lympsham and Belvedere Cricket Club – Club History” Somerset Cricketers Players Gallery – Harold Stephenson Harold William Stephenson (18 July 1920 – 23 April 2008) was an English first class cricketer who played for Somerset, who captained Somerset from 1960 until his retirement in 1964. Harold Stephenson is the most successful wicket-keeper in history for Somerset, and is the county’s only cricketer to have taken 1000 dismissals. He also holds the county record for the most stumpings in a season as well as most catches in a season. He joined Somerset for the 1948 season, but played in only eight matches. He kept wicket in only two of them, and was used mostly as an opening batsman, not with any great success. The following season, however, he succeeded the long-serving Wally Luckes as the regular wicketkeeper and, despite missing half a dozen matches, he set a new county record for dismissals, with 39 catches and 44 stumpings. The 1949 season set the pattern for Stephenson, he was at or near the top of the wicketkeepers’ lists for dismissals for the next decade, setting the Somerset record with 86 dismissals in 1954. At end of the 1959 season, Maurice Tremlett, who had been Somerset’s captain since 1956, the first professional to hold the job in modern times, stood down from the job and Stephenson, at 39, was chosen to replace him. He stayed in the captain’s job for five seasons and was successful: in 1963 he led the side to third place in the County Championship, equalling the best-ever position. Stephenson retired from first-class cricket, apparently with some reluctance and continued to live in Taunton, but from 1965 to 1968 played regular Minor Counties cricket for Dorset. Apparently he didn’t return too often to the County Ground! Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Somerset Cricketers Players Gallery – Gerry Tordoff George Gerald “Gerry” Tordoff (6 December 1929 – 16 January 2008) played first-class cricket for Somerset, Cambridge University and the Combined Services in the 1950s and early 1960s. He was a left-handed batsman who could open the innings or bat in middle order and a right-arm medium-pace change bowler and had two seasons of virtually full-time cricket in 1952 and 1955, but was otherwise restricted by his career in the Royal Navy to occasional matches. He was given leave of absence by the Navy to captain Somerset in the 1955 season, but when the season was over, he resigned the captaincy and never appeared again for the county side. Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Somerset Cricketers Players Gallery – Stuart Rogers Stuart Scott Rogers (18 March 1923 – 6 November 1969) played first-class cricket for Somerset and captained the side from 1950 to 1952. After one first-class appearance in India in 1946–47, he joined Somerset as an amateur player in 1948, appearing in seven matches but making little impact. At the end of the 1949 season, George Woodhouse, the Somerset captain, retired to the family brewery business. Somerset, who had struggled through 1948 under a series of temporary captains, were not keen to repeat the experience. Rogers was the only available amateur willing to commit to a full season, and was duly appointed captain for 1950. Rogers captained Somerset for three seasons of mixed fortunes. The 1950 season saw the side finish equal seventh in the Championship, and eight victories were exceeded by only three teams Rogers’ second season as Somerset captain, 1951, was more difficult than the first. Rogers made only 784 runs in Championship games with a top score of 58, although his season average and total was improved by an unbeaten 107 in 160 minutes against the South African touring team.This was to prove his highest score in first-class cricket. With both batting and bowling inadequacies, Somerset dropped back to 14th in the Championship, with only five victories and 15 defeats. Worse followed in 1952 and Somerset fell to the bottom of the Championship table for the first time since 1913. At the end of the season he stood down from the captaincy, and though he appeared again in nine matches in 1953, he was not successful and left first-class cricket. Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Somerset Cricketers Players Gallery – George Woodhouse George Edward Sealy Woodhouse (15 February 1924 – 19 January 1988) had two careers: one as a cricketer for Somerset and Dorset, the second as the chairman from 1962 to his death of the family brewing company Hall and Woodhouse. As a cricketer, he was known as George Woodhouse; as a businessman, he was known as Edward Woodhouse. Woodhouse was a right-handed middle-order batsman, a very occasional medium-pace bowler and, once in his first-class career, a wicketkeeper. He played a couple of times for Somerset in 1946, and then fairly regularly in both 1947 and 1948, winning his county cap in 1947 after an innings of 109 against Leicestershire which proved to be his only first-class century. In 1948, Somerset struggled to find a full-time captain, and Woodhouse officially shared the job with Mandy Mitchell-Innes and Jake Seamer, though at least two other players captained the side for occasional matches. In 1949, Woodhouse took over the captaincy full-time and played his only full season of cricket: he made 849 runs, though his highest score was only 59, at an average just below 20 runs an innings. He led the team to equal ninth in the County Championship table, and only three matches all season were drawn. But at the end of the season he stepped down to go into the family business, and he played only a few more times in first-class cricket, finally finishing in 1953. Somerset Cricket Players Gallery – Jake Seamer John Wemyss “Jake” Seamer (23 June 1913 – 16 April 2006) was a right-handed batsman who played for Oxford University and Somerset either side of the Second World War. Seamer joined the Sudan Political Service, which limited his first-class cricket appearances to periods of leave. He was named as one of three amateurs to captain Somerset in 1948, leading the team during June and July. That season was his last for Somerset, and he made only one further first-class appearance. During his time at Oxford, Seamer had become good friends with Mitchell-Innes; the pair both attended the same college, and played together for both the university and Somerset. Seamer did not appear again for Somerset after his period as captain in 1948. In total for the county, he scored 1,405 runs at an average of 15.61. He made his final first-class appearance the following season, appearing for the Free Foresters against Oxford University. Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Somerset Cricket Players Gallery – Mandy Mitchell-Innes Norman Stewart “Mandy” Mitchell-Innes (7 September 1914 – 28 December 2006) was an amateur cricketer for Somerset, who played in one Test match for England in 1935. Between 1931 and 1949 Mitchell-Innes played 132 first-class matches, appearing 69 times for Somerset, and 43 times for Oxford University. He made his debut for Somerset while he was still a schoolboy at the now, Lancashire CCC, out ground Sedbergh School in 1931. Mitchell-Innes was named as one of three captains of Somerset in 1948. Jack Meyer had reluctantly captained the side in 1947, but stepped down at the end of the season: he was having problems with his sight, and required daily painkillers for lumbago. There was no obvious replacement for Meyer; like many counties Somerset would not consider having a professional captain, and finding an amateur with the time and money to lead the side was proving troublesome. When Mitchell-Innes left the team for the Sudan, they were bottom of the County Championship with no points; they finished the season 12th of 17 after collecting 92 points, including five wins. Batting was identified as Somerset’s weakest area in both 1947 and 1948; Mitchell-Innes’ batting average of 22.20 placed him sixth in the county averages in 1948. 1949 was his last season of first-class cricket, and he played his final match in May 1949 against Hampshire and died on 28th December 2006. Photo from SCCC Players, Photographs and Statistics – available in the Museum and Library Cleeve Cricket Club – Club History 1998 was very important year In the life of Cleeve Cricket Club, The Club committee have been very busy organising events for their 50th year celebrations. Since the Club reformed in 1948 it had progressed steadily over the years, on and off the field. Every year brought new challenges and additionally now the Club was to play in the Senior Division of the Bristol & District Cricket League for the first time in their history. Continue reading “Cleeve Cricket Club – Club History” Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Daisy Jeanes Date of Birth: 30/07/2001 Where from: Somerset How you started playing: I grew up playing cricket in the garden with my brothers, and then had the opportunity to start at school too Start date: I began at the age of 12 in the U13’s team Successes: Playing at the Somerset County ground was a great experience for everyone 2022 players player. Club: Loughborough University and Broadway & Horton Cricket Club Batting style: Right handed batter Bowling style: Right arm medium Occupation: Student at Loughborough university – biological sciences Best cricket achievement: Playing England ladies for a warm up match prior to the 2017 home World Cup Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Steph Davies Born in South Wales. Steph was a gifted batter, and all-rounder. She was a prolific runs scorer when playing for Girls Somerset youth teams. She progressed seamlessly into the England Academy set-up, and was selected in the England Academy squad that were to participate in the European Championships, in 2005. Teammates in that squad were Laura Marsh, Holly Colvin and Sarah Taylor. Audio Version here Continue reading “Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Steph Davies” Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Laura Harper Laura was born in Plymouth. She played for Cornwall boys in her youth, and was selected for an England U15 boys trial. Laura was a talented tall spin-bowling all-rounder. Laura made her England debut, aged 16, in an ODI series versus South Africa. And she played in the ODI World Cup in New Zealand in 2000. Continue reading “Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Laura Harper” Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Jackie Hawker Born in Plymouth, Devon. Jackie was a diminutive but energetic bowler, middle order all-rounder, and an excellent fielder; frequently topping the fielding charts for Somerset. In 1998 she captained England U17s, and was then selected in the U21 squad to tour South Africa in the same year. She made her England debut in 1999 against the Netherlands. Her only test match appearance came against India in Lucknow, during 2002. Continue reading “Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Jackie Hawker” Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Hannah Knight (nee Lloyd) Born in South Wales. Hannah was selected for the England U17, U21 and U23 sides before making he debut for the full England side against the Netherlands in 1999. Hannah was a genuine all-rounder, batting in the top order, and more than useful with the ball. She captained Somerset between 2002-08. Hannah’s father was Barry Lloyd who played for Glamorgan in the 1970/80’s Continue reading “Somerset Women Cricket Players Gallery – Hannah Knight (nee Lloyd)” Fry’s Cricket Club – Club History Fry’s CC may be one of Bristol’s oldest cricket clubs but it is not old by cricketing standards, only having been founded in 1872 as part of the Fry’s Sports and Social Club, as the Cricket section for employees working for the company. The club was formed under the shade of a Hawthorn Bush in Pembroke Road, Clifton and was called Caracas Cricket Club, something the current team acknowledge on the badge of current Fry’s CC cricket shirts. Caracas was the name of the new cocoa JS Fry was making at the time. Continue reading “Fry’s Cricket Club – Club History” Kilmington & Stourton Cricket Club – Club History Cricket has been played at The Park, Stourhead from at least the 1880s. There was an active team in Stourton in the 1920s and a successful team in the 1930s (we have several scorebooks from this time) and photos from the 1880s and 1920s. We have no information about what happened in the 1940s and assume that the club may have folded for a few years at this time. Continue reading “Kilmington & Stourton Cricket Club – Club History” Somerset’s Women Cricket Players Gallery – Kath Wilkins Kath played Cricket for Somerset CCC, Somerset Wanderers CC, Bath CC and West of England. She also gained full International honours playing for England in the European Cup in Denmark in 1999. Kathryn also captained the England U21 squad and represented England ‘A’ in home series against South Africa, Australia, India, New Zealand and Ireland. In recent years Kath has been involved in coaching the girls’ county age group teams at Somerset and Cricket Wales. Audio version here Date of Birth: 17 May 1976. Where from: Bristol How you started playing: Played at my local club Congresbury and then joined Somerset Wanderers when I was 14. Start date- End date at Somerset – I represented the West (which preceded Somerset) from 1991 – 1999, Somerset was then our county and I played 2000 -2003 and was Captain for the first season 2000-2001 International performances – 3 England Caps Did you Captain? I was the England U21 Captain, Somerset Wanderers Captain, Somerset Captain Other Counties Played for – none Whitchurch Cricket Club – 100 Not Out The Somerset Cricket Museum is very grateful to Mr Pete Lloyd and Mr Ray Usher of the Whitchurch Cricket Club for donating a copy of the history of the Club – 100 Not Out (1922-2022) to the Museum. Copies are available from the Club. Whitchurch Cricket Club – Club History Whitchurch Cricket Club was formed in 1922 when a group of local people got together to plan the seeds that has grown into the club we know today. Things would have been a lot different then as few people would have had cars so most of their early games would have been local fixtures. Continue reading “Whitchurch Cricket Club – Club History”
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I can't take credit for this but my husband has asked me to post Jason Gallion...?	en		CricketWeb Forum	http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/cw-worst-15-cricketers-of-all-time-the-results.56742/page-10	Number 10: Steve Smith Highest Ranking 2 Total Points 13 Number of Votes Received 2/13 Ah. The dangers of taking such a long period of time to do something - a period of time so lengthy that if it became an SI unit, they would name it the "Cribb" - that the original topic almost becomes obsolete. The perils of procrastinating so long over doing something that the world moves on and what once had been so is no longer the case. This, dear reader, is a tale of redemption. Cast your mind back to those happier times. It was April 2012. Nelson Mandela was still alive. We were still discussing the merits of American intervention in the Middle East. People still complained that CricketWeb wasn’t what it used to be. And Burgey was marginally less grumpy than he is today. Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose you might choose to say if you were either a pretentious prig, or the sort of person who has a whimsical way with words so they can get away with such things. Well, something has changed since then. Back in 2012, two erstwhile Kiwi contributors to CricketWeb voted Steve (as he was known back then) Smith as being in the top ten worst test cricketers of all time. This player, now named Steven Smith (at least according to Cricinfo and a multitude of Australian cricket commentators who seem to be labouring under the misapprehension that something becomes classy just by using a longer version of a name) currently averages a very respectable 40 with the bat in test cricket. He just played a starring role in wresting the Ashes back from a hapless England side, and even more impressively scored heavily against South Africa in their own back yard. So, given this, why did he receive those nominations? Well, in order to answer that question we have to cast our minds back still further – as far back as 2010. Back then, it was still a relatively short time since the retirement of the self-proclaimed greatest spinner of all time, Shane Warne. Australia cast the net far and wide looking for a replacement – Bryce McGain, Jason Krejza, Michael Beer – the list was long. Steve Smith was one of those earmarked as a potential replacement. He bowled some leg spin, he seemed to have plenty of batting potential and a good healthy dose of chutzpah. By the time of his debut test match – to be played at Lord’s versus Pakistan – he was only 21 years old and had played only 13 first class matches. He was coming off a storming 2009/10 season of Sheffield Shield cricket, however, where he’d compiled 772 runs at 77.2 and taken 21 wickets at a less healthy average of 44.38. He grew in form and stature as the season progressed – scoring 3 tons with the highlight being 177 off 247 balls versus Tasmania at the Bellerive Oval. It was this form that saw him called up for his first look at international Test cricket. It’s fair to say that first series produced mixed results for the youngster. Dropped into the order at number 8, the traditional slot for the bowling all-rounder, he struggled against the wily spin of Danish Kaneria. Twice at Lord’s he was undone by the leggie’s top spinner – which would have been doubly disappointing for a rival leg spin bowler. With ball in hand, Smith had a little more success – 3 Pakistani batsmen threw away their wickets in the 2nd innings attempting to beat Smith out of the park. The second Test at Headingley was different again. In the first innings, some marvellous bowling from Aamir and Asif saw the Australians dismissed for 88. Smith received an absolute jaffa from Aamir which swung in from outside off and bowled him through the gate. His 2nd innings knock demonstrated his potential, though. He came in at 217 – 6 with Australia barely 50 runs to the good. Batting with firstly Tim Paine and then the tail, he flayed the Pakistani attack around the ground, deploying attacking verve to good effect to plunder 77 from 100 balls. Another attacking shot saw his demise as last wicket to fall as he played a slower ball onto the stumps. Australia lost that 2nd Test, but Smith had shown some promise. His next involvement with the Australian team was in the ill-fated Ashes series of 2010/11. Marcus North had been the preferred batting all-rounder at the Gabba and Adelaide Oval, but an almighty thrashing (by an innings and 71 runs) at Adelaide saw some swift changes in the team. Smith came in for North, Hughes replaced Katich through injury and Mitchell Johnson returned to replace the insipid Xavier Doherty. In the three Test which followed, Smith’s one decent score was 54 not out in a losing cause at Sydney. It was the manner of some of his previous dismissals which was most disappointing – chopping on or being caught trying to force the pace against Jimmy Anderson 3 innings in a row across the MCG and SCG. At the end of the series, he averaged a mere 28 with the bat and still had only those 3 wickets to show for his bowling at a cost of 220 runs. That is the context within which the votes were cast against him. This just goes to show the underlying risk in attempting to judge a player based on their performances at 21/22 years of age on the toughest stage in cricket. He went away, worked on his batting – somewhat to the detriment of his bowling – and has become a key component of the Australian middle order. Steven Smith, the People’s Champ, you are redeemed! Career Highlight (at the time) Australia are 187 for 6 at the SCG. Smith had Mitchell Johnson for company and then the tail. Jimmy Anderson is bowling well with his tail up and with great economy. What do you do? Attempt the massive off-drive with no foot movement and edge to the slips to strike a death blow to the Australian batting. Dropping a goober off your own bowling to help Ian Bell on his way to a ton in the same Test ranks pretty closely. What they said about him Phlegm explains his vote for Steve Smith Spikey's view - pre-worship era Opinions of Smith's bowling reach an all-time low The heady days of the Australian spinner-go-round Pup nails it in one Ah, hindsight is a wonderful thing (For the record, it was Hurricane and Phlegm) Wait, Steve Smith got onto this list LOL! That is amazing!!!
1408	dbpedia	1	29	https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/bushrangers-claim-shield-title-by-thrashing-bulls-20100321-qnt7.html	en	Bushrangers claim Shield title by thrashing Bulls	https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_620%2C$height_414/t_crop_fill/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_social_wm/l_text:PT%20Sans_41_bold_italic:%20from%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_84%2Cx_288%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/l_text:PT%20Sans_41_bold:%20%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_90%2Cx_375%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/l_text:AbrilTitling-Bold.ttf_83:%202010%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_15%2Cx_274%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/802222d5657de085d8004e2ed68bc7ff6be1cb45	https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_620%2C$height_414/t_crop_fill/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_social_wm/l_text:PT%20Sans_41_bold_italic:%20from%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_84%2Cx_288%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/l_text:PT%20Sans_41_bold:%20%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_90%2Cx_375%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/l_text:AbrilTitling-Bold.ttf_83:%202010%20%2Cg_south_west%2Cy_15%2Cx_274%2Cco_rgb:0a1633/802222d5657de085d8004e2ed68bc7ff6be1cb45	[ "https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_620%2C$height_349/t_crop_fill/q_86%2Cf_auto/c9ca6a823f785d6a51ca7a7718d555be2e2c48cf" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2010-03-21T04:20:00+00:00	Victoria are the Sheffield Shield champions for the 2009-10 season after beating Queensland by 457 runs in the final at the MCG.	en	/favicons/smh.ico	The Sydney Morning Herald	https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/bushrangers-claim-shield-title-by-thrashing-bulls-20100321-qnt7.html	Victoria are the Sheffield Shield champions for the 2009-10 season after beating Queensland by 457 runs in the final at the MCG. The Bushrangers were virtually assured of capturing the title when they batted Queensland out of the match over the third and fourth days, as they only needed a draw after finishing top of the table. They set the Bulls 640 to win and bowled them out for 182 halfway through the fifth and final day. Legspinner Bryce McGain took 4-70 and paceman John Hastings 3-25, including wickets with his final two deliveries. Only Lee Carseldine, with 75, and wicketkeeper Chris Hartley (29 not out) showed any resistance. Victoria's title was their 28th overall and their second in succession, although last season's final against the Bulls was drawn. This is the first time in three decades the Vics have claimed back-to-back titles. Queensland's defeat, which included a late collapse of 5-27, was the biggest in a fourth-innings run-chase in a Shield final. After an even first two days, the Vics took a 48-run lead on the first innings and then turned the game firmly their way through an opening stand of 154 between Rob Quiney and Nick Jewell. Their partnership was the launch pad for a huge second innings for the Vics, who amassed 8-591 before declaring. Victoria's Shield win completed another outstanding season for the Vics, who reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in India last year, won the domestic Twenty20 title and hosted the one-day final before losing to Tasmania. The Bushrangers achieved all that despite having key players regularly absent - either through injury or national call-ups - and Brad Hodge and Dirk Nannes retiring from first-class cricket before the season was over. David Hussey's second-innings 168 in the final gave him 970 runs for the season, Hastings took 36 wickets for the season and Damien Wright 35, and wicketkeeper Matthew Wade enjoyed another strong season, which included a vital 96 in the first innings of the final. Queensland's best asset was their fast bowling this season, as Ben Cutting took 46 wickets, Chris Swan 31 and Luke Feldman 30, while wicketkeeper Hartley was the Shield player of the season.
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AustraliaFormatFirst-classFirst edition1892–93Latest edition2023–24Tournament formatDouble round-robin, then finalNumber of teams6Current championWestern Australia (18th title)Most successfulNew South Wales (47 titles)Most runsDarren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runsMost wicketsClarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wicketsTVCricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches)WebsiteCricket Australia 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition. History of Australia cricket [edit] In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki,[1] won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 in × 30 in (109 cm × 76 cm) silver shield. The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season.[2] Pura is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix".[3] Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company. In the 2019–20 season, Marsh took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan Companies' acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017. Teams [edit] Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below. Team name Team nickname Home ground/s[a] Inaugural season First title Last title Shield titles Wooden spoons Team captain/s New South Wales Blues[b] Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground 1892–93 1895–96 2019–20 47 12 Kurtis Patterson Queensland Bulls[c] Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground 1926–27 1994–95 2020–21 9 24 Usman Khawaja South Australia Redbacks[d] Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval 1892–93 1893–94 1995–96 13 49 Travis Head Tasmania Tigers Bellerive Oval 1977–78 2006–07 2012–13 3 14 Matthew Wade Victoria Bushrangers[e] Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground 1892–93 1892–93 2018–19 32 18 Peter Handscomb Western Australia Warriors[f] Perth Stadium WACA Ground 1947–48 1947-48 2023–24 18 5 Mitchell Marsh Venues [edit] Below are the venues that will host Sheffield Shield matches during the 2022–23 season. Adelaide Oval Allan Border Field Blundstone Arena Citi Power Centre Adelaide, South Australia Brisbane, Queensland Hobart, Tasmania Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 7,000 Drummoyne Oval The Gabba Karen Rolten Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney, New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland Adelaide, South Australia Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 100,024 North Dalton Park Sydney Cricket Ground WACA Ground Wollongong, New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales Perth, Western Australia Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 24,000 Competition format [edit] Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions: South Australia had no home game with: Victoria in 1901–02 or 1903–04; either opponent in 1907–08; New South Wales in 1910–11. Queensland and South Australia played only once (in South Australia) in 1926–27. Western Australia played each team only once from their debut in 1946–47 until 1955–56 inclusive. Tasmania played each team only once from their debut in 1977–78 until 1981–82 inclusive. In 2019–20 the season was curtailed after nine rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The 2020–21 season was heavily affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, with QLD playing 9 games, Tasmania and South Australia 8, and Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria playing 7 each. Unusually for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria and New South Wales played each other 3 times during the home and away portion of the season. Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis. Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28.[7] In 1940–41, however, the Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds;[8] however financially these were unsuccessful.[9] The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at the Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.[10] Final [edit] Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie, the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team.[7] Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield.[11] No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Points system [edit] A number of different systems have been used over the years. Currently, points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table. Result Points [13] An outright win (irrespective of the first innings result) 6 A tie (irrespective of the first innings result) 3 An outright loss (irrespective of the first innings result) 0 Abandoned or drawn matches (irrespective of the first innings result) 1 Bonus batting .01 for every run above 200 in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus bowling 0.1 for taking each wicket in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus point example – If after 100 overs the score is 8/350, the batting team would receive 1.5 points ([350 − 200] × 0.01), and the bowling side would receive 0.8 points (0.1 for each wicket) Quotient (team's batting average divided by its bowling average) is used to separate teams which finish on an equal number of points. Teams can be penalised points for failing to maintain an adequate over rate. The bonus bowling points were modified for the 2016–17 season. For the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the bowling team received 0.5 points for taking the 5th, 7th and 9th wickets (a maximum 1.5 points). Previous systems [edit] The Shield was initially envisaged as a match-by-match challenge trophy; it was originally determined on 4 January 1893 that it would first be awarded to the winner of the next inter-colonial match (which was, in fact, the fourth of the season), and then would pass in perpetuity to any team which defeated the holder of the trophy;[14] But on 30 January, it was decided instead to award the Shield to the team which won the most intercolonial matches across the season.[15] The quotient has been used as a tie-breaker for teams on equal points since 1893–94. First innings points were introduced in 1932–33 and used until 1970–71.[16][17] Bonus points for first innings batting and bowling were used from 1971–72 to 1980–81 inclusive. During the first 100 (eight-ball) overs of each side's first innings, a maximum of 10 batting bonus points could be attained. They were awarded for every 25 runs scored from 175 to 400 inclusive. A maximum of 5 bowling bonus points were available, initially upon capture of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and last wickets. This was later changed to wickets 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 as batting teams often declared when 9 wickets down to deny the bowling side the additional bonus point. Competition placings [edit] Prior to the introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo[18] and the Cricket Archive.[19] 1892–93 to 1925–26 [edit] Season Winner Second Third 1892–93 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1893–94 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1894–95 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1895–96 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1896–97 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1897–98 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1898–99 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1899–1900 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1900–01 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1901–02 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1902–03 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1903–04 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1904–05 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1905–06 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1906–07 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1907–08 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1908–09 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1909–10 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1910–11 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1911–12 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1912–13 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1913–14 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1914–15 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1915–16 Not contested due to World War I 1916–17 Not contested due to World War I 1917–18 Not contested due to World War I 1918–19 Not contested due to World War I 1919–20 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1920–21 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1921–22 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1922–23 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1923–24 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1924–25 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1925–26 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1926–27 to 1946–47 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth 1926–27 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland 1927–28 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1928–29 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia 1929–30 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1930–31 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1931–32 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1932–33 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland 1933–34 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1934–35 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1935–36 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1936–37 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1937–38 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1938–39 South Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales 1939–40 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1940–41 Not contested due to World War II 1941–42 Not contested due to World War II 1942–43 Not contested due to World War II 1943–44 Not contested due to World War II 1944–45 Not contested due to World War II 1945–46 Not contested due to World War II 1946–47 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1947–48 to 1976–77 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth 1947–48 Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland Victoria 1948–49 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia 1949–50 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1950–51 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1951–52 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1952–53 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland 1953–54 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1954–55 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1955–56 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1956–57 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1957–58 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1958–59 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1959–60 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1960–61 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1961–62 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia 1962–63 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1963–64 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia 1964–65 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Western Australia Queensland 1965–66 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Victoria Queensland 1966–67 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1967–68 Western Australia Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1968–69 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales 1969–70 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1970–71 South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland 1971–72 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1972–73 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1973–74 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia 1974–75 Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1975–76 South Australia Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Victoria 1976–77 Western Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales South Australia 1977–78 to present [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1977–78 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1978–79 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1979–80 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 1980–81 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania South Australia 1981–82 South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1982–83 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1983–84 Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1984–85 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria Tasmania 1985–86 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1986–87 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1987–88 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Tasmania 1988–89 Western Australia South Australia Queensland New South Wales Tasmania Victoria 1989–90 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Victoria 1990–91 Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1991–92 Western Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1992–93 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Victoria 1993–94 New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia Victoria South Australia Queensland 1994–95 Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1995–96 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales Victoria 1996–97 Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania Victoria South Australia 1997–98 Western Australia Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1998–99 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 1999–2000 Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2000–01 Queensland Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2001–02 Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales 2002–03 New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 2003–04 Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2004–05 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia Tasmania 2005–06 Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2006–07 Tasmania New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 2007–08 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Queensland 2008–09 Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2009–10 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia 2010–11 Tasmania New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia 2011–12 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2012–13 Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria Western Australia South Australia 2013–14 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria 2014–15 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2015–16 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 2016–17 Victoria South Australia Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 2017–18 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2018–19 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2019–20 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2020–21 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Victoria South Australia 2021–22 Western Australia Victoria Tasmania New South Wales Queensland South Australia 2022–23 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2023-24 Western Australia Tasmania New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Player of the Year [edit] The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season.[20] Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions. Season Winner(s) 1975–76 Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (Qld) 1976–77 Richie Robinson (Vic) 1977–78 David Ogilvie (Qld) 1978–79 Peter Sleep (SA) 1979–80 Ian Chappell (SA) 1980–81 Greg Chappell (Qld) 1981–82 Kepler Wessels (Qld) 1982–83 Kim Hughes (WA) 1983–84 Brian Davison (Tas), John Dyson (NSW) 1984–85 David Boon (Tas) 1985–86 Allan Border (Qld) 1986–87 Craig McDermott (Qld) 1987–88 Dirk Tazelaar (Qld), Mark Waugh (NSW) 1988–89 Tim May (SA) 1989–90 Mark Waugh (NSW) 1990–91 Stuart Law (Qld) 1991–92 Tony Dodemaide (Vic) 1992–93 Jamie Siddons (SA) 1993–94 Matthew Hayden (Qld) 1994–95 Dean Jones (Vic) 1995–96 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1996–97 Andy Bichel (Qld) 1997–98 Dene Hills (Tas) 1998–99 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1999–2000 Darren Lehmann (SA) 2000–01 Jamie Cox (Tas) 2001–02 Brad Hodge (Vic), Jimmy Maher (Qld) 2002–03 Clinton Perren (Qld) 2003–04 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 2004–05 Michael Bevan (Tas) 2005–06 Andy Bichel (Qld) 2006–07 Chris Rogers (WA) 2007–08 Simon Katich (NSW) 2008–09 Phillip Hughes (NSW) 2009–10 Chris Hartley (Qld) 2010–11 James Hopes (Qld) 2011–12 Jackson Bird (Tas) 2012–13 Ricky Ponting (Tas) 2013–14 Marcus North (WA) 2014–15 Adam Voges (WA) 2015–16 Travis Head (SA) 2016–17 Chadd Sayers (SA) 2017–18 Chris Tremain (Vic) 2018–19 Scott Boland (Vic) 2019–20 Moises Henriques (NSW), Nic Maddinson (Vic) 2020–21 Nathan Lyon (NSW) 2021–22 Henry Hunt (SA), Travis Dean (Vic) 2022–23 Michael Neser (Qld) 2023–24 Beau Webster (Tas) Records [edit] Individual records [edit] Most matches played [edit] Rank Matches Player Period 1 161 Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 2 159 John Inverarity (WA/SA) 1962–63 to 1984–85 3 147 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 4 146 Jamie Siddons (SA/Vic) 1985 to 2000 5 142 Stuart Law (QLD) 1988 to 2004 Source: [1]. Last updated: 26 March 2018. Players representing three states [edit] Player Career States Matches Graeme Watson 1964–65 to 1976–77 NSW, Vic, WA 60 Gary Cosier 1971–72 to 1980–81 Vic, SA, Qld 46 Trevor Chappell 1972–73 to 1984–85 NSW, SA, WA 63 Rod McCurdy 1980–81 to 1984–85 SA, Tas, Vic 33 Dirk Wellham 1980–81 to 1991–92 NSW, Qld, Tas 99 Colin Miller 1985–86 to 2001–02 Vic, SA, Tas 84 Michael Bevan 1989–90 to 2006–07 SA, NSW, Tas 118 Shane Watson 2000–01 to 2015–16 Tas, Qld, NSW 81 Shane Jurgensen 1999–2000 to 2006–07 WA, Tas, Qld 23 Aiden Blizzard 2007–08 to 2012–13 Vic, SA, Tas 21 Michael Klinger 1998–99 to 2018–19 Vic, SA, WA 122 Gurinder Sandhu 2012–13 to 2021–22 NSW, Tas, Qld 33 Source: A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong, p. 278. Last updated: 30 Nov 2008. Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic). Team records [edit] Team results [edit] Rank Team Entered Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won 1 New South Wales 1892–93 900 378 257 264 1 42 2 Victoria 1892–93 896 347 253 295 1 38.72 3 Western Australia 1947–48 665 237 205 223 0 35.63 4 Queensland 1926–27 786 250 269 266 1 31.8 5 South Australia 1892–93 885 241 406 237 1 27.23 6 Tasmania 1977–78 438 109 172 157 0 24.88 Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 March 2023. Highest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 1107 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1926–27 2 918 New South Wales South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1900–01 3 900/6d Queensland Victoria Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2005–06 4 821/7d South Australia Queensland Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1939–40 5 815 New South Wales Victoria Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1908–09 Source: [3]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Lowest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 27 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1955–56 2 29 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2004–05 3 31 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1906–07 4 32 New South Wales Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2020–21 5 35 Victoria New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1926–27 Source: [4]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Batting records [edit] Highest individual scores [edit] Rank Runs Player Match Venue Season 1 452* Don Bradman (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1929–30 2 437 Bill Ponsford (Vic) Victoria v Queensland Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1927–28 3 365* Clem Hill (SA) South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1900–01 4 359 Bob Simpson (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 1963–64 5 357 Don Bradman (SA) South Australia v Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1935–36 Source: [5]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Most career runs [edit] Rank Runs Player Career 1 13,635 (266 inns.) Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 2 10,821 (295 inns.) Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 3 10,643 (259 inns.) Jamie Siddons (Vic/SA) 1984–85 to 1999–2000 4 10,621 (211 inns.) Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 1989–90 to 2006–07 5 10,474 (254 inns.) Brad Hodge (Vic) 1993–94 to 2009–10 Source: [6]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Most runs in a season [edit] Rank Runs Player Average Season 1 1,506 (17 inns.) Simon Katich (NSW) 94.12 2007–08 2 1,464 (18 inns.) Michael Bevan (Tas) 97.60 2004–05 3 1,381 (20 inns.) Matthew Elliott (Vic) 81.23 2003–04 4 1,358 (20 inns.) Adam Voges (WA) 104.46 2014–15 5 1,254 (18 inns.) Graham Yallop (Vic) 69.66 1982–83 Source: [7]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Highest batting averages [edit] Most centuries [edit] Rank Centuries Player Matches 1 45 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 147 2 42 Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 118 3 36 Don Bradman (NSW/SA) 62 4 33 Chris Rogers (WA/Vic) 120 5 32 Matthew Elliott (Vic/SA) 122 Source: [9]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Bowling records [edit] Most career wickets [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Average 1 513 Clarrie Grimmett (Vic/SA) 79 25.29 2 441 Michael Kasprowicz (Qld) 101 24.56 3 430 Andy Bichel (Qld) 89 23.24 4 419 Jo Angel (WA) 105 24.86 5 384 Terry Alderman (WA) 97 24.21 Source: [10]. Last updated: 22 March 2012. Most wickets in a season [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Season 1 67 Colin Miller (Tas) 11 1997–98 2 65 Shaun Tait (SA) 10 2004–05 3 62 Chadd Sayers (SA) 11 2016–17 4 60 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (Vic) 6 1934–35 5 60 Andy Bichel (Qld) 11 2004–05 6 60 Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas) 11 2006–07 Source: [11]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Best career average [edit] Rank Average Player Balls Wickets 1 17.10 Bill O'Reilly (NSW) 10,740 203 2 17.74 Joel Garner (SA) 2,419 55 3 17.87 Geff Noblet (SA) 11,156 190 4 18.09 Pat Crawford (NSW) 2,517 61 5 19.08 Charles Turner (NSW) 3,920 73 Qualification: 2000 balls bowled. Source: [12]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Hat-tricks [edit] Many bowlers have taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shield. Mitchell Starc is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a Sheffield Shield match. In round two of the 2017–18 competition, Starc became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia.[21] He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to take a two hat-tricks in each innings of a first-class match.[22] In a match from 4–7 November 2017, New South Wales played against Western Australia at Hurstville Oval. In Western Australia's first innings, Starc dismissed Jason Behrendorff, David Moody and Simon Mackin in consecutive deliveries;[23] in the second innings he dismissed Behrendorff, Moody and Jonathan Wells in consecutive deliveries. Wicket-keeping records [edit] Most dismissals [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Matches 1 546 (499 c. 47 st.) Darren Berry (SA/Vic) 139 2 545 (530 c. 15 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 128 3 488 (474 c. 14 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 101 4 350 (322 c. 28 st.) Tim Zoehrer (WA) 107 5 343 (310 c. 33 st.) Rod Marsh (WA) 86 Source: [13]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. Most dismissals in a season [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Season 1 59 (57 c. 2 st.) Alex Carey (SA) 2016–17 2 58 (57 c. 1 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 2000–01 3 58 (56 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2011–12 4 57 (57 c. 0 st.) Matthew Wade (Vic) 2008–09 5 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1995–96 6 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1996–97 7 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Darren Berry (Vic) 1999–2000 8 54 (50 c. 4 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1995–96 9 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2008–09 10 54 (54 c. 0 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1999–2000 Source: [14]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. See also [edit] Cricket portal Intercolonial cricket in Australia One-Day Cup (Australia) Big Bash League Further reading [edit] The History of the Sheffield Shield, Chris Harte A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong A History of Australian Cricket 1993, Chris Harte
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It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.[1] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	National Rugby League (NRL) Wiki	https://firstgrade.fandom.com/wiki/Australia_(cricket_team)	Further information: Cricket in Australia To see another kind, see Australia (disambiguation) No Title [[ \|250px]] Insignia on the baggy green. No Title No information The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.[1] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[2] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[3] winning both games. The team mainly draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series and the Big Bash League. The Australian team has played 730 Test matches, winning 341, losing 192, drawing 195 and tying two.[4] Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage. Australia is currently ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship behind England, South Africa and India, and led the Test rankings for a record time of 74 months from 2003 to 2009. Australia has played 752 ODI matches, winning 464, losing 256, tying eight and with 24 ending in no-result.[5] They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its inception for all but a period of 48 days in 2007. Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup and 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia is the first team to appear in 4 consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983). The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets.[6] Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice – in 2006 and in 2009 – making them the first and the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments. The team has also played 39 Twenty20 Internationals,[7] making the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 before losing it to England. History[] Template:Recentism Main article: History of the Australian cricket team Early history[] Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1876–77 to 1890 The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877, defeating an English team by 45 runs, with Charles Bannerman making the first Test century, a score of 165 retired hurt. Test cricket, which only occurred between Australia and England at the time, was limited by the long distance between the two countries, which would take several months by sea. Despite Australia's much smaller population, the team was very competitive in early games, producing stars such as Jack Blackham, Billy Murdoch, Fred "The Demon" Spofforth, George Bonnor, Percy McDonnell, George Giffen and Charles "The Terror" Turner. Most cricketers at the time were either from New South Wales or Victoria, with the notable exception of George Giffen, the star South Australian all-rounder. A highlight of Australia's early history was the 1882 Test match against England at The Oval. In this match Fred Spofforth took 7/44 in the game's fourth innings to save the match by preventing England from making their 85-run target. After this match The Sporting Times, a major newspaper in London at the time, printed a mock obituary in which the death of English cricket was proclaimed and the announcement made that "the body was cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." This was the start of the famous Ashes series in which Australia and England play a Test match series to decide the holder of the Ashes. To this day, the contest is one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. Golden Age[] Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1890–91 to 1900 Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1900–01 to 1918 The so-called 'Golden Age' of Australian test cricket occurred around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the team under the captaincy of Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill winning eight of ten tours it participated in between the 1897–98 English tour of Australia and the 1910–11 South African tour of Australia. Outstanding batsman such as Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Reggie Duff, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley and Victor Trumper, brilliant all-rounders including Monty Noble, George Giffen, Harry Trott and Warwick Armstrong and excellent bowlers including Ernie Jones, Hugh Trumble, Tibby Cotter, Bill Howell, Jack Saunders and Bill Whitty, all helped Australia to become the dominant cricketing nation for most of this period. Victor Trumper became one of Australia's first sporting heroes, and was widely considered Australia's greatest batsman before Bradman and one of the most popular players. He played a record (at the time) number of tests at 48, and scored 3163 (another record) runs at a high for the time average of 39.04. His early death in 1915 at the age of 37 from kidney disease caused national mourning. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, in its obituary for him, called him Australia's greatest batsman: "Of all the great Australian batsmen Victor Trumper was by general consent the best and most brilliant."[8] The years leading up to the start of World War I were marred by conflict between the players, led by Clem Hill, Victor Trumper and Frank Laver, the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (formed in 1905), led by Peter McAlister, who were attempting to gain more control of tours from the players. This led to six leading players (the so-called "Big Six") walking out on the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England, with Australia fielding what was generally considered a second-rate side. This was the last series before the war, and no more cricket was played by Australia for eight years, with Tibby Cotter being killed in Palestine during the war. Cricket between the wars[] Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1918–19 to 1930 Test cricket resumed in the 1920/21 season in Australia with a touring English team, captained by Johnny Douglas losing all five Tests to Australia, captained by the "Big Ship" Warwick Armstrong. Several players from before the war, including Warwick Armstrong, Charlie Macartney, Charles Kelleway, Warren Bardsley and the wicket-keeper Sammy Carter, were instrumental in the team's success, as well as new players Herbie Collins, Jack Ryder, Bert Oldfield, the spinner Arthur Mailey and the so-called "twin destroyers" Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald. The team continued its success on the 1921 Tour of England, winning three out of the five Tests in Warwick Armstrong's last series. The side was on the whole inconsistent in the latter half of the 1920s, losing its first home Ashes series since the 1911–12 season in 1928–29. The Bradman Era[] Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1930–31 to 1945 The 1930 Tour of England heralded a new age of success for the Australian team. The team, led by Bill Woodfull – the "Great Un-bowlable" – featured legends of the game including Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett and the young pair of Archie Jackson and Don Bradman. Bradman was the outstanding batsman of the series, scoring a record 974 runs, including one century, two double centuries and one triple century, a massive score of 334 at Leeds which including 309 runs in a day. Jackson died of tuberculosis at the age of 24 three years later, after playing eight tests. The team was widely considered unstoppable, winning nine of its next ten Tests. The 1932–33 England tour of Australia is considered one of the most infamous episodes of cricket, due to the England team's use of bodyline, where captain Douglas Jardine instructed his bowlers Bill Voce and Harold Larwood to bowl fast, short-pitched deliveries aimed at the bodies of the Australian batsmen. The tactic, although effective, was widely considered by Australian crowds as vicious and unsporting. Injuries to Bill Woodfull, who was struck over the heart, and Bert Oldfield, who received a fractured skull (although from a non-Bodyline ball), exacerbated the situation, almost causing a full-scale riot from the 50 000 fans at the Adelaide Oval for the Third Test. The conflict almost escalated into a diplomatic incident between the two countries, as leading Australian political figures, including the Governor of South Australia, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, protested to their English counterparts. The series ended in a 4–1 win for England, but the Bodyline tactics used were banned the year after. The Australian team managed to overcome the damaging series, winning their next tour of England in 1934. The team was led by Bill Woodfull on his final tour, and was notably dominated by Ponsford and Bradman, who twice put on partnerships of over 380 runs, with Bradman once again scoring a triple-century at Leeds. The bowling was dominated by the spin pair of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett, who took 53 wickets between them, with O'Reilly twice taking seven wicket hauls. Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time.[9][10] He dominated the sport from 1930 until his retirement in 1948, setting new records for the highest score in a test innings (334 vs England at Headingley in 1930), the most number of runs (6996), the most number of centuries (29), the most number of double centuries and the greatest Test and first-class batting averages. His record for the highest Test batting average – 99.94 – has never been beaten. It is almost 40 runs above the next highest average. He would have finished with an average of over 100 runs per innings if he had not been dismissed for a duck in his last Test. He was knighted in 1949 for services to cricket. He is generally considered one of Australia's greatest sporting heroes. Test cricket was again interrupted by war, with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton making a world record 364 for England, with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7–903. Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. Cricket after World War II[] Main article: History of Australian cricket from 1945–46 to 1960 The team continued its success after the end of the Second World War, with the first Test (also Australia's first against New Zealand) being played in the 1945–46 season against New Zealand. Australia was by far the most successful team of the 1940s, being undefeated throughout the decade, winning two Ashes series against England and its first Test series against India. The team capitalised on its ageing stars Bradman, Sid Barnes, Bill Brown and Lindsay Hassett while new talent, including Ian Johnson, Don Tallon, Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Bill Johnston and the fast bowling pair of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, who all made their debut in the latter half of the 1940s, and were to form the basis of the team for a good part of the next decade. The team that Don Bradman led to England in 1948 gained the moniker The Invincibles, after going through the tour without losing a single game. Of 31 first-class games played during the tour, they won 23 and drew 8, including winning the five match Test series 4–0, with one draw. The tour was particularly notably for the Fourth Test of the series, in which Australia won by seven wickets chasing a target of 404, setting a new record for the highest runchase in Test cricket, with Arthur Morris and Bradman both scoring centuries, as well as for the final Test in the series, Bradman's last, where he finished with a duck in his last innings after needing only four runs to secure a career average of 100. Australia was less successful in the 1950s, losing three consecutive Ashes series to England, including a horrendous 1956 Tour of England, where the 'spin twins' Laker and Lock destroyed Australia, taking 61 wickets between them, including Laker taking 19 wickets in the game (a first-class record) at Leeds, a game dubbed Laker's Match. However, the team rebounded to win five consecutive series in the latter half of the 1950s, first under the leadership of Ian Johnson, then Ian Craig and Richie Benaud. The series against the West Indies in the 1960–61 season was notable for the Tied Test in the first game at The Gabba, which was the first in Test cricket. Australia ended up winning the series 2–1 after a hard fought series that was praised for its excellent standards and sense of fair-play. Stand-out players in that series as well as through the early part of the 1960s were Richie Benaud, who took a then-record number of wickets as a leg-spinner, and who also captained Australia in 28 Tests, including 24 without defeat; Alan Davidson, who became the first player to take 10 wickets and make 100 runs in the same game in the first Test, and was also a notable fast-bowler; Bob Simpson, who also later captained Australia for two different periods of time; Colin McDonald, the first-choice opening batsman for most of the 1950s and early '60s; Norm O'Neill, who made 181 in the Tied Test; Neil Harvey, towards the end of his long career; and Wally Grout, an excellent wicket-keeper who died at the age of 41. 1970s and onward[] The Centenary Test was played in March 1977 at the MCG to celebrate 100 years since the first Test was played. Australia ended winning by 45 runs, an identical result to the first Test match.[11] In May 1977 Kerry Packer announced he was organising a breakaway competition – World Series Cricket (WSC) – after the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to accept Channel Nine's bid to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches in 1976. Packer secretly signed leading international cricketers to his competition, including 28 Australians. Almost all of the Australian Test team at the time were signed to WSC – notable exceptions including Gary Cosier, Geoff Dymock, Kim Hughes and Craig Serjeant – and the Australian selectors were forced to pick what was generally considered a third-rate team from players in the Sheffield Shield. Former player Bob Simpson, who had retired 10 years previously after a conflict with the board, was recalled at the age of 41 to captain Australia against India. Jeff Thomson was named deputy in a team that included seven debutants. Australia managed to win the series 3–2, mainly thanks to the batting of Simpson, who scored 539 runs, including two centuries, and the bowling of Wayne Clark, who took 28 wickets. Australia lost the next series – against the West Indies, who were fielding a full team – 3–1, and also lost the 1978–79 Ashes series 5–1, the team's worst Ashes result in Australia. Graham Yallop was named as captain for the Ashes, with Kim Hughes taking over for the 1979–80 tour of India.Rodney Hogg still managed to take 41 wickets in his debut series, an Australian record. WSC players returned to the team for the 1979–80 season after a settlement between the ACB and Kerry Packer. Greg Chappell was reinstated as captain. The underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when, in a ODI against New Zealand, Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor Chappell to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie, with New Zealand needing a six to win off the last ball. The aftermath of the incident soured political relations between Australia and New Zealand, with several leading political and cricketing figures calling it "unsportsmanlike" and "not in the spirit of cricket". Australia continued its success up until the 1980s, built mainly around the likes of Bob Simpson, the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lillee, and Rod Marsh. The 1980s was a period of relative mediocrity after the turmoil caused by World Series Cricket and the subsequent retirement of several key players, and it was not until the captaincy of Allan Border that the team was restructured. The 1990s and early 21st century were arguably Australia's most successful period, unbeaten in all Ashes series played bar the famous 2005 series and achieving a hat-trick of World Cups. This success has been attributed to the restructuring of the team and system by Border, successive shrewd captains, and the effectiveness of several key players, most notably Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting. In recent years however, following the retirement of most of this group of players, Australia has lost series to both India and England and has dropped to fifth place in the ICC Test Championship rankings. Modern Era[] India[] Australian captain Steve Waugh referred to India as the "Final Frontier", as that was the only place where Australia hadn't won a series in over thirty years. Australia lost in the 2001 series 2–1 and when India came to Australia for Waugh's farewell series in 2003–04, they drew the series 1–1 and came close to winning it after scoring a national record 705 but not enforcing the follow-on. However, later in the year, the side (captained by Adam Gilchrist) won in India for the first time in 35 years. The Australians won this series 2–1 (with one match rained out on the last day). Pakistani Tour 2004–05[] The 2004–05 summer season in Australia was against the touring Pakistani cricket team which Australia won convincingly, several matches ending on the 4th day (of 5). The first Test of 2005 ended with: AUS 568 and 1/62 v PAK 304 and 325; Ponting made 207 in the first innings, laying to rest a minor media issue of him not making a Test 100 in his first season as captain. 2005 Ashes[] The 2005 Ashes tour to England became a watershed event in Australian cricket when, for the first time since 1986–87 a Test series was lost to the old enemy England, and The Ashes were thus surrendered. The summer started with four defeats in one week in one day matches (to England in a Twenty20 match, Somerset in a warm up match, and then Bangladesh and England in successive One Day Internationals). Australia and England tied the final match of the first One Day International series, before Australia won the second series 2–1. The first Test match at Lord's was a convincing victory for Australia, with Glenn McGrath impressing in particular. Captain Ricky Ponting afterwards famously said: We’ve a very good chance of winning 5–0. However at the second Test at Edgbaston star bowler Glenn McGrath was ruled out by an ankle injury after stepping on a ball in the practice nets; Ponting put England in to bat on a fair batting wicket (England scored 407 runs on the first day) and England eventually won a pulsating match by two runs and so levelled the series. England dominated the rain-affected third Test at Old Trafford, but a fine rearguard innings by Ponting just saved Australia on the final day and the match was drawn. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge Australia were again outplayed and forced to follow-on for the first time in 191 Test matches and eighteen years. England struggled in their second innings but eventually got the 129 runs they needed to win, losing seven wickets in the process. Australia needed to win the fifth and final Test at The Oval to level the series and retain the Ashes but were hampered by bad weather, a strong England bowling performance on the fourth day and England's excellent batting (led by Kevin Pietersen and tailender Ashley Giles) on the final day before the match ended in a draw, handing England a 2–1 series win. Ageing stars such as Hayden, Gilchrist, Martyn, Gillespie and Kasprowicz underperformed in the tour with Gillespie being subsequently dropped for new and younger talent. On the other hand Shane Warne, who took 40 wickets and scored 249 runs, gave an all-round good performance. Members of the old guard (Ponting, Langer, Lee and McGrath) also played well. ICC Super Series[] The ICC (International Cricket Council) sanctioned a test and three-match one-day series for 2005. This series was to be played between the top ranking test and One Day International nations (according to rankings as at April 2005) and an internationally selected Rest of the World XI. Australia was the top ranked nation in both forms of the game as at April 2005. Australia had an opportunity to begin the rebuilding process following the Ashes series loss at the Super Test held against a Rest of the World team in Sydney in October. Although the match was of poor quality with the World team underperforming, it was a good opportunity for some of the Australian team to get back on track. Many did, especially Hayden who scored 111 and 87 and Gilchrist who scored 94 in the first innings and made seven dismissals. Stuart MacGill (who had not played in the 2005 Ashes) took nine wickets. Overall, the Australian Cricket Team clean swept the World XI Team 3–0 in the One Day International Series, and also won the six-day Test Match. West Indies[] In November Australia continued to perform well winning a three match Test series with the West Indies comfortably. Stars were Hayden (who was clearly intent on proving that rumours of his cricketing death were premature – he scored 445 runs at an average of 89) and Hussey who had an auspicious debut season. Gilchrist, however, was out of touch with the bat as he had been in England throughout the month. South Africa Tour[] Main article: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06 See also: Australia in South Africa, 5th ODI, 2006 In the 2006 cricket tour to South Africa, Australia lost the one-day series 3–2 after a record-breaking final ODI. Setting South Africa a world record target of 434 off 50 overs (the previous record being 398/5 scored by Sri Lanka vs Kenya 10 years previously), South Africa managed to beat Australia by 1 wicket with a new record score of 438. Earlier, Ricky Ponting top-scored with 164 off 105 balls. South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, likewise batting at number 3, went on to score 175 off 111 balls thereby playing an instrumental role in the run chase. Many other records were broken in the same match. A total of 872 runs were scored (The previous record was 693 when India beat Pakistan by five runs in Karachi in March 2004). Mick Lewis had the ignominy of becoming the most expensive bowler in ODI history with figures of 0/113 in his 10 overs. In the test series that followed however, Australia won convincingly with Brett Lee and Stuart Clark (Man of the Series) playing particularly well. Bangladesh Tour[] Following the South African series, Australia toured Bangladesh for a two-test series. Despite expectations of a one-sided contest, the first test proved a very close affair with Bangladesh (historically the weakest test-playing nation) scoring more than 400 first-innings runs and bowling Australia out for 269 in the first innings on a very good batting wicket and ultimately setting Australia a challenging 307 for victory. Ponting's men were able to win this match by three wickets. However, in the second match Australia dominated throughout, winning by an innings and 80 runs. In Australia's only innings, Jason Gillespie became the first nightwatchman to score a double century with 201 not out. 2006–07 Ashes[] Main article: 2006–07 Ashes series After winning the ICC Champions Trophy convincingly, Australia went home for their summer to play England in a five-test series. The first test took place in Brisbane at the Gabba. The second test took place in Adelaide from 1 December. The third match of the series was held at the WACA Ground in the West Australian city of Perth. Following the Third test victory, Australia reclaimed the Ashes, already having achieved a winning margin of 3–0 in the best of five series. England lamented the shortest period of Ashes retention in the history of the tournament, dating back to 1882. In the days following the historic win in Perth, spin bowler Shane Warne announced that he would retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the fifth and final Sydney test in January 2007. This also prompted Justin Langer, Australian opening batsmen at the time, to announce his retirement from Test cricket after the 5th test as well. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath later announced he too would retire from international cricket after the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The fourth match of the series was played at the MCG. Australia took victory in just three days, only needing one innings of batting to outscore England. The fifth match in Sydney ended with Australia capturing a 10 wicket victory. The Australians completed a 5–0 whitewash of the Ashes series, the first time either side had achieved such a feat since the 1920–21 series. 2006–07 ODI season[] Following the Ashes victory over England, Australia began the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tri-series against England and New Zealand with a series of largely comfortable victories, leading to their coach John Buchanan complaining that the lack of opposition was undermining Australia's World Cup bid.[12] However, injuries to key players contributed to Australia losing two matches in the qualification games and the final 2–0 to an also injury hit England. With Ponting rested for the series against New Zealand, Australia under Michael Hussey lost the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy 3–0, their first One Day series loss in New Zealand for 33 years. The loss also cost them the overall number one ranking for the first time since the rankings began.[13] 2007 World Cup[] Australia dominated the 2007 Cricket World Cup, remaining unbeaten through the tournament. They dominated with the bat and ball. Remarkably they lost just 42 wickets in 11 matches, while claiming 104 out of 110 of their opponents. The best batsman for the tournament was Matthew Hayden, getting three centuries and 659 runs at an average of 73. Australia's keeper Adam Gilchrist starred in the World cup Final, scoring 149 in a convincing and controversial Australian win. Bowler Glenn McGrath was named Man of the Series for his magnificent contribution with the ball.[14] Recent Seasons[] Main article: Australian cricket team in 2007–08 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2008 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2008–09 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2009–10 HOME AWAY Test One Day International Twenty20 Test One Day International Twenty20 Last match won 1st Test v India 2011 7th ODI v England 2011 2nd T20 v England 2011 2nd Test v South Africa 2011 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 ICC World T20 v West Indies 2010 Last match lost 2nd Test v New Zealand 2011 4th ODI v England 2011 1st T20 v England 2011 2nd Test v India 2010 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 2nd T20 v Sri Lanka 2011 Last series won Pakistan 2009–10 England 2010–11 West Indies 2009–10 Sri Lanka 2011 Bangladesh 2011 New Zealand 2004–05 Last series lost England 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2010 Only T20 Sri Lanka 2010 India 2010–11 India 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2011 – Source:Cricinfo.com. Last Updated 7 January 2011 Source:Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 7 November 2010. Source:Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 31 October 2010. Source: Cricinfo.com. Last Updated 9 October 2010 Source:Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 24 October 2010. <large>Source:Cricinfo.com. Last updated: 11 May 2010. Upcoming fixtures[] Australia is currently hosting India in December 2011–12 and January 2012 with two Twenty20 Matches, four Test Matches for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy and a One Day International Tri-Series with Sri Lanka Australia will host India & Sri Lanka for a One Day International Tri-Series in February - March 2012 Team colours[] For Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The sponsor's (currently Vodafone for Home Test Matches and Victoria Bitter for Away Test Matches) logo is displayed on the right side of the chest while the Cricket Australia coat-of-arms is displayed on the left. If the sweater is being worn the coat-of-arms is displayed under the V-neck and the sponsor's logo is again displayed on the right side of the chest.[15] The baggy green, the Australian cricket cap, is considered an essential part of the cricketing uniform and as a symbol of the national team, with new players being presented with one upon their selection in the team. The helmet also prominently displays the Australian cricketing coat-of-arms. ASICS currently manufactures the whites and limited over uniforms, with the ASICS logo being displayed on the shirt and pants. Players may choose any manufacturer for their other gear (bat, pads, shoes, gloves, etc.). In One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International cricket, the team wears uniforms usually coloured green and gold, Australia's national colours. There have been a variety of different styles and layouts used in both forms of the limited-overs game, with coloured clothing (sometimes known as "pyjamas") being introduced for World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. The sponsors' logos (the Commonwealth Bank for Home ODIs, KFC for Home Twenty20s and Victoria Bitter for Away ODIs and Away Twenty20) are prominently displayed on the shirts and other gears. The Current Home ODI Kit consist the primary color green and yellow the secondary. The Away Kit is the opposite of the Home Kit with yellow the primary color and green the secondary. The Home Twenty20s uniform consist of black with the natural colors of Australian green and yellow strips.[16] Personnel[] This is a list of every player to have played for Australia in the last year, and the forms of the game in which they have played. Each year, Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) names a list of 25 players for the coming year, from which selectors choose Test, One-Day and Twenty20 International teams. Salaries are based on a player ranking system decided by the NSP as well as match fees, tour fees and prize money for on-field success. The base retainer for the lowest ranked player is A$200,000 in 2011–12.[17] Uncontracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket Australia contract if they gain regular selection. The 2011–12 list was announced on 7 June 2011. Key S/N Shirt number 1 Player does not hold a Cricket Australia contract. Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style State Forms S/N[18] Test and ODI Captain; Higher Middle-Order Batsman Michael Clarke 43 Right-Handed Bat Slow Left Arm Orthodox Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI 23 Twenty20 Captain; Lower Middle-Order Batsman Cameron White 40 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Template:Country data Victoria Victoria ODI, Twenty20 7 Test, ODI and T20 Vice-Captain; Opening All Rounder Shane Watson 43 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 33 Opening Batsmen Phillip Hughes 35 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off Break Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test 2 David Warner1 37 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 31 Ed Cowan1 42 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania Test Higher Middle-Order Batsmen Usman Khawaja 37 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test 89 Shaun Marsh 41 Left-Handed Bat Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Template:Country data Western Australia Western Australia Test, ODI,Twenty20 9 Ricky Ponting 49 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania Test, ODI[19] 14 Lower Middle-Order Batsmen Callum Ferguson 39 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Template:Country data South Australia South Australia ODI,Twenty20 12 David Hussey 47 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Template:Country data Victoria Victoria ODI, Twenty20 29 Michael Hussey 49 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Template:Country data Western Australia Western Australia Test, ODI 48 Wicket-Keeper-Batsmen Brad Haddin 46 Right-Handed Bat Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI 57 Tim Paine 39 Right-Handed Bat Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania Test, ODI, Twenty20 36 All-Rounders Steve Smith 35 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 49 Mitchell Johnson 42 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast Template:Country data Western Australia Western Australia Test, ODI, Twenty20 25 John Hastings 38 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data Victoria Victoria ODI, Twenty20 41 Steve O'Keefe1 39 Right-Handed Bat Slow left-arm orthodox Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Twenty20 72 Pace Bowlers Doug Bollinger 43 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI 4 Patrick Cummins 31 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 30 Ryan Harris 44 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data Queensland Queensland Test, ODI, Twenty20 45 Ben Hilfenhaus 41 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania Test 20 Brett Lee 47 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales ODI, Twenty20 58 James Pattinson 34 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data Victoria Victoria Test, ODI, Twnety20 19 Peter Siddle 39 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data Victoria Victoria Test, ODI, Twenty20 10 Mitchell Starc1 34 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 56 Trent Copeland1 38 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test Shaun Tait 41 Right-handed bat Right-arm Fast Template:Country data South Australia South Australia Twenty20 32 Spin Bowlers Xavier Doherty 41 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Orthodox Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania ODI 3 Nathan Hauritz 42 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Template:Country data New South Wales New South Wales Test, ODI 43 Jason Krejza 41 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Template:Country data Tasmania Tasmania Test, ODI 18 Nathan Lyon1 36 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Template:Country data South Australia South Australia Test Coaching staff[] Head Coach: Mickey Arthur Assistant Coach & Batting Coach: Justin Langer Assistant Coach & Bowling coach: Craig McDermott Assistant Coach & Fielding Coach: Steve Rixon Team Manager: Gavin Dovey Strength and Conditioning Coach: Stuart Karppinen Team Physiotherapist: Alex Kountouris Performance Analyst: Michael Marshall Test match records[] See also: List of Australia Test cricket records Team[] Australia have been involved in the only two Tied Tests played. The First occurred against the West Indies at Brisbane in December 1960.[20] The Second occurred against India at Madras in September 1986.[21] Australia are also the only team to have lost a Test after enforcing the follow-on, having been the losing side in all three such matches:[22] The first Test in the 1894–95 Ashes. The third Test of the 1981 Ashes. The second Test in the 2000–01 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. Australia are the most successful Test team in cricketing history. They have won more than 330 Test matches at a rate of 47%. The next best performance is by South Africa at 35%.[23] Australia's lowest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Birmingham against England in May 1902. Australia were bowled all out for 36.[24] Australia's largest victory in a Test match came on 24 February 2002. Australia defeated South Africa by an innings and 360 runs in Johannesburg.[25] Australia holds the record for most consecutive wins with 16. This has been achieved twice; from October 1999 to February 2001, and from December 2005 to January 2008.[26] Australia shares the record for most consecutive series victories winning 9 series from October 2005 to June 2008. This record is shared with England.[27] Australia's highest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Kingston, Jamaica against the West Indies in June 1955. Australia posted 758/8 in their first innings with five players scoring a century.[28] Australia have won the ICC Test Championship 6 times since it started – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. Appearances[] Steve Waugh has appeared in the most Tests for Australia, playing in 168 tests. Ricky Ponting is next with 159 matches.[29] Batting[] See also: List of Australian Test batsmen who have scored over 5000 Test runs Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in Test cricket, scored the first runs in Test cricket and scored the first test century and half-century. Charles Bannerman also scored 67.34% of the Australian first innings total in match 1. This record remains to this day as the highest percentage of an innings total that has been scored by a single batsman.[30] Ricky Ponting has scored the most runs for Australia in Test match cricket with 12,363 runs. Allan Border in second with 11,174 runs in 265 innings while Steve Waugh has 10,927 in 260 innings.[31] Ricky Ponting is the first ever Australian batsman in history to pass 12,000 Test runs. Matthew Hayden holds the record for the most runs in a single innings by an Australian with 380 in the first test against Zimbabwe at Perth in October 2003. Donald Bradman holds the record for the highest average by an Australian (or any other) cricketer with a remarkable average of 99.94. Bradman played 52 tests and struck 29 centuries and 13 fifties in them.[32] Ricky Ponting holds the record for the most centuries by an Australian cricketer with 39. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh is in second position with 32 centuries from 260 innings.[33] Allan Border holds the record for the most fifties by an Australian cricketer with 63 in 265 innings.[33] Glenn McGrath holds the record for the most ducks by an Australian cricketer with 35 in 138 innings.[34] Bowling[] See also: List of Australian Test bowlers who have taken over 200 Test wickets Billy Midwinter picked up the first five-wicket haul in a test innings in match 1.[35] Fred Spofforth performed Test cricket's first hat-trick by dismissing Vernon Royle, Francis McKinnon and Tom Emmett in successive balls.[36] Fred Spofforth also took the first 10-wicket match haul in Test cricket.[36] Shane Warne holds the record for the most wickets by an Australian cricketer with 708 wickets in 145 Test matches.[37] Arthur Mailey holds the record for the best bowling figures in an innings by an Australian cricketer with 9/121 against England in February 1921.[38] Bob Massie holds the record for the best bowling figures in a match by an Australian cricketer with 16/137 against England in June 1972. That was also his first match for Australia.[39] JJ Ferris holds the record for the best bowling average by an Australian bowler, taking 61 wickets at 12.70 in his career.[39][40] Clarrie Grimmett holds the record for the most wickets in a test series with 44 against South Africa in 1935–36.[41] Fielding and wicketkeeping[] Jack Blackham performed the first stumping in Test cricket in match 1.[35] Mark Waugh holds the record for the most catches in a career by an Australian fielder with 181 in 128 matches.[42] Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the most dismissals in a career by an Australian wicketkeeper with 416 in 96 matches One Day International records[] List of Australia One Day International cricket records Team[] Australia's highest total in a One Day International innings is 434/4 scored off 50 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12 March 2006. This was a world record before the South Africans surpassed this score in the second innings.[43] Australia's lowest total in a One Day International innings is 70. This score has occurred twice. Once against New Zealand in 1986, and once against England in 1977.[44] Australia's largest victory in a One Day International is 256 runs. This occurred against Namibia at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.[45] Australia have won the ICC ODI Championship 8 times since it started – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010. Australia are the only team in the history of the World Cup to win 3 consecutive tournaments dated back in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Australia were also are undefeated in the World Cup for a record 34 matches in the Tournament, the last time Australia were defeated in a World Cup match was back in 1999 against Pakistan, this streak was broken again by Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Appearances[] Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International appearances for Australia played 362. Steve Waugh is next with 325 matches for Australia. Batting[] See also: List of Australian ODI batsmen who have scored over 2500 ODI runs Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Runs by an Australian Batman 13,291 runs. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Centuries by an Australian Batman 30 Centuries. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International fifties by an Australian Batman 79 One Day International fifties. Ricky Ponting is the first Australian Batman his history to pass 10,000 One Day International Runs. Shane Watson has the highest individual score in an innings by an Australian Batsman 185*. Shane Watson has hit the most sixes in a single innings by an Australian and the World Record 15 sixes. Bowling[] See also: List of Australian ODI bowlers who have taken over 100 ODI wickets Glenn McGrath has the most One Day International Wickets by an Australian Bowler 380 Wickets. Glenn McGrath has the best bowling figures by an Australian Bowler 7/15. Brett Lee has the most 5-Wicket Hauls by an Australian Bowlers 9 times he has taken 5 wickets or more. Fielding and Wicket-Keeping[] Adam Gilchrist has most dismissals by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 470. Adam Gilchrist has the most catches taken by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 416 catches. Adam Gilchrist has the most stumping made by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 54 Stumping. Ricky Ponting has the most catches by a fielder 154 catches. Tournament history[]
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Find out more here.	en	https://s.yimg.com/cv/ap…on_y24_48x48.svg	Yahoo Sports	https://au.sports.yahoo.com/daniel-hughes-makes-aussie-cricket-history-in-freak-13-year-first-012833590.html	Birthday boy Daniel Hughes keeps knocking at the door for national selection after he hit another century as NSW demolished Tasmania's Cup final hopes with a 102-run win at North Sydney Oval. Hughes, who turned 34 on Thursday, plundered a brilliant 126 off 130 balls to help NSW to a score of 291 all out after winning the toss. Tasmania were seeking a win to grab second spot on the ladder couldn't muster a challenge as they were dismissed for 189 off 40 overs. NSW were imperious and Hughes once again led the charge. HUGE: Pat Cummins makes call on Warner for second Test against India 'TOUGH DECISION': Allan Border's brutal call on Todd Murphy 'RIDICULOUS': Darren Lehmann lashes Aussies over shock move Incredibly, Hughes joins an elite group of players with his latest century. The 34-year-old surpassed Usman Khawaja to be the fastest player to score 2,000 runs at domestic level in 37 innings. He also moves past players such as Matthew Hayden and Steve Waugh on that illustrious list. His four centuries in the Marsh Cup season equals the record set by Phil Jaques in 2002/03 and Brad Hodge in 2009/10. Hughes also holds the second highest average (60.74) in Australian one-day domestic cricket, which sits only behind Michael Bevan (61.18). The batter also leads the run-tally this season with 526 from six innings. He is also seeking 158 runs to pass Jaques' 17-year record to become the man with the most runs in a single season. New South Wales rose to fourth with the bonus point win. Hughes has been in prominent form in the Sheffield Shield as well after he scored 178 and 63 not out between the two teams at the SCG earlier in the week. And he followed up his long-format form with an explosive innings as he struck 15 fours and three sixes. He was the mainstay of the NSW innings with no other player scoring more than 36 as NSW were dismissed in the final over. The cricket world has rightfully gone wild for Hughes, which has seen him receive plenty of attention for a national call-up in the near future. National selector George Bailey was in attendance at North Sydney Oval for the outstanding innings. Daniel Hughes moves clear as Marsh Cup scorer Hughes sits clear at the top of the list for NSW having scored his 10th domestic-one day century. David Warner, Steve Waugh, Nic Maddison, Phil Jacques and Brad Haddin sit on five each. Hughes also boosted his competition-leading season run tally to 526 from six innings - an average of 87 - with four centuries. He was part of partnerships of 66 with Oliver Davies (36 off 41), 75 with Daniel Sams (33 off 45) and 65 with Ben Dwarshuis (34 off 25). The last two stands helped NSW recover from 5-140 and 7-216. It was also a fruitful day for the competition's leading wicket-taker, with Tom Rogers (4-62 off 10 overs) moving eight clear of his closest rivals and swelling his season swag to 19. Fellow Tasmania pacemen Nathan Ellis (4-59 off 10) and Jackson Bird (1-43 off 10) also bowled well. Tasmania suffered a big blow off the second ball of their chase with Australia white ball representative Ben McDermott caught behind down the legside for a duck off Sean Abbott (2-39 off 8). Hughes is yet to play for Australia in any format. He was selected in the Australia A squad for the South African tour in 2017, but the matches were cancelled due to a pay dispute. with AAP
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By doing this, Starc became the first person since 1978/79 to take two hat tricks in the same first-class match. He is also the first person to do this in an Australian first-class match. He is also the third Australian to do this, after Albert Trott for Middlesex in 1907 and Jimmy Matthews in a Test Match in England in 1912. The players who have achieved this feat are: Alfred Shaw for Nottinghamshire against Gloucestershire at Nottingham in 1884. Albert Trott for Middlesex against Somerset at Lord’s in 1907. Trott took four wickets in four balls in this match. Jimmy Matthews for Australia against South Africa at Manchester in 1912. Charlie Parker for Gloucestershire against Middlesex at Bristol in 1924. Roly Jenkins for Worcestershire against Surrey at Worcester in 1949. JS Rao for Services against Northern Punjab at Amritsar in 1963/64. Rao took two separate hat tricks in this match. Amin Lakhani for Combined XI against Indians at Multan in 1978/79. Mitchell Starc for New South Wales against Western Australia at Hurstville in 2017/18. Former ACT and Weston Creek Molonglo Cricket Club all rounder Tom Rogers will make his first-class debut for Tasmania in the second round of the Sheffield Shield season starting tomorrow. Rogers comes in for Andrew Fekete who has withdrawn from the squad for the match with a foot injury and Rogers has been diverted from making his Futures League debut for Tasmania to making his first-class debut against Queensland at Bellerive Oval. Tom Rogers will become the 31st player to make his first-class debut after playing for the ACT. The initial first-class player from the ACT to play first-class cricket was Fred Johnston who played for New South Wales while a teacher in Canberra. The last player to play first-class cricket from the ACT was Aaron Ayre who made his debut for Victoria in 2015/16. In addition to the 31 players to play first-class cricket, Greg Rowell (New South Wales, Tasmania & Queensland), Jason Floros (Queenland), Daniel King (Oxford University) & Ashley Ross (South Australia) have played first-class cricket but only represented the ACT at Youth Representative level. He will also be the fifth player from the Weston Creek Molonglo club to play first-class cricket. The others being Michael Bevan, Huntley Armstrong, Jack Smith, and John Rogers who is Tom’s brother. They will also become the first set of brothers to play first-class cricket after playing for the ACT. The list of first-class cricketers from the ACT are below: Player ACT Debut First-Class Debut First-Class Teams FB Johnston 1945/46 1946/47 New South Wales JW O’Reilly 1952/53 1953/54 New South Wales ML Clews 1969/70 1976/77 New South Wales RP Done 1973/74 1978/79 New South Wales WS Andrews 1974/75 1982/83 Western Australia JK Pyke 1983/84 1985/86 South Australia PD Bowler 1981/82 1986/87 Tasmania, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Somerset MG Bevan 1987/88 1989/90 South Australia, New South Wales, Australia, Yorkshire, Sussex, Leicestershire, Kent, Tasmania PS Gerrans 1978/79 1990 Oxford University, Combined Universities GH Armstrong 1987/88 1990/91 South Australia MT Haywood 1987/88 1991/92 New South Wales JJ Haynes 1993/94 1996 Lancashire MA Higgs 1993/94 1998/99 New South Wales, South Australia BJ Haddin 1995/96 1999/00 New South Wales, Australia MA Tournier 1990/91 2000 Combined Universities SJ Karppinen 1993/94 2000/01 Western Australia GT Cunningham 1998/99 2002/03 Tasmania JA Voros 1995/96 2004 Sussex JK Smith 2000/01 2004/05 South Australia DG Dawson 2000/01 2004/05 Tasmania, New South Wales DA McNees 2003/04 2004/05 Tasmania DC Pascoe 2000/01 2009 Oxford University JW Rogers 2005/06 2009/10 Tasmania, Western Australia WD Sheridan 2005/06 2009/10 Victoria RGL Carters 2008/09 2010/11 Victoria, New South Wales NM Lyon 2008/09 2010/11 South Australia, Australia, New South Wales JP Behrendorff 2008/09 2011/12 Western Australia TC Thornton 2007/08 2011/12 South Australia SP Miller 2009/10 2012/13 South Australia A Ayre 2010/11 2015/16 Victoria TS Rogers 2013/14 2017/18 Tasmania
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For the animal, see Thylacine. For the women's cricket team of the same name, see Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket). Tasmanian TigersPersonnelCaptain Matthew Wade[1]Coach Jeff VaughanTeam informationColours Green Gold RedFounded1851; 173 years ago ( )Home groundBlundstone ArenaCapacity19,500HistoryFirst-class debutVictoria in 1851 at LauncestonSheffield Shield wins3 (2007, 2011, 2013)Matador BBQs One-Day Cup wins4 (1979, 2005, 2008, 2010)KFC Twenty20 Big Bash wins0Official websiteTasmanian Tigers First-class One-day The Tasmania men's cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. Tasmania played in the first first-class cricket match in Australia against Victoria in 1851, which they won by three wickets. Despite winning their first match, and producing many fine cricketers in the late 19th century, Tasmania was overlooked when the participants in Australian first-class tournament known as the Sheffield Shield were chosen in 1892. For nearly eighty years the Tasmanian side played an average of only two or three first-class matches per year, usually against one of the mainland Australian teams, or warm-up matches against a touring international test team. Tasmania were finally admitted to regular competitions when they became a founding member of the Gillette Cup domestic one day cricket tournament upon its inception in 1969. They have performed well in it, winning it four times, and having been runners-up twice. It took a further eight seasons before Tasmania were admitted into the Sheffield Shield in 1977–78, and it was initially on a reduced fixtures list, but by the 1979–80 season, they had become full participants, and slowly progressed towards competitiveness within the tournament, first winning in the 2006–07 season—after almost 30 years in the competition. In the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash the Tigers have yet to win, but were runners-up in 2006–07. Tasmania play their limited overs cricket in a predominantly green uniform, with red and gold as their secondary colours, and have a Tasmanian tiger as their team logo. They play home matches at Bellerive Oval, Clarence on Hobart's Eastern Shore, though matches are occasionally played at venues in Devonport and Launceston. History [edit] Introduction of cricket to Tasmania [edit] Cricket almost certainly has been played in Tasmania since the time of European settlement in 1803. It was a popular pastime among marines, who were responsible for security in the fledgling colony. The first recorded match is known to have taken place in 1806, although it is most likely that unrecorded matches were already being played at this time. According to the colony's chaplain, and famed diarist, Robert Knopwood by 1814 the game had become very popular, especially around the festive season at Christmas.[2] By the 1820s there had still not been any official club organisation, but matches were being played on a regular basis. Cricket is recorded as having been played in the settlements at Richmond, Clarence Plains, Kempton, Sorell, in the Macquarie Valley west of Campbell Town, Westbury, Evandale, Longford and Hadspen.[3] Many of these matches seem to have been organised between hotel licensees, in order to create profits through the sale of food and beverages, and through betting on the outcome. One such match that was arranged in March 1826 by Joseph Bowden, the hotelier of the Lamb Inn on Brisbane Street was played for a winner's purse of 50 guineas between "Eleven Gentlemen from the Counties of Sussex and Kent against the choice of the whole Island of Van Diemen’s Land".[4] There is no evidence to suggest an "official cricket season" during the first two decades of the colony, and many of these games initially seem to have been played around June and July, to coincide with the traditional English cricket season, rather than the Tasmanian summer. Accounts of such matches suggest games were often played in atrocious conditions due to winter rains and cold conditions. But by the 1830s, logic had prevailed and cricket seems to have reverted to the southern summer months. Club cricket had also become well-established by the 1830s. One of the earliest men responsible for organising cricket within the colony was John Marshall, who was established the Hobart Town Club soon after his arrival from England. Soon after in 1835 the Derwent Cricket Club was formed making it the oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and in 1841, the Launceston Cricket Club was formed, making it the second oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and third oldest in Australia. Cricket had soon also spread into many regional settlements throughout the Colony of Tasmania, making it one of the most popular pastimes there. Some matches were played as part of district festivals, with large banquets following play.[4] Beginnings of first-class cricket in Australia [edit] By the late 1840s organised cricket was doing well in both Hobart and Launceston, and was spreading throughout the colony. In 1850 the first "North" versus "South" match was held in Oatlands, midway between Hobart and Launceston, and won by the South. The success of the match prompted promoters to organise an inter-colonial match, and the inaugural first-class cricket match played in Tasmania, which was also the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, was played in 1851 between Victoria and Tasmania in Launceston at the Launceston Racecourse. The game was billed as "The Gentlemen of Port Phillip versus the Gentlemen of Van Diemen's Land". The game featured four-ball overs and no boundaries, attracted a crowd of about 2500 spectators, and it was a timeless match, but only lasted for two days. Tasmania emerged victorious by three wickets.[3][5] Geographic and social isolation [edit] Despite winning the first ever first-class match in the Australian colonies, Tasmania felt its geographic isolation in the form of a lack of competition. Few touring sides wished to undertake the long sea journey to the island in the late 19th century. The game also developed more slowly, with Tasmanian clubs maintaining a belief in amateurism at a time when mainland clubs were turning to professionals to further their development. Also a lack of innovation stymied progress. The Victorian side that visited in 1858 had adopted the new round arm form of bowling, and it demolished the Tasmanian batting order unused to the technique. The population decline of the 1850s as Tasmanians moved to the Victorian goldfields also had a negative effect on the quality of players Tasmania could select.[3] Despite the problems facing Tasmanian cricket, local teams did occasionally play against competitive sides. The English tourists of 1861–62, played against Tasmania, winning by four wickets. Tasmania played against Victoria three times in the early 1870s, but lost all three matches, convincing the Victorians that Tasmania was not suitably competitive. Tasmania did not play another first-class match until 1877, when it travelled to Adelaide to take on South Australia. The 1880s provided better progress for the colony. In 1880 the TCA Ground had been established, providing a permanent ground to play on in the colony's capital, Hobart. The establishment of an organised regular local competition led to improvement in the quality of players. John Davies, owner of local newspaper The Mercury, was a keen cricket fan, and through personal connections, he arranged various touring English sides to visit the colony, and victory for Tasmania against the English tourists in 1887–88 led to Victoria resuming competition with Tasmania.[3] In the 1890s, the colony was playing representative cricket against Victoria almost every year, and occasionally against New South Wales as well. The colony could also boast genuinely first-class quality players, such as Kenneth Burn,[6] Charles Eady,[7] and Edward Windsor,[8] the first two of whom played test cricket for Australia.[3] However, the retirement of Eady and Burn by 1910, and in-fighting between Hobart and Launceston again threatened first-class cricket in Tasmania. The outbreak of World War I also saw a large loss of playing talent, killed on the battlefields. Cricket was suspended during the war, and did not resume until 1923, albeit with severe financial problems.[3] Sheffield Shield wilderness [edit] Following World War I, Tasmanian representative sides usually had to content themselves with matches against touring international sides during brief stopovers, while they travelled by ship to mainland capitals. Occasionally Tasmania would play the odd game against mainland state sides, but it was usually only one first-class match per season. The inter-war years proved a period of consolidation for Tasmania, as the state struggled to recover from the devastation of the war. Club cricket was hampered by rivalry between the south, north and north-west. Several exceptional cricketers emerged in this period, such as Laurie Nash, Jack Badcock, though a lack of opportunity led many to pursue cricket careers on the mainland. The quality of cricket in Tasmania varied from time to time, but after World War II the standard was high. Cricket resumed much faster than it had done after World War I, and excellent players such as Ronald Morrisby, Emerson Rodwell, and Bernard Considine emerged. This prompted moves to be made by the Tasmanian Cricket Association for further matches and recognition. Despite the skills of Rodwell and Terence Cowley, Tasmania struggled to beat Victoria in the 1950s. As a result, the Victorian Cricket Association decided to end the regular matches against Tasmania, and the English tourists also decided to downgrade matches against the state to second-class status. As a result, the Tasmanian Cricket Association made a first attempt to join the Sheffield Shield in 1964, but was rejected. The Australian Cricket Board of Control outlined areas in which the state's administration would need to be improved before Tasmania could participate in the Shield. Despite this, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia supported Tasmania by sending full-strength sides to take on the state as warm-ups to their Shield campaigns over the following few years. When the domestic one day competition was established in 1969, Tasmania was granted full playing status. The arrival of Lancashire all rounder Jack Simmons in the 1972–73 season proved a turning point in the fortunes of the team. His inspirational captaincy lifted the competitiveness of Tasmania. In the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania were losing semi-finalists in the Gillette Cup. The Tasmanian team was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield by the Australian Cricket Board in 1977 on a two-year trial basis, although it played a reduced roster in comparison to the other states. Tasmania's points on the ladder were calculated at x5 and /9 due to the fact they only played each other state once (instead of twice) during the season. A famous victory by 84 runs at the TCA Ground against the Indian tourists in 1977[9] helped the TCA to convince mainland cricket authorities that Tasmanian cricket was nationally competitive. National competitiveness [edit] Simmons had proved an inspirational captain for Tasmania, and although the side only won one of the twelve first-class matches under his leadership, that had more to do with the quality of the homegrown players at the time. His List A cricket record was more successful, leading Tasmania to six victories in eleven matches. He also assisted the TCA in modernising the administration of cricket in the state. After making the Gillette Cup semi-finals in the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania qualified for the final for the first time in the 1977–78 season, but lost to Western Australia at the WACA Ground by seven wickets. A surprise victory came the following year in the 1978–79 Gillette Cup domestic one-day competition, in a repeat of the previous year's final. The game was played at the TCA Ground in Hobart, and the home ground advantage proved decisive, with Tasmania beating Western Australia by 47 runs. Within a fortnight Tasmania had won their first Sheffield Shield match, again beating Western Australia, this time by four wickets in Devonport. The victory showed the mainland states Tasmania was capable of competing among the nation's best.[10] The presence of Simmons, and the 1978–79 Gillette Cup victory, had brought attention to Tasmanian cricket, and soon other international professionals joined the state for brief stints to both help out Tasmania's development, and gain further experience in Australian conditions. Michael Holding, Winston Davis, Patrick Patterson, Richard Hadlee and Dennis Lillee were among the more notable players to represent Tasmania in the late 1970s and early '80s. After finally being admitted to the Sheffield Shield permanently, the Tasmanian side initially struggled for success and consistency, and were the competition's whipping-boys throughout the 1980s and early 90s. The rise of a local hero in the form of David Boon, who by 1984 had achieved international fame, showed the country, and the world, that Tasmanian cricket was here to stay. Wicket-keeper Roger Woolley also briefly rose to prominence, representing Australia in two tests, and four One Day Internationals in 1983–84.[11] The pair had become the first Tasmanians to represent Australia at test level since Charles Eady in 1910. Despite their skills, the Tasmanian side struggled to win throughout this period. Regardless of the lack of competitive success, one exceptionally bright point came with the unearthing of a rare talent in Ricky Ponting, who would go on to become one of the world's best batsmen.[12][13] Tasmanian Tigers era [edit] A reshuffle in the administration and organisation of the TCA in 1991 did not have an immediate effect, but the mid-1990s brought a more professional approach, and the state's side re-branded as the Tasmanian Tigers, and with a new headquarters in the renovated Bellerive Oval, the state finally started to achieve more regular success. The side surged to the final for the first time in 1993–94, only to lose to New South Wales, but showed they were capable of successes at first class level. The 1997–98 season saw the Tigers qualify for the final off the back off a remarkable six straight victories, and they were desperately unlucky not to win the competition after such dominance. In the late 1990s Tasmania continued to produce top level cricketers. Players such as Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, Shaun Young and Michael Di Venuto became stars of the state side, and can all be considered unlucky not to have found a place in the Australian side. Recent success [edit] The Tigers continue to remain competitive in all forms of the Australian domestic game, and in 2006–07 were successful in claiming their first-ever Sheffield Shield title. Five years later, they won the Shield a second time in 2010–11, and again in 2012–13. The Tigers have also qualified for the final on four other occasions in 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2011–12, but had to settle for second place. The Tigers have fared better in the Ford Ranger Cup, winning it four times in 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, and in 2009–10. They have also been runners-up twice in 1977–78, and 1986–87. The Tigers were also unlucky to finish as runners-up in the second season of the Australian domestic Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition in 2006–07. Tasmania's recent successes at domestic level have been reflected in selection for the Australian national cricket team. Spinner Jason Krejza played two tests on the back of solid performances for the state, but failed to impress at international level. Brett Geeves was selected in the One Day International squad for 2008, and has since gone on to also play in the Indian Premier League. Fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was included in the national squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and a tour of India, before making his test cricket debut in South Africa in 2009. During the 2009 Ashes series, wicket-keeper Tim Paine was called into the squad as a late replacement for injured reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou.[14] Cricket Australia encouraged the state sides to recruit a foreign star for the 2009/10 season, in order to boost the appeal of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash internationally. Tasmania pulled off one of the biggest coups in this recruitment programme, when they signed Sri Lankan star Lasith Malinga.[15] Disappointingly for the Tigers, Malinga was forced to withdraw due to a change in international commitments for the Sri Lankan side. On 16 November 2009, Cricket Tasmania announced that Dimitri Mascarenhas would replace Malinga as Tasmania's overseas player for the 2009/10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.[16] However Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan played instead of Mascarenhas. Ul-Hasan also played the following season of the Big Bash. Home grounds [edit] Main article: Bellerive Oval Main article: TCA Ground Tasmania have traditionally played cricket both in the state capital Hobart, and Launceston which is the largest city in the north of the state. Cricket was first played on open ground in Hobart, but soon dedicated fields began to be laid out. One such field was the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain. Although it wasn't officially opened until 1880, cricket had been played on the site prior to this. From the 1880s however, it became home to both the Tasmanian Cricket Association and the state's first-class side. To ensure equal access to the population in the north, Tasmania would often also play home matches at the NTCA Ground in Launceston, which had also hosted the first-ever first-class match in Australia, between Tasmania and Victoria in 1851. When Tasmania was admitted to the Gillette Cup for the 1969–70 season, they began to spread the matches to a third venue, Devonport Oval in Devonport. The TCA Ground had remained the Tasmanian team's official home ground though. During the re-branding process of the early 1990s, the TCA was faced with a dilemma about their ground. The TCA Ground had a reputation for poor soil and windy conditions, and games were often played in blustery condition with chilly winds blowing off nearby Mount Wellington. The decision was made to move both the offices of the Tasmanian Cricket Association, and the official home ground to Bellerive Oval in Clarence. The decision was a wise one, as it saw test cricket introduced to the state for the first time, and coincided with an improvement in results for the Tasmanian side. Logos, colours and shirts [edit] It is not known what colour caps the first first-class sides of Tasmania wore, although claret and red examples survive from the 19th century. Sometime towards the middle of the 19th century, the state had also adopted dark green, red, and gold as the state's unofficial colours, and these have persisted in use by state representative sporting teams since then. Bottle green and light green have occasionally been used in the place of dark green. The cricket team quickly adopted dark green as their cap colour, and although this is similar to the more iconic Baggy green cap worn by the national side, the use of it by Tasmania pre-dates the national side doing so. Soon after the development of the flag of Tasmania in 1876, the red lion-passant that is featured in the state badge upon the fly was also adopted to feature upon the cap badge. This cap, in dark green with a red lion upon a white disk was in use throughout the late 19th, and most of the 20th centuries. In 1991 the Tasmanian Cricket Association re-branded and modernised its business structure, at the same time taking on a new logo to publicly show the modernisation of its organisation. The new logo featured a thylacine, a well known symbol of the state in front of a red and dark green background, with three strips rising from its back, symbolic of three stumps in front of a large golden ball. This logo was used to replace the lion on the front of the cap that had served for 120 years. In the 1995–96 season, all of the domestic sides in Australia re-branded with nicknamed monikers in the style of American sports franchises. It was a practice common in the countries football codes, but previously never done in cricket anywhere in the world. The Tasmanian cricket team naturally chose to adopt the Tasmanian tiger as its animal representation, and changed the cap badge once again. The new logo featured a thylacine's face on a triangular logo, with three strips across one of the ears. Squad [edit] Players with international caps are listed in bold: No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters 9 Charlie Wakim (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 14 Jordan Silk (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain 11 Jake Weatherald (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 33 Mac Wright (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 61 Tim Ward (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26) Left-handed – All-rounders 16 Mitch Owen (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium 20 Beau Webster (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off-break/medium 30 Brad Hope (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium – Nivethan Radhakrishnan (2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm off break/Slow left-arm orthodox Rookie contract Wicket-keepers 2 Jake Doran (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm medium 32 Caleb Jewell (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) Left-handed — 13 Matthew Wade (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bowlers 5 Gabe Bell (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium 12 Riley Meredith (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm fast 27 Lawrence Neil-Smith (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 37 Billy Stanlake (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 43 Sam Rainbird (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 72 Nathan Ellis (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 35 Iain Carlisle (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Spin Bowlers 19 Jarrod Freeman (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 48 Paddy Dooley (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm wrist spin Source: Cricket Tasmania Notable players [edit] Tasmanian captains [edit] Main article: Tasmanian cricket captains All former players [edit] Other notable former players [edit] Tasmanian Hall of Fame [edit] Jack Simmons (1972–1979) Roger Woolley (1977–1988) David Boon (1978–1999) Brian Davison (1979–1988) Peter Clough (1980–1984) Danny Buckingham (1983–1992) Jamie Cox (1987–2006) Rod Tucker (1989–1996) Dene Hills (1991–2001) Shaun Young (1991–2001) Colin Miller (1992–2000) Ricky Ponting (1992–2013) Michael Di Venuto (1992–2008) Gillette Cup Team (1978–79) Pura Cup Team (2006–07) Daniel Marsh (1996–2010) Coaches [edit] Greg Shipperd Brian McFadyen (2002–2005) Tim Coyle (2005–2013) Daniel Marsh (2013–2017) Adam Griffith (2017–2022)[17] Records [edit] Team records [edit] Honours [edit] Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Champions: 3 2006–07, 2010–11, 2012–13 Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Runner-up (since introduction of final in 1982–83): 4 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12 Domestic One-Day Cup Champions: 4 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10 Domestic One-Day Cup Runner-up: 3 1977–78, 1986–87, 2011–12 Domestic Twenty20 Cup Champions: 0 Domestic Twenty20 Cup Runner-up: 1 2006–07 References [edit] Further reading [edit] R Page, A history of Tasmanian cricket, Hobart, [1957] R Finlay, Island Summers, Hobart, 1992.
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Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Canada Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Ireland Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Pakistan Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Australia Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Bangladesh Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: England Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: New Zealand Under-19s v Canada Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Australia Under-19s v Ireland Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Bangladesh Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: India Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Sri Lanka Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: Afghanistan Under-19s v England Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Canada Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Pakistan Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: South Africa Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: Afghanistan Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 19, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Ireland Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 19, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: New Zealand Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 19, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: West Indies Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 19, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Australia Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 20, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Bangladesh Under-19s v Pakistan Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 20, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: New Zealand Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 20, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: England Under-19s v India Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 21, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 23, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Rangiora - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 24, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Rangiora - Jan 24, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 24, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 24, 2010 9th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Palmerston North - Jan 25, 2010 5th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 25, 2010 13th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 25, 2010 Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 25, 2010 5th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 25, 2010 13th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 25, 2010 9th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Palmerston North - Jan 26, 2010 7th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 26, 2010 13th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 27, 2010 5th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 27, 2010 Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 27, 2010 15th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 27, 2010 11th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 28, 2010 9th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 28, 2010 3rd Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 29, 2010 Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 30, 2010 Players/Officials: Andrew Balbirnie \| Paul Stirling Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: Ireland Ireland have announced their squad for the Under-19 World Cup which takes place in New Zealand in January. Andrew Balbirnie will captain the side, who start in a difficult group with Australia, South Africa and United States. Eight of the fifteen named played in the 2008 tournament when Ireland couldn't pass the group stages, although they did manage consolation wins over Bermuda and Zimbabwe. Ireland are chasing full-member status from the ICC and after the senior side's strong showing in the 50 and 20-over World Cups it will be important for the youngsters to show their ability. Their passage to New Zealand came after winning the World Cup Qualifying tournament in Canada and Matt Dwyer, the Ireland coach, is confident that his side can maintain the good run. "We've got a very talented group of players who have been working hard in the gym and the nets to give themselves the best possible chance. They all play at senior level in Ireland and many of them have attracted the attention of English county sides. "They know there's a senior World Cup coming up in the sub-continent in 2011, and a good showing in this tournament could well see them joining Paul Stirling in becoming a regular feature in the senior men's squad." Brian Walsh, the Ireland manager, echoed these sentiments and thinks that Ireland could stir a surprise in New Zealand. "There's never been a greater opportunity for the players to progress, and there's no better motivation than a World Cup place. I've been impressed by their commitment and dedication in the build up. "They've all been given fitness and conditioning schedules and their progress has been closely monitored by the backroom staff. It wasn't easy selecting a final group of 15, and there were some difficult choices to make. There's no doubt it's not the easiest of groups, but if we play to our potential, we certainly have the ability to cause a shock." Squad Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Ben Ackland, Adrian D'Arcy, George Dockrell, Eddie Richardson, Graham McDonnell, Jordan Coghlan, Shane Getkate, Graeme McCarter, Lee Nelson, James Shannon, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Craig Young. Email Feedback Print ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009-10 Mitchell Marsh to lead Australia's U-19 World Cup squad Cricinfo staff December 18, 2009 Text size: A \| A Mitchell Marsh, the Australia Under-19 captain, has played two first-class matches this season © Getty Images Related Links Players/Officials: Nick Buchanan \| Josh Hazlewood \| Alister McDermott \| Mitchell Marsh Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: Australia Mitchell Marsh, the Western Australia batsman, has been named captain of the Under-19 squad for the World Cup in New Zealand in January 2010. Marsh, who played state cricket at the age of 17, was youngest player to play in Australia's domestic one-day competition and comes from a strong sporting family - his father, Geoff, played 50 Tests for Australia and his brother, Shaun, has played 19 ODIs. The 15-man squad also includes two other players with fathers who played prominent roles in Australian cricket: Nicholas Buchanan, the son of former national coach John Buchanan, and Alister McDermott, the son of Craig McDermott. Alister McDermott made his first-class debut against the touring West Indians in November and picked up three wickets. South Australia fast bowler Kane Richardson is the other player with state experience in the squad, having played two List A matches and a Twenty20 game. Josh Hazlewood, the fast bowler from New South Wales, is the only one to have been part of the 2008 World Cup in Malaysia. "I think we've got a side that will acquit itself well in the competition," Greg Chappell, chairman of the youth selection panel, said. "Obviously we've got a couple of players that have played state cricket this season which stands them in good stead for the competition we're up against in New Zealand. "The fact that the tournament is being played in New Zealand probably helps us a little bit in terms of providing similar wickets to that of Australia and the strong subcontinent teams maybe slightly disadvantaged by that. The subcontinent teams are always very strong and have some great young talent and if we were playing them in their own conditions I think it would be a very difficult challenge. "I would expect that we'll get through to the semi-finals, I'd be very disappointed if we didn't make it that far and if you get a bit of luck once you make it there, then anything can happen. I'm confident we'll acquit ourselves pretty well." Australia are seeded sixth in the tournament and were grouped with South Africa, Ireland and USA, against whom they will play their opening game in Queenstown on January 16. Squad: Mitchell Marsh (WA/capt), Timothy Armstrong (NSW), Tom Beaton (WA), Nicholas Buchanan (Qld), Jackson Coleman (Vic), Luke Doran (NSW), Benjamin Dougall (SA), Jason Floros (Qld), Josh Hazelwood (NSW), Alexander Keath (Vic), Nicolas Maddinson (NSW), Alister McDermott (Qld), Kane Richardson (SA), Thomas Triffitt (Tas), Adam Zampa (NSW). Zimbabwe U-19 World Cup Squad Named Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:02 ZIMBABWE Cricket have named their 15-man squad for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in January. Talented top-order batsman Dylon Higgins, who turns out for the Midwest Rhinos franchise, captains the side. The most experienced members of the squad are vice-captain Peter Moor and spinning all-rounder Tino Mutombodzi, who will be making their second appearance in the Under-19 World Cup after playing in the 2008 tournament in Malaysia. Mutombodzi, of Mashonaland Eagles, Rhinos batsman Nathan Waller, as well as Manicaland Mountaineers legspinner Natsayi Mushangwe and his pace bowling teammate Tendai Chitara have all enjoyed regular first-class action with their respective franchises this season. In preparing for the World Cup, Zimbabwe hosted Pakistan Under-19 in October, losing the youth ODI series 5-1 in Harare. They then toured Bangladesh last month with a depleted side and were duly whitewashed 5-0. The team leaves on January 2 via Cape Town, where they will play warm-up matches against local youth teams. The World Cup will run between January 15 and 30. Coach Kevin Curran said of the squad: “We have three legspinners and an offspinner. We will probably play two spinners depending on conditions. In the seam department we have six fast bowlers of which three are all-rounders. We’ve got good balance all round. Guys will be pushing for places.” Zimbabwe are in Group C with hosts New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Canada. “We need two wins to go into the Super Eight. We should beat Canada easily and try to get another win over Sri Lanka or New Zealand,” said Curran. The 16-team tournament, which was inaugurated in 1988, showcases the best young players in the world and has served as a launch pad for a number of present and retired international stars. Full squad Dylon Higgins (captain), Peter Moor, Gary Chirimuta, Dean Mazhawidza, Andrew Lindsay, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Nathan Waller, Natsayi Mushangwe, Callum Price, Steve Chimhamhiwa, Richard Muzhange, Simon Mugava, Scott Daly, Mazvita Zambuko, Tendai Chitara. U-19 World Cup Titbits Notable past and present international players who have competed in the ICC Under-19 World Cup: Brian Lara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Inzaman-ul-Haq, Chris Cairns, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh, Mehraib Hossain, Wayne Parnell. In 1998, current West Indies captain Chris Gayle was the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 364 runs. Zimbabwean Mluleki Nkala and West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan were the leading wicket-takers with 16 wickets. In the 2002 World Cup, Zimbabwe easily won the plate competition beating Nepal in the final. Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu was named Man of the Tournament for his 250 runs and 12 wickets. He also kept wicket in between bowling stints! 13 Zimbabwean players have competed in two Under-19 World Cups: Conan Brewer (2000-2002), Elton Chigumbura (2002-2004), Graeme Cremer (2004-2006), Sean Ervine (2000-2002), Greg Lamb (1998-2000), Alester Maregwede (1998-2000), Stanley Marisa (2002-2004), Hamilton Masakadza (2000-2002), Prince Masvaure (2006-2008), Mluleki Nkala (1998-2000), Tatenda Taibu (2000-2002), Brendan Taylor (2002-2004), Sean Williams (2004-2006). 29 Zimbabwe Under-19 World Cup representatives have gone on to play for the senior Zimbabwe team at ODI or Test level. Enock Muchinjo December 20, 2009 Text size: A \| A Michael Bracewell played in the 2008 edition of the Under-19 World Cup © Getty Images Related Links Players/Officials: Doug Bracewell \| Michael Bracewell Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: New Zealand New Zealand, the hosts of the Under-19 World Cup, have named a 15-man squad for the tournament which begins in January. They are yet to name their captain, but the squad features some players who've had exposure to the World Cup, having represented New Zealand in the previous edition of the competition in 2008 in Malaysia, where they finished third. Allrounders Corey Anderson and Harry Boam participated in the 2008 World Cup, so did wicketkeeper Michael Bracewell, the nephew of former coach of the senior team John Bracewell. Anderson and Boam are in their second year in first-class cricket along with Doug Bracewell, cousin of Michael. "The Under-19 Cricket World Cup gives our younger players a wonderful opportunity to test their ability against the best of their peers in the international arena and to set the platform for successful first-class playing careers" the team's coach Chris Kuggeleign said. "The team is well balanced, with half the team having already played for the New Zealand Under-19s and a number who impressed at the recent National Under-19 tournament." New Zealand, who will be based in Christchurch for the group round of the tournament, will begin their campaign against Canada on January 16. The other teams in New Zealand's pool are Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Prior to the competition, the hosts will take on Pakistan in a warm-up three-match series in Blenheim between January 3 and January 7. Squad: Corey Anderson (Canterbury), Tom Blundell (Wellington), Harry Boam (Wellington), Doug Bracewell (Central Districts), Michael Bracewell (Otago), Craig Cachopa (Auckland), Dane Cleaver (Central Districts), Jono Hickey (Northern Districts), Tim Johnston (Canterbury), Tom Latham (Canterbury), Jimmy Neesham (Auckland), Bevan Small (Central Districts), Mattie Thomas (Northern Districts), Logan van Beek (Canterbury), Ben Wheeler (Central Districts). ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009-10 Chilly weather will test India - Chandrakant Pandit Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai December 19, 2009 Text size: A \| A Captain Ashok Meenaria said the team's impressive tour of Australia this April has boosted their confidence © Getty Images Related Links News : Mike Young praises India Under-19's fielding Players/Officials: Ashok Meenaria \| Chandrakant Pandit Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup \| Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in South Africa Teams: India Chandrakant Pandit, India's Under-19 coach, has said his team's biggest challenge at the forthcoming World Cup in New Zealand will be the cold conditions. The biennial tournament starts on January 15 with India, the reigning champions, starting their campaign against Afghanistan in Lincoln. The final will be played at the same venue on January 30. "It will be a little more chilly and windy out in New Zealand so the conditions will be different and the biggest challenge," Pandit said in Mumbai on the eve of the squad's departure to South Africa, where India will play a tri-series from December 27-January 5 that includes Sri Lanka. "The boys need to get acclimatised as early as possible. We should be ready from the first game to handle the conditions." The 15-member squad, led by allrounder Ashok Meenaria from Rajasthan, was a picture of confidence as it faced the media contingent at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Both captain and coach said the players have bonded well over the last year, when they've been together. Most of them were also part of the tour of Australia in April this year, where India won the ODI series 2-1 and drew the Tests 1-1. The Indians finished a 10-day camp in Mumbai on Friday and Pandit said it was a fruitful exercise, with every player made aware of his role. "Our plan was to go step by step," Pandit said. "To begin with, we placed individual responsibilities in the camp. We want to do well in South Africa and finally come up with our best performance in New Zealand." The seriousness of India's campaign can be gauged from the fact that guest speakers like Sachin Tendulkar, former Australian fielding coach Mike Young and sports psychologist Dr Bhimeshwar Bam spent quality time with the youngsters. Pandit, a former team-mate of Tendulkar's, said the 45-minute conversation Tendulkar had with the players would stand them in good stead. "Tendulkar spoke on how to approach a game. His technical feedback was really valuable," Pandit said. "For example, he told the fast bowlers that when they run towards the target [batsman] they have to keep their head forward. We would Probably have learnt that after going there," Pandit said with visible excitement. He said Tendulkar's most valuable advice was on "trusting the teammate". "He told them that "if you are going to stand next to each other you need to have the confidence in the other. Only then can the team perform". The boys seemed to have understood the message as they started looking at the other from there onwards," Pandit said. As for Young, he managed to instill a more enthusiastic approach to fielding. "He made us enjoy fielding," Saurabh Netravalkar, one of the fast bowlers in the squad, said. "He started with the basics of fielding, about how to start, how to position yourself, and made fielding easy." Young just focussed on refining certain basics as he felt that Pandit had been carrying out the right drills and there was no need for him to introduce anything new. Pandit said India haven't missed anything by way of preparation. "We need to now look at how we are going to implement what we have been working on during the actual games." Meenaria said the defending champions were not in any way burdened by expectation. "There is no pressure, instead we are more confident now - especially after winning in Australia," he said. "I'm confident we are favourites to win the World Cup. But for now, our focus is on the South African tour." India play their first game against South Africa in Johannesburg on December 28. Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo Feeds: Nagraj Gollapudi
1408	dbpedia	1	72	https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/nathan-bracken-a-tweaker-trapped-in-a-seamers-body/	en	Nathan Bracken: A Tweaker Trapped in a Seamer’s Body	https://nestaquin.wordpr…bracks.jpg?w=213	https://nestaquin.wordpr…bracks.jpg?w=213	[ "https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bracks.jpg?w=213&h=300", "https://i0.wp.com/www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png", "https://s-ssl.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/rss.png?m=1354137473i", "https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif", "https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png", "https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-01-17T00:00:00	While enjoying the cracking first ODI at Melbourne this evening it struck me that perhaps Australia could use Nathan Bracken instead of a spinner when the team begins the return Test series in South Africa next month.	en	https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico	99.94	https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/nathan-bracken-a-tweaker-trapped-in-a-seamers-body/	While enjoying the cracking first ODI in Melbourne this evening it struck me that perhaps Australia could use Nathan Bracken instead of a spinner when the team begins the return Test series in South Africa next month. I’m not suggesting that Nathan slow his delivery or shorten his run-up, what I am suggesting is that he be utilised in the spinner’s role be it as an attacking or defensive option. He is a canny bowler that can bowl long accurate spells and if given the job I think it reasonable that he would be more penetrative than and as economical as his New South Wales team-mate Nathan Hauritz. Imagine a perfectly manicured Derek Underwood with beautiful hair and a diamond earring. Obviously, I am not suggesting that Nathan Bracken is in the same class as the man they affectionately call Deadly but I think he could do a similar job for his team. Underwood often bowled his spinners at a clip which were near unplayable on a damp surface but his greatest weapon was an inswinging arm ball that bent and dipped late. In today’s vernacular his arm ball would be identified as reverse swing but the ’70s were simpler times when everything that moved in an arc through the air was identified as swing no matter where the shiny side was facing. Bracken’s stock ball has become a cutter and while I’d never expect him to move the ball off the pitch like Underwood, he does bowl a consistent line and length, varies his pace continuously, gets some movement even from the deadest surfaces and can bowl seam up when required. Most importantly he can apply pressure from one end allowing the captain the luxury of attacking at the other, an essential element if a team is to consistently take 20 wickets per match. A few weeks back I had the pleasure of watching the Sheffield Shield match between Tasmania and New South Wales at Bellerive and although on the losing team Bracken’s contribution and control were outstanding. His match figures of 42-18-69-8 failed to win the match but his efforts certainly impressed the parochial Tasmanian crowd. The conversations after a tight and incredibly tense finish didn’t focus on the fighting match-winning partnership between Dan Marsh and Tim Paine but on the exceptional performance of Nathan Bracken. I understand that the conservatism of the Australian selection panel would prevent any such thoughts being aired during their meetings but I do consider it a worthy suggestion and I would be grateful knowing our readers’ views on Australia using Nathan Bracken not as a spinner but in the place of a traditional Test match slow bowler. Like Loading... Related Metatone, a spinner will get some footmarks to work with on days 4/5… Not sure I subscribe either. How often has this happened? OK, now take Warne and Murali out of the equation, and how often has it? Slow/medium’s have probably had more impact in the last decade than spinners (except those two). Having said that, I’ve been wondering about Krezja, was he so bad in Perth that he needed to be dropped? The ball with which he dismissed Amla was superb, and he deserved another game for that ball alone. And dropped for Hauritz? I agree it’s odd Bracken hasn’t been given a Test run (and I read a pointed interview with him in the SMH where he thought it was odd too), but it would still be nice to have a spinner in the side, not sure if Bracken could hold up an end on his own for extended periods. Thanks for that link David, it was an interesting article and I’m heading up the nets shortly with a box of balls to see if I can bowl all three types of swing. Toots, highlights by their very nature lack context and while entertaining they rarely tell the whole story. Both Bracken and Hilfenhaus were let down by their captain last night who in the final powerplay (overs 45-49) changed the field every second ball. Basically, Ponting was at a loss tactically and admitted as much straight after the match. Although, he added that he’d be sitting down with the bowlers before the next match to work a strategy to use going forward. I know he is a busy fellow but it would have been helpful if he did that before the series began and not after. Still a great match that ebbed and flowed where once again JP Duminy was excellent without once breaching the boundary. Not sure about the team make-up excuse but Ponting said he hadn’t played under the new rule and was still to fully understand its implications. Fair enough I suppose, as he also said that there are 80 odd ODIs to the next World Cup and everything and everyone will be tried so that when it comes around the team will be fully prepared to defend their title. Basically, every match is an experiment two years out and the strategy of not worrying too much about seemingly unimportant matches has worked very successfully in the past. Therefore, I assume, if a player will not be around in 2011 then their chances of selection are very thin as Noffke and Hodge have discovered recently. As for the Test team, Jaques is looking a risk as he couldn’t get through training let alone three gruelling Tests in three weeks. My personal opinion is that fit and proven players should be picked for South Africa and that means Brad Hodge and Chris Rogers should be in the squad regardless of their age. Obviously, choose Phillip Hughes as a backup but there is no need to throw the kid to the wolves. Hayden debuted too young in South Africa in 1993, and it set his development back more than a few years. Len – that’s a great story re Bob Appleyard, with such tragedy woven into such achievement and pleasure (in seeing through Maxwell and defeating the old monster). If Nesta doesn’t review the book himself, I’ll hope to do so here during the Ashes summer. The older I get, the more convinced than ever I am that most of the problems one faces can be cured with careful application of imagination (allied to a little money / talent / luck / health etc). Appleyard’s style of bowler is often said to be obsolete in the age of uncovered wickets, but why is that so? A generation back, Test quality wrist spinners appeared to be a dying breed, as does the specialist keeper now (save the sublime Prasanna Jayawardene, and he doesn’t play every game). In the same way that Ajantha Mendis has re-discovered some deliveries, might not Hoggy or Bracken or even someone like Dwayne Bravo or Jacob Oram attempt to bowl cutters and swingers at genuine medium pace (eg 120kmh)? With keeper standing up, off a shortish run to hurry the batsmen, I can see them being a handful in ODI cricket. After all, NZ’s Chris Harris (about the only such bowler I can think of in recent years) played 250 ODIs and delivered an economy rate of 4.28. If someone could regularly post figures of 10-1-42-1 in the middle overs of an ODI, they would be on the winning side more often than not. And surely Bracken, Hoggy, Bravo and Oram have ten times the bowling talent of Harris? Nestaquin & TTT: To be honest, 99.94% of LotSW is devoted to Yorkshire CCC, so may not be of massive interest to you – although it seems to have developed a following amongst other county fans who bemoan the lack of a similar blog about their own club. Having said that, I do occasionally muse about lesser teams (mostly England). The most interesting part of that video is when Appleyard shows his grip, it reminded me of an article I found once about the Iverson-Gleeson bent middle finger grip: http://planetnz.com/palmheads/myhacks.php?pg=bent_finger You need to scroll past the Linux hacks at the top of the page to get at the article. It makes you wonder, now that Mendis has had such an impact on his introduction to international cricket, if we’ll see imitators. I know that Azeem Rafiq, a young player on Yorkshire’s books and currently touring SA with the England U19 side, has experimented with the Mendis ‘carrom ball’. I believe he’s at the stage of being confident enough to bowl it in matches, although I think he said he’s yet to take a wicket with it. Btw, TTT: Appleyard is still active with Yorkshire, being President in 2007. So I would imagine he’s had conversations to Hoggard about bowling. Appleyard may not be well known to the general cricket fan, but in Yorkshire he’s well known and respected. But for injury and illness he would have broken many more records, and that despite not playing fist-class cricket until he was 26. Shane looks very comfortable in retirement and although he is the best spinner in the country he doesn’t want to play. I don’t blame him. He had the fairytale finish and I know he is very satisfied with life. So we must continue without him. As for the malaise. It IS more than experienced players retiring. Ricky is struggling with the captaincy and soon that pressure and worry will affect his batting. Something the team can ill afford. I think the whole team needs further shaking up but unfortunately that won’t happen unless they fail to retain The Urn. I think the selectors have twigged that an era has ended and the statements about building towards a long term goal like the 2011 World Cup are encouraging. It’s a relief to know they are planning after doing bugger all for most of this century but they need reminding that a wrist spinner is far more important than mythical allrounders. The Test team played very well at times but couldn’t sustain the excellence for long enough periods and although not the team of the past they are competitive and the nations that have beaten them of late, India and South Africa, have played exceptionally. So, all is not rosy for the national team but they are still far from easybeats even with their best bowler displaying his skills in the commentary box on not and the paddock. I think the team and selectors are on the right track and like every exciting journey or story there’ll be some obstacles and errors made along the way. On another subject – It’s been very dry in Hobart and a score of 300 may not be enough tomorrow. Pity the bowlers especially the seamers who I suspect will be punished without mercy.
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Test status granted 1877	en	https://en-academic.com/favicon.ico	Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/215787	Australia Insignia on the baggy green. Test status granted 1877 First Test match v England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 15–19 March 1877 (scorecard) Captain Michael Clarke (Test & ODI) Cameron White (T20) Coach Mickey Arthur Official ICC Test and ODI ranking 4th (Test), 1st (ODI) [1] Test matches - This year 734 1 Last Test match v England at the SCG, Sydney, Australia, 3–7 January 2011 (scorecard) Wins/losses - This year 341/192 2/2 As of 7 January 2011[1] The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.[2] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[3] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[4] winning both games. The team mainly draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series and the Big Bash League. The Australian team has played 730 Test matches, winning 341, losing 192, drawing 195 and tying two.[5] Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage. Australia is currently ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship behind England, South Africa and India, and led the Test rankings for a record time of 74 months from 2003 to 2009. Australia has played 752 ODI matches, winning 464, losing 256, tying eight and with 24 ending in no-result.[6] They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its inception for all but a period of 48 days in 2007. Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 & 2007) and have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup & 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia is the first team to appear in 4 consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983). The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets.[7] Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice – in 2006 and in 2009 – making them the first and the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments. The team has also played 39 Twenty20 Internationals,[8] making the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 before losing it to England. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Golden Age 1.3 Cricket between the wars 1.4 The Bradman Era 1.5 Cricket after World War II 1.6 1970s and onward 1.7 Modern Era 1.7.1 India 1.7.2 Pakistani Tour 2004–05 1.7.3 2005 Ashes 1.7.4 ICC Super Series 1.7.5 West Indies 1.7.6 South Africa Tour 1.7.7 Bangladesh Tour 1.7.8 2006–07 Ashes 1.7.9 2006–07 ODI season 1.7.10 2007 World Cup 1.7.11 Recent Seasons 2 Upcoming fixtures 3 Team colours 4 International grounds 5 Personnel 5.1 Coaching staff 6 Test match records 6.1 Team 6.2 Appearances 6.3 Batting 6.4 Bowling 6.5 Fielding and wicketkeeping 7 One Day International records 7.1 Team 7.2 Appearances 7.3 Batting 7.4 Bowling 7.5 Fielding and Wicket-Keeping 8 Tournament history 9 Under the Southern Cross I Stand 10 See also 11 Notes 12 External links History Early history The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877, defeating an English team by 45 runs, with Charles Bannerman making the first Test century, a score of 165 retired hurt. Test cricket, which only occurred between Australia and England at the time, was limited by the long distance between the two countries, which would take several months by sea. Despite Australia's much smaller population, the team was very competitive in early games, producing stars such as Jack Blackham, Billy Murdoch, Fred "The Demon" Spofforth, George Bonnor, Percy McDonnell, George Giffen and Charles "The Terror" Turner. Most cricketers at the time were either from New South Wales or Victoria, with the notable exception of George Giffen, the star South Australian all-rounder. A highlight of Australia's early history was the 1882 Test match against England at The Oval. In this match Fred Spofforth took 7/44 in the game's fourth innings to save the match by preventing England from making their 85-run target. After this match The Sporting Times, a major newspaper in London at the time, printed a mock obituary in which the death of English cricket was proclaimed and the announcement made that "the body was cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." This was the start of the famous Ashes series in which Australia and England play a Test match series to decide the holder of the Ashes. To this day, the contest is one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. Golden Age The so-called 'Golden Age' of Australian test cricket occurred around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the team under the captaincy of Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill winning eight of ten tours it participated in between the 1897–98 English tour of Australia and the 1910–11 South African tour of Australia. Outstanding batsman such as Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Reggie Duff, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley and Victor Trumper, brilliant all-rounders including Monty Noble, George Giffen, Harry Trott and Warwick Armstrong and excellent bowlers including Ernie Jones, Hugh Trumble, Tibby Cotter, Bill Howell, Jack Saunders and Bill Whitty, all helped Australia to become the dominant cricketing nation for most of this period. Victor Trumper became one of Australia's first sporting heroes, and was widely considered Australia's greatest batsman before Bradman and one of the most popular players. He played a record (at the time) number of tests at 48, and scored 3163 (another record) runs at a high for the time average of 39.04. His early death in 1915 at the age of 37 from kidney disease caused national mourning. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, in its obituary for him, called him Australia's greatest batsman: "Of all the great Australian batsmen Victor Trumper was by general consent the best and most brilliant."[9] The years leading up to the start of World War I were marred by conflict between the players, led by Clem Hill, Victor Trumper and Frank Laver, the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (formed in 1905), led by Peter McAlister, who were attempting to gain more control of tours from the players. This led to six leading players (the so-called "Big Six") walking out on the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England, with Australia fielding what was generally considered a second-rate side. This was the last series before the war, and no more cricket was played by Australia for eight years, with Tibby Cotter being killed in Palestine during the war. Cricket between the wars Test cricket resumed in the 1920/21 season in Australia with a touring English team, captained by Johnny Douglas losing all five Tests to Australia, captained by the "Big Ship" Warwick Armstrong. Several players from before the war, including Warwick Armstrong, Charlie Macartney, Charles Kelleway, Warren Bardsley and the wicket-keeper Sammy Carter, were instrumental in the team's success, as well as new players Herbie Collins, Jack Ryder, Bert Oldfield, the spinner Arthur Mailey and the so-called "twin destroyers" Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald. The team continued its success on the 1921 Tour of England, winning three out of the five Tests in Warwick Armstrong's last series. The side was on the whole inconsistent in the latter half of the 1920s, losing its first home Ashes series since the 1911–12 season in 1928–29. The Bradman Era The 1930 Tour of England heralded a new age of success for the Australian team. The team, led by Bill Woodfull – the "Great Un-bowlable" – featured legends of the game including Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett and the young pair of Archie Jackson and Don Bradman. Bradman was the outstanding batsman of the series, scoring a record 974 runs, including one century, two double centuries and one triple century, a massive score of 334 at Leeds which including 309 runs in a day. Jackson died of tuberculosis at the age of 24 three years later, after playing eight tests. The team was widely considered unstoppable, winning nine of its next ten Tests. The 1932–33 England tour of Australia is considered one of the most infamous episodes of cricket, due to the England team's use of bodyline, where captain Douglas Jardine instructed his bowlers Bill Voce and Harold Larwood to bowl fast, short-pitched deliveries aimed at the bodies of the Australian batsmen. The tactic, although effective, was widely considered by Australian crowds as vicious and unsporting. Injuries to Bill Woodfull, who was struck over the heart, and Bert Oldfield, who received a fractured skull (although from a non-Bodyline ball), exacerbated the situation, almost causing a full-scale riot from the 50 000 fans at the Adelaide Oval for the Third Test. The conflict almost escalated into a diplomatic incident between the two countries, as leading Australian political figures, including the Governor of South Australia, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, protested to their English counterparts. The series ended in a 4–1 win for England, but the Bodyline tactics used were banned the year after. The Australian team managed to overcome the damaging series, winning their next tour of England in 1934. The team was led by Bill Woodfull on his final tour, and was notably dominated by Ponsford and Bradman, who twice put on partnerships of over 380 runs, with Bradman once again scoring a triple-century at Leeds. The bowling was dominated by the spin pair of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett, who took 53 wickets between them, with O'Reilly twice taking seven wicket hauls. Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time.[10][11] He dominated the sport from 1930 until his retirement in 1948, setting new records for the highest score in a test innings (334 vs England at Headingley in 1930), the most number of runs (6996), the most number of centuries (29), the most number of double centuries and the greatest Test and first-class batting averages. His record for the highest Test batting average – 99.94 – has never been beaten. It is almost 40 runs above the next highest average. He would have finished with an average of over 100 runs per innings if he had not been dismissed for a duck in his last Test. He was knighted in 1949 for services to cricket. He is generally considered one of Australia's greatest sporting heroes. Test cricket was again interrupted by war, with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton making a world record 364 for England, with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7–903. Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. Cricket after World War II The team continued its success after the end of the Second World War, with the first Test (also Australia's first against New Zealand) being played in the 1945–46 season against New Zealand. Australia was by far the most successful team of the 1940s, being undefeated throughout the decade, winning two Ashes series against England and its first Test series against India. The team capitalised on its ageing stars Bradman, Sid Barnes, Bill Brown and Lindsay Hassett while new talent, including Ian Johnson, Don Tallon, Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Bill Johnston and the fast bowling pair of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, who all made their debut in the latter half of the 1940s, and were to form the basis of the team for a good part of the next decade. The team that Don Bradman led to England in 1948 gained the moniker The Invincibles, after going through the tour without losing a single game. Of 31 first-class games played during the tour, they won 23 and drew 8, including winning the five match Test series 4–0, with one draw. The tour was particularly notably for the Fourth Test of the series, in which Australia won by seven wickets chasing a target of 404, setting a new record for the highest runchase in Test cricket, with Arthur Morris and Bradman both scoring centuries, as well as for the final Test in the series, Bradman's last, where he finished with a duck in his last innings after needing only four runs to secure a career average of 100. Australia was less successful in the 1950s, losing three consecutive Ashes series to England, including a horrendous 1956 Tour of England, where the 'spin twins' Laker and Lock destroyed Australia, taking 61 wickets between them, including Laker taking 19 wickets in the game (a first-class record) at Leeds, a game dubbed Laker's Match. However, the team rebounded to win five consecutive series in the latter half of the 1950s, first under the leadership of Ian Johnson, then Ian Craig and Richie Benaud. The series against the West Indies in the 1960–61 season was notable for the Tied Test in the first game at The Gabba, which was the first in Test cricket. Australia ended up winning the series 2–1 after a hard fought series that was praised for its excellent standards and sense of fair-play. Stand-out players in that series as well as through the early part of the 1960s were Richie Benaud, who took a then-record number of wickets as a leg-spinner, and who also captained Australia in 28 Tests, including 24 without defeat; Alan Davidson, who became the first player to take 10 wickets and make 100 runs in the same game in the first Test, and was also a notable fast-bowler; Bob Simpson, who also later captained Australia for two different periods of time; Colin McDonald, the first-choice opening batsman for most of the 1950s and early '60s; Norm O'Neill, who made 181 in the Tied Test; Neil Harvey, towards the end of his long career; and Wally Grout, an excellent wicket-keeper who died at the age of 41. 1970s and onward The Centenary Test was played in March 1977 at the MCG to celebrate 100 years since the first Test was played. Australia ended winning by 45 runs, an identical result to the first Test match.[12] In May 1977 Kerry Packer announced he was organising a breakaway competition – World Series Cricket (WSC) – after the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to accept Channel Nine's bid to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches in 1976. Packer secretly signed leading international cricketers to his competition, including 28 Australians. Almost all of the Australian Test team at the time were signed to WSC – notable exceptions including Gary Cosier, Geoff Dymock, Kim Hughes and Craig Serjeant – and the Australian selectors were forced to pick what was generally considered a third-rate team from players in the Sheffield Shield. Former player Bob Simpson, who had retired 10 years previously after a conflict with the board, was recalled at the age of 41 to captain Australia against India. Jeff Thomson was named deputy in a team that included seven debutants. Australia managed to win the series 3–2, mainly thanks to the batting of Simpson, who scored 539 runs, including two centuries, and the bowling of Wayne Clark, who took 28 wickets. Australia lost the next series – against the West Indies, who were fielding a full team – 3–1, and also lost the 1978–79 Ashes series 5–1, the team's worst Ashes result in Australia. Graham Yallop was named as captain for the Ashes, with Kim Hughes taking over for the 1979–80 tour of India.Rodney Hogg still managed to take 41 wickets in his debut series, an Australian record. WSC players returned to the team for the 1979–80 season after a settlement between the ACB and Kerry Packer. Greg Chappell was reinstated as captain. The underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when, in a ODI against New Zealand, Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor Chappell to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie, with New Zealand needing a six to win off the last ball. The aftermath of the incident soured political relations between Australia and New Zealand, with several leading political and cricketing figures calling it "unsportsmanlike" and "not in the spirit of cricket". Australia continued its success up until the 1980s, built mainly around the likes of Bob Simpson, the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lillee, and Rod Marsh. The 1980s was a period of relative mediocrity after the turmoil caused by World Series Cricket and the subsequent retirement of several key players, and it was not until the captaincy of Allan Border that the team was restructured. The 1990s and early 21st century were arguably Australia's most successful period, unbeaten in all Ashes series played bar the famous 2005 series and achieving a hat-trick of World Cups. This success has been attributed to the restructuring of the team and system by Border, successive shrewd captains, and the effectiveness of several key players, most notably Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting. In recent years however, following the retirement of most of this group of players, Australia has lost series to both India and England and has dropped to fifth place in the ICC Test Championship rankings. Modern Era India Australian captain Steve Waugh referred to India as the "Final Frontier", as that was the only place where Australia hadn't won a series in over thirty years. Australia lost in the 2001 series 2–1 and when India came to Australia for Waugh's farewell series in 2003–04, they drew the series 1–1 and came close to winning it after scoring a national record 705 but not enforcing the follow-on. However, later in the year, the side (captained by Adam Gilchrist) won in India for the first time in 35 years. The Australians won this series 2–1 (with one match rained out on the last day). Pakistani Tour 2004–05 The 2004–05 summer season in Australia was against the touring Pakistani cricket team which Australia won convincingly, several matches ending on the 4th day (of 5). The first Test of 2005 ended with: AUS 568 and 1/62 v PAK 304 and 325; Ponting made 207 in the first innings, laying to rest a minor media issue of him not making a Test 100 in his first season as captain. 2005 Ashes The 2005 Ashes tour to England became a watershed event in Australian cricket when, for the first time since 1986–87 a Test series was lost to the old enemy England, and The Ashes were thus surrendered. The summer started with four defeats in one week in one day matches (to England in a Twenty20 match, Somerset in a warm up match, and then Bangladesh and England in successive One Day Internationals). Australia and England tied the final match of the first One Day International series, before Australia won the second series 2–1. The first Test match at Lord's was a convincing victory for Australia, with Glenn McGrath impressing in particular. Captain Ricky Ponting afterwards famously said: We’ve a very good chance of winning 5–0. However at the second Test at Edgbaston star bowler Glenn McGrath was ruled out by an ankle injury after stepping on a ball in the practice nets; Ponting put England in to bat on a fair batting wicket (England scored 407 runs on the first day) and England eventually won a pulsating match by two runs and so levelled the series. England dominated the rain-affected third Test at Old Trafford, but a fine rearguard innings by Ponting just saved Australia on the final day and the match was drawn. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge Australia were again outplayed and forced to follow-on for the first time in 191 Test matches and eighteen years. England struggled in their second innings but eventually got the 129 runs they needed to win, losing seven wickets in the process. Australia needed to win the fifth and final Test at The Oval to level the series and retain the Ashes but were hampered by bad weather, a strong England bowling performance on the fourth day and England's excellent batting (led by Kevin Pietersen and tailender Ashley Giles) on the final day before the match ended in a draw, handing England a 2–1 series win. Ageing stars such as Hayden, Gilchrist, Martyn, Gillespie and Kasprowicz underperformed in the tour with Gillespie being subsequently dropped for new and younger talent. On the other hand Shane Warne, who took 40 wickets and scored 249 runs, gave an all-round good performance. Members of the old guard (Ponting, Langer, Lee and McGrath) also played well. ICC Super Series The ICC (International Cricket Council) sanctioned a test and three-match one-day series for 2005. This series was to be played between the top ranking test and One Day International nations (according to rankings as at April 2005) and an internationally selected Rest of the World XI. Australia was the top ranked nation in both forms of the game as at April 2005. Australia had an opportunity to begin the rebuilding process following the Ashes series loss at the Super Test held against a Rest of the World team in Sydney in October. Although the match was of poor quality with the World team underperforming, it was a good opportunity for some of the Australian team to get back on track. Many did, especially Hayden who scored 111 and 87 and Gilchrist who scored 94 in the first innings and made seven dismissals. Stuart MacGill (who had not played in the 2005 Ashes) took nine wickets. Overall, the Australian Cricket Team clean swept the World XI Team 3–0 in the One Day International Series, and also won the six-day Test Match. West Indies In November Australia continued to perform well winning a three match Test series with the West Indies comfortably. Stars were Hayden (who was clearly intent on proving that rumours of his cricketing death were premature – he scored 445 runs at an average of 89) and Hussey who had an auspicious debut season. Gilchrist, however, was out of touch with the bat as he had been in England throughout the month. South Africa Tour Main article: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06 In the 2006 cricket tour to South Africa, Australia lost the one-day series 3–2 after a record-breaking final ODI. Setting South Africa a world record target of 434 off 50 overs (the previous record being 398/5 scored by Sri Lanka vs Kenya 10 years previously), South Africa managed to beat Australia by 1 wicket with a new record score of 438. Earlier, Ricky Ponting top-scored with 164 off 105 balls. South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, likewise batting at number 3, went on to score 175 off 111 balls thereby playing an instrumental role in the run chase. Many other records were broken in the same match. A total of 872 runs were scored (The previous record was 693 when India beat Pakistan by five runs in Karachi in March 2004). Mick Lewis had the ignominy of becoming the most expensive bowler in ODI history with figures of 0/113 in his 10 overs. In the test series that followed however, Australia won convincingly with Brett Lee and Stuart Clark (Man of the Series) playing particularly well.[citation needed] Bangladesh Tour Following the South African series, Australia toured Bangladesh for a two-test series. Despite expectations of a one-sided contest, the first test proved a very close affair with Bangladesh (historically the weakest test-playing nation) scoring more than 400 first-innings runs and bowling Australia out for 269 in the first innings on a very good batting wicket and ultimately setting Australia a challenging 307 for victory. Ponting's men were able to win this match by three wickets. However, in the second match Australia dominated throughout, winning by an innings and 80 runs. In Australia's only innings, Jason Gillespie became the first nightwatchman to score a double century with 201 not out. 2006–07 Ashes After winning the ICC Champions Trophy convincingly, Australia went home for their summer to play England in a five-test series. The first test took place in Brisbane at the Gabba. The second test took place in Adelaide from 1 December. The third match of the series was held at the WACA Ground in the West Australian city of Perth. Following the Third test victory, Australia reclaimed the Ashes, already having achieved a winning margin of 3–0 in the best of five series. England lamented the shortest period of Ashes retention in the history of the tournament, dating back to 1882. In the days following the historic win in Perth, spin bowler Shane Warne announced that he would retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the fifth and final Sydney test in January 2007. This also prompted Justin Langer, Australian opening batsmen at the time, to announce his retirement from Test cricket after the 5th test as well. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath later announced he too would retire from international cricket after the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The fourth match of the series was played at the MCG. Australia took victory in just three days, only needing one innings of batting to outscore England. The fifth match in Sydney ended with Australia capturing a 10 wicket victory. The Australians completed a 5–0 whitewash of the Ashes series, the first time either side had achieved such a feat since the 1920–21 series. 2006–07 ODI season Following the Ashes victory over England, Australia began the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tri-series against England and New Zealand with a series of largely comfortable victories, leading to their coach John Buchanan complaining that the lack of opposition was undermining Australia's World Cup bid.[13] However, injuries to key players contributed to Australia losing two matches in the qualification games and the final 2–0 to an also injury hit England. With Ponting rested for the series against New Zealand, Australia under Michael Hussey lost the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy 3–0, their first One Day series loss in New Zealand for 33 years. The loss also cost them the overall number one ranking for the first time since the rankings began.[14] 2007 World Cup Australia dominated the 2007 Cricket World Cup, remaining unbeaten through the tournament. They dominated with the bat and ball. Remarkably they lost just 42 wickets in 11 matches, while claiming 104 out of 110 of their opponents. The best batsman for the tournament was Matthew Hayden, getting three centuries and 659 runs at an average of 73. Australia's keeper Adam Gilchrist starred in the World cup Final, scoring 149 in a convincing and controversial Australian win. Bowler Glenn McGrath was named Man of the Series for his magnificent contribution with the ball.[15] Recent Seasons Main article: Australian cricket team in 2007–08 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2008–09 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2009–10 HOME AWAY Test One Day International Twenty20 Test One Day International Twenty20 Last match won 3rd Test v England 2010 7th ODI v England 2011 2nd T20 v England 2011 1st Test v Sri Lanka 2011 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 ICC World T20 v West Indies 2010 Last match lost 5th Test v England 2010–11 4th ODI v England 2011 1st T20 v England 2011 2nd Test v India 2010 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 2nd T20 v Sri Lanka 2011 Last series won Pakistan 2009–10 England 2010–11 West Indies 2009–10 Sri Lanka 2011 Bangladesh 2011 New Zealand 2004–05 Last series lost England 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2010 Only T20 Sri Lanka 2010 India 2010–11 India 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2011 – Source:Cricinfo.com. Last Updated 7 January 2011 Source:Cricinfo.com. 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Upcoming fixtures Australia toured Sri Lanka in August 2011. 2 Twenty20 Matches, 5 One Day International Matches, 3 Test Matches playing for the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy Australia are currently touring South Africa in September–November 2011. 2 Twenty20 3 One Day Internationals, 2 Test Matches Australia will host New Zealand in December 2011. 2 Test Matches for Trans Tasman Trophy Australia will host India in December 2011–12 and January 2012 2 Twenty20 Matches, 4 Test Matches playing for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy and a Tri-Series with Sri Lanka Australia will host India &Sri Lanka a One Day International Tri-Series in February.- March 2012 Team colours For Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The sponsor's (currently Vodafone for Home Test Matches and Victoria Bitter for Away Test Matches) logo is displayed on the right side of the chest while the Cricket Australia coat-of-arms is displayed on the left. If the sweater is being worn the coat-of-arms is displayed under the V-neck and the sponsor's logo is again displayed on the right side of the chest.[16] The baggy green, the Australian cricket cap, is considered an essential part of the cricketing uniform and as a symbol of the national team, with new players being presented with one upon their selection in the team. The helmet also prominently displays the Australian cricketing coat-of-arms. ASICS currently manufactures the whites and limited over uniforms, with the ASICS logo being displayed on the shirt and pants. Players may choose any manufacturer for their other gear (bat, pads, shoes, gloves, etc.). In One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International cricket, the team wears uniforms usually coloured green and gold, Australia's national colours. There have been a variety of different styles and layouts used in both forms of the limited-overs game, with coloured clothing (sometimes known as "pyjamas") being introduced for World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. The sponsors' logos (the Commonwealth Bank for Home ODIs, KFC for Home Twenty20s and Victoria Bitter for Away ODIs and Away Twenty20) are prominently displayed on the shirts and other gears. The Current Home ODI Kit consist the primary color green and yellow the secondary. The Away Kit is the opposite of the Home Kit with yellow the primary color and green the secondary. The Home Twenty20s uniform consist of black with the natural colors of Australian green and yellow strips.[17] International grounds Eighteen different grounds in Australia have been used for international cricket (Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals). Five were only used once, during the 1992 World Cup, while three (all in Tasmania) only hosted games during 1980s World Series Cups. The main six used are: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Victoria (first used for Test cricket in 1877). The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney, New South Wales (first used in 1882). Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia (first used in 1884). Brisbane Cricket Ground (commonly known as 'The Gabba') in Brisbane, Queensland (first used in 1931). The Western Australian Cricket Association Ground (commonly known as 'The WACA') in Perth, Western Australia (first used in 1970). Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania (first used in 1989). Other grounds which have been used for Test cricket are: The Brisbane Exhibition Ground in Brisbane, Queensland (hosted two Tests between 1928 and 1930; no longer used for cricket). Marrara Oval in Darwin, the Northern Territory (hosted two Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003 and 2004). Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns, Queensland (hosted two Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003 and 2004). Grounds which have been used for One Day Internationals only are: The TCA Ground in Hobart, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1985 World Series Cup). The NTCA Ground in Launceston, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1986 World Series Cup). Devonport Oval in Devonport, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1987 World Series Cup). Harrup Park in Mackay, Queensland (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup that was abandoned after two balls[18]). Eastern Oval in Ballarat, Victoria (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Manuka Oval in Canberra, ACT (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup and another in the 2008 Commonwealth Bank Series). Berri Oval in Berri, South Australia (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, New South Wales (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria (hosted several ODIs, including all of Melbourne's games in 2006 when the MCG was unavailable due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games – the only indoor stadium used for cricket in Australia). Personnel This is a list of every player to have played for Australia in the last year, and the forms of the game in which they have played. Each year, Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) names a list of 25 players for the coming year, from which selectors choose Test, One-Day and Twenty20 International teams. Salaries are based on a player ranking system decided by the NSP as well as match fees, tour fees and prize money for on-field success. The base retainer for the lowest ranked player is A$200,000 in 2011–12.[19] Uncontracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket Australia contract if they gain regular selection. The 2011–12 list was announced on 7 June 2011. Key S/N Shirt number 1 Player does not hold a Cricket Australia contract. 2 Shane Watson is an All-Rounder who is an Opener Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style State Forms S/N[20] Test and ODI Captain; Higher Middle-Order Batsman Michael Clarke 30 Right-Handed Bat Slow Left Arm Orthodox New South Wales Test, ODI 23 Twenty20 Captain; Lower Middle-Order Batsman Cameron White 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Victoria ODI, Twenty20 7 Test, ODI and T20 Vice-Captain; All Rounder Shane Watson2 30 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 33 Opening Batsmen Phillip Hughes 22 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off Break New South Wales Test 2 David Warner1 25 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break New South Wales Twenty20 31 Higher Middle-Order Batsmen Usman Khawaja 24 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium New South Wales Test 89 Shaun Marsh 28 Left-Handed Bat Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Western Australia Test, ODI,Twenty20 9 Ricky Ponting 36 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Tasmania Test, ODI[21] 14 Lower Middle-Order Batsmen Callum Ferguson 27 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium South Australia ODI,Twenty20 12 David Hussey 34 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Victoria ODI, Twenty20 29 Michael Hussey 36 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Western Australia Test, ODI, Twenty20 48 Wicket-Keeper-Batsmen Brad Haddin 34 Right-Handed Bat New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 57 Tim Paine 26 Right-Handed Bat Tasmania Test, ODI, Twenty20 36 All-Rounders Steve Smith 22 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 49 Mitchell Johnson 30 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast Western Australia Test, ODI, Twenty20 25 John Hastings 26 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria ODI, Twenty20 41 Steve O'Keefe1 26 Right-Handed Bat Slow left-arm orthodox New South Wales Twenty20 72 Pace Bowlers Doug Bollinger 30 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales Test, ODI 4 Patrick Cummins 18 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 30 Ryan Harris 32 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Queensland Test, ODI, Twenty20 45 Ben Hilfenhaus 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Tasmania Test 20 Brett Lee 35 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast New South Wales ODI, Twenty20 58 James Pattinson 21 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria Test, ODI, Twnety20 19 Peter Siddle 26 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria Test, ODI, Twenty20 10 Mitchell Starc1 21 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales ODI, Twenty20 56 Trent Copeland1 25 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast New South Wales Test Shaun Tait 28 Right-handed bat Right-arm Fast South Australia Twenty20 32 Spin Bowlers Xavier Doherty 29 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Orthodox Tasmania Test, ODI 3 Nathan Hauritz 30 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break New South Wales Test, ODI 43 Jason Krejza 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Tasmania Test, ODI 18 Nathan Lyon1 24 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break South Australia Test Coaching staff Head Coach: Mickey Arthur Assistant Coach & Batting Coach: Justin Langer Assistant Coach & Bowling coach: Craig McDermott Assistant Coach & Fielding Coach: Steve Rixon Team Manager: Gavin Dovey Strength and Conditioning Coach: Stuart Karppinen Team Physiotherapist: Alex Kountouris Performance Analyst: Michael Marshall Test match records See also: List of Australia Test cricket records Team Australia have been involved in the only two Tied Tests played. The First occurred against the West Indies at Brisbane in December 1960.[22] The Second occurred against India at Madras in September 1986.[23] Australia are also the only team to have lost a Test after enforcing the follow-on, having been the losing side in all three such matches:[24] The first Test in the 1894–95 Ashes. The third Test of the 1981 Ashes. The second Test in the 2000–01 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. Australia are the most successful Test team in cricketing history. They have won more than 330 Test matches at a rate of 47%. The next best performance is by South Africa at 35%.[25] Australia's lowest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Birmingham against England in May 1902. Australia were bowled all out for 36.[26] Australia's largest victory in a Test match came on 24 February 2002. Australia defeated South Africa by an innings and 360 runs in Johannesburg.[27] Australia holds the record for most consecutive wins with 16. This has been achieved twice; from October 1999 to February 2001, and from December 2005 to January 2008.[28] Australia shares the record for most consecutive series victories winning 9 series from October 2005 to June 2008. This record is shared with England.[29] Australia's highest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Kingston, Jamaica against the West Indies in June 1955. Australia posted 758/8 in their first innings with five players scoring a century.[30] Australia have won the ICC Test Championship 6 times since it started – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.[citation needed] Appearances Steve Waugh has appeared in the most Tests for Australia, playing in 168 tests. Allan Border is next with 156 matches.[31] Batting Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in Test cricket, scored the first runs in Test cricket and scored the first test century and half-century.[citation needed] Charles Bannerman also scored 67.34% of the Australian first innings total in match 1. This record remains to this day as the highest percentage of an innings total that has been scored by a single batsman.[32] Ricky Ponting has scored the most runs for Australia in Test match cricket with 12,363 runs. Allan Border in second with 11,174 runs in 265 innings while Steve Waugh has 10,927 in 260 innings.[33] Ricky Ponting is the first ever Australian batsman in history to pass 12,000 Test runs. Matthew Hayden holds the record for the most runs in a single innings by an Australian with 380 in the first test against Zimbabwe at Perth in October 2003. Donald Bradman holds the record for the highest average by an Australian (or any other) cricketer with a remarkable average of 99.94. Bradman played 52 tests and struck 29 centuries and 13 fifties in them.[34] Ricky Ponting holds the record for the most centuries by an Australian cricketer with 39. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh is in second position with 32 centuries from 260 innings.[35] Allan Border holds the record for the most fifties by an Australian cricketer with 63 in 265 innings.[35] Glenn McGrath holds the record for the most ducks by an Australian cricketer with 35 in 138 innings.[36] Bowling Billy Midwinter picked up the first five-wicket haul in a test innings in match 1.[37] Fred Spofforth performed Test cricket's first hat-trick by dismissing Vernon Royle, Francis McKinnon and Tom Emmett in successive balls.[38] Fred Spofforth also took the first 10-wicket match haul in Test cricket.[38] Shane Warne holds the record for the most wickets by an Australian cricketer with 708 wickets in 145 Test matches.[39] Arthur Mailey holds the record for the best bowling figures in an innings by an Australian cricketer with 9/121 against England in February 1921.[40] Bob Massie holds the record for the best bowling figures in a match by an Australian cricketer with 16/137 against England in June 1972. That was also his first match for Australia.[41] JJ Ferris holds the record for the best bowling average by an Australian bowler, taking 61 wickets at 12.70 in his career.[41][42] Clarrie Grimmett holds the record for the most wickets in a test series with 44 against South Africa in 1935–36.[43] Fielding and wicketkeeping Jack Blackham performed the first stumping in Test cricket in match 1.[37] Mark Waugh holds the record for the most catches in a career by an Australian fielder with 181 in 128 matches.[44] Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the most dismissals in a career by an Australian wicketkeeper with 416 in 96 matches One Day International records List of Australia One Day International cricket records Team Australia's highest total in a One Day International innings is 434/4 scored off 50 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12 March 2006. This was a world record before the South Africans surpassed this score in the second innings.[45] Australia's lowest total in a One Day International innings is 70. This score has occurred twice. Once against New Zealand in 1986, and once against England in 1977.[46] Australia's largest victory in a One Day International is 256 runs. This occurred against Namibia at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.[47] Australia have won the ICC ODI Championship 8 times since it started – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010.[citation needed] Australia are the only team in the history of the World Cup to win 3 consecutive tournaments dated back in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Australia were also are undefeated in the World Cup for a record 34 matches in the Tournament, the last time Australia were defeated in a World Cup match was back in 1999 against Pakistan, this streak was broken again by Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Appearances Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International appearances for Australia played 362. Steve Waugh is next with 325 matches for Australia. Batting See also: List of Australian ODI batsmen who have scored over 2500 ODI runs Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Runs by an Australian Batman 13,291 runs. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Centuries by an Australian Batman 30 Centuries. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International fifties by an Australian Batman 79 One Day International fifties. Ricky Ponting is the first Australian Batman his history to pass 10,000 One Day International Runs. Shane Watson has the highest individual score in an innings by an Australian Batsman 185*. Shane Watson has hit the most sixes in a single innings by an Australian and the World Record 15 sixes. Bowling See also: List of Australian ODI bowlers who have taken over 100 ODI wickets Glenn McGrath has the most One Day International Wickets by an Australian Bowler 380 Wickets. Glenn McGrath has the best bowling figures by an Australian Bowler 7/15. Brett Lee has the most 5-Wicket Hauls by an Australian Bowlers 9 times he has taken 5 wickets or more. Fielding and Wicket-Keeping Adam Gilchrist has most dismissals by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 470. Adam Gilchrist has the most catches taken by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 416 catches. Adam Gilchrist has the most stumping made by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 54 Stumping. Ricky Ponting has the most catches by a fielder 154 catches. Tournament history
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1408	dbpedia	1	73	https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricket/where-are-they-now-australias-last-under-19-cricket-world-cup-winners-from-2010-all-grown-up-ng-b88732986z	en	Where are they now?: Australia’s last Under-19 Cricket World Cup winners from 2010 all grown up	https://thewest.com.au/s…png?imwidth=1200	https://thewest.com.au/s…png?imwidth=1200	[ "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENI3H.1-1.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENIUI.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENJ77.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENJDN.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENJG5.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENJRG.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENK72.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GT81EDM4M.2-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENKJP.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENKUF.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3", "https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B88732986Z/1517555717843_GQB1ENL2G.1-0.jpg?imwidth=810&impolicy=wan_v3" ]	[]	[]	[ "Sport", "Cricket", "Sport", "Cricket World Cup", "Sport", "Perth Scorchers", "Sport", "The Ashes", "Mitch Marsh", "Josh Hazlewood", "Luke Doran", "Alister McDermott", "Australia Under-19 World Cup Cricket 2010", "Under-19 World Cup Cricket", "ICC Under-19 World Cup", "Tom Beaton", "Tim Armstrong" ]	null	[]	2018-02-02T06:41:00+00:00	WA’s Mitch Marsh is one of three players from Australia’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup win in 2010 to go on and play Test cricket, but what happened to the rest?	en	https://thewest.com.au/s…e-touch-icon.png	The West Australian	https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricket/where-are-they-now-australias-last-under-19-cricket-world-cup-winners-from-2010-all-grown-up-ng-b88732986z	Australia has the chance to lift the ICC Under-19 World Cup trophy for the first time since 2010 when they take on India at Tauranga’s Bay Oval in New Zealand on Saturday. It has been eight years since Australia claimed their last U19 title, when Mitch Marsh captained the team to a 25-run win over Pakistan. Marsh was one of three players in the final XI, alongside player-of-the-final Josh Hazlewood and Nic Maddinson, to go on and represent Australia at Test level. South Australian speedster Kane Richardson has also featured for his country in senior ranks, playing 15 One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20s. But what happened to the rest of them? 2010 Under-19 World Cup final at Lincoln, New Zealand. Australia 9-207 (K. Richardson 44, T. Armstrong 37, J. Floros 35) defeated Pakistan 182 (J Hazlewood 4-30, L Doran 3-32) NIC MADDINSON Tests: Three matches, 22 runs at 6.75 T20Is: Two matches, 38 runs at 19 First-class: 70 matches, 4040 runs at 34.52 List A: 66 matches, 2324 runs at 38.09 T20s: 73 matches, 1549 runs at 23.11 The hard-hitting left-hander made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales nine months after Australia’s World Cup win, his first of 70 first-class appearances. Maddinson’s Test career was brief, playing three consecutive Tests against South Africa and Pakistan in the summer of 2016-17 before getting the axe. While he has fallen well down the pecking order in Australia’s red-ball cricket plans, Maddinson’s Big Bash performances for Sydney Sixers suggest he’s not far away from adding to his two Twenty20 internationals. TOM BEATON First-class: 12 matches, 345 runs at 17.25 List A: 11 matches, 268 runs at 26.8 T20s: 22 matches, 301 runs at 23.15 A former captain under-19s level, Beaton has been in the domestic cricket wilderness for the past couple of seasons after losing his WACA contract. The West Australian burst onto the domestic scene with a vital 71 on debut against Queensland in the Ryobi Cup one-day tournament, putting on 141 with captain Adam Voges. Beaton performed better in white-ball cricket than Sheffield Shield, where he averaged just 17.25 in 11 matches. He more recently played for Big Bash side Melbourne Renegades as a middle-order batsman, but lost his spot on their list this summer. Beaton, who also works as a fitness professional, is back playing for Mt Lawley in the WACA first grade competition after a stint in Melbourne. MITCH MARSH (CAPTAIN) Tests: 24 matches, 994 runs at 29.23, 29 wickets at 42.03 ODIs: 53 matches, 1428 runs at 35.7, 44 wickets at 35.54 T20Is: Nine matches, 133 runs at 22.16, four wickets at 36.25 First-class: 3809 runs at 32, 116 wickets at 30.06 List A: 2875 runs at 37.33, 84 wickets at 30.05 T20s: 1320 runs at 32.19, 40 wickets at 26.32 Mitch Marsh had already made his first-class, domestic one-day and Twenty20 debut by the time he captained the Australian under-19s to victory. One of two current Test players to feature in the world cup triumph, Marsh cemented his spot with a brilliant 181 in the third Ashes Test at the WACA Ground last month. The hard-hitting allrounder also took over the captaincy at WA from long-term skipper Adam Voges at the start of the summer, leading the Warriors to victory in the JLT One-Day Cup final with a player-of-the-match performance. Marsh has played for Australia in all three formats, with 24 Tests, 53 ODIs and nine T20Is under his belt. Your cookie settings are preventing this third party content from displaying. If you’d like to view this content, please adjust your . To find out more about how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Guide. ALEX KEATH First-class: Seven matches, 174 runs at 17.4, four wickets at 18.25 List A: 16 matches, 250 runs at 19.23, three wickets at 32.66 T20s: Five matches, 30 runs at 13.33 Keath has had a remarkable sporting career for someone his age, playing professionally at both cricket and footy. While he was still in high school, the talented allrounder turned his back on an AFL career with the Gold Coast Suns to sign a three-year deal with Victoria. But he struggled to make an impact at domestic level and eventually lost his Bushrangers contract after seven first-class and 16 List A appearances. He has since moved to South Australia where he was picked up by the Adelaide Crows as a Category B rookie, playing seven AFL matches as a key defender. JASON FLOROS First-class: 15 matches, 524 runs at 22.78, 26 wickets at 44.46 List A: 28 matches, 380 runs at 23.75, 17 wickets at 34.88 T20s: 27 matches, 225 runs at 15, three wickets at 93.33 A Canberra native, Floros moved to Queensland ahead of the 2009-10 season after getting a Bulls rookie gig. He was important with bat and ball in the under-19 final at Lincoln, making 35 before an economical 1-19 off eight overs. The off-spinning allrounder is still contracted at Queensland and captained the state’s one-day side last summer. Floros has struggled for opportunities this season, featuring twice in the JLT One-Day Cup to go with the solitary appearance with Brisbane in the BBL. TIM ARMSTRONG List A: Two matches, one run at 0.5, one wicket at 53 T20s: Six matches, 54 runs at 13.5 Australia’s leading run-scorer in the tournament with 240 runs at 48, Armstrong held a New South Wales rookie contract for one season before moving west in search of more first XI opportunities. The allrounder played for the Warriors and Perth Scorchers without ever getting a WACA contract. Armstrong was sanctioned by the WACA after an incident involving Tom Triffitt on a Future’s League trip to Queensland, with both players withdrawn from the match. He’s currently working in London for Stocks Digital, a media investor platform, and playing cricket for Teddington Cricket Club in the Middlesex Premier League. TOM TRIFFITT (WICKETKEEPER) First-class: 24 matches, 1036 runs at 25.9, 96 dismissals List A: 13 matches, 154 runs at 14, 17 dismissals T20s: 30 matches, 202 runs at 12.62, 23 dismissals The talented wicketkeeper-batsman endured a rollercoaster first-class career with Tasmania and Western Australia. A member of the Tigers’ 2010-11 Sheffield Shield-winning team, Triffitt left Tasmania for WA after the following season. Triffitt was released from his Warriors contract after an alcohol-fuelled incident in Brisbane in 2014, where he was charged with one count of wilful damage and two counts of stealing. He returned to Tasmania’s first-class ranks after a successful stint with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash, earning a Tigers contract for 2015-16 and playing eight of a possible 10 Shield games. The 27-year-old has since lost his contract and longer plays cricket at any level. He currently works in the real estate industry in Hobart as a residential sales consultant. KANE RICHARDSON ODIs: 15 matches, 21 wickets at 33.23 T20Is: Three matches, one wicket at 82 First-class: 28 matches, 90 wickets at 31.32 List A: 65 matches, 105 wickets at 28.1 T20s: 70 matches, 75 wickets at 26.26 While he is yet to reach great heights at international level, Kane Richardson has been a mainstay of South Australia’s bowling attack for many years. The Northern Territory product has been in dominant form for Melbourne Renegades in BBL07, including back-to-back four-wicket hauls, after crossing from Adelaide Strikers on a five-year deal. He was rewarded with a spot in Australia’s Twenty20 side for their trans-Tasman series against England and New Zealand this month. A right-arm fast-bowler and handy lower-order batsman, Richardson top-scored in Australia’s Under-19 World Cup final win with a run-a-ball 44 batting at No. 8. His best performance at in the ODI arena came against India in Canberra in 2016, where he took 5-68 in a man-of-the-match effort. JOSH HAZLEWOOD Tests: 36 matches, 139 wickets at 25.77 ODIs: 41 matches, 69 wickets at 24.27 T20Is: Seven matches, eight wickets at 33.62 First-class: 68 matches, 255 wickets at 24.74 List A: 86 matches, 140 wickets at 26.37 T20s: 30 matches, 37 wickets at 24.35 Josh Hazlewood was Australia’s best-performed bowler in the tournament, taking 13 wickets at 15 including 4-26 in player-of-the-match effort in the final. Like his under-19 captain Mitch Marsh, the reliable fast-bowler has gone on to represent Australia in all three formats. The New South Welshman is has formed an exciting pace attack alongside Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins. He had an impressive Ashes campaign this summer, grabbing 21 wickets at 25.9 in Australia’s 4-0 series triumph. LUKE DORAN List A: Three matches, eight wickets at 17.62 T20s: 15 matches, eight wickets at 35.87 The left-arm spinner was a New South Wales rookie when he featured in Australia’s under-19 success. Doran, who took 3-32 in the final against Pakistan, played in three domestic one-day matches for the Blues before losing his contract after the 2012-13 season. He also lined up in the Big Bash for the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers, with his last appearance in 2014. The older brother of Tasmanian wicketkeeper Jake Doran also lives in the Apple Isle where he captains Lindisfarne in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League and works for cricket equipment brand Icon Sports. ALISTER MCDERMOTT First-class: 20 matches, 75 wickets at 24.77 List A: 27 matches, 48 wickets at 24.7 T20s: 25 matches, 29 wickets at 23.1 The son of former Australian quick Craig McDermott looked destined to forge an international career of his own when he debuted as a teenager for Queensland in a Twenty20 match back in 2008-09. A red-headed Queenslander with pace the burn, McDermott held a rookie contract at the Bulls while he was still in high school. He played a vital role in Brisbane Heat’s first Big Bash title in Perth back in 2012-13, grabbing 2-21 from four overs in his side’s upset win over Perth Scorchers at the WACA. But, despite averaging less than 25 with the ball in all three formats, he was cut alongside his younger brother Ben, who now plays for Tasmania, at the end of 2014-15. McDermott also had a stint at Sydney Thunder but has since disappeared into the domestic cricket wilderness. He still plays first-grade club cricket in Brisbane for Wynnum Manly as well as working in commercial real estate.
1408	dbpedia	0	29	https://www.upstart.net.au/twenty20-big-bash-preview/	en	Twenty20 Big Bash preview	https://www.upstart.net.…me-512x512-1.png	https://www.upstart.net.…me-512x512-1.png	[ "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/admin-logo.png", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/admin-logo.png", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/admin-logo.png", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/NRL_Grand_Final_2006.jpeg", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Untitled-design-1-1.jpg", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WEDNESDAY-SPORT-ROUND-UO-3.png", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Untitled-design-20.jpg", "https://www.upstart.net.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "lzion" ]	2010-12-30T11:11:25+00:00	In upstart's final post for 2010, Ben Waterworth previews the Twenty20 cricket summer spectacle. And after the 4th Test, this could turn out to be the diversion we all so badly need. Happy New Year everyone.	en	https://www.upstart.net.…x512-1-32x32.png	upstart	https://www.upstart.net.au/twenty20-big-bash-preview/	Twenty20 Big Bash Preview: First match 30/12/10 – final on 5/2/11. Bright lights. Capacity crowds. Electric atmosphere. Blaring music. Big hits. No, this is not an all-in brawl in the crowd at an Akon concert. This is the Twenty20 Big Bash and it’s about to capture the attention of every Australian cricket fan. Since the league’s inception back in 2005, Cricket Australia has turned the Big Bash into one of the most successful sports competitions in the country. In fact, experts have hailed it as one of cricket’s biggest novelties since the introduction of World Series Cricket back in 1975. Six teams from each Australian state will go head-to-head in what is sure to be an enthralling spectacle for spectators both at the ground and watching on television. Western Australia and Tasmania will kick start the competition on December 30 at the WACA and the final will be hosted by the number one ranked team from the round robin competition on February 5. THE TEAMS NEW SOUTH WALES BLUES Past Performances in the Big Bash: 2nd, 6th, 4th, 1st, 5th First Match: v South Australia Redbacks on 4/1/11, 7pm (local time) at Adelaide Oval Key Player: Not too many players consider themselves Twenty20 specialists, but David Warner certainly can. The 24-year-old has scored 399 runs from 15 Big Bash matches at a phenomenal strike rate of 171.24. It wasn’t too long ago when the left-handed opening batsman smashed 89 against South Africa at the MCG and announced himself as one of the most intimidating Twenty20 players in the world – despite the fact he only stands at 170cm. Opposition teams must dismiss Warner early, otherwise he will take the game away from them. International Signing: TBA The Blues have been the most inconsistent Big Bash team since the competition began six years ago. They made the final in the 2008-09 season and then went on to win the Champions League in India that same year. However they failed to qualify for the 2010 league after finishing fifth last season. New South Wales could be without a lot of its first choice players for the opening few matches with Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Steve Smith and Brad Haddin all busy with national commitments. But with Warner and Phil Jaques at the top of the order and a variety of bowling options, the Blues should improve on last season’s disappointment. QUEENSLAND BULLS Past Performances in the Big Bash: 4th, 5th, 5th, 3rd, 3rd First Match: v Victoria Bushrangers on 2/1/11, 7pm (local time) at MCG, Melbourne Key Player: Statistically, Nathan Rimmington has been one of the best fast bowlers throughout the short history of the Big Bash. The 28-year-old has taken 26 wickets from 17 matches, with best bowling figures of 5/27 – which included a rare hat-rick – against Tasmania in 2007. Rimmington not only takes plenty of early wickets, but he also specialises in bowling at the end of an innings, a skill so crucial if you want to be a successful in Twenty20 cricket. International Signing: Michael Lumb (England) The Bulls continue to improve in the short form of the game but still lack the class and poise to take the next step. But this young team is beginning to build some team chemistry and this could be the year where they progress through to the final and earn a spot in the Champion’s League. A lot of pressure will be on captain James Hopes, a player with plenty of One-Day and Twenty20 experience at international level. He will need tremendous support from younger players such as Ben Dunk, Chris Lynn and Cameron Boyce as well as international recruit Lumb if the Bulls are to succeed. SOUTH AUSTRALIA REDBACKS Past Performances in the Big Bash: 5th, 4th, 6th, 4th 2nd First Match: v New South Wales Blues on 4/1/11, 7pm (local time) at Adelaide Oval Key Player: Since transferring from Victoria to South Australia, Aiden Blizzard has been nothing short of a success and now he has a chance to further prove to his former state why they should’ve given him more opportunities. The left-handed batsman announced himself as one of the most dangerous Twenty20 cricketers in the country when he thumped 89 off just 38 balls on debut for Victoria in 2007. Blizzard loves to play horizontal-bat shots through the leg side and with the Adelaide Oval’s short square boundaries, the 26-year-old power hitter is set to thrive on his new home ground. International Signing: Kieron Pollard (West Indies) South Australia was the biggest improver during the 2009/10 Big Bash, winning four out of their five round matches before losing to the all conquering Bushrangers in the final. But with such an evenly balanced side, there is no reason why the Redbacks can’t win the competition this year. With players such as Michael Klinger, Daniel Harris, Blizzard, Callum Ferguson and exciting international recruit Kieron Pollard at the top of the order, it’s hard to see a bowling line-up skilled enough to bowl them out. At the change of innings, Shaun Tait is bound to terrorise opposition batsmen at the start of the innings and the in-form Dan Christian’s big hitting and accurate bowling mean the Redbacks’ chances of a maiden Big Bash trophy seem imminent. TASMANIA TIGERS Past Performances in the Big Bash: 6th, 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 6th First Match: v Western Australia Warriors on 30/12/10, 5.30pm (local time) at WACA, Perth Key Player: Tasmanian skipper George Bailey has been touted as a future Australian batsman and captain for quite some time now and he has a fabulous opportunity to push his case in the Big Bash over the next month and a half. The 28-year-old has been a vital member of Tasmania’s middle order for the last few years, scoring 431 Twenty20 runs at an average of 28.73. His consistent batting –which included four half-centuries – and outstanding leadership recently earned him an IPL spot with the Chennai Super Kings. International Signing: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands) and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan) Tasmania endured another disappointing Big Bash campaign in 2009-10, finishing last for the second consecutive year and confirming their status as the worst performing team in the competition’s history. Last season was particularly substandard due to the fact the majority of the team is suited to the Twenty20 format. However the Tigers are due for success in the Big Bash and with the squad they’ve picked they’re a good show this season. Apart from Bailey, players like Mark Cosgrove, Tim Paine and Travis Birt are all more than capable of scoring quickly with the bat in hand. International recruits ten Doeschate and Rana should lead the bowling attack with great accuracy and Xavier Doherty’s changes of pace should be very effective. VICTORIA BUSHRANGERS Past Performances in the Big Bash: 1st, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 1st First Match: v Queensland Bulls on 2/1/11, 7pm (local time) at MCG, Melbourne Key Player: There’s a not a lot of adjectives left to describe Brad Hodge’s unbelievable feats at domestic level. In 25 Big Bash matches, the 36-year-old has scored 919 runs – the highest by any Big Bash player – at an incredible average of 39.95. He’s passed 50 on six occasions, but his breathtaking 106 in the 2005-06 final against New South Wales remains one of the best Big Bash innings’ of all time. Hodge will be keen to score big again this season in order to try and impress selectors ahead of the World Cup beginning in February. International Signing: Dwayne Bravo (Victoria) and Matt Prior (England) Even if you weren’t an avid cricket follower, one look at the past Big Bash results and it wouldn’t be too hard to realise Victoria are clearly the most successful and consistent domestic Twenty20 team in the country. And it’s no surprise the Bushrangers have been so dominant over the last five years with the amount of quality players they possess. Top order batsmen Hodge, David Hussey, Cameron White and Andrew McDonald have always been reliable and Aaron Finch announced himself as a player of the future last season with 189 runs at 47.25 per innings. The Bushrangers also have the left-armed Dirk Nannes, who is the leading Big Bash wicket taker with 31 from 20 matches. But after a reasonably disappointing season in the Sheffield Shield and One-Day cup so far, it could come crashing down for Victoria in the Big Bash as well. WESTERN AUSTRALIA WARRIORS Past Performances in the Big Bash: 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 5th, 4th First Match: v Tasmania Tigers on 30/12/10, 5.30pm (local time) at WACA, Perth Key Player: As Twenty20 cricket develops, spin bowlers have increasingly becomed more important and Aaron Heal is as important as they come. According to statistics, the 27-year-old is the best and most consistent spin bowler in Big Bash history with 23 wickets from 17 matches. He has lost his place in the Warriors’ Sheffield Shield team to fellow spinner Michael Beer, but Heal’s nagging accuracy means he is one of the first players picked in the limited overs format. International Signing: Chris Gayle (West Indies) and Sajid Mahmood (England) Overall, the Warriors have been one of the most disappointing domestic Twenty20 sides since the Big Bash’s inception. They hosted the final back in the 2007-08 season but were still no match for the classy Victorian’s who clearly outplayed them. Western Australia will rely heavily on the aggressive Gayle to make a big score and his ability to stamp his authority on a game with power hitting at the start of an innings. But the Warriors seem to lack the depth and firepower in their bowling attack – particularly in their pace bowlers – and might struggle to compete with some of the more established Twenty20 teams. PREDICTION: South Australia to win Big Bash.
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AustraliaFormatFirst-classFirst edition1892–93Latest edition2023–24Tournament formatDouble round-robin, then finalNumber of teams6Current championWestern Australia (18th title)Most successfulNew South Wales (47 titles)Most runsDarren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runsMost wicketsClarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wicketsTVCricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches)WebsiteCricket Australia 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition. History of Australia cricket [edit] In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki,[1] won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 in × 30 in (109 cm × 76 cm) silver shield. The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season.[2] Pura is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix".[3] Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company. In the 2019–20 season, Marsh took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan Companies' acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017. Teams [edit] Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below. Team name Team nickname Home ground/s[a] Inaugural season First title Last title Shield titles Wooden spoons Team captain/s New South Wales Blues[b] Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground 1892–93 1895–96 2019–20 47 12 Kurtis Patterson Queensland Bulls[c] Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground 1926–27 1994–95 2020–21 9 24 Usman Khawaja South Australia Redbacks[d] Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval 1892–93 1893–94 1995–96 13 49 Travis Head Tasmania Tigers Bellerive Oval 1977–78 2006–07 2012–13 3 14 Matthew Wade Victoria Bushrangers[e] Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground 1892–93 1892–93 2018–19 32 18 Peter Handscomb Western Australia Warriors[f] Perth Stadium WACA Ground 1947–48 1947-48 2023–24 18 5 Mitchell Marsh Venues [edit] Below are the venues that will host Sheffield Shield matches during the 2022–23 season. Adelaide Oval Allan Border Field Blundstone Arena Citi Power Centre Adelaide, South Australia Brisbane, Queensland Hobart, Tasmania Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 7,000 Drummoyne Oval The Gabba Karen Rolten Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney, New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland Adelaide, South Australia Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 100,024 North Dalton Park Sydney Cricket Ground WACA Ground Wollongong, New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales Perth, Western Australia Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 24,000 Competition format [edit] Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions: South Australia had no home game with: Victoria in 1901–02 or 1903–04; either opponent in 1907–08; New South Wales in 1910–11. Queensland and South Australia played only once (in South Australia) in 1926–27. Western Australia played each team only once from their debut in 1946–47 until 1955–56 inclusive. Tasmania played each team only once from their debut in 1977–78 until 1981–82 inclusive. In 2019–20 the season was curtailed after nine rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The 2020–21 season was heavily affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, with QLD playing 9 games, Tasmania and South Australia 8, and Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria playing 7 each. Unusually for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria and New South Wales played each other 3 times during the home and away portion of the season. Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis. Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28.[7] In 1940–41, however, the Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds;[8] however financially these were unsuccessful.[9] The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at the Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.[10] Final [edit] Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie, the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team.[7] Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield.[11] No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Points system [edit] A number of different systems have been used over the years. Currently, points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table. Result Points [13] An outright win (irrespective of the first innings result) 6 A tie (irrespective of the first innings result) 3 An outright loss (irrespective of the first innings result) 0 Abandoned or drawn matches (irrespective of the first innings result) 1 Bonus batting .01 for every run above 200 in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus bowling 0.1 for taking each wicket in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus point example – If after 100 overs the score is 8/350, the batting team would receive 1.5 points ([350 − 200] × 0.01), and the bowling side would receive 0.8 points (0.1 for each wicket) Quotient (team's batting average divided by its bowling average) is used to separate teams which finish on an equal number of points. Teams can be penalised points for failing to maintain an adequate over rate. The bonus bowling points were modified for the 2016–17 season. For the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the bowling team received 0.5 points for taking the 5th, 7th and 9th wickets (a maximum 1.5 points). Previous systems [edit] The Shield was initially envisaged as a match-by-match challenge trophy; it was originally determined on 4 January 1893 that it would first be awarded to the winner of the next inter-colonial match (which was, in fact, the fourth of the season), and then would pass in perpetuity to any team which defeated the holder of the trophy;[14] But on 30 January, it was decided instead to award the Shield to the team which won the most intercolonial matches across the season.[15] The quotient has been used as a tie-breaker for teams on equal points since 1893–94. First innings points were introduced in 1932–33 and used until 1970–71.[16][17] Bonus points for first innings batting and bowling were used from 1971–72 to 1980–81 inclusive. During the first 100 (eight-ball) overs of each side's first innings, a maximum of 10 batting bonus points could be attained. They were awarded for every 25 runs scored from 175 to 400 inclusive. A maximum of 5 bowling bonus points were available, initially upon capture of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and last wickets. This was later changed to wickets 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 as batting teams often declared when 9 wickets down to deny the bowling side the additional bonus point. Competition placings [edit] Prior to the introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo[18] and the Cricket Archive.[19] 1892–93 to 1925–26 [edit] Season Winner Second Third 1892–93 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1893–94 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1894–95 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1895–96 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1896–97 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1897–98 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1898–99 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1899–1900 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1900–01 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1901–02 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1902–03 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1903–04 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1904–05 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1905–06 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1906–07 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1907–08 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1908–09 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1909–10 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1910–11 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1911–12 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1912–13 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1913–14 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1914–15 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1915–16 Not contested due to World War I 1916–17 Not contested due to World War I 1917–18 Not contested due to World War I 1918–19 Not contested due to World War I 1919–20 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1920–21 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1921–22 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1922–23 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1923–24 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1924–25 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1925–26 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1926–27 to 1946–47 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth 1926–27 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland 1927–28 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1928–29 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia 1929–30 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1930–31 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1931–32 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1932–33 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland 1933–34 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1934–35 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1935–36 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1936–37 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1937–38 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1938–39 South Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales 1939–40 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1940–41 Not contested due to World War II 1941–42 Not contested due to World War II 1942–43 Not contested due to World War II 1943–44 Not contested due to World War II 1944–45 Not contested due to World War II 1945–46 Not contested due to World War II 1946–47 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1947–48 to 1976–77 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth 1947–48 Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland Victoria 1948–49 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia 1949–50 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1950–51 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1951–52 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1952–53 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland 1953–54 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1954–55 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1955–56 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1956–57 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1957–58 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1958–59 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1959–60 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1960–61 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1961–62 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia 1962–63 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1963–64 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia 1964–65 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Western Australia Queensland 1965–66 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Victoria Queensland 1966–67 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1967–68 Western Australia Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1968–69 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales 1969–70 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1970–71 South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland 1971–72 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1972–73 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1973–74 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia 1974–75 Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1975–76 South Australia Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Victoria 1976–77 Western Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales South Australia 1977–78 to present [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1977–78 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1978–79 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1979–80 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 1980–81 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania South Australia 1981–82 South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1982–83 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1983–84 Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1984–85 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria Tasmania 1985–86 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1986–87 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1987–88 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Tasmania 1988–89 Western Australia South Australia Queensland New South Wales Tasmania Victoria 1989–90 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Victoria 1990–91 Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1991–92 Western Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1992–93 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Victoria 1993–94 New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia Victoria South Australia Queensland 1994–95 Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1995–96 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales Victoria 1996–97 Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania Victoria South Australia 1997–98 Western Australia Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1998–99 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 1999–2000 Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2000–01 Queensland Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2001–02 Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales 2002–03 New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 2003–04 Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2004–05 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia Tasmania 2005–06 Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2006–07 Tasmania New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 2007–08 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Queensland 2008–09 Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2009–10 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia 2010–11 Tasmania New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia 2011–12 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2012–13 Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria Western Australia South Australia 2013–14 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria 2014–15 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2015–16 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 2016–17 Victoria South Australia Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 2017–18 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2018–19 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2019–20 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2020–21 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Victoria South Australia 2021–22 Western Australia Victoria Tasmania New South Wales Queensland South Australia 2022–23 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2023-24 Western Australia Tasmania New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Player of the Year [edit] The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season.[20] Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions. Season Winner(s) 1975–76 Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (Qld) 1976–77 Richie Robinson (Vic) 1977–78 David Ogilvie (Qld) 1978–79 Peter Sleep (SA) 1979–80 Ian Chappell (SA) 1980–81 Greg Chappell (Qld) 1981–82 Kepler Wessels (Qld) 1982–83 Kim Hughes (WA) 1983–84 Brian Davison (Tas), John Dyson (NSW) 1984–85 David Boon (Tas) 1985–86 Allan Border (Qld) 1986–87 Craig McDermott (Qld) 1987–88 Dirk Tazelaar (Qld), Mark Waugh (NSW) 1988–89 Tim May (SA) 1989–90 Mark Waugh (NSW) 1990–91 Stuart Law (Qld) 1991–92 Tony Dodemaide (Vic) 1992–93 Jamie Siddons (SA) 1993–94 Matthew Hayden (Qld) 1994–95 Dean Jones (Vic) 1995–96 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1996–97 Andy Bichel (Qld) 1997–98 Dene Hills (Tas) 1998–99 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1999–2000 Darren Lehmann (SA) 2000–01 Jamie Cox (Tas) 2001–02 Brad Hodge (Vic), Jimmy Maher (Qld) 2002–03 Clinton Perren (Qld) 2003–04 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 2004–05 Michael Bevan (Tas) 2005–06 Andy Bichel (Qld) 2006–07 Chris Rogers (WA) 2007–08 Simon Katich (NSW) 2008–09 Phillip Hughes (NSW) 2009–10 Chris Hartley (Qld) 2010–11 James Hopes (Qld) 2011–12 Jackson Bird (Tas) 2012–13 Ricky Ponting (Tas) 2013–14 Marcus North (WA) 2014–15 Adam Voges (WA) 2015–16 Travis Head (SA) 2016–17 Chadd Sayers (SA) 2017–18 Chris Tremain (Vic) 2018–19 Scott Boland (Vic) 2019–20 Moises Henriques (NSW), Nic Maddinson (Vic) 2020–21 Nathan Lyon (NSW) 2021–22 Henry Hunt (SA), Travis Dean (Vic) 2022–23 Michael Neser (Qld) 2023–24 Beau Webster (Tas) Records [edit] Individual records [edit] Most matches played [edit] Rank Matches Player Period 1 161 Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 2 159 John Inverarity (WA/SA) 1962–63 to 1984–85 3 147 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 4 146 Jamie Siddons (SA/Vic) 1985 to 2000 5 142 Stuart Law (QLD) 1988 to 2004 Source: [1]. Last updated: 26 March 2018. Players representing three states [edit] Player Career States Matches Graeme Watson 1964–65 to 1976–77 NSW, Vic, WA 60 Gary Cosier 1971–72 to 1980–81 Vic, SA, Qld 46 Trevor Chappell 1972–73 to 1984–85 NSW, SA, WA 63 Rod McCurdy 1980–81 to 1984–85 SA, Tas, Vic 33 Dirk Wellham 1980–81 to 1991–92 NSW, Qld, Tas 99 Colin Miller 1985–86 to 2001–02 Vic, SA, Tas 84 Michael Bevan 1989–90 to 2006–07 SA, NSW, Tas 118 Shane Watson 2000–01 to 2015–16 Tas, Qld, NSW 81 Shane Jurgensen 1999–2000 to 2006–07 WA, Tas, Qld 23 Aiden Blizzard 2007–08 to 2012–13 Vic, SA, Tas 21 Michael Klinger 1998–99 to 2018–19 Vic, SA, WA 122 Gurinder Sandhu 2012–13 to 2021–22 NSW, Tas, Qld 33 Source: A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong, p. 278. Last updated: 30 Nov 2008. Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic). Team records [edit] Team results [edit] Rank Team Entered Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won 1 New South Wales 1892–93 900 378 257 264 1 42 2 Victoria 1892–93 896 347 253 295 1 38.72 3 Western Australia 1947–48 665 237 205 223 0 35.63 4 Queensland 1926–27 786 250 269 266 1 31.8 5 South Australia 1892–93 885 241 406 237 1 27.23 6 Tasmania 1977–78 438 109 172 157 0 24.88 Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 March 2023. Highest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 1107 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1926–27 2 918 New South Wales South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1900–01 3 900/6d Queensland Victoria Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2005–06 4 821/7d South Australia Queensland Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1939–40 5 815 New South Wales Victoria Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1908–09 Source: [3]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Lowest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 27 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1955–56 2 29 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2004–05 3 31 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1906–07 4 32 New South Wales Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2020–21 5 35 Victoria New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1926–27 Source: [4]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Batting records [edit] Highest individual scores [edit] Rank Runs Player Match Venue Season 1 452* Don Bradman (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1929–30 2 437 Bill Ponsford (Vic) Victoria v Queensland Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1927–28 3 365* Clem Hill (SA) South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1900–01 4 359 Bob Simpson (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 1963–64 5 357 Don Bradman (SA) South Australia v Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1935–36 Source: [5]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Most career runs [edit] Rank Runs Player Career 1 13,635 (266 inns.) Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 2 10,821 (295 inns.) Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 3 10,643 (259 inns.) Jamie Siddons (Vic/SA) 1984–85 to 1999–2000 4 10,621 (211 inns.) Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 1989–90 to 2006–07 5 10,474 (254 inns.) Brad Hodge (Vic) 1993–94 to 2009–10 Source: [6]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Most runs in a season [edit] Rank Runs Player Average Season 1 1,506 (17 inns.) Simon Katich (NSW) 94.12 2007–08 2 1,464 (18 inns.) Michael Bevan (Tas) 97.60 2004–05 3 1,381 (20 inns.) Matthew Elliott (Vic) 81.23 2003–04 4 1,358 (20 inns.) Adam Voges (WA) 104.46 2014–15 5 1,254 (18 inns.) Graham Yallop (Vic) 69.66 1982–83 Source: [7]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Highest batting averages [edit] Most centuries [edit] Rank Centuries Player Matches 1 45 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 147 2 42 Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 118 3 36 Don Bradman (NSW/SA) 62 4 33 Chris Rogers (WA/Vic) 120 5 32 Matthew Elliott (Vic/SA) 122 Source: [9]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Bowling records [edit] Most career wickets [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Average 1 513 Clarrie Grimmett (Vic/SA) 79 25.29 2 441 Michael Kasprowicz (Qld) 101 24.56 3 430 Andy Bichel (Qld) 89 23.24 4 419 Jo Angel (WA) 105 24.86 5 384 Terry Alderman (WA) 97 24.21 Source: [10]. Last updated: 22 March 2012. Most wickets in a season [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Season 1 67 Colin Miller (Tas) 11 1997–98 2 65 Shaun Tait (SA) 10 2004–05 3 62 Chadd Sayers (SA) 11 2016–17 4 60 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (Vic) 6 1934–35 5 60 Andy Bichel (Qld) 11 2004–05 6 60 Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas) 11 2006–07 Source: [11]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Best career average [edit] Rank Average Player Balls Wickets 1 17.10 Bill O'Reilly (NSW) 10,740 203 2 17.74 Joel Garner (SA) 2,419 55 3 17.87 Geff Noblet (SA) 11,156 190 4 18.09 Pat Crawford (NSW) 2,517 61 5 19.08 Charles Turner (NSW) 3,920 73 Qualification: 2000 balls bowled. Source: [12]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Hat-tricks [edit] Many bowlers have taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shield. Mitchell Starc is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a Sheffield Shield match. In round two of the 2017–18 competition, Starc became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia.[21] He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to take a two hat-tricks in each innings of a first-class match.[22] In a match from 4–7 November 2017, New South Wales played against Western Australia at Hurstville Oval. In Western Australia's first innings, Starc dismissed Jason Behrendorff, David Moody and Simon Mackin in consecutive deliveries;[23] in the second innings he dismissed Behrendorff, Moody and Jonathan Wells in consecutive deliveries. Wicket-keeping records [edit] Most dismissals [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Matches 1 546 (499 c. 47 st.) Darren Berry (SA/Vic) 139 2 545 (530 c. 15 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 128 3 488 (474 c. 14 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 101 4 350 (322 c. 28 st.) Tim Zoehrer (WA) 107 5 343 (310 c. 33 st.) Rod Marsh (WA) 86 Source: [13]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. Most dismissals in a season [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Season 1 59 (57 c. 2 st.) Alex Carey (SA) 2016–17 2 58 (57 c. 1 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 2000–01 3 58 (56 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2011–12 4 57 (57 c. 0 st.) Matthew Wade (Vic) 2008–09 5 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1995–96 6 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1996–97 7 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Darren Berry (Vic) 1999–2000 8 54 (50 c. 4 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1995–96 9 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2008–09 10 54 (54 c. 0 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1999–2000 Source: [14]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. See also [edit] Cricket portal Intercolonial cricket in Australia One-Day Cup (Australia) Big Bash League Further reading [edit] The History of the Sheffield Shield, Chris Harte A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong A History of Australian Cricket 1993, Chris Harte
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored. He holds the record for winning most ICC tournaments as a captain in Men's Cricket. Under his Captaincy Australia won the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and 2006 and 2009 Champions Trophies. He was also a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Domestically, Ponting played for his home state of Tasmania as well as Tasmania's Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. He played as a specialist right-handed batsman, an excellent slip fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He led Australia to their second 5–0 Ashes win as well as victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh. He led Australia to consecutive ICC Champions Trophy victory in 2006 and 2009. Combative and at times a controversial captain, statistically he is one of the most successful Test captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010. As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories and was involved in the most ODI victories as a player, with 262 wins, having played in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs. A prolific batter, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He was named "Cricketer of the Decade 2000" was named in the country's best Ashes XI in a Cricket Australia poll in 2017 and in July 2018 he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. He is the current assistant coach of the Australian national men's cricket team, having been appointed to the role in February 2019. Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket in November 2012, the day before playing in his final Test against South Africa; this was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record held by Steve Waugh. He retired with a Test batting average of 51.85, although he continued to play cricket around the world until 2013. 1974–1995: Early life Main article: Early life of Ricky Ponting Birth and personal life Born in Launceston, Tasmania, on 19 December 1974, Ricky Ponting is the eldest of Graeme and Lorraine Ponting's 3 children. Graeme was "a good club cricketer" and played Australian rules football, while Lorraine was a state vigoro champion. His uncle Greg Campbell played Test cricket for Australia in 1989 and 1990. Ponting's parents first lived in Prospect 4.1 km (2.5 mi) south of city centre; however, they moved into the working-class area of Newnham, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of central Launceston. After marrying his long-time girlfriend, law student Rianna Cantor, in June 2002, Ponting credited her as the reason for his increased maturity. The couple have three children. Junior ranks Introduced to cricket by father Graeme and uncle Greg Campbell, Ponting played for the Mowbray Under-13s team at the age of 11 in 1985–86. In January 1986, he took part in the five-day annual Northern Tasmania junior cricket competition. After scoring four centuries in a week, bat manufacturer Kookaburra gave Ponting a sponsorship contract while in just eighth grade mainly on the back of these four centuries. Ponting took this form into the Under-16s week-long competition less than a month later, scoring an even century on the final day. Ted Richardson, the former head of the Northern Tasmanian Schools Cricket Association said: "Ricky is certainly the equal of David Boon at this level. Australian Rules football was also a big part of Ponting's sporting life, and is a keen follower of the North Melbourne Kangaroos. During the winter he played junior football for North Launceston and up until he was 14, it could have become a possible sporting option. This was before he broke the humerus in his right arm playing for North Launceston Under-17s as a 13-year-old. Ponting's arm was so badly damaged, it had to be pinned. Told to endure a 14-week lay-off, he never played competitive football again. During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the NTCA Ground (Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground), Ponting helped out with the scoreboard, thereby surrounding himself with international cricketers. After leaving school at the end of year 10 in 1990, he began work as a groundsman at Scotch Oakburn College, a private school in Launceston. In 1991 the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association sponsored Ponting to attend a fortnight's training at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. The two weeks turned into a full two-year sponsorship as he was said to be the best 17-year-old batsman Academy coach Rod Marsh had ever seen. Playing five games for Tasmania for the 1992 Under-19 carnival in Perth, Ponting scored 350 runs, earning him selection in the 13-man national Under-19 development squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa—the first Australian cricket team to make an official tour to the country since Bill Lawry's team in 1970. Early Australian domestic career Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his ODI debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early 2004. After scoring 114 not out in club match against Riverside, Ponting became the youngest player to appear for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield match, breaking Boon's record by 14 days. In November 1992, with Ponting just 17 years and 337 days, he went to the crease at number four against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Despite scoring 56 in a 127-run partnership with Boon, he could not prevent a defeat, scoring just four in Tasmania's second innings. In his first match in Tasmania, this time against New South Wales, Ponting contributed 32 and 18 in a draw. He followed this up with 25 against Western Australia in a narrow loss. His first match in Sydney also marked the debut of future Australian opening bowler Glenn McGrath. His subsequent century also meant that Ponting became the youngest Tasmanian to score a first-class century at 18 years and 40 days, eclipsing Boon's record of 19 years and 356 days. After scoring another half century, Ponting scored back to back centuries against Western Australia on Australia's fastest wicket in Perth. He became the youngest batsmen in Shield history to score twin centuries in a match. After setting a goal of scoring 500 runs in the season, he ended up scoring 781 at 48.81. After season's end, Ponting played seven four-day games for the Australian Academy, scoring 484 runs at 96.70, even though he was still only 18. Speculation ignited that Ponting was an outsider to join the Australian squad on their 1993 tour to England. Despite Ponting's reluctance to weigh into the debate, Tasmanian coach Greg Shipperd thought he could handle the experience. The selectors ended up choosing Western Australian batsman Damien Martyn for the tour, with Ponting selected in the academy squad captained by Justin Langer, which toured India and Sri Lanka for seven games in August–September 1993. Australian success was limited, with only several wins. No batsman scored a century, despite Ponting reaching 99 not out in a one-day game in Colombo. He finished the tour second highest in the aggregates, behind Langer. Before the start of the 1993–94 Sheffield Shield season, Ponting stated that he wanted to score 1000 runs for the season. In Tasmania's final match of the season, they needed to defeat South Australia outright to qualify for the final. Set 366 in 102 overs, Ponting scored 161 in a 290-run partnership that ended with Tasmania needing just 41 runs for victory. Despite Tasmania losing four quick wickets, they won with four wickets in hand. Disappointingly for Ponting, he could not repeat the performance in the final against New South Wales, scoring just one and 28, as Tasmania were defeated by an innings and 61 runs. The season saw Ponting score 965 runs at 48.25, close to his 1000 run goal. A month after the final, he was again selected for the academy squad for three limited overs matches against a touring Indian team. Queenslander Stuart Law captained the Australian side that included former Australian keeper Rod Marsh. In Australia's victory in Canberra he top scored with 71 and before scoring 52 in victory in Sydney. The last match was also successful for the home team, with Ponting not required to bat. Ponting started his 1994–95 campaign with a century against eventual Shield champions Queensland in Brisbane, impressing Queensland captain Allan Border, "He's just an outstanding prospect", Border said. Speculation again arose that Ponting could become a candidate for the upcoming tour to the West Indies. When Tasmania played Western Australia at Bellerive Oval on 4 November 1994, Ponting scored 211. The century was his fifth successive against Western Australia; Sir Donald Bradman is the only other batsman to score five consecutive centuries against another state in Shield history. Ten days after the double century, Ponting was named in the Australian XI to take on England at Bellerive Oval—in a match that was used as practice before the upcoming series in the West Indies. Future Australian representatives Matthew Hayden, Langer, Greg Blewett and Martyn were also selected. In a drawn match Ponting compiled a half-century. A fourth team was introduced to the World Series Cup in 1994–95—Australia A—for the only time. Australian captain Mark Taylor was not a fan of this change as many fans supported Australia A rather than the national team. Despite the negative feedback it gave Ponting a chance on the international stage. Playing for Australia A, he scored 161 runs at 26.83 with one half-century. 1995–1999: Early International career Australian debut Ponting's domestic performances were rewarded when he was selected for the Australian ODI team to play in all the matches in the 1995 New Zealand Centenary quadrangular tournament in New Zealand, that also included South Africa and India. Ponting made his debut against South Africa at number six in the batting order. He scored one from six balls, as Australia successfully chased South Africa's target on a difficult batting track. Australia secured another victory in their next match, this time against New Zealand in Auckland, where Ponting scored 10 not out, after coming to wicket late in the innings. His highest series score came in the third International where Australia lost to India in Dunedin. Ponting was promoted to number three in the batting order and responded by scoring 62 from 92 balls. The innings was scored without a boundary and was based on "deft placement and judicious running." The loss failed to stop Australia from appearing in the final against New Zealand in Auckland. Ponting returned to number six and was seven not out when the winning runs were scored. He finished the series with 80 runs at 40 and strike rate of 71.42 runs per hundred balls. Greg Shipperd publicly suggested that Ponting could be selected as a reserve wicket-keeper for the upcoming West Indies tour, despite not keeping-wicket for Tasmania. However, he had kept wicket in pre-season matches and during centre wicket practice. In any case Ponting was selected as a specialist batsman. "... It was like all my birthdays had come at once. I had some reservations about making my Test debut against arguably the best fast bowling attack in the world", Ponting later said. The West Indies had been cricket's powerhouse for close to two decades and teams included many feared fast bowlers. Before the tour, Australian captain Mark Taylor thought the last Test batting vacancy was possibly between Ponting and Justin Langer. "Ricky Ponting is more the stroke player while Justin is the tough man. It depends on what we need at the time but you can probably say Ricky has his neck in front because he's been on this tour [of New Zealand]", Taylor said. Rod Marsh believed Ponting's attitude and fearless approach could tear the West Indies apart. Nevertheless, Ponting did not expect to be selected. Steve Waugh noted that Ponting would "not be intimidated by the West Indians' inevitable waist-to-chin length." During the series, Ponting said the current crop of bowlers were not "of the same high class" that opposition teams had come to expect from the West Indies. Ponting was selected for the third ODI on 12 March 1995 at Queen's Park Oval, when Mark Waugh missed out through injury. Ponting—batting at three—was involved in a 59-run partnership with Steve Waugh; however, he was dismissed for 43 when he lifted an attempted pull shot. Mark Waugh returned for the next match and Ponting was subsequently dropped until he replaced an out-of-form David Boon in the fifth and final match, where Ponting got a second-ball duck. In a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Tests, Ponting scored 19, with Greg Blewett scoring a century and Langer compiling a half-century. The performance was not enough for Ponting to force his way into the Test side; though, Australia did regain the Frank Worrell Trophy for the first time in 20 years, winning the series 2–1. When Ponting returned to Launceston in June 1995, Tasmania's TAB announced him as their part-time ambassador. He then undertook a tour to England with the Young Australians; a team that included fellow Tasmanian Shaun Young. It also included five future Test batsmen: Matthew Hayden, Matthew Elliott, Martin Love, Justin Langer and Stuart Law. Despite not batting as well as he "would have liked", Ponting returned to Australia with the fourth highest batting average—48.73. Tasmania toured Zimbabwe for five games ahead of the 1995–96 Sheffield Shield. Ponting struggled, aggregating 99 runs at a modest 24.75. By the end of October, he had signed a contract with the Australian Cricket Board, along with 22 other Australian cricketers. He opened the batting with Boon in Tasmania's first match of the Sheffield Shield season, scoring 20 and 43. Ahead of the following match against Queensland in Hobart, Ponting set himself a goal of scoring a century in each innings; a feat he achieved in a high-scoring draw. His form continued against the touring Sri Lankans in a one-day game in Devonport, scoring 99. He scored another century against the same opposition in Launceston. During the match, the public address system at the NTCA Ground announced that Ponting was making his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Perth on 8 December. The following morning saw local newspaper The Examiner headline: "He's Ricky Ponting, he's ours ... and he's made it! Tassie's batting star will play in his first Test." Marsh continued his praise of Ponting, who replaced a dropped Blewett. "I have no doubt Ricky will be trying to get 100 in his first Test game. And I hope he does. You'd back him to. If Ricky carries with him the same attitude that he has seen him succeed at First-class cricket to the next level there is no reason why he will not continue to score." Sri Lanka batted first and scored 251, before Ponting—batting at number five due to Steve Waugh's absence through injury—arrived at the crease with Australia at a comfortable 3/422. He started nervously, edging his first ball past first slip for a boundary from off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. When Ponting reached 96, Chaminda Vaas hit Ponting high on his thigh and was given out leg before wicket. Many members of the crowd and media argued it was an incorrect decision due to excessive height. He combined with Stuart Law, also playing on debut, for a partnership of 121. This was only the ninth ever century partnership by debutants in Test cricket. "I've got mixed emotions about my knock at the moment. 96 is a good score but it would have been nice to get a 100", Ponting said after the innings. "Once I struck a few in the middle of the bat, and I spent some time in the middle I tried to relax and enjoy it, just savour the moment." Australia won the match by an innings. In the second Test in Melbourne on Boxing Day, he scored a "compact" 71 in his only innings, combining for a century stand with Steve Waugh. He also took the wicket of Asanka Gurusinha in Sri Lanka's first innings amidst four economical overs. However, Ponting's performance was overshadowed by Australian umpire Darrell Hair no-balling Muralitharan for throwing on seven occasions, increasing tensions between the two teams. Ponting's fellow Tasmanian Boon retired after the Third Test, and Ponting's performances were not as strong at number six in the batting order, managing six and 20. Australia won yet again, sweeping the series 3–0, and Ponting was in full praise of Boon. "I would have hated to be the first person to come through from Launceston and make it but he has proved it can be done", Ponting said a year before his Test debut. Ponting ended his debut Test series with 193 runs at 48.25. Though Ponting's appearances for Tasmania continued to be limited, he was still able to top the 1995–96 season averages with 59.50. He played in all ten games of the World Series ODI Cup played between Australia, Sri Lanka and the West Indies after the Test series. Ponting started the series at number four but moved up a position midway through the season, after opener Michael Slater was dropped. He broke through for his maiden ODI century in his 12th match, scoring 123 from 138 balls against Sri Lanka at the MCG. However, the effort was not enough to prevent Sri Lanka from victory. Ponting ended his first home ODI tournament with 341 runs at 34.10, including one century and three fifties, as Australia ended as series champions. 1996 World Cup A Tamil Tiger bombing in Colombo coupled with death threats to some members of the team forced Australia to forfeit their scheduled 1996 Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Ponting batted in the number three position for the entire tournament, and scored six in Australia's opening match victory over Kenya. He continued to be inconsistent with scores of 12 and 33 against India and Zimbabwe, before becoming the youngest batsman to score a World Cup century, when he scored 102 runs from 112 balls against the West Indies in Jaipur. Ponting wore a cap instead of a helmet to show the West Indians that he did not fear them. The effort was not enough, as Australia lost by four wickets. Australia finished second in their group and faced New Zealand in the quarter-finals. He scored 41 followed by a 15-ball duck in a semi-final victory against the West Indies, as Australia staggered to 8/207. Australia appeared to be heading out of the tournament when the Caribbean team reached 2/165, but a sudden collapse saw Australia win by six runs in the last over. Ponting scored 45 from 73 balls in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which Australia lost to Sri Lanka. Ponting ended his first World Cup campaign with 229 runs at 32.71. In August, Australia played in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka, after a five-month break since the World Cup. Despite the political environment being more assured than during the World Cup, Australia still struggled to defeat the Sri Lankans, now full of confidence. Australia overpowered Zimbabwe, before going down the home side. They regrouped and defeated India; however, Sri Lanka defeated Australia, this time in the final. Ponting scored: 53, 46 not out, 0 and 17 for the series. With Boon's retirement, Ponting was elevated to the No. 3 position in the Test team, and his first assignment in his new role came in a one-off Test against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Foreshadowing his future Test struggles in India, Ponting made 13 and 14 in a seven-wicket defeat. His failed to regain his form in the following Titan Cup involving India, South Africa and Australia. After a "scratchy" game against South Africa, Ponting was rested for the next match against India. Nevertheless, he was recalled for the return match against South Africa, making 17. The series ending poorly for Ponting, being bowled for a duck, as India won the finals. The pair of ODI tournaments on the subcontinent yielded Ponting only 168 runs at 28.00 from seven matches. Ponting continued in the role for the series against the West Indies in 1996–97 in Australia. After two Test matches and three scores under 10, he was replaced by Justin Langer, despite scoring 88 in the First Test. He was out of the team for six months, and missed the remaining three Tests against the West Indies, the three Tests on the tour to South Africa, both series victories to Australia. Many "experts" thought the decision was unjustifiable. Former Australian coach, Bob Simpson, said: "I really feel that Ricky could have been persevered with. He's a fine young cricketer and he'll now have to prove that he's got the tenacity and temperament to go with it." Ponting's axing meant he had time to regain his form in the Sheffield Shield. Despite struggling at first, he scored twin centuries against South Australia in Hobart, and proceeded to score another ton against Queensland. Ponting was selected for the 1997 Ashes tour of England, but did not play in any of the three preceding ODIs. He was not selected for the first three Tests; England won the first, Australia the third, and the second was drawn. Ponting was given three one-dayers and First-class match against Glamorgan to try to push his case for a Test inclusion. He scored a century in the latter, but managed just five against Middlesex in the last match before the Fourth Test. Michael Bevan was eventually dropped for Ponting, due to poor form and troubles against the short ball. In his first Ashes Test, Ponting scored his first Test century (127, batting at No. 6). He played the last three Tests and ended the series with 241 runs at 48.20. At the time Australia had a policy of the selecting the same team for ODIs, so Ponting only played in three ODIs in early stages of the 1996–97 season in Australia, scoring 68 runs at 22.66 in December 1996 before being dropped. Ponting scored 119 runs at 39.66 in the three-Test home series against New Zealand in 1997–98, including a breezy 73 not out from 85 balls in the second innings of the First Test in Brisbane to help Australia set a winning target. He then made his first Test century on Australian soil, scoring 105 in the First Test against South Africa at the MCG. He added a fifty in the next match and ended the series with 248 runs at 49.60. Ponting has his most successful ODI season to date, scoring 462 runs at 57.75 in the annual tri-series, including a 100 against New Zealand and three fifties. The 100 was Ponting's third ODI century, but Australia had lost all three matches. He scored 76 in the third and deciding final against South Africa, which Australia won. In a brief four-match ODI tour of New Zealand at the end of the season, Ponting scored 76 runs at 25.33. 1998 tours of the subcontinent and Ashes Just 10 days after their tour of New Zealand, Australia played in a first-class warm-up match in India, ahead of their three match Test series. Sachin Tendulkar struck a double century in the opening warm-up match as the Australian bowlers struggled to cope with the conditions. Ponting came into the Test series with first-class scores of 53, 37 and 155 behind him. Batting at five and seven in the batting order respectively, he scored 18 in the first innings and two in the second on a "dusty turning track" in the opening Test in Chennai. Despite conceding a 71 first innings lead, Tendulkar struck 155 in India's second innings, as India won by 169 runs. Australia suffered further humiliation in the second Test at Eden Gardens. India—whom amassed 5/633 in reply to Australia's 233—went onto win by an innings and 16 runs, as Ponting scored 60 and nine. Several days after the match, Ponting was thrown out of Equinox night club in Kolkata. The Indian media reported that Ponting was misbehaving with several women in the nightclub. Ponting was fined $1000 by Australian team management for the incident, and later apologised to staff. In the following Test in Bangalore, Australia won their first Test in India for 29 years, despite 177 not out from Tendulkar, which gave India a slender first innings lead. Ponting scored 16 his only innings as Australia won by eight wickets. He finished the series with 105 runs at 21.00 as the hosts took the Tests 2–1. Despite a poor Test series, Ponting's form in ODIs remained strong. In consecutive tournaments in India and Sharjah following the Tests, Ponting scored 467 runs at 51.88. In addition to three fifties, Ponting scored 145 from 158 balls in the Pepsi Cup against Zimbabwe in Delhi, equalling Dean Jones' Australian record. Ponting also had his first confrontation with Harbhajan Singh, an Indian off spinner who went on to have much success against him. In the Coca-Cola Cup series ODI against India in April, he and Mark Waugh put on more than 80 runs in 12 overs before Harbhajan was introduced into the attack. In the spinners second over, Ponting took him for four then lofted him over mid-wicket for six next ball. The following delivery saw Ponting use his feet in an attempt to get to the pitch of the ball but missed the shot and was consequently stumped. After the dismissal the pair clashed verbally. Ponting wrote, "The Sharjah incident was the result of me being over-competitive but it had the potential to get quite nasty. I was really disappointed with the shot I played [to get dismissed] and when I looked up Harbahjan was right in my face giving me the finger [gesturing for Ponting to leave the ground with his index finger] and really mouthing off. Had he been a few more metres away from me I would have not reacted like I did or at the most I would have given him a bit of lip as I walked past. I just over-reacted to the provocation." Both players were consequently fined ($500) and reprimanded by the match referee, with Harbhajan also suspended for a single ODI as he was adjudged to have breached the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. On the subsequent tour of Pakistan less than six months later, Ponting was dropped in favour of Darren Lehmann. The left-hander was perceived to be a better player of spin and a better prospect on the dry pitches of the Indian subcontinent than Ponting. In the first Test starting in October, Lehmann scored 98 in Rawalpindi, as Australia won their first Test in Pakistan in 39 years. Ponting's only Test outing was in a high-scoring second Test draw in Peshawar, when he scored 76 not out and 43 as Lehmann was injured. The match saw Mark Taylor equal Don Bradman's Australian record score of 334, when he declared Australia's innings overnight on 4/599, despite being not out. Ponting was replaced by Lehmann for the final Test. In between the Tests and the ODIs, Australia were knocked out of the 1998 Wills International Cup, starting in late October, when they were defeated by India in their opening match. In a knockout based tournament, Tendulkar scored 141 in India's total of 307; meanwhile, Ponting managed a 53 ball 41, in a 44 run defeat. In a tournament hosted in Bangladesh, South Africa were eventual victors, defeating the West Indies in the final. He played in all the following ODIs against Pakistan, which Australia won 3–0. In the final match, Ponting scored 124 not out from 129 balls, as Australia chased down 316 with six wickets to spare. He finished the series with 215 runs at 107.50. When the Australians returned for the home series against England, Ponting was "in the worst run-scoring groove in his first-class career." Nevertheless, he was recalled in place of Lehmann, despite the latter's form in Pakistan. This was explained on the basis of "horses for courses"; it was reasoned that Ponting would be more effective against England's pace-oriented bowling attack. However, Ponting struggled in the first three Tests, scoring 47 runs at 11.75, and Lehmann regained his spot for the last two matches. He had played 22 Tests by the end of 1998, with 1,209 runs at an average of 36.63. Ponting was a permanent fixture in the ODI team throughout this period, and scored 322 runs at 46.00 during the Carlton & United (CUB series) series of 1998–99. 1999–2002: The road back to the Australian side Mark Taylor retired from international cricket on 2 February 1999, and was replaced by ODI captain Steve Waugh. Lehmann failed to make much impact in the final two Ashes Tests and was dropped for the 1998–99 tour of the West Indies, while Ponting was recalled. Ponting's ability against pace-bowling helped his push for inclusion, as the West Indies typically relied entirely on pacemen. However, he was unable to force his way into the side in the first two tests, with number three, Justin Langer, and number six, Greg Blewett, cementing their places in the side. Before the third Test, Blewett suffered a hand injury and Ponting was recalled into the side. On a pitch that became increasingly flat throughout the day, Ponting—who came to the crease with the score at 4–144—joined Steve Waugh in a 281 partnership. After Waugh survived one of Ambrose's "more threatening spells", he scored 199 and Ponting 104. He "batted with maturity and even temperament associated with the champions of the game", according to Waugh. Australia collapsed in their second innings to be bowled out for 146, with Ponting scoring 22. Left with a record run-chase in Barbados, the West Indies won by a single wicket, thanks to an unbeaten Brian Lara century. Australia had to win the Fourth and final Test in Antigua to retain the series, after going down 2–1. Ponting scored 21 and 21 not out in the match, as Australia won by 176 runs. The following seven-match ODI series was not a success for Ponting, scoring just 74 runs at 14.80 in five matches. The series was drawn at 3-all and included a tie. First World Cup success (1999) Australia started their 1999 World Cup campaign in England with success against minnows Scotland, before defeats by Pakistan and New Zealand. Ponting scored, 33, 47 and 49 respectively. After the twin defeats, pundits doubted whether Australia could make the semi-finals let alone win the tournament. Australia then defeated Bangladesh with 30 overs to spare, as Ponting batted out of his usual number three spot for the only time in the tournament. In an attempt to increase the run-rate with pinch hitter Brendon Julian, Ponting scored an unbeaten 18 from 10 balls at number four. Ponting scored 20, 23 and 36 in the following matches against the West Indies, India and Zimbabwe. In the last match of the Super Six stage of the tournament, Australia were to play South Africa in a match they needed to win to make the semi-finals. South Africa batted first and scored 271, before Australia slumped to 3/48. Steve Waugh joined Ponting in the middle and scored 22 runs in ten overs. Both then agreed increase the scoring in a mid-pitch conversation. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis could not bowl because of strained abdominal muscles and the batting pair attacked the replacement bowlers, scoring 82 from 10 overs. They were involved in a 126-run stand until Ponting fell for 69 scored in 110 balls, including five fours and two sixes. Waugh went on to make 120 off 110 deliveries helping Australia win with two balls to spare. The sides met again in their next match, this time in the semi-final at Edgbaston on 17 June 1999. Australia only managed 213, with Ponting contributing a solid 37 from 48 balls. In reply, South Africa started strongly, talking 45 from the first nine overs without the loss of a wicket. However, Shane Warne dismissed Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten before long and eventually took 4/29 from 10 overs. The last over started with the Africans needing nine runs with one wicket in hand. Lower-order hitter, Lance Klusener, proceeded to score eight runs in the next two balls. Drama followed, as Donald was run-out two balls later, resulting in a tie. Australia qualified for the final because they finished higher than their opposition on the Super Six table. They comfortably accounted for Pakistan in the final, winning by eight wickets, after they were set a target of 132. Ponting scored 24 in Australia's first World Cup win since 1987. He ended the tournament with 354 runs at 39.33. Australia soon travelled to Sri Lanka for a three-Test series, which they lost 1–0. Ponting was one of Australia's few effective players during the tour and was Man-of-the-Series, ending with 253 runs at 84.33. In the First Test defeat at Kandy, Ponting scored 96 and 51, almost half of Australia's match total of 328 runs. They lost the match by six wickets, partly due to being unable to handle the spin of Muralitharan who took eight wickets. The Second Test was severely interrupted by rain and Ponting scored just one in his only innings. He scored 105 not out in the Third Test in Colombo, his only Test century in Sri Lanka. Despite having a perceived weakness against spin, Ponting played Muralitharan the best out of all the Australian batsmen. He scored 31 as Australia won their inaugural Test against Zimbabwe by nine wickets. In the following ODI series between the respective countries, Ponting scored 288 runs at 57.60 with two fifties. Ponting started the 1999–2000 season poorly, with ducks in his first three Test innings in the series against Pakistan, including a pair on his home ground Bellerive Oval. He ended the run in style, scoring 197 in the Third Test at the WACA. Australia won the series 3–0 and Ponting proceeded to score 125 in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. He finished with an unbeaten 141 in the Third Test at the SCG, the culmination of another Australian whitewash. Ponting was the leading scorer for the series, compiling 375 runs at 125.00. He brought this form into the initial stages of the following 1999–2000 Carlton United ODI series, hitting 32 and 115, before three consecutive ducks. Ponting, however, ended the rut towards the back end of the series, stringing together 53, 43, 33, 50 and 78, as Australia won the tournament. Along with his impressive average of 40.4, Ponting's strike rate (87.06) was the highest of all recognised Australian batsmen. Perhaps more importantly, Ponting was selected as temporary vice-captain when Shane Warne was unavailable through injury, strengthening his claim for future higher honours. "It's now apparent to me that I'm one being viewed as a future Australia captain", Ponting acknowledged in his newspaper column. "I think it's fair to say unless I was being considered for a future leadership position in the team then someone with significantly more experience, like Mark [Waugh] would have been given the nod to be the team's vice-captain. Despite all his good fortune, Ponting slid into the boundary fence and seriously damaged his ankle during the second final against Pakistan, forcing him to miss the upcoming ODI series' in New Zealand and South Africa. The damaged ligaments required a two-hour operation, with doctors telling him how he would not be able to return to cricket until the next summer. He recovered quicker than expected and by May he returned to the golf course and was given approval to start cricket training. He returned to the international scene in August for a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Melbourne's indoor Docklands Stadium. He made only 60 runs, as the series was tied 1–1, with a tie. Ahead of the first Test of the 2000–01 season in November, Ponting found form while playing for Tasmania. He scored 233 against a strong Queensland bowling team that included Andy Bichel, Adam Dale and Ashley Noffke. The innings included 37 boundaries and four sixes, and was so dominant, the next highest score for the innings was 61. In the second and final first-class match Ponting played for Tasmania in the season, he scored a more sedate 187 against New South Wales in Hobart, assuring him a place in the Test side, despite Damien Martyn (who replaced Ponting in the side when injured) scoring two centuries for Western Australia. Ponting was overlooked the ODI vice-captaincy, with Gilchrist given the role; however, Ponting captained a Northern Territory XI against the West Indies in the lead-up to the upcoming series. Though not known for extravagant claims, Steve Waugh told a journalist that Ponting could easily be the best batsman in the world, and put him alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. When Jamie Cox was selected for Australia A, Ponting was selected as captain of Tasmania for a domestic one-dayer against Victoria in December. His men won by nine wickets, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 64 from 69 balls. Australia white-washed the West Indies 5–0 in the Test series; Ponting scored a modest 242 runs at 40.33, with a high score of 92. Defeat in India and 2001 Ashes Injury aside (he missed a three-Test tour of New Zealand in early 2000 after hurting his ankle in a fielding mishap in an ODI Final at Sydney), his position was now secured. Australia toured India in between February and April for three Tests and five ODIs. Australia had not won a Test series in India since 1969. Australian captain Steve Waugh began calling this the "Final Frontier". Australia lost the series 2–1 after winning the first Test, and Ponting finished with just 17 runs at an average of 3.4. He was dismissed all five times by Harbhajan Singh. Ponting had a habit of instinctively rocking onto the front foot and thrusting his wrists at Harbhajan's deliveries and was frequently caught in the bat pad positions because of this. Despite this recent run of poor scores, Ponting was promoted to the key No. 3 position in the Australian batting order at the expense of the dropped Justin Langer, while Damien Martyn took Ponting's former spot at No. 6, for the very next Test series, the 2001 Ashes tour of England. Ponting began the series poorly, scoring 11, 14, 4, 14 and 17—the first four dismissals all to Darren Gough. In the first innings of the fourth Test, Ponting stood his ground while on 0 after edging to slips and refused to go off the field without a TV replay. Replays revealed that the ball had been grassed and Ponting subsequently went on to score 144 and 72 in the second innings. He scored his 216 runs in only 226 balls. In doing so, he repeated his feat in 1997 of returning to form at Headingley. He ended the series with 338 runs at 42.25. Starting with that 2001 Ashes series he has batted No. 3 in all but four of his Test innings. The touring New Zealanders were not expected to provide much of a challenge to the in-form Australians during the three-match Test series starting in November. The opening Test in Brisbane, saw the tourists came within 11 runs of victory, before the Test was drawn; partly to do with inclement weather. Ponting scored five and a run-a-ball 32 not out in Australia's second innings, as they pushed for a declaration. After scoring 4, 0 and 0 in his previous Test outings at Bellerive Oval, Ponting broke through with a man-of-the-match performance of 157 not out in the Second Test, before further rain resulted in another draw. The result of the Third Test in Perth was no different, with Ponting scoring 31 and 26. Set a record 440 to win, Australia finished on 7/381 at stumps on the final day, despite half-centuries from Gilchrist and the Waugh twins. He ended the Test season 366 runs at 52.28. 2002–2004: Appointment as One Day International captain Appointment as One Day International captain Although the Test team had continued to perform well, sweeping South Africa 3–0 in the home series in 2001–02, the One-Day International (ODI) team suffered a slump, failing to qualify for the finals of the triangular tournament, leading to the dropping of Steve Waugh from the one-day team in February 2002. Ponting was elevated to the captaincy, ahead of then vice-captain Adam Gilchrist. The fortunes of the ODI team revived immediately, and Ponting's men won their first series during the tour of South Africa, defeating the team that had won the tournament which ended Waugh's reign. Following his elevation to the ODI captaincy, Ponting played a prominent role in the Test tour of South Africa. He scored 100 not out to steer Australia to a four-wicket win in the Second Test in Cape Town, bringing up the winning runs with a six from the bowling of Paul Adams. He struck 89 in the Third Test and ended the series with 308 runs at 77.25 with a strike rate of 76.48. Australia entered the seven-match ODI series without both of the Waugh twins. Ponting was prominent in the 3–0 whitewash of Pakistan on neutral territory in late 2002. He struck 141 in the First Test in Colombo and 150 in the Third Test in Sharjah to end with 342 runs at 85.50. 2002–03 Ashes victory and first World Cup success as captain England toured for the 2002–03 Australian season, and Ponting struck 123 in the First Test in Brisbane. His form continued with 154 in the Second Test in Adelaide, meaning that he had scored four centuries in five Tests. Australia won the latter match by an innings and Ponting scored 68 in the Third Test in Perth as Australia took an unassailable 3–0 lead. He was unable to pass fifty in the final two Tests and ended the series with 417 runs at 52.12. Australia won the VB series held between and after the Tests. After the conclusion of the Third Test, Australia's 30-man squad for upcoming 2003 World Cup was announced. Steve Waugh was a somewhat surprising omission, despite being unable to force his way back into the ODI team since being dropped after team disappointment in the 2001–02 VB Series. Ponting scored a slow 18 from 30 deliveries in Australia's victory in the opening match of the 2002–03 VB series against England in Sydney. He proceeded to score 119 from 123 balls (nine fours and three sixes) in Australia's second match of the series—again against England, this time at the MCG—sharing an all wicket record Australian ODI partnership of 225 with Adam Gilchrist in the process. Despite a comfortable Australian victory, Warne dislocated his right shoulder while diving to stop a ball. The success continued through the 2002–03 ODI series in Australia. Winning the finals series against England 2–0. Australia hit trouble on the personnel front in the lead up to the World Cup. Lehmann was handed a seven-match ban for racial abuse, the world's number 1 ranked ODI batsman Michael Bevan was injured, as was all rounder Shane Watson, who had to withdraw from the World Cup. At the time, another all-rounder, Andrew Symonds, had been performing poorly and had been heavily maligned by cricket analysts, but Ponting strongly advocated his inclusion. The selectors granted Ponting his wish, although the decision was considered highly controversial, especially with Waugh campaigning for his recall as an all-rounder. A few days before the tournament started, Australia were in further turmoil, when leading bowler Shane Warne was sent home and a replacement could not be flown in until after the first match. With Bevan and Lehmann still sidelined, Australia went into their opening match with little choice over their line-up, and Symonds having to play. However, Symonds repaid Ponting's faith with an unbeaten 140 after Australia lost three quick wickets to be in early trouble. Australia beat Pakistan, and gained further momentum by defeating India by nine wickets in less than half their allotted overs in the next match. Symonds continued to put in a series of match-winning performances and continued to be strongly backed by Ponting from then on. Ponting himself performed solidly with 53 against Pakistan and 24 not out, hitting the winning runs to guide Australia home. He failed to perform in the rest of the group matches including just 2 against Namibia and 18 against England in a poor performance which Australia managed to win just. He began the Super Six stage with a massive 114 against Sri Lanka. This innings included 4 sixes and he was very aggressive. He failed in the rest of the Super Six stage and the semi-final against the same opposition (Sri Lanka). In the Final, they met India, who they had crushed in the group stage. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly controversially sent the Australians in to bat, citing cloud cover, but Ponting's batsmen attacked immediately and put the Indian bowlers under pressure. They went on to score 359–2, a record for a world cup final by over 100 runs. Ponting top-scored with a brilliant 140 not out from 121 balls. India's batsmen could not cope with the target, and were defeated by a record (for World Cup Final matches) 125 runs. "I have had some amazing times and some proud moments in my career, but the events at the Wanderers have topped the lot. Lifting the World Cup alongside 20 other proud Australians ... [It is] without doubt the best moment of my cricketing life." Ponting led his team to a dominant, undefeated, performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, winning all 11 of their matches. Ponting was announced as long-term vice-captain in place of Adam Gilchrist for Australia's away series in the Caribbean starting in April 2003. The first Test was not the first time Ponting had been vice-captain of the Australian Test team however, as he was thrust into the role against the West Indies in 2000 and England in 2001—because of injuries to Steve Waugh. Although Gilchrist had not done anything untoward, Ponting was elevated because Australian selectors wanted him to captain if Waugh was to be injured. This was Ponting's third tour to the Caribbean, and he was rested from the only warm-up match ahead of the Tests. Nevertheless, he continued his World Cup form in the First Test, scoring 117 and 42 not out on a slow and low pitch, as Australia won by nine wickets. Ponting scored his first double century (206) in the Second Test, as he and Darren Lehmann shared an Australian third-wicket partnership record of 315 against a weak bowling attack. Australia defeated the West Indies by 118 runs on the final day—retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy. The Tasmanian's rich vein of form continued in the Third Test, after being rested for a tour match against Barbados. He scored 113 before running himself out, as Australia batted first on a pitch at the Kensington Oval described as the slowest Waugh had played on. Waugh's men proceeded to take a 3–0 series, with a comfortable nine-wicket victory. Ponting missed the final Test, as Australia conceded the Test record run chase of 418; nevertheless, Ponting was still awarded the man-of-the-series award, after ending the series with 523 runs at 130.75. 5,000 Test runs Main articles: Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2003 and Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 Test cricket record Matches Runs Best Average 100s 50s Home 92 7578 257 56.97 23 5 Away 71 5360 206 45.81 16 17 Neutral 5 440 150 55.00 2 7 Ponting then scored 10 and 59 as Australia recorded comfortable innings victories in their inaugural series against Bangladesh, played in Darwin and Cairns in the tropical north of Australia in the winter of 2003. In the third and final match of the ODI series following the Tests, Ponting scored a composed century, as he and Michael Bevan put on a run-a-ball 127-run stand. Australia's cricket summer started in October; a month earlier than usual because of their ODI series in India following their home series against Zimbabwe. Due to the season's early start, many of the Australian players were not match fit. McGrath missed the series with an ankle injury, while there were concerns about whether Australia should be playing Zimbabwe because of Robert Mugabe's regime. The first Test started on 9 October in Perth, as Australia started strongly batted first against a Zimbabwean bowling attack that lacked penetration on a flat WACA wicket. However, Ponting was dismissed leg before wicket for 37, while Hayden went on to break Brian Lara's world record Test score of 375. Australia won the Test by an innings and 175 runs on the final day. In the next Test at the SCG Australia fielded an inexperienced team due to injuries and won by nine wickets; sweeping the series 2–0. Ponting struck 169 and 53 not out, and passed 5,000 Test runs during his first innings century. The Australian number three ended the two-match series with 259 runs at 129.50. In the midst of the lack of public attention and poor crowds, Ponting wrote how he was unsure whether Bangladesh and Zimbabwe should be playing Test cricket. Australia flew to India two-day after the conclusion of the Zimbabwean series to play in the TVS Cup against India and New Zealand. They opened their campaign on 26 October against India in Gwalior, but were defeated by 37 runs, as Ponting was dismissed for two. Australia played New Zealand in match three of series in Faridabad. An early 9 am start saw New Zealand bowled out for 97, despite Australia bowling 17 wides. Australia comfortably reached the target, losing only two wickets in the process; one of which was Ponting for 12, who felt that he was "in terrible form.". Before Australia's next game, Ponting was named the Wisden International Cricketer of the Year in an award ceremony in Mumbai. Two days later, the city saw Australia defeat India by 77 runs, helped by Ponting's 31. He continued his run without a large score, managing just 16 in the fifth match of the series against New Zealand; however, Australia won a hard-fought contest. He regained his form in a victory over New Zealand in match—scoring 52 in Guwahati. Ponting improved further against India in match eight in Bangalore. After Gilchrist scored his first ODI century against India, Ponting scored an unbeaten 108 from 103 balls, to help Australia win by 61 runs. Ponting hit seven sixes and one four, becoming the first batsman to end up with only one four in an ODI century. Ponting struggled to come to terms with the pitch early, reaching his 50 in 69 balls, before scoring his next 50 in 31 deliveries. After defeating New Zealand, India qualified for the final against Australia. Batting first in Kolkata, Australia managed 5/235, as Ponting scored 36. India were bowled out for 198, leaving Australia victors by 37 runs. He finished the series with 296 runs—the third highest run-scorer—at an average of 42.83. Most runs by an Australian in a calendar year (2003) Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 After making 54 and 50 in the rain-drawn First Test in Brisbane, Ponting scored double-centuries in back-to-back Tests against India, in the Second Test at Adelaide (242) and at Melbourne (257, his career high). He hit 31 not out in the second innings in Melbourne as Australia levelled the series 1–1 and scored 25 and 47 in the drawn Fourth Test in Sydney to end as the leading run-scorer for the series, with 706 runs at 100.85. Harbhajan had been sent home after the First Test with an injury to his spinning finger. Having also scored 206 at Port-of-Spain earlier in the year, he became only the second player (Sir Donald Bradman the other) to hit three double-centuries in a calendar year. Ponting's 242 against India at Adelaide is also the highest ever Test score by a batsman whose team was subsequently defeated in the match. After Steve Waugh's retirement at the beginning of 2004 following the drawn home series against India, Ponting assumed the Test captaincy. Since 1997 the Australian team has not always had the same captain for Tests and for ODIs, with Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh being dropped from the ODI team whilst still the Test captain. 2004–2008: Appointment as Test captain Main articles: 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2004–05, and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2004–05 Ponting started with a 3–0 clean sweep of the Test series in Sri Lanka. Ponting brought Symonds into the Test team on the back of strong ODI form, rather than first-class cricket, replacing Simon Katich, who had scored a century and unbeaten fifty in the last Test. However, this backfired and Symonds was dropped after two Tests. Nevertheless, it was a far cry from Australia's last two Test campaigns in Sri Lanka, which had resulted in a 1–0 and 0–1 results respectively. Individually though, Ponting struggled, especially in comparison to his efforts in 1999. He scored 198 runs at 33.00, his only effort beyond 30 being 92 in the first innings of the Third Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo. Australia hosted Sri Lanka for two Tests during the winter, in the tropical north. Ponting missed the victory in the First Test in Darwin due to a family bereavement, and scored 22 and 45 as the Second Test in Cairns was drawn. Despite their success at World Cups, Australia continued their failure to win the ICC Champions Trophy. They were knocked out by hosts England in the semifinals in 2004. After missing most of the tour of India due to injury, Ponting returned for the Fourth Test. By this time, Australia had taken an unassailable 2–0 series lead, his deputy Gilchrist leading the tourists to their first Test series win in India since 1969–70. Leading spinner Shane Warne injured himself on the eve of the match, which was played on a very dry pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Off spinner Nathan Hauritz and leg spinner Cameron White, who were not regular wicket-takers in domestic cricket, were surprise selections ahead of Stuart MacGill for the tour. The reasoning given by the selectors was that as they intended to play only one spinner—Warne—MacGill was unlikely to play so they would not lose anything by taking some young spinners instead, in order to gain experience. However, it was too late for MacGill to be flown in, and Hauritz played and took 5/103. Ponting made 11 and 12 and Australia lost a low-scoring match in less than two days' equivalent playing time. Ponting was very vocal in criticising the playing surface after the match. Ponting oversaw a successful campaign in the 2004–05 Australian season. They won all five Tests, defeating New Zealand 2–0 and Pakistan 3–0. Ponting scored 145 runs at 72.50 against New Zealand in a winning start to his Test captaincy on home soil. For his performances in 2004, he was named as captain of both the World Test XI and ODI XI by ICC. Up to this point, Ponting's prolific form with the bat in 2003 had tapered away following his ascension to the captaincy and he had not made a century in eight Tests, a long period by his standards. In the First Test against Pakistan in Perth, Ponting made 98 in the second innings. Australia went on to crush the visitors by over 400 runs. Ponting struck 62 not out in the second innings as Australia won by nine wickets in the Second Test in Melbourne, and then brought up his maiden century as captain, scoring 207 in the New Year's Test in Sydney, which ended in another convincing nine-wicket triumph. He ended the series with 403 runs at 100.75. Australia then won a three-Test tour against New Zealand away 2–0. Ponting ended the series in style, scoring 105 and 86 not out in the Third Test win in New Zealand. In his first Test series in the country, he scored 293 runs at 97.66. Australia lose an Ashes series for the first time since 1987 Main articles: 2005 Ashes series and ICC Super Series 2005 Australia lost to England 2–1 after starting the series as favourites. Ponting thus became the first Australian captain since Allan Border in 1986–87 to lose an Ashes series. The 2005 series was hailed as one of the great Test series, but Ponting faced significant criticism afterwards and his tenure as captain was questioned. In his defence, Ponting said that Australia had simply been outplayed and had not stepped up at crucial moments in the matches. He rejected suggestions that Shane Warne should be captain in his stead. After the first two matches the score was 1–1, having lost Glenn McGrath during the warm-up at Edgbaston and falling short of victory by just 3 run. England had the upper hand throughout the third Test at Old Trafford, where Australia needed to bat through the last day to force a draw. Ponting scored 156, the first Australian century of the series, and was dismissed only four overs from the end of the day. This left Australia nine wickets down but their final pair survived the remaining overs. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, Australia again batted poorly and was forced to follow-on. In the second innings, Ponting was well set on a score of 48, and England was in some difficulty due to an injury to key paceman Simon Jones, when the Australian captain was run out by a direct hit from the substitute fielder (Gary Pratt). Australia went on to lose the match, despite a spirited fightback with the ball on the last day. Also in this match Ponting bowled six overs, and took his first wicket since March 1999; Michael Vaughan caught behind by Adam Gilchrist. The Fifth Test at The Oval was curtailed by rain and although Australia had the English batsmen in danger on the final day, a rearguard counterattacking partnership by Kevin Pietersen and Ashley Giles on the final afternoon secured a draw for the hosts. Thus, the Ashes were lost for the first time in 16 years. The setback to Australia, and to Ponting as Australian captain, of the 2005 Ashes defeat, was to prove a strong motivation for the Australian camp to improve their standards and overcome any complacency that may have arisen from Australia's being the world's premier cricketing nation for a decade. Prior to the Ashes defeat, Australia's dominance had prompted the ICC to organise a series against a World XI, immediately after the Ashes. Following the Ashes defeat, Australia were expected to struggle against the World XI, but bounced back to whitewash them 3–0 in the ODIs; they also won the only Test easily, Ponting scoring 46 and 54. However, the series was also criticised due to the apparent lack of collective desire of the World XI, who were regarded more as a collection of individuals. Twin centuries in 100th Test Main articles: 2005–06 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy and South African cricket team in Australia in 2005–06 Australia were untroubled during the 2005–06 home season—whitewashing the West Indies 3–0 before defeating South Africa 2–0 in three Tests. They then toured South Africa and recorded a 3–0 whitewash in the Tests. In the series against the West Indies, Ponting scored a century in each innings of the First Test in Brisbane, 149 and 104 not out. In his first Test as captain in front of the Tasmanian public, Ponting managed 17 and 0 not out, and he ended the series with 329 runs at 82.25. Ponting was in a rich vein of form against the South Africans. After scoring 71 and 53 in the drawn First Test in Perth, Ponting scored 117 on Boxing Day in the Second Test at the MCG. Australia won the match and Ponting scored 120 and 143 not out to end the series and start the New Year with a dramatic win in the Third Test at the SCG. South African captain Graeme Smith declared on the final morning of a rain-curtailed match and tried to open up the game in a bid to equal the series. He left Australia a target of 287 runs in 76 overs, and Ponting made 143 not out in only 159 balls to secure an eight-wicket win. It was the first time anyone had scored two centuries in their 100th Test and Ponting was named man of the match and man of the series. He had scored 515 runs at 103.00. For his performances in 2005, he was named once again as captain of the World Test XI by ICC. Australia's first Champions Trophy victory Main articles: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06, Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06, and 2006 ICC Champions Trophy In 2005 Ponting began using cricket bats with a graphite covering over the wooden blade of the bat, as did other players contracted to Kookaburra Sport. This was ruled by the MCC to have contravened Law 6.1, which states that bats have to be made of wood, although they may be "covered with material for protection, strengthening or repair not likely to cause unacceptable damage to the ball". Ponting and Kookaburra agreed to comply, before the series against South Africa. Australia continued their run in South Africa even in the absence of McGrath for family reasons. Ponting scored 103 and 116 in the Second Test in Durban, making it three Test centuries in consecutive innings at the ground. He ended the series with 348 runs at 58.00. Remarkably his performance at Durban meant that Ponting had scored twin centuries in three separate Tests between November 2005 and March 2006, as part of 1192 runs at 79.5 in nine matches over the same period. On 12 March 2006 Ponting scored 164 in only 105 balls in the 5th ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg, as Australia made a record total of 434 for 4, only to be beaten by South Africa's 438 for 9. At the end of the match Ponting was jointly awarded Man of the Match with Herschelle Gibbs. Ponting was not happy with the performance and once in the dressing rooms delivered "the biggest spray" he hoped to do while captain of Australia. The Australians moved on to their maiden Test tour of Bangladesh thereafter, and narrowly avoided an ignominious loss in the First Test at Fatullah. After the home side took an unexpected first innings lead, Ponting scored an unbeaten 118 in the second innings to guide his team to a three-wicket win. He scored 52 in the Second Test as Australia won by an innings and took the series 2–0. Australia won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, finally winning the ODI tournament that had eluded them despite their World Cup success. After the final in Mumbai, Ponting drew some criticism for appearing to ask BCCI president and Indian cabinet minister Sharad Pawar to "leave the podium" and pointing towards the exit with his finger, while his teammate Damien Martyn pushed him gently in the back so that his team could commence celebrations. The issue, while minor, was solved when Ponting issued a formal apology to Pawar. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC. For his performances in 2006, he was named as captain of the World Test XI by ESPNcricinfo. Ashes regained and 10,000 ODI runs at 2007 World Cup Main articles: 2006-07 Ashes series, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 See also: List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs In November 2006, the England cricket team again took on Australia in the first Test of a five Test series that was widely expected to be a tremendous contest between Australia, the top team on the world cricket rankings, and the England team, whose aggregated results over the last few years had it standing second in the rankings. Despite Australia this time having the advantage of playing on its own soil, the England team that had wrested the Ashes from the Australians was expected to be highly competitive. In the First Test in Brisbane, Ponting top-scored in Australia's first innings with 196 runs, and he followed this up with 60 not out in the second as Australia took the initiative with a commanding win. In the Second Test in Adelaide, Ponting top-scored with 142, helping Australia to a total of 513 in response to England's 6/551. Australia went on to win the match by six wickets after a last day English collapse, Ponting making 49 in the chase. At the conclusion of the match, Ponting's batting average peaked at 59.99. The Third Test played at the WACA Ground saw another win to Australia by 206 runs to reclaim the Ashes; Ponting made 2 and 75. The 15 months they had been in English hands was the shortest period either nation had held the urn. Further wins in Melbourne and Sydney, made Ponting's team the second team (after Warwick Armstrong's Australian team in 1920–21) to win an Ashes series 5–0, and that against what had been thought to be a formidable team, the second strongest cricketing team in the world. Ponting was awarded Man of the Series for the 2006–07 Ashes series after scoring 576 runs at an average of 82.29 including 2 centuries and 2 half centuries. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. Australia then started the ODI series well, qualifying in first place for the final. However, they stumbled and lost 2–0 to England in the finals. Ponting was then rested for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy ahead of the World Cup, and in his absence, the Australians were whitewashed 3–0, leading to suggestions that his team had slumped just ahead of the most important ODI tournament in world cricket. Australia left for St Vincent, Australia's venue for its two warm-up matches against Zimbabwe and England on 28 February without Brett Lee because of ankle damage. In the first warmup game against Zimbabwe, Ponting scored just 2 in Australia's 106 run victory. In Australia's second and last warm up game, this time against England, Ponting again failed to make an impact, scoring just 7 before he was bowled by off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple. Australia started its World Cup campaign with three group matches played at Warner Park, St Kitts. Ponting himself began successfully with an innings of 113 from 93 deliveries that included five sixes, as Australia were dominant in 203-run victory against Scotland. Despite scoring just 23 in the next match against the Netherlands, Australia still amassed 358 and proceeded to win by 229 runs. In their next match against South Africa, Australia amassed 377/6—their highest score in World Cups. Ponting also scored 91 from 91 balls, and became the seventh player to score 10,000 ODI runs. Despite South Africa being 160 without loss in the 21st over, they crumbled, losing 9 wickets for just 74 runs. Australia comfortably qualified for the Super Eights with their first match played at the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Ponting stated that he was not very impressed with the outfield labelling it "ridiculously sandy". The Australian captain was run out when on 35, with his team amassing 322 mainly thanks to 158 from Hayden. In a match spread out over two days, Australia comfortably defeated the home side by 103 runs. In their next match, Australia come up against lowly Bangladesh in another rain interrupted affair. This time the match was shortened to 22 overs a side. In the end Australia won by 10 wickets with Ponting not getting a chance to bat. In their next match against England, again in Antigua, Ponting scored a half-century, guiding Australia to a seven-wicket victory. After not getting a bat in Australia's rout of Ireland in Barbados, Ponting steered Australia to victory in their next match against Sri Lanka in Grenada, with 66 not out. Grenada was again the venue for Australia's final super eights match, this time against New Zealand. Again amongst the runs, Ponting produced a fluent 66 that included seven boundaries, with his team wrapping up their biggest victory of the tournament. With his men now firm favourites for the tournament, they again came up against South Africa in the semi-final. South Africa, who were reeling at 27/5, ended up setting Australia 150 to win. Although Ponting scored 22, Australia easily dispatched South Africa by 7 wickets. He was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo. For his performances in 2007, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo. Third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs Main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008 The tour of the West Indies was the first overseas Test series for Australia in 25 months, and the first for Ponting's new look bowling attack. In five previous Test series in 1999 and 2003, he averaged 98.71, with four hundreds. He also averaged 42.80 in 25 ODIs from four tours—1995, 1999, 2003 and the 2007 World Cup. After eight months of consecutive cricket from the World Twenty20, Ponting was surprised about how good he was feeling, despite believing that he would be weary from the amount of cricket he had played. In the only warm up match before the series—against a Jamaican XI, the Australians drew controversy from various sections of the media as they chose to wear a sponsors cap over the traditional Baggy Green cap. This was because wicket–keeper Brad Haddin did not want to receive a Baggy Green as he was yet to play in a Test. The rest of the team decided they wanted to look uniform although they wore their Baggy Greens in Jamaica's second innings. Ponting scored 17 in the first innings and 20 not out in the second, as a storm prevented an Australian victory. After winning the toss and electing to bat in the First Test in Kingston, Jamaica, Ponting recorded his 35th Test century and was eventually dismissed for 158 from 224 balls. Despite forcing their way back into contention, the West Indies were defeated by 95 runs. In the Second Test, Ponting became the seventh player and third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs. It took Ponting 118 Tests and 196 innings to achieve the feat, one slower than Tendulkar and Lara. He was dismissed in the following over for 65. Ponting scored 38 in Australia's second innings, as the match ended in a draw. Australia won the third Test, and the Australian captain ended the series with 323 runs at 53.83. Although Australia won the three–Test series handsomely, with a 2–0 margin, they were to face stronger opposition overseas, in the next year. Difficulties were also beginning to appear in the spin department. MacGill, who had taken over 200 wickets in his career despite playing only sporadically due to the presence of Warne, suffered a loss of form and decided to retire during the series. Brad Hogg, the regular ODI spinner had also retired prior to the series, and Beau Casson made his debut in the final Test. After not batting in Australia's Twenty20 loss in Bridgetown, Ponting was rested for the List A 50-over game against the University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI. He returned for the first three ODIs and scored just 87 runs at 29.00, notching up his 300th ODI during the 2nd match. Ponting scored 69 in the third match, before returning home because of a wrist injury. Under the captaincy of Michael Clarke in the final two games, Australia swept the series 5–0. 2008–2011: Decline in form Mixed team performances Main articles: Australian cricket team in India in 2008, South African cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, and Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09 In 2008, Ponting led the Australians back to India and was under pressure following the confrontations during the Indian tour of Australia earlier in the year. He acknowledged that he was keen to rectify his poor Test batting record in India. In the First Test on a turning pitch in Bangalore, Ponting brought up his first Test century in India, 123 on the first day, although he eventually fell leg before wicket to Harbhajan. Australia had the hosts seven wickets down in their first innings, still more than 320 runs in arrears, but India recovered to salvage a draw after a rearguard effort. In the Second Test in Mohali. Australia were defeated by 320 runs and Ponting was criticised for using part-timer bowlers against the free-scoring Indian batsmen in the second innings, because of a slow over-rate, which is can be penalised by a fine, or in severe instances, a ban to the captain. This meant that he was not able to use pace spearhead Brett Lee significantly. The Third Test in Delhi saw a flat pitch, where India scored 7/613 in its first innings in which Ponting resorted to bowling himself for two overs. Ponting amassed 87 in Australia's first innings score of 577. The match ended in a draw and Australia needed to win in the Fourth Test in Nagpur to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On the fourth afternoon of the Fourth Test, the Indian batting collapsed, and Australia had an opportunity to bowl them out and chase a target of around 250–300 after the tea break. However, the Australians were a long way behind on their over rate, so in order to avoid a one match suspension, Ponting chose to bowl their part-time spinners and medium pacers such as Michael Clarke, Cameron White and Mike Hussey (who were all unsuccessful in capturing a wicket), as they took less time. In the meantime, captain MS Dhoni and Harbhajan both added half centuries. This drew strong criticism from many commentators, who suggested that their faster bowlers, who had been responsible for the collapse, could have bowled from a shorter run-up. When the fast bowlers were reintroduced, the last four wickets fell quickly. This left Australia chasing 382 runs for victory and they lost by 172 runs to cede the series 2–0. In the first innings, Ponting became Harbhajan's 300th Test wicket and the Australian captain ended the series with 264 runs at 37.71. While below his career standards, it was substantially better than his previous Test efforts in India. Fined in India for a slow over rate, Ponting failed to redress the matter during the subsequent home series against New Zealand, when match referee Chris Broad dealt a second successive fine for being three overs behind in the First Test: Ponting was stripped of thirty per cent of his A$12,750 match fee, twice the punishment of his teammates in accordance with International Cricket Council rules for captains. Australia were largely untroubled by New Zealand, sweeping both Tests. Ponting scored only 100 runs at 33.33. In the first Test against South Africa in Perth, starting in December, Ponting again had to reduce his reliance on his preferred pace bowlers, and rely more on spinners due to a slow over rate. His persistent problems with the over rate prompted some commentators to criticise him for spending too much time during the match conferring with bowlers. In the first innings he scored a duck, and managed 32 in Australia's second innings. Ponting's inexperienced attack had trouble dismissing the opposition batsmen, and South Africa made 4/414, the second highest successful runchase in history to win by six wickets on the final day. Ponting experienced a form slump for much of 2008, albeit in comparison to his usually high standards. However, he again exceeded 1,000 runs in the calendar year. Ponting scored his 37th century in the first innings of the Second Test against South Africa on Boxing Day, and followed that with 99 in the second innings, seemingly a lone stand against the South African bowling attack. The tourists won the match by nine wickets to win the series. Australia thus lost their first home Test series since 1992–93. Australia lost the series 2–1, the first time South Africa had won a Test series against Australian since 1970, and the first on Australian soil. Ponting totalled 285 runs at 47.50 for the series. With the retirement of experienced opening batsman Matthew Hayden—who was replaced by the uncapped 20-year-old Phillip Hughes—the Australian team that toured South Africa in February, March and April 2009 was its most inexperienced since the defections to World Series Cricket. This was further compounded by the loss of Andrew Symonds to injury, who was replaced by the uncapped Marcus North. The bowling attack also required major changes, due to the injuries to Brett Lee and Stuart Clark. Subsequently, paceman Mitchell Johnson was the only bowler with more than four Tests heading into the series. Of the First Test team, Hughes, North, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle and Andrew McDonald had only five Tests between them, with the former three making their debut. Ponting's team took the series 2–1, so Australia maintained their No. 1 Test ranking. Ponting was praised for cobbling together an unexpected win, as South Africa were thought to be stronger on home soil. He scored eighties in the first two Tests, ending with 210 runs at 35.00. For his performances in 2008, he was named as captain once again of the World ODI XI by the ICC. Second Ashes series loss as captain Main articles: 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Australian cricket team in England in 2009, 2009 Ashes series, 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, and Australian cricket team in India in 2009–10 After losing their opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20 to Zimbabwe, Ponting's men were looking for a more positive start to the 2009 edition in England. They opened their campaign in early June against a West Indian outfit that had recently been whitewashed 2–0 in the Test series against England. However, Ponting made a second ball duck in Australia's seven wicket defeat. They played Sri Lanka in their next match, this time at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Ponting hit five boundaries on his 25 before he was bowled trying the run-rate, before Sri Lanka won by six wickets. The defeat consequently eliminated Australia from the tournament. In Australia's two drawn warm-up matches ahead of the 2009 Ashes, Ponting struggled to adjust to the English conditions, somewhat, with a highest score of 71. Nevertheless, he started the Ashes series strongly, scoring 150 in the First Test in Cardiff. In his 38th hundred and eighth in an Ashes series, the Australian number three batsman became just the fourth man to score 11,000 runs in Test cricket. The match ended in a draw and Ponting drew criticism for failing to bowl fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus while England's last-wicket pair of Monty Panesar and Jimmy Anderson were batting to save the match. Ponting could only manage two and 38, as Australia were defeated in the second Test at Lord's—their first Test defeat at the venue since 1934. On 31 July, during the Third Test at Edgbaston, Ponting became the highest Australian run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, overtaking former Australian captain Allan Border's total of 11,174 in his first-innings score of 38. The match was eventually drawn, partly due to poor weather. Australia went on to lose the series 2–1 and Ponting became only the third Australian captain to lose the Ashes twice. Despite not being a selector, Ponting was heavily criticised for Australia not playing Hauritz and his apparent reluctance to put faith in his spinners. He was questioned, particularly on Australia's recent habit of often not playing a specialist/regular spinner. Instances of these were the first three Tests in India, the omission of Krejza for the First Test against New Zealand immediately after taking 12 wickets on debut, and opting for no spinner in the first two Tests in South Africa. On 7 September 2009, Ponting announced his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket in order to prolong his career. He was succeeded as Australian Twenty20 captain by team vice-captain Michael Clarke. Australia came into the Champions Trophy ranked second in ODIs; along with being the events reigning champions. They opened their campaign against an undermanned West Indian outfit who were without prominent players because of an industrial dispute. On a "lively pitch", Ponting top-scored with 79, after reaching his half-century in 63 balls. He hit opening bowler and future nemesis, Kemar Roach, for four boundaries in the seventh over of the match, and scored a six and two fours against the fast-bowler when he was reintroduced into the attack in the 21st over. The innings set up Australia's comfortable 50-run victory. Australia next match against India was abandoned due to rain. Before the weather intervend Ponting had scored 65 from 85 deliveries, before being run out. The result meant Australia needed to defeat Pakistan in their third and final group match for a place in the semi-finals. Though Australia collapsed when Ponting was dismissed for a patient 32 in pursuit of low total they won by two wickets. Australia defeated England by nine wickets in their semi-final, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 111 from 115 deliveries (12 fours and one six); his 28th ODI century. During the innings, Ponting became the third batsman to score 12,000 ODI runs and was also involved in a record 252-run partnership with Watson—Ponting's seventh double-century stand for Australia in the format; the only player to achieve this feat. Despite Ponting's score of only one in the final in Centurion against New Zealand, Australia won by six wickets—their second consecutive Champions Trophy victory. Ponting was presented with the golden bat award for most runs in the tournament—288 at an average of 72 in four games—and also received the man-of-the-series award, before praising his young side for the title defence. Australia proceeded to tour India for seven ODIs starting in mid-October and ending in early November. In the opening match, Ponting top-scored for Australia with 74 from 85 balls, as his team narrowly escaped defeat. Ponting made just 12 in India's comprehensive victory in the second match, while he scored a slow 59 from 93 balls (four boundaries) in another Indian victory in the third match. The Australian captain stuck a more fluent innings of 52, scored in 59 deliveries in the following fixture. Australia amassed their biggest total of the series in the fifth match, with Ponting contributing a run-a-ball 45. A slow, low, turning wicket was presented to the teams for the sixth ODI in Guwahati. Ponting fought his way to 25 from 57 balls, before falling to Harbhajan, as Australia comfortably chased down India's total of 170 with six wickets remaining. The final match in Mumbai was washed out after a cyclone formed over the Arabian Sea; securing a 4–2 series victory to the injury depleted Australians. "It's probably one of the best one-day series I have ever been involved in, with all the injuries and setbacks at the start of this tour", Ponting said. He ending the series with 267 runs at 44.50. Troubles against the short ball Main articles: West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 Leading West Indian batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul returned for the opening Test of the 2009–10 Australian cricket season starting on 26 November in Brisbane, after the industrial dispute was resolved. Ponting scored 55 in an Australian innings victory, before many sections of the media attacked the West Indies lack-lustre performance. Ponting produced scores of 35 and 20 in the following Test in Adelaide, as the touring side responded to their critics by securing a draw. For the first time since 2002, Ponting slid out of the top ten Test batting rankings—dropping to 12th—as Australia faced the prospect of falling to third in the team rankings if they were not able to achieve victory in the final Test of the series. Matters got worse for Ponting, as former Australian fast-bowler Rodney Hogg voiced that he should be sacked as captain and replaced with New South Wales leader Simon Katich. He said the team had become a "boys club" and was not preparing adequately for the future. However, former Australian Test opening batsman Justin Langer labelled Hogg's comments as "rubbish", something that was backed by Katich. In the first innings of the Third and final Test, Ponting was immediately greeted with short pitched bowling. After mis-timing a pull-shot from Roach on his first ball, Ponting was struck on the elbow in the following delivery. After battling through obvious discomfort, Ponting eventually retired hurt on 23 from 25 balls—the only time he had taken such action in his international career. Nevertheless, he did manage to hit two fours and a six from short deliveries in Roach's 12th over. Michael Clarke replaced Ponting at his number three batting position, as the Australia captain did not want to risk further damage to his elbow tendon injury ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne. Nevertheless, Australia collapsed and he eventually came to the wicket at number nine, with Australia at 7/125. The West Indian bowlers again bowled short deliverers to Ponting until he turned one such delivery to short-leg and was dismissed for two. After spending time in a hyperbaric chamber to increase the speed of his recovery from the elbow injury, Ponting recovered sufficiently to play in the Boxing Day Test, the opening match of a three-Test series against Pakistan. Despite still being inconvenienced by the injury, he scored 57 at close to a run-a-ball, before being dismissed by another short pitched delivery for 12 in Australia's second innings. The home side went on to win the match comfortably, and Ponting overtook Shane Warne's record of 91 Test victories and surpassing Steve Waugh as crickets most successful Test captain. Ponting scored 853 runs at 38.77 in 13 Tests in 2009, and scored only one century and seven half-centuries. Nevertheless, his ODI form was more convincing, topping the run-scoring list with MS Dhoni. His 1,198 runs were scored at an average of 42.78, including two centuries and nine half-centuries in 29 matches. Ponting was criticised for choosing to bat on a green pitch for the Second Test. Australia were dismissed for 127, and Ponting was re-dismissed from a short ball, this time for a first-ball duck, and many sections of the media called for him to stop playing the hook and pull shots. He fell for only 11 in the second innings, and when Australia lost their eighth wicket, they were only just over 50 ahead. However, a 123-run ninth-wicket partnership between Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle rescued the home-side, helping them win by 36 runs. After being dropped on zero, Ponting scored his fifth double-century in the Third and final Test in Hobart. His innings helped Australia complete a 3–0 series victory. In the following five ODIs, Ponting could not continue his Hobart form, scoring 125 runs at 25 in the series, boosted by a half-century in the final match; his performances improved in the five ODIs starting soon after against the West Indies. He was named man-of-the-series thanks to his 295 runs at 73.75, including two-half centuries and his 29th ODI century and first in Brisbane during the fourth match. 2010–11 Ashes defeat Australia entered the 2010–11 Ashes series hoping to regain The Ashes from England on home soil as they had four years previously. The First Test in Brisbane was drawn after both sides posted large batting totals. Ponting was caught behind for 10 in the first innings and 51 not out in the second. A barren run followed in the subsequent three Tests, scoring 52 runs in total as Australia lost the series. Ponting became the first Australian captain to lose an Ashes series in Australia since Allan Border in 1987. During the Fourth Test Ponting was involved in an on-field argument with umpires, and was fined 40% of his match fee, which accounted to around $5,400. Ponting missed the Fifth Test due to a finger injury, and Michael Clarke stood in as Australia's captain. Australia's heavy defeat in the series and Ponting's poor run of form caused his position in the team to be questioned. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh suggested dropping him down the batting order; others, such as former Australian batsman and South African captain Kepler Wessels, called for him to relinquish the captaincy to focus on his batting. Yet, for his performances in 2010, he was named as captain of the World ODI XI by the ICC. 2011 World Cup and resignation as captain Ponting retained the captaincy of Australia for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Australia had won the previous three World Cups and entered the tournament as the world's top-ranked ODI team. Australia qualified for the quarter-finals, although Ponting failed to find form, scoring 102 runs in five innings during the group stage of the tournament. Australia met India in the quarter-finals and were defeated by five wickets. Ponting scored 104, his first century in international cricket in over a year. After being knocked out of the tournament, Ponting resigned his position as captain at both Test and ODI levels, endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor, and indicated his intention to continue playing. 2011–2012: Post-captaincy In 2011, Ponting was inducted into Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) 'Best of the Best'. He was selected in Michael Clarke's teams for the tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2011, scoring an important half-century (62) in the fourth innings of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, helping Australia chase down a target of 310 to draw the series 1–1. In the 2011–12 Australian summer, a disappointing series draw with New Zealand gave rise to calls for Ponting to be removed from the team following perceived underperformances. The selectors resisted the calls, selecting Ponting for the Boxing Day Test—the first of a four-Test series against India. Ponting scored two half-centuries in Australia's first Test win, followed by a century (134) in Australia's first innings of the second Test in Sydney. The century was his first in Test cricket in almost two years. His fourth-wicket partnership of 288 runs with Clarke, who went on to make 329 not out, set a new record for the biggest partnership by an Australian pair of batsmen against India. Australia sealed the series win by defeating India in Perth, and in the fourth Test in Adelaide, Ponting and Clarke beat their own record, putting on 386 runs. The partnership was the fourth highest to that point in Australian Test cricket. Ponting's own score was 221. During the innings, he became only the third player and the first Australian (after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were playing in the same match) to pass 13,000 career Test runs. 2012: Test retirement On Australia Day 2012 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to cricket and, through the Ponting Foundation, the community. Ponting was promoted to captain in the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia in Michael Clarke's absence due to injury. However, after only two games as captain he was dropped, having scored only 18 runs in 5 games of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. At a press conference thereafter, Ponting conceded, "I don't expect to play one-day international cricket for Australia any more and I'm pretty sure the selectors don't expect to pick me either ... I will continue playing Test cricket and I'll continue playing for Tasmania as well". On 29 November 2012 Ponting announced that he would retire from Test cricket after the WACA test against South Africa. 2013: Tasmania and Surrey After retiring from test cricket, Ponting played out the Sheffield Shield season with eventual champions Tasmania. He was the competition's leading run scorer with 911 runs at an average of 75.91. As a result of his prolific form with the bat, he was named the Sheffield Shield player of the year. He signed on to play for the English County side Surrey during June–July 2013. His score of 192 on debut against Derbyshire was the highest score by a Surrey batsman on their first class debut for the county. Ponting scored an unbeaten 169 against Nottinghamshire in his final first class innings, ensuring his team held on for a draw. During the Ashes 2013, Ponting wrote a regular column for the Daily Mail. At the formal opening of the Bellerive Oval redevelopment in January 2015, it was announced that the new Western Stand would be named the Ricky Ponting Stand in his honour. On 9 December 2015 Ponting also unveiled a bronze statue placed at the ground in his honour. Playing style Approach to cricket Ponting was known as an aggressive competitor, as manifested in his on-field conduct. According to former Australian captain Allan Border, what you see with Ponting is what you get, and "he wears his heart on his sleeve". Border also noted that Ponting has an abundance of determination, courage and skill. However, his competitive attitudes could be overly aggressive, pushing the boundaries of cricket etiquette. In early 2006, in the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Ponting had an on-field argument with umpire Billy Bowden over signalling a no-ball because not enough players were within the inner circle. In mid-2006, during a tour of Bangladesh, Ponting was accused of "badgering the umpires until he got what he wanted". The South African captain, Graeme Smith, described Ponting as the toughest competitor he had ever played against. Batting Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting Ponting's results in international matches Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Test 168 108 31 29 0 – ODI 375 262 96 - 5 12 T20I 17 7 10 – - - Ponting was known as an aggressive right-handed batsman who played a wide repertoire of shots with confidence, most notably the pull and hook. However, he had some technical weaknesses, such as shuffling across his stumps and being trapped leg before wicket, and thrusting his bat away from his body—especially early in his innings, because he wants to move forward and across to drive rather than backwards and across to cut the ball. Despite being widely renowned as the best player of the hook and pull shots in the world, Ponting was equally adept on both the front and back foot. However, during the latter stages of his career, the hook and pull shots have often been the cause of his dismissal. He adopts a more traditional V-grip lower down the handle as he is a short batsman who doesn't have natural power on the shot. He was considered by some observers to have trouble against quality spin, especially against Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who dismissed Ponting on 13 occasions in international cricket. Ponting had a tendency to rock onto the front foot and thrust his wrists at spinning deliveries, resulting in many catches close to the wicket. Ponting rarely employed the sweep shot against spin, something considered unusual for a top-order batsman. Instead, he looked to use his feet to come down the wicket to spinners, or play off the back foot through the off-side. Former West Indian captain, Viv Richards, who was rated as the third best Test cricketer in a 2002 poll by Wisden, said Ponting was his favourite current-day player to watch, slightly ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. Bowling and fielding A right-arm medium bowler who tends to bowl off cutters or faster offspin, Ponting rarely bowled, although he has notably dismissed West Indian batsman Brian Lara in an ODI match and former England captain Michael Vaughan in an Ashes Test in 2005. He was also ceremoniously asked to bowl in his final test match against South Africa in 2012. He was, however, rated one of the best fielders in the world. He usually fielded in the slips, cover and silly point. His good eye and accurate throws often saw him run batsmen out with direct hits. Captaincy Record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win % Test 77 48 16 7 0 – 62.34% ODI 229 164 51 0 2 12 71.62% Twenty20 17 7 10 0 0 – 41.18% Date last Updated: 2 September 2015 Ponting has often been criticised for his lack of imagination in his captaincy, though many players who played under him say he is a good leader. According to former Australian opening batsman Justin Langer, "He is quite inspirational as a leader and I just never get all the detractors he has. Whether it's in the fielding practice, the nets, the way he holds himself off the field—every time he speaks, these young guys just listen, they hang on every word he says." "Ponting captained 2 consecutive World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007 (out of Australia's hat-trick of World Cups – 1999, 2003, 2007)" Career best performances Batting Score Fixture Venue Season Test 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 ODI 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20I 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 FC 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 LA 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 Records and achievements Ponting was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2003 and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2006. He has been the Allan Border Medalist a record four times in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 (with Michael Clarke). Ponting has won the award of Australia's best Test player in 2003, 2004 and 2007 and Australia's best One Day International player in 2002 and 2007. First batsman to score centuries in ODI cricket against all Test playing nations (Afghanistan and Ireland were not awarded Test status in Ponting's playing period). Ponting, along with Shane Watson, holds the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy (252 not out for the second wicket). Ponting's score of 242 against India is the highest individual Test innings in a losing cause. He was awarded the Allan Border Medal by the CA in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: 2006 ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: 2006, 2007 ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year: 2004 (c), 2005 (c), 2006, 2007 (c) ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year: 2004(c), 2006, 2007(c), 2008 (c), 2010(c) Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: 2012-13 He was named an Australia Post Legend of Cricket in 2021. Coaching role 2014–2017 Various Coaching Roles Ponting also coached the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League from 2014 to 2016, helping them win a championship in the 2015 edition of the IPL. On 1 January 2017, Ponting was named an interim coach for Australia's T20I series against Sri Lanka. Ponting joined the Australian cricket coaching team as an assistant for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series. 2018–present Delhi Daredevils/Capitals Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new coach of Delhi Daredevils of the Indian Premier League on 3 January 2018. In the 2018 edition of the IPL, Delhi Daredevils finished last place. Ponting helped foster a new team environment, helping young talents such as Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant grow. In 2019, Delhi (now Delhi Capitals), finished in 3rd place, a large improvement from their previous season. In 2020, Delhi would finish second, and in 2021 Delhi would finish in third place being the only team to qualify for the playoffs in 2019, 2020 and 2021, subsequently. In 2022, Ponting is still head coach of the Delhi Capitals, with the goal of winning their first tournament. 2024–present Washington Freedom Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new head coach of Washington Freedom ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket on 6 February 2024. The two-year signing was confirmed by the team on social media. Books Throughout his career in international cricket, Ponting has been involved in the writing of a number of diaries on Australian cricket, which depict his experiences during the cricketing year. The books are produced with the help of a ghostwriter. His autobiography, Ponting: At the C
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They compete annually in the Australian domestic ...	en			https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Tasmanian_Tigers	Introduction of cricket to Tasmania Cricket almost certainly has been played in Tasmania since the time of European settlement in 1803. It was a popular pastime among marines, who were responsible for security in the fledgling colony. The first recorded match is known to have taken place in 1806, although it is most likely that unrecorded matches were already being played at this time. According to the colony's chaplain, and famed diarist, Robert Knopwood by 1814 the game had become very popular, especially around the festive season at Christmas.[2] By the 1820s there had still not been any official club organisation, but matches were being played on a regular basis. Cricket is recorded as having been played in the settlements at Richmond, Clarence Plains, Kempton, Sorell, in the Macquarie Valley west of Campbell Town, Westbury, Evandale, Longford and Hadspen.[3] Many of these matches seem to have been organised between hotel licensees, in order to create profits through the sale of food and beverages, and through betting on the outcome. One such match that was arranged in March 1826 by Joseph Bowden, the hotelier of the Lamb Inn on Brisbane Street was played for a winner's purse of 50 guineas between "Eleven Gentlemen from the Counties of Sussex and Kent against the choice of the whole Island of Van Diemen’s Land".[4] There is no evidence to suggest an "official cricket season" during the first two decades of the colony, and many of these games initially seem to have been played around June and July, to coincide with the traditional English cricket season, rather than the Tasmanian summer. Accounts of such matches suggest games were often played in atrocious conditions due to winter rains and cold conditions. But by the 1830s, logic had prevailed and cricket seems to have reverted to the southern summer months. Club cricket had also become well-established by the 1830s. One of the earliest men responsible for organising cricket within the colony was John Marshall, who was established the Hobart Town Club soon after his arrival from England. Soon after in 1835 the Derwent Cricket Club was formed making it the oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and in 1841, the Launceston Cricket Club was formed, making it the second oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and third oldest in Australia. Cricket had soon also spread into many regional settlements throughout the Colony of Tasmania, making it one of the most popular pastimes there. Some matches were played as part of district festivals, with large banquets following play.[4] Beginnings of first-class cricket in Australia By the late 1840s organised cricket was doing well in both Hobart and Launceston, and was spreading throughout the colony. In 1850 the first "North" versus "South" match was held in Oatlands, midway between Hobart and Launceston, and won by the South. The success of the match prompted promoters to organise an inter-colonial match, and the inaugural first-class cricket match played in Tasmania, which was also the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, was played in 1851 between Victoria and Tasmania in Launceston at the Launceston Racecourse. The game was billed as "The Gentlemen of Port Phillip versus the Gentlemen of Van Diemen's Land". The game featured four-ball overs and no boundaries, attracted a crowd of about 2500 spectators, and it was a timeless match, but only lasted for two days. Tasmania emerged victorious by three wickets.[3][5] Geographic and social isolation Despite winning the first ever first-class match in the Australian colonies, Tasmania felt its geographic isolation in the form of a lack of competition. Few touring sides wished to undertake the long sea journey to the island in the late 19th century. The game also developed more slowly, with Tasmanian clubs maintaining a belief in amateurism at a time when mainland clubs were turning to professionals to further their development. Also a lack of innovation stymied progress. The Victorian side that visited in 1858 had adopted the new round arm form of bowling, and it demolished the Tasmanian batting order unused to the technique. The population decline of the 1850s as Tasmanians moved to the Victorian goldfields also had a negative effect on the quality of players Tasmania could select.[3] Despite the problems facing Tasmanian cricket, local teams did occasionally play against competitive sides. The English tourists of 1861–62, played against Tasmania, winning by four wickets. Tasmania played against Victoria three times in the early 1870s, but lost all three matches, convincing the Victorians that Tasmania was not suitably competitive. Tasmania did not play another first-class match until 1877, when it travelled to Adelaide to take on South Australia. The 1880s provided better progress for the colony. In 1880 the TCA Ground had been established, providing a permanent ground to play on in the colony's capital, Hobart. The establishment of an organised regular local competition led to improvement in the quality of players. John Davies, owner of local newspaper The Mercury, was a keen cricket fan, and through personal connections, he arranged various touring English sides to visit the colony, and victory for Tasmania against the English tourists in 1887–88 led to Victoria resuming competition with Tasmania.[3] In the 1890s, the colony was playing representative cricket against Victoria almost every year, and occasionally against New South Wales as well. The colony could also boast genuinely first-class quality players, such as Kenneth Burn,[6] Charles Eady,[7] and Edward Windsor,[8] the first two of whom played test cricket for Australia.[3] However, the retirement of Eady and Burn by 1910, and in-fighting between Hobart and Launceston again threatened first-class cricket in Tasmania. The outbreak of World War I also saw a large loss of playing talent, killed on the battlefields. Cricket was suspended during the war, and did not resume until 1923, albeit with severe financial problems.[3] Sheffield Shield wilderness Following World War I, Tasmanian representative sides usually had to content themselves with matches against touring international sides during brief stopovers, while they travelled by ship to mainland capitals. Occasionally Tasmania would play the odd game against mainland state sides, but it was usually only one first-class match per season. The inter-war years proved a period of consolidation for Tasmania, as the state struggled to recover from the devastation of the war. Club cricket was hampered by rivalry between the south, north and north-west. Several exceptional cricketers emerged in this period, such as Laurie Nash, Jack Badcock, though a lack of opportunity led many to pursue cricket careers on the mainland. The quality of cricket in Tasmania varied from time to time, but after World War II the standard was high. Cricket resumed much faster than it had done after World War I, and excellent players such as Ronald Morrisby, Emerson Rodwell, and Bernard Considine emerged. This prompted moves to be made by the Tasmanian Cricket Association for further matches and recognition. Despite the skills of Rodwell and Terence Cowley, Tasmania struggled to beat Victoria in the 1950s. As a result, the Victorian Cricket Association decided to end the regular matches against Tasmania, and the English tourists also decided to downgrade matches against the state to second-class status. As a result, the Tasmanian Cricket Association made a first attempt to join the Sheffield Shield in 1964, but was rejected. The Australian Cricket Board of Control outlined areas in which the state's administration would need to be improved before Tasmania could participate in the Shield. Despite this, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia supported Tasmania by sending full-strength sides to take on the state as warm-ups to their Shield campaigns over the following few years. When the domestic one day competition was established in 1969, Tasmania was granted full playing status. The arrival of Lancashire all rounder Jack Simmons in the 1972–73 season proved a turning point in the fortunes of the team. His inspirational captaincy lifted the competitiveness of Tasmania. In the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania were losing semi-finalists in the Gillette Cup. The Tasmanian team was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield by the Australian Cricket Board in 1977 on a two-year trial basis, although it played a reduced roster in comparison to the other states. Tasmania's points on the ladder were calculated at x5 and /9 due to the fact they only played each other state once (instead of twice) during the season. A famous victory by 84 runs at the TCA Ground against the Indian tourists in 1977[9] helped the TCA to convince mainland cricket authorities that Tasmanian cricket was nationally competitive. National competitiveness Simmons had proved an inspirational captain for Tasmania, and although the side only won one of the twelve first-class matches under his leadership, that had more to do with the quality of the homegrown players at the time. His List A cricket record was more successful, leading Tasmania to six victories in eleven matches. He also assisted the TCA in modernising the administration of cricket in the state. After making the Gillette Cup semi-finals in the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania qualified for the final for the first time in the 1977–78 season, but lost to Western Australia at the WACA Ground by seven wickets. A surprise victory came the following year in the 1978–79 Gillette Cup domestic one-day competition, in a repeat of the previous year's final. The game was played at the TCA Ground in Hobart, and the home ground advantage proved decisive, with Tasmania beating Western Australia by 47 runs. Within a fortnight Tasmania had won their first Sheffield Shield match, again beating Western Australia, this time by four wickets in Devonport. The victory showed the mainland states Tasmania was capable of competing among the nation's best.[10] The presence of Simmons, and the 1978–79 Gillette Cup victory, had brought attention to Tasmanian cricket, and soon other international professionals joined the state for brief stints to both help out Tasmania's development, and gain further experience in Australian conditions. Michael Holding, Winston Davis, Patrick Patterson, Richard Hadlee and Dennis Lillee were among the more notable players to represent Tasmania in the late 1970s and early '80s. After finally being admitted to the Sheffield Shield permanently, the Tasmanian side initially struggled for success and consistency, and were the competition's whipping-boys throughout the 1980s and early 90s. The rise of a local hero in the form of David Boon, who by 1984 had achieved international fame, showed the country, and the world, that Tasmanian cricket was here to stay. Wicket-keeper Roger Woolley also briefly rose to prominence, representing Australia in two tests, and four One Day Internationals in 1983–84.[11] The pair had become the first Tasmanians to represent Australia at test level since Charles Eady in 1910. Despite their skills, the Tasmanian side struggled to win throughout this period. Regardless of the lack of competitive success, one exceptionally bright point came with the unearthing of a rare talent in Ricky Ponting, who would go on to become one of the world's best batsmen.[12][13] Tasmanian Tigers era A reshuffle in the administration and organisation of the TCA in 1991 did not have an immediate effect, but the mid-1990s brought a more professional approach, and the state's side re-branded as the Tasmanian Tigers, and with a new headquarters in the renovated Bellerive Oval, the state finally started to achieve more regular success. The side surged to the final for the first time in 1993–94, only to lose to New South Wales, but showed they were capable of successes at first class level. The 1997–98 season saw the Tigers qualify for the final off the back off a remarkable six straight victories, and they were desperately unlucky not to win the competition after such dominance. In the late 1990s Tasmania continued to produce top level cricketers. Players such as Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, Shaun Young and Michael Di Venuto became stars of the state side, and can all be considered unlucky not to have found a place in the Australian side. Recent success The Tigers continue to remain competitive in all forms of the Australian domestic game, and in 2006–07 were successful in claiming their first-ever Sheffield Shield title. Five years later, they won the Shield a second time in 2010–11, and again in 2012–13. The Tigers have also qualified for the final on four other occasions in 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2011–12, but had to settle for second place. The Tigers have fared better in the Ford Ranger Cup, winning it four times in 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, and in 2009–10. They have also been runners-up twice in 1977–78, and 1986–87. The Tigers were also unlucky to finish as runners-up in the second season of the Australian domestic Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition in 2006–07. Tasmania's recent successes at domestic level have been reflected in selection for the Australian national cricket team. Spinner Jason Krejza played two tests on the back of solid performances for the state, but failed to impress at international level. Brett Geeves was selected in the One Day International squad for 2008, and has since gone on to also play in the Indian Premier League. Fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was included in the national squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and a tour of India, before making his test cricket debut in South Africa in 2009. During the 2009 Ashes series, wicket-keeper Tim Paine was called into the squad as a late replacement for injured reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou.[14] Cricket Australia encouraged the state sides to recruit a foreign star for the 2009/10 season, in order to boost the appeal of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash internationally. Tasmania pulled off one of the biggest coups in this recruitment programme, when they signed Sri Lankan star Lasith Malinga.[15] Disappointingly for the Tigers, Malinga was forced to withdraw due to a change in international commitments for the Sri Lankan side. On 16 November 2009, Cricket Tasmania announced that Dimitri Mascarenhas would replace Malinga as Tasmania's overseas player for the 2009/10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.[16] However Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan played instead of Mascarenhas. Ul-Hasan also played the following season of the Big Bash.
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Victoria have won 32 Sheffield Shield titles, six One-day titles and four T20 titles before the current Big Bash League was formed. In recent years Victoria has […]	en	https://cdn-eobha.nitrocdn.com/MZJhRRxUHbeQXWHbrlCUyuLKGclcVmXh/assets/images/optimized/rev-9bd9445/www.cricketvictoria.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/favicon.ico	Cricket Victoria	https://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/victorian-cricket-team/	Doing our fans proud since 1851 Cricket in Victoria has a long and proud history – fans have been cheering for the ‘Big V’ for over 150 years. Victoria have won 32 Sheffield Shield titles, six One-day titles and four T20 titles before the current Big Bash League was formed. In recent years Victoria has won the Sheffield Shield in the 2009-10, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, while making the final in 2005-06 and 2007-08. Victoria most recently claimed the 2018 JLT One-Day Cup title and JLT Sheffield Shield title in front of home crowds at the CitiPower Centre, Junction Oval. Victoria’s rich history of success includes winning 36 women’s National titles – a competition that has since been replaced by the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL). Victoria has won the WNCL title on two occasions (2002-03 and 2004-05) and 3 T20 titles (now replaced by the Women’s Big Bash League) in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.
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For the animal, see Thylacine. For the women's cricket team of the same name, see Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket). Tasmanian TigersPersonnelCaptain Matthew Wade[1]Coach Jeff VaughanTeam informationColours Green Gold RedFounded1851; 173 years ago ( )Home groundBlundstone ArenaCapacity19,500HistoryFirst-class debutVictoria in 1851 at LauncestonSheffield Shield wins3 (2007, 2011, 2013)Matador BBQs One-Day Cup wins4 (1979, 2005, 2008, 2010)KFC Twenty20 Big Bash wins0Official websiteTasmanian Tigers First-class One-day The Tasmania men's cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. Tasmania played in the first first-class cricket match in Australia against Victoria in 1851, which they won by three wickets. Despite winning their first match, and producing many fine cricketers in the late 19th century, Tasmania was overlooked when the participants in Australian first-class tournament known as the Sheffield Shield were chosen in 1892. For nearly eighty years the Tasmanian side played an average of only two or three first-class matches per year, usually against one of the mainland Australian teams, or warm-up matches against a touring international test team. Tasmania were finally admitted to regular competitions when they became a founding member of the Gillette Cup domestic one day cricket tournament upon its inception in 1969. They have performed well in it, winning it four times, and having been runners-up twice. It took a further eight seasons before Tasmania were admitted into the Sheffield Shield in 1977–78, and it was initially on a reduced fixtures list, but by the 1979–80 season, they had become full participants, and slowly progressed towards competitiveness within the tournament, first winning in the 2006–07 season—after almost 30 years in the competition. In the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash the Tigers have yet to win, but were runners-up in 2006–07. Tasmania play their limited overs cricket in a predominantly green uniform, with red and gold as their secondary colours, and have a Tasmanian tiger as their team logo. They play home matches at Bellerive Oval, Clarence on Hobart's Eastern Shore, though matches are occasionally played at venues in Devonport and Launceston. History [edit] Introduction of cricket to Tasmania [edit] Cricket almost certainly has been played in Tasmania since the time of European settlement in 1803. It was a popular pastime among marines, who were responsible for security in the fledgling colony. The first recorded match is known to have taken place in 1806, although it is most likely that unrecorded matches were already being played at this time. According to the colony's chaplain, and famed diarist, Robert Knopwood by 1814 the game had become very popular, especially around the festive season at Christmas.[2] By the 1820s there had still not been any official club organisation, but matches were being played on a regular basis. Cricket is recorded as having been played in the settlements at Richmond, Clarence Plains, Kempton, Sorell, in the Macquarie Valley west of Campbell Town, Westbury, Evandale, Longford and Hadspen.[3] Many of these matches seem to have been organised between hotel licensees, in order to create profits through the sale of food and beverages, and through betting on the outcome. One such match that was arranged in March 1826 by Joseph Bowden, the hotelier of the Lamb Inn on Brisbane Street was played for a winner's purse of 50 guineas between "Eleven Gentlemen from the Counties of Sussex and Kent against the choice of the whole Island of Van Diemen’s Land".[4] There is no evidence to suggest an "official cricket season" during the first two decades of the colony, and many of these games initially seem to have been played around June and July, to coincide with the traditional English cricket season, rather than the Tasmanian summer. Accounts of such matches suggest games were often played in atrocious conditions due to winter rains and cold conditions. But by the 1830s, logic had prevailed and cricket seems to have reverted to the southern summer months. Club cricket had also become well-established by the 1830s. One of the earliest men responsible for organising cricket within the colony was John Marshall, who was established the Hobart Town Club soon after his arrival from England. Soon after in 1835 the Derwent Cricket Club was formed making it the oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and in 1841, the Launceston Cricket Club was formed, making it the second oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and third oldest in Australia. Cricket had soon also spread into many regional settlements throughout the Colony of Tasmania, making it one of the most popular pastimes there. Some matches were played as part of district festivals, with large banquets following play.[4] Beginnings of first-class cricket in Australia [edit] By the late 1840s organised cricket was doing well in both Hobart and Launceston, and was spreading throughout the colony. In 1850 the first "North" versus "South" match was held in Oatlands, midway between Hobart and Launceston, and won by the South. The success of the match prompted promoters to organise an inter-colonial match, and the inaugural first-class cricket match played in Tasmania, which was also the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, was played in 1851 between Victoria and Tasmania in Launceston at the Launceston Racecourse. The game was billed as "The Gentlemen of Port Phillip versus the Gentlemen of Van Diemen's Land". The game featured four-ball overs and no boundaries, attracted a crowd of about 2500 spectators, and it was a timeless match, but only lasted for two days. Tasmania emerged victorious by three wickets.[3][5] Geographic and social isolation [edit] Despite winning the first ever first-class match in the Australian colonies, Tasmania felt its geographic isolation in the form of a lack of competition. Few touring sides wished to undertake the long sea journey to the island in the late 19th century. The game also developed more slowly, with Tasmanian clubs maintaining a belief in amateurism at a time when mainland clubs were turning to professionals to further their development. Also a lack of innovation stymied progress. The Victorian side that visited in 1858 had adopted the new round arm form of bowling, and it demolished the Tasmanian batting order unused to the technique. The population decline of the 1850s as Tasmanians moved to the Victorian goldfields also had a negative effect on the quality of players Tasmania could select.[3] Despite the problems facing Tasmanian cricket, local teams did occasionally play against competitive sides. The English tourists of 1861–62, played against Tasmania, winning by four wickets. Tasmania played against Victoria three times in the early 1870s, but lost all three matches, convincing the Victorians that Tasmania was not suitably competitive. Tasmania did not play another first-class match until 1877, when it travelled to Adelaide to take on South Australia. The 1880s provided better progress for the colony. In 1880 the TCA Ground had been established, providing a permanent ground to play on in the colony's capital, Hobart. The establishment of an organised regular local competition led to improvement in the quality of players. John Davies, owner of local newspaper The Mercury, was a keen cricket fan, and through personal connections, he arranged various touring English sides to visit the colony, and victory for Tasmania against the English tourists in 1887–88 led to Victoria resuming competition with Tasmania.[3] In the 1890s, the colony was playing representative cricket against Victoria almost every year, and occasionally against New South Wales as well. The colony could also boast genuinely first-class quality players, such as Kenneth Burn,[6] Charles Eady,[7] and Edward Windsor,[8] the first two of whom played test cricket for Australia.[3] However, the retirement of Eady and Burn by 1910, and in-fighting between Hobart and Launceston again threatened first-class cricket in Tasmania. The outbreak of World War I also saw a large loss of playing talent, killed on the battlefields. Cricket was suspended during the war, and did not resume until 1923, albeit with severe financial problems.[3] Sheffield Shield wilderness [edit] Following World War I, Tasmanian representative sides usually had to content themselves with matches against touring international sides during brief stopovers, while they travelled by ship to mainland capitals. Occasionally Tasmania would play the odd game against mainland state sides, but it was usually only one first-class match per season. The inter-war years proved a period of consolidation for Tasmania, as the state struggled to recover from the devastation of the war. Club cricket was hampered by rivalry between the south, north and north-west. Several exceptional cricketers emerged in this period, such as Laurie Nash, Jack Badcock, though a lack of opportunity led many to pursue cricket careers on the mainland. The quality of cricket in Tasmania varied from time to time, but after World War II the standard was high. Cricket resumed much faster than it had done after World War I, and excellent players such as Ronald Morrisby, Emerson Rodwell, and Bernard Considine emerged. This prompted moves to be made by the Tasmanian Cricket Association for further matches and recognition. Despite the skills of Rodwell and Terence Cowley, Tasmania struggled to beat Victoria in the 1950s. As a result, the Victorian Cricket Association decided to end the regular matches against Tasmania, and the English tourists also decided to downgrade matches against the state to second-class status. As a result, the Tasmanian Cricket Association made a first attempt to join the Sheffield Shield in 1964, but was rejected. The Australian Cricket Board of Control outlined areas in which the state's administration would need to be improved before Tasmania could participate in the Shield. Despite this, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia supported Tasmania by sending full-strength sides to take on the state as warm-ups to their Shield campaigns over the following few years. When the domestic one day competition was established in 1969, Tasmania was granted full playing status. The arrival of Lancashire all rounder Jack Simmons in the 1972–73 season proved a turning point in the fortunes of the team. His inspirational captaincy lifted the competitiveness of Tasmania. In the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania were losing semi-finalists in the Gillette Cup. The Tasmanian team was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield by the Australian Cricket Board in 1977 on a two-year trial basis, although it played a reduced roster in comparison to the other states. Tasmania's points on the ladder were calculated at x5 and /9 due to the fact they only played each other state once (instead of twice) during the season. A famous victory by 84 runs at the TCA Ground against the Indian tourists in 1977[9] helped the TCA to convince mainland cricket authorities that Tasmanian cricket was nationally competitive. National competitiveness [edit] Simmons had proved an inspirational captain for Tasmania, and although the side only won one of the twelve first-class matches under his leadership, that had more to do with the quality of the homegrown players at the time. His List A cricket record was more successful, leading Tasmania to six victories in eleven matches. He also assisted the TCA in modernising the administration of cricket in the state. After making the Gillette Cup semi-finals in the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania qualified for the final for the first time in the 1977–78 season, but lost to Western Australia at the WACA Ground by seven wickets. A surprise victory came the following year in the 1978–79 Gillette Cup domestic one-day competition, in a repeat of the previous year's final. The game was played at the TCA Ground in Hobart, and the home ground advantage proved decisive, with Tasmania beating Western Australia by 47 runs. Within a fortnight Tasmania had won their first Sheffield Shield match, again beating Western Australia, this time by four wickets in Devonport. The victory showed the mainland states Tasmania was capable of competing among the nation's best.[10] The presence of Simmons, and the 1978–79 Gillette Cup victory, had brought attention to Tasmanian cricket, and soon other international professionals joined the state for brief stints to both help out Tasmania's development, and gain further experience in Australian conditions. Michael Holding, Winston Davis, Patrick Patterson, Richard Hadlee and Dennis Lillee were among the more notable players to represent Tasmania in the late 1970s and early '80s. After finally being admitted to the Sheffield Shield permanently, the Tasmanian side initially struggled for success and consistency, and were the competition's whipping-boys throughout the 1980s and early 90s. The rise of a local hero in the form of David Boon, who by 1984 had achieved international fame, showed the country, and the world, that Tasmanian cricket was here to stay. Wicket-keeper Roger Woolley also briefly rose to prominence, representing Australia in two tests, and four One Day Internationals in 1983–84.[11] The pair had become the first Tasmanians to represent Australia at test level since Charles Eady in 1910. Despite their skills, the Tasmanian side struggled to win throughout this period. Regardless of the lack of competitive success, one exceptionally bright point came with the unearthing of a rare talent in Ricky Ponting, who would go on to become one of the world's best batsmen.[12][13] Tasmanian Tigers era [edit] A reshuffle in the administration and organisation of the TCA in 1991 did not have an immediate effect, but the mid-1990s brought a more professional approach, and the state's side re-branded as the Tasmanian Tigers, and with a new headquarters in the renovated Bellerive Oval, the state finally started to achieve more regular success. The side surged to the final for the first time in 1993–94, only to lose to New South Wales, but showed they were capable of successes at first class level. The 1997–98 season saw the Tigers qualify for the final off the back off a remarkable six straight victories, and they were desperately unlucky not to win the competition after such dominance. In the late 1990s Tasmania continued to produce top level cricketers. Players such as Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, Shaun Young and Michael Di Venuto became stars of the state side, and can all be considered unlucky not to have found a place in the Australian side. Recent success [edit] The Tigers continue to remain competitive in all forms of the Australian domestic game, and in 2006–07 were successful in claiming their first-ever Sheffield Shield title. Five years later, they won the Shield a second time in 2010–11, and again in 2012–13. The Tigers have also qualified for the final on four other occasions in 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2011–12, but had to settle for second place. The Tigers have fared better in the Ford Ranger Cup, winning it four times in 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, and in 2009–10. They have also been runners-up twice in 1977–78, and 1986–87. The Tigers were also unlucky to finish as runners-up in the second season of the Australian domestic Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition in 2006–07. Tasmania's recent successes at domestic level have been reflected in selection for the Australian national cricket team. Spinner Jason Krejza played two tests on the back of solid performances for the state, but failed to impress at international level. Brett Geeves was selected in the One Day International squad for 2008, and has since gone on to also play in the Indian Premier League. Fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was included in the national squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and a tour of India, before making his test cricket debut in South Africa in 2009. During the 2009 Ashes series, wicket-keeper Tim Paine was called into the squad as a late replacement for injured reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou.[14] Cricket Australia encouraged the state sides to recruit a foreign star for the 2009/10 season, in order to boost the appeal of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash internationally. Tasmania pulled off one of the biggest coups in this recruitment programme, when they signed Sri Lankan star Lasith Malinga.[15] Disappointingly for the Tigers, Malinga was forced to withdraw due to a change in international commitments for the Sri Lankan side. On 16 November 2009, Cricket Tasmania announced that Dimitri Mascarenhas would replace Malinga as Tasmania's overseas player for the 2009/10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.[16] However Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan played instead of Mascarenhas. Ul-Hasan also played the following season of the Big Bash. Home grounds [edit] Main article: Bellerive Oval Main article: TCA Ground Tasmania have traditionally played cricket both in the state capital Hobart, and Launceston which is the largest city in the north of the state. Cricket was first played on open ground in Hobart, but soon dedicated fields began to be laid out. One such field was the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain. Although it wasn't officially opened until 1880, cricket had been played on the site prior to this. From the 1880s however, it became home to both the Tasmanian Cricket Association and the state's first-class side. To ensure equal access to the population in the north, Tasmania would often also play home matches at the NTCA Ground in Launceston, which had also hosted the first-ever first-class match in Australia, between Tasmania and Victoria in 1851. When Tasmania was admitted to the Gillette Cup for the 1969–70 season, they began to spread the matches to a third venue, Devonport Oval in Devonport. The TCA Ground had remained the Tasmanian team's official home ground though. During the re-branding process of the early 1990s, the TCA was faced with a dilemma about their ground. The TCA Ground had a reputation for poor soil and windy conditions, and games were often played in blustery condition with chilly winds blowing off nearby Mount Wellington. The decision was made to move both the offices of the Tasmanian Cricket Association, and the official home ground to Bellerive Oval in Clarence. The decision was a wise one, as it saw test cricket introduced to the state for the first time, and coincided with an improvement in results for the Tasmanian side. Logos, colours and shirts [edit] It is not known what colour caps the first first-class sides of Tasmania wore, although claret and red examples survive from the 19th century. Sometime towards the middle of the 19th century, the state had also adopted dark green, red, and gold as the state's unofficial colours, and these have persisted in use by state representative sporting teams since then. Bottle green and light green have occasionally been used in the place of dark green. The cricket team quickly adopted dark green as their cap colour, and although this is similar to the more iconic Baggy green cap worn by the national side, the use of it by Tasmania pre-dates the national side doing so. Soon after the development of the flag of Tasmania in 1876, the red lion-passant that is featured in the state badge upon the fly was also adopted to feature upon the cap badge. This cap, in dark green with a red lion upon a white disk was in use throughout the late 19th, and most of the 20th centuries. In 1991 the Tasmanian Cricket Association re-branded and modernised its business structure, at the same time taking on a new logo to publicly show the modernisation of its organisation. The new logo featured a thylacine, a well known symbol of the state in front of a red and dark green background, with three strips rising from its back, symbolic of three stumps in front of a large golden ball. This logo was used to replace the lion on the front of the cap that had served for 120 years. In the 1995–96 season, all of the domestic sides in Australia re-branded with nicknamed monikers in the style of American sports franchises. It was a practice common in the countries football codes, but previously never done in cricket anywhere in the world. The Tasmanian cricket team naturally chose to adopt the Tasmanian tiger as its animal representation, and changed the cap badge once again. The new logo featured a thylacine's face on a triangular logo, with three strips across one of the ears. Squad [edit] Players with international caps are listed in bold: No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters 9 Charlie Wakim (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 14 Jordan Silk (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain 11 Jake Weatherald (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 33 Mac Wright (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 61 Tim Ward (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26) Left-handed – All-rounders 16 Mitch Owen (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium 20 Beau Webster (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off-break/medium 30 Brad Hope (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium – Nivethan Radhakrishnan (2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm off break/Slow left-arm orthodox Rookie contract Wicket-keepers 2 Jake Doran (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm medium 32 Caleb Jewell (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) Left-handed — 13 Matthew Wade (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bowlers 5 Gabe Bell (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium 12 Riley Meredith (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm fast 27 Lawrence Neil-Smith (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 37 Billy Stanlake (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 43 Sam Rainbird (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 72 Nathan Ellis (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 35 Iain Carlisle (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Spin Bowlers 19 Jarrod Freeman (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 48 Paddy Dooley (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm wrist spin Source: Cricket Tasmania Notable players [edit] Tasmanian captains [edit] Main article: Tasmanian cricket captains All former players [edit] Other notable former players [edit] Tasmanian Hall of Fame [edit] Jack Simmons (1972–1979) Roger Woolley (1977–1988) David Boon (1978–1999) Brian Davison (1979–1988) Peter Clough (1980–1984) Danny Buckingham (1983–1992) Jamie Cox (1987–2006) Rod Tucker (1989–1996) Dene Hills (1991–2001) Shaun Young (1991–2001) Colin Miller (1992–2000) Ricky Ponting (1992–2013) Michael Di Venuto (1992–2008) Gillette Cup Team (1978–79) Pura Cup Team (2006–07) Daniel Marsh (1996–2010) Coaches [edit] Greg Shipperd Brian McFadyen (2002–2005) Tim Coyle (2005–2013) Daniel Marsh (2013–2017) Adam Griffith (2017–2022)[17] Records [edit] Team records [edit] Honours [edit] Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Champions: 3 2006–07, 2010–11, 2012–13 Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Runner-up (since introduction of final in 1982–83): 4 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12 Domestic One-Day Cup Champions: 4 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10 Domestic One-Day Cup Runner-up: 3 1977–78, 1986–87, 2011–12 Domestic Twenty20 Cup Champions: 0 Domestic Twenty20 Cup Runner-up: 1 2006–07 References [edit] Further reading [edit] R Page, A history of Tasmanian cricket, Hobart, [1957] R Finlay, Island Summers, Hobart, 1992.
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored. He holds the record for winning most ICC tournaments as a captain in Men's Cricket. Under his Captaincy Australia won the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and 2006 and 2009 Champions Trophies. He was also a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Domestically, Ponting played for his home state of Tasmania as well as Tasmania's Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. He played as a specialist right-handed batsman, an excellent slip fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He led Australia to their second 5–0 Ashes win as well as victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh. He led Australia to consecutive ICC Champions Trophy victory in 2006 and 2009. Combative and at times a controversial captain, statistically he is one of the most successful Test captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010. As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories and was involved in the most ODI victories as a player, with 262 wins, having played in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs. A prolific batter, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He was named "Cricketer of the Decade 2000" was named in the country's best Ashes XI in a Cricket Australia poll in 2017 and in July 2018 he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. He is the current assistant coach of the Australian national men's cricket team, having been appointed to the role in February 2019. Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket in November 2012, the day before playing in his final Test against South Africa; this was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record held by Steve Waugh. He retired with a Test batting average of 51.85, although he continued to play cricket around the world until 2013. 1974–1995: Early life Main article: Early life of Ricky Ponting Birth and personal life Born in Launceston, Tasmania, on 19 December 1974, Ricky Ponting is the eldest of Graeme and Lorraine Ponting's 3 children. Graeme was "a good club cricketer" and played Australian rules football, while Lorraine was a state vigoro champion. His uncle Greg Campbell played Test cricket for Australia in 1989 and 1990. Ponting's parents first lived in Prospect 4.1 km (2.5 mi) south of city centre; however, they moved into the working-class area of Newnham, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of central Launceston. After marrying his long-time girlfriend, law student Rianna Cantor, in June 2002, Ponting credited her as the reason for his increased maturity. The couple have three children. Junior ranks Introduced to cricket by father Graeme and uncle Greg Campbell, Ponting played for the Mowbray Under-13s team at the age of 11 in 1985–86. In January 1986, he took part in the five-day annual Northern Tasmania junior cricket competition. After scoring four centuries in a week, bat manufacturer Kookaburra gave Ponting a sponsorship contract while in just eighth grade mainly on the back of these four centuries. Ponting took this form into the Under-16s week-long competition less than a month later, scoring an even century on the final day. Ted Richardson, the former head of the Northern Tasmanian Schools Cricket Association said: "Ricky is certainly the equal of David Boon at this level. Australian Rules football was also a big part of Ponting's sporting life, and is a keen follower of the North Melbourne Kangaroos. During the winter he played junior football for North Launceston and up until he was 14, it could have become a possible sporting option. This was before he broke the humerus in his right arm playing for North Launceston Under-17s as a 13-year-old. Ponting's arm was so badly damaged, it had to be pinned. Told to endure a 14-week lay-off, he never played competitive football again. During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the NTCA Ground (Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground), Ponting helped out with the scoreboard, thereby surrounding himself with international cricketers. After leaving school at the end of year 10 in 1990, he began work as a groundsman at Scotch Oakburn College, a private school in Launceston. In 1991 the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association sponsored Ponting to attend a fortnight's training at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. The two weeks turned into a full two-year sponsorship as he was said to be the best 17-year-old batsman Academy coach Rod Marsh had ever seen. Playing five games for Tasmania for the 1992 Under-19 carnival in Perth, Ponting scored 350 runs, earning him selection in the 13-man national Under-19 development squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa—the first Australian cricket team to make an official tour to the country since Bill Lawry's team in 1970. Early Australian domestic career Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his ODI debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early 2004. After scoring 114 not out in club match against Riverside, Ponting became the youngest player to appear for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield match, breaking Boon's record by 14 days. In November 1992, with Ponting just 17 years and 337 days, he went to the crease at number four against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Despite scoring 56 in a 127-run partnership with Boon, he could not prevent a defeat, scoring just four in Tasmania's second innings. In his first match in Tasmania, this time against New South Wales, Ponting contributed 32 and 18 in a draw. He followed this up with 25 against Western Australia in a narrow loss. His first match in Sydney also marked the debut of future Australian opening bowler Glenn McGrath. His subsequent century also meant that Ponting became the youngest Tasmanian to score a first-class century at 18 years and 40 days, eclipsing Boon's record of 19 years and 356 days. After scoring another half century, Ponting scored back to back centuries against Western Australia on Australia's fastest wicket in Perth. He became the youngest batsmen in Shield history to score twin centuries in a match. After setting a goal of scoring 500 runs in the season, he ended up scoring 781 at 48.81. After season's end, Ponting played seven four-day games for the Australian Academy, scoring 484 runs at 96.70, even though he was still only 18. Speculation ignited that Ponting was an outsider to join the Australian squad on their 1993 tour to England. Despite Ponting's reluctance to weigh into the debate, Tasmanian coach Greg Shipperd thought he could handle the experience. The selectors ended up choosing Western Australian batsman Damien Martyn for the tour, with Ponting selected in the academy squad captained by Justin Langer, which toured India and Sri Lanka for seven games in August–September 1993. Australian success was limited, with only several wins. No batsman scored a century, despite Ponting reaching 99 not out in a one-day game in Colombo. He finished the tour second highest in the aggregates, behind Langer. Before the start of the 1993–94 Sheffield Shield season, Ponting stated that he wanted to score 1000 runs for the season. In Tasmania's final match of the season, they needed to defeat South Australia outright to qualify for the final. Set 366 in 102 overs, Ponting scored 161 in a 290-run partnership that ended with Tasmania needing just 41 runs for victory. Despite Tasmania losing four quick wickets, they won with four wickets in hand. Disappointingly for Ponting, he could not repeat the performance in the final against New South Wales, scoring just one and 28, as Tasmania were defeated by an innings and 61 runs. The season saw Ponting score 965 runs at 48.25, close to his 1000 run goal. A month after the final, he was again selected for the academy squad for three limited overs matches against a touring Indian team. Queenslander Stuart Law captained the Australian side that included former Australian keeper Rod Marsh. In Australia's victory in Canberra he top scored with 71 and before scoring 52 in victory in Sydney. The last match was also successful for the home team, with Ponting not required to bat. Ponting started his 1994–95 campaign with a century against eventual Shield champions Queensland in Brisbane, impressing Queensland captain Allan Border, "He's just an outstanding prospect", Border said. Speculation again arose that Ponting could become a candidate for the upcoming tour to the West Indies. When Tasmania played Western Australia at Bellerive Oval on 4 November 1994, Ponting scored 211. The century was his fifth successive against Western Australia; Sir Donald Bradman is the only other batsman to score five consecutive centuries against another state in Shield history. Ten days after the double century, Ponting was named in the Australian XI to take on England at Bellerive Oval—in a match that was used as practice before the upcoming series in the West Indies. Future Australian representatives Matthew Hayden, Langer, Greg Blewett and Martyn were also selected. In a drawn match Ponting compiled a half-century. A fourth team was introduced to the World Series Cup in 1994–95—Australia A—for the only time. Australian captain Mark Taylor was not a fan of this change as many fans supported Australia A rather than the national team. Despite the negative feedback it gave Ponting a chance on the international stage. Playing for Australia A, he scored 161 runs at 26.83 with one half-century. 1995–1999: Early International career Australian debut Ponting's domestic performances were rewarded when he was selected for the Australian ODI team to play in all the matches in the 1995 New Zealand Centenary quadrangular tournament in New Zealand, that also included South Africa and India. Ponting made his debut against South Africa at number six in the batting order. He scored one from six balls, as Australia successfully chased South Africa's target on a difficult batting track. Australia secured another victory in their next match, this time against New Zealand in Auckland, where Ponting scored 10 not out, after coming to wicket late in the innings. His highest series score came in the third International where Australia lost to India in Dunedin. Ponting was promoted to number three in the batting order and responded by scoring 62 from 92 balls. The innings was scored without a boundary and was based on "deft placement and judicious running." The loss failed to stop Australia from appearing in the final against New Zealand in Auckland. Ponting returned to number six and was seven not out when the winning runs were scored. He finished the series with 80 runs at 40 and strike rate of 71.42 runs per hundred balls. Greg Shipperd publicly suggested that Ponting could be selected as a reserve wicket-keeper for the upcoming West Indies tour, despite not keeping-wicket for Tasmania. However, he had kept wicket in pre-season matches and during centre wicket practice. In any case Ponting was selected as a specialist batsman. "... It was like all my birthdays had come at once. I had some reservations about making my Test debut against arguably the best fast bowling attack in the world", Ponting later said. The West Indies had been cricket's powerhouse for close to two decades and teams included many feared fast bowlers. Before the tour, Australian captain Mark Taylor thought the last Test batting vacancy was possibly between Ponting and Justin Langer. "Ricky Ponting is more the stroke player while Justin is the tough man. It depends on what we need at the time but you can probably say Ricky has his neck in front because he's been on this tour [of New Zealand]", Taylor said. Rod Marsh believed Ponting's attitude and fearless approach could tear the West Indies apart. Nevertheless, Ponting did not expect to be selected. Steve Waugh noted that Ponting would "not be intimidated by the West Indians' inevitable waist-to-chin length." During the series, Ponting said the current crop of bowlers were not "of the same high class" that opposition teams had come to expect from the West Indies. Ponting was selected for the third ODI on 12 March 1995 at Queen's Park Oval, when Mark Waugh missed out through injury. Ponting—batting at three—was involved in a 59-run partnership with Steve Waugh; however, he was dismissed for 43 when he lifted an attempted pull shot. Mark Waugh returned for the next match and Ponting was subsequently dropped until he replaced an out-of-form David Boon in the fifth and final match, where Ponting got a second-ball duck. In a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Tests, Ponting scored 19, with Greg Blewett scoring a century and Langer compiling a half-century. The performance was not enough for Ponting to force his way into the Test side; though, Australia did regain the Frank Worrell Trophy for the first time in 20 years, winning the series 2–1. When Ponting returned to Launceston in June 1995, Tasmania's TAB announced him as their part-time ambassador. He then undertook a tour to England with the Young Australians; a team that included fellow Tasmanian Shaun Young. It also included five future Test batsmen: Matthew Hayden, Matthew Elliott, Martin Love, Justin Langer and Stuart Law. Despite not batting as well as he "would have liked", Ponting returned to Australia with the fourth highest batting average—48.73. Tasmania toured Zimbabwe for five games ahead of the 1995–96 Sheffield Shield. Ponting struggled, aggregating 99 runs at a modest 24.75. By the end of October, he had signed a contract with the Australian Cricket Board, along with 22 other Australian cricketers. He opened the batting with Boon in Tasmania's first match of the Sheffield Shield season, scoring 20 and 43. Ahead of the following match against Queensland in Hobart, Ponting set himself a goal of scoring a century in each innings; a feat he achieved in a high-scoring draw. His form continued against the touring Sri Lankans in a one-day game in Devonport, scoring 99. He scored another century against the same opposition in Launceston. During the match, the public address system at the NTCA Ground announced that Ponting was making his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Perth on 8 December. The following morning saw local newspaper The Examiner headline: "He's Ricky Ponting, he's ours ... and he's made it! Tassie's batting star will play in his first Test." Marsh continued his praise of Ponting, who replaced a dropped Blewett. "I have no doubt Ricky will be trying to get 100 in his first Test game. And I hope he does. You'd back him to. If Ricky carries with him the same attitude that he has seen him succeed at First-class cricket to the next level there is no reason why he will not continue to score." Sri Lanka batted first and scored 251, before Ponting—batting at number five due to Steve Waugh's absence through injury—arrived at the crease with Australia at a comfortable 3/422. He started nervously, edging his first ball past first slip for a boundary from off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. When Ponting reached 96, Chaminda Vaas hit Ponting high on his thigh and was given out leg before wicket. Many members of the crowd and media argued it was an incorrect decision due to excessive height. He combined with Stuart Law, also playing on debut, for a partnership of 121. This was only the ninth ever century partnership by debutants in Test cricket. "I've got mixed emotions about my knock at the moment. 96 is a good score but it would have been nice to get a 100", Ponting said after the innings. "Once I struck a few in the middle of the bat, and I spent some time in the middle I tried to relax and enjoy it, just savour the moment." Australia won the match by an innings. In the second Test in Melbourne on Boxing Day, he scored a "compact" 71 in his only innings, combining for a century stand with Steve Waugh. He also took the wicket of Asanka Gurusinha in Sri Lanka's first innings amidst four economical overs. However, Ponting's performance was overshadowed by Australian umpire Darrell Hair no-balling Muralitharan for throwing on seven occasions, increasing tensions between the two teams. Ponting's fellow Tasmanian Boon retired after the Third Test, and Ponting's performances were not as strong at number six in the batting order, managing six and 20. Australia won yet again, sweeping the series 3–0, and Ponting was in full praise of Boon. "I would have hated to be the first person to come through from Launceston and make it but he has proved it can be done", Ponting said a year before his Test debut. Ponting ended his debut Test series with 193 runs at 48.25. Though Ponting's appearances for Tasmania continued to be limited, he was still able to top the 1995–96 season averages with 59.50. He played in all ten games of the World Series ODI Cup played between Australia, Sri Lanka and the West Indies after the Test series. Ponting started the series at number four but moved up a position midway through the season, after opener Michael Slater was dropped. He broke through for his maiden ODI century in his 12th match, scoring 123 from 138 balls against Sri Lanka at the MCG. However, the effort was not enough to prevent Sri Lanka from victory. Ponting ended his first home ODI tournament with 341 runs at 34.10, including one century and three fifties, as Australia ended as series champions. 1996 World Cup A Tamil Tiger bombing in Colombo coupled with death threats to some members of the team forced Australia to forfeit their scheduled 1996 Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Ponting batted in the number three position for the entire tournament, and scored six in Australia's opening match victory over Kenya. He continued to be inconsistent with scores of 12 and 33 against India and Zimbabwe, before becoming the youngest batsman to score a World Cup century, when he scored 102 runs from 112 balls against the West Indies in Jaipur. Ponting wore a cap instead of a helmet to show the West Indians that he did not fear them. The effort was not enough, as Australia lost by four wickets. Australia finished second in their group and faced New Zealand in the quarter-finals. He scored 41 followed by a 15-ball duck in a semi-final victory against the West Indies, as Australia staggered to 8/207. Australia appeared to be heading out of the tournament when the Caribbean team reached 2/165, but a sudden collapse saw Australia win by six runs in the last over. Ponting scored 45 from 73 balls in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which Australia lost to Sri Lanka. Ponting ended his first World Cup campaign with 229 runs at 32.71. In August, Australia played in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka, after a five-month break since the World Cup. Despite the political environment being more assured than during the World Cup, Australia still struggled to defeat the Sri Lankans, now full of confidence. Australia overpowered Zimbabwe, before going down the home side. They regrouped and defeated India; however, Sri Lanka defeated Australia, this time in the final. Ponting scored: 53, 46 not out, 0 and 17 for the series. With Boon's retirement, Ponting was elevated to the No. 3 position in the Test team, and his first assignment in his new role came in a one-off Test against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Foreshadowing his future Test struggles in India, Ponting made 13 and 14 in a seven-wicket defeat. His failed to regain his form in the following Titan Cup involving India, South Africa and Australia. After a "scratchy" game against South Africa, Ponting was rested for the next match against India. Nevertheless, he was recalled for the return match against South Africa, making 17. The series ending poorly for Ponting, being bowled for a duck, as India won the finals. The pair of ODI tournaments on the subcontinent yielded Ponting only 168 runs at 28.00 from seven matches. Ponting continued in the role for the series against the West Indies in 1996–97 in Australia. After two Test matches and three scores under 10, he was replaced by Justin Langer, despite scoring 88 in the First Test. He was out of the team for six months, and missed the remaining three Tests against the West Indies, the three Tests on the tour to South Africa, both series victories to Australia. Many "experts" thought the decision was unjustifiable. Former Australian coach, Bob Simpson, said: "I really feel that Ricky could have been persevered with. He's a fine young cricketer and he'll now have to prove that he's got the tenacity and temperament to go with it." Ponting's axing meant he had time to regain his form in the Sheffield Shield. Despite struggling at first, he scored twin centuries against South Australia in Hobart, and proceeded to score another ton against Queensland. Ponting was selected for the 1997 Ashes tour of England, but did not play in any of the three preceding ODIs. He was not selected for the first three Tests; England won the first, Australia the third, and the second was drawn. Ponting was given three one-dayers and First-class match against Glamorgan to try to push his case for a Test inclusion. He scored a century in the latter, but managed just five against Middlesex in the last match before the Fourth Test. Michael Bevan was eventually dropped for Ponting, due to poor form and troubles against the short ball. In his first Ashes Test, Ponting scored his first Test century (127, batting at No. 6). He played the last three Tests and ended the series with 241 runs at 48.20. At the time Australia had a policy of the selecting the same team for ODIs, so Ponting only played in three ODIs in early stages of the 1996–97 season in Australia, scoring 68 runs at 22.66 in December 1996 before being dropped. Ponting scored 119 runs at 39.66 in the three-Test home series against New Zealand in 1997–98, including a breezy 73 not out from 85 balls in the second innings of the First Test in Brisbane to help Australia set a winning target. He then made his first Test century on Australian soil, scoring 105 in the First Test against South Africa at the MCG. He added a fifty in the next match and ended the series with 248 runs at 49.60. Ponting has his most successful ODI season to date, scoring 462 runs at 57.75 in the annual tri-series, including a 100 against New Zealand and three fifties. The 100 was Ponting's third ODI century, but Australia had lost all three matches. He scored 76 in the third and deciding final against South Africa, which Australia won. In a brief four-match ODI tour of New Zealand at the end of the season, Ponting scored 76 runs at 25.33. 1998 tours of the subcontinent and Ashes Just 10 days after their tour of New Zealand, Australia played in a first-class warm-up match in India, ahead of their three match Test series. Sachin Tendulkar struck a double century in the opening warm-up match as the Australian bowlers struggled to cope with the conditions. Ponting came into the Test series with first-class scores of 53, 37 and 155 behind him. Batting at five and seven in the batting order respectively, he scored 18 in the first innings and two in the second on a "dusty turning track" in the opening Test in Chennai. Despite conceding a 71 first innings lead, Tendulkar struck 155 in India's second innings, as India won by 169 runs. Australia suffered further humiliation in the second Test at Eden Gardens. India—whom amassed 5/633 in reply to Australia's 233—went onto win by an innings and 16 runs, as Ponting scored 60 and nine. Several days after the match, Ponting was thrown out of Equinox night club in Kolkata. The Indian media reported that Ponting was misbehaving with several women in the nightclub. Ponting was fined $1000 by Australian team management for the incident, and later apologised to staff. In the following Test in Bangalore, Australia won their first Test in India for 29 years, despite 177 not out from Tendulkar, which gave India a slender first innings lead. Ponting scored 16 his only innings as Australia won by eight wickets. He finished the series with 105 runs at 21.00 as the hosts took the Tests 2–1. Despite a poor Test series, Ponting's form in ODIs remained strong. In consecutive tournaments in India and Sharjah following the Tests, Ponting scored 467 runs at 51.88. In addition to three fifties, Ponting scored 145 from 158 balls in the Pepsi Cup against Zimbabwe in Delhi, equalling Dean Jones' Australian record. Ponting also had his first confrontation with Harbhajan Singh, an Indian off spinner who went on to have much success against him. In the Coca-Cola Cup series ODI against India in April, he and Mark Waugh put on more than 80 runs in 12 overs before Harbhajan was introduced into the attack. In the spinners second over, Ponting took him for four then lofted him over mid-wicket for six next ball. The following delivery saw Ponting use his feet in an attempt to get to the pitch of the ball but missed the shot and was consequently stumped. After the dismissal the pair clashed verbally. Ponting wrote, "The Sharjah incident was the result of me being over-competitive but it had the potential to get quite nasty. I was really disappointed with the shot I played [to get dismissed] and when I looked up Harbahjan was right in my face giving me the finger [gesturing for Ponting to leave the ground with his index finger] and really mouthing off. Had he been a few more metres away from me I would have not reacted like I did or at the most I would have given him a bit of lip as I walked past. I just over-reacted to the provocation." Both players were consequently fined ($500) and reprimanded by the match referee, with Harbhajan also suspended for a single ODI as he was adjudged to have breached the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. On the subsequent tour of Pakistan less than six months later, Ponting was dropped in favour of Darren Lehmann. The left-hander was perceived to be a better player of spin and a better prospect on the dry pitches of the Indian subcontinent than Ponting. In the first Test starting in October, Lehmann scored 98 in Rawalpindi, as Australia won their first Test in Pakistan in 39 years. Ponting's only Test outing was in a high-scoring second Test draw in Peshawar, when he scored 76 not out and 43 as Lehmann was injured. The match saw Mark Taylor equal Don Bradman's Australian record score of 334, when he declared Australia's innings overnight on 4/599, despite being not out. Ponting was replaced by Lehmann for the final Test. In between the Tests and the ODIs, Australia were knocked out of the 1998 Wills International Cup, starting in late October, when they were defeated by India in their opening match. In a knockout based tournament, Tendulkar scored 141 in India's total of 307; meanwhile, Ponting managed a 53 ball 41, in a 44 run defeat. In a tournament hosted in Bangladesh, South Africa were eventual victors, defeating the West Indies in the final. He played in all the following ODIs against Pakistan, which Australia won 3–0. In the final match, Ponting scored 124 not out from 129 balls, as Australia chased down 316 with six wickets to spare. He finished the series with 215 runs at 107.50. When the Australians returned for the home series against England, Ponting was "in the worst run-scoring groove in his first-class career." Nevertheless, he was recalled in place of Lehmann, despite the latter's form in Pakistan. This was explained on the basis of "horses for courses"; it was reasoned that Ponting would be more effective against England's pace-oriented bowling attack. However, Ponting struggled in the first three Tests, scoring 47 runs at 11.75, and Lehmann regained his spot for the last two matches. He had played 22 Tests by the end of 1998, with 1,209 runs at an average of 36.63. Ponting was a permanent fixture in the ODI team throughout this period, and scored 322 runs at 46.00 during the Carlton & United (CUB series) series of 1998–99. 1999–2002: The road back to the Australian side Mark Taylor retired from international cricket on 2 February 1999, and was replaced by ODI captain Steve Waugh. Lehmann failed to make much impact in the final two Ashes Tests and was dropped for the 1998–99 tour of the West Indies, while Ponting was recalled. Ponting's ability against pace-bowling helped his push for inclusion, as the West Indies typically relied entirely on pacemen. However, he was unable to force his way into the side in the first two tests, with number three, Justin Langer, and number six, Greg Blewett, cementing their places in the side. Before the third Test, Blewett suffered a hand injury and Ponting was recalled into the side. On a pitch that became increasingly flat throughout the day, Ponting—who came to the crease with the score at 4–144—joined Steve Waugh in a 281 partnership. After Waugh survived one of Ambrose's "more threatening spells", he scored 199 and Ponting 104. He "batted with maturity and even temperament associated with the champions of the game", according to Waugh. Australia collapsed in their second innings to be bowled out for 146, with Ponting scoring 22. Left with a record run-chase in Barbados, the West Indies won by a single wicket, thanks to an unbeaten Brian Lara century. Australia had to win the Fourth and final Test in Antigua to retain the series, after going down 2–1. Ponting scored 21 and 21 not out in the match, as Australia won by 176 runs. The following seven-match ODI series was not a success for Ponting, scoring just 74 runs at 14.80 in five matches. The series was drawn at 3-all and included a tie. First World Cup success (1999) Australia started their 1999 World Cup campaign in England with success against minnows Scotland, before defeats by Pakistan and New Zealand. Ponting scored, 33, 47 and 49 respectively. After the twin defeats, pundits doubted whether Australia could make the semi-finals let alone win the tournament. Australia then defeated Bangladesh with 30 overs to spare, as Ponting batted out of his usual number three spot for the only time in the tournament. In an attempt to increase the run-rate with pinch hitter Brendon Julian, Ponting scored an unbeaten 18 from 10 balls at number four. Ponting scored 20, 23 and 36 in the following matches against the West Indies, India and Zimbabwe. In the last match of the Super Six stage of the tournament, Australia were to play South Africa in a match they needed to win to make the semi-finals. South Africa batted first and scored 271, before Australia slumped to 3/48. Steve Waugh joined Ponting in the middle and scored 22 runs in ten overs. Both then agreed increase the scoring in a mid-pitch conversation. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis could not bowl because of strained abdominal muscles and the batting pair attacked the replacement bowlers, scoring 82 from 10 overs. They were involved in a 126-run stand until Ponting fell for 69 scored in 110 balls, including five fours and two sixes. Waugh went on to make 120 off 110 deliveries helping Australia win with two balls to spare. The sides met again in their next match, this time in the semi-final at Edgbaston on 17 June 1999. Australia only managed 213, with Ponting contributing a solid 37 from 48 balls. In reply, South Africa started strongly, talking 45 from the first nine overs without the loss of a wicket. However, Shane Warne dismissed Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten before long and eventually took 4/29 from 10 overs. The last over started with the Africans needing nine runs with one wicket in hand. Lower-order hitter, Lance Klusener, proceeded to score eight runs in the next two balls. Drama followed, as Donald was run-out two balls later, resulting in a tie. Australia qualified for the final because they finished higher than their opposition on the Super Six table. They comfortably accounted for Pakistan in the final, winning by eight wickets, after they were set a target of 132. Ponting scored 24 in Australia's first World Cup win since 1987. He ended the tournament with 354 runs at 39.33. Australia soon travelled to Sri Lanka for a three-Test series, which they lost 1–0. Ponting was one of Australia's few effective players during the tour and was Man-of-the-Series, ending with 253 runs at 84.33. In the First Test defeat at Kandy, Ponting scored 96 and 51, almost half of Australia's match total of 328 runs. They lost the match by six wickets, partly due to being unable to handle the spin of Muralitharan who took eight wickets. The Second Test was severely interrupted by rain and Ponting scored just one in his only innings. He scored 105 not out in the Third Test in Colombo, his only Test century in Sri Lanka. Despite having a perceived weakness against spin, Ponting played Muralitharan the best out of all the Australian batsmen. He scored 31 as Australia won their inaugural Test against Zimbabwe by nine wickets. In the following ODI series between the respective countries, Ponting scored 288 runs at 57.60 with two fifties. Ponting started the 1999–2000 season poorly, with ducks in his first three Test innings in the series against Pakistan, including a pair on his home ground Bellerive Oval. He ended the run in style, scoring 197 in the Third Test at the WACA. Australia won the series 3–0 and Ponting proceeded to score 125 in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. He finished with an unbeaten 141 in the Third Test at the SCG, the culmination of another Australian whitewash. Ponting was the leading scorer for the series, compiling 375 runs at 125.00. He brought this form into the initial stages of the following 1999–2000 Carlton United ODI series, hitting 32 and 115, before three consecutive ducks. Ponting, however, ended the rut towards the back end of the series, stringing together 53, 43, 33, 50 and 78, as Australia won the tournament. Along with his impressive average of 40.4, Ponting's strike rate (87.06) was the highest of all recognised Australian batsmen. Perhaps more importantly, Ponting was selected as temporary vice-captain when Shane Warne was unavailable through injury, strengthening his claim for future higher honours. "It's now apparent to me that I'm one being viewed as a future Australia captain", Ponting acknowledged in his newspaper column. "I think it's fair to say unless I was being considered for a future leadership position in the team then someone with significantly more experience, like Mark [Waugh] would have been given the nod to be the team's vice-captain. Despite all his good fortune, Ponting slid into the boundary fence and seriously damaged his ankle during the second final against Pakistan, forcing him to miss the upcoming ODI series' in New Zealand and South Africa. The damaged ligaments required a two-hour operation, with doctors telling him how he would not be able to return to cricket until the next summer. He recovered quicker than expected and by May he returned to the golf course and was given approval to start cricket training. He returned to the international scene in August for a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Melbourne's indoor Docklands Stadium. He made only 60 runs, as the series was tied 1–1, with a tie. Ahead of the first Test of the 2000–01 season in November, Ponting found form while playing for Tasmania. He scored 233 against a strong Queensland bowling team that included Andy Bichel, Adam Dale and Ashley Noffke. The innings included 37 boundaries and four sixes, and was so dominant, the next highest score for the innings was 61. In the second and final first-class match Ponting played for Tasmania in the season, he scored a more sedate 187 against New South Wales in Hobart, assuring him a place in the Test side, despite Damien Martyn (who replaced Ponting in the side when injured) scoring two centuries for Western Australia. Ponting was overlooked the ODI vice-captaincy, with Gilchrist given the role; however, Ponting captained a Northern Territory XI against the West Indies in the lead-up to the upcoming series. Though not known for extravagant claims, Steve Waugh told a journalist that Ponting could easily be the best batsman in the world, and put him alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. When Jamie Cox was selected for Australia A, Ponting was selected as captain of Tasmania for a domestic one-dayer against Victoria in December. His men won by nine wickets, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 64 from 69 balls. Australia white-washed the West Indies 5–0 in the Test series; Ponting scored a modest 242 runs at 40.33, with a high score of 92. Defeat in India and 2001 Ashes Injury aside (he missed a three-Test tour of New Zealand in early 2000 after hurting his ankle in a fielding mishap in an ODI Final at Sydney), his position was now secured. Australia toured India in between February and April for three Tests and five ODIs. Australia had not won a Test series in India since 1969. Australian captain Steve Waugh began calling this the "Final Frontier". Australia lost the series 2–1 after winning the first Test, and Ponting finished with just 17 runs at an average of 3.4. He was dismissed all five times by Harbhajan Singh. Ponting had a habit of instinctively rocking onto the front foot and thrusting his wrists at Harbhajan's deliveries and was frequently caught in the bat pad positions because of this. Despite this recent run of poor scores, Ponting was promoted to the key No. 3 position in the Australian batting order at the expense of the dropped Justin Langer, while Damien Martyn took Ponting's former spot at No. 6, for the very next Test series, the 2001 Ashes tour of England. Ponting began the series poorly, scoring 11, 14, 4, 14 and 17—the first four dismissals all to Darren Gough. In the first innings of the fourth Test, Ponting stood his ground while on 0 after edging to slips and refused to go off the field without a TV replay. Replays revealed that the ball had been grassed and Ponting subsequently went on to score 144 and 72 in the second innings. He scored his 216 runs in only 226 balls. In doing so, he repeated his feat in 1997 of returning to form at Headingley. He ended the series with 338 runs at 42.25. Starting with that 2001 Ashes series he has batted No. 3 in all but four of his Test innings. The touring New Zealanders were not expected to provide much of a challenge to the in-form Australians during the three-match Test series starting in November. The opening Test in Brisbane, saw the tourists came within 11 runs of victory, before the Test was drawn; partly to do with inclement weather. Ponting scored five and a run-a-ball 32 not out in Australia's second innings, as they pushed for a declaration. After scoring 4, 0 and 0 in his previous Test outings at Bellerive Oval, Ponting broke through with a man-of-the-match performance of 157 not out in the Second Test, before further rain resulted in another draw. The result of the Third Test in Perth was no different, with Ponting scoring 31 and 26. Set a record 440 to win, Australia finished on 7/381 at stumps on the final day, despite half-centuries from Gilchrist and the Waugh twins. He ended the Test season 366 runs at 52.28. 2002–2004: Appointment as One Day International captain Appointment as One Day International captain Although the Test team had continued to perform well, sweeping South Africa 3–0 in the home series in 2001–02, the One-Day International (ODI) team suffered a slump, failing to qualify for the finals of the triangular tournament, leading to the dropping of Steve Waugh from the one-day team in February 2002. Ponting was elevated to the captaincy, ahead of then vice-captain Adam Gilchrist. The fortunes of the ODI team revived immediately, and Ponting's men won their first series during the tour of South Africa, defeating the team that had won the tournament which ended Waugh's reign. Following his elevation to the ODI captaincy, Ponting played a prominent role in the Test tour of South Africa. He scored 100 not out to steer Australia to a four-wicket win in the Second Test in Cape Town, bringing up the winning runs with a six from the bowling of Paul Adams. He struck 89 in the Third Test and ended the series with 308 runs at 77.25 with a strike rate of 76.48. Australia entered the seven-match ODI series without both of the Waugh twins. Ponting was prominent in the 3–0 whitewash of Pakistan on neutral territory in late 2002. He struck 141 in the First Test in Colombo and 150 in the Third Test in Sharjah to end with 342 runs at 85.50. 2002–03 Ashes victory and first World Cup success as captain England toured for the 2002–03 Australian season, and Ponting struck 123 in the First Test in Brisbane. His form continued with 154 in the Second Test in Adelaide, meaning that he had scored four centuries in five Tests. Australia won the latter match by an innings and Ponting scored 68 in the Third Test in Perth as Australia took an unassailable 3–0 lead. He was unable to pass fifty in the final two Tests and ended the series with 417 runs at 52.12. Australia won the VB series held between and after the Tests. After the conclusion of the Third Test, Australia's 30-man squad for upcoming 2003 World Cup was announced. Steve Waugh was a somewhat surprising omission, despite being unable to force his way back into the ODI team since being dropped after team disappointment in the 2001–02 VB Series. Ponting scored a slow 18 from 30 deliveries in Australia's victory in the opening match of the 2002–03 VB series against England in Sydney. He proceeded to score 119 from 123 balls (nine fours and three sixes) in Australia's second match of the series—again against England, this time at the MCG—sharing an all wicket record Australian ODI partnership of 225 with Adam Gilchrist in the process. Despite a comfortable Australian victory, Warne dislocated his right shoulder while diving to stop a ball. The success continued through the 2002–03 ODI series in Australia. Winning the finals series against England 2–0. Australia hit trouble on the personnel front in the lead up to the World Cup. Lehmann was handed a seven-match ban for racial abuse, the world's number 1 ranked ODI batsman Michael Bevan was injured, as was all rounder Shane Watson, who had to withdraw from the World Cup. At the time, another all-rounder, Andrew Symonds, had been performing poorly and had been heavily maligned by cricket analysts, but Ponting strongly advocated his inclusion. The selectors granted Ponting his wish, although the decision was considered highly controversial, especially with Waugh campaigning for his recall as an all-rounder. A few days before the tournament started, Australia were in further turmoil, when leading bowler Shane Warne was sent home and a replacement could not be flown in until after the first match. With Bevan and Lehmann still sidelined, Australia went into their opening match with little choice over their line-up, and Symonds having to play. However, Symonds repaid Ponting's faith with an unbeaten 140 after Australia lost three quick wickets to be in early trouble. Australia beat Pakistan, and gained further momentum by defeating India by nine wickets in less than half their allotted overs in the next match. Symonds continued to put in a series of match-winning performances and continued to be strongly backed by Ponting from then on. Ponting himself performed solidly with 53 against Pakistan and 24 not out, hitting the winning runs to guide Australia home. He failed to perform in the rest of the group matches including just 2 against Namibia and 18 against England in a poor performance which Australia managed to win just. He began the Super Six stage with a massive 114 against Sri Lanka. This innings included 4 sixes and he was very aggressive. He failed in the rest of the Super Six stage and the semi-final against the same opposition (Sri Lanka). In the Final, they met India, who they had crushed in the group stage. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly controversially sent the Australians in to bat, citing cloud cover, but Ponting's batsmen attacked immediately and put the Indian bowlers under pressure. They went on to score 359–2, a record for a world cup final by over 100 runs. Ponting top-scored with a brilliant 140 not out from 121 balls. India's batsmen could not cope with the target, and were defeated by a record (for World Cup Final matches) 125 runs. "I have had some amazing times and some proud moments in my career, but the events at the Wanderers have topped the lot. Lifting the World Cup alongside 20 other proud Australians ... [It is] without doubt the best moment of my cricketing life." Ponting led his team to a dominant, undefeated, performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, winning all 11 of their matches. Ponting was announced as long-term vice-captain in place of Adam Gilchrist for Australia's away series in the Caribbean starting in April 2003. The first Test was not the first time Ponting had been vice-captain of the Australian Test team however, as he was thrust into the role against the West Indies in 2000 and England in 2001—because of injuries to Steve Waugh. Although Gilchrist had not done anything untoward, Ponting was elevated because Australian selectors wanted him to captain if Waugh was to be injured. This was Ponting's third tour to the Caribbean, and he was rested from the only warm-up match ahead of the Tests. Nevertheless, he continued his World Cup form in the First Test, scoring 117 and 42 not out on a slow and low pitch, as Australia won by nine wickets. Ponting scored his first double century (206) in the Second Test, as he and Darren Lehmann shared an Australian third-wicket partnership record of 315 against a weak bowling attack. Australia defeated the West Indies by 118 runs on the final day—retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy. The Tasmanian's rich vein of form continued in the Third Test, after being rested for a tour match against Barbados. He scored 113 before running himself out, as Australia batted first on a pitch at the Kensington Oval described as the slowest Waugh had played on. Waugh's men proceeded to take a 3–0 series, with a comfortable nine-wicket victory. Ponting missed the final Test, as Australia conceded the Test record run chase of 418; nevertheless, Ponting was still awarded the man-of-the-series award, after ending the series with 523 runs at 130.75. 5,000 Test runs Main articles: Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2003 and Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 Test cricket record Matches Runs Best Average 100s 50s Home 92 7578 257 56.97 23 5 Away 71 5360 206 45.81 16 17 Neutral 5 440 150 55.00 2 7 Ponting then scored 10 and 59 as Australia recorded comfortable innings victories in their inaugural series against Bangladesh, played in Darwin and Cairns in the tropical north of Australia in the winter of 2003. In the third and final match of the ODI series following the Tests, Ponting scored a composed century, as he and Michael Bevan put on a run-a-ball 127-run stand. Australia's cricket summer started in October; a month earlier than usual because of their ODI series in India following their home series against Zimbabwe. Due to the season's early start, many of the Australian players were not match fit. McGrath missed the series with an ankle injury, while there were concerns about whether Australia should be playing Zimbabwe because of Robert Mugabe's regime. The first Test started on 9 October in Perth, as Australia started strongly batted first against a Zimbabwean bowling attack that lacked penetration on a flat WACA wicket. However, Ponting was dismissed leg before wicket for 37, while Hayden went on to break Brian Lara's world record Test score of 375. Australia won the Test by an innings and 175 runs on the final day. In the next Test at the SCG Australia fielded an inexperienced team due to injuries and won by nine wickets; sweeping the series 2–0. Ponting struck 169 and 53 not out, and passed 5,000 Test runs during his first innings century. The Australian number three ended the two-match series with 259 runs at 129.50. In the midst of the lack of public attention and poor crowds, Ponting wrote how he was unsure whether Bangladesh and Zimbabwe should be playing Test cricket. Australia flew to India two-day after the conclusion of the Zimbabwean series to play in the TVS Cup against India and New Zealand. They opened their campaign on 26 October against India in Gwalior, but were defeated by 37 runs, as Ponting was dismissed for two. Australia played New Zealand in match three of series in Faridabad. An early 9 am start saw New Zealand bowled out for 97, despite Australia bowling 17 wides. Australia comfortably reached the target, losing only two wickets in the process; one of which was Ponting for 12, who felt that he was "in terrible form.". Before Australia's next game, Ponting was named the Wisden International Cricketer of the Year in an award ceremony in Mumbai. Two days later, the city saw Australia defeat India by 77 runs, helped by Ponting's 31. He continued his run without a large score, managing just 16 in the fifth match of the series against New Zealand; however, Australia won a hard-fought contest. He regained his form in a victory over New Zealand in match—scoring 52 in Guwahati. Ponting improved further against India in match eight in Bangalore. After Gilchrist scored his first ODI century against India, Ponting scored an unbeaten 108 from 103 balls, to help Australia win by 61 runs. Ponting hit seven sixes and one four, becoming the first batsman to end up with only one four in an ODI century. Ponting struggled to come to terms with the pitch early, reaching his 50 in 69 balls, before scoring his next 50 in 31 deliveries. After defeating New Zealand, India qualified for the final against Australia. Batting first in Kolkata, Australia managed 5/235, as Ponting scored 36. India were bowled out for 198, leaving Australia victors by 37 runs. He finished the series with 296 runs—the third highest run-scorer—at an average of 42.83. Most runs by an Australian in a calendar year (2003) Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 After making 54 and 50 in the rain-drawn First Test in Brisbane, Ponting scored double-centuries in back-to-back Tests against India, in the Second Test at Adelaide (242) and at Melbourne (257, his career high). He hit 31 not out in the second innings in Melbourne as Australia levelled the series 1–1 and scored 25 and 47 in the drawn Fourth Test in Sydney to end as the leading run-scorer for the series, with 706 runs at 100.85. Harbhajan had been sent home after the First Test with an injury to his spinning finger. Having also scored 206 at Port-of-Spain earlier in the year, he became only the second player (Sir Donald Bradman the other) to hit three double-centuries in a calendar year. Ponting's 242 against India at Adelaide is also the highest ever Test score by a batsman whose team was subsequently defeated in the match. After Steve Waugh's retirement at the beginning of 2004 following the drawn home series against India, Ponting assumed the Test captaincy. Since 1997 the Australian team has not always had the same captain for Tests and for ODIs, with Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh being dropped from the ODI team whilst still the Test captain. 2004–2008: Appointment as Test captain Main articles: 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2004–05, and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2004–05 Ponting started with a 3–0 clean sweep of the Test series in Sri Lanka. Ponting brought Symonds into the Test team on the back of strong ODI form, rather than first-class cricket, replacing Simon Katich, who had scored a century and unbeaten fifty in the last Test. However, this backfired and Symonds was dropped after two Tests. Nevertheless, it was a far cry from Australia's last two Test campaigns in Sri Lanka, which had resulted in a 1–0 and 0–1 results respectively. Individually though, Ponting struggled, especially in comparison to his efforts in 1999. He scored 198 runs at 33.00, his only effort beyond 30 being 92 in the first innings of the Third Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo. Australia hosted Sri Lanka for two Tests during the winter, in the tropical north. Ponting missed the victory in the First Test in Darwin due to a family bereavement, and scored 22 and 45 as the Second Test in Cairns was drawn. Despite their success at World Cups, Australia continued their failure to win the ICC Champions Trophy. They were knocked out by hosts England in the semifinals in 2004. After missing most of the tour of India due to injury, Ponting returned for the Fourth Test. By this time, Australia had taken an unassailable 2–0 series lead, his deputy Gilchrist leading the tourists to their first Test series win in India since 1969–70. Leading spinner Shane Warne injured himself on the eve of the match, which was played on a very dry pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Off spinner Nathan Hauritz and leg spinner Cameron White, who were not regular wicket-takers in domestic cricket, were surprise selections ahead of Stuart MacGill for the tour. The reasoning given by the selectors was that as they intended to play only one spinner—Warne—MacGill was unlikely to play so they would not lose anything by taking some young spinners instead, in order to gain experience. However, it was too late for MacGill to be flown in, and Hauritz played and took 5/103. Ponting made 11 and 12 and Australia lost a low-scoring match in less than two days' equivalent playing time. Ponting was very vocal in criticising the playing surface after the match. Ponting oversaw a successful campaign in the 2004–05 Australian season. They won all five Tests, defeating New Zealand 2–0 and Pakistan 3–0. Ponting scored 145 runs at 72.50 against New Zealand in a winning start to his Test captaincy on home soil. For his performances in 2004, he was named as captain of both the World Test XI and ODI XI by ICC. Up to this point, Ponting's prolific form with the bat in 2003 had tapered away following his ascension to the captaincy and he had not made a century in eight Tests, a long period by his standards. In the First Test against Pakistan in Perth, Ponting made 98 in the second innings. Australia went on to crush the visitors by over 400 runs. Ponting struck 62 not out in the second innings as Australia won by nine wickets in the Second Test in Melbourne, and then brought up his maiden century as captain, scoring 207 in the New Year's Test in Sydney, which ended in another convincing nine-wicket triumph. He ended the series with 403 runs at 100.75. Australia then won a three-Test tour against New Zealand away 2–0. Ponting ended the series in style, scoring 105 and 86 not out in the Third Test win in New Zealand. In his first Test series in the country, he scored 293 runs at 97.66. Australia lose an Ashes series for the first time since 1987 Main articles: 2005 Ashes series and ICC Super Series 2005 Australia lost to England 2–1 after starting the series as favourites. Ponting thus became the first Australian captain since Allan Border in 1986–87 to lose an Ashes series. The 2005 series was hailed as one of the great Test series, but Ponting faced significant criticism afterwards and his tenure as captain was questioned. In his defence, Ponting said that Australia had simply been outplayed and had not stepped up at crucial moments in the matches. He rejected suggestions that Shane Warne should be captain in his stead. After the first two matches the score was 1–1, having lost Glenn McGrath during the warm-up at Edgbaston and falling short of victory by just 3 run. England had the upper hand throughout the third Test at Old Trafford, where Australia needed to bat through the last day to force a draw. Ponting scored 156, the first Australian century of the series, and was dismissed only four overs from the end of the day. This left Australia nine wickets down but their final pair survived the remaining overs. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, Australia again batted poorly and was forced to follow-on. In the second innings, Ponting was well set on a score of 48, and England was in some difficulty due to an injury to key paceman Simon Jones, when the Australian captain was run out by a direct hit from the substitute fielder (Gary Pratt). Australia went on to lose the match, despite a spirited fightback with the ball on the last day. Also in this match Ponting bowled six overs, and took his first wicket since March 1999; Michael Vaughan caught behind by Adam Gilchrist. The Fifth Test at The Oval was curtailed by rain and although Australia had the English batsmen in danger on the final day, a rearguard counterattacking partnership by Kevin Pietersen and Ashley Giles on the final afternoon secured a draw for the hosts. Thus, the Ashes were lost for the first time in 16 years. The setback to Australia, and to Ponting as Australian captain, of the 2005 Ashes defeat, was to prove a strong motivation for the Australian camp to improve their standards and overcome any complacency that may have arisen from Australia's being the world's premier cricketing nation for a decade. Prior to the Ashes defeat, Australia's dominance had prompted the ICC to organise a series against a World XI, immediately after the Ashes. Following the Ashes defeat, Australia were expected to struggle against the World XI, but bounced back to whitewash them 3–0 in the ODIs; they also won the only Test easily, Ponting scoring 46 and 54. However, the series was also criticised due to the apparent lack of collective desire of the World XI, who were regarded more as a collection of individuals. Twin centuries in 100th Test Main articles: 2005–06 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy and South African cricket team in Australia in 2005–06 Australia were untroubled during the 2005–06 home season—whitewashing the West Indies 3–0 before defeating South Africa 2–0 in three Tests. They then toured South Africa and recorded a 3–0 whitewash in the Tests. In the series against the West Indies, Ponting scored a century in each innings of the First Test in Brisbane, 149 and 104 not out. In his first Test as captain in front of the Tasmanian public, Ponting managed 17 and 0 not out, and he ended the series with 329 runs at 82.25. Ponting was in a rich vein of form against the South Africans. After scoring 71 and 53 in the drawn First Test in Perth, Ponting scored 117 on Boxing Day in the Second Test at the MCG. Australia won the match and Ponting scored 120 and 143 not out to end the series and start the New Year with a dramatic win in the Third Test at the SCG. South African captain Graeme Smith declared on the final morning of a rain-curtailed match and tried to open up the game in a bid to equal the series. He left Australia a target of 287 runs in 76 overs, and Ponting made 143 not out in only 159 balls to secure an eight-wicket win. It was the first time anyone had scored two centuries in their 100th Test and Ponting was named man of the match and man of the series. He had scored 515 runs at 103.00. For his performances in 2005, he was named once again as captain of the World Test XI by ICC. Australia's first Champions Trophy victory Main articles: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06, Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06, and 2006 ICC Champions Trophy In 2005 Ponting began using cricket bats with a graphite covering over the wooden blade of the bat, as did other players contracted to Kookaburra Sport. This was ruled by the MCC to have contravened Law 6.1, which states that bats have to be made of wood, although they may be "covered with material for protection, strengthening or repair not likely to cause unacceptable damage to the ball". Ponting and Kookaburra agreed to comply, before the series against South Africa. Australia continued their run in South Africa even in the absence of McGrath for family reasons. Ponting scored 103 and 116 in the Second Test in Durban, making it three Test centuries in consecutive innings at the ground. He ended the series with 348 runs at 58.00. Remarkably his performance at Durban meant that Ponting had scored twin centuries in three separate Tests between November 2005 and March 2006, as part of 1192 runs at 79.5 in nine matches over the same period. On 12 March 2006 Ponting scored 164 in only 105 balls in the 5th ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg, as Australia made a record total of 434 for 4, only to be beaten by South Africa's 438 for 9. At the end of the match Ponting was jointly awarded Man of the Match with Herschelle Gibbs. Ponting was not happy with the performance and once in the dressing rooms delivered "the biggest spray" he hoped to do while captain of Australia. The Australians moved on to their maiden Test tour of Bangladesh thereafter, and narrowly avoided an ignominious loss in the First Test at Fatullah. After the home side took an unexpected first innings lead, Ponting scored an unbeaten 118 in the second innings to guide his team to a three-wicket win. He scored 52 in the Second Test as Australia won by an innings and took the series 2–0. Australia won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, finally winning the ODI tournament that had eluded them despite their World Cup success. After the final in Mumbai, Ponting drew some criticism for appearing to ask BCCI president and Indian cabinet minister Sharad Pawar to "leave the podium" and pointing towards the exit with his finger, while his teammate Damien Martyn pushed him gently in the back so that his team could commence celebrations. The issue, while minor, was solved when Ponting issued a formal apology to Pawar. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC. For his performances in 2006, he was named as captain of the World Test XI by ESPNcricinfo. Ashes regained and 10,000 ODI runs at 2007 World Cup Main articles: 2006-07 Ashes series, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 See also: List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs In November 2006, the England cricket team again took on Australia in the first Test of a five Test series that was widely expected to be a tremendous contest between Australia, the top team on the world cricket rankings, and the England team, whose aggregated results over the last few years had it standing second in the rankings. Despite Australia this time having the advantage of playing on its own soil, the England team that had wrested the Ashes from the Australians was expected to be highly competitive. In the First Test in Brisbane, Ponting top-scored in Australia's first innings with 196 runs, and he followed this up with 60 not out in the second as Australia took the initiative with a commanding win. In the Second Test in Adelaide, Ponting top-scored with 142, helping Australia to a total of 513 in response to England's 6/551. Australia went on to win the match by six wickets after a last day English collapse, Ponting making 49 in the chase. At the conclusion of the match, Ponting's batting average peaked at 59.99. The Third Test played at the WACA Ground saw another win to Australia by 206 runs to reclaim the Ashes; Ponting made 2 and 75. The 15 months they had been in English hands was the shortest period either nation had held the urn. Further wins in Melbourne and Sydney, made Ponting's team the second team (after Warwick Armstrong's Australian team in 1920–21) to win an Ashes series 5–0, and that against what had been thought to be a formidable team, the second strongest cricketing team in the world. Ponting was awarded Man of the Series for the 2006–07 Ashes series after scoring 576 runs at an average of 82.29 including 2 centuries and 2 half centuries. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. Australia then started the ODI series well, qualifying in first place for the final. However, they stumbled and lost 2–0 to England in the finals. Ponting was then rested for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy ahead of the World Cup, and in his absence, the Australians were whitewashed 3–0, leading to suggestions that his team had slumped just ahead of the most important ODI tournament in world cricket. Australia left for St Vincent, Australia's venue for its two warm-up matches against Zimbabwe and England on 28 February without Brett Lee because of ankle damage. In the first warmup game against Zimbabwe, Ponting scored just 2 in Australia's 106 run victory. In Australia's second and last warm up game, this time against England, Ponting again failed to make an impact, scoring just 7 before he was bowled by off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple. Australia started its World Cup campaign with three group matches played at Warner Park, St Kitts. Ponting himself began successfully with an innings of 113 from 93 deliveries that included five sixes, as Australia were dominant in 203-run victory against Scotland. Despite scoring just 23 in the next match against the Netherlands, Australia still amassed 358 and proceeded to win by 229 runs. In their next match against South Africa, Australia amassed 377/6—their highest score in World Cups. Ponting also scored 91 from 91 balls, and became the seventh player to score 10,000 ODI runs. Despite South Africa being 160 without loss in the 21st over, they crumbled, losing 9 wickets for just 74 runs. Australia comfortably qualified for the Super Eights with their first match played at the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Ponting stated that he was not very impressed with the outfield labelling it "ridiculously sandy". The Australian captain was run out when on 35, with his team amassing 322 mainly thanks to 158 from Hayden. In a match spread out over two days, Australia comfortably defeated the home side by 103 runs. In their next match, Australia come up against lowly Bangladesh in another rain interrupted affair. This time the match was shortened to 22 overs a side. In the end Australia won by 10 wickets with Ponting not getting a chance to bat. In their next match against England, again in Antigua, Ponting scored a half-century, guiding Australia to a seven-wicket victory. After not getting a bat in Australia's rout of Ireland in Barbados, Ponting steered Australia to victory in their next match against Sri Lanka in Grenada, with 66 not out. Grenada was again the venue for Australia's final super eights match, this time against New Zealand. Again amongst the runs, Ponting produced a fluent 66 that included seven boundaries, with his team wrapping up their biggest victory of the tournament. With his men now firm favourites for the tournament, they again came up against South Africa in the semi-final. South Africa, who were reeling at 27/5, ended up setting Australia 150 to win. Although Ponting scored 22, Australia easily dispatched South Africa by 7 wickets. He was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo. For his performances in 2007, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo. Third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs Main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008 The tour of the West Indies was the first overseas Test series for Australia in 25 months, and the first for Ponting's new look bowling attack. In five previous Test series in 1999 and 2003, he averaged 98.71, with four hundreds. He also averaged 42.80 in 25 ODIs from four tours—1995, 1999, 2003 and the 2007 World Cup. After eight months of consecutive cricket from the World Twenty20, Ponting was surprised about how good he was feeling, despite believing that he would be weary from the amount of cricket he had played. In the only warm up match before the series—against a Jamaican XI, the Australians drew controversy from various sections of the media as they chose to wear a sponsors cap over the traditional Baggy Green cap. This was because wicket–keeper Brad Haddin did not want to receive a Baggy Green as he was yet to play in a Test. The rest of the team decided they wanted to look uniform although they wore their Baggy Greens in Jamaica's second innings. Ponting scored 17 in the first innings and 20 not out in the second, as a storm prevented an Australian victory. After winning the toss and electing to bat in the First Test in Kingston, Jamaica, Ponting recorded his 35th Test century and was eventually dismissed for 158 from 224 balls. Despite forcing their way back into contention, the West Indies were defeated by 95 runs. In the Second Test, Ponting became the seventh player and third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs. It took Ponting 118 Tests and 196 innings to achieve the feat, one slower than Tendulkar and Lara. He was dismissed in the following over for 65. Ponting scored 38 in Australia's second innings, as the match ended in a draw. Australia won the third Test, and the Australian captain ended the series with 323 runs at 53.83. Although Australia won the three–Test series handsomely, with a 2–0 margin, they were to face stronger opposition overseas, in the next year. Difficulties were also beginning to appear in the spin department. MacGill, who had taken over 200 wickets in his career despite playing only sporadically due to the presence of Warne, suffered a loss of form and decided to retire during the series. Brad Hogg, the regular ODI spinner had also retired prior to the series, and Beau Casson made his debut in the final Test. After not batting in Australia's Twenty20 loss in Bridgetown, Ponting was rested for the List A 50-over game against the University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI. He returned for the first three ODIs and scored just 87 runs at 29.00, notching up his 300th ODI during the 2nd match. Ponting scored 69 in the third match, before returning home because of a wrist injury. Under the captaincy of Michael Clarke in the final two games, Australia swept the series 5–0. 2008–2011: Decline in form Mixed team performances Main articles: Australian cricket team in India in 2008, South African cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, and Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09 In 2008, Ponting led the Australians back to India and was under pressure following the confrontations during the Indian tour of Australia earlier in the year. He acknowledged that he was keen to rectify his poor Test batting record in India. In the First Test on a turning pitch in Bangalore, Ponting brought up his first Test century in India, 123 on the first day, although he eventually fell leg before wicket to Harbhajan. Australia had the hosts seven wickets down in their first innings, still more than 320 runs in arrears, but India recovered to salvage a draw after a rearguard effort. In the Second Test in Mohali. Australia were defeated by 320 runs and Ponting was criticised for using part-timer bowlers against the free-scoring Indian batsmen in the second innings, because of a slow over-rate, which is can be penalised by a fine, or in severe instances, a ban to the captain. This meant that he was not able to use pace spearhead Brett Lee significantly. The Third Test in Delhi saw a flat pitch, where India scored 7/613 in its first innings in which Ponting resorted to bowling himself for two overs. Ponting amassed 87 in Australia's first innings score of 577. The match ended in a draw and Australia needed to win in the Fourth Test in Nagpur to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On the fourth afternoon of the Fourth Test, the Indian batting collapsed, and Australia had an opportunity to bowl them out and chase a target of around 250–300 after the tea break. However, the Australians were a long way behind on their over rate, so in order to avoid a one match suspension, Ponting chose to bowl their part-time spinners and medium pacers such as Michael Clarke, Cameron White and Mike Hussey (who were all unsuccessful in capturing a wicket), as they took less time. In the meantime, captain MS Dhoni and Harbhajan both added half centuries. This drew strong criticism from many commentators, who suggested that their faster bowlers, who had been responsible for the collapse, could have bowled from a shorter run-up. When the fast bowlers were reintroduced, the last four wickets fell quickly. This left Australia chasing 382 runs for victory and they lost by 172 runs to cede the series 2–0. In the first innings, Ponting became Harbhajan's 300th Test wicket and the Australian captain ended the series with 264 runs at 37.71. While below his career standards, it was substantially better than his previous Test efforts in India. Fined in India for a slow over rate, Ponting failed to redress the matter during the subsequent home series against New Zealand, when match referee Chris Broad dealt a second successive fine for being three overs behind in the First Test: Ponting was stripped of thirty per cent of his A$12,750 match fee, twice the punishment of his teammates in accordance with International Cricket Council rules for captains. Australia were largely untroubled by New Zealand, sweeping both Tests. Ponting scored only 100 runs at 33.33. In the first Test against South Africa in Perth, starting in December, Ponting again had to reduce his reliance on his preferred pace bowlers, and rely more on spinners due to a slow over rate. His persistent problems with the over rate prompted some commentators to criticise him for spending too much time during the match conferring with bowlers. In the first innings he scored a duck, and managed 32 in Australia's second innings. Ponting's inexperienced attack had trouble dismissing the opposition batsmen, and South Africa made 4/414, the second highest successful runchase in history to win by six wickets on the final day. Ponting experienced a form slump for much of 2008, albeit in comparison to his usually high standards. However, he again exceeded 1,000 runs in the calendar year. Ponting scored his 37th century in the first innings of the Second Test against South Africa on Boxing Day, and followed that with 99 in the second innings, seemingly a lone stand against the South African bowling attack. The tourists won the match by nine wickets to win the series. Australia thus lost their first home Test series since 1992–93. Australia lost the series 2–1, the first time South Africa had won a Test series against Australian since 1970, and the first on Australian soil. Ponting totalled 285 runs at 47.50 for the series. With the retirement of experienced opening batsman Matthew Hayden—who was replaced by the uncapped 20-year-old Phillip Hughes—the Australian team that toured South Africa in February, March and April 2009 was its most inexperienced since the defections to World Series Cricket. This was further compounded by the loss of Andrew Symonds to injury, who was replaced by the uncapped Marcus North. The bowling attack also required major changes, due to the injuries to Brett Lee and Stuart Clark. Subsequently, paceman Mitchell Johnson was the only bowler with more than four Tests heading into the series. Of the First Test team, Hughes, North, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle and Andrew McDonald had only five Tests between them, with the former three making their debut. Ponting's team took the series 2–1, so Australia maintained their No. 1 Test ranking. Ponting was praised for cobbling together an unexpected win, as South Africa were thought to be stronger on home soil. He scored eighties in the first two Tests, ending with 210 runs at 35.00. For his performances in 2008, he was named as captain once again of the World ODI XI by the ICC. Second Ashes series loss as captain Main articles: 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Australian cricket team in England in 2009, 2009 Ashes series, 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, and Australian cricket team in India in 2009–10 After losing their opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20 to Zimbabwe, Ponting's men were looking for a more positive start to the 2009 edition in England. They opened their campaign in early June against a West Indian outfit that had recently been whitewashed 2–0 in the Test series against England. However, Ponting made a second ball duck in Australia's seven wicket defeat. They played Sri Lanka in their next match, this time at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Ponting hit five boundaries on his 25 before he was bowled trying the run-rate, before Sri Lanka won by six wickets. The defeat consequently eliminated Australia from the tournament. In Australia's two drawn warm-up matches ahead of the 2009 Ashes, Ponting struggled to adjust to the English conditions, somewhat, with a highest score of 71. Nevertheless, he started the Ashes series strongly, scoring 150 in the First Test in Cardiff. In his 38th hundred and eighth in an Ashes series, the Australian number three batsman became just the fourth man to score 11,000 runs in Test cricket. The match ended in a draw and Ponting drew criticism for failing to bowl fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus while England's last-wicket pair of Monty Panesar and Jimmy Anderson were batting to save the match. Ponting could only manage two and 38, as Australia were defeated in the second Test at Lord's—their first Test defeat at the venue since 1934. On 31 July, during the Third Test at Edgbaston, Ponting became the highest Australian run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, overtaking former Australian captain Allan Border's total of 11,174 in his first-innings score of 38. The match was eventually drawn, partly due to poor weather. Australia went on to lose the series 2–1 and Ponting became only the third Australian captain to lose the Ashes twice. Despite not being a selector, Ponting was heavily criticised for Australia not playing Hauritz and his apparent reluctance to put faith in his spinners. He was questioned, particularly on Australia's recent habit of often not playing a specialist/regular spinner. Instances of these were the first three Tests in India, the omission of Krejza for the First Test against New Zealand immediately after taking 12 wickets on debut, and opting for no spinner in the first two Tests in South Africa. On 7 September 2009, Ponting announced his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket in order to prolong his career. He was succeeded as Australian Twenty20 captain by team vice-captain Michael Clarke. Australia came into the Champions Trophy ranked second in ODIs; along with being the events reigning champions. They opened their campaign against an undermanned West Indian outfit who were without prominent players because of an industrial dispute. On a "lively pitch", Ponting top-scored with 79, after reaching his half-century in 63 balls. He hit opening bowler and future nemesis, Kemar Roach, for four boundaries in the seventh over of the match, and scored a six and two fours against the fast-bowler when he was reintroduced into the attack in the 21st over. The innings set up Australia's comfortable 50-run victory. Australia next match against India was abandoned due to rain. Before the weather intervend Ponting had scored 65 from 85 deliveries, before being run out. The result meant Australia needed to defeat Pakistan in their third and final group match for a place in the semi-finals. Though Australia collapsed when Ponting was dismissed for a patient 32 in pursuit of low total they won by two wickets. Australia defeated England by nine wickets in their semi-final, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 111 from 115 deliveries (12 fours and one six); his 28th ODI century. During the innings, Ponting became the third batsman to score 12,000 ODI runs and was also involved in a record 252-run partnership with Watson—Ponting's seventh double-century stand for Australia in the format; the only player to achieve this feat. Despite Ponting's score of only one in the final in Centurion against New Zealand, Australia won by six wickets—their second consecutive Champions Trophy victory. Ponting was presented with the golden bat award for most runs in the tournament—288 at an average of 72 in four games—and also received the man-of-the-series award, before praising his young side for the title defence. Australia proceeded to tour India for seven ODIs starting in mid-October and ending in early November. In the opening match, Ponting top-scored for Australia with 74 from 85 balls, as his team narrowly escaped defeat. Ponting made just 12 in India's comprehensive victory in the second match, while he scored a slow 59 from 93 balls (four boundaries) in another Indian victory in the third match. The Australian captain stuck a more fluent innings of 52, scored in 59 deliveries in the following fixture. Australia amassed their biggest total of the series in the fifth match, with Ponting contributing a run-a-ball 45. A slow, low, turning wicket was presented to the teams for the sixth ODI in Guwahati. Ponting fought his way to 25 from 57 balls, before falling to Harbhajan, as Australia comfortably chased down India's total of 170 with six wickets remaining. The final match in Mumbai was washed out after a cyclone formed over the Arabian Sea; securing a 4–2 series victory to the injury depleted Australians. "It's probably one of the best one-day series I have ever been involved in, with all the injuries and setbacks at the start of this tour", Ponting said. He ending the series with 267 runs at 44.50. Troubles against the short ball Main articles: West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 Leading West Indian batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul returned for the opening Test of the 2009–10 Australian cricket season starting on 26 November in Brisbane, after the industrial dispute was resolved. Ponting scored 55 in an Australian innings victory, before many sections of the media attacked the West Indies lack-lustre performance. Ponting produced scores of 35 and 20 in the following Test in Adelaide, as the touring side responded to their critics by securing a draw. For the first time since 2002, Ponting slid out of the top ten Test batting rankings—dropping to 12th—as Australia faced the prospect of falling to third in the team rankings if they were not able to achieve victory in the final Test of the series. Matters got worse for Ponting, as former Australian fast-bowler Rodney Hogg voiced that he should be sacked as captain and replaced with New South Wales leader Simon Katich. He said the team had become a "boys club" and was not preparing adequately for the future. However, former Australian Test opening batsman Justin Langer labelled Hogg's comments as "rubbish", something that was backed by Katich. In the first innings of the Third and final Test, Ponting was immediately greeted with short pitched bowling. After mis-timing a pull-shot from Roach on his first ball, Ponting was struck on the elbow in the following delivery. After battling through obvious discomfort, Ponting eventually retired hurt on 23 from 25 balls—the only time he had taken such action in his international career. Nevertheless, he did manage to hit two fours and a six from short deliveries in Roach's 12th over. Michael Clarke replaced Ponting at his number three batting position, as the Australia captain did not want to risk further damage to his elbow tendon injury ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne. Nevertheless, Australia collapsed and he eventually came to the wicket at number nine, with Australia at 7/125. The West Indian bowlers again bowled short deliverers to Ponting until he turned one such delivery to short-leg and was dismissed for two. After spending time in a hyperbaric chamber to increase the speed of his recovery from the elbow injury, Ponting recovered sufficiently to play in the Boxing Day Test, the opening match of a three-Test series against Pakistan. Despite still being inconvenienced by the injury, he scored 57 at close to a run-a-ball, before being dismissed by another short pitched delivery for 12 in Australia's second innings. The home side went on to win the match comfortably, and Ponting overtook Shane Warne's record of 91 Test victories and surpassing Steve Waugh as crickets most successful Test captain. Ponting scored 853 runs at 38.77 in 13 Tests in 2009, and scored only one century and seven half-centuries. Nevertheless, his ODI form was more convincing, topping the run-scoring list with MS Dhoni. His 1,198 runs were scored at an average of 42.78, including two centuries and nine half-centuries in 29 matches. Ponting was criticised for choosing to bat on a green pitch for the Second Test. Australia were dismissed for 127, and Ponting was re-dismissed from a short ball, this time for a first-ball duck, and many sections of the media called for him to stop playing the hook and pull shots. He fell for only 11 in the second innings, and when Australia lost their eighth wicket, they were only just over 50 ahead. However, a 123-run ninth-wicket partnership between Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle rescued the home-side, helping them win by 36 runs. After being dropped on zero, Ponting scored his fifth double-century in the Third and final Test in Hobart. His innings helped Australia complete a 3–0 series victory. In the following five ODIs, Ponting could not continue his Hobart form, scoring 125 runs at 25 in the series, boosted by a half-century in the final match; his performances improved in the five ODIs starting soon after against the West Indies. He was named man-of-the-series thanks to his 295 runs at 73.75, including two-half centuries and his 29th ODI century and first in Brisbane during the fourth match. 2010–11 Ashes defeat Australia entered the 2010–11 Ashes series hoping to regain The Ashes from England on home soil as they had four years previously. The First Test in Brisbane was drawn after both sides posted large batting totals. Ponting was caught behind for 10 in the first innings and 51 not out in the second. A barren run followed in the subsequent three Tests, scoring 52 runs in total as Australia lost the series. Ponting became the first Australian captain to lose an Ashes series in Australia since Allan Border in 1987. During the Fourth Test Ponting was involved in an on-field argument with umpires, and was fined 40% of his match fee, which accounted to around $5,400. Ponting missed the Fifth Test due to a finger injury, and Michael Clarke stood in as Australia's captain. Australia's heavy defeat in the series and Ponting's poor run of form caused his position in the team to be questioned. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh suggested dropping him down the batting order; others, such as former Australian batsman and South African captain Kepler Wessels, called for him to relinquish the captaincy to focus on his batting. Yet, for his performances in 2010, he was named as captain of the World ODI XI by the ICC. 2011 World Cup and resignation as captain Ponting retained the captaincy of Australia for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Australia had won the previous three World Cups and entered the tournament as the world's top-ranked ODI team. Australia qualified for the quarter-finals, although Ponting failed to find form, scoring 102 runs in five innings during the group stage of the tournament. Australia met India in the quarter-finals and were defeated by five wickets. Ponting scored 104, his first century in international cricket in over a year. After being knocked out of the tournament, Ponting resigned his position as captain at both Test and ODI levels, endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor, and indicated his intention to continue playing. 2011–2012: Post-captaincy In 2011, Ponting was inducted into Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) 'Best of the Best'. He was selected in Michael Clarke's teams for the tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2011, scoring an important half-century (62) in the fourth innings of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, helping Australia chase down a target of 310 to draw the series 1–1. In the 2011–12 Australian summer, a disappointing series draw with New Zealand gave rise to calls for Ponting to be removed from the team following perceived underperformances. The selectors resisted the calls, selecting Ponting for the Boxing Day Test—the first of a four-Test series against India. Ponting scored two half-centuries in Australia's first Test win, followed by a century (134) in Australia's first innings of the second Test in Sydney. The century was his first in Test cricket in almost two years. His fourth-wicket partnership of 288 runs with Clarke, who went on to make 329 not out, set a new record for the biggest partnership by an Australian pair of batsmen against India. Australia sealed the series win by defeating India in Perth, and in the fourth Test in Adelaide, Ponting and Clarke beat their own record, putting on 386 runs. The partnership was the fourth highest to that point in Australian Test cricket. Ponting's own score was 221. During the innings, he became only the third player and the first Australian (after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were playing in the same match) to pass 13,000 career Test runs. 2012: Test retirement On Australia Day 2012 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to cricket and, through the Ponting Foundation, the community. Ponting was promoted to captain in the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia in Michael Clarke's absence due to injury. However, after only two games as captain he was dropped, having scored only 18 runs in 5 games of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. At a press conference thereafter, Ponting conceded, "I don't expect to play one-day international cricket for Australia any more and I'm pretty sure the selectors don't expect to pick me either ... I will continue playing Test cricket and I'll continue playing for Tasmania as well". On 29 November 2012 Ponting announced that he would retire from Test cricket after the WACA test against South Africa. 2013: Tasmania and Surrey After retiring from test cricket, Ponting played out the Sheffield Shield season with eventual champions Tasmania. He was the competition's leading run scorer with 911 runs at an average of 75.91. As a result of his prolific form with the bat, he was named the Sheffield Shield player of the year. He signed on to play for the English County side Surrey during June–July 2013. His score of 192 on debut against Derbyshire was the highest score by a Surrey batsman on their first class debut for the county. Ponting scored an unbeaten 169 against Nottinghamshire in his final first class innings, ensuring his team held on for a draw. During the Ashes 2013, Ponting wrote a regular column for the Daily Mail. At the formal opening of the Bellerive Oval redevelopment in January 2015, it was announced that the new Western Stand would be named the Ricky Ponting Stand in his honour. On 9 December 2015 Ponting also unveiled a bronze statue placed at the ground in his honour. Playing style Approach to cricket Ponting was known as an aggressive competitor, as manifested in his on-field conduct. According to former Australian captain Allan Border, what you see with Ponting is what you get, and "he wears his heart on his sleeve". Border also noted that Ponting has an abundance of determination, courage and skill. However, his competitive attitudes could be overly aggressive, pushing the boundaries of cricket etiquette. In early 2006, in the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Ponting had an on-field argument with umpire Billy Bowden over signalling a no-ball because not enough players were within the inner circle. In mid-2006, during a tour of Bangladesh, Ponting was accused of "badgering the umpires until he got what he wanted". The South African captain, Graeme Smith, described Ponting as the toughest competitor he had ever played against. Batting Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting Ponting's results in international matches Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Test 168 108 31 29 0 – ODI 375 262 96 - 5 12 T20I 17 7 10 – - - Ponting was known as an aggressive right-handed batsman who played a wide repertoire of shots with confidence, most notably the pull and hook. However, he had some technical weaknesses, such as shuffling across his stumps and being trapped leg before wicket, and thrusting his bat away from his body—especially early in his innings, because he wants to move forward and across to drive rather than backwards and across to cut the ball. Despite being widely renowned as the best player of the hook and pull shots in the world, Ponting was equally adept on both the front and back foot. However, during the latter stages of his career, the hook and pull shots have often been the cause of his dismissal. He adopts a more traditional V-grip lower down the handle as he is a short batsman who doesn't have natural power on the shot. He was considered by some observers to have trouble against quality spin, especially against Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who dismissed Ponting on 13 occasions in international cricket. Ponting had a tendency to rock onto the front foot and thrust his wrists at spinning deliveries, resulting in many catches close to the wicket. Ponting rarely employed the sweep shot against spin, something considered unusual for a top-order batsman. Instead, he looked to use his feet to come down the wicket to spinners, or play off the back foot through the off-side. Former West Indian captain, Viv Richards, who was rated as the third best Test cricketer in a 2002 poll by Wisden, said Ponting was his favourite current-day player to watch, slightly ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. Bowling and fielding A right-arm medium bowler who tends to bowl off cutters or faster offspin, Ponting rarely bowled, although he has notably dismissed West Indian batsman Brian Lara in an ODI match and former England captain Michael Vaughan in an Ashes Test in 2005. He was also ceremoniously asked to bowl in his final test match against South Africa in 2012. He was, however, rated one of the best fielders in the world. He usually fielded in the slips, cover and silly point. His good eye and accurate throws often saw him run batsmen out with direct hits. Captaincy Record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win % Test 77 48 16 7 0 – 62.34% ODI 229 164 51 0 2 12 71.62% Twenty20 17 7 10 0 0 – 41.18% Date last Updated: 2 September 2015 Ponting has often been criticised for his lack of imagination in his captaincy, though many players who played under him say he is a good leader. According to former Australian opening batsman Justin Langer, "He is quite inspirational as a leader and I just never get all the detractors he has. Whether it's in the fielding practice, the nets, the way he holds himself off the field—every time he speaks, these young guys just listen, they hang on every word he says." "Ponting captained 2 consecutive World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007 (out of Australia's hat-trick of World Cups – 1999, 2003, 2007)" Career best performances Batting Score Fixture Venue Season Test 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 ODI 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20I 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 FC 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 LA 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 Records and achievements Ponting was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2003 and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2006. He has been the Allan Border Medalist a record four times in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 (with Michael Clarke). Ponting has won the award of Australia's best Test player in 2003, 2004 and 2007 and Australia's best One Day International player in 2002 and 2007. First batsman to score centuries in ODI cricket against all Test playing nations (Afghanistan and Ireland were not awarded Test status in Ponting's playing period). Ponting, along with Shane Watson, holds the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy (252 not out for the second wicket). Ponting's score of 242 against India is the highest individual Test innings in a losing cause. He was awarded the Allan Border Medal by the CA in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: 2006 ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: 2006, 2007 ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year: 2004 (c), 2005 (c), 2006, 2007 (c) ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year: 2004(c), 2006, 2007(c), 2008 (c), 2010(c) Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: 2012-13 He was named an Australia Post Legend of Cricket in 2021. Coaching role 2014–2017 Various Coaching Roles Ponting also coached the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League from 2014 to 2016, helping them win a championship in the 2015 edition of the IPL. On 1 January 2017, Ponting was named an interim coach for Australia's T20I series against Sri Lanka. Ponting joined the Australian cricket coaching team as an assistant for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series. 2018–present Delhi Daredevils/Capitals Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new coach of Delhi Daredevils of the Indian Premier League on 3 January 2018. In the 2018 edition of the IPL, Delhi Daredevils finished last place. Ponting helped foster a new team environment, helping young talents such as Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant grow. In 2019, Delhi (now Delhi Capitals), finished in 3rd place, a large improvement from their previous season. In 2020, Delhi would finish second, and in 2021 Delhi would finish in third place being the only team to qualify for the playoffs in 2019, 2020 and 2021, subsequently. In 2022, Ponting is still head coach of the Delhi Capitals, with the goal of winning their first tournament. 2024–present Washington Freedom Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new head coach of Washington Freedom ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket on 6 February 2024. The two-year signing was confirmed by the team on social media. Books Throughout his career in international cricket, Ponting has been involved in the writing of a number of diaries on Australian cricket, which depict his experiences during the cricketing year. The books are produced with the help of a ghostwriter. His autobiography, Ponting: At the C
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He had a tough start to his life, having had to overcome testicular cancer at the age of 16. After that, he immediately focused on cricket and represented Australia in the 2006 U-19 World Cup that was held in Sri Lanka. Wade made his FC debut in 2007 for Victoria, where he made 83 runs in the first innings and took six catches in total. He also scored a crucial 96 to guide the Bushrangers to victory in the 2009-10 Sheffield Shield final and ended the season with 677 runs to his name and scored 533 runs the following season. It did not take long after that for his debut. He made his T20I debut against South Africa in 2011. In 2011, he played his first ODI for Australia and it was against India. He scored 67 runs and was awarded the Player of the Match. For personal reasons, Brad Haddin returned home in 2012 and Wade got his Baggy Green in the West Indies. Wade grabbed the opportunity, scoring 106 in the third Test and then posted an unbeaten 102 against Sri Lanka in the 2013 New Year’s Test. Soon Wade's form dipped both as a batter and wicketkeeper on the tour of India, and Brad Haddin came back into the side as vice-captain for the Ashes. Wade though retained his position as ODI wicketkeeper for a period of time but was ultimately left out of the Australian 2015 Cricket World Cup squad. Then, the retirement of Haddin saw Peter Nevill being selected as the first-choice keeper, and Wade missed out as he struggled to perform consistently. In 2017, he scored his maiden ODI century while playing against Pakistan. But a back injury kept him on the sidelines for some time. He was named in the 2019 World Cup squad for Australia as cover for Usman Khawaja, who got injured in the knockout stages. Then, after some heroic performances in first-class cricket, he was recalled to the Test side for the 2019 Ashes as a specialist batsman, with skipper Tim Paine doing the keeping. Matthew Wade scored 337 runs across 10 innings, and Australia drew 2-2 with England. Cricket Australia awarded Wade a central contract ahead of the 2020–21 season. In 2020, Wade captained Australia for the first time, leading the side in a T20I match against India at the SCG after Aaron Finch was ruled out due to injury. He was named in the Australian squad for the 2021 T20 World Cup, in which they went on to become the champions. Wade delivered a Player of the Match performance in the semi-final against Pakistan, where he smashed a quickfire 41 off just 17 balls, helping Australia to progress to the final. Wade is a regular in the Big Bash League and has been with Melbourne Renegades since 2011. However, he found no bidders in the 2014 Indian T20 League auctions after Delhi decided not to retain any of the players for the 7th edition of the Indian T20 League. In 2022, Wade was bought by Gujarat and he was a part of the title winning team. Wade has never found it easy in his career. He always played catch-up with players above him, but now he seems to be more consistent and is a crucial part of the Australian set-up.
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For full access to deeper sports journalism, trial CODE Sports now at a low introductory price. Click here.	en	https://www.codesports.c…sports-16x16.png	codesports	https://www.codesports.com.au/cricket/domestic-cricket/womens-national-cricket-league-2022-season-everything-you-need-to-know/news-story/85459d86dd4fafd6872f148d402eacba	Watch WNCL here on Kayo and scroll down for all the news you need to know. Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney have all stepped out for their states to begin the summer with the opening matches of the WNCL set to continue this week. Perry starting her summer with 117 not out against South Australia sharing an unbeaten 209-run partnership with star of the future Annabel Sutherland (110 not out from 101). Beth Mooney also made a statement, in her second match for her new state, smashing 151 not out for WA. What has changed this season? Following two Covid-interrupted seasons the Women’s National Cricket League returns to a full schedule with every team playing the other twice, for the first time since season 2009-10, but will not be home and away. Who are the defending champions? Tasmania who defeated South Australia in the final, at Blundstone Arena, late March. It was a momentous first title for the Tigers’ women. Who has the most titles? The NSW Breakers hold the record winning 20 of the first 24 editions, making the Grand Final in each of those seasons. They have missed the final the last two seasons. The Breakers won 10 titles in a row between 2005-06 and 2014-2015. Who meets who, when and where in the opening two weeks? Friday 23 September, South Australia v. Victoria, Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide. South Australia won by three wickets. Friday 23 September, Western Australia v. ACT, at the WACA, Perth. Western Australia won by eight wickets. Friday 23 September, NSW v. Queensland, at North Sydney Oval (D/N). Queensland won by 111 runs. Sunday 25 September, NSW v. Queensland, at North Sydney Oval. Queensland won by eight wickets. Sunday 25 September, South Australia v. Victoria, Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide. Tied. Sunday 25 September, Western Australia v. ACT, at the WACA, Perth. Western Australia won by 117 runs. Friday 30 September, NSW v. Western Australia, North Sydney Oval. Starting 2.00pm (AEST), 1.30pm (ACST) and 12.00pm (AWST). Watch live here on Kayo. Saturday 1 October, Queensland v. ACT, Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast. Starting 9.30am (AEDT for NSW, ACT, TAS & VIC), 8.30am (AEST for QLD), 9.00am (ACDT for SA), 8.00am (ACST for NT) and 6.30am (AWST). Watch live here on Kayo. Sunday 2 October, NSW v. Western Australia, North Sydney Oval. Starting 10.00am (AEDT for NSW, ACT, TAS & VIC), 9.00am (AEST for QLD), 9.30am (ACDT for SA), 8.30am (ACST for NT) and 7.00am (AWST). Watch live here on Kayo. Monday 3 October, Queensland v. ACT, Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast. Starting 10.30am (AEDT for NSW, ACT, TAS & VIC), 9.30am (AEST for QLD), 10.00am (ACDT for SA), 9.00am (ACST for NT) and 7.30am (AWST). Watch live and here on Kayo. Tuesday 4 October, Victoria v. Tasmania, CitiPower Centre, Melbourne. Starting 10.00am (AEDT for NSW, ACT, TAS & VIC), 9.00am (AEST for QLD), 9.30am (ACDT for SA), 8.30am (ACST for NT) and 7.00am (AWST). Watch live here on Kayo. Thursday 6 October, Victoria v. Tasmania, CitiPower Centre, Melbourne. Starting 10.00am (AEDT for NSW, ACT, TAS & VIC), 9.00am (AEST for QLD), 9.30am (ACDT for SA), 8.30am (ACST for NT) and 7.00am (AWST). Watch live here on Kayo. Full fixture list here. WNCL table here. Then what happens? The states break for the start of the new WBBL season commencing 13 October in Mackay when the Brisbane Heat host the Sydney Sixers. With a number of player movements. The Perth Scorchers are the defending champions. Full fixture list here. How each WNCL squad stacks up? ACT Meteors Angela Reakes, Katie Mack, Kayla Burton, Gabrielle Sutcliffe, Chloe Rafferty, Carly Leeson, Matilda Lugg, Olivia Porter, Rebecca Carter, Amy Yates, Zoe Cooke, Holly Ferling, Alisha Bates, Angelina Genford and Annie Wikman. Former Australian pace bowler Holly Ferling is a key recruit making the switch from Queensland. New South Wales Breakers Alyssa Healy, Jade Allen, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Hannah Darlington, Ashleigh Gardner, Saskia Horley, Emma Hughes, Sammy Jo-Johnson, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Claire Moore, Lauren Smith and Tahlia Wilson. Huge change with Rachael Haynes retiring from domestic one-day and international cricket on the eve of the season. Talented young batter Rachel Trenaman heading to Tasmania is the only other major change replaced by Saskia Horley on the full-time list. Queensland Fire Lucy Hamilton, Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Mikayla Hinkley, Ellie Johnston, Ruth Johnston, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Caitlin Mair, Grace Parsons, Georgia Prestwidge, Georgia Redmayne, Courtney Sippel and Georgia Voll. Fast bowler Nicola Hancock joins the Fire and many of her Brisbane Heat teammates at the Queensland Fire. Hancock took a wicket in each of her first two matches for Queensland. Georgia Voll, 19, announced herself against NSW in the opening match of the season with 145 from 161 deliveries. South Australia Scorpions Jemma Barsby, Sam Betts, Darcie Brown, Emma de Broughe, Josie Dooley, Ellie Falconer, Paris Hall, Brooke Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Annie O‘Neil, Bridget Patterson, Madeline Penna, Kate Peterson, Megan Schutt, Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington and Ella Wilson. Powerful middle-order batter for the ACT Meteors and Adelaide Strikers Madeline Penna makes the move south. Penna failed to make an impression in her first two games, but Tahlia McGrath certainly did, carrying her state over the line with 111 not out in South Australia’s first game of the season against Victoria. Tasmania Tigers Nicola Carey, Julia Cavanough, Maisy Gibson, Heather Graham, Emma Manix-Geeves, Sasha Moloney, Clare Scott, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Amy Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Molly Strano, Emma Thompson, Rachel Trenaman, Elyse Villani and Callie Wilson. Trenaman, 21, is the biggest addition following the arrival of Australian players Elyse Villani and Molly Strano the previous season. They begin their campaign on October 4. Western Australia Charis Bekker, Zoe Britcliffe, Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Sheldyn Cooper, Maddy Darke, Ashley Day, Amy Edgar, Lisa Griffiths, Alana King (Cricket Australia), Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney (Cricket Australia), Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo (captain), Poppy Stockwell and Georgia Wyllie. Australian batting star Beth Mooney crosses the country to join WA after winning the WBBL title with the Perth Scorchers last year. She already has a century to her name, but the star for WA in their opening two wins against ACT was undoubtedly leg-spinner Alan King with eight for 43 across the two matches, including 5/12 in the first. Victoria Tiana Atkinson, Sam Bates, Makinley Blows, Lucy Cripps, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Ella Hayward, Olivia Henry, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Molineux, Rhiann O‘Donnell, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Reid, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck and Georgia Wareham. Captain Meg Lanning is the biggest name missing after deciding to take an indefinite break from cricket due to personal reasons. Where can you watch more domestic cricket? You can watch much of the WNCL season and more domestic men’s cricket live on Kayo. Latest cricket news I need to know For all the latest cricket news and features from around the world, visit CODE Sports here. 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1408	dbpedia	0	25	https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/First-class_cricket	en	class cricket	https://citizendium.org/…rd%27s_1890s.jpg	https://citizendium.org/…rd%27s_1890s.jpg	[ "https://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/4/4f/Statusbar2.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/1/1f/Subpages.png/14px-Subpages.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/4/4f/Metadata.png/14px-Metadata.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/0/07/Print_button.png/17px-Print_button.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/a/a1/Lord%27s_1890s.jpg/500px-Lord%27s_1890s.jpg", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/resources/assets/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/images/favicon1.ico		null	A first-class cricket match is one of three or more days duration between two teams of eleven players officially adjudged first-class. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might only need to play one innings. While first-class teams and players take part in other forms of cricket such as limited overs, Twenty20 and the historic single wicket, those forms are not first-class even if of equal importance. Test cricket, although the highest standard of the sport, is itself a form of first-class cricket. In practice, the term "first-class" is commonly used to refer to domestic competition only, but a player's first-class statistics include his performances in Test matches. Generally, first-class matches are played eleven-a-side but there have been exceptions. Equally, although first-class matches must now be scheduled to have at least three days' duration, there have historically been exceptions. Due to the time demands of first-class competition, the players are mostly paid professionals, though historically many players were designated as amateurs. First-class teams are typically representative of a geopolitical region such as an English county, an Australian or Indian state, a New Zealand province or a West Indian nation. First-class cricket has been officially defined twice. First, in Great Britain only, an agreement was reached by the leading clubs about which teams should qualify for the status. This became effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, although it is generally agreed that there had been a first-class standard, albeit an unofficial one, from the 1864 season when overarm bowling was legalised. The classification was then defined on a global basis by the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) on 19 May 1947. The ICC ruling does not define first-class cricket retrospectively, leaving researchers with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain before 1864. Definitions of first-class cricket MCC 1894 Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dates from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890. As a result, those clubs became first-class from 1895 along with MCC, Cambridge University, Oxford University, senior cricket touring teams (i.e., Australia and South Africa at that time) and other teams or pairings designated as such by MCC (e.g., North v South, Gentlemen v Players and occasional "elevens" which consisted of recognised first-class players).[1] In October 1894, MCC issued a notice which outlined the classification of county clubs and this was printed by Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game.[2] Officially, the inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1895 season between MCC and Nottinghamshire at Lord's on 1 and 2 May, MCC winning by 37 runs.[3] Until the 1894 meeting, "first-class" was a common adjective that had been applied to cricket matches in England since about 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised and there was a surge in county club creation. The term was used loosely to suggest that a match had a high standard; adjectives like "great", "important" and "major" were also in use, but there were differences of opinion about standards. In the inaugural issue of Cricket magazine on 10 May 1882, "first-class" is used twice on page 2 in reference to the recently completed tour of Australia and New Zealand by Alfred Shaw's XI. The report says it is "taking" the first-class matches to be one against Sydney (sic), two each against Victoria, the Combined team and the Australian Eleven, and another against South Australia.[4] In the fourth issue on 1 June 1882, James Lillywhite refers to first-class matches on the tour but gives a different list.[5] Before 1863, there were only three formally constituted county clubs. Sussex, formed in 1839, is the oldest followed by Nottinghamshire (1841) and Surrey (1845). Then, Yorkshire, Hampshire and Middlesex were founded in 1863, Lancashire in 1864, and the rest over the next 25 years or so. Questions began to be raised in the sporting press about which should be categorised as first-class, but there was considerable disagreement in the answers. In 1880, the Cricket Reporting Agency was founded. It acquired influence through the decade especially by association with Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the press came to generally rely on its information and opinions.[6] ICC 1947 The term "first-class cricket" was formally defined by the then Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) on 19 May 1947 as a match of three or more days duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class; the governing body in each country to decide the status of teams. Significantly, it was stated that the definition does not have retrospective effect. MCC was authorised to determine the status of matches played in Great Britain.[7] For all intents and purposes, the 1947 ICC definition confirmed the 1895 MCC definition and gave it international recognition and usage. Hence, official judgment of status is the responsibility of the governing body in each country that is a full member of the ICC. The governing body grants first-class status to international teams and to domestic teams that are representative of the country's highest playing standard. It is possible for international teams from associate members of the ICC to achieve first-class status but it is dependent on the status of their opponents in a given match.[8] According to the ICC definition, a match is first class if:[7][8] it is of three or more days scheduled duration each side playing the match has eleven players each side may have two innings the match is played on natural, and not artificial, turf the match is played on an international standard ground the match conforms to The Laws of Cricket, except for only minor amendments the sport's governing body in the appropriate nation, or the ICC itself, recognises the match as first-class. In November 2021, the ICC retrospectively applied first-class status to women's cricket, aligning it with the men's game.[9][10] Recognised matches The ICC's Classification of Official Cricket (current version: July 2020) states the criteria with which a match must comply to achieve a desired categorisation. Included are matches of recognised first-class teams against international touring teams; and the leading domestic championships such as the County Championship, Sheffield Shield, Ranji Trophy, etc.[11] Test matches A Test match is a first-class match played between two ICC full member countries subject to their current status at the ICC and the application of ICC conditions when the match is played.[12] Test cricket is the highest level of international competition and the first list of matches considered to be Tests was conceived and published by South Australian journalist Clarence P. Moody in his 1894 book, Australian Cricket and Cricketers, 1856 to 1893–94. His proposal was widely accepted after a list of 39 matches was reproduced in the 28 December 1894 issue of Cricket magazine. The list began with the first-ever Australia v England match, which was played 15–17 March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (the MCG) and ended with a recent one played 14–20 December 1894 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (then known as the Association Ground).[13] All of Moody's matches, plus four additional ones involving South Africa, were retrospectively recognised as Test matches and also, thereby, as first-class matches. At the time, only Australia, England and South Africa held Test status.[14] Follow-on A peculiarity of the two-innings match is the follow-on rule. If the team that batted second is substantially behind on first innings total, they may be required to bat again (i.e., to immediately follow on from their first innings) in the third innings of the match. In first-class cricket, the follow-on minimum lead requirement depends on match duration. In a Test or other match with five or more days duration, the team batting second can be asked to follow on if 200 or more runs behind. If the match duration is three or four days, the limit is reduced to 150 runs.[15][16] Matches played before the MCC and ICC definitions The absence of any ICC ruling about matches played before 1947 (or before 1895 in Great Britain) is problematic for those cricket statisticians who wish to classify earlier matches in the same way. They have responded by compiling their own match lists and allocating a strictly unofficial status to the matches they consider to have been of a high standard. It is therefore a matter of opinion only with no official support. Inevitable differences have arisen and there are variations in published cricket statistics. The number of variations is minuscule in terms of the sport's overall statistics, but a few significant differences may be observed in the published career records of W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe; also some minor differences in the records of other well-known players. At club level, there are differences in the perceived status of certain matches played by Gloucestershire before 1870 and by Somerset in 1879 and 1881. Matches that probably met the official definitions, assuming they featured teams of the necessary high standard, have been recorded since the end of the 17th century. The earliest match known to have been accorded superior status in a contemporary report (i.e., termed "a great match" in this case) and to have been played for a large sum of money was one in Sussex between two unnamed eleven-a-side teams contesting "fifty guineas apiece" on or about Wednesday, 30 June 1697, a match of enormous historical significance but with no statistical data recorded.[17] The development of scorecards to 1895 The problem of different statistical versions is as old as match scorecards themselves. The earliest known scorecards date from two matches in 1744 but, prior to 1772, only four have survived, the last from a minor match in 1769.[18][19] The cards for four 1772 matches have survived and scorecards became increasingly common thereafter.[20] Notwithstanding the two top-class matches in 1744, it may be assumed that cricket's statistical record, as distinct from its historical record, began in 1772 when scorecards began to be kept on a routine basis. Even so, the record of matches before 1825 is mostly incomplete and there were numerous matches in the 18th century, and in the first quarter of the 19th, which are known by name only with no scores having survived.[21] That may be largely due to the catastrophic Lord's fire which occurred on the night of Thursday, 28 July 1825. The pavilion burned down and many invaluable and irreplaceable records were lost. It is believed that these included unique scorecards of early matches.[22] The point of origin for top-class cricket's historical record is uncertain. Teams of "county strength" were being assembled by the 1730s, but there are surviving references to what were termed "great matches" going back to the one in 1697. The main source for scorecards from 1772 until the 1860s is Arthur Haygarth's Scores & Biographies, which was published in several volumes between 1862 and 1872. Haygarth used a number of sources for his scorecards including many that were created by the Hambledon Club and MCC. He frequently refers to earlier compilers such as Samuel Britcher, W. Epps and Henry Bentley.[23][24] Haygarth often mentions in his match summaries that another version exists of the scorecard he has reproduced. Sometimes he outlines the differences which range from players' names to runs scored and even to apparent discrepancies in innings totals or match results. He first raises the difficulty of obtaining scorecards in his summary of the Hampshire v Surrey match at Broadhalfpenny Down on 26 August 1773:[25] The Score of this match was obtained from the Hampshire Chronicle, and it was not inserted in the old printed book of Hambledon Scores from 1772 to 1784. Then, in his summary of the Surrey v Hampshire match at Laleham Burway on 6–8 July 1775:[26] The above is taken from the old printed score books; but in another account, in the first innings of Surrey, (Joseph) Miller is b (Thomas) Brett...&c. He goes on to list a total of thirteen differences between his two versions, some re dismissal details and others re scores. He then makes a highly pertinent comment:[26] It may here be remarked, that when there are two scores of the same match, they never agree. (The emphasis is Haygarth's own.) In saying that, Haygarth has recognised the essence of the problem when there is no standard means of scoring and no centralised control over the system of capturing and storing the data. Scoring systems in the 18th century and much of the 19th century had nothing like the consistency of standard that was employed through the 20th century to the present. Many early cards gave no details of dismissal. Where dismissal was recorded, it was limited to the primary mode and so a fielder would be credited with a catch but the bowler would not be credited with the wicket unless he bowled out the batsman. MCC finally responded to the problem in 1836 when they decided to include in their own scorecards (i.e., for matches played at Lord's) the addition of bowlers' names when the dismissal was caught, stumped, lbw or hit wicket. Haygarth comments that "this was a vast improvement in recording the game and but justice to the bowler".[27] As a result, scorecards became more detailed through the second half of the 19th century but reliability remained a problem and different versions continued to appear. It was some time before the MCC scorecard standard was adopted throughout the country and Haygarth adds that the inclusion of bowling analyses "was not introduced until several years afterwards".[27] Commencement of statistical records The key issue for statisticians is when first-class cricket for their purpose is deemed to have begun. Roy Webber published the Playfair Book of Cricket Records in 1951 and, in his introduction, expressed the view that first-class records should commence in 1864 when overarm bowling was legalised. He argued that the majority of matches prior to 1864 "cannot be regarded as first-class" and their records are used "for their historical associations".[28] This drew a line between what was important historically and what should form part of the statistical record. Webber's rationale was that cricket was "generally weak before 1864" because matches until then had been arranged on a largely ad hocbasis. Four new county clubs were established in 1863–64 and that inspired a greater and increasingly more organised effort to promote county cricket. Furthermore, match details before 1864 were largely incomplete, especially bowling analyses, which hindered the compilation of records.[28] According to Webber's view, the inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1864 season between Cambridge University and MCC at Fenner's on 12 and 13 May, Cambridge winning by 6 wickets.[29] Many researchers and writers have agreed with Webber. Playfair Cricket Annual, Webber's publisher, begins its first-class records in 1864.[30] In their award-winning Kent County Cricketers, A to Z (2020), authors Derek Carlaw and John Winnifrith begin by saying: "Part One (1806–1914) is confined to players who appeared for Kent in important matches from 1806 to 1863 and first-class matches from 1864 to 1914".[31] The emphasis placed on important reflects the purpose of A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, 1709–1863, published by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (the ACS) in 1981. They also agreed with Webber that 1864 was the startpoint of first-class cricket. In their sister volume, A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles (1982), the ACS said: "The line between first-class and other matches becomes more easily discernible about that date (i.e., 1864)".[32] The Important Matches Guide lists all the known matches until 1863 which the ACS considered to have historical importance. They did stipulate that they had taken "a more lenient view" of importance regarding matches played in the 18th century than they did of matches played in the 19th century. As they explained, surviving details of 18th century matches are typically incomplete while there is a fairly comprehensive store of data about 19th century matches, certainly since 1825.[21] Of course, the issue with using any cut-off date as a startpoint is that it excludes everything before that date despite cricket's history making clear that there has been a continuous standard of top-class cricket in England since the 1720s, if not the late 17th century. Legendary cricketers like Richard Newland, John Small, David Harris, Billy Beldham, Fuller Pilch, Alfred Mynn, William Clarke, George Parr, John Wisden and William Caffyn may not have played in first-class matches per se but, in the contexts of cricket in the underarm and roundarm eras, they certainly were top-class players. It is true that none of the cricketers with large career totals played before 1864 (Webber's main reason for adopting that date) and so his startpoint is not really an issue in that context, but it does impact some significant cricket records. For example, the lowest known team score in a top-class match occurred in 1810 match when England dismissed The Bs for a mere 6 runs. Besides the legalisation of overarm bowling and the increase in county clubs, 1864 was significant as the first year in which Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was published. This annual publication is seen as the key source for cricket records, although there are plenty of earlier sources. 1864 also marked the top-class debut of W. G. Grace, who is arguably the greatest cricketer of all time. Wisden, however, sees 1815 as the startpoint and, when Bill Frindall published his Wisden Book of Cricket Records, he explained in his preface that he used 1815 as the starting point for "proper" first-class cricket, though he conceded that there is a reasonable case for several other years, particularly Webber's 1864. Frindall thus included the entire roundarm era but also a substantial part of the underarm era. The problem with 1815, if the intention is to include roundarm, is that roundarm did not begin in any real sense until 1827 and was not legalised until 1835; and even then The Laws of Cricket had to be reinforced in 1845 by removing the benefit of the doubt from the bowler in the matter of his hand's height when delivering the ball. Indeed, for most of the period from 1815 to 1845, underarm bowling continued to prevail. According to Frindall, the inaugural first-class match should have been the opening game of the 1815 season between MCC and Middlesex at Lord's on 31 May and 1 June, Middlesex winning by 16 runs.[33] The status of early matches that left no scorecard, and for which only a brief announcement or report exists, must be based on other factors. Contemporary importance was often measured by the amount of money at stake and the fact that a match was deemed notable enough to be reported in the press. The 18th century matches in the ACS list were primarily compiled to assist historians.[21] There are those, principally the CricketArchive database, who see the three scorecarded eleven-a-side matches in 1772 as the beginning of first-class cricket.[34] That is absurd because first-class is an official standard based on The Laws of Cricket (as amended in 1864 and subsequently).[7][31] There was arguably a first-class standard from 1845 while roundarm prevailed, but certainly not in the two-stump underarm era of the 18th century.[35] Having said that, it is quite true that matches like Hampshire v England in 1772 were top-class, but only within the context of 18th-century cricket. John Small and Lumpy Stevens were great players in the second half of the 18th century, as were W. G. Grace and Fred Spofforth in the second half of the 19th, but the cricket which they played was, to coin an idiom, a totally different ball game. Rest of the World In other countries or regions where first-class cricket is played, six have generally recognised startpoints before 1947: Australia (1851). Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip District at Launceston Racecourse Ground (now the NTCA Ground) on 11–12 February 1851. Van Dieman's Land won by 3 wickets.[36] The first inter-colonial match, all of which have been recognised as first-class since 1981.[37] Van Diemen's Land is now Tasmania; Port Phillip District became the colony of Victoria on 1 July the same year. New Zealand (1864). Otago v Canterbury at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground (now the Kensington Oval, Dunedin) on 27–29 January 1864. Otago won by 76 runs.[38] West Indies (1865). Barbados v British Guiana at the Garrison Savannah racecourse in Bridgetown on 15–16 February 1865. Barbados won by 138 runs.[39] North America (1878). Philadelphia v AustraliaAustralians at Germantown Cricket Ground, Philadelphia on 3–5 October 1878. Match drawn.[40] South Africa (1889). South Africa v England at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 12–13 March 1889. England won by 8 wickets.[41] The inaugural first-class match was also South Africa's first Test match. A second Test was played at Newlands, Cape Town on 25–26 March and England won by an innings and 202 runs.[42] The English team, known as R. G. Warton's XI, played a total of 20 matches on the tour including many against provincial teams that were later first-class, but only the two Test matches were rated first-class at the time.[43] India (1892). Europeans v Parsees in a Bombay Presidency match at the Gymkhana Ground, Bombay on 26–27 August 1892. Match drawn.[44] There was a return match shortly afterwards at the [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona on 19–21 September. The Parsees won by 3 wickets.[45] Later in the year, an English team led by Lord Hawke toured India and played four first-class matches against the Parsees (twice), Bombay and All-India. They also played nineteen minor matches, including three in Ceylon.[46] Main first-class competitions Test cricket is the highest level of first-class competition. A Test match is normally scheduled for five days and played between two international teams representing full member countries of the ICC. There are currently twelve Test teams: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Another type of first-class match is one in which a national team plays against a first-class team that is non-international. Typical examples are touring teams playing against English first-class county teams or against Australian first-class state teams. Although there are other types of first-class team (e.g., MCC, Cambridge University, Oxford University and one-off or occasional teams that consist of first-class players), the majority of domestic first-class teams take part in their country's national championship. The major national championships include the Sheffield Shield (Australia), National Cricket League (Bangladesh), County Championship (England and Wales), Ranji Trophy (India), Plunket Shield (New Zealand), Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Pakistan), CSA 4-Day Domestic Series (South Africa), Major League Tournament (Sri Lanka), the West Indies 4-Day Championship and the Logan Cup (Zimbabwe). Sheffield Shield – Australia The earliest record of cricket in Australia occurs in January 1804 when it was mentioned in the Sydney Gazette. There are records of matches being played in the 1830s and, from 1851, inter-colonial matches were played almost annually. Australia played its first Test match in 1877. The first official overseas tour by the Australian team was to England and North America in 1878. Unlike England and Wales where first-class domestic competition involves teams representing formally constituted county clubs, cricket in Australia is organised on the basis of district cricket, state associations and the national board. The national board, now known as Cricket Australia, was formerly called the Australian Cricket Board. The state associations are not clubs and they select their players from the district cricket clubs (who play what is called "Grade cricket", the equivalent of "minor counties cricket" in England). The Sheffield Shield was inaugurated in 1892 by the 3rd Earl of Sheffield (18 January 1832 – 21 April 1909), an English Conservative politician who had promoted the 1891–92 England tour of Australia that was captained by W. G. Grace. Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association and asked them to donate a trophy to the champion team each season. The new tournament was launched in the 1892–93 season and won by Victoria. The competing teams are: New South Wales (state cricket association founded 1859); Queensland (1876); South Australia (1871); Tasmania (1906); Victoria (1875); and Western Australia (1885). The most successful team is New South Wales with 47 titles to 2022. National Cricket League – Bangladesh The origin of Bangladesh as a country is the Partition of India in 1947, when it was established as the eastern wing of Pakistan. It was formerly known as East Bengal (1947–1955) and then as East Pakistan (1955–1970). Bangladesh became independent in 1971 following the Liberation War. Cricket was already well-established there after two centuries of British influence. Bangladesh staged first-class and even Test cricket when it was part of Pakistan. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was first used for Test cricket when Pakistan played India there in January 1955. The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board was established in 1972 and local leagues began in Dhaka and Chittagong. In the 1976–77 season, an MCC team toured the country and played four matches. MCC made a favourable report to the ICC and, on 26 July 1977, Bangladesh became an associate member of the ICC. First-class cricket in Bangladesh (i.e., since independence) began when the national team played England A at the M. A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on 25–27 October 1999. Having already had success in limited overs international cricket, Bangladesh became a full member of the ICC on 26 June 2000 and played its inaugural Test match v India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 10–13 November 2000. The 2000–01 season saw the beginning of first-class domestic competition when the National Cricket League (NCL) was constituted. The country is administered by regional divisions and the teams competing in the NCL mostly reflect that structure: Barisal Division; Chittagong Division; Dhaka Division; Dhaka Metropolis; Khulna Division; Rajshahi Division; Rangpur Division; and Sylhet Division (cricket)\|]]. The most successful team is Khulna Division with seven titles to 2023. County Cricket Championship – England and Wales Cricket is generally held to have originated as a children's game in south-east England during the medieval period. The first definite reference to the sport occurs at Guildford in the sixteenth century. During the seventeenth century, cricket became an adult game and soon reached the stage where wealthy patrons were organising "great matches" and employing professional players. Organisation continued through the eighteenth century with the first known issue of the Laws of Cricket in 1744 and then the foundation of MCC in 1787. Although inter-county matches have been definitely recorded since 1709, it was not until 1839 that the first modern county club, Sussex, was formally established. Before the clubs were formally constituted, county teams were assembled on an ad hoc basis by individual patrons or by loose associations, sometimes based on a prominent local organisation such as the Hambledon Club in Hampshire. All of the present first-class county clubs were founded in the nineteenth century. English teams began to undertake overseas tours in 1859 and England played its first Test match in 1877. While the legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864 is generally recognised as the unofficial startpoint of first-class cricket in England, it remains a matter for debate. However, it is essentially a statistical argument that does not affect the historical importance of matches played before 1864 during the underarm and roundarm eras. There is evidence dating back to 1728 that the concept of a "champion county" (at least in the form of "bragging rights") had existed long before the constitution of the official County Championship in December 1889.[47][48] The new competition began in the 1890 season. An unofficial championship of sorts had existed beforehand with the champions being proclaimed by the newspapers, but this suffered from the problems of differing criteria and, hence, no universal recognition. Given that residence qualifications were introduced in 1873, there is a credible list of quasi-official champions from 1873 to 1889. Eighteen English and Welsh counties have clubs that compete in the County Championship. The other counties have clubs which play second-class matches and mostly compete in the Minor Counties Championship. The first-class county clubs are: Derbyshire (founded 1870); Durham (1882); Essex (1876); Glamorgan (1888); Gloucestershire (1871); Hampshire (1863); Kent (1870); Lancashire (1864); Leicestershire (1879); Middlesex (1864); Northamptonshire (1878); Nottinghamshire (1841); Somerset (1875); Surrey (1845); Sussex (1839); Warwickshire (1882); Worcestershire (1865); and Yorkshire (1863). The most successful team is Yorkshire with 33 titles to 2022. Ranji Trophy – India Cricket was introduced to India in the seventeenth century by mariners and traders of the British East India Company. The earliest definite reference to the sport in India is a 1721 report of English sailors playing a game at Cambay, near Baroda. The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was founded by 1792 and, in 1799, another club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege and the defeat of Tippoo Sultan. A Madras versus Calcutta match in 1864 has been mooted as the start of first-class cricket in India but it is more generally agreed that it began in the 1892–93 season, as described above, from when the Bombay Quadrangular series became first-class. India played their first Test match in 1932. The Ranji Trophy competition was launched in the 1934–35 season as "The Cricket Championship of India" following a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in July 1934. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (known as "Ranji") and the trophy was donated by Bhupinder Singh, the Maharajah of Patiala. The competition is administered by the BCCI and there are currently 38 teams taking part, all representing the country's states and other regions. Among the most noted teams are Baroda; Bengal; Delhi; Hyderabad; Karnataka (formerly Mysore); Madhya Pradesh (formerly Holkar); Maharashtra; Mumbai (formerly Bombay); Rajasthan; Saurashtra; Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras); and Vidarbha. The most successful team is Mumbai/Bombay with 41 titles to 2023. Plunket Shield – New Zealand The earliest record of cricket in New Zealand is in the 1832 diary of a churchman called Archdeacon Williams. There are records of matches played in the 1840s and then the first known inter-provincial match took place in 1860. The earliest first-class match (classified retrospectively) was Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin on 27–29 January 1864. The Plunket Shield competition was inaugurated in 1906 after the trophy was donated by the 5th Baron Plunket, the Governor-general of New Zealand. Until 1921, the holder of the shield had to be challenged in a similar fashion to that used in boxing. In the 1921–22 season, a league system was introduced and New Zealand is the only country to have established a national first-class championship competition before it began playing in Test cricket. New Zealand played their first Test match in the 1929–30 season. The six provincial teams are Auckland; Canterbury; Central Districts; Northern Districts; Otago; and Wellington. The most successful team is Auckland with 24 titles to 2023. Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – Pakistan The state of Pakistan was established by the Partition of India in 1947. By that time, cricket was already well-established after some 200 years of British influence in the area. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was established on 1 May 1949 but games from 1947 to 1953 were arranged on an ad hoc basis. Nevertheless, Pakistan was admitted to full membership of the ICC and Pakistan played their first Test match in October 1952. The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was established as the national first-class championship in 1953 and first contested in the 1953–54 season. The trophy is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who is generally recognised as the founder of Pakistan and is officially known in the country as Quaid-e-Azam. The format has changed considerably over the years. Regional associations, especially in Karachi and Lahore, entered multiple teams and the names of these tended to change every few years. The best known Karachi teams were the Blues (nine titles) and the Whites (four). Other teams represented companies and government institutions such as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA; seven titles), National Bank, United Bank, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), and Habib Bank. Starting in 2019–20, the competition has been reorganised on a regional basis with five teams involved: Baluchistan; Central Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Northern; Sindh; and Southern Punjab. Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have won two titles each to 2023. CSA 4-Day Domestic Series – South Africa The earliest record of cricket in South Africa is in reference to a match between two teams of British officers on 5 January 1808. First-class cricket in the country began with South Africa's first Test match in March 1889. The Currie Cup for provincial teams was inaugurated in the 1889–90 season but was not at first a national competition and was not contested annually until the 1960s. It was replaced in the 1996–97 season by the SuperSport Series which retained the provincial format until a franchise-based format superseded it in 2004–05. Following a change of sponsorship in 2012–13, the competition was called the Sunfoil Series until 2018 when it became the 4-Day Franchise Series. In March 2021, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the disestablishment of the franchises and, ahead of the 2021–22 season, created a new provincial competition called the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series in which fifteen first-class teams play in two divisions with promotion and relegation. The most successful provincial teams to 2004 were Transvaal/Gauteng (29 titles); Natal/KwaZulu-Natal (24); and Western Province (21). Other teams were Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Easterns, Griqualand West, Northerns, Orange Free State and Western Transvaal/North West. In addition, Rhodesia took part in 22 competitions. From 2004 to 2021, the six franchises (with constituent provincial teams in brackets) were: Cape Cobras (Boland, Western Province); Dolphins (KwaZulu-Natal); Highveld Lions (Gauteng, North West); Knights (Griqualand West, Orange Free State); Titans (Easterns, Northerns); and Warriors (Border, Eastern Province). Titans were the most successful with six titles, ahead of Cape Cobras with four. Some teams in the new CSA 4-Day Domestic Series have retained the franchise brands while others have restored their provincial team names: Boland, Border, Eastern Cape Warriors, Easterns, Gauteng Lions, Gauteng Titans, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Dragons, Northern Cape, Orange Free State Knights, South Western Districts, and Western Province. Gauteng Titans won the inaugural tournament in 2021–22 and KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins won in 2022–23; the runners-up in both seasons were Eastern Cape Warriors. Major League Tournament – Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) became a British colony in 1802. The earliest record of cricket is a report in the Colombo Journal dated 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1832. First-class cricket in Ceylon was restricted to games between the national team and visiting touring teams. In 1982, Sri Lanka became a full member of the ICC and played its first Test match. The Premier Trophy was inaugurated in 1938 but was not recognised as a first-class competition until the 1988–89 season. It has been rebranded and restructured a number of times. In 2015–16, it became the Premier League Tournament and was split into Tiers A and B the following season. The 2020–21 tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a limited scope temporary tournament was staged in 2021–22. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Sri Lanka Cricket relaunched the competition as the Major League Tournament with 26 teams playing in Groups A and B, the group winners meeting in the MLT final. Some of the better-known teams in the MLT are Ace Capital, Bloomfield, Chilaw Marians, Colombo, Colts, Moors, Nondescripts, Saracens, Sinhalese Sports Club, and Tamil Union. Teams representing each of Sri Lanka's Air Force, Army and Navy are also involved. The most successful team is Sinhalese SC with 32 titles to 2022. The inaugural MLT was won by Colombo. West Indies 4-Day Championship The earliest record of cricket in the West Indies is an announcement in the Barbados Mercury on 10 May 1806 that a meeting of St Anne's Cricket Club would be held two days later. The difficulties of travel in the nineteenth century meant that few inter-colonial matches were played. In the 1891–92 season, the first inter-colonial tournament was held in Barbados between Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad & Tobago. Although some of the earlier ad hoc matches lay claim to first-class status, the 1891–92 tournament marks the effective beginning of first-class cricket in the Caribbean. The 1894–95 season featured the first tour of the West Indies by an English team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) was founded in the early 1920s as a federation of the Caribbean islands and joined the ICC in 1926. In 1928, West Indies played their first Test match. The inter-colonial tournament was not contested annually and it was not until 1965–66 that a true domestic championship was established when Shell Oil donated and sponsored the Shell Shield, which has subsequently evolved into the 4-Day Championship under the administration of the WICB. The teams taking part are Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, and Windward Islands. The most successful team is Barbados with 24 titles to 2023. Logan Cup – Zimbabwe Zimbabwe was formerly Rhodesia and its national team competed, intermittently for many years, in South Africa's Currie Cup from 1905 to 1979. A team called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia took part in the 1979–80 tournament and then withdrew. Zimbabwe were promoted to ICC full membership in 1992 and played their first Test match against India in October at the Harare Sports Club ground. The Logan Cup became a first-class competition in the 1993–94 season, when the teams were provincial. Mashonaland (9) won the most titles to 2009. Since 2009–10, the Logan Cup has been contested by five franchise teams: Mashonaland Eagles, Matabeleland Tuskers, Mid West Rhinos, Mountaineers, and Southern Rocks. The most successful of these is Matabeleland Tuskers with five titles to 2023. First-class records Beginning with Roy Webber's Playfair Book of Cricket Records, published in 1951, there are several books devoted to all manner of statistical records derived from the scorecards of first-class matches. This section, by no means exhaustive, discusses the most significant records. Team totals The two highest innings totals were both achieved by Victoria in Sheffield Shield matches at the MCG in the 1920s. First, playing against Tasmania on 2–6 February 1923, they scored 1,059 in response to Tasmania's 217. Bill Ponsford scored a world record 429, beating the previous record of 424 by Archie MacLaren in 1895. Tasmania were all out for 176 in their second innings so Victoria won by an innings and 666 runs. On 24–29 December 1926, Victoria scored 1,107 against New South Wales. Ponsford scored 352 and Jack Ryder 295. NSW were dismissed for 221 and 230 for Victoria to win by an innings and 656 runs.[49] The highest match aggregate is 2,376 in a Ranji Trophy match between Maharashtra and Bombay, played 5–11 March 1949 at Poona. Bombay scored 651 and 714/8 declared. Maharashtra scored 407 and 604. Bombay won by 354 runs.[50] The record for the lowest innings total is subject to when first-class cricket is deemed to have begun. In what was undeniably a top-class match played 12–14 June 1810 during the underarm era, The Bs were dismissed for six by England at Lord's Old Ground.[51] The Bs had batted first and scored 137, a respectable score for the time. England replied with 100 to leave The Bs with a useful first innings lead. In the second innings, however, The Bs were bowled out for 6 and England scored 44/4 to win by six wickets. As their name suggests, The Bs were an occasional team whose surnames all began with the letter B. They could call on several outstanding players including Billy Beldham, Lord Frederick Beauclerk and E. H. Budd. For this match, they were two players short and needed given men. One was John Wells, who had been due to play for England; the other was their sponsor James Lawrell, who was not a cricketer and only took part to make up the numbers. In the record innings, Wells scored 4 (a boundary shot) and Lawrell 1. The only "B" who scored was Samuel Bridger with 1.[52] The lowest innings total since 1863 is 12 by Oxford University against MCC at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford in 1877; and by Northamptonshire against Gloucestershire at the Spa Ground, Gloucester in 1907. The lowest total since the Second World War is 14 by Surrey against Essex at the County Ground, Chelmsford in 1983.[51] The lowest match aggregate of 105 was achieved in one of the most famous matches in the history of cricket: MCC v Australians at Lord's on 27 May 1878. This was the first Australian tour of Great Britain and the match against MCC created a sensation. MCC selected a strong team, featuring W. G. Grace and including Fred Morley, Alfred Shaw and A. N. Hornby. The match was played on what is known as a "sticky wicket", a wet pitch that is drying out in sunshine. As always in such conditions, deliveries were unpredictable and batting was very difficult. MCC batted first and were all out for 33 (Fred Spofforth 6/4, including a hat-trick). The Australian batsmen found things no easier and were bowled out by Morley and Shaw for 41, their last wicket falling in the final over before the lunch interval. In the afternoon, Spofforth bowled Grace for 0 with the second ball of the session and the whole innings lasted just 50 minutes. MCC were all out for 19, meaning the Australians needed 12 to win. In the conditions, that was no certainty but they achieved it to win by nine wickets.[53] Quetta v Rawalpindi at the Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad, in the 2008–09 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is sometimes listed as the lowest scoring match with an aggregate of 85 but the teams played only one innings each. They both forfeited their first innings due to bad weather and then Quetta were dismissed for 41 in their second innings. Rawalpindi scored 44/1 to win by 9 wickets.[54] Largest victory margins The largest win by an innings was in an Ayub Trophy match at the Lahore Stadium on 2–4 December 1964 when Pakistan Railways, the home team, defeated Dera Ismail Khan by an innings and 851 runs. Railways won the toss and chose to bat first. They amassed a total of 910/6 declared which included an innings of 337* by Pervez Akhtar. Railways batted all through the first two days and made their declaration on the final morning. Dera were bowled out for 32 (Afaq Ali Khan 7/14) and had to follow on. In their second innings, they were dismissed for 27 (Abdul Ahad Khan 9/7). The largest win by runs only was in a Ranji Trophy match played 6–9 June 2022 at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur when Mumbai defeated Uttarakhand by 725 runs. Mumbai batted first and scored 647/8 declared (Suved Parkar 252). Uttarakhand were all out for 114 (Shams Mulani 5/39). Mumbai chose to bat again and scored 261/3 declared before bowling Uttarakhand out for 69. Highest individual innings The earliest top-class match in which individual scores were recorded was London v Surrey & Sussex at the Artillery Ground on 2 June 1744. A scorecard has survived, having been retained by the 2nd Duke of Richmond at Goodwood House. The card lists the scores by each batsman and the team totals. The combined team won by 55 runs after scoring 102 all out and 102/6 declared against 79 and 70 by London. The top score in the match was 47 by John Harris, one of the best-known players of the 1740s. A year later, the great Slindon all-rounder Richard Newland scored 88 for England against Kent at the Artillery Ground. It is not 100% certain that he achieved this in one innings as the wording of the newspaper report is slightly ambiguous: "R. Newland made eighty-eight for England". Even if it was his match total, it was a considerable feat to score that many runs on an unprepared pitch which would have been little better than a rough track. These were the highest known scores prior to the introduction of pitched delivery bowling in the early 1760s. When bowlers began pitching the ball instead of rolling or skimming or trundling it, the old style "hockey bats" immediately became obsolete and the modern straight bat was introduced. Bowling continued to be exclusively underarm in style but completely new batting techniques were necessary to deal with a ball being pitched. In 1767, two Hampshire batsmen made a first wicket partnership of 192 in a match against Surrey. It is the earliest known century partnership and it is virtually certain that at least one of the two players scored a personal century. Their names were not recorded but a newspaper report says their stand was "the greatest thing ever known". The greatest batsman of the 1760s and 1770s was John Small of Hampshire. He almost certainly played in the 1767 match and may well have been one of the two in the partnership. He was definitely playing against Kent on Broadhalfpenny Down in September 1768 because he "fetched above seven score notches off his own bat". As with Newland in 1745, however, it might have been his match total, though he could still have scored a century in either innings. The first undeniably recorded century was scored by John Minshull at Sevenoaks Vine in 1769 but the match could have been a minor one. Minshull was playing for the 3rd Duke of Dorset's XI who were arguably a top-class team, but their opponents from the village of Wrotham were probably just a parish XI. Even so, a partially completed scorecard has survived and it confirms beyond doubt that Minshull scored 107. Match scorecards started to become standard in 1772, although the number of surviving examples remained in the minority until the 1820s. Whether or not Small created a "world record" of 140-plus in 1768, he certainly scored 136 for Hampshire against Surrey at Broadhalfpenny Down in 1775 and his colleague Richard Nyren scored 98 in the same innings. In 1777, James Aylward scored 167 for Hampshire against England at Sevenoaks Vine and this is the known record for the whole of the 18th century. Aylward's score was unsurpassed until 1806 when the notorious Lord Frederick Beauclerk made 170 for Homerton against Montpelier at Aram's New Ground. Some statisticians have questioned the status of that match but its inclusion in Scores & Biographies is significant. There are, too, some doubts about the status of the Norfolk county team which played MCC at Lord's in an 1820 match that is also included in Scores & Biographies. William Ward made the earliest known double-century and extended the record to 278. By the time Ward's record was seriously challenged, overarm bowling had been introduced and unofficial first-class matches were being played by MCC, the leading county clubs and certain other teams. One of the latter was the Gentlemen of MCC team which played Kent at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury in 1876. W. G. Grace scored the first-ever triple century with an innings of 344. Since then, the individual record has been extended six times by Archie MacLaren (424), Bill Ponsford twice (429 and 437), Don Bradman (452), Hanif Mohammad (499) and Brian Lara (501). Lara has held the first-class record since 1994 and he also holds the record for the highest innings in Test cricket with 400. Partnerships The world record for the highest partnership in both Test and first-class cricket is 624 by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka v South Africa at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground in 2006. South Africa had been dismissed for 169. Sangakkara and Jayawardene came together for the third wicket when Sri Lanka were struggling at 14/2. Jayawardene scored 374 and Sangakkara 287, enabling Sri Lanka to total 756/5 declared. South Africa replied with 434 and Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs. There have been partnerships of over 400 for all the first eight wickets. The highest for the ninth wicket is 283 by Arnold Warren and John Chapman for Derbyshire v Warwickshire at the Blackwell Miners Welfare Ground, Bolsover, in 1910; for the tenth wicket, the highest is 307 by Alan Kippax and Hal Hooker for New South Wales v Victoria at the MCG in 1928–29. Most runs in a career The record for the most runs in a first-class career is largely dependent on the number of matches played but, even so, there can be no doubt that Jack Hobbs was one of the greatest-ever batsmen. Playing for Surrey and England from 1905 to 1934, he scored 61,760 career runs in 834 matches at an average of 50.70. Six others who surpassed 50,000 were Frank Woolley (58,959 in 978 matches at 40.77); Patsy Hendren (57,611 in 833 at 50.80); Phil Mead (55,061 in 814 at 47.67); W. G. Grace (54,211 in 870 at 39.45); Herbert Sutcliffe (50,670 in 754 at 52.02); and Wally Hammond (50,551 in 634 at 56.10). The number of matches he played (only 234) is without doubt the reason why the incomparable Don Bradman did not score 50,000 runs. Playing from 1927–28 to 1948–49, he scored 28,067 runs at the colossal average of 95.14. His Test career average was even higher at 99.94. Among major players, Vijay Merchant (71.64 in 150 matches) is the only other batsman with a career average of 70-plus. The third best is George Headley (69.86 in 103 matches). Most career centuries Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries (834 matches) in his first-class career, followed by Patsy Hendren (170 in 833 matches) and Wally Hammond (167 in 634 matches). Don Bradman scored 117 in 234 matches, a ratio of exactly one per two matches. Bradman (37), Hammond (36) and Hendren (22) scored the most double-centuries. Bradman scored six triple-centuries, followed by Hammond and Bill Ponsford with four each. Six batsmen including Grace and Brian Lara scored three. Bowling records It was not until the 1830s that scorecards began to fully credit bowlers with dismissals. Scorers had long listed the primary mode of dismissal only, so the typical scorecard would show who held a catch or completed a stumping but would only name the bowler if the batsman was bowled out. In eleven-a-side matches, the maximum number of wickets that a bowler can take is ten in an innings (one batsman is always not out) and twenty in a match. The earliest known instances of a bowler taking all ten in an innings were by Edmund Hinkly for Kent v England at Lord's in 1848, and by John Wisden for North v South at Lord's in 1850. Wisden clean bowled all ten South batsmen. In both matches, the number of runs conceded by the bowler was not recorded. The record for the best known return by a bowler is held by Hedley Verity, who took 10/10 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire at Headingley in 1932. The record for most wickets in a match is held by Jim Laker who took nineteen for England v Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 (the other wicket was taken by Tony Lock). Laker's figures were 9/37 and 10/53 for a match analysis of 19/90. No one else has taken eighteen in an eleven-a-side match and there have been 23 instances of seventeen in a match, the best return being 17/48 by Colin Blythe for Kent v Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton in 1907. As with most career runs, the number of matches played is the key factor in most career wickets. Wilfred Rhodes holds the record with 4,204 wickets at the exceptional average of 16.72. He played in a world record 1,110 matches for Yorkshire and England from 1898 to 1930. Rhodes was an all-rounder and so not a specialist bowler. Three other bowlers took over 3,000 wickets: Tich Freeman (3,776), Charlie Parker (3,278 wickets), and Jack Hearne (3,061). Tom Goddard, whose career straddled World War II, took 2,979. A career bowling average of twenty or less runs per wicket is outstanding. Of bowlers who took 2,000 wickets, the lowest average is 12.12 by Alfred Shaw who took 2,027 in 404 matches for Nottinghamshire and England from 1864 to 1897. Two of the greatest all-time bowlers were Hedley Verity and Fred Spofforth who averaged 14.90 and 14.95 respectively. Verity, who died in World War II, took 1,956 wickets; Spofforth, the legendary "Demon Bowler", took 853 in only 155 matches. The feats of taking five wickets in an innings (5wI) or ten in a match (10wM) are noteworthy. In the days of incomplete scorecards, the earliest known instances were by England's William Bullen who bowled five Hampshire batsmen at Sevenoaks Vine in 1774, and Hampshire's Thomas Brett, who took eleven in the match against Surrey at Laleham Burway in 1775. Brett bowled seven in the first innings and four in the second but, despite his efforts, Surrey still won the match by 69 runs. Tich Freeman holds both career records with 386 5wI and 140 10wM. Another notable bowling feat is the hat-trick, taking three wickets with three consecutive deliveries. Doug Wright holds the career record with seven; Tom Goddard and Charlie Parker both took six. All-round records Frank Woolley (970 matches) and W. G. Grace (870), who both had exceptionally long careers, are the only all-rounders to have scored 50,000 career runs and taken 2,000 wickets. Cricket's greatest all-rounder is Gary Sobers who played in 383 matches, scoring 28,314 runs with 86 centuries and taking 1,043 wickets. Among batting wicket-keepers, Jim Parks and Les Ames have scored over 30,000 runs and dismissed more than 1,000 batsmen. The feat of taking ten wickets and scoring 100 runs in the same match (a match double) is an especially outstanding performance and has been recorded 285 times. The earliest known instance was by Jem Broadbridge for Sussex v Hampshire at Petworth Park in 1825. He scored 63 and 92 for a match total of 155 and took eleven wickets, five in the first innings and six in the second. The most match doubles is seventeen by W. G. Grace between 1868 and 1886. Jack Hearne and Frank Woolley both achieved six. Eight double-centuries have been scored by players performing the match double including two apiece by George Giffen and W. G. Grace. Statistically, Giffen's figures for South Australia v Victoria at the Adelaide Oval in 1891–92 are the greatest ever by an all-rounder. He scored 271 in his only innings and had returns of 9/96 and 7/70 for a match analysis of 16/166. South Australia won by an innings and 164 runs. There have been three instances of a player scoring two centuries in a match when achieving the double. B. J. T. Bosanquet scored 103 and 100 for Middlesex v Sussex at Lord's in 1905, also taking 3/75 and 8/53. In 1906, George Hirst scored 111 and 117, plus 6/70 and 5/45, for Yorkshire v Somerset at the Bath Recreation Ground. In 1988, Franklyn Stephenson curiously made the same two scores as Hirst (111 and 117), as well as taking 4/105 and 7/117 for Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Trent Bridge. Five players have taken ten wickets in an innings as part of a match double: V. E. Walker (10/74, 4/17, 20 and 108) for England v Surrey at The Oval in 1859; E. M. Grace (5/77, 10/69 and 192) for Gentlemen of MCC v Gentlemen of Kent at Canterbury in 1862; W. G. Grace (2/60, 10/49 and 104) for MCC v Oxford University at The Parks, Oxford in 1886; Frank Tarrant (10/90, 1/22, 182 and 8) for the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI v Lord Willingdon's XI at the Deccan Gymkhana Ground in Poona in 1918–19; and Sean Whitehead (5/64, 10/36, 66 and 45) for South Western Districts v Easterns at the Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn in 2021–22. Wicket-keeping and fielding records Five fielders have held more than 800 career catches: Frank Woolley (1,018), W. G. Grace (876), Tony Lock (831), Wally Hammond (820), and Brian Close (813). Hammond held the most catches in a season with 79 in 1928, including the record for the most catches in a match when he held ten playing for Gloucestershire against Surrey at the College Ground in Cheltenham. The record for most catches in an innings is seven, held jointly by Micky Stewart for Surrey against Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1957; Tony Brown for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1966; and Rikki Clarke for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool in 2011. Bob Taylor holds the career record for dismissals by a wicket-keeper with 1,649 in 639 matches from 1960 to 1988. He took 1,473 catches and completed 176 stumpings. John Murray dismissed 1,527 batsmen in 635 matches with 1,270 catches and 257 stumpings. Taylor's 1,473 catches is also a world record. The record for most stumpings completed is 418 by Les Ames, including a season total of 64 in 1932. Ames dismissed 128 batsmen in 1929, the most in an English season. The world record for dismissals in a match is fourteen (seven in each innings) by Ibrahim Khaleel for Hyderabad v Assam at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, in 2011–12. Khaleel held 11 catches and completed three stumpings. The record for dismissals in an innings is nine, held jointly by Tahir Rasheed and Wayne James. Tahir caught eight and stumped one for Habib Bank v Pakistan Automobiles Corporation at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala in 1992–93. James caught seven and stumped two for Matabeleland against Mashonaland Country Districts at Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground in the 1995–96 Logan Cup Final (James also scored 99 and 99 and is the only player to have scored 99 twice in the same match).[55]
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edilmişdir.		https://tacir.pro/images/favicon.ico		https://tacir.pro	Capital city of South Australia, Australia This article is about the Australian metropolis. For the local government area, see City of Adelaide. For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). Adelaide ( AD-il-ayd,[8][9] locally [ˈædəlæɪd]; Kaurna: Tarntanya, pronounced [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia,[10] and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna.[11][12][13] The area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands is called Tarndanya in the Kaurna language.[14] Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia.[15] Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens. Light's design, now listed as national heritage, set out the city centre in a grid layout known as "Light's Vision", interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by park lands. Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and wealth of its free settlers, in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities. It was Australia's third most populated city until the post-war era. It has been noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms, and became known as the "City of Churches" due to its diversity of faiths. The city has also been renowned for its automotive industry, as well as being the host of the first series of the Australian Grand Prix in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 1985 to 1995. Today, Adelaide is known by its many festivals and sporting events, its food and wine,[16] its coastline and hills, its large defence and manufacturing sectors, and its emerging space sector, including the Australian Space Agency being headquartered here. Adelaide's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century, at one stage being named Australia's most liveable city, third in the world.[17] Its aesthetic appeal has also been recognised by Architectural Digest, which ranked Adelaide as the most beautiful city in the world in 2024.[18] As South Australia's government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the city centre along the cultural boulevards of North Terrace and King William Street. History [edit] Main article: History of Adelaide Before European settlement [edit] The area around modern-day Adelaide was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Kaurna people, one of many Aboriginal tribes in South Australia. The city and parklands area was known as Tarntanya,[19] Tandanya, now the short name of Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Tarndanya,[20] or Tarndanyangga, now the dual name for Victoria Square, in the Kaurna language.[21] The name means 'male red kangaroo rock', referring to a rock formation on the site that has now been destroyed.[22] The surrounding area was an open grassy plain with patches of trees and shrubs which had been managed by hundreds of generations. Kaurna country encompassed the plains which stretched north and south of Tarntanya as well as the wooded foothills of the Mt Lofty Ranges. The River Torrens was known as the Karrawirra Pari (Red Gum forest river). About 300 Kaurna populated the Adelaide area, and were referred to by the settlers as the Cowandilla.[23] There were more than 20 local clans across the plain who lived semi-nomadic lives, with extensive mound settlements where huts were built repeatedly over centuries and a complex social structure including a class of sorcerers separated from regular society.[24] Within a few decades of European settlement of South Australia, Kaurna culture was almost completely destroyed. The last speaker of Kaurna language died in 1929.[25] Extensive documentation by early missionaries and other researchers has enabled a modern revival of both,[26] which has included a commitment by local and state governments to rename or include Kaurna names for many local places.[27][28] 19th century [edit] Based on the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield about colonial reform, Robert Gouger petitioned the British government to create a new colony in Australia, resulting in the passage of the South Australia Act 1834. Physical establishment of the colony began with the arrival of the first British colonisers in February 1836. The first governor proclaimed the commencement of colonial government in South Australia on 28 December 1836, near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day.[29] The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first surveyor-general of South Australia, with his own original, unique, topographically sensitive design. The city was named after Queen Adelaide.[30] Adelaide was established as a planned colony of free immigrants, promising civil liberties and freedom from religious persecution, based upon the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Wakefield had read accounts of Australian settlement while in prison in London for attempting to abduct an heiress,[31] and realised that the eastern colonies suffered from a lack of available labour, due to the practice of giving land grants to all arrivals.[32] Wakefield's idea was for the Government to survey and sell the land at a rate that would maintain land values high enough to be unaffordable for labourers and journeymen.[33] Funds raised from the sale of land were to be used to bring out working-class emigrants, who would have to work hard for the monied settlers to ever afford their own land.[34] As a result of this policy, Adelaide does not share the convict settlement history of other Australian cities like Sydney, Brisbane and Hobart. As it was believed that in a colony of free settlers there would be little crime, no provision was made for a gaol in Colonel Light's 1837 plan. But by mid-1837 the South Australian Register was warning of escaped convicts from New South Wales and tenders for a temporary gaol were sought. Following a burglary, a murder, and two attempted murders in Adelaide during March 1838, Governor Hindmarsh created the South Australian Police Force (now the South Australia Police) in April 1838 under 21-year-old Henry Inman.[35] The first sheriff, Samuel Smart, was wounded during a robbery, and on 2 May 1838 one of the offenders, Michael Magee, became the first person to be hanged in South Australia.[36] William Baker Ashton was appointed governor of the temporary gaol in 1839, and in 1840 George Strickland Kingston was commissioned to design Adelaide's new gaol.[37] Construction of Adelaide Gaol commenced in 1841.[38] Adelaide's early history was marked by economic uncertainty and questionable leadership.[dubious – discuss] The first governor of South Australia, John Hindmarsh, clashed frequently with others, in particular the Resident Commissioner, James Hurtle Fisher. The rural area surrounding Adelaide was surveyed by Light in preparation to sell a total of over 405 km2 (156 sq mi) of land. Adelaide's early economy started to get on its feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Wool production provided an early basis for the South Australian economy. By 1860, wheat farms had been established from Encounter Bay in the south to Clare in the north. George Gawler took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders from the Select Committee on South Australia in Britain not to undertake any public works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, the Adelaide Gaol, police barracks, a hospital, a customs house and a wharf at Port Adelaide. Gawler was recalled and replaced by George Edward Grey in 1841. Grey slashed public expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this point: silver was discovered in Glen Osmond that year, agriculture was well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial development. The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses were abandoned. Trade links with the rest of the Australian states were established after the Murray River was successfully navigated in 1853 by Francis Cadell, an Adelaide resident. South Australia became a self-governing colony in 1856 with the ratification of a new constitution by the British parliament. Secret ballots were introduced, and a bicameral parliament was elected on 9 March 1857, by which time 109,917 people lived in the province.[39] In 1860, the Thorndon Park reservoir was opened, providing an alternative water source to the now turbid River Torrens. Gas street lighting was implemented in 1867, the University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, the South Australian Art Gallery opened in 1881 and the Happy Valley Reservoir opened in 1896. In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe economic depression, ending a hectic era of land booms and tumultuous expansionism. Financial institutions in Melbourne and banks in Sydney closed. The national fertility rate fell and immigration was reduced to a trickle.[40] The value of South Australia's exports nearly halved. Drought and poor harvests from 1884 compounded the problems, with some families leaving for Western Australia.[40] Adelaide was not as badly hit as the larger gold-rush cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and silver and lead discoveries at Broken Hill provided some relief. Only one year of deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending. Wine and copper were the only industries not to suffer a downturn.[41] 20th century [edit] Adelaide was Australia's third largest city for most of the 20th century.[42][43][44] Electric street lighting was introduced in 1900 and electric trams were transporting passengers in 1909. 28,000 men were sent to fight in World War I. Historian F. W. Crowley examined the reports of visitors in the early 20th century, noting that "many visitors to Adelaide admired the foresighted planning of its founders", as well as pondering the riches of the young city.[45] Adelaide enjoyed a postwar boom, entering a time of relative prosperity. Its population grew, and it became the third most populous metropolitan area in the country, after Sydney and Melbourne. Its prosperity was short-lived, with the return of droughts and the Great Depression of the 1930s. It later returned to fortune under strong government leadership. Secondary industries helped reduce the state's dependence on primary industries. World War II brought industrial stimulus and diversification to Adelaide under the Playford Government, which advocated Adelaide as a safe place for manufacturing due to its less vulnerable location.[46] Shipbuilding was expanded at the nearby port of Whyalla. The South Australian Government in this period built on former wartime manufacturing industries but neglected cultural facilities which meant South Australia's economy lagged behind.[42] International manufacturers like Holden and Chrysler[47] made use of these factories around the Adelaide area in suburbs like Elizabeth, completing its transformation from an agricultural service centre to a 20th-century motor city. The Mannum–Adelaide pipeline brought River Murray water to Adelaide in 1955 and an airport opened at West Beach in 1955. Flinders University and the Flinders Medical Centre were established in the 1960s at Bedford Park, south of the city. Today, Flinders Medical Centre is one of the largest teaching hospitals in South Australia. In the post-war years around the early 1960s, Adelaide was surpassed by Brisbane as Australia's third largest city.[42] The Dunstan Governments of the 1970s saw something of an Adelaide 'cultural revival',[48] establishing a wide array of social reforms. The city became noted for its progressivism as South Australia became the first Australian state or territory to decriminalise homosexuality between consenting adults in 1975.[49] Adelaide became a centre for the arts, building upon the biennial "Adelaide Festival of Arts" that commenced in 1960. The State Bank collapsed in 1991 during an economic recession. The effects lasted until 2004, when Standard & Poor's reinstated South Australia's AAA credit rating.[50] Adelaide's tallest building, completed in 2020, is called the Adelaidean and is located at 11 Frome Street.[51] 21st century [edit] In the early years of the 21st century, a significant increase in the state government's spending on Adelaide's infrastructure occurred. The Rann government invested A$535 million in a major upgrade of the Adelaide Oval to enable Australian Football League to be played in the city centre[52] and more than A$2 billion to build a new Royal Adelaide Hospital on land adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station.[53] The Glenelg tramline was extended through the city to Hindmarsh[54] down to East Terrace[55] and the suburban railway line extended south to Seaford.[56] Following a period of stagnation in the 1990s and 2000s, Adelaide began several major developments and redevelopments. The Adelaide Convention Centre was redeveloped and expanded at a cost of A$350 million beginning in 2012.[57] Three historic buildings were adapted for modern use: the Torrens Building in Victoria Square as the Adelaide campus for Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, and Torrens University;[58] the Stock Exchange building as the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution Australia; and the Glenside Psychiatric Hospital as the Adelaide Studios of the SA Film Corporation. The government invested more than A$2 billion to build a desalination plant, powered by renewable energy, as an 'insurance policy' against droughts affecting Adelaide's water supply.[59] The Adelaide Festival, Fringe, and Womadelaide became annual events.[60] Geography [edit] Adelaide is north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide Plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. The city stretches 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills, and 90 km (56 mi) from Gawler at its northern extent to Sellicks Beach in the south. According to the Regional Development Australia, an Australian government planning initiative, the "Adelaide Metropolitan Region" has a total land area of 870 km2 (340 sq mi), while a more expansive definition by the Australian Bureau of Statistics defines a "Greater Adelaide" statistical area totalling 3,259.8 km2 (1,258.6 sq mi).[2] The city sits at an average elevation of 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level. Mount Lofty, east of the Adelaide metropolitan region in the Adelaide Hills at an elevation of 727 metres (2,385 ft), is the tallest point of the city and in the state south of Burra. The city borders the Temperate Grassland of South Australia in the east, an endangered vegetation community.[61] Much of Adelaide was bushland before British settlement, with some variation – sandhills, swamps and marshlands were prevalent around the coast. The loss of the sandhills to urban development had a particularly destructive effect on the coastline due to erosion.[62] Where practical, the government has implemented programs to rebuild and vegetate sandhills at several of Adelaide's beachside suburbs. Tennyson Dunes is the largest contiguous, tertiary dune system contained entirely within Metropolitan Adelaide, providing refuge for a variety of remnant species formerly found along the entire coastline.[63] Much of the original vegetation has been cleared with what is left to be found in reserves such as the Cleland National Park and Belair National Park. A number of creeks and rivers flow through the Adelaide region. The largest are the Torrens and Onkaparinga catchments. Adelaide relies on its many reservoirs for water supply with the Happy Valley Reservoir supplying around 40% and the much larger Mount Bold Reservoir 10% of Adelaide's domestic requirements respectively. Geology [edit] Adelaide and its surrounding area is one of the most seismically active regions in Australia. On 1 March 1954 at 3:40 am Adelaide experienced its largest recorded earthquake to date, with the epicentre 12 km from the city centre at Darlington, and a reported magnitude of 5.6.[64][65] There have been smaller earthquakes in 2010,[66] 2011,[67] 2014,[68] 2017,[69] 2018[70] and 2022.[71] The uplands of the Adelaide Hills, part of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges to the east of Adelaide, are defined on their western side by a number of arcuate faults (the Para, Eden, Clarendon and Willunga Faults), and consist of rocks such as siltstone, dolomite and quartzite, dating from the Neoproterozoic to the middle Cambrian, laid down in the Adelaide Rift Complex, the oldest part of the Adelaide Superbasin.[72] Most of the Adelaide metropolitan area lies in the downthrown St Vincent Basin and its embayments, including the Adelaide Plains Sub-basin, and the Golden Grove, Noarlunga and Willunga Embayments. These basins contain deposits of Tertiary marine and non-marine sands and limestones, which form important aquifers.[73] These deposits are overlain by Quaternary alluvial fans and piedmont slope deposits, derived from erosion of the uplands, consisting of sands, clays and gravels,[74] interfingering to the west with transgressive Pleistocene to Holocene marine sands and coastal sediments of the shoreline of Gulf St Vincent.[75] Urban layout [edit] Further information: William Light Adelaide is a planned city, designed by the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, Colonel William Light. His plan, sometimes referred to as "Light's Vision" (also the name of a statue of him on Montefiore Hill), arranged Adelaide in a grid, with five squares in the Adelaide city centre and a ring of parks, known as the Adelaide Parklands, surrounding it. Light's selection of the location for the city was initially unpopular with the early settlers, as well as South Australia's first governor, John Hindmarsh, due to its distance from the harbour at Port Adelaide, and the lack of fresh water there.[76] Light successfully persisted with his choice of location against this initial opposition. Recent evidence suggests that Light worked closely with George Kingston as well as a team of men to set out Adelaide, using various templates for city plans going back to Ancient Greece, including Italian Renaissance designs and the similar layouts of the American cities Philadelphia and Savannah–which, like Adelaide, follow the same layout of a central city square, four complementing city squares surrounding it and a parklands area that surrounds the city centre.[77] The benefits of Light's design are numerous: Adelaide has had wide multi-lane roads from its beginning, an easily navigable cardinal direction grid layout and an expansive green ring around the city centre. There are two sets of ring roads in Adelaide that have resulted from the original design. The inner ring route (A21) borders the parklands, and the outer route (A3/A13/A16/A17) completely bypasses the inner city via (in clockwise order) Grand Junction Road, Hampstead Road, Ascot Avenue, Portrush Road, Cross Road and South Road.[78] Suburban expansion has to some extent outgrown Light's original plan. Numerous former outlying villages and "country towns", as well as the satellite city of Elizabeth, have been enveloped by its suburban sprawl. Expanding developments in the Adelaide Hills region led to the construction of the South Eastern Freeway to cope with growth, which has subsequently led to new developments and further improvements to that transport corridor. Similarly, the booming development in Adelaide's South led to the construction of the Southern Expressway. New roads are not the only transport infrastructure developed to cope with the urban growth. The O-Bahn Busway is an example of a unique solution to Tea Tree Gully's transport woes in the 1980s.[79] The development of the nearby suburb of Golden Grove in the late 1980s is an example of well-thought-out urban planning. In the 1960s, a Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study Plan was proposed to cater for the future growth of the city. The plan involved the construction of freeways, expressways and the upgrade of certain aspects of the public transport system. The then premier Steele Hall approved many parts of the plan and the government went as far as purchasing land for the project. The later Labor government elected under Don Dunstan shelved the plan, but allowed the purchased land to remain vacant, should the future need for freeways arise. In 1980, the Liberal party won government and premier David Tonkin committed his government to selling off the land acquired for the MATS plan, ensuring that even when needs changed, the construction of most MATS-proposed freeways would be impractical. Some parts of this land have been used for transport, (e.g. the O-Bahn Busway and Southern Expressway), while most has been progressively subdivided for residential use. In 2008, the SA Government announced plans for a network of transport-oriented developments across the Adelaide metropolitan area and purchased a 10 hectare industrial site at Bowden for $52.5 million as the first of these developments.[80][81] Housing [edit] Main article: Australian residential architectural styles Historically, Adelaide's suburban residential areas have been characterised by single-storey detached houses built on 1,000-square-metre (1⁄4-acre) blocks. A relative lack of suitable, locally-available timber for construction purposes led to the early development of a brick-making industry, as well as the use of stone, for houses and other buildings. By 1891, 68% of houses were built of stone, 15% of timber, and 10% of brick, with brick also being widely used in stone houses for quoins, door and window surrounds, and chimneys and fireplaces.[82] There is a wide variety in the styles of these houses. Until the 1960s, most of the more substantial houses were built of red brick, though many front walls were of ornamental stone. Then cream bricks became fashionable, and in the 1970s, deep red and brown bricks became popular.[citation needed] Until the 1970s, roofs tended to be clad with (painted) corrugated iron or cement or clay tiles, usually red "terracotta". Since then, Colorbond corrugated steel has dominated. Most roofs are pitched. Flat roofs are not common.[83] Up to the 1970s, most houses were of "double brick" construction on concrete footings, with timber floors laid on joists supported by "dwarf walls". Later houses have mainly been of "brick veneer" construction – structural timber or, more recently, lightweight steel frame on a concrete slab foundation, lined with Gyprock, and with an outer skin of brickwork,[83] to cope with Adelaide's reactive soils, particularly Keswick Clay, black earth and some red-brown earth soils.[84] The use of precast concrete panels for floor and wall construction has also increased.[83] In addition to this, a significant factor in Adelaide's suburban history is the role of the South Australian Housing Trust.[why?] Carclew House Two-storey house in North Adelaide. Much of Adelaide's early housing was built with bluestone. Heritage-listed bluestone 19th-century house in the city centre Tudor Revival house in Unley Park House in Lockleys with two distinguishing features that characterise Adelaide houses: a brush fence and red brick veneer. Climate [edit] Main article: Climate of Adelaide Adelaide has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification.[85] The city has hot, dry summers and cool winters with moderate rainfall. Most precipitation falls in the winter months, leading to the suggestion that the climate be classified as a "cold monsoon".[86] Rainfall is unreliable, light and infrequent throughout summer, although heavy falls can occur. The winter has fairly reliable rainfall with June being the wettest month of the year, averaging around 80 mm. Frosts are occasional, with the most notable occurrences in 1908 and 1982. Hail is common in winter. Adelaide is a windy city with significant wind chill in winter, which makes the temperature seem colder than it actually is. Snowfall in the metropolitan area is extremely rare, although light and sporadic falls in the nearby hills and at Mount Lofty occur during winter. Dewpoints in the summer typically range from 8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F). There are usually several days in summer where the temperature reaches 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) or above; the frequency of these temperatures has been increasing in recent years.[87] Temperature extremes range from −0.4 °C (31.4 °F), 8 June 1982 to 47.7 °C (117.9 °F), 24 January 2019. The city features 90.6 clear days annually. The average sea temperature ranges from 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) in August to 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) in February.[88] Liveability [edit] Adelaide was consistently ranked in the world's 10 most liveable cities through the 2010s by The Economist Intelligence Unit.[93][94][95][96] In June 2021, The Economist ranked Adelaide the third most liveable city in the world, behind Auckland and Osaka.[97] In June 2023, Adelaide was ranked the twelfth most liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit.[98] In December 2021, Adelaide was named the world's second National Park City, after the state government had lobbied for this title.[99][100] It was ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia, based on surveys of residents' views of their own city, between 2010 and 2013,[101][102][103] dropping to second place in 2014.[104] Governance [edit] Main article: Government of South Australia Adelaide, as the capital of South Australia, is the seat of the Government of South Australia. The bicameral Parliament of South Australia consists of the lower house known as the House of Assembly and the upper house known as the Legislative Council. General elections are held every four years, the last being the 2022 South Australian state election. As Adelaide is South Australia's capital and most populous city, the State Government co-operates extensively with the City of Adelaide. In 2006, the Ministry for the City of Adelaide was created to facilitate the State Government's collaboration with the Adelaide City Council and the Lord Mayor to improve Adelaide's image. The State Parliament's Capital City Committee is also involved in the governance of the City of Adelaide, being primarily concerned with the planning of Adelaide's urban development and growth.[105] Reflecting South Australia's status as Australia's most centralised state, Adelaide elects a substantial majority of the South Australian House of Assembly. Of the 47 seats in the chamber, 34 seats (three-quarters of the legislature) are based in Adelaide, and two rural seats include Adelaide suburbs. Local governments [edit] Further information: Local government areas of South Australia The Adelaide metropolitan area is divided between nineteen local government areas. At its centre, the City of Adelaide administers the Adelaide city centre, North Adelaide, and the surrounding Adelaide Parklands. It is the oldest municipal authority in Australia and was established in 1840, when Adelaide and Australia's first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the city has had a Lord Mayor, the current being Lord Mayor The Right Honourable Jane Lomax-Smith. Demography [edit] Adelaide's inhabitants are known as Adelaideans.[106][107] Compared with Australia's other state capitals, Adelaide is growing at a rate similar to Sydney and Hobart (see List of cities in Australia by population). In 2020, it had a metropolitan population (including suburbs) of more than 1,376,601,[108] making it Australia's fifth-largest city. 77%[109] of the population of South Australia are residents of the Adelaide metropolitan area, making South Australia one of the most centralised states. Major areas of population growth in recent years have been in outer suburbs such as Mawson Lakes and Golden Grove. Adelaide's inhabitants occupy 366,912 houses, 57,695 semi-detached, row terrace or town houses and 49,413 flats, units or apartments.[110] About one sixth (17.1%) of the population had university qualifications. The number of Adelaideans with vocational qualifications (such as tradespersons) fell from 62.1% of the labour force in the 1991 census to 52.4% in the 2001 census. Adelaide is ageing more rapidly than other Australian capital cities. More than a quarter (27.5%) of Adelaide's population is aged 55 years or older, in comparison to the national average of 25.6%. Adelaide has the lowest number of children (under-15-year-olds), who comprised 17.7% of the population, compared to the national average of 19.3%.[110] Ancestry and immigration [edit] Country of Birth (2021)[111] Birthplace[note 1] Population Australia 953,200 England 78,486 India 42,933 Mainland China 24,921 Vietnam 16,564 Italy 15,667 Philippines 12,826 New Zealand 10,238 Scotland 9,381 Malaysia 8,509 Afghanistan 7,909 Germany 7,680 Greece 7,590 Nepal 7,055 South Africa 6,983 Pakistan 5,432 Iran 5,147 At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:[111] Overseas-born Adelaideans composed 31.3% of the total population at the 2021 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (5.7%), India (3.1%), Mainland China (1.8%), Vietnam (1.2%) and Italy (1.1%).[113] Suburbs including Newton, Payneham and Campbelltown in the east and Torrensville, West Lakes and Fulham to the west, have large Greek and Italian communities. The Italian consulate is located in the western suburb of Hindmarsh.[114] Large Vietnamese populations are settled in the north-western suburbs of Woodville, Kilkenny, Pennington, Mansfield Park and Athol Park and also Parafield Gardens and Pooraka in Adelaide's north. Migrants from India and Sri Lanka have settled into inner suburban areas of Adelaide including the inner northern suburbs of Blair Athol, Kilburn and Enfield and the inner southern suburbs of Plympton, Park Holme and Kurralta Park.[citation needed] Suburbs such as Para Hills, Salisbury, Ingle Farm and Blair Athol in the north and Findon, West Croydon and Seaton and other Western suburbs have sizeable Afghan communities. Chinese migrants favour settling in the eastern and north eastern suburbs including Kensington Gardens, Greenacres, Modbury and Golden Grove. Mawson Lakes has a large international student population, due to its proximity to the University of South Australia campus.[115] At the 2021 census, 1.7% of Adelaide's population identified as being Indigenous — Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.[N 2][113] Language [edit] At the 2016 census, 75.4% of the population spoke English at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were Italian (2.1%), Standard Mandarin (2.1%), Greek (1.7%) Vietnamese (1.4%), and Cantonese (0.7%).[116] The Kaurna language, spoken by the area's original inhabitants, had no living speakers in the middle of the 20th century, but since the 1990s there has been a sustained revival effort from academics and Kaurna elders.[117] Religion [edit] Adelaide was founded on a vision of religious tolerance that attracted a wide variety of religious practitioners. This led to it being known as The City of Churches.[119][120][121] But approximately 28% of the population expressed no religious affiliation in the 2011 Census, compared with the national average of 22.3%, making Adelaide one of Australia's least religious cities.[122] According to 2021 census, 39.8% population of Adelaide identifies as Christian, with the largest denominations being Catholic (16.4%), Anglican (7.0%), Uniting Church (3.9%) and Greek Orthodox (2.4%). Non-Christian faith communities representing 9.5% from Adelaide's population, includes Islam (2.8%), Hinduism (2.7%) and Buddhism (2.3%).[123] The Jewish community of the city dates back to 1840. Eight years later, 58 Jews lived in the city.[124] A synagogue was built in 1871, when 435 Jews lived in the city. Many took part in the city councils, such as Judah Moss Solomon (1852–66). Three Jews have been elected to the position of city mayor.[125] In 1968, the Jewish population of Adelaide numbered about 1,200;[126] in 2001, according to the Australian census, 979 persons declared themselves to be Jewish by religion.[124] In 2011, over 1,000 Jews were living in the city, operating an Orthodox and a Reform synagogue, in addition to a virtual Jewish museum. Massada College, a Jewish primary school opened in the city in 1975 and closed in 2011.[127][128] The "Afghan" community in Australia first became established in the 1860s when camels and their Pathan, Punjabi, Baluchi and Sindhi handlers began to be used to open up settlement in the continent's arid interior.[129] Until eventually superseded by the advent of the railways and motor vehicles, camels played an invaluable economic and social role in transporting heavy loads of goods to and from isolated settlements and mines. This is acknowledged by the name of The Ghan, the passenger train operating between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin. The Central Adelaide Mosque is regarded as Australia's oldest permanent mosque; an earlier mosque at Marree in northern South Australia, dating from 1861 to 1862 and subsequently abandoned or demolished, has now been rebuilt. Economy [edit] South Australia's largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance,[130][131] surpassing manufacturing in SA as the largest employer since 2006–07.[130][131] In 2009–10, manufacturing in SA had average annual employment of 83,700 persons compared with 103,300 for health care and social assistance.[130] Health care and social assistance represented nearly 13% of the state average annual employment.[132] The Adelaide Hills wine region is an iconic and viable economic region for both the state and country in terms of wine production and sale. The 2014 vintage is reported as consisting of 5,836 t (5,744 long tons; 6,433 short tons) red grapes crushed valued at A$8,196,142 and 12,037 t (11,847 long tons; 13,269 short tons) white grapes crushed valued at $14,777,631.[133] The retail trade is the second largest employer in SA (2009–10), with 91,900 jobs, and 12 per cent of the state workforce.[132] Manufacturing, defence technology, high-tech electronic systems and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries all play a role in the SA economy. Almost half of all cars produced in Australia were made in Adelaide at the Holden Elizabeth Plant in Elizabeth.[134] The site ceased operating in November 2017. The collapse of the State Bank in 1992 resulted in large levels of state public debt (as much as A$4 billion). The collapse meant that successive governments enacted lean budgets, cutting spending, which was a setback to the further economic development of the city and state. The debt has more recently been reduced with the State Government once again receiving a AAA+ Credit Rating.[135] The global media conglomerate News Corporation was founded in, and until 2004 incorporated in, Adelaide and it is still considered its "spiritual" home by its founder, Rupert Murdoch.[136] Australia's largest oil company, Santos, prominent South Australian brewery, Coopers, and national retailer Harris Scarfe also call Adelaide their home. In 2018, at which time more than 80 organisations employed 800 people in the space sector in South Australia, Adelaide was chosen for the headquarters of a new Australian Space Agency.[137] The agency opened its in 2020. It is working to triple the size of the Australian space industry and create 20,000 new jobs by 2030.[138] Defence industry [edit] Adelaide is home to a large proportion of Australia's defence industries, which contribute over A$1 billion to South Australia's Gross State Product.[139] The principal government military research institution, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, and other defence technology organisations such as BAE Systems Australia and Lockheed Martin Australia, are north of Salisbury and west of Elizabeth in an area now called "Edinburgh Parks", adjacent to RAAF Base Edinburgh. Others, such as Saab Systems and Raytheon, are in or near Technology Park. ASC Pty Ltd, is based in the industrial suburb of Osborne and is also a part of Technology Park. South Australia was charged with constructing Australia's Collins-class submarines and more recently the A$6 billion contract to construct the Royal Australian Navy's new air-warfare destroyers.[140] Employment statistics [edit] As of November 2015 , Greater Adelaide had an unemployment rate of 7.4% with a youth unemployment rate of 15%.[141] The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over was $447 per week in 2006, compared with $466 nationally. The median family income was $1,137 per week, compared with $1,171 nationally.[142] Adelaide's housing and living costs are substantially lower than that of other Australian cities, with housing being notably cheaper. The median Adelaide house price is half that of Sydney and two-thirds that of Melbourne. The three-month trend unemployment rate to March 2007 was 6.2%.[143] The Northern suburbs' unemployment rate is disproportionately higher than the other regions of Adelaide at 8.3%, while the East and South are lower than the Adelaide average at 4.9% and 5.0% respectively.[144] House prices [edit] Over the decade March 2001 – March 2010, Metropolitan Adelaide median house prices approximately tripled. (approx. 285% – approx. 11%p.a. compounding) In the five years March 2007 – March 2012, prices increased by approx. 27% – approx. 5%p.a. compounding. March 2012 – March 2017 saw a further increase of 19% – approx. 3.5%p.a. compounding.[145][146][147][148] In summary: March 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Median $140,000 $170,000 $200,000 $250,000 $270,000 $280,000 $300,000 $360,000 $350,000 $400,000 % change 21% 18% 25% 8% 4% 7% 20% −3% 14% March 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Median $400,000 $380,000 $393,000 $413,000 $425,000 $436,000 $452,000 $470,000 $478,500 % change 0% −5% 3% 5% 3% 3% 4% All numbers approximate and rounded. Since March 2012, the REISA[149] no longer release a median house price for the Adelaide Metropolitan area, so figures retrieved are from Dept of the Premier and Cabinet.[148] Each quarter, The Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) publishes a list of median house sale prices by suburb and Local Government Area.[citation needed] (Previously, this was done by REISA[149]) Due to the small sizes of many of Adelaide's suburbs, the low volumes of sales in these suburbs, and (over time) the huge variations in the numbers of sales in a suburb in a quarter, statistical analysis of "the most expensive suburb" is unreliable; the suburbs appearing in the "top 10 most expensive suburbs this quarter" list is constantly varying. Quarterly Reports for the last two years can be found on the REISA website.[150] Education and research [edit] Main article: Education in South Australia Education forms an increasingly important part of the city's economy, with the South Australian Government and educational institutions attempting to position Adelaide as "Australia's education hub" and marketing it as a "Learning City".[151] The number of international students studying in Adelaide has increased rapidly in recent years to 30,726 in 2015, of which 1,824 were secondary school students.[152] In addition to the city's existing institutions, foreign institutions have been attracted to set up campuses to increase its attractiveness as an education hub.[153][154] Adelaide is the birthplace of three Nobel laureates, more than any other Australian city: physicist William Lawrence Bragg and pathologists Howard Florey and Robin Warren, all of whom completed secondary and tertiary education at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide. Adelaide is also the hometown of mathematician Terence Tao. Primary and secondary education [edit] There are two systems of primary and secondary schools, a public system operated by the South Australian Government's Department for Education, and a private system of independent and Catholic schools.[155] South Australian schools provide education under the Australian Curriculum for reception to Year 10 students. In Years 10 to 12, students study for the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE). They have the option of incorporating vocational education and training (VET) courses or a flexible learning option (FLO).[156] South Australia also has 24 schools that use International Baccalaureate programs as an alternative to the Australian Curriculum or SACE. These programs include the IB Primary Years Programme, the IB Middle Years Programme, and the IB Diploma Programme.[157] For South Australian students who cannot attend a traditional school, including students who live in rural or remote areas, the state government runs the Open Access College (OAC), which provides virtual teaching. The OAC has a campus in Marden which caters to students from reception to Year 12 and adults who haven't been able to complete their SACE.[158][159] Guardians are also able to apply for their child to be educated from home as long as they provide an education program which meets the same requirements as the Australian Curriculum as well as opportunities for social interaction.[160] Tertiary education [edit] There are three public universities local to Adelaide, as well as one private university and three constituent colleges of foreign universities. Flinders University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Torrens University Australia—part of the Laureate International Universities are based in Adelaide. The University of Adelaide was ranked in the top 150 universities worldwide. Flinders ranked in the top 250 and Uni SA in the top 300. Torrens University Australia is part of an international network of over 70 higher education institutions in more than 30 countries worldwide. The historic Torrens Building in Victoria Square[161] houses Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College Australia, and University College London's School of Energy and Resources (Australia), and constitute the city's international university precinct.[162] The University of Adelaide, with 25,000 students,[163] is Australia's third-oldest university and a member of the leading "Group of Eight". It has five campuses throughout the state, including two in the city-centre, and a campus in Singapore. The University of South Australia, with 37,000 students,[164] has two North Terrace campuses, three other campuses in the metropolitan area and campuses in the regional cities of Whyalla and Mount Gambier. The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have had multiple proposals to merge into a single university. A proposal in 2018 failed due to uncertainty as to the new name and leadership of the merged university.[165] In 2022, the universities announced a new merger proposal, with the name and leadership issues settled and support from the South Australian government.[166] Flinders University, with 25,184 students,[167] is based in the southern suburb of Bedford Park, alongside the Flinders Medical Centre, with additional campuses in neighbouring Tonsley and in Victoria Square in the city centre. The Adelaide College of Divinity is at Brooklyn Park. There are several South Australian TAFE (Technical and Further Education) campuses in the metropolitan area that provide a range of vocational education and training. The Adelaide College of the Arts, as a school of TAFE SA, provides nationally recognised training in visual and performing arts. Research [edit] In addition to the universities, Adelaide is home to research institutes, including the Royal Institution of Australia, established in 2009 as a counterpart to the two-hundred-year-old Royal Institution of Great Britain.[168] Many of the organisations involved in research tend to be geographically clustered throughout the Adelaide metropolitan area: The east end of North Terrace: SA Pathology;[169] Hanson Institute;[170] National Wine Centre. The west end of North Terrace: South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), located next to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. The Waite Research Precinct: SARDI Head Office and Plant Research Centre; AWRI;[171] ACPFG;[172] CSIRO research laboratories.[173] SARDI also has establishments at Glenside[174] and West Beach.[175] Edinburgh, South Australia: DSTO; BAE Systems (Australia); Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems. Technology Park (Mawson Lakes): BAE Systems; Optus; Raytheon; Topcon; Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems. Research Park at Thebarton: businesses involved in materials engineering, biotechnology, environmental services, information technology, industrial design, laser/optics technology, health products, engineering services, radar systems, telecommunications and petroleum services. Science Park (adjacent to Flinders University): Playford Capital. The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research[176] in Woodville the research arm of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide The Joanna Briggs Institute, a global research collaboration for evidence-based healthcare with its headquarters in North Adelaide. Mitchell Building, University of Adelaide The Hawke Building, part of UniSA's City West Campus Flinders University buildings from the campus hills Torrens University South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) Cultural life [edit] See also: South Australia § Cultural life, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia) § Arts and culture, and List of festivals in Australia § South Australia While established as a British province, and very much English in terms of its culture, Adelaide attracted immigrants from other parts of Europe early on, including German and other European non-conformists escaping religious persecution. The first German Lutherans arrived in 1838,[177] bringing with them the vine cuttings that they used to found the acclaimed wineries of the Barossa Valley. The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual agricultural show and state fair, established in 1839 and now a huge event held in the Adelaide Showground annually. Adelaide's arts scene flourished in the 1960s and 1970s with the support of successive premiers from both major political parties. The renowned Adelaide Festival of Arts was established in 1960 under Thomas Playford, which in the same year spawned an unofficial uncurated series of performances and exhibits which grew into the Adelaide Fringe. Construction of the Adelaide Festival Centre began under Steele Hall in 1970 and was completed under the subsequent government of Don Dunstan, who also established the South Australian Film Corporation in 1972 and the State Opera of South Australia in 1976. Over time, the Adelaide Festival expanded to include Adelaide Writers' Week and WOMADelaide, and other separate festivals were established, such as the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (2002), the Adelaide Festival of Ideas (1999), the Adelaide Film Festival (2013), FEAST (1999, a queer culture), Tasting Australia (1997, a food and wine affair), and Illuminate Adelaide (2021). With the Festival, the Fringe, WOMADelaide, Writers' Week and the Adelaide 500 street motor racing event (along with evening music concerts) all happening in early March, the period became known colloquially as "Mad March". In 2014, Ghil'ad Zuckermann founded the Adelaide Language Festival.[178][179] There are many international cultural fairs, most notably the German Schützenfest and Greek Glendi. Adelaide holds an annual Christmas pageant, the world's largest Christmas parade. North Terrace institutions [edit] As the state capital, Adelaide has a great number of cultural institutions, many of them along the boulevard of North Terrace. The Art Gallery of South Australia, with about 35,000 works, holds Australia's second largest state-based collection. Adjacent are the South Australian Museum and State Library of South Australia. The Adelaide Botanic Garden, National Wine Centre and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute are nearby in the East End of the city. In the back of the State Library lies the Migration Museum, Australia's oldest museum of its kind. Further west, the Lion Arts Centre is home to ACE Open, which showcases contemporary art; Dance Hub SA; and other studios and arts industry spaces. The Mercury Cinema and the JamFactory ceramics and design gallery are just around the corner. Performing arts and music venues [edit] The Adelaide Festival Centre (which includes the Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Theatre and Space Theatre), on the banks of the Torrens, is the focal point for much of the cultural activity in the city and home to the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Other live music and theatre venues include the Adelaide Entertainment Centre; Adelaide Oval; Memorial Drive Park; Thebarton Theatre; Adelaide Town Hall; Her Majesty's Theatre; Queen's Theatre; Holden Theatres; and the Hopgood Theatre. The Lion Arts Factory, within the Lion Arts Centre, hosts contemporary music in a wide range of genres, as does "The Gov" in Hindmarsh. The city also has numerous smaller theatres, pubs and cabaret bars which host performances. Live music [edit] Further information: Music of Adelaide In 2015, it was said that there were now more live music venues per capita in Adelaide than any other capital city in the southern hemisphere,[180][181] Lonely Planet labelled Adelaide "Australia's live music city",[182] and the city was recognised as a "City of Music" by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.[183] In addition to its own WOMAD (WOMADelaide), Adelaide attracts several touring music festivals, including Creamfields, Laneway and Groovin'. Adelaide has produced musical groups and individuals who have achieved national and international fame. These include the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, rock bands The Angels, Atlas Genius, Cold Chisel, The Superjesus, Wolf & Cub, roots/blues group The Audreys, internationally acclaimed metal acts I Killed The Prom Queen and Double Dragon, popular Australian hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods, as well as Aussie Rules legend/rapper Chris Rodger, moniker (Chrissy Boiyo), to pop acts like Sia, Orianthi, Guy Sebastian, and Wes Carr, as well as internationally successful tribute act, The Australian Pink Floyd Show. Noted rocker Jimmy Barnes (formerly lead vocalist with Cold Chisel) spent most of his youth in the northern suburb of Elizabeth. Paul Kelly grew up in Adelaide and was head prefect at Rostrevor College. The first Australian Idol winner, Guy Sebastian, hails from the north-eastern suburb of Golden Grove.[184] Television [edit] Adelaide is served by numerous digital free-to-air television channels:[citation needed] ABC ABC HD (ABC broadcast in HD) ABC TV Plus ABC Me ABC News SBS SBS HD (SBS broadcast in HD) SBS World Movies HD SBS Viceland HD SBS Food NITV SBS WorldWatch Seven 7HD (Seven broadcast in HD) 7Two 7mate 7Bravo 7flix Racing.com Nine 9HD (Nine broadcast in HD) 9Gem 9Go! 9Life 9Gem HD 9Rush Extra 10 10 HD (10 broadcast in HD) 10 Bold 10 Peach 10 Shake TVSN Gecko TV C44 Adelaide (Adelaide's community TV station) All of the five Australian national television networks broadcast both high-definition digital and standard-definition digital television services in Adelaide. They share three transmission towers on the ridge near the summit of Mount Lofty. There are two other transmission sites at 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide and Elizabeth Downs.[185] The two government-funded stations are run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC South Australia) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The Seven Network and Network Ten both own their Adelaide stations (SAS-7 and ADS-10 respectively). Adelaide's NWS-9 is part of the Nine Network. Adelaide also has a community television station, Channel 44. As part of a nationwide phase-out of analogue television in Australia, Adelaide's analogue television service was shut down on 2 April 2013.[186] The Foxtel pay TV service is also available via cable or satellite to the entire metropolitan area. All the major broadcasting networks also operate online on-demand television services, alongside internet-only services such as Stan, Fetch TV, Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, and Kayo Sports. Radio [edit] For a more comprehensive list, see List of radio stations in Australia § Adelaide. There are 20 radio stations that serve the metropolitan area, as well as four stations that serve only parts of the metropolitan area; six commercial stations, six community stations, six national stations and two narrowcast stations.[187] DAB+ digital radio has been broadcasting in metropolitan Adelaide since 20 May 2009, and currently offers a choice of 41 stations all operated by the existing licensed radio broadcasters, which includes high-quality simulcast of all AM and FM stations. Sport [edit] Main article: Sport in South Australia The main sports played professionally in Adelaide are Australian Rules football, soccer, cricket, netball, and basketball. Adelaide is the home of two Australian Football League teams: the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club, and one A-League soccer team, Adelaide United. A local Australian rules football league, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), is made up of 10 teams from around Adelaide. The SANFL has been in operation since 1877 when it began as the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) before changing its name to the SANFL in 1927. The SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code played in Australia.[citation needed] Adelaide has developed a strong culture of attracting crowds to major sporting events.[188] Until the completion of the 2012–14 renovation and upgrade of the Adelaide Oval, most large sporting events took place at either Football Park (the then home base of the Adelaide Crows, and the then Port Adelaide home game venue), or the historic Adelaide Oval, home of the South Australia Redbacks and the Adelaide Strikers cricket teams. Since completion of the upgrade, home games for Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide now take place at Adelaide Oval. Since 1884, Adelaide Oval has also hosted an international cricket test every summer, along with a number of One Day International cricket matches. Memorial Drive Park, adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host Davis Cup and other major tennis events, including the Australian Open and the Adelaide International. Adelaide's professional association football team, Adelaide United, play in the A-League. Founded in 2003, their home ground is Coopers Stadium, which has a capacity of 16,500 and is one of the few purpose-built soccer stadia in Australia. Prior to United's foundation, Adelaide City and West Adelaide represented the city in the National Soccer League. The two sides, which contest the Adelaide derby against one another, now play in the National Premier Leagues South Australia. For two years, 1997 and 1998, Adelaide was represented in Australia's top level rugby league, after the New South Wales Rugby League had played a single game per season at the Adelaide Oval for five years starting in 1991.[189] The Adelaide Rams were formed and played in the breakaway Super League (SL) competition in 1997 before moving to the new National Rugby League in 1998. Initially playing at the Adelaide Oval, the club moved to the more suitable Hindmarsh Stadium late in the 1998 season. As part of a peace deal with the Australian Rugby League to end the Super League war, the club's owners News Limited (who were also owners of the SL) suddenly closed the club only weeks before the start of the 1999 season. Adelaide has two professional basketball teams, the men's team being the Adelaide 36ers which plays in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the women's team, the Adelaide Lightning which plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Adelaide 36ers play at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre while the Adelaide Lightning play at the Adelaide Arena (Previously Titanium Security Arena). Adelaide has a professional netball team, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, which plays in the national netball competition, the Suncorp Super Netball championship, with home games played at Netball SA Stadium. The Thunderbirds occasionally play games or finals at the Titanium Security Arena, while international netball matches are usually played at the 10,500 seat Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The Titanium Security Arena has a capacity of 8,000 and is the largest purpose-built basketball stadium in Australia. Since 1999 Adelaide and its surrounding areas have hosted the Tour Down Under bicycle race, organised and directed by Adelaide-based Michael Turtur. Turtur won an Olympic gold medal for Australia in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Tour Down Under is the largest cycling event outside Europe and was the first event outside Europe to be granted UCI ProTour status. The 2024 Women's Tour Down Under cycle stage race was held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 12 to 14 January 2024 Adelaide maintains a franchise in the Australian Baseball League, the Adelaide Giants. They have been playing since 2009, and their home stadium (until 2016) was Norwood Oval. From 2016 the team moved to the Diamond Sports Stadium located near the Adelaide International Airport due to renovations at Norwood.[190] Adelaide also has an ice hockey team, Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It was national champions in 2009 and plays its games at the IceArenA.[191] The Australian Grand Prix for World Championship Formula One racing was hosted by Adelaide from 1985 to 1995 on the Adelaide Street Circuit which was laid out in the city's East End as well as the eastern parklands including the Victoria Park Racecourse.[192] The Grand Prix became a source of pride, and losing the event to Melbourne in a surprise announcement in mid-1993 left a void that has since been filled with the Adelaide 500 for V8 Supercar racing, held on a modified version of the same street circuit. The Classic Adelaide, a rally of classic sporting vehicles, is also held in the city and its surrounds. Adelaide formerly had three horse racing venues. Victoria Park, Cheltenham Park Racecourse, both of which have now closed, and Morphettville Racecourse that remains the home of the South Australian Jockey Club. It also has Globe Derby Park for Harness racing that opened in 1969, and by 1973 had become Adelaide's premier harness racing venue taking over from the Wayville Showgrounds, as well as Greyhound Park for greyhound racing that opened in 1972. The World Solar Challenge race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations, although some are fielded by high schools. The race has a 20-years' history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. Adelaide hosted the 2012 World Bowls Championships[193] at Lockleys Bowling Club, becoming the third city in the world to have held the championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996. Dirt track speedway is also popular in Adelaide with three operating speedways. Adelaide Motorsport Park, located adjacent to the Adelaide International Raceway road racing circuit at Virginia (24 km (15 mi) north of the city centre) has been in continuous operation since 1979 after the closure of the popular Rowley Park Speedway. Gillman Speedway located in the semi-industrial suburb of Gillman, has been in operation since 1998 and caters to Motorcycle speedway and Sidecars, while the Sidewinders Speedway located in Wingfield is also a motorcycle speedway dedicated to Under-16 riders and has been in operation since 1978. In 2016, backed by South Australia's Peregrine Corporation opened up a multi-purpose facility; a state-of-the-art motorsporting park and a hotel alongside its newer OTR service station outside a small township of Tailem Bend currently named The Bend Motorsport Park. Design for thrill seekers and rev-heads the facility currently host South Australia's second Supercars motoring event during a round in August.[194] Adelaide is home to the Great Southern Slam, the world's largest roller derby tournament. The tournament has been held biennially over Australia's Queen's Birthday holiday weekend since 2010. In 2014, and 2016 the tournament featured 45 teams playing in two divisions. In 2018, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams competing in three divisions. Infrastructure [edit] Transport [edit] Main article: Transport in Adelaide Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms a strategic transport hub for east–west and north–south routes. The city itself has a metropolitan public transport system managed by and known as the Adelaide Metro. The Adelaide Metro consists of a contracted bus system including the O-Bahn Busway, 6 commuter rail lines (diesel and electric), and a small tram network operating between inner suburb Hindmarsh, the city centre, and seaside Glenelg. Tramways were largely dismantled in the 1950s, but saw a revival in the 2010s with upgrades and extensions. Road transport in Adelaide has historically been easier than many of the other Australian cities, with a well-defined city layout and wide multiple-lane roads from the beginning of its development. Adelaide was known as a "twenty-minute city", with commuters having been able to travel from metropolitan outskirts to the city proper in roughly twenty minutes. However, such arterial roads often experience traffic congestion as the city grows.[195] The Adelaide metropolitan area has one freeway and four expressways. In order of construction, they are: The South Eastern Freeway (M1), connects the south-east corner of the Adelaide Plain to the Adelaide Hills and beyond to Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend, where it then continues as National Highway 1 south-east to Melbourne. The Southern Expressway (M2), connecting the outer southern suburbs with the inner southern suburbs and the city centre. It duplicates the route of South Road. The North-South Motorway (M2), is an ongoing major project that will become the major north–south corridor, replacing most of what is now South Road, connecting the Southern Expressway and the Northern Expressway via a motorway with no traffic lights. As of 2024 the motorway's northern half is complete, connecting the Northern Expressway to Adelaide's inner north-west; the section running through Adelaide's inner west and inner south-west will begin major construction in 2025 with completion estimated for 2031.[196] The Port River Expressway (A9), connects Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor to Port Wakefield Road at the northern "entrance" to the metropolitan area. The Northern Expressway (Max Fatchen Expressway) (M2), is the northern suburbs bypass route connecting the Sturt Highway (National Highway 20) via the Gawler Bypass to Port Wakefield Road at a point a few kilometres north of the Port River Expressway connection. The Northern Connector, completed in 2020, links the North South Motorway to the Northern Expressway. A Custom Coaches bodied Scania bus on King William Street. An Adelaide Metro Alstom Citadis and Flexity Classic The Mount Osmond Interchange on the South Eastern Freeway; like many cities with urban sprawl, Adelaide has been criticised for car dependency. Airports [edit] The Adelaide metropolitan area has two commercial airports, Adelaide Airport and Parafield Airport. Adelaide Airport, in Adelaide's south-western suburbs, serves in excess of 8 million passengers annually.[197] Parafield Airport, Adelaide's second airport 18 kilometres (11 miles) north of the city centre, is used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation purposes. Parafield Airport served as Adelaide's main aerodrome until the opening of the Adelaide Airport in February 1955. Adelaide Airport serves many international and domestic destinations including all Australian state capitals. Adelaide is also home to a military airport, known as Edinburgh Airport, located in the northern suburbs. It was built in 1955 in a joint initiative with the United Kingdom for weapon development. Health [edit] Adelaide's two largest hospitals are the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in Adelaide Parklands, a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Adelaide (800 beds), and the Flinders Medical Centre (580 beds) at Bedford Park, affiliated with Flinders University. The RAH also operates additional campuses for specialist care throughout the suburbs including the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre (150 beds) at Northfield and the Glenside Campus (129 beds) for acute mental health services. Other major public hospitals are the Women's and Children's Hospital (305 beds), at North Adelaide; the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (340 beds) at Woodville; Modbury Hospital (178 beds) at Modbury; and the Lyell McEwin Hospital (198 beds) at Elizabeth Vale. Numerous private hospitals are also located throughout the city, with the largest operators being not-for-profits Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (3 hospitals) and Calvary Care (4 hospitals). In 2017, the RAH was relocated from the city's East End to a new AU$2.3 billion facility built over former railyards in the West End.[198] The state-of-the-art hospital forms part of a new biomedical precinct called BioMed City that collocates the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), the University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building, the University of South Australia's Health Innovation Building, and the state's Dental Hospital.[199][200] SAHMRI is building a $300 million second facility due to be completed by 2022 to house the Australian Bragg Centre with Australia's first proton therapy unit.[201] Construction is underway for the Women's and Children's Hospital to be relocated to the precinct adjacent the RAH by 2030.[202] The largest provider of community health care within Adelaide is the not-for-profit Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), which provides out of hospital care and hospital avoidance care. Energy [edit] Adelaide's energy requirements were originally met by the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, which was nationalised by the Playford government in 1946,[203] becoming the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA). Despite significant public opposition and the Labor party's anti-privatisation stance which left the Liberal party one vote short of the numbers needed to pass the legislation, ETSA was privatised by the Olsen Government in 1999 by way of a 200-year lease for the distribution network (ETSA Utilities, later renamed SA Power Networks) and the outright purchase of ETSA Power[clarification needed] by the Cheung Kong Holdings for $3.5 billion (11 times ETSA's annual earnings) after Labor MP Trevor Crothers resigned from the party and voted with the government.[204][205] The electricity retail market was opened to competition in 2003 and although competition was expected to result in lower retail costs, prices increased by 23.7% in the market's first year.[206] In 2004, the privatisation was deemed to be a failure with consumers paying 60% more for their power and with the state government estimated to lose $3 billion in power generation net income in the first ten years of privatisation.[207] In 2012, the industry came under scrutiny for allegedly reducing supply by shutting down generators during periods of peak demand to force prices up. Increased media attention also revealed that in 2009 the state government had approved a 46% increase in retail prices to cover expected increases in the costs of generation while generation costs had in fact fallen 35% by 2012.[citation needed] South Australia has the highest retail price for electricity in the country.[208] Privatisation led to competition from a variety of companies who now separately provide for the generation, transmission, distribution and retail sales of gas and electricity. Electricity generation comes from a range of technologies and operators. ElectraNet operates the high-voltage electricity transmission network. SA Power Networks distributes electricity to end users. The largest electricity and gas retailing companies are also the largest generating companies. The largest fossil fuel power stations are the Torrens Island Power Station gas-fired plant operated by AGL Energy and the Pelican Point Power Station operated by Engie. South Australia also has wind and solar power and connections to the national grid. Gas is supplied from the Moomba Gas Processing Plant in the Cooper Basin via the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System[209] and the SEAGas pipeline from Victoria. In 2011, South Australia generated 18% of its electricity from wind power, and had 51% of the installed capacity of wind generators in Australia.[210] Due to almost universal blackouts within the city during September 2016,[211] the state worked with Tesla to produce the world's largest electricity battery at Hornsdale Power Reserve which has increased that state's electrical security to the extent in which large blackouts are no longer an event.[212] Water [edit] The provision of water services is by the government-owned SA Water. Adelaide's water is supplied from its seven reservoirs: Mount Bold, Happy Valley, Myponga, Millbrook, Hope Valley, Little Para and South Para. The yield from these reservoir catchments can be as little as 10% of the city's requirements (90GL per annum[213]) in drought years and about 60% in average years. The remaining demand is met by the pumping of water from the River Murray.[213] A sea-water desalination plant capable of supplying 100GL per annum was built during the 2001–2009 drought; however, it operated at about 8% of its capacity until 2019. In December 2018, the State and Federal Governments agreed to fund a $2m study to determine how the plant could be used to reduce reliance on river water, in an effort to help save the Murray River basin and mouth (including the Coorong) from further ecological damage.[213] Communications [edit] AdelaideFree WiFi is a citywide free Wi-Fi network covering most of the inner city areas of Adelaide, primarily the Adelaide CBD and Northern Adelaide precincts.[214] It was officially launched at the Adelaide Central Markets on Tuesday 25 June 2014.[214][215][216] It is provided by Internode,[217] with infrastructure provided by outdoor Cisco WiFi N access points attached to the top of lighting poles, as well as inside cafes and businesses across the city. See also [edit] South Australia portal Adelaide Hills City of Adelaide Music of Adelaide Port Adelaide Lists Images of Adelaide List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names List of Adelaide parks and gardens List of Adelaide railway stations List of Adelaide suburbs List of films shot in Adelaide List of people from Adelaide List of protected areas in Adelaide List of public art in South Australia List of public transport routes in Adelaide List of South Australian commercial icons List of sporting clubs in Adelaide List of tallest buildings in Adelaide Sister cities of the City of Adelaide (the Local government area that governs the city centre) Tourist attractions in South Australia Notes [edit] References [edit] Further reading [edit] [edit]
1408	dbpedia	0	72	https://studybizz.com/sports/cameron-green-biography-profile-age-country-cricket-stats-wife-height-salary-ipl-wiki-and-more/	en	Cameron Green Biography, Profile, Age, Country, Cricket Stats, Wife, Height, Salary, IPL, Wiki, and more	https://studybizz.com/sp…ameron-green.png	https://studybizz.com/sp…ameron-green.png	[ "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-cropped-sb-logo-e1674652681767.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Aman-Sehrawat-150x150.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Vinesh-Phogat-150x150.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Imane-Khelif-150x150.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Swapnil-Kusale-150x150.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cameron-green.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-31.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-32.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-33.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Dhinidhi-Desinghu.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WORLD-CUP-SQUAD-LIST.webp", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Donovan-Ferreira.png", "https://studybizz.com/sports/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Kuldeep-Sen.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "sports" ]	2024-03-22T14:08:04+05:30	Cameron Green was earmarked as an international cricket from very early. Contracted to Western Australia as a schoolboy, he took 5 for 24 on his first-class	en	https://studybizz.com/sp…1767-150x150.png	Sports	https://studybizz.com/sports/cameron-green-biography-profile-age-country-cricket-stats-wife-height-salary-ipl-wiki-and-more/	Cameron Green was earmarked as an international cricket from very early. Contracted to Western Australia as a schoolboy, he took 5 for 24 on his first-class debut against Tasmania in February 2017 as a 17-year-old. He was selected initially for his bowling given his 200cm frame and his ability to deliver fast outswing but was plagued by stress fractures. However, throughout his junior days with Subiaco-Floreat and WA’s junior teams, his technically sound batting and an unquenchable thirst for scoring runs saw him emerge as a genuine allrounder of rare ability. Green didn’t play any first-class cricket in 2017-18 and spent the 2018 winter at Cricket Australia’s National Performance Centre in Brisbane. His game went to another level in 2019-20 after another stress fracture in his lower back forced him to stop bowling again. He made his maiden first-class century, producing scores of 87* and 121* to force an extraordinary draw against Queensland at the Gabba. He would score two more centuries that summer before posting a career-best 197 from 438 balls against New South Wales in October 2020. That performance led to his first international call-up as he was named in Australia’s ODI and T20I squads to face a touring India side which was followed by a Test debut against the same opposition. He made half-centuries in each of his first four series then claimed a maiden five-wicket haul against South Africa the MCG in late 2022 – during a game where he badly broke his finger. Shortly after returning to side in India he made a maiden Test hundred in Ahmedabad. By then, his cross-format skills had caught the eye after a pair of dazzling T20I fifties in India led to a bidding war in the 2022 IPL auction where Green fetched AU$3.15 million from Mumbai Indians. Cameron Green Biography Cameron Green Physical Statistics Cameron Green Profile Cameron Green is a young prodigy who rose through the ranks through grade cricket and burst onto the domestic scene with a 5-for on debut at the age of just 17. A precocious talent, the young fast bowler became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in the history of Shield cricket. Standing at 6’6 feet tall, Green bowls a ‘heavy’ ball and isn’t afraid of doing the grunt work. Add to that his exceptional batting talent and the ability to float up and down the order and it’s quickly evident why he’s rated so highly. That’s not even mentioning his fielding abilities – often snaffling half-chances at gully and backward points by using his extensive reach. Green’s junior days were marred with injury and he had an injury scare during his 2nd Sheffield game as well, when he managed to dislocate his knee during warm-ups. However, this was immediately taken care of by the physio at the ground and he was cleared to continue playing. His lower-order pinch-hitting talent came to the fore when he scored a 45 in his second first-class game, biffing three monstrous sixes off Baggy Green-holder James Pattinson, and extending his team’s lead from 104 to 168 while he was at the crease. In his second outing with the ball in that match, he ended with figures of 3/20, including the timely wickets of opposition skipper Cameron White and Dan Christian to earn his side an innings win for which he earned praise from his captain Adam Voges. He made his List A debut in the tour match against Pakistan for the Cricket Australia XI and bagged 3 wickets, including that of veteran batsman Shoaib Malik, and bothered the Pakistan players with his accurate and rapid seam bowling. The prodigious teenager was handed a rookie contract by the Perth Scorchers ahead of the 2017/18 season. Impressive performances in the domestic circuit earned him his maiden Australia call-up for the tour to India in late 2020. He made both his ODI and Test debut in December 2020. His T20I debut came in the following year and he was named in Australia’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup as a replacement for an injured Josh Inglis. His maiden Test 5-fer came in the Boxing Day Test against South Africa in 2022. Ahead of the 2023 IPL, Cameron Green was swept up by the Mumbai Indians for a whopping sum of INR 17.5 crore and this made him the second most expensive overseas player in the history of the IPL. That same season, Green scored his maiden IPL century, a 100* against the Sunrisers Hyderabad while opening the batting. Green’s maiden Test century came just a few months later in a Test against India at Ahmedabad where he scored 114. He was also a part of the Australian team that won the World Test Championship. Green was named in Australia’s squad for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Cameron Green Career Stats Batting & Fielding Bowling Cameron Green IPL Auction Price History Cameron Green’s Social Media Accounts Some Lesser-Known Facts About Cameron Green
1408	dbpedia	1	12	https://cricket.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Wade	en	Matthew Wade	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cricket/images/2/23/Matthew_Wade.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130114034928	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cricket/images/2/23/Matthew_Wade.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130114034928	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cricket/images/2/23/Matthew_Wade.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/200?cb=20130114034928", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/cricket/images/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/20?cb=20070921141116", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to Cricket Wiki" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian cricketer, who has represented the Australian national team as wicketkeeper in all three forms of international cricket (Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International). He plays domestic first class and List A cricket for the...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	Cricket Wiki	https://cricket.fandom.com/wiki/Matthew_Wade	Matthew Wade Country Australia Australia Personal Information Full Name Matthew Scott Wade Nickname Wadey Birthplace Hobart, Australia Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Physical Information Plays Left-handed Batting Style Left-handed Bowling Style Right hand medium International Information National Side Australia Test Debut 7 April 2012 v West Indies Last test 3 January 2013 v Sri Lanka ODI Debut 5 February 2012 v India Last ODI 28 August 2012 v Pakistan ODI shirt no. 35 Domestic team information Years Team 2006-2007 Tasmania 2008- Victoria 2011 Delhi Daredevils 2011- Melbourne Stars Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian cricketer, who has represented the Australian national team as wicketkeeper in all three forms of international cricket (Test, One-Day International and Twenty20 International). He plays domestic first class and List A cricket for the Victoria Bushrangers, and domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Melbourne Stars. Originally from Hobart, Tasmania, Wade played both cricket and Australian rules football until the age of 19, participating in the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup as well as playing underage football for the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup. After representing Tasmania in one List A match, he moved to Victoria for the 2007–08 season to further his opportunities. He soon established himself as Victoria's first-choice wicketkeeper, and was selected in the Australia A side in 2010, and made his debut for Australia the following season. Early life[] Wade was born in Hobart on 26 December 1987. He is the son of Scott Wade, who played football for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Clarence and Hobart Football Clubs in the Tasmanian Football League (TFL). His grandfather, Michael Wade, served as president of the Hobart Football Club. Wade represented Tasmania in underage cricket and underage football, vice-captaining the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup, where he played alongside future Australian Football League players Sam Lonergan, Grant Birchall and Jack Riewoldt. He representing Australia at the 2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the age of 16, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, and received two rounds of chemotherapy before he was cleared of the disease. Domestic career[] Wade played one List A match for the Tasmania Tigers in the 2006-07 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season, which was his only match for Tasmania in any form of the game. His opportunities to be selected as a wicketkeeper in his home state were minimal due to the presence of Tim Paine, who at the time was seen as the likely successor to Brad Haddin as wicketkeeper in the Australian national team. Rather than attempt to become a specialist batsman, Wade moved to Victoria in the 2007-08 season, and within two seasons he had established himself as the state's first choice wicketkeeper ahead of incumbent Adam Crosthwaite. Wade scored his maiden first class century in the 2008-09 season. He made an important contribution to Victoria's win in the 2009-10 Sheffield Shield final against Queensland, when he came out to bat with the team at 5/60 and scored 96 runs. Victoria won the match by 457 runs and Wade was named man of the match. In January 2011, Wade signed up with the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. International career[] Following his success in domestic limited overs cricket, Wade was called up to the Australian team for the first time in October 2011, for a Twenty20 International against South Africa. In February 2012, he made his international breakthrough as a T20I player against India in Sydney, opening the batting and scoring 72 runs from 43 balls to earn the Man of the Match award. Following that T20I series, Wade was called up to the Australian One Day International team for the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank series. He won the Man of the Match award on debut, scoring 67 runs off 69 balls against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Wade was part of the Australian team for the 2011–12 tour of the West Indies as the limited overs wicketkeeper. However, after Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returned home before the Test matches because his daughter was ill, Wade was selected to replace him. He made his Test debut on 7 April against the West Indies at Barbados, and scored his maiden Test century (106) in the third Test in Roseau. Wade was then selected ahead of Haddin for Australia's following Test series against South Africa in November 2012. Style[] Batting[] First-class cricket[] Wade has been an important batsman for the Bushrangers in the longer form of the game. He is known for putting a high price on his wicket and is a consistent run-scorer. His discipline when batting is seen as he often leaves deliveries outside his off stump and makes the bowler bowl at him. However, he is not shy to play the cut shot and it only has to be slightly short and wide for him to play what is his favourite shot. Limited overs cricket[] In the shorter forms of the game, Wade becomes a destructive batsman with a broad range of strokes. This is seen in the One Day Domestic competition and the Twenty20 Big Bash, where Wade has showcased his ability to score runs at a frenetic pace by playing both orthrodox and innovative shots. Despite his diminutive stature, Wade can hit the ball as long as most batsmen, often hitting sixes that easily clear the MCG boundary. Success in the lower-middle order has been greeted with a promotion as opener in the 2010–11 Ryobi Cup, which has been beneficial for Wade as his crisp hitting is at its full potential against the new ball and with the fielders up in the circle. Wade enjoys pace on the ball, is strong against the short ball and has the ability to either go over the field or pierce a tight off-side field with elegant cuts and drives. Wicket keeping[] Wade's talents with the bat often overshadow his wicket keeping, but his abilities in this area are highlighted whenever other keeper-batsmen are included in the Victorian team, such as Ryan Carters and Matt Prior. These players play as batsmen only, and Wade is not displaced as wicket keeper. Wade's reliability and his quick reflexes means he has impressed with stunning catches and leg-side saves. He is also able to stand up to the stumps, especially to Andrew McDonald when the conditions suit. Career best performances[] Batting Score Fixture Venue Season Test 106 Australia v West Indies Roseau 2012 ODI 67 Australia v India Melbourne 2012 T20I 72 Australia v India Sydney 2012 FC 113* Victoria v Queensland Melbourne 2011 LA 120 Victoria v Western Australia Melbourne 2011 T20 80 Australia A v Sri Lanka A Townsville 2010 Template:Melbourne Stars current squad Template:Australia Squad 2012 ICC World Twenty20
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Australia has produced some very talented ...	en	/img/icons/touch-icon-iphone.png	Ranker	https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-cricket-players-from-australia/reference	Aaron Christopher Bird is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Bird arrived from Taree, NSW as a 16-year-old to play Sydney Grade Cricket with North Sydney Cricket Club, eventually going on to play First Grade as an 18-year-old. In this time with North Sydney, Bird hit the headlines when he hit former Test batsman Michael Slater injuring the former test star in the process. Bird now plays his cricket with Bankstown Cricket Club, former home of the Waugh brothers. Bird caused controversy after appearing in a Twenty20 match, in which players wore nicknames on their shirts, with the moniker 'Flu' – a reference to bird flu. He was ordered not to wear the name again, as it upset the sponsors of the tournament, KFC. In December 2006 Bird was reported for a suspect bowling action but was later cleared by Cricket Australia. In January 2009, his bowling action was again reported. After undergoing analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra it was found that for some deliveries his elbow extension exceeded the 15-degree limit, he was subsequently banned by Cricket Australia. Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in limited overs cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three highest individual scores in Twenty20 Internationals, with his score of 172 against Zimbabwe in July 2018 beating his previous record of 156 against England in 2013. In July 2018, he became the first player in T20Is to reach the 900 rating mark on the official T20I rankings. He made his Test debut for Australia in October 2018. He plays for Victoria, Surrey, Kings XI Punjab and the Melbourne Renegades as captain in domestic level. Finch is a top order batsman, and occasional left arm orthodox spinner. He is the fastest Australian to reach 10 ODI centuries. He scored his maiden first-class double century on 29 October 2015 while batting for Cricket Australia XI against New Zealand in a tour match. Adam Craig Dale (born 30 December 1968) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Tests and 30 ODIs from 1997 to 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket for North Melbourne Cricket Club, Heidelberg Cricket Club, Northcote Cricket Club, Old Paradians Cricket Club and Research Cricket Club. From a short, ambling run-up, Dale delivered medium-paced outswingers with nagging accuracy. He therefore become known more as an economical bowler in one-day cricket, although he was selected for two Tests throughout his career and was very successful for Queensland in the first-class arena. He is best remembered however for taking one of the greatest catches ever seen in the game of cricket whilst playing for Queensland in the summer of 1997/98. He played grade cricket for the Wynnum-Manly Cricket Club in Brisbane, and premier cricket for Northcote, Heidelberg Cricket Club, North Melbourne and Melbourne in Melbourne, over a long career which spanned twenty-six years from 1985/86 to 2010/11. Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national team through his aggressive batting. Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper–batsman in the history of the game, Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all Test cricket. He was the first player to have hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. His 17 Test centuries are the most by a wicket-keeper and his 16 in ODIs second only to Sangakkara. He holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007). His 149 off 104 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time. He is one of the only three players to have won three World Cup titles.Gilchrist was renowned for walking when he considered himself to be out, sometimes contrary to the decision of the umpire. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999. During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.
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1408	dbpedia	1	93	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4964656	en	David Warner (cricketer)	https://en-academic.com/…_social_en.png?3	https://en-academic.com/…_social_en.png?3	[ "https://en-academic.com/images/Logo_en.png", "https://en-academic.com/images/Logo_h_en.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/50/230px-David_Warner.jpg", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/49/150px-David_warner_t20_debut.JPG", "https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/magnify-clip.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/53/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png", "https://en-academic.com/pictures/enwiki/53/50px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png", "https://mc.yandex.ru/watch/70309897", "https://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=23600742&cv=2.0&cj=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	David Warner Personal information Full name David Andrew Warner Born 27 October 1986 (1986 10 27) (age 25) Paddington, Sydney	en	https://en-academic.com/favicon.ico	Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/4964656	David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket.[1] He plays for New South Wales, Durham and the Delhi Daredevils.[2] Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Indian Premier League 2.2 KFC Big Bash 2.3 English County Cricket 2009 3 Sponsorship 4 References 5 External links Early life David Andrew Warner was born on 27 October 1986 at Paddington in Sydney.[3] At the age of 13 Warner was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later he went back to batting left-handed and broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with NSW.[4] Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School.[citation needed] Career Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.[5] Warner's break through innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever.[6] Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket.[7] This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009. [8] Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history.[9] Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals.[10] On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the SCG, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh.[11] Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries.[12] On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketer to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both matches were in the Champions League. [13] Indian Premier League Warner was signed by IPL team Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons.[14] During the 2009 tournament which was played in South Africa, Warner played in seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23.28 and with a strike-rate of 123.48. His top score was 51.[15] In the fourth season, Warner was contracted by Delhi Daredevils for US$750,000. KFC Big Bash Warner made a record in KFC Big bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. The earlier record was held by George Bailey, who completed his half century in 19 balls. English County Cricket 2009 Warner is played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season.[16] He is sponsored by Gray-Nicolls, and has trialled their unique double-sided bat in the domestic competition. He uses a bat from the Kaboom range and has pads and gloves from the Ignite range. He has previously used bats from the Ignite range. References Player profile: David Warner from ESPNcricinfo Player Profile: David Warner from CricketArchive
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He is the interim captain of the Australian cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket.	en	/favicon.ico	Outlook India	https://www.outlookindia.com/topic/matthew-wade/2	Matthew Scott Wade is an Australian international cricketer. He is the interim captain of the Australian cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. Wade plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team, which he also captains, and for the Hobart Hurricanes. In his youth, Wade represented Tasmania in junior cricket and junior football, serving as the vice-captain of the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup. He played alongside future Australian Football League players like Sam Lonergan, Grant Birchall, and Jack Riewoldt. Wade also represented Australia at the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. At the age of 16, Wade faced a significant challenge when he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He underwent two rounds of chemotherapy before being cleared of the disease. Wade is color blind, a condition that has presented difficulties on the field due to the colors of certain cricket balls. Wade's domestic career began with a solitary List A match for the Tasmania Tigers in the 2006–07 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season. With limited opportunities as a wicketkeeper in his home state due to the presence of Tim Paine, Wade moved to Victoria in the 2007/08 season. Within two years, he established himself as the state's first-choice wicketkeeper ahead of Adam Crosthwaite. In the 2008/09 season, Wade scored his maiden first-class century. He played a crucial role in Victoria's 2009/10 Sheffield Shield final win against Queensland, scoring 96 runs after coming in at 5/60, earning him the man of the match award. Wade was suspended and fined for pitch tampering in 2013. In February 2015, he scored his highest first-class score of 152 for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield. In January 2011, Wade signed with the Delhi Daredevils, playing three times for them in the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL). Wade's international breakthrough came in October 2011 when he was called up for a Twenty20 International against South Africa. In February 2012, he made his T20I debut against India in Sydney, opening the batting and scoring 72 runs from 43 balls, earning the Man of the Match award. Following his T20I success, Wade was called up to the Australian One Day International team for the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. He won the Man of the Match award on his ODI debut, scoring 67 runs off 69 balls against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Wade made his Test debut on April 7, 2012, against the West Indies in Barbados, replacing the injured Brad Haddin. He scored his maiden Test century (106) in the third Test of the series in Roseau. Wade retained his place in the Test team until the end of the 2012–13 season, encompassing series against South Africa, Sri Lanka, and India. However, from the 2013 Ashes series, Wade lost his Test position to Brad Haddin but maintained his limited-overs role for a period before eventually being left out of the 2015 Cricket World Cup squad. After Haddin's retirement, Wade was recalled for the ODI and T20I series against England in 2015 but lost the Test wicketkeeping position to Peter Nevill. Wade returned to the Test team in November 2016, recalled ahead of a struggling Nevill for the third Test against South Africa and the subsequent home series against Pakistan. On January 13, 2017, in the first ODI against Pakistan of a 5-match series, Wade scored his maiden ODI century, reaching 100 on the final ball of Australia's innings after a review overturned his earlier dismissal. Wade served as the ODI captain of Australia in the injured Steve Smith's absence for their series against New Zealand in January 2017, though he was eventually ruled out due to a back injury. Before the 2017/18 season, Wade returned to his home state of Tasmania for family reasons, assuming the first-choice wicketkeeper role with Tim Paine in the Test side. He was also traded from the Melbourne Renegades to the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League (BBL). Wade was named in the Sheffield Shield team of the year in March 2018. Mid-way through the 2018/19 season, Wade was appointed captain of the Tasmanian team and the Hurricanes after Cricket Tasmania decided to remove George Bailey to focus on his batting performance. In July 2019, Wade was added to Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup as cover for the injured Usman Khawaja. Later that year, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England, playing all five matches and scoring 337 runs across 10 innings, including two centuries. Wade was named in a 26-man preliminary squad to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020. Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures would take place, with Wade included in the touring party. On December 6, 2020, Wade captained Australia for the first time, leading the side in a T20I match against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) after Aaron Finch was ruled out due to injury. In August 2021, he was named captain for Australia's five-match T20I series against Bangladesh and was also included in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Wade has scored four centuries in Test matches and one in a One Day International. His highest Test score of 117 came against England at The Oval in September 2019, while his highest ODI score of 100 not out came against Pakistan at The Gabba in January 2017. In recent years, Wade has participated in various T20 leagues, including the IPL, where he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in 2022, the Hundred in England with Birmingham Phoenix in 2022, and the Pakistan Super League (PSL) with Karachi Kings in 2023. In Tests, Wade has played 37 matches, scoring 1,888 runs with 4 centuries and a best of 117. In ODIs, from 98 games, he has 2,478 runs including 2 tons with a highest of 117*. His T20I numbers read 1,346 runs from 76 matches with 1 century. Wade has been most successful in domestic cricket with over 15,000 first-class runs, 7,000 List A runs, and 4,500 T20 runs across his career so far.
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Widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Ponting was captain of the Australian national team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and is the most successful captain in international cricket history, with 220 victories in 324 matches with a winning rate of 67.91%. He stands third in the list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored. He holds the record for winning most ICC tournaments as a captain in Men's Cricket. Under his Captaincy Australia won the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and 2006 and 2009 Champions Trophies. He was also a member of the Australian team that won the 1999 Cricket World Cup. Domestically, Ponting played for his home state of Tasmania as well as Tasmania's Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. He played as a specialist right-handed batsman, an excellent slip fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. He led Australia to their second 5–0 Ashes win as well as victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh. He led Australia to consecutive ICC Champions Trophy victory in 2006 and 2009. Combative and at times a controversial captain, statistically he is one of the most successful Test captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010. As a player, Ponting is the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories and was involved in the most ODI victories as a player, with 262 wins, having played in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs. A prolific batter, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. He was named "Cricketer of the Decade 2000" was named in the country's best Ashes XI in a Cricket Australia poll in 2017 and in July 2018 he was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. He is the current assistant coach of the Australian national men's cricket team, having been appointed to the role in February 2019. Ponting announced his retirement from Test cricket in November 2012, the day before playing in his final Test against South Africa; this was his 168th and last Test appearance, equalling the Australian record held by Steve Waugh. He retired with a Test batting average of 51.85, although he continued to play cricket around the world until 2013. 1974–1995: Early life Main article: Early life of Ricky Ponting Birth and personal life Born in Launceston, Tasmania, on 19 December 1974, Ricky Ponting is the eldest of Graeme and Lorraine Ponting's 3 children. Graeme was "a good club cricketer" and played Australian rules football, while Lorraine was a state vigoro champion. His uncle Greg Campbell played Test cricket for Australia in 1989 and 1990. Ponting's parents first lived in Prospect 4.1 km (2.5 mi) south of city centre; however, they moved into the working-class area of Newnham, 6 km (3.7 mi) north of central Launceston. After marrying his long-time girlfriend, law student Rianna Cantor, in June 2002, Ponting credited her as the reason for his increased maturity. The couple have three children. Junior ranks Introduced to cricket by father Graeme and uncle Greg Campbell, Ponting played for the Mowbray Under-13s team at the age of 11 in 1985–86. In January 1986, he took part in the five-day annual Northern Tasmania junior cricket competition. After scoring four centuries in a week, bat manufacturer Kookaburra gave Ponting a sponsorship contract while in just eighth grade mainly on the back of these four centuries. Ponting took this form into the Under-16s week-long competition less than a month later, scoring an even century on the final day. Ted Richardson, the former head of the Northern Tasmanian Schools Cricket Association said: "Ricky is certainly the equal of David Boon at this level. Australian Rules football was also a big part of Ponting's sporting life, and is a keen follower of the North Melbourne Kangaroos. During the winter he played junior football for North Launceston and up until he was 14, it could have become a possible sporting option. This was before he broke the humerus in his right arm playing for North Launceston Under-17s as a 13-year-old. Ponting's arm was so badly damaged, it had to be pinned. Told to endure a 14-week lay-off, he never played competitive football again. During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the NTCA Ground (Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground), Ponting helped out with the scoreboard, thereby surrounding himself with international cricketers. After leaving school at the end of year 10 in 1990, he began work as a groundsman at Scotch Oakburn College, a private school in Launceston. In 1991 the Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association sponsored Ponting to attend a fortnight's training at the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. The two weeks turned into a full two-year sponsorship as he was said to be the best 17-year-old batsman Academy coach Rod Marsh had ever seen. Playing five games for Tasmania for the 1992 Under-19 carnival in Perth, Ponting scored 350 runs, earning him selection in the 13-man national Under-19 development squad for the upcoming tour of South Africa—the first Australian cricket team to make an official tour to the country since Bill Lawry's team in 1970. Early Australian domestic career Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his ODI debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early 2004. After scoring 114 not out in club match against Riverside, Ponting became the youngest player to appear for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield match, breaking Boon's record by 14 days. In November 1992, with Ponting just 17 years and 337 days, he went to the crease at number four against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval. Despite scoring 56 in a 127-run partnership with Boon, he could not prevent a defeat, scoring just four in Tasmania's second innings. In his first match in Tasmania, this time against New South Wales, Ponting contributed 32 and 18 in a draw. He followed this up with 25 against Western Australia in a narrow loss. His first match in Sydney also marked the debut of future Australian opening bowler Glenn McGrath. His subsequent century also meant that Ponting became the youngest Tasmanian to score a first-class century at 18 years and 40 days, eclipsing Boon's record of 19 years and 356 days. After scoring another half century, Ponting scored back to back centuries against Western Australia on Australia's fastest wicket in Perth. He became the youngest batsmen in Shield history to score twin centuries in a match. After setting a goal of scoring 500 runs in the season, he ended up scoring 781 at 48.81. After season's end, Ponting played seven four-day games for the Australian Academy, scoring 484 runs at 96.70, even though he was still only 18. Speculation ignited that Ponting was an outsider to join the Australian squad on their 1993 tour to England. Despite Ponting's reluctance to weigh into the debate, Tasmanian coach Greg Shipperd thought he could handle the experience. The selectors ended up choosing Western Australian batsman Damien Martyn for the tour, with Ponting selected in the academy squad captained by Justin Langer, which toured India and Sri Lanka for seven games in August–September 1993. Australian success was limited, with only several wins. No batsman scored a century, despite Ponting reaching 99 not out in a one-day game in Colombo. He finished the tour second highest in the aggregates, behind Langer. Before the start of the 1993–94 Sheffield Shield season, Ponting stated that he wanted to score 1000 runs for the season. In Tasmania's final match of the season, they needed to defeat South Australia outright to qualify for the final. Set 366 in 102 overs, Ponting scored 161 in a 290-run partnership that ended with Tasmania needing just 41 runs for victory. Despite Tasmania losing four quick wickets, they won with four wickets in hand. Disappointingly for Ponting, he could not repeat the performance in the final against New South Wales, scoring just one and 28, as Tasmania were defeated by an innings and 61 runs. The season saw Ponting score 965 runs at 48.25, close to his 1000 run goal. A month after the final, he was again selected for the academy squad for three limited overs matches against a touring Indian team. Queenslander Stuart Law captained the Australian side that included former Australian keeper Rod Marsh. In Australia's victory in Canberra he top scored with 71 and before scoring 52 in victory in Sydney. The last match was also successful for the home team, with Ponting not required to bat. Ponting started his 1994–95 campaign with a century against eventual Shield champions Queensland in Brisbane, impressing Queensland captain Allan Border, "He's just an outstanding prospect", Border said. Speculation again arose that Ponting could become a candidate for the upcoming tour to the West Indies. When Tasmania played Western Australia at Bellerive Oval on 4 November 1994, Ponting scored 211. The century was his fifth successive against Western Australia; Sir Donald Bradman is the only other batsman to score five consecutive centuries against another state in Shield history. Ten days after the double century, Ponting was named in the Australian XI to take on England at Bellerive Oval—in a match that was used as practice before the upcoming series in the West Indies. Future Australian representatives Matthew Hayden, Langer, Greg Blewett and Martyn were also selected. In a drawn match Ponting compiled a half-century. A fourth team was introduced to the World Series Cup in 1994–95—Australia A—for the only time. Australian captain Mark Taylor was not a fan of this change as many fans supported Australia A rather than the national team. Despite the negative feedback it gave Ponting a chance on the international stage. Playing for Australia A, he scored 161 runs at 26.83 with one half-century. 1995–1999: Early International career Australian debut Ponting's domestic performances were rewarded when he was selected for the Australian ODI team to play in all the matches in the 1995 New Zealand Centenary quadrangular tournament in New Zealand, that also included South Africa and India. Ponting made his debut against South Africa at number six in the batting order. He scored one from six balls, as Australia successfully chased South Africa's target on a difficult batting track. Australia secured another victory in their next match, this time against New Zealand in Auckland, where Ponting scored 10 not out, after coming to wicket late in the innings. His highest series score came in the third International where Australia lost to India in Dunedin. Ponting was promoted to number three in the batting order and responded by scoring 62 from 92 balls. The innings was scored without a boundary and was based on "deft placement and judicious running." The loss failed to stop Australia from appearing in the final against New Zealand in Auckland. Ponting returned to number six and was seven not out when the winning runs were scored. He finished the series with 80 runs at 40 and strike rate of 71.42 runs per hundred balls. Greg Shipperd publicly suggested that Ponting could be selected as a reserve wicket-keeper for the upcoming West Indies tour, despite not keeping-wicket for Tasmania. However, he had kept wicket in pre-season matches and during centre wicket practice. In any case Ponting was selected as a specialist batsman. "... It was like all my birthdays had come at once. I had some reservations about making my Test debut against arguably the best fast bowling attack in the world", Ponting later said. The West Indies had been cricket's powerhouse for close to two decades and teams included many feared fast bowlers. Before the tour, Australian captain Mark Taylor thought the last Test batting vacancy was possibly between Ponting and Justin Langer. "Ricky Ponting is more the stroke player while Justin is the tough man. It depends on what we need at the time but you can probably say Ricky has his neck in front because he's been on this tour [of New Zealand]", Taylor said. Rod Marsh believed Ponting's attitude and fearless approach could tear the West Indies apart. Nevertheless, Ponting did not expect to be selected. Steve Waugh noted that Ponting would "not be intimidated by the West Indians' inevitable waist-to-chin length." During the series, Ponting said the current crop of bowlers were not "of the same high class" that opposition teams had come to expect from the West Indies. Ponting was selected for the third ODI on 12 March 1995 at Queen's Park Oval, when Mark Waugh missed out through injury. Ponting—batting at three—was involved in a 59-run partnership with Steve Waugh; however, he was dismissed for 43 when he lifted an attempted pull shot. Mark Waugh returned for the next match and Ponting was subsequently dropped until he replaced an out-of-form David Boon in the fifth and final match, where Ponting got a second-ball duck. In a three-day warm-up match ahead of the Tests, Ponting scored 19, with Greg Blewett scoring a century and Langer compiling a half-century. The performance was not enough for Ponting to force his way into the Test side; though, Australia did regain the Frank Worrell Trophy for the first time in 20 years, winning the series 2–1. When Ponting returned to Launceston in June 1995, Tasmania's TAB announced him as their part-time ambassador. He then undertook a tour to England with the Young Australians; a team that included fellow Tasmanian Shaun Young. It also included five future Test batsmen: Matthew Hayden, Matthew Elliott, Martin Love, Justin Langer and Stuart Law. Despite not batting as well as he "would have liked", Ponting returned to Australia with the fourth highest batting average—48.73. Tasmania toured Zimbabwe for five games ahead of the 1995–96 Sheffield Shield. Ponting struggled, aggregating 99 runs at a modest 24.75. By the end of October, he had signed a contract with the Australian Cricket Board, along with 22 other Australian cricketers. He opened the batting with Boon in Tasmania's first match of the Sheffield Shield season, scoring 20 and 43. Ahead of the following match against Queensland in Hobart, Ponting set himself a goal of scoring a century in each innings; a feat he achieved in a high-scoring draw. His form continued against the touring Sri Lankans in a one-day game in Devonport, scoring 99. He scored another century against the same opposition in Launceston. During the match, the public address system at the NTCA Ground announced that Ponting was making his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Perth on 8 December. The following morning saw local newspaper The Examiner headline: "He's Ricky Ponting, he's ours ... and he's made it! Tassie's batting star will play in his first Test." Marsh continued his praise of Ponting, who replaced a dropped Blewett. "I have no doubt Ricky will be trying to get 100 in his first Test game. And I hope he does. You'd back him to. If Ricky carries with him the same attitude that he has seen him succeed at First-class cricket to the next level there is no reason why he will not continue to score." Sri Lanka batted first and scored 251, before Ponting—batting at number five due to Steve Waugh's absence through injury—arrived at the crease with Australia at a comfortable 3/422. He started nervously, edging his first ball past first slip for a boundary from off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. When Ponting reached 96, Chaminda Vaas hit Ponting high on his thigh and was given out leg before wicket. Many members of the crowd and media argued it was an incorrect decision due to excessive height. He combined with Stuart Law, also playing on debut, for a partnership of 121. This was only the ninth ever century partnership by debutants in Test cricket. "I've got mixed emotions about my knock at the moment. 96 is a good score but it would have been nice to get a 100", Ponting said after the innings. "Once I struck a few in the middle of the bat, and I spent some time in the middle I tried to relax and enjoy it, just savour the moment." Australia won the match by an innings. In the second Test in Melbourne on Boxing Day, he scored a "compact" 71 in his only innings, combining for a century stand with Steve Waugh. He also took the wicket of Asanka Gurusinha in Sri Lanka's first innings amidst four economical overs. However, Ponting's performance was overshadowed by Australian umpire Darrell Hair no-balling Muralitharan for throwing on seven occasions, increasing tensions between the two teams. Ponting's fellow Tasmanian Boon retired after the Third Test, and Ponting's performances were not as strong at number six in the batting order, managing six and 20. Australia won yet again, sweeping the series 3–0, and Ponting was in full praise of Boon. "I would have hated to be the first person to come through from Launceston and make it but he has proved it can be done", Ponting said a year before his Test debut. Ponting ended his debut Test series with 193 runs at 48.25. Though Ponting's appearances for Tasmania continued to be limited, he was still able to top the 1995–96 season averages with 59.50. He played in all ten games of the World Series ODI Cup played between Australia, Sri Lanka and the West Indies after the Test series. Ponting started the series at number four but moved up a position midway through the season, after opener Michael Slater was dropped. He broke through for his maiden ODI century in his 12th match, scoring 123 from 138 balls against Sri Lanka at the MCG. However, the effort was not enough to prevent Sri Lanka from victory. Ponting ended his first home ODI tournament with 341 runs at 34.10, including one century and three fifties, as Australia ended as series champions. 1996 World Cup A Tamil Tiger bombing in Colombo coupled with death threats to some members of the team forced Australia to forfeit their scheduled 1996 Cricket World Cup match against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Ponting batted in the number three position for the entire tournament, and scored six in Australia's opening match victory over Kenya. He continued to be inconsistent with scores of 12 and 33 against India and Zimbabwe, before becoming the youngest batsman to score a World Cup century, when he scored 102 runs from 112 balls against the West Indies in Jaipur. Ponting wore a cap instead of a helmet to show the West Indians that he did not fear them. The effort was not enough, as Australia lost by four wickets. Australia finished second in their group and faced New Zealand in the quarter-finals. He scored 41 followed by a 15-ball duck in a semi-final victory against the West Indies, as Australia staggered to 8/207. Australia appeared to be heading out of the tournament when the Caribbean team reached 2/165, but a sudden collapse saw Australia win by six runs in the last over. Ponting scored 45 from 73 balls in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, which Australia lost to Sri Lanka. Ponting ended his first World Cup campaign with 229 runs at 32.71. In August, Australia played in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka, after a five-month break since the World Cup. Despite the political environment being more assured than during the World Cup, Australia still struggled to defeat the Sri Lankans, now full of confidence. Australia overpowered Zimbabwe, before going down the home side. They regrouped and defeated India; however, Sri Lanka defeated Australia, this time in the final. Ponting scored: 53, 46 not out, 0 and 17 for the series. With Boon's retirement, Ponting was elevated to the No. 3 position in the Test team, and his first assignment in his new role came in a one-off Test against India at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Foreshadowing his future Test struggles in India, Ponting made 13 and 14 in a seven-wicket defeat. His failed to regain his form in the following Titan Cup involving India, South Africa and Australia. After a "scratchy" game against South Africa, Ponting was rested for the next match against India. Nevertheless, he was recalled for the return match against South Africa, making 17. The series ending poorly for Ponting, being bowled for a duck, as India won the finals. The pair of ODI tournaments on the subcontinent yielded Ponting only 168 runs at 28.00 from seven matches. Ponting continued in the role for the series against the West Indies in 1996–97 in Australia. After two Test matches and three scores under 10, he was replaced by Justin Langer, despite scoring 88 in the First Test. He was out of the team for six months, and missed the remaining three Tests against the West Indies, the three Tests on the tour to South Africa, both series victories to Australia. Many "experts" thought the decision was unjustifiable. Former Australian coach, Bob Simpson, said: "I really feel that Ricky could have been persevered with. He's a fine young cricketer and he'll now have to prove that he's got the tenacity and temperament to go with it." Ponting's axing meant he had time to regain his form in the Sheffield Shield. Despite struggling at first, he scored twin centuries against South Australia in Hobart, and proceeded to score another ton against Queensland. Ponting was selected for the 1997 Ashes tour of England, but did not play in any of the three preceding ODIs. He was not selected for the first three Tests; England won the first, Australia the third, and the second was drawn. Ponting was given three one-dayers and First-class match against Glamorgan to try to push his case for a Test inclusion. He scored a century in the latter, but managed just five against Middlesex in the last match before the Fourth Test. Michael Bevan was eventually dropped for Ponting, due to poor form and troubles against the short ball. In his first Ashes Test, Ponting scored his first Test century (127, batting at No. 6). He played the last three Tests and ended the series with 241 runs at 48.20. At the time Australia had a policy of the selecting the same team for ODIs, so Ponting only played in three ODIs in early stages of the 1996–97 season in Australia, scoring 68 runs at 22.66 in December 1996 before being dropped. Ponting scored 119 runs at 39.66 in the three-Test home series against New Zealand in 1997–98, including a breezy 73 not out from 85 balls in the second innings of the First Test in Brisbane to help Australia set a winning target. He then made his first Test century on Australian soil, scoring 105 in the First Test against South Africa at the MCG. He added a fifty in the next match and ended the series with 248 runs at 49.60. Ponting has his most successful ODI season to date, scoring 462 runs at 57.75 in the annual tri-series, including a 100 against New Zealand and three fifties. The 100 was Ponting's third ODI century, but Australia had lost all three matches. He scored 76 in the third and deciding final against South Africa, which Australia won. In a brief four-match ODI tour of New Zealand at the end of the season, Ponting scored 76 runs at 25.33. 1998 tours of the subcontinent and Ashes Just 10 days after their tour of New Zealand, Australia played in a first-class warm-up match in India, ahead of their three match Test series. Sachin Tendulkar struck a double century in the opening warm-up match as the Australian bowlers struggled to cope with the conditions. Ponting came into the Test series with first-class scores of 53, 37 and 155 behind him. Batting at five and seven in the batting order respectively, he scored 18 in the first innings and two in the second on a "dusty turning track" in the opening Test in Chennai. Despite conceding a 71 first innings lead, Tendulkar struck 155 in India's second innings, as India won by 169 runs. Australia suffered further humiliation in the second Test at Eden Gardens. India—whom amassed 5/633 in reply to Australia's 233—went onto win by an innings and 16 runs, as Ponting scored 60 and nine. Several days after the match, Ponting was thrown out of Equinox night club in Kolkata. The Indian media reported that Ponting was misbehaving with several women in the nightclub. Ponting was fined $1000 by Australian team management for the incident, and later apologised to staff. In the following Test in Bangalore, Australia won their first Test in India for 29 years, despite 177 not out from Tendulkar, which gave India a slender first innings lead. Ponting scored 16 his only innings as Australia won by eight wickets. He finished the series with 105 runs at 21.00 as the hosts took the Tests 2–1. Despite a poor Test series, Ponting's form in ODIs remained strong. In consecutive tournaments in India and Sharjah following the Tests, Ponting scored 467 runs at 51.88. In addition to three fifties, Ponting scored 145 from 158 balls in the Pepsi Cup against Zimbabwe in Delhi, equalling Dean Jones' Australian record. Ponting also had his first confrontation with Harbhajan Singh, an Indian off spinner who went on to have much success against him. In the Coca-Cola Cup series ODI against India in April, he and Mark Waugh put on more than 80 runs in 12 overs before Harbhajan was introduced into the attack. In the spinners second over, Ponting took him for four then lofted him over mid-wicket for six next ball. The following delivery saw Ponting use his feet in an attempt to get to the pitch of the ball but missed the shot and was consequently stumped. After the dismissal the pair clashed verbally. Ponting wrote, "The Sharjah incident was the result of me being over-competitive but it had the potential to get quite nasty. I was really disappointed with the shot I played [to get dismissed] and when I looked up Harbahjan was right in my face giving me the finger [gesturing for Ponting to leave the ground with his index finger] and really mouthing off. Had he been a few more metres away from me I would have not reacted like I did or at the most I would have given him a bit of lip as I walked past. I just over-reacted to the provocation." Both players were consequently fined ($500) and reprimanded by the match referee, with Harbhajan also suspended for a single ODI as he was adjudged to have breached the ICC Cricket Code of Conduct. On the subsequent tour of Pakistan less than six months later, Ponting was dropped in favour of Darren Lehmann. The left-hander was perceived to be a better player of spin and a better prospect on the dry pitches of the Indian subcontinent than Ponting. In the first Test starting in October, Lehmann scored 98 in Rawalpindi, as Australia won their first Test in Pakistan in 39 years. Ponting's only Test outing was in a high-scoring second Test draw in Peshawar, when he scored 76 not out and 43 as Lehmann was injured. The match saw Mark Taylor equal Don Bradman's Australian record score of 334, when he declared Australia's innings overnight on 4/599, despite being not out. Ponting was replaced by Lehmann for the final Test. In between the Tests and the ODIs, Australia were knocked out of the 1998 Wills International Cup, starting in late October, when they were defeated by India in their opening match. In a knockout based tournament, Tendulkar scored 141 in India's total of 307; meanwhile, Ponting managed a 53 ball 41, in a 44 run defeat. In a tournament hosted in Bangladesh, South Africa were eventual victors, defeating the West Indies in the final. He played in all the following ODIs against Pakistan, which Australia won 3–0. In the final match, Ponting scored 124 not out from 129 balls, as Australia chased down 316 with six wickets to spare. He finished the series with 215 runs at 107.50. When the Australians returned for the home series against England, Ponting was "in the worst run-scoring groove in his first-class career." Nevertheless, he was recalled in place of Lehmann, despite the latter's form in Pakistan. This was explained on the basis of "horses for courses"; it was reasoned that Ponting would be more effective against England's pace-oriented bowling attack. However, Ponting struggled in the first three Tests, scoring 47 runs at 11.75, and Lehmann regained his spot for the last two matches. He had played 22 Tests by the end of 1998, with 1,209 runs at an average of 36.63. Ponting was a permanent fixture in the ODI team throughout this period, and scored 322 runs at 46.00 during the Carlton & United (CUB series) series of 1998–99. 1999–2002: The road back to the Australian side Mark Taylor retired from international cricket on 2 February 1999, and was replaced by ODI captain Steve Waugh. Lehmann failed to make much impact in the final two Ashes Tests and was dropped for the 1998–99 tour of the West Indies, while Ponting was recalled. Ponting's ability against pace-bowling helped his push for inclusion, as the West Indies typically relied entirely on pacemen. However, he was unable to force his way into the side in the first two tests, with number three, Justin Langer, and number six, Greg Blewett, cementing their places in the side. Before the third Test, Blewett suffered a hand injury and Ponting was recalled into the side. On a pitch that became increasingly flat throughout the day, Ponting—who came to the crease with the score at 4–144—joined Steve Waugh in a 281 partnership. After Waugh survived one of Ambrose's "more threatening spells", he scored 199 and Ponting 104. He "batted with maturity and even temperament associated with the champions of the game", according to Waugh. Australia collapsed in their second innings to be bowled out for 146, with Ponting scoring 22. Left with a record run-chase in Barbados, the West Indies won by a single wicket, thanks to an unbeaten Brian Lara century. Australia had to win the Fourth and final Test in Antigua to retain the series, after going down 2–1. Ponting scored 21 and 21 not out in the match, as Australia won by 176 runs. The following seven-match ODI series was not a success for Ponting, scoring just 74 runs at 14.80 in five matches. The series was drawn at 3-all and included a tie. First World Cup success (1999) Australia started their 1999 World Cup campaign in England with success against minnows Scotland, before defeats by Pakistan and New Zealand. Ponting scored, 33, 47 and 49 respectively. After the twin defeats, pundits doubted whether Australia could make the semi-finals let alone win the tournament. Australia then defeated Bangladesh with 30 overs to spare, as Ponting batted out of his usual number three spot for the only time in the tournament. In an attempt to increase the run-rate with pinch hitter Brendon Julian, Ponting scored an unbeaten 18 from 10 balls at number four. Ponting scored 20, 23 and 36 in the following matches against the West Indies, India and Zimbabwe. In the last match of the Super Six stage of the tournament, Australia were to play South Africa in a match they needed to win to make the semi-finals. South Africa batted first and scored 271, before Australia slumped to 3/48. Steve Waugh joined Ponting in the middle and scored 22 runs in ten overs. Both then agreed increase the scoring in a mid-pitch conversation. South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis could not bowl because of strained abdominal muscles and the batting pair attacked the replacement bowlers, scoring 82 from 10 overs. They were involved in a 126-run stand until Ponting fell for 69 scored in 110 balls, including five fours and two sixes. Waugh went on to make 120 off 110 deliveries helping Australia win with two balls to spare. The sides met again in their next match, this time in the semi-final at Edgbaston on 17 June 1999. Australia only managed 213, with Ponting contributing a solid 37 from 48 balls. In reply, South Africa started strongly, talking 45 from the first nine overs without the loss of a wicket. However, Shane Warne dismissed Herschelle Gibbs and Gary Kirsten before long and eventually took 4/29 from 10 overs. The last over started with the Africans needing nine runs with one wicket in hand. Lower-order hitter, Lance Klusener, proceeded to score eight runs in the next two balls. Drama followed, as Donald was run-out two balls later, resulting in a tie. Australia qualified for the final because they finished higher than their opposition on the Super Six table. They comfortably accounted for Pakistan in the final, winning by eight wickets, after they were set a target of 132. Ponting scored 24 in Australia's first World Cup win since 1987. He ended the tournament with 354 runs at 39.33. Australia soon travelled to Sri Lanka for a three-Test series, which they lost 1–0. Ponting was one of Australia's few effective players during the tour and was Man-of-the-Series, ending with 253 runs at 84.33. In the First Test defeat at Kandy, Ponting scored 96 and 51, almost half of Australia's match total of 328 runs. They lost the match by six wickets, partly due to being unable to handle the spin of Muralitharan who took eight wickets. The Second Test was severely interrupted by rain and Ponting scored just one in his only innings. He scored 105 not out in the Third Test in Colombo, his only Test century in Sri Lanka. Despite having a perceived weakness against spin, Ponting played Muralitharan the best out of all the Australian batsmen. He scored 31 as Australia won their inaugural Test against Zimbabwe by nine wickets. In the following ODI series between the respective countries, Ponting scored 288 runs at 57.60 with two fifties. Ponting started the 1999–2000 season poorly, with ducks in his first three Test innings in the series against Pakistan, including a pair on his home ground Bellerive Oval. He ended the run in style, scoring 197 in the Third Test at the WACA. Australia won the series 3–0 and Ponting proceeded to score 125 in the First Test against India at the Adelaide Oval. He finished with an unbeaten 141 in the Third Test at the SCG, the culmination of another Australian whitewash. Ponting was the leading scorer for the series, compiling 375 runs at 125.00. He brought this form into the initial stages of the following 1999–2000 Carlton United ODI series, hitting 32 and 115, before three consecutive ducks. Ponting, however, ended the rut towards the back end of the series, stringing together 53, 43, 33, 50 and 78, as Australia won the tournament. Along with his impressive average of 40.4, Ponting's strike rate (87.06) was the highest of all recognised Australian batsmen. Perhaps more importantly, Ponting was selected as temporary vice-captain when Shane Warne was unavailable through injury, strengthening his claim for future higher honours. "It's now apparent to me that I'm one being viewed as a future Australia captain", Ponting acknowledged in his newspaper column. "I think it's fair to say unless I was being considered for a future leadership position in the team then someone with significantly more experience, like Mark [Waugh] would have been given the nod to be the team's vice-captain. Despite all his good fortune, Ponting slid into the boundary fence and seriously damaged his ankle during the second final against Pakistan, forcing him to miss the upcoming ODI series' in New Zealand and South Africa. The damaged ligaments required a two-hour operation, with doctors telling him how he would not be able to return to cricket until the next summer. He recovered quicker than expected and by May he returned to the golf course and was given approval to start cricket training. He returned to the international scene in August for a three-match ODI series against South Africa in Melbourne's indoor Docklands Stadium. He made only 60 runs, as the series was tied 1–1, with a tie. Ahead of the first Test of the 2000–01 season in November, Ponting found form while playing for Tasmania. He scored 233 against a strong Queensland bowling team that included Andy Bichel, Adam Dale and Ashley Noffke. The innings included 37 boundaries and four sixes, and was so dominant, the next highest score for the innings was 61. In the second and final first-class match Ponting played for Tasmania in the season, he scored a more sedate 187 against New South Wales in Hobart, assuring him a place in the Test side, despite Damien Martyn (who replaced Ponting in the side when injured) scoring two centuries for Western Australia. Ponting was overlooked the ODI vice-captaincy, with Gilchrist given the role; however, Ponting captained a Northern Territory XI against the West Indies in the lead-up to the upcoming series. Though not known for extravagant claims, Steve Waugh told a journalist that Ponting could easily be the best batsman in the world, and put him alongside Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara. When Jamie Cox was selected for Australia A, Ponting was selected as captain of Tasmania for a domestic one-dayer against Victoria in December. His men won by nine wickets, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 64 from 69 balls. Australia white-washed the West Indies 5–0 in the Test series; Ponting scored a modest 242 runs at 40.33, with a high score of 92. Defeat in India and 2001 Ashes Injury aside (he missed a three-Test tour of New Zealand in early 2000 after hurting his ankle in a fielding mishap in an ODI Final at Sydney), his position was now secured. Australia toured India in between February and April for three Tests and five ODIs. Australia had not won a Test series in India since 1969. Australian captain Steve Waugh began calling this the "Final Frontier". Australia lost the series 2–1 after winning the first Test, and Ponting finished with just 17 runs at an average of 3.4. He was dismissed all five times by Harbhajan Singh. Ponting had a habit of instinctively rocking onto the front foot and thrusting his wrists at Harbhajan's deliveries and was frequently caught in the bat pad positions because of this. Despite this recent run of poor scores, Ponting was promoted to the key No. 3 position in the Australian batting order at the expense of the dropped Justin Langer, while Damien Martyn took Ponting's former spot at No. 6, for the very next Test series, the 2001 Ashes tour of England. Ponting began the series poorly, scoring 11, 14, 4, 14 and 17—the first four dismissals all to Darren Gough. In the first innings of the fourth Test, Ponting stood his ground while on 0 after edging to slips and refused to go off the field without a TV replay. Replays revealed that the ball had been grassed and Ponting subsequently went on to score 144 and 72 in the second innings. He scored his 216 runs in only 226 balls. In doing so, he repeated his feat in 1997 of returning to form at Headingley. He ended the series with 338 runs at 42.25. Starting with that 2001 Ashes series he has batted No. 3 in all but four of his Test innings. The touring New Zealanders were not expected to provide much of a challenge to the in-form Australians during the three-match Test series starting in November. The opening Test in Brisbane, saw the tourists came within 11 runs of victory, before the Test was drawn; partly to do with inclement weather. Ponting scored five and a run-a-ball 32 not out in Australia's second innings, as they pushed for a declaration. After scoring 4, 0 and 0 in his previous Test outings at Bellerive Oval, Ponting broke through with a man-of-the-match performance of 157 not out in the Second Test, before further rain resulted in another draw. The result of the Third Test in Perth was no different, with Ponting scoring 31 and 26. Set a record 440 to win, Australia finished on 7/381 at stumps on the final day, despite half-centuries from Gilchrist and the Waugh twins. He ended the Test season 366 runs at 52.28. 2002–2004: Appointment as One Day International captain Appointment as One Day International captain Although the Test team had continued to perform well, sweeping South Africa 3–0 in the home series in 2001–02, the One-Day International (ODI) team suffered a slump, failing to qualify for the finals of the triangular tournament, leading to the dropping of Steve Waugh from the one-day team in February 2002. Ponting was elevated to the captaincy, ahead of then vice-captain Adam Gilchrist. The fortunes of the ODI team revived immediately, and Ponting's men won their first series during the tour of South Africa, defeating the team that had won the tournament which ended Waugh's reign. Following his elevation to the ODI captaincy, Ponting played a prominent role in the Test tour of South Africa. He scored 100 not out to steer Australia to a four-wicket win in the Second Test in Cape Town, bringing up the winning runs with a six from the bowling of Paul Adams. He struck 89 in the Third Test and ended the series with 308 runs at 77.25 with a strike rate of 76.48. Australia entered the seven-match ODI series without both of the Waugh twins. Ponting was prominent in the 3–0 whitewash of Pakistan on neutral territory in late 2002. He struck 141 in the First Test in Colombo and 150 in the Third Test in Sharjah to end with 342 runs at 85.50. 2002–03 Ashes victory and first World Cup success as captain England toured for the 2002–03 Australian season, and Ponting struck 123 in the First Test in Brisbane. His form continued with 154 in the Second Test in Adelaide, meaning that he had scored four centuries in five Tests. Australia won the latter match by an innings and Ponting scored 68 in the Third Test in Perth as Australia took an unassailable 3–0 lead. He was unable to pass fifty in the final two Tests and ended the series with 417 runs at 52.12. Australia won the VB series held between and after the Tests. After the conclusion of the Third Test, Australia's 30-man squad for upcoming 2003 World Cup was announced. Steve Waugh was a somewhat surprising omission, despite being unable to force his way back into the ODI team since being dropped after team disappointment in the 2001–02 VB Series. Ponting scored a slow 18 from 30 deliveries in Australia's victory in the opening match of the 2002–03 VB series against England in Sydney. He proceeded to score 119 from 123 balls (nine fours and three sixes) in Australia's second match of the series—again against England, this time at the MCG—sharing an all wicket record Australian ODI partnership of 225 with Adam Gilchrist in the process. Despite a comfortable Australian victory, Warne dislocated his right shoulder while diving to stop a ball. The success continued through the 2002–03 ODI series in Australia. Winning the finals series against England 2–0. Australia hit trouble on the personnel front in the lead up to the World Cup. Lehmann was handed a seven-match ban for racial abuse, the world's number 1 ranked ODI batsman Michael Bevan was injured, as was all rounder Shane Watson, who had to withdraw from the World Cup. At the time, another all-rounder, Andrew Symonds, had been performing poorly and had been heavily maligned by cricket analysts, but Ponting strongly advocated his inclusion. The selectors granted Ponting his wish, although the decision was considered highly controversial, especially with Waugh campaigning for his recall as an all-rounder. A few days before the tournament started, Australia were in further turmoil, when leading bowler Shane Warne was sent home and a replacement could not be flown in until after the first match. With Bevan and Lehmann still sidelined, Australia went into their opening match with little choice over their line-up, and Symonds having to play. However, Symonds repaid Ponting's faith with an unbeaten 140 after Australia lost three quick wickets to be in early trouble. Australia beat Pakistan, and gained further momentum by defeating India by nine wickets in less than half their allotted overs in the next match. Symonds continued to put in a series of match-winning performances and continued to be strongly backed by Ponting from then on. Ponting himself performed solidly with 53 against Pakistan and 24 not out, hitting the winning runs to guide Australia home. He failed to perform in the rest of the group matches including just 2 against Namibia and 18 against England in a poor performance which Australia managed to win just. He began the Super Six stage with a massive 114 against Sri Lanka. This innings included 4 sixes and he was very aggressive. He failed in the rest of the Super Six stage and the semi-final against the same opposition (Sri Lanka). In the Final, they met India, who they had crushed in the group stage. Indian captain Sourav Ganguly controversially sent the Australians in to bat, citing cloud cover, but Ponting's batsmen attacked immediately and put the Indian bowlers under pressure. They went on to score 359–2, a record for a world cup final by over 100 runs. Ponting top-scored with a brilliant 140 not out from 121 balls. India's batsmen could not cope with the target, and were defeated by a record (for World Cup Final matches) 125 runs. "I have had some amazing times and some proud moments in my career, but the events at the Wanderers have topped the lot. Lifting the World Cup alongside 20 other proud Australians ... [It is] without doubt the best moment of my cricketing life." Ponting led his team to a dominant, undefeated, performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, winning all 11 of their matches. Ponting was announced as long-term vice-captain in place of Adam Gilchrist for Australia's away series in the Caribbean starting in April 2003. The first Test was not the first time Ponting had been vice-captain of the Australian Test team however, as he was thrust into the role against the West Indies in 2000 and England in 2001—because of injuries to Steve Waugh. Although Gilchrist had not done anything untoward, Ponting was elevated because Australian selectors wanted him to captain if Waugh was to be injured. This was Ponting's third tour to the Caribbean, and he was rested from the only warm-up match ahead of the Tests. Nevertheless, he continued his World Cup form in the First Test, scoring 117 and 42 not out on a slow and low pitch, as Australia won by nine wickets. Ponting scored his first double century (206) in the Second Test, as he and Darren Lehmann shared an Australian third-wicket partnership record of 315 against a weak bowling attack. Australia defeated the West Indies by 118 runs on the final day—retaining the Frank Worrell Trophy. The Tasmanian's rich vein of form continued in the Third Test, after being rested for a tour match against Barbados. He scored 113 before running himself out, as Australia batted first on a pitch at the Kensington Oval described as the slowest Waugh had played on. Waugh's men proceeded to take a 3–0 series, with a comfortable nine-wicket victory. Ponting missed the final Test, as Australia conceded the Test record run chase of 418; nevertheless, Ponting was still awarded the man-of-the-series award, after ending the series with 523 runs at 130.75. 5,000 Test runs Main articles: Bangladesh cricket team in Australia in 2003 and Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 Test cricket record Matches Runs Best Average 100s 50s Home 92 7578 257 56.97 23 5 Away 71 5360 206 45.81 16 17 Neutral 5 440 150 55.00 2 7 Ponting then scored 10 and 59 as Australia recorded comfortable innings victories in their inaugural series against Bangladesh, played in Darwin and Cairns in the tropical north of Australia in the winter of 2003. In the third and final match of the ODI series following the Tests, Ponting scored a composed century, as he and Michael Bevan put on a run-a-ball 127-run stand. Australia's cricket summer started in October; a month earlier than usual because of their ODI series in India following their home series against Zimbabwe. Due to the season's early start, many of the Australian players were not match fit. McGrath missed the series with an ankle injury, while there were concerns about whether Australia should be playing Zimbabwe because of Robert Mugabe's regime. The first Test started on 9 October in Perth, as Australia started strongly batted first against a Zimbabwean bowling attack that lacked penetration on a flat WACA wicket. However, Ponting was dismissed leg before wicket for 37, while Hayden went on to break Brian Lara's world record Test score of 375. Australia won the Test by an innings and 175 runs on the final day. In the next Test at the SCG Australia fielded an inexperienced team due to injuries and won by nine wickets; sweeping the series 2–0. Ponting struck 169 and 53 not out, and passed 5,000 Test runs during his first innings century. The Australian number three ended the two-match series with 259 runs at 129.50. In the midst of the lack of public attention and poor crowds, Ponting wrote how he was unsure whether Bangladesh and Zimbabwe should be playing Test cricket. Australia flew to India two-day after the conclusion of the Zimbabwean series to play in the TVS Cup against India and New Zealand. They opened their campaign on 26 October against India in Gwalior, but were defeated by 37 runs, as Ponting was dismissed for two. Australia played New Zealand in match three of series in Faridabad. An early 9 am start saw New Zealand bowled out for 97, despite Australia bowling 17 wides. Australia comfortably reached the target, losing only two wickets in the process; one of which was Ponting for 12, who felt that he was "in terrible form.". Before Australia's next game, Ponting was named the Wisden International Cricketer of the Year in an award ceremony in Mumbai. Two days later, the city saw Australia defeat India by 77 runs, helped by Ponting's 31. He continued his run without a large score, managing just 16 in the fifth match of the series against New Zealand; however, Australia won a hard-fought contest. He regained his form in a victory over New Zealand in match—scoring 52 in Guwahati. Ponting improved further against India in match eight in Bangalore. After Gilchrist scored his first ODI century against India, Ponting scored an unbeaten 108 from 103 balls, to help Australia win by 61 runs. Ponting hit seven sixes and one four, becoming the first batsman to end up with only one four in an ODI century. Ponting struggled to come to terms with the pitch early, reaching his 50 in 69 balls, before scoring his next 50 in 31 deliveries. After defeating New Zealand, India qualified for the final against Australia. Batting first in Kolkata, Australia managed 5/235, as Ponting scored 36. India were bowled out for 198, leaving Australia victors by 37 runs. He finished the series with 296 runs—the third highest run-scorer—at an average of 42.83. Most runs by an Australian in a calendar year (2003) Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04 After making 54 and 50 in the rain-drawn First Test in Brisbane, Ponting scored double-centuries in back-to-back Tests against India, in the Second Test at Adelaide (242) and at Melbourne (257, his career high). He hit 31 not out in the second innings in Melbourne as Australia levelled the series 1–1 and scored 25 and 47 in the drawn Fourth Test in Sydney to end as the leading run-scorer for the series, with 706 runs at 100.85. Harbhajan had been sent home after the First Test with an injury to his spinning finger. Having also scored 206 at Port-of-Spain earlier in the year, he became only the second player (Sir Donald Bradman the other) to hit three double-centuries in a calendar year. Ponting's 242 against India at Adelaide is also the highest ever Test score by a batsman whose team was subsequently defeated in the match. After Steve Waugh's retirement at the beginning of 2004 following the drawn home series against India, Ponting assumed the Test captaincy. Since 1997 the Australian team has not always had the same captain for Tests and for ODIs, with Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh being dropped from the ODI team whilst still the Test captain. 2004–2008: Appointment as Test captain Main articles: 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2004–05, and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2004–05 Ponting started with a 3–0 clean sweep of the Test series in Sri Lanka. Ponting brought Symonds into the Test team on the back of strong ODI form, rather than first-class cricket, replacing Simon Katich, who had scored a century and unbeaten fifty in the last Test. However, this backfired and Symonds was dropped after two Tests. Nevertheless, it was a far cry from Australia's last two Test campaigns in Sri Lanka, which had resulted in a 1–0 and 0–1 results respectively. Individually though, Ponting struggled, especially in comparison to his efforts in 1999. He scored 198 runs at 33.00, his only effort beyond 30 being 92 in the first innings of the Third Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo. Australia hosted Sri Lanka for two Tests during the winter, in the tropical north. Ponting missed the victory in the First Test in Darwin due to a family bereavement, and scored 22 and 45 as the Second Test in Cairns was drawn. Despite their success at World Cups, Australia continued their failure to win the ICC Champions Trophy. They were knocked out by hosts England in the semifinals in 2004. After missing most of the tour of India due to injury, Ponting returned for the Fourth Test. By this time, Australia had taken an unassailable 2–0 series lead, his deputy Gilchrist leading the tourists to their first Test series win in India since 1969–70. Leading spinner Shane Warne injured himself on the eve of the match, which was played on a very dry pitch at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Off spinner Nathan Hauritz and leg spinner Cameron White, who were not regular wicket-takers in domestic cricket, were surprise selections ahead of Stuart MacGill for the tour. The reasoning given by the selectors was that as they intended to play only one spinner—Warne—MacGill was unlikely to play so they would not lose anything by taking some young spinners instead, in order to gain experience. However, it was too late for MacGill to be flown in, and Hauritz played and took 5/103. Ponting made 11 and 12 and Australia lost a low-scoring match in less than two days' equivalent playing time. Ponting was very vocal in criticising the playing surface after the match. Ponting oversaw a successful campaign in the 2004–05 Australian season. They won all five Tests, defeating New Zealand 2–0 and Pakistan 3–0. Ponting scored 145 runs at 72.50 against New Zealand in a winning start to his Test captaincy on home soil. For his performances in 2004, he was named as captain of both the World Test XI and ODI XI by ICC. Up to this point, Ponting's prolific form with the bat in 2003 had tapered away following his ascension to the captaincy and he had not made a century in eight Tests, a long period by his standards. In the First Test against Pakistan in Perth, Ponting made 98 in the second innings. Australia went on to crush the visitors by over 400 runs. Ponting struck 62 not out in the second innings as Australia won by nine wickets in the Second Test in Melbourne, and then brought up his maiden century as captain, scoring 207 in the New Year's Test in Sydney, which ended in another convincing nine-wicket triumph. He ended the series with 403 runs at 100.75. Australia then won a three-Test tour against New Zealand away 2–0. Ponting ended the series in style, scoring 105 and 86 not out in the Third Test win in New Zealand. In his first Test series in the country, he scored 293 runs at 97.66. Australia lose an Ashes series for the first time since 1987 Main articles: 2005 Ashes series and ICC Super Series 2005 Australia lost to England 2–1 after starting the series as favourites. Ponting thus became the first Australian captain since Allan Border in 1986–87 to lose an Ashes series. The 2005 series was hailed as one of the great Test series, but Ponting faced significant criticism afterwards and his tenure as captain was questioned. In his defence, Ponting said that Australia had simply been outplayed and had not stepped up at crucial moments in the matches. He rejected suggestions that Shane Warne should be captain in his stead. After the first two matches the score was 1–1, having lost Glenn McGrath during the warm-up at Edgbaston and falling short of victory by just 3 run. England had the upper hand throughout the third Test at Old Trafford, where Australia needed to bat through the last day to force a draw. Ponting scored 156, the first Australian century of the series, and was dismissed only four overs from the end of the day. This left Australia nine wickets down but their final pair survived the remaining overs. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, Australia again batted poorly and was forced to follow-on. In the second innings, Ponting was well set on a score of 48, and England was in some difficulty due to an injury to key paceman Simon Jones, when the Australian captain was run out by a direct hit from the substitute fielder (Gary Pratt). Australia went on to lose the match, despite a spirited fightback with the ball on the last day. Also in this match Ponting bowled six overs, and took his first wicket since March 1999; Michael Vaughan caught behind by Adam Gilchrist. The Fifth Test at The Oval was curtailed by rain and although Australia had the English batsmen in danger on the final day, a rearguard counterattacking partnership by Kevin Pietersen and Ashley Giles on the final afternoon secured a draw for the hosts. Thus, the Ashes were lost for the first time in 16 years. The setback to Australia, and to Ponting as Australian captain, of the 2005 Ashes defeat, was to prove a strong motivation for the Australian camp to improve their standards and overcome any complacency that may have arisen from Australia's being the world's premier cricketing nation for a decade. Prior to the Ashes defeat, Australia's dominance had prompted the ICC to organise a series against a World XI, immediately after the Ashes. Following the Ashes defeat, Australia were expected to struggle against the World XI, but bounced back to whitewash them 3–0 in the ODIs; they also won the only Test easily, Ponting scoring 46 and 54. However, the series was also criticised due to the apparent lack of collective desire of the World XI, who were regarded more as a collection of individuals. Twin centuries in 100th Test Main articles: 2005–06 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy and South African cricket team in Australia in 2005–06 Australia were untroubled during the 2005–06 home season—whitewashing the West Indies 3–0 before defeating South Africa 2–0 in three Tests. They then toured South Africa and recorded a 3–0 whitewash in the Tests. In the series against the West Indies, Ponting scored a century in each innings of the First Test in Brisbane, 149 and 104 not out. In his first Test as captain in front of the Tasmanian public, Ponting managed 17 and 0 not out, and he ended the series with 329 runs at 82.25. Ponting was in a rich vein of form against the South Africans. After scoring 71 and 53 in the drawn First Test in Perth, Ponting scored 117 on Boxing Day in the Second Test at the MCG. Australia won the match and Ponting scored 120 and 143 not out to end the series and start the New Year with a dramatic win in the Third Test at the SCG. South African captain Graeme Smith declared on the final morning of a rain-curtailed match and tried to open up the game in a bid to equal the series. He left Australia a target of 287 runs in 76 overs, and Ponting made 143 not out in only 159 balls to secure an eight-wicket win. It was the first time anyone had scored two centuries in their 100th Test and Ponting was named man of the match and man of the series. He had scored 515 runs at 103.00. For his performances in 2005, he was named once again as captain of the World Test XI by ICC. Australia's first Champions Trophy victory Main articles: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06, Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005–06, and 2006 ICC Champions Trophy In 2005 Ponting began using cricket bats with a graphite covering over the wooden blade of the bat, as did other players contracted to Kookaburra Sport. This was ruled by the MCC to have contravened Law 6.1, which states that bats have to be made of wood, although they may be "covered with material for protection, strengthening or repair not likely to cause unacceptable damage to the ball". Ponting and Kookaburra agreed to comply, before the series against South Africa. Australia continued their run in South Africa even in the absence of McGrath for family reasons. Ponting scored 103 and 116 in the Second Test in Durban, making it three Test centuries in consecutive innings at the ground. He ended the series with 348 runs at 58.00. Remarkably his performance at Durban meant that Ponting had scored twin centuries in three separate Tests between November 2005 and March 2006, as part of 1192 runs at 79.5 in nine matches over the same period. On 12 March 2006 Ponting scored 164 in only 105 balls in the 5th ODI against South Africa in Johannesburg, as Australia made a record total of 434 for 4, only to be beaten by South Africa's 438 for 9. At the end of the match Ponting was jointly awarded Man of the Match with Herschelle Gibbs. Ponting was not happy with the performance and once in the dressing rooms delivered "the biggest spray" he hoped to do while captain of Australia. The Australians moved on to their maiden Test tour of Bangladesh thereafter, and narrowly avoided an ignominious loss in the First Test at Fatullah. After the home side took an unexpected first innings lead, Ponting scored an unbeaten 118 in the second innings to guide his team to a three-wicket win. He scored 52 in the Second Test as Australia won by an innings and took the series 2–0. Australia won the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy in India, finally winning the ODI tournament that had eluded them despite their World Cup success. After the final in Mumbai, Ponting drew some criticism for appearing to ask BCCI president and Indian cabinet minister Sharad Pawar to "leave the podium" and pointing towards the exit with his finger, while his teammate Damien Martyn pushed him gently in the back so that his team could commence celebrations. The issue, while minor, was solved when Ponting issued a formal apology to Pawar. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC. For his performances in 2006, he was named as captain of the World Test XI by ESPNcricinfo. Ashes regained and 10,000 ODI runs at 2007 World Cup Main articles: 2006-07 Ashes series, 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2007 ICC World Twenty20, and Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08 See also: List of batsmen who have scored over 10000 One Day International cricket runs In November 2006, the England cricket team again took on Australia in the first Test of a five Test series that was widely expected to be a tremendous contest between Australia, the top team on the world cricket rankings, and the England team, whose aggregated results over the last few years had it standing second in the rankings. Despite Australia this time having the advantage of playing on its own soil, the England team that had wrested the Ashes from the Australians was expected to be highly competitive. In the First Test in Brisbane, Ponting top-scored in Australia's first innings with 196 runs, and he followed this up with 60 not out in the second as Australia took the initiative with a commanding win. In the Second Test in Adelaide, Ponting top-scored with 142, helping Australia to a total of 513 in response to England's 6/551. Australia went on to win the match by six wickets after a last day English collapse, Ponting making 49 in the chase. At the conclusion of the match, Ponting's batting average peaked at 59.99. The Third Test played at the WACA Ground saw another win to Australia by 206 runs to reclaim the Ashes; Ponting made 2 and 75. The 15 months they had been in English hands was the shortest period either nation had held the urn. Further wins in Melbourne and Sydney, made Ponting's team the second team (after Warwick Armstrong's Australian team in 1920–21) to win an Ashes series 5–0, and that against what had been thought to be a formidable team, the second strongest cricketing team in the world. Ponting was awarded Man of the Series for the 2006–07 Ashes series after scoring 576 runs at an average of 82.29 including 2 centuries and 2 half centuries. For his performances in 2006, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC. Australia then started the ODI series well, qualifying in first place for the final. However, they stumbled and lost 2–0 to England in the finals. Ponting was then rested for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy ahead of the World Cup, and in his absence, the Australians were whitewashed 3–0, leading to suggestions that his team had slumped just ahead of the most important ODI tournament in world cricket. Australia left for St Vincent, Australia's venue for its two warm-up matches against Zimbabwe and England on 28 February without Brett Lee because of ankle damage. In the first warmup game against Zimbabwe, Ponting scored just 2 in Australia's 106 run victory. In Australia's second and last warm up game, this time against England, Ponting again failed to make an impact, scoring just 7 before he was bowled by off-spinner Jamie Dalrymple. Australia started its World Cup campaign with three group matches played at Warner Park, St Kitts. Ponting himself began successfully with an innings of 113 from 93 deliveries that included five sixes, as Australia were dominant in 203-run victory against Scotland. Despite scoring just 23 in the next match against the Netherlands, Australia still amassed 358 and proceeded to win by 229 runs. In their next match against South Africa, Australia amassed 377/6—their highest score in World Cups. Ponting also scored 91 from 91 balls, and became the seventh player to score 10,000 ODI runs. Despite South Africa being 160 without loss in the 21st over, they crumbled, losing 9 wickets for just 74 runs. Australia comfortably qualified for the Super Eights with their first match played at the new Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. Ponting stated that he was not very impressed with the outfield labelling it "ridiculously sandy". The Australian captain was run out when on 35, with his team amassing 322 mainly thanks to 158 from Hayden. In a match spread out over two days, Australia comfortably defeated the home side by 103 runs. In their next match, Australia come up against lowly Bangladesh in another rain interrupted affair. This time the match was shortened to 22 overs a side. In the end Australia won by 10 wickets with Ponting not getting a chance to bat. In their next match against England, again in Antigua, Ponting scored a half-century, guiding Australia to a seven-wicket victory. After not getting a bat in Australia's rout of Ireland in Barbados, Ponting steered Australia to victory in their next match against Sri Lanka in Grenada, with 66 not out. Grenada was again the venue for Australia's final super eights match, this time against New Zealand. Again amongst the runs, Ponting produced a fluent 66 that included seven boundaries, with his team wrapping up their biggest victory of the tournament. With his men now firm favourites for the tournament, they again came up against South Africa in the semi-final. South Africa, who were reeling at 27/5, ended up setting Australia 150 to win. Although Ponting scored 22, Australia easily dispatched South Africa by 7 wickets. He was named as captain of the 'Team of the Tournament' by ESPNcricinfo. For his performances in 2007, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC and ESPNcricinfo. Third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs Main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008 The tour of the West Indies was the first overseas Test series for Australia in 25 months, and the first for Ponting's new look bowling attack. In five previous Test series in 1999 and 2003, he averaged 98.71, with four hundreds. He also averaged 42.80 in 25 ODIs from four tours—1995, 1999, 2003 and the 2007 World Cup. After eight months of consecutive cricket from the World Twenty20, Ponting was surprised about how good he was feeling, despite believing that he would be weary from the amount of cricket he had played. In the only warm up match before the series—against a Jamaican XI, the Australians drew controversy from various sections of the media as they chose to wear a sponsors cap over the traditional Baggy Green cap. This was because wicket–keeper Brad Haddin did not want to receive a Baggy Green as he was yet to play in a Test. The rest of the team decided they wanted to look uniform although they wore their Baggy Greens in Jamaica's second innings. Ponting scored 17 in the first innings and 20 not out in the second, as a storm prevented an Australian victory. After winning the toss and electing to bat in the First Test in Kingston, Jamaica, Ponting recorded his 35th Test century and was eventually dismissed for 158 from 224 balls. Despite forcing their way back into contention, the West Indies were defeated by 95 runs. In the Second Test, Ponting became the seventh player and third Australian to score 10,000 Test runs. It took Ponting 118 Tests and 196 innings to achieve the feat, one slower than Tendulkar and Lara. He was dismissed in the following over for 65. Ponting scored 38 in Australia's second innings, as the match ended in a draw. Australia won the third Test, and the Australian captain ended the series with 323 runs at 53.83. Although Australia won the three–Test series handsomely, with a 2–0 margin, they were to face stronger opposition overseas, in the next year. Difficulties were also beginning to appear in the spin department. MacGill, who had taken over 200 wickets in his career despite playing only sporadically due to the presence of Warne, suffered a loss of form and decided to retire during the series. Brad Hogg, the regular ODI spinner had also retired prior to the series, and Beau Casson made his debut in the final Test. After not batting in Australia's Twenty20 loss in Bridgetown, Ponting was rested for the List A 50-over game against the University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI. He returned for the first three ODIs and scored just 87 runs at 29.00, notching up his 300th ODI during the 2nd match. Ponting scored 69 in the third match, before returning home because of a wrist injury. Under the captaincy of Michael Clarke in the final two games, Australia swept the series 5–0. 2008–2011: Decline in form Mixed team performances Main articles: Australian cricket team in India in 2008, South African cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2008–09, and Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2008–09 In 2008, Ponting led the Australians back to India and was under pressure following the confrontations during the Indian tour of Australia earlier in the year. He acknowledged that he was keen to rectify his poor Test batting record in India. In the First Test on a turning pitch in Bangalore, Ponting brought up his first Test century in India, 123 on the first day, although he eventually fell leg before wicket to Harbhajan. Australia had the hosts seven wickets down in their first innings, still more than 320 runs in arrears, but India recovered to salvage a draw after a rearguard effort. In the Second Test in Mohali. Australia were defeated by 320 runs and Ponting was criticised for using part-timer bowlers against the free-scoring Indian batsmen in the second innings, because of a slow over-rate, which is can be penalised by a fine, or in severe instances, a ban to the captain. This meant that he was not able to use pace spearhead Brett Lee significantly. The Third Test in Delhi saw a flat pitch, where India scored 7/613 in its first innings in which Ponting resorted to bowling himself for two overs. Ponting amassed 87 in Australia's first innings score of 577. The match ended in a draw and Australia needed to win in the Fourth Test in Nagpur to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. On the fourth afternoon of the Fourth Test, the Indian batting collapsed, and Australia had an opportunity to bowl them out and chase a target of around 250–300 after the tea break. However, the Australians were a long way behind on their over rate, so in order to avoid a one match suspension, Ponting chose to bowl their part-time spinners and medium pacers such as Michael Clarke, Cameron White and Mike Hussey (who were all unsuccessful in capturing a wicket), as they took less time. In the meantime, captain MS Dhoni and Harbhajan both added half centuries. This drew strong criticism from many commentators, who suggested that their faster bowlers, who had been responsible for the collapse, could have bowled from a shorter run-up. When the fast bowlers were reintroduced, the last four wickets fell quickly. This left Australia chasing 382 runs for victory and they lost by 172 runs to cede the series 2–0. In the first innings, Ponting became Harbhajan's 300th Test wicket and the Australian captain ended the series with 264 runs at 37.71. While below his career standards, it was substantially better than his previous Test efforts in India. Fined in India for a slow over rate, Ponting failed to redress the matter during the subsequent home series against New Zealand, when match referee Chris Broad dealt a second successive fine for being three overs behind in the First Test: Ponting was stripped of thirty per cent of his A$12,750 match fee, twice the punishment of his teammates in accordance with International Cricket Council rules for captains. Australia were largely untroubled by New Zealand, sweeping both Tests. Ponting scored only 100 runs at 33.33. In the first Test against South Africa in Perth, starting in December, Ponting again had to reduce his reliance on his preferred pace bowlers, and rely more on spinners due to a slow over rate. His persistent problems with the over rate prompted some commentators to criticise him for spending too much time during the match conferring with bowlers. In the first innings he scored a duck, and managed 32 in Australia's second innings. Ponting's inexperienced attack had trouble dismissing the opposition batsmen, and South Africa made 4/414, the second highest successful runchase in history to win by six wickets on the final day. Ponting experienced a form slump for much of 2008, albeit in comparison to his usually high standards. However, he again exceeded 1,000 runs in the calendar year. Ponting scored his 37th century in the first innings of the Second Test against South Africa on Boxing Day, and followed that with 99 in the second innings, seemingly a lone stand against the South African bowling attack. The tourists won the match by nine wickets to win the series. Australia thus lost their first home Test series since 1992–93. Australia lost the series 2–1, the first time South Africa had won a Test series against Australian since 1970, and the first on Australian soil. Ponting totalled 285 runs at 47.50 for the series. With the retirement of experienced opening batsman Matthew Hayden—who was replaced by the uncapped 20-year-old Phillip Hughes—the Australian team that toured South Africa in February, March and April 2009 was its most inexperienced since the defections to World Series Cricket. This was further compounded by the loss of Andrew Symonds to injury, who was replaced by the uncapped Marcus North. The bowling attack also required major changes, due to the injuries to Brett Lee and Stuart Clark. Subsequently, paceman Mitchell Johnson was the only bowler with more than four Tests heading into the series. Of the First Test team, Hughes, North, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle and Andrew McDonald had only five Tests between them, with the former three making their debut. Ponting's team took the series 2–1, so Australia maintained their No. 1 Test ranking. Ponting was praised for cobbling together an unexpected win, as South Africa were thought to be stronger on home soil. He scored eighties in the first two Tests, ending with 210 runs at 35.00. For his performances in 2008, he was named as captain once again of the World ODI XI by the ICC. Second Ashes series loss as captain Main articles: 2009 ICC World Twenty20, Australian cricket team in England in 2009, 2009 Ashes series, 2009 ICC Champions Trophy, and Australian cricket team in India in 2009–10 After losing their opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20 to Zimbabwe, Ponting's men were looking for a more positive start to the 2009 edition in England. They opened their campaign in early June against a West Indian outfit that had recently been whitewashed 2–0 in the Test series against England. However, Ponting made a second ball duck in Australia's seven wicket defeat. They played Sri Lanka in their next match, this time at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Ponting hit five boundaries on his 25 before he was bowled trying the run-rate, before Sri Lanka won by six wickets. The defeat consequently eliminated Australia from the tournament. In Australia's two drawn warm-up matches ahead of the 2009 Ashes, Ponting struggled to adjust to the English conditions, somewhat, with a highest score of 71. Nevertheless, he started the Ashes series strongly, scoring 150 in the First Test in Cardiff. In his 38th hundred and eighth in an Ashes series, the Australian number three batsman became just the fourth man to score 11,000 runs in Test cricket. The match ended in a draw and Ponting drew criticism for failing to bowl fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus while England's last-wicket pair of Monty Panesar and Jimmy Anderson were batting to save the match. Ponting could only manage two and 38, as Australia were defeated in the second Test at Lord's—their first Test defeat at the venue since 1934. On 31 July, during the Third Test at Edgbaston, Ponting became the highest Australian run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, overtaking former Australian captain Allan Border's total of 11,174 in his first-innings score of 38. The match was eventually drawn, partly due to poor weather. Australia went on to lose the series 2–1 and Ponting became only the third Australian captain to lose the Ashes twice. Despite not being a selector, Ponting was heavily criticised for Australia not playing Hauritz and his apparent reluctance to put faith in his spinners. He was questioned, particularly on Australia's recent habit of often not playing a specialist/regular spinner. Instances of these were the first three Tests in India, the omission of Krejza for the First Test against New Zealand immediately after taking 12 wickets on debut, and opting for no spinner in the first two Tests in South Africa. On 7 September 2009, Ponting announced his retirement from Twenty20 international cricket in order to prolong his career. He was succeeded as Australian Twenty20 captain by team vice-captain Michael Clarke. Australia came into the Champions Trophy ranked second in ODIs; along with being the events reigning champions. They opened their campaign against an undermanned West Indian outfit who were without prominent players because of an industrial dispute. On a "lively pitch", Ponting top-scored with 79, after reaching his half-century in 63 balls. He hit opening bowler and future nemesis, Kemar Roach, for four boundaries in the seventh over of the match, and scored a six and two fours against the fast-bowler when he was reintroduced into the attack in the 21st over. The innings set up Australia's comfortable 50-run victory. Australia next match against India was abandoned due to rain. Before the weather intervend Ponting had scored 65 from 85 deliveries, before being run out. The result meant Australia needed to defeat Pakistan in their third and final group match for a place in the semi-finals. Though Australia collapsed when Ponting was dismissed for a patient 32 in pursuit of low total they won by two wickets. Australia defeated England by nine wickets in their semi-final, with Ponting scoring an unbeaten 111 from 115 deliveries (12 fours and one six); his 28th ODI century. During the innings, Ponting became the third batsman to score 12,000 ODI runs and was also involved in a record 252-run partnership with Watson—Ponting's seventh double-century stand for Australia in the format; the only player to achieve this feat. Despite Ponting's score of only one in the final in Centurion against New Zealand, Australia won by six wickets—their second consecutive Champions Trophy victory. Ponting was presented with the golden bat award for most runs in the tournament—288 at an average of 72 in four games—and also received the man-of-the-series award, before praising his young side for the title defence. Australia proceeded to tour India for seven ODIs starting in mid-October and ending in early November. In the opening match, Ponting top-scored for Australia with 74 from 85 balls, as his team narrowly escaped defeat. Ponting made just 12 in India's comprehensive victory in the second match, while he scored a slow 59 from 93 balls (four boundaries) in another Indian victory in the third match. The Australian captain stuck a more fluent innings of 52, scored in 59 deliveries in the following fixture. Australia amassed their biggest total of the series in the fifth match, with Ponting contributing a run-a-ball 45. A slow, low, turning wicket was presented to the teams for the sixth ODI in Guwahati. Ponting fought his way to 25 from 57 balls, before falling to Harbhajan, as Australia comfortably chased down India's total of 170 with six wickets remaining. The final match in Mumbai was washed out after a cyclone formed over the Arabian Sea; securing a 4–2 series victory to the injury depleted Australians. "It's probably one of the best one-day series I have ever been involved in, with all the injuries and setbacks at the start of this tour", Ponting said. He ending the series with 267 runs at 44.50. Troubles against the short ball Main articles: West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 and Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2009–10 Leading West Indian batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul returned for the opening Test of the 2009–10 Australian cricket season starting on 26 November in Brisbane, after the industrial dispute was resolved. Ponting scored 55 in an Australian innings victory, before many sections of the media attacked the West Indies lack-lustre performance. Ponting produced scores of 35 and 20 in the following Test in Adelaide, as the touring side responded to their critics by securing a draw. For the first time since 2002, Ponting slid out of the top ten Test batting rankings—dropping to 12th—as Australia faced the prospect of falling to third in the team rankings if they were not able to achieve victory in the final Test of the series. Matters got worse for Ponting, as former Australian fast-bowler Rodney Hogg voiced that he should be sacked as captain and replaced with New South Wales leader Simon Katich. He said the team had become a "boys club" and was not preparing adequately for the future. However, former Australian Test opening batsman Justin Langer labelled Hogg's comments as "rubbish", something that was backed by Katich. In the first innings of the Third and final Test, Ponting was immediately greeted with short pitched bowling. After mis-timing a pull-shot from Roach on his first ball, Ponting was struck on the elbow in the following delivery. After battling through obvious discomfort, Ponting eventually retired hurt on 23 from 25 balls—the only time he had taken such action in his international career. Nevertheless, he did manage to hit two fours and a six from short deliveries in Roach's 12th over. Michael Clarke replaced Ponting at his number three batting position, as the Australia captain did not want to risk further damage to his elbow tendon injury ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan in Melbourne. Nevertheless, Australia collapsed and he eventually came to the wicket at number nine, with Australia at 7/125. The West Indian bowlers again bowled short deliverers to Ponting until he turned one such delivery to short-leg and was dismissed for two. After spending time in a hyperbaric chamber to increase the speed of his recovery from the elbow injury, Ponting recovered sufficiently to play in the Boxing Day Test, the opening match of a three-Test series against Pakistan. Despite still being inconvenienced by the injury, he scored 57 at close to a run-a-ball, before being dismissed by another short pitched delivery for 12 in Australia's second innings. The home side went on to win the match comfortably, and Ponting overtook Shane Warne's record of 91 Test victories and surpassing Steve Waugh as crickets most successful Test captain. Ponting scored 853 runs at 38.77 in 13 Tests in 2009, and scored only one century and seven half-centuries. Nevertheless, his ODI form was more convincing, topping the run-scoring list with MS Dhoni. His 1,198 runs were scored at an average of 42.78, including two centuries and nine half-centuries in 29 matches. Ponting was criticised for choosing to bat on a green pitch for the Second Test. Australia were dismissed for 127, and Ponting was re-dismissed from a short ball, this time for a first-ball duck, and many sections of the media called for him to stop playing the hook and pull shots. He fell for only 11 in the second innings, and when Australia lost their eighth wicket, they were only just over 50 ahead. However, a 123-run ninth-wicket partnership between Michael Hussey and Peter Siddle rescued the home-side, helping them win by 36 runs. After being dropped on zero, Ponting scored his fifth double-century in the Third and final Test in Hobart. His innings helped Australia complete a 3–0 series victory. In the following five ODIs, Ponting could not continue his Hobart form, scoring 125 runs at 25 in the series, boosted by a half-century in the final match; his performances improved in the five ODIs starting soon after against the West Indies. He was named man-of-the-series thanks to his 295 runs at 73.75, including two-half centuries and his 29th ODI century and first in Brisbane during the fourth match. 2010–11 Ashes defeat Australia entered the 2010–11 Ashes series hoping to regain The Ashes from England on home soil as they had four years previously. The First Test in Brisbane was drawn after both sides posted large batting totals. Ponting was caught behind for 10 in the first innings and 51 not out in the second. A barren run followed in the subsequent three Tests, scoring 52 runs in total as Australia lost the series. Ponting became the first Australian captain to lose an Ashes series in Australia since Allan Border in 1987. During the Fourth Test Ponting was involved in an on-field argument with umpires, and was fined 40% of his match fee, which accounted to around $5,400. Ponting missed the Fifth Test due to a finger injury, and Michael Clarke stood in as Australia's captain. Australia's heavy defeat in the series and Ponting's poor run of form caused his position in the team to be questioned. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh suggested dropping him down the batting order; others, such as former Australian batsman and South African captain Kepler Wessels, called for him to relinquish the captaincy to focus on his batting. Yet, for his performances in 2010, he was named as captain of the World ODI XI by the ICC. 2011 World Cup and resignation as captain Ponting retained the captaincy of Australia for the 2011 World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Australia had won the previous three World Cups and entered the tournament as the world's top-ranked ODI team. Australia qualified for the quarter-finals, although Ponting failed to find form, scoring 102 runs in five innings during the group stage of the tournament. Australia met India in the quarter-finals and were defeated by five wickets. Ponting scored 104, his first century in international cricket in over a year. After being knocked out of the tournament, Ponting resigned his position as captain at both Test and ODI levels, endorsed Michael Clarke as his successor, and indicated his intention to continue playing. 2011–2012: Post-captaincy In 2011, Ponting was inducted into Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) 'Best of the Best'. He was selected in Michael Clarke's teams for the tours of Sri Lanka and South Africa in 2011, scoring an important half-century (62) in the fourth innings of the second Test against South Africa in Johannesburg, helping Australia chase down a target of 310 to draw the series 1–1. In the 2011–12 Australian summer, a disappointing series draw with New Zealand gave rise to calls for Ponting to be removed from the team following perceived underperformances. The selectors resisted the calls, selecting Ponting for the Boxing Day Test—the first of a four-Test series against India. Ponting scored two half-centuries in Australia's first Test win, followed by a century (134) in Australia's first innings of the second Test in Sydney. The century was his first in Test cricket in almost two years. His fourth-wicket partnership of 288 runs with Clarke, who went on to make 329 not out, set a new record for the biggest partnership by an Australian pair of batsmen against India. Australia sealed the series win by defeating India in Perth, and in the fourth Test in Adelaide, Ponting and Clarke beat their own record, putting on 386 runs. The partnership was the fourth highest to that point in Australian Test cricket. Ponting's own score was 221. During the innings, he became only the third player and the first Australian (after Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, who were playing in the same match) to pass 13,000 career Test runs. 2012: Test retirement On Australia Day 2012 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for services to cricket and, through the Ponting Foundation, the community. Ponting was promoted to captain in the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia in Michael Clarke's absence due to injury. However, after only two games as captain he was dropped, having scored only 18 runs in 5 games of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. At a press conference thereafter, Ponting conceded, "I don't expect to play one-day international cricket for Australia any more and I'm pretty sure the selectors don't expect to pick me either ... I will continue playing Test cricket and I'll continue playing for Tasmania as well". On 29 November 2012 Ponting announced that he would retire from Test cricket after the WACA test against South Africa. 2013: Tasmania and Surrey After retiring from test cricket, Ponting played out the Sheffield Shield season with eventual champions Tasmania. He was the competition's leading run scorer with 911 runs at an average of 75.91. As a result of his prolific form with the bat, he was named the Sheffield Shield player of the year. He signed on to play for the English County side Surrey during June–July 2013. His score of 192 on debut against Derbyshire was the highest score by a Surrey batsman on their first class debut for the county. Ponting scored an unbeaten 169 against Nottinghamshire in his final first class innings, ensuring his team held on for a draw. During the Ashes 2013, Ponting wrote a regular column for the Daily Mail. At the formal opening of the Bellerive Oval redevelopment in January 2015, it was announced that the new Western Stand would be named the Ricky Ponting Stand in his honour. On 9 December 2015 Ponting also unveiled a bronze statue placed at the ground in his honour. Playing style Approach to cricket Ponting was known as an aggressive competitor, as manifested in his on-field conduct. According to former Australian captain Allan Border, what you see with Ponting is what you get, and "he wears his heart on his sleeve". Border also noted that Ponting has an abundance of determination, courage and skill. However, his competitive attitudes could be overly aggressive, pushing the boundaries of cricket etiquette. In early 2006, in the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, Ponting had an on-field argument with umpire Billy Bowden over signalling a no-ball because not enough players were within the inner circle. In mid-2006, during a tour of Bangladesh, Ponting was accused of "badgering the umpires until he got what he wanted". The South African captain, Graeme Smith, described Ponting as the toughest competitor he had ever played against. Batting Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting Ponting's results in international matches Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Test 168 108 31 29 0 – ODI 375 262 96 - 5 12 T20I 17 7 10 – - - Ponting was known as an aggressive right-handed batsman who played a wide repertoire of shots with confidence, most notably the pull and hook. However, he had some technical weaknesses, such as shuffling across his stumps and being trapped leg before wicket, and thrusting his bat away from his body—especially early in his innings, because he wants to move forward and across to drive rather than backwards and across to cut the ball. Despite being widely renowned as the best player of the hook and pull shots in the world, Ponting was equally adept on both the front and back foot. However, during the latter stages of his career, the hook and pull shots have often been the cause of his dismissal. He adopts a more traditional V-grip lower down the handle as he is a short batsman who doesn't have natural power on the shot. He was considered by some observers to have trouble against quality spin, especially against Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who dismissed Ponting on 13 occasions in international cricket. Ponting had a tendency to rock onto the front foot and thrust his wrists at spinning deliveries, resulting in many catches close to the wicket. Ponting rarely employed the sweep shot against spin, something considered unusual for a top-order batsman. Instead, he looked to use his feet to come down the wicket to spinners, or play off the back foot through the off-side. Former West Indian captain, Viv Richards, who was rated as the third best Test cricketer in a 2002 poll by Wisden, said Ponting was his favourite current-day player to watch, slightly ahead of Sachin Tendulkar. Bowling and fielding A right-arm medium bowler who tends to bowl off cutters or faster offspin, Ponting rarely bowled, although he has notably dismissed West Indian batsman Brian Lara in an ODI match and former England captain Michael Vaughan in an Ashes Test in 2005. He was also ceremoniously asked to bowl in his final test match against South Africa in 2012. He was, however, rated one of the best fielders in the world. He usually fielded in the slips, cover and silly point. His good eye and accurate throws often saw him run batsmen out with direct hits. Captaincy Record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win % Test 77 48 16 7 0 – 62.34% ODI 229 164 51 0 2 12 71.62% Twenty20 17 7 10 0 0 – 41.18% Date last Updated: 2 September 2015 Ponting has often been criticised for his lack of imagination in his captaincy, though many players who played under him say he is a good leader. According to former Australian opening batsman Justin Langer, "He is quite inspirational as a leader and I just never get all the detractors he has. Whether it's in the fielding practice, the nets, the way he holds himself off the field—every time he speaks, these young guys just listen, they hang on every word he says." "Ponting captained 2 consecutive World Cup victories in 2003 and 2007 (out of Australia's hat-trick of World Cups – 1999, 2003, 2007)" Career best performances Batting Score Fixture Venue Season Test 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 ODI 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20I 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 FC 257 Australia v India MCG, Melbourne 2003 LA 164 South Africa v Australia Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2006 T20 98* New Zealand v Australia Eden Park, Auckland 2005 Records and achievements Ponting was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2003 and one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2006. He has been the Allan Border Medalist a record four times in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 (with Michael Clarke). Ponting has won the award of Australia's best Test player in 2003, 2004 and 2007 and Australia's best One Day International player in 2002 and 2007. First batsman to score centuries in ODI cricket against all Test playing nations (Afghanistan and Ireland were not awarded Test status in Ponting's playing period). Ponting, along with Shane Watson, holds the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy (252 not out for the second wicket). Ponting's score of 242 against India is the highest individual Test innings in a losing cause. He was awarded the Allan Border Medal by the CA in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year: 2006 ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year: 2006, 2007 ICC Men’s Test Team of the Year: 2004 (c), 2005 (c), 2006, 2007 (c) ICC Men’s ODI Team of the Year: 2004(c), 2006, 2007(c), 2008 (c), 2010(c) Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: 2012-13 He was named an Australia Post Legend of Cricket in 2021. Coaching role 2014–2017 Various Coaching Roles Ponting also coached the Mumbai Indians of the Indian Premier League from 2014 to 2016, helping them win a championship in the 2015 edition of the IPL. On 1 January 2017, Ponting was named an interim coach for Australia's T20I series against Sri Lanka. Ponting joined the Australian cricket coaching team as an assistant for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series. 2018–present Delhi Daredevils/Capitals Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new coach of Delhi Daredevils of the Indian Premier League on 3 January 2018. In the 2018 edition of the IPL, Delhi Daredevils finished last place. Ponting helped foster a new team environment, helping young talents such as Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant grow. In 2019, Delhi (now Delhi Capitals), finished in 3rd place, a large improvement from their previous season. In 2020, Delhi would finish second, and in 2021 Delhi would finish in third place being the only team to qualify for the playoffs in 2019, 2020 and 2021, subsequently. In 2022, Ponting is still head coach of the Delhi Capitals, with the goal of winning their first tournament. 2024–present Washington Freedom Head Coach Ponting was appointed as the new head coach of Washington Freedom ahead of the second season of Major League Cricket on 6 February 2024. The two-year signing was confirmed by the team on social media. Books Throughout his career in international cricket, Ponting has been involved in the writing of a number of diaries on Australian cricket, which depict his experiences during the cricketing year. The books are produced with the help of a ghostwriter. His autobiography, Ponting: At the C
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An explosive lefthanded opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in firstclass cricket. He currently plays for New South Wales, t	en	/favicon.ico	Alchetron.com	https://alchetron.com/David-Warner-(cricketer)	Early life David Andrew Warner was born at Paddington, a suburb in eastern Sydney, New South Wales. At the age of 13 he was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later his mother, Sheila Warner (nee Orange), encouraged him to return to batting left-handed and he broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with the state team. Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School. Career Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG. Warner's breakthrough innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever. Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket. This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009. Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. Warner’s international career started in 2009 with a bit of history – he was the first man to represent Australia without a first-class match to his name since 1877. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history. Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals. On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh. Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries. On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketer to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both matches were in the Champions League. He made his Test debut on 1 December 2011 against New Zealand at Brisbane, Queensland in the first Test of the Trans-Tasman Trophy due to an injury to Shane Watson. He made a disappointing 3 runs in the first innings. In the second innings he scored 12 not out off just 4 balls, scoring the winning runs with a pull shot through mid on. Warner scored his first test hundred on 12 December 2011 in Australia's unsuccessful run chase against New Zealand in Hobart. Warner made 123 not out in his side's second innings total of 233. In doing so he became just the sixth person to carry his bat through the fourth innings of a test match. Warner bowls a Right Arm Leg-Break and on his first delivery in Test Match Cricket, the ball was dropped in the outfield denying Warner a maiden Test Match Wicket. On 13 January 2012, in only his fifth test match, Warner scored a 69-ball century against India at the WACA. At the time, this equalled West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the fourth fastest test century of all time, in terms of balls faced. He ultimately built his innings to a score of 180 from 159 balls, setting a new personal high score in test match cricket. Warner scored 163 off 157 balls at the Gabba on 4 March 2012 in the first final of the CB Series against Sri Lanka. He batted until the last ball of the innings. It was his first ODI hundred for Australia. He followed it up with 100 and 48 in the other two finals at the Adelaide Oval. Warner's aggregate of 311 runs was the highest ever for the finals of a tri-series tournament in Australia, surpassing Greg Chappell's 266 runs in 1981. While playing for New South Wales, Warner broke the record for the highest Australian one-day domestic score. His score of 197 came off just 141 balls and included 20 fours and 10 sixes, surpassing Jimmy Maher's previous record of 187. During ICC World Cup 2015, Warner started the World Cup decently by scoring 22 against England and 34 against New Zealand. But in their fourth match against Afghanistan, he scored 178 runs off 133 balls, which became his highest score in ODIs, helped Australia to score the highest team total in any World Cup and the highest in Australia. Indian Premier League Warner was signed by IPL team Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons. During the 2009 tournament which was played in South Africa, Warner played seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23.28 and with a strike-rate of 123.48. His top score was 51. In the fourth season, Warner was contracted by Delhi Daredevils for US$750,000. In the fifth season he made a century in 54 balls. Following the IPL 2014 auction, he was contracted by Sunrisers Hyderabad for USD 880,000. In 2015, he was appointed captain of the Sunrisers for IPL 2015. Warner ended the season as the tournament's leading run scorer, rewarding him with the orange cap, although the Sunrisers narrowly missed out on reaching the knock-out phase. KFC Big Bash and Big Bash League Warner made a record in KFC Big Bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. The earlier record was held by George Bailey, who completed his half century in 19 balls. In the first season of the newly re-vamped Big Bash League, Warner was named as Captain for the Sydney Thunder and in his first match for the Thunder scored 102 not out off just 51 balls with a strike rate of 200 runs per 100 balls and set the record for the most career sixes in the KFC Big Bash League with 38, previously held by David Hussey. English County Cricket 2009 Warner has played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season. Controversies Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has called for a yellow-card and red-card system to be introduced to international cricket to curb Warner's "thuggish" on-field behaviour, stating that Warner was "the most juvenile cricketer I have seen on a cricket field". On 12 June 2013, Warner was dropped for Australia's second match in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand following an attack on an England cricketer. It later emerged that this player was Joe Root. The event happened hours after Saturday's loss to England at Edgbaston earlier that day. According to the sports journalist Pat Murphy, the incident took place at 2am at the Walkabout bar in the centre of Birmingham, UK. On 13 June 2013, the Australian Cricket Team announced that Warner was to be fined £7,000 (AU $11,500) and would not play for his country until the first Ashes' test on 10 July 2013. Warner subsequently missed the rest of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and the tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire. Warner attracted further controversy soon after. On 27 July 2013, whilst playing for Australia A against South Africa A in Pretoria he was involved in an on-field altercation with South Africa A wicket-keeper Thami Tsolekile. This was deemed serious enough for the umpires to step in twice, however no formal complaints were made and Warner tweeted later in the day describing it as "friendly banter". Despite this, writers called into question his return to the Australia squad for the third Ashes test against England, which seemed likely after scoring 193 in the first innings of this match. He was eventually forgiven and was recalled but caused huge hilarity when he 'hooked another one to Root' as he put it himself, as he was caught on the boundary by Root. Personal life
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Cricket Australia has today released the remaining international and domestic fixtures, with the domestic first-class competition to play a pivotal role in conjunction with the national team's interests. 2015-16 Summer of Cricket Full schedule for the 2015-16 season 2015-16 Sheffield Shield full schedule Historic Shield match to be played in New Zealand Adelaide to host first day-night Test Summer of cricket tickets guide 2015-16 Test schedule and venues details India returns for limited-overs contests Southern Stars schedule v India women Matador Cup revamped to kick-start summer The pink Kookaburra ball will be used for the opening round of the 2015-16 season ahead of the first-ever day-night Test match a month later. Adelaide was confirmed as the venue for the first ever day-night Test match, against New Zealand, and the West End Redbacks will host New South Wales in a match that will give as many of the Australian Test team experience of playing at Adelaide Oval under lights. The KFC T20 Big Bash League and inaugural Women’s Big Bash League fixtures will be announced this later week. Other matches being played under lights will be the Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers against the MyFootDr Queensland Bulls at the MCG and the Tasmanian Tigers against the Alcohol.Think Again Western Warriors at Hobart's Blundstone Arena. Round one of the Shield will begin on Tuesday, October 27, with all matches starting at 2pm AEST. The SA v NSW match will start at 2.30pm local time. The third Test between Australia and New Zealand will be the historic day-night match, taking place at the Adelaide Oval from November 27, meaning the large New South Wales contingent in the Australia squad will get a taste of the conditions in the build-up to the clash. Pink balls will be used in the round one clashes, as they were in last season’s day-night round of Shield action, and will also be used in the day-night Test. Meanwhile, the round six match between NSW and WA, beginning on February 3 in Lincoln, just outside of Christchurch in New Zealand, will be the first-ever Shield clash played outside Australia. The historic fixture has again been scheduled with the intent of adequately preparing a sizeable contingent of Australian players for the first-class conditions across the Tasman ahead of the opening match of the two-Test series against the Black Caps. Image Id: ~/media/C562F62C1AF34DBCAA67C7407793FE4E However, some of the Test-playing squad will be with Australia's limited-overs team in the midst of a Chappell-Hadlee series, and Cricket Australia's Executive General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said a unique solution was required. "The upcoming schedule in New Zealand presents us with a few challenges when looking to prepare our players for the first Test against the Black Caps," said Howard. "If we were to schedule a warm-up game, it would have to happen in parallel with the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and Sheffield Shield. That would obviously have a negative impact on the Shield because we’d have to pull extra players out of that competition. "Therefore we thought bringing a Shield match, involving a number of international players, to New Zealand was a different option that gives us some strong preparation in local conditions. "Obviously we can't cater for everyone in that scenario, and a number of our Test players will be playing in the Chappell-Hadlee Series, but for those who aren't we'd make plans for them to get the right preparation by playing a Shield match on the east coast of Australia at that time." In round eight of the Shield, Coffs Harbour will play host to the inaugural Phillip Hughes Tribute match between NSW and SA, Hughes’s two former states. "Phillip was a wonderful player for NSW, South Australia and Australia, and a proud representative of Macksville and North Coast cricket," Cricket NSW chief executive Andrew Jones said. "Cricket NSW is delighted that with the support of the Coffs Harbour City Council, we are able to play a tribute match in a region where Phillip was and will forever remain a favourite son." Elsewhere, reigning champions Victoria begin their new era under David Saker against the Phil Jaques-led Queensland Bulls. The Bushrangers drew last season’s Shield final at Blundstone Arena in Hobart against the Warriors to claim their third title in seven years. Past 10 Sheffield Shield champions 2014-15: Victoria 2013-14: New South Wales 2012-13: Tasmania 2011-12: Queensland 2010-11: Tasmania 2009-10: Victoria 2008-09: Victoria 2007-08: New South Wales 2006-07: Tasmania 2005-06: Queensland
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1408	dbpedia	1	4	https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/cricket-australia-domestic-cricket-schedule-200910-ng-fe74a98cf84b27f6f7b5901cf20f47c0	en	Cricket Australia: Domestic cricket schedule 2009/10	https://perthnow.com.au/…png?imwidth=1200	https://perthnow.com.au/…png?imwidth=1200	[ "https://perthnow.com.au/static/fallback-images/perthnow-16x9.png?imwidth=668&impolicy=pn_v3" ]	[]	[]	[ "News", "WA News", "Sport" ]	null	[]	2009-08-04T05:38:00+00:00	WESTERN Australia and Queensland will open the 2009-10 domestic cricket season with a one-day match at the WACA Ground on Sunday, October 11.	en	https://www.perthnow.com…e-touch-icon.png	PerthNow	https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/cricket-australia-domestic-cricket-schedule-200910-ng-fe74a98cf84b27f6f7b5901cf20f47c0	WESTERN Australia and Queensland will open the 2009-10 domestic cricket season with a one-day match at the WACA Ground on Sunday, October 11. Cricket Australia on Tuesday announced the summer's domestic schedule, which will feature 31 Sheffield Shield matches, 31 one-dayers and 17 Twenty20 clashes. The Sheffield Shield will also start in October, when South Australia host Tasmania from October 13. Victoria, last summer's Shield winner, will open their four-day campaign against the Redbacks in Adelaide on October 30. The Bushrangers and NSW will make later starts to their domestic seasons because of their participation in the Twenty20 Champions League in India, scheduled to be staged from October 8-23. The Australian domestic Twenty20 tournament will begin in late December and conclude on January 23. The Shield final has been scheduled for March 17-21 and the one-day final has been set for February 28. The Women's National Cricket League will begin on October 23, when the ACT and South Australia play in Canberra and Western Australia host Victoria in Perth. SHEFFIELD SHIELD: Oct 13-16 South Australia v Tasmania, Adelaide Oval Oct 13-16 Western Australia v Queensland, WACA Oct 30-Nov 2 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Nov 1-4 Queensland v Tasmania, GABBA Nov 3-6 NSW v Western Australia, SCG Nov 8-11 South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Oval Nov 17-20 NSW V Tasmania, SCG Nov 17-20 Victoria v Western Australia, MCG Nov 24-27 Tasmania v South Australia, Bellerive Oval Nov 27-30 Victoria v Queensland, MCG Nov 27-30 Western Australia v NSW, WACA Dec 8-11 Tasmania v Western Australia, Bellerive Oval Dec 10-13 Victoria v South Australia, MCG Dec 11-14 Queensland v NSW, GABBA Dec 18-21 NSW v Victoria, Newcastle Dec 18-21 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Oval Jan 29-Feb 1 Tasmania v Victoria, Bellerive Oval Jan 29-Feb 1 NSW v Queensland, SCG Feb 8-11 Tasmania v Queensland, Bellerive Oval Feb 8-11 Western Australia v South Australia, WACA Feb 12-15 Victoria v NSW, MCG Feb 19-22 South Australia v NSW, Adelaide Oval Feb 19-22 Western Australia v Tasmania, WACA Feb 22-25 Queensland v Victoria, GABBA March 3-6 Tasmania v NSW, Bellerive Oval March 3-6 Queensland v South Australia, GABBA March 3-6 Western Australia v Victoria, WACA March 10-13 NSW v South Australia, SCG March 10-13 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA March 10-13 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG March 17-21 Final, TBC FORD RANGER CUP: Oct 11 Western Australia v Queensland, WACA Oct 18 South Australia v Tasmania, Adelaide Oval Oct 21 Queensland v South Australia, GABBA Oct 24 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA Oct 30 Queensland v Tasmania, GABBA Nov 1 NSW v Western Australia, North Sydney Oval Nov 4 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Nov 7 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG Nov 14 South Australia v Queensland, Alice Springs (TBC) Nov 14 Victoria v Western Australia, MCG Nov 15 NSW v Tasmania, North Sydney Oval Nov 25 Western Australia v NSW, WACA Nov 29 Tasmania v South Australia, Bellerive Oval Dec 2 Victoria v Queensland, MCG Dec 5 Tasmania v NSW, NTCA Ground, Launceston Dec 5 Western Australia v Victoria, Hands Oval, Bunbury Dec 9 Queensland v NSW, GABBA Dec 13 Tasmania v Western Australia, Bellerive Oval Dec 15 Victoria v South Australia, MCG Dec 23 NSW v Victoria, SCG Jan 26 NSW v South Australia, North Dalton Park, Wollongong Jan 27 Tasmania v Victoria, Bellerive Oval Jan 30 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Oval Feb 3 NSW v Queensland, SCG Feb 6 Western Australia v South Australia, WACA Feb 10 Victoria v NSW, MCG Feb 13 Tasmania v Queensland, Bellerive Oval Feb 17 Western Australia v Tasmania, WACA Feb 20 Queensland v Victoria, GABBA Feb 24 South Australia v NSW, Adelaide Oval Feb 28 1st placed team v 2nd placed team - TBC TWENTY 20 BIG BASH: Dec 28 Queensland v Victoria, GABBA Dec 29 Western Australia v South Australia, WACA Dec 30 Tasmania v NSW, Bellerive Oval Jan 1 Tasmania v Western Australia, Bellerive Oval Jan 2 Victoria v NSW, MCG Jan 3 South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Oval Jan 5 Western Australia v NSW, WACA Jan 7 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Jan 8 Queensland v Tasmania, GABBA Jan 10 Western Australia v Victoria, WACA Jan 12 South Australia v Tasmania, Adelaide Oval Jan 13 NSW v Queensland, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay Jan 15 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG Jan 16 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA Jan 17 NSW v South Australia, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay Jan 19 2nd v 3rd TBC Jan 23 1st v Winner 2nd v 3rd TBC. TOUR MATCHES: Nov 18-21 Queensland v West Indies, Allan Border Field Dec 19-21 Tasmania v Pakistan, Bellerive Oval PRIME MINISTER'S XI: TBC Prime Minister's XI v West Indies, Manuka Oval WOMEN'S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE: Oct 31 ACT v South Australia, Manuka Oval Oct 31 Western Australia v Victoria, WACA Nov 1 ACT v South Australia, Manuka Oval Nov 1 Western Australia v Victoria, James Oval (UWA) Perth Nov 7 NSW v Queensland, Sydney Nov 8 NSW v Queensland, Sydney Nov 14 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Nov 15 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Nov 21 ACT v NSW, Manuka Oval Nov 21 Victoria v Queensland, St Kilda CG Nov 22 ACT v NSW, Manuka Oval Nov 22 Victoria v Queensland, St Kilda CG Dec 12 NSW v Victoria, Sydney Dec 12 South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Dec 12 Western Australia v ACT, Trinity College, Perth Dec 13 NSW v Victoria, Sydney Dec 13 South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Dec 13 Western Australia v ACT, Trinity College, Perth Jan 8 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Jan 8 Western Australia v NSW, Trinity College, Perth Jan 9 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Jan 9 Western Australia v NSW, WACA Jan 9 Queensland v ACT, Allan Border Field Jan 10 Queensland v ACT, Allan Border Field Jan 15 NSW v South Australia, Sydney Jan 16 NSW v South Australia, Sydney Jan 16 Victoria v ACT, MCG Jan 17 Victoria v ACT, MCG Jan 17 Queensland v Western Australia, Allan Border Field Jan 18 Queensland v Western Australia, Allan Border Field Jan 30 Final WOMEN'S TWENTY 20:Oct 23 ACT v Tasmania, Manuka Oval Oct 30 ACT v South Australia, Manuka Oval Oct 30 Western Australia v Victoria, James Oval (UWA) Perth Oct 31 Queensland v Tasmania, Allan Border Field Nov 6 NSW v Queensland, Sydney Nov 11 Tasmania v Western Australia, Bellerive Oval Nov 13 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Nov 20 ACT v NSW, Manuka Oval Nov 20 Victoria v Queensland, St Kilda CG Dec 6 Tasmania v South Australia, NTCA Ground, Launceston Dec 11 NSW v Victoria, Sydney Dec 11 South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Dec 11 Western Australia v ACT, Trinity College, Perth Dec 30 Tasmania v NSW, Bellerive Oval Jan 2 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG Jan 7 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval Jan 8 Queensland v ACT, GABBA Jan 10 Western Australia v NSW, WACA Jan 15 Victoria v ACT, MCG Jan 16 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA Jan 17 NSW v South Australia, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay
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1408	dbpedia	1	27	http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/official-under-19-world-cup-2009-10.44924/	en	Official Under-19 World Cup 2009/10			[ "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/styles/default/xenforo/logo.png", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/styles/default/xenforo/logo.png", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/11/11514.jpg?1595987943", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/17/17987.jpg?1601477212", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/images/smilies/original/ohmy.gif", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/images/smilies/original/dry.gif", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/16/16574.jpg?1595987954", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/16/16574.jpg?1595987954", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/0/583.jpg?1595987942", "http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/data/avatars/m/11/11475.jpg?1595987943" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-11-24T13:35:02+00:00	ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009/10 / Results ICC Under-19 World Cup home \| News \| Photos \| Fixtures \| Results \| Points Table \| Grounds \| Tournament Statistics...	en		CricketWeb Forum	http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/official-under-19-world-cup-2009-10.44924/	ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009/10 / Results ICC Under-19 World Cup home \| News \| Photos \| Fixtures \| Results \| Points Table \| Grounds \| Tournament Statistics \| History \| Qualifying Tournament Matches Group A: Afghanistan Under-19s v India Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Canada Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Ireland Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Pakistan Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 15, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Australia Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Bangladesh Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: England Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: New Zealand Under-19s v Canada Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 16, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: Australia Under-19s v Ireland Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Bangladesh Under-19s v West Indies Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: India Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Sri Lanka Under-19s v Zimbabwe Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 17, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: Afghanistan Under-19s v England Under-19s at Christchurch - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group C: Canada Under-19s v Sri Lanka Under-19s at Lincoln - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group D: Pakistan Under-19s v Papua New Guinea Under-19s at Palmerston North - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group B: South Africa Under-19s v United States of America Under-19s at Queenstown - Jan 18, 2010 Match scheduled to begin at 10:30 local time (21:30 GMT) Group A: Afghanistan Under-19s v Hong Kong Under-19s at Christchurch - 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Jan 23, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Rangiora - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 23, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 24, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Rangiora - Jan 24, 2010 Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 24, 2010 9th Place Play-off Quarter-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 24, 2010 9th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Palmerston North - Jan 25, 2010 5th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 25, 2010 13th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 25, 2010 Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 25, 2010 5th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 25, 2010 13th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 25, 2010 9th Place Play-off Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Palmerston North - Jan 26, 2010 7th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 26, 2010 13th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 27, 2010 5th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 27, 2010 Semi-Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 27, 2010 15th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 27, 2010 11th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 28, 2010 9th Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Napier - Jan 28, 2010 3rd Place Play-off: TBA v TBA at Christchurch - Jan 29, 2010 Final: TBA v TBA at Lincoln - Jan 30, 2010 Players/Officials: Andrew Balbirnie \| Paul Stirling Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: Ireland Ireland have announced their squad for the Under-19 World Cup which takes place in New Zealand in January. Andrew Balbirnie will captain the side, who start in a difficult group with Australia, South Africa and United States. Eight of the fifteen named played in the 2008 tournament when Ireland couldn't pass the group stages, although they did manage consolation wins over Bermuda and Zimbabwe. Ireland are chasing full-member status from the ICC and after the senior side's strong showing in the 50 and 20-over World Cups it will be important for the youngsters to show their ability. Their passage to New Zealand came after winning the World Cup Qualifying tournament in Canada and Matt Dwyer, the Ireland coach, is confident that his side can maintain the good run. "We've got a very talented group of players who have been working hard in the gym and the nets to give themselves the best possible chance. They all play at senior level in Ireland and many of them have attracted the attention of English county sides. "They know there's a senior World Cup coming up in the sub-continent in 2011, and a good showing in this tournament could well see them joining Paul Stirling in becoming a regular feature in the senior men's squad." Brian Walsh, the Ireland manager, echoed these sentiments and thinks that Ireland could stir a surprise in New Zealand. "There's never been a greater opportunity for the players to progress, and there's no better motivation than a World Cup place. I've been impressed by their commitment and dedication in the build up. "They've all been given fitness and conditioning schedules and their progress has been closely monitored by the backroom staff. It wasn't easy selecting a final group of 15, and there were some difficult choices to make. There's no doubt it's not the easiest of groups, but if we play to our potential, we certainly have the ability to cause a shock." Squad Andrew Balbirnie (Captain), Ben Ackland, Adrian D'Arcy, George Dockrell, Eddie Richardson, Graham McDonnell, Jordan Coghlan, Shane Getkate, Graeme McCarter, Lee Nelson, James Shannon, Stuart Poynter, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Craig Young. Email Feedback Print ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009-10 Mitchell Marsh to lead Australia's U-19 World Cup squad Cricinfo staff December 18, 2009 Text size: A \| A Mitchell Marsh, the Australia Under-19 captain, has played two first-class matches this season © Getty Images Related Links Players/Officials: Nick Buchanan \| Josh Hazlewood \| Alister McDermott \| Mitchell Marsh Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: Australia Mitchell Marsh, the Western Australia batsman, has been named captain of the Under-19 squad for the World Cup in New Zealand in January 2010. Marsh, who played state cricket at the age of 17, was youngest player to play in Australia's domestic one-day competition and comes from a strong sporting family - his father, Geoff, played 50 Tests for Australia and his brother, Shaun, has played 19 ODIs. The 15-man squad also includes two other players with fathers who played prominent roles in Australian cricket: Nicholas Buchanan, the son of former national coach John Buchanan, and Alister McDermott, the son of Craig McDermott. Alister McDermott made his first-class debut against the touring West Indians in November and picked up three wickets. South Australia fast bowler Kane Richardson is the other player with state experience in the squad, having played two List A matches and a Twenty20 game. Josh Hazlewood, the fast bowler from New South Wales, is the only one to have been part of the 2008 World Cup in Malaysia. "I think we've got a side that will acquit itself well in the competition," Greg Chappell, chairman of the youth selection panel, said. "Obviously we've got a couple of players that have played state cricket this season which stands them in good stead for the competition we're up against in New Zealand. "The fact that the tournament is being played in New Zealand probably helps us a little bit in terms of providing similar wickets to that of Australia and the strong subcontinent teams maybe slightly disadvantaged by that. The subcontinent teams are always very strong and have some great young talent and if we were playing them in their own conditions I think it would be a very difficult challenge. "I would expect that we'll get through to the semi-finals, I'd be very disappointed if we didn't make it that far and if you get a bit of luck once you make it there, then anything can happen. I'm confident we'll acquit ourselves pretty well." Australia are seeded sixth in the tournament and were grouped with South Africa, Ireland and USA, against whom they will play their opening game in Queenstown on January 16. Squad: Mitchell Marsh (WA/capt), Timothy Armstrong (NSW), Tom Beaton (WA), Nicholas Buchanan (Qld), Jackson Coleman (Vic), Luke Doran (NSW), Benjamin Dougall (SA), Jason Floros (Qld), Josh Hazelwood (NSW), Alexander Keath (Vic), Nicolas Maddinson (NSW), Alister McDermott (Qld), Kane Richardson (SA), Thomas Triffitt (Tas), Adam Zampa (NSW). Zimbabwe U-19 World Cup Squad Named Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:02 ZIMBABWE Cricket have named their 15-man squad for the Under-19 World Cup in New Zealand in January. Talented top-order batsman Dylon Higgins, who turns out for the Midwest Rhinos franchise, captains the side. The most experienced members of the squad are vice-captain Peter Moor and spinning all-rounder Tino Mutombodzi, who will be making their second appearance in the Under-19 World Cup after playing in the 2008 tournament in Malaysia. Mutombodzi, of Mashonaland Eagles, Rhinos batsman Nathan Waller, as well as Manicaland Mountaineers legspinner Natsayi Mushangwe and his pace bowling teammate Tendai Chitara have all enjoyed regular first-class action with their respective franchises this season. In preparing for the World Cup, Zimbabwe hosted Pakistan Under-19 in October, losing the youth ODI series 5-1 in Harare. They then toured Bangladesh last month with a depleted side and were duly whitewashed 5-0. The team leaves on January 2 via Cape Town, where they will play warm-up matches against local youth teams. The World Cup will run between January 15 and 30. Coach Kevin Curran said of the squad: “We have three legspinners and an offspinner. We will probably play two spinners depending on conditions. In the seam department we have six fast bowlers of which three are all-rounders. We’ve got good balance all round. Guys will be pushing for places.” Zimbabwe are in Group C with hosts New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Canada. “We need two wins to go into the Super Eight. We should beat Canada easily and try to get another win over Sri Lanka or New Zealand,” said Curran. The 16-team tournament, which was inaugurated in 1988, showcases the best young players in the world and has served as a launch pad for a number of present and retired international stars. Full squad Dylon Higgins (captain), Peter Moor, Gary Chirimuta, Dean Mazhawidza, Andrew Lindsay, Tinotenda Mutombodzi, Nathan Waller, Natsayi Mushangwe, Callum Price, Steve Chimhamhiwa, Richard Muzhange, Simon Mugava, Scott Daly, Mazvita Zambuko, Tendai Chitara. U-19 World Cup Titbits Notable past and present international players who have competed in the ICC Under-19 World Cup: Brian Lara, Sanath Jayasuriya, Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton, Inzaman-ul-Haq, Chris Cairns, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Graeme Smith, Yuvraj Singh, Mehraib Hossain, Wayne Parnell. In 1998, current West Indies captain Chris Gayle was the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 364 runs. Zimbabwean Mluleki Nkala and West Indian Ramnaresh Sarwan were the leading wicket-takers with 16 wickets. In the 2002 World Cup, Zimbabwe easily won the plate competition beating Nepal in the final. Zimbabwe captain Tatenda Taibu was named Man of the Tournament for his 250 runs and 12 wickets. He also kept wicket in between bowling stints! 13 Zimbabwean players have competed in two Under-19 World Cups: Conan Brewer (2000-2002), Elton Chigumbura (2002-2004), Graeme Cremer (2004-2006), Sean Ervine (2000-2002), Greg Lamb (1998-2000), Alester Maregwede (1998-2000), Stanley Marisa (2002-2004), Hamilton Masakadza (2000-2002), Prince Masvaure (2006-2008), Mluleki Nkala (1998-2000), Tatenda Taibu (2000-2002), Brendan Taylor (2002-2004), Sean Williams (2004-2006). 29 Zimbabwe Under-19 World Cup representatives have gone on to play for the senior Zimbabwe team at ODI or Test level. Enock Muchinjo December 20, 2009 Text size: A \| A Michael Bracewell played in the 2008 edition of the Under-19 World Cup © Getty Images Related Links Players/Officials: Doug Bracewell \| Michael Bracewell Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup Teams: New Zealand New Zealand, the hosts of the Under-19 World Cup, have named a 15-man squad for the tournament which begins in January. They are yet to name their captain, but the squad features some players who've had exposure to the World Cup, having represented New Zealand in the previous edition of the competition in 2008 in Malaysia, where they finished third. Allrounders Corey Anderson and Harry Boam participated in the 2008 World Cup, so did wicketkeeper Michael Bracewell, the nephew of former coach of the senior team John Bracewell. Anderson and Boam are in their second year in first-class cricket along with Doug Bracewell, cousin of Michael. "The Under-19 Cricket World Cup gives our younger players a wonderful opportunity to test their ability against the best of their peers in the international arena and to set the platform for successful first-class playing careers" the team's coach Chris Kuggeleign said. "The team is well balanced, with half the team having already played for the New Zealand Under-19s and a number who impressed at the recent National Under-19 tournament." New Zealand, who will be based in Christchurch for the group round of the tournament, will begin their campaign against Canada on January 16. The other teams in New Zealand's pool are Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Prior to the competition, the hosts will take on Pakistan in a warm-up three-match series in Blenheim between January 3 and January 7. Squad: Corey Anderson (Canterbury), Tom Blundell (Wellington), Harry Boam (Wellington), Doug Bracewell (Central Districts), Michael Bracewell (Otago), Craig Cachopa (Auckland), Dane Cleaver (Central Districts), Jono Hickey (Northern Districts), Tim Johnston (Canterbury), Tom Latham (Canterbury), Jimmy Neesham (Auckland), Bevan Small (Central Districts), Mattie Thomas (Northern Districts), Logan van Beek (Canterbury), Ben Wheeler (Central Districts). ICC Under-19 World Cup 2009-10 Chilly weather will test India - Chandrakant Pandit Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai December 19, 2009 Text size: A \| A Captain Ashok Meenaria said the team's impressive tour of Australia this April has boosted their confidence © Getty Images Related Links News : Mike Young praises India Under-19's fielding Players/Officials: Ashok Meenaria \| Chandrakant Pandit Series/Tournaments: ICC Under-19 World Cup \| Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in South Africa Teams: India Chandrakant Pandit, India's Under-19 coach, has said his team's biggest challenge at the forthcoming World Cup in New Zealand will be the cold conditions. The biennial tournament starts on January 15 with India, the reigning champions, starting their campaign against Afghanistan in Lincoln. The final will be played at the same venue on January 30. "It will be a little more chilly and windy out in New Zealand so the conditions will be different and the biggest challenge," Pandit said in Mumbai on the eve of the squad's departure to South Africa, where India will play a tri-series from December 27-January 5 that includes Sri Lanka. "The boys need to get acclimatised as early as possible. We should be ready from the first game to handle the conditions." The 15-member squad, led by allrounder Ashok Meenaria from Rajasthan, was a picture of confidence as it faced the media contingent at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Both captain and coach said the players have bonded well over the last year, when they've been together. Most of them were also part of the tour of Australia in April this year, where India won the ODI series 2-1 and drew the Tests 1-1. The Indians finished a 10-day camp in Mumbai on Friday and Pandit said it was a fruitful exercise, with every player made aware of his role. "Our plan was to go step by step," Pandit said. "To begin with, we placed individual responsibilities in the camp. We want to do well in South Africa and finally come up with our best performance in New Zealand." The seriousness of India's campaign can be gauged from the fact that guest speakers like Sachin Tendulkar, former Australian fielding coach Mike Young and sports psychologist Dr Bhimeshwar Bam spent quality time with the youngsters. Pandit, a former team-mate of Tendulkar's, said the 45-minute conversation Tendulkar had with the players would stand them in good stead. "Tendulkar spoke on how to approach a game. His technical feedback was really valuable," Pandit said. "For example, he told the fast bowlers that when they run towards the target [batsman] they have to keep their head forward. We would Probably have learnt that after going there," Pandit said with visible excitement. He said Tendulkar's most valuable advice was on "trusting the teammate". "He told them that "if you are going to stand next to each other you need to have the confidence in the other. Only then can the team perform". The boys seemed to have understood the message as they started looking at the other from there onwards," Pandit said. As for Young, he managed to instill a more enthusiastic approach to fielding. "He made us enjoy fielding," Saurabh Netravalkar, one of the fast bowlers in the squad, said. "He started with the basics of fielding, about how to start, how to position yourself, and made fielding easy." Young just focussed on refining certain basics as he felt that Pandit had been carrying out the right drills and there was no need for him to introduce anything new. Pandit said India haven't missed anything by way of preparation. "We need to now look at how we are going to implement what we have been working on during the actual games." Meenaria said the defending champions were not in any way burdened by expectation. "There is no pressure, instead we are more confident now - especially after winning in Australia," he said. "I'm confident we are favourites to win the World Cup. But for now, our focus is on the South African tour." India play their first game against South Africa in Johannesburg on December 28. Nagraj Gollapudi is an assistant editor at Cricinfo Feeds: Nagraj Gollapudi
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Robert Lynd Nearly everything possible has been done to spoil this game: the heavy financial interests, the absurd transfer and player-selling system, the lack of any birth or residential qualification for the players, the betting and coupon competitions, the absurd publicity given to every feature of it by the Press, the monstrous partisanship of the crowds; but the fact remains that it is not yet spoilt, and it has gone out and conquered the world. J B Priestley, 1933 Virtually every single one of our international sports were invented or codified by the British. And I say this respectfully to our Chinese hosts, who have excelled so magnificently at Ping-pong. Ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called Wiff-waff! And there, I think, you have the difference between us and the rest of the world. Other nations, the French, looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner; we looked at it and saw an opportunity to play Wiff-waff. And I say to the Chinese, and I say to the world, that ping pong is coming home! Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, at the handover of the Olympic flag in Beijing in 2008 Hopefully I can prove to the other companies going forward that I am a worthy investment; that I can help their company, help their company grow and represent them well. Tiger Woods, 2010 PREFACE Although the drama and colour of major sports events, individual sports and their leading personalities is diverting, the emphasis in this book is on the manner in which the operation of modern sport must come to terms with applied aspects of the law, notably, administrative law, contract, torts, criminal and commercial law, as well as facets of EU law. At its narrowest therefore, this text presents a concise doctrinal analysis of the law’s impact on sport in England and Wales. This approach prompts three points of note. First, a feature of this text is its careful legal analysis of relevant case law and applicable legislation to sportsrelated disputes, including the identification of generic principles of sports law. Second, the text is also informed by a socio-legal approach given that the law’s application to sport cannot properly be discussed other than against the backdrop of sport’s social, cultural, economic and, at times, strongly political context. In short, the ‘specificity’ of sport—that is, the manner in which sport both as a leisure activity and as an industry seeks inter alia by way of its social utility to minimise its exposure to the general law—is not underestimated by this text. Third, the jurisdictional focus of the text is on England and Wales; nonetheless, frequent reference is made to the nascent sports law jurisprudence of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and South Africa. More importantly, the established and sophisticated tradition of the teaching, research and practice of sports law within the United States is alluded to, and particularly the manner in which developments there might be indicative of forthcoming trends in Europe. The book is written primarily for final year law students who have already undertaken the study of core law subjects and now seek to apply that knowledge to sport. This prerequisite is reflected in the text’s structure and analytical style. For instance, although presented thematically with reference to the individual professional sports participant—the generic term ‘athlete’ will be used from now on—the book’s eight chapters have also been written in a self-contained manner for ease of dedicated study. Cross-referencing within and between chapters is kept to a minimum with the footnotes generally reserved for a brief review of applicable first principles or a more detailed secondary commentary on the point at hand. In line with these pedagogical objectives, the body of the text frequently gives a comprehensive analysis of seminal case law and principle. Each chapter concludes with suggestions for further reading and, in summary, posits questions as to possible future developments, thus provoking and sustaining debate on the topic at issue. The accessible nature of this presentation means that the book viii Preface should appeal to practitioners seeking an introduction to this burgeoning area of practice, and it should also appeal to those interested in the deepening academic discourses on sport in fields such as sociology, economics, history and medicine. The book is divided into eight chapters, which range across the historical development of sports law: issues relating to the operation and administration of sport both nationally and internationally; matters pertaining to the playing of, and participation in, sport; and, finally, the manner in which the commercialisation of sport and the evolution of the professional sports industry has attracted dedicated legal attention. Chapter one—What is Sports Law?—addresses the eponymous question directly by way of an historical review of the relationship between sport and the law and includes a more contemporary theoretical analysis. In brief, the modern view is that the law (and lawyers) became interested in sport only in the last quarter of the twentieth century owing to the intense commercialisation or ‘industrification’ of sport during that period.1 The chapter makes the point however that law and sport have a much longer (and colourful) history. In Ancient Greece and Rome, issues of violence were prevalent, as were more complex issues relating to the socio-political role of sport. Subsequently, in late medieval England, the socio-political role of participation in sports such as archery and fencing, which were seen to prepare men for war, thus facilitating ‘the defence of the realm’, prompted legislation promoting such activities to the detriment of riotous, folk-based events such as football. Later still, the great writers on the early common law such as Blackstone, East and Foster wrote about the need to regulate fighting-based sports, particularly those associated with secondary criminality such as gambling and alcohol. With typical Victorian earnestness, the mid-nineteenth century heralded the official end of many traditional, agrarian-based sports especially those involving animal cruelty such as cock-fighting, badger, bear and dog fighting and their replacement with socially acceptable pursuits, such as greyhound racing, that could (literally) fit into the emerging urban landscape. Similarly, the codification of many of today’s leading sports took place in the public schools of the period where the privileged elite sought to sanitise the ritualistic and sometimes gratuitously violent pursuits of previous eras. Simultaneously, but across the Atlantic, a more commercialised form of sport was emerging with first baseball and later American football, basketball and ice hockey leading to the development of ‘major league’ sport and complex matters of labour and antitrust law. With this historical background in mind, chapter one concludes by assessing the current status of ‘sports law’, and the contrasting perspectives as to whether it is a discrete, if still emerging, area of the law; or whether it is simply an applied, if engaging, amalgam of more established areas of the law. 1 See generally the lively introduction by I Hewitt, Sporting Justice (Cambridge, SportsBoooks, 2008). Preface ix Chapter two—Challenging Decisions of Sports Governing Bodies—picks up on a point made towards the end of the previous chapter. The most salient example of the law’s influence on sport is in the reaction of sports bodies which are increasingly forced to defend decisions, particularly those within their disciplinary remit, in the ordinary courts.2 The chapter is premised on four points. First, the ordinary courts are generally reluctant to interfere with the decisionmaking competencies of private associations such as sports organisations. For good social policy reasons, it is recognised that sports governing bodies are in a better position than the ordinary courts to determine how their affairs are to be run or, to paraphrase Lord Denning MR in Enderby Town FC v Football Association, justice in a domestic sports tribunal can ‘often be done better by a good layman than a bad lawyer.’3 Nevertheless, and as Lord Denning’s remarks continued, where, for example, a sports organisation has acted contrary to natural justice, the ordinary courts can, and should, intervene. The second point in chapter two is that intervention by the ordinary courts is usually predicated on a claim for breach of a private or contractual right, given that the relationship between a sports governing body and its members is most likely to be of that nature. The third point is that this private-rights approach appears to preclude judicial review of the competency of sports bodies. Chapter two considers the sustainability of this preclusion of public law and the practical implications of a finding that sports bodies might be considered ‘hybrid’ public authorities pursuant to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. Finally, chapter two observes that where on the rare occasion a decision of a sports tribunal is subjected to judicial scrutiny, it appears clear that the review will amount to no more than an assessment of whether the disciplinary process ended in what was once neatly referred to as ‘a fair result’4; thus if it is one that a tribunal properly instructing itself as to the facts and the law could have reasonably reached, it will probably not be set aside by the ordinary courts. Chapter three—Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Sport— compliments the previous chapter in the sense that on the grounds of basic fairness to its members, efficacy of administration and the avoidance of hefty litigation-related costs, national and international sports organisations have sought to enhance their internal disciplinary tribunals. These tribunals often take the form of quasi-independent, arbitral-based mechanisms. Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in sport is dealt with in two ways. First, and on examining the benefits of ADR over formal litigation, the chapter gives a brief history and assessment of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), including the reasons 2 The chapter is based on previous research by the author. See J Anderson, ‘An Accident of History: Why Decisions of Sports Governing Bodies are not Amenable to Judicial Review’ (2006) 35 Common Law World Review 173. 3 Enderby Town FC v Football Association [1971] Ch 591, 605. See also McInnes v Onslow-Fane [1978] 1 WLR 1520, 1535, Megarry VC. 4 Calvin v Carr [1980] AC 574, 593, Lord Wilberforce. x Preface underpinning its establishment and its present, increasingly influential, role in the governance of international sport. Second, and using an example of an existing arbitral mechanism associated with a national sports body, the typical disputes, the practical functioning and procedural framework in which such a body operates (including the guidelines set by Article 6 ECHR) will be outlined. Chapter four—The Legal Regulation of Drugs in Sport—makes three fundamental points in its discussion on the use of performance enhancing substances in sport. First, the manner in which sport as a whole has reacted to doping, in terms of governance, is outlined. This includes an examination of the World AntiDoping Agency. Second, three legal facets of the disciplining of athletes found to have engaged in doping are reviewed: the principle of strict liability; the proportionality of sanctioning; and issues of privacy. The chapter concludes by engaging in a debate, somewhat philosophical in nature, as to why sport seeks to proscribe the use of performance enhancing substances. Chapter five—Criminal Violence in Sport—asks when, as a matter of policy and legal certainty, and on what basis, criminal liability might attach to a violent incident on the sports field? The chapter suggests that the answer in located in the principle of ‘implied sporting consent’ and discusses the critical level at which such an implied consent ordinarily ceases to be an answer to a prosecution for inflicting harm during the course of a game. Overall, the chapter reviews the current status of the ‘law of sporting assault’, mainly in the context of the English Court of Appeal’s decision in R v Barnes.5 The analysis is informed by a comparative approach whereby reference is made to the sophisticated approach of the Canadian courts to violence in sport, principally in the context of ice hockey. The chapter ends by reflecting upon the suitability of the ordinary law of violence in addressing unnecessarily aggressive behaviour in sport, and the specific influence it might have on the ‘playing culture’ of contact sports.6 Chapter six—Civil Liability in Sport—begins by considering personal injury liability for injuries inflicted by a participant upon an opponent during a sports pursuit. The sporting emphasis of the chapter is on competitive, body contact games. The legal emphasis is on the tort of negligence. Analogous to the law of criminal assault, breach of ‘implied sporting consent’ or the volenti of the claimant is seen as central in application, as assessed through a number of objective criteria, including the skill level of the injuring party and whether that defendant was acting in ‘reckless disregard’ of the claimant’s safety. The chapter also has a broader focus beyond the litigating of sports injuries. It assesses practical matters relating to vicarious liability, insurance and the measure of damages for ‘lost sporting opportunity’. It also refers to the underlying policy-related issue of sport’s social utility. Moreover, the chapter demonstrates that sports-related personal injury claims now extend to a consideration of the duties of coaches, referees, sports 5 R v Barnes [2004] EWCA Crim 3246, [2005] 1WLR 910. The chapter is based on previous research by the author. See J Anderson, ‘No Licence for Thuggery: Violence, Sport and the Criminal Law’ [2008] Crim LR 751. 6 Preface xi governing bodies and schools. These duties are discussed in depth and with particular respect to the safety and welfare of minors and children. Finally, chapter six is set against the backdrop of an apparently spiralling ‘compensation culture’ and the threat that this ‘blame culture’ poses for the future promotion, operation and administration of sport.7 Chapter seven—Sports-related Contracts of Employment—seeks to locate professional sports contracts, and particularly those involving elite professional footballers, in the context of the abridged, precarious but lucrative nature of a professional career in sport. The chapter has two overlapping parts. First, and with principal reference to professional football, standard contractual issues relating to capacity, formation, standard terms and performance are outlined. This part of the chapter reflects on individual matters such as remuneration and image rights and also addresses briefly the role of player agents, and the manner in which the power of player agents, again in football, has led to attempts to regulate this aspect of the modern professional sports industry. A second aspect of the chapter equates professional sports persons to ‘workers’ and their right to avail of, and operate within, the norms of employment, labour and anti-discrimination law both domestically and at an EU level. This apparently straightforward premise will be seen as somewhat controversial when examined in the context of the premature and unilateral termination of a player’s contract, which of itself forms part of a wider discourse involving the desire of football’s various authorities to preserve some element of contractual stability and an EU law-driven demand for reasonable employee mobility within any professional services industry. The concluding chapter speculates upon the future of sports law. The chapter observes that in the longer term the legal and regulatory structure of sport will, most likely, be shaped by the outcome of the debate on whether the special character or ‘specificity’ of sport should mean that a special legal status should attach to sport under EU law. On the one hand, many practices of the professional sports industry have economic implications and accordingly such activities must be subject to and reconciled with, for example, the various fundamental freedoms of the internal market. On the other hand, sport has characteristics that are not found in other sectors of the economy and thus sports organisations seek to exempt their practices from the full force of EU law. The concluding chapter, which seeks to serve as a conclusion to this text as whole, goes on to discuss matters of fundamental concern, including whether EU law has the capacity to go beyond an examination of sports-related rules that have an ‘economic effect’ and scrutinise rules of a ‘purely sporting nature’. Given that a central aim of this book is to demonstrate that ‘Law’s Empire’ stretches ‘beyond the touchline’ and that there is no blanket immunity for sport from the law, this book ends with an attempt to provide an intellectually durable 7 The chapter is based on previous research by the author. See J Anderson, ‘Personal Injury Liability in Sport: Emerging Trends’ [2008] 16 Tort Law Review 95. xii Preface rationale as to when and why the practices and governance of sport should or should not be deemed compatible with (EU) law.8 In this, the book as a whole is partly guided by what can be called the Weatherill maxim: ‘Sport is special but not that special’9; but also by a paraphrasing of that maxim—the European sports model is special but not that special. The latter refers to the fact that as the landscape of sports law in Europe emerges incrementally on a case by case basis, the picture that is emerging is very recognisable to US sports lawyers and thus the future of sports law may take us in a westward direction towards Boston rather than eastwards towards Brussels. The layout and structure of the book apart, four further points need to be made as to its contents and substance in terms of accompanying and complimentary literature; its pedagogical and theoretical nature; the ‘American’ influence; and the use of the term ‘sport’. On the first point, and as stated previously, the emphasis in this text is on doctrinal legal analysis within the England and Wales jurisdiction. It is admitted that without context, doctrinal analysis, particularly of a popular activity such as sport, would only partially explain the deepening relationship between sport and the law. When necessary, the book alludes to broader issues relating to sport’s societal and cultural role, as well as its unique regulatory and economic framework, and including references to developments in other common law jurisdictions and the European Union. However, those who wish to delve deeper into socio-legal aspects of sports law;10 law and the business of sport;11 the practice of sports law;12 sports law in jurisdictions such as Australia,13 Canada,14 Ireland,15 New Zealand,16 Scotland,17 South Africa,18 the United States,19 including 8 Note recently and generally R Parrish and S Miettinen, The Sporting Exception in European Union Law (The Hague, TMC Asser, 2008). 9 See generally S Weatherill, European Sports Law: Collected Papers (The Hague, TMC Asser Press, 2007). 10 S Gardiner et al, Sports Law, 3rd edn (London, Cavendish, 2006) and S Greenfield and G Osborn (eds), Law and Sport in Contemporary Society (London, Frank Cass, 2000). 11 D Griffith Jones, Law and the Business of Sport (London, Butterworths, 1997) and R Verow, C Lawrence and P McCormick, Sports Business: Law, Practice and Precedents, 2nd edn (Bristol, Jordans, 2005). 12 A Lewis and J Taylor (eds), Sport: Law and Practice, 2nd edn (London, Tottel Publishing, 2008). 13 D Thorpe et al, Sports Law (Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2009) and D Healey, Sport and the Law, 4th edn (Sydney, UNSW Press, 2009). 14 J Barnes, Sport and the Law in Canada, 3rd edn (Toronto, Butterworths, 1993). 15 N Cox and A Schuster, Sport and the Law (Dublin, FirstLaw, 2004). 16 E Toomey (ed), Keeping the Score: Essays in Law and Sports (Christchurch, University of Canterbury Press, 2005). 17 W Stewart, Sport and the Law—A Scots Perspective (Edinburgh, Tottel Publishing, 2003). 18 R Cloete and S Cornelius (eds), Introduction to Sports Law in South Africa (Durban, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005). 19 For instance, M Cozzillo et al (eds), Sports Law: Cases and Materials, 2nd edn (Durham NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2007); M Mitten et al (eds), Sports Law and Regulation: Cases, Materials and Problems, 2nd edn (New York, Aspen, 2009); J Spengler et al, Introduction to Sport Law (Champaign; Ill, Human Kinetics, 2009); P Weiler and G Roberts, Sports and the Law: Text, Cases and Problems, 3rd edn (Westport Conn, Thomson West, 2004); and G Wong, Essentials of Sports Law, 4th edn (Westport Conn, Praeger, 2009). Preface xiii the EU20 and at an international level;21 or those who simply wish to obtain a broader perspective on contemporary issues in sport and the law22—should consult the expanding body of literature that critiques an area of law that has recently attracted the rather grand title of lex sportiva.23 Second, the reluctance to broaden the debate beyond strict legal analysis might be said to reflect a certain defensiveness with respect to engaging more fully with sports-related issues and popular culture more generally. Admittedly, the study of sports law remains at an early stage in its development and still tends to be deemed, even dismissed as, a rather niche or esoteric area of interest. Often its popularity among students as an elective part of their studies—and sports law is a popular choice—is seen as being in some way detrimental to more worthy or serious areas of special interest.24 More importantly however, it is argued that sports law as a corpus of law is fundamentally weakened by not being underpinned with a unifying theoretical coherency. This debate is dealt with more fully in chapter one; for now, it suffices to state that this book attempts to highlight that the application of established areas of the law—commercial, contract, employment etc—to sport can not only teach us something about those discrete legal areas but it might also, in time, lead to a distinct area of the law befitting the term ‘sports law’. In sum, it is argued that the evolution of sports law is continuing at a satisfactory pace, as reflected, it is hoped, in the complexity and sophistication of the issues highlighted in this book and others, to the point that there is no real need to attach any hyperbole to the existence of sports law. In this regard, this book is influenced by an article published a decade ago by Lawrence Lessig in the Harvard Law Review.25 Lessig’s commentary is a critique of the practice and study of the law of cyberspace. The analysis had an unusual 20 R Blanpain, M Colucci, F Hendrickx (eds), The Future of Sports Law in the European Union (London, Kluwer, 2008); B Bogusz, A Cygan and E Szyszczak (eds), The Regulation of Sport in the European Union (London, Edward Elgar, 2007); A Caiger and S Gardiner (eds), Professional Sport in the EU: Regulation and Re-regulation (The Hague, TMC Asser, 2005); S Gardiner, R Parrish and R Siekmann (eds), EU, Sport, Law and Policy: Regulation, Re-regulation and Representation (The Hague, TMC Asser, 2009); R Parrish, Sports Law and Policy in the European Union (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2003); and R Siekmann and J Soek, The European Union and Sport: Legal and Policy Developments (The Hague, TMC Asser, 2005). 21 J Nafziger, International Sports Law, 2nd edn (New York, Transnational Publishers, 2004). 22 M Beloff, T Kerr and M Demetriou, Sports Law (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 1999); E Grayson Sport and the Law, 3rd edn (London, Butterworths, 2000); and H Hartley, Sport, Physical Recreation and the Law, New ed (London, Routledge, 2009). Leading periodicals include: Entertainment and Sports Law Journal; International Sports Law Journal; International Sports Law Review; Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport; Marquette Sports Law Review; Seton Hall Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law; Villanova Sport and Entertainment Law Journal; and Sport and the Law Journal. 23 See M Beloff, ‘Is There a Lex Sportiva?’ [2005] International Sports Law Review 49. 24 For an interesting American perspective on this point see generally J Standen, Taking Sports Seriously: Law and Sports in Contemporary American Culture (Durham NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2008). For a lighter English perspective on sport and society see S Barnes, The Meaning of Sport (London, Short Books, 2007) and E Smith, What Sport Tells us about Life (London, Penguin, 2009). 25 L Lessig, ‘The Law of the Horse: What Cyberlaw Might Teach’ (1999) 113 Harvard Law Review 501. xiv Preface premise—an American federal court judge’s disparaging quip that there was no more a ‘law of cyberspace’ than there was a ‘law of the horse’. More fully, the judge in question remarked that the best way to learn the law applicable to specialised endeavours was to study general rules and principles. Numerous cases, the judge observed, dealt with sales of horses; others dealt with people kicked by horses; still more dealt with the licensing and racing of horses; but any effort to collect those strands into a course entitled ‘The Law of the Horse’ was doomed to be shallow and to miss unifying principles.26 Lessig countered that the distillation of tort in cyberspace, contract in cyberspace, property law issues in cyberspace etc into a ‘law of cyberspace’ would not lead to the cross-sterilisation of topics and issues because, by illustrating the regulatory and geographical limits of traditional legal principles, cyberspace law ‘illuminated the entire law’. In sum, Lessig went on to suggest reasons to study cyberspace law for reasons beyond the particulars of cyberspace. This book proceeds on similar lines: providing a justification for the study of sports law beyond the peculiarities of sport as a social phenomenon with a view towards demonstrating that in analysing the legal regulation of sport we might learn something about the general law that other more established areas of the law might not reveal. The third point, which follows from the above, is a comment on the American influence on sports law. Although the birth of modern sport is often traced to the public schools and Victorian social values of mid-nineteenth century Britain, thereafter the commercial heart of modern sport was transplanted to the United States where, football apart, it remains. Europeans often, and sometimes rightly, accuse Americans of an insular appreciation of sport, as limited to American football, baseball and basketball.27 That insularity is however often reciprocated by Europeans’ ignorance of the fact that the structure of major league sport, the commodification of sport and the study and practice of sports law is at its most sophisticated and advanced in the United States to the point that lawyers have long had a central role in the operation of contemporary sport in America as administrators, agents or in pursuing employment and antitrust-related lawsuits that have changed fundamentally the structure of major leagues. The national sport of baseball is a case in point, with the legal status of that sport’s commercial framework coming to the attention of the US Supreme Court as early as the 1920s.28 26 See F Easterbrook, ‘Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse’ (1996) University of Chicago Legal Forum 207, 207. 27 See M Dyreson and J Mangan (eds), Sport and American Society: Exceptionalism, Insularity and Imperialism (London, Routledge, 2007) where the contributors outline the story of American sport as premised historically on a symbolic rejection of British rule and British sports. 28 Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc v National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (1922) 259 US 200 (US Supreme Court upholding professional baseball’s immunity from federal antitrust laws). For an introduction to some of the legal and commercial complexities surrounding Major League Baseball, see M Nagel et al, ‘Major League Baseball Anti-Trust Immunity: Examining the Legal and Financial Implications of Relocation Rules’ (2006) 4 Entertainment and Sports Law Journal available online at www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/eslj/issues/volume4/number3/nagel. Preface xv In short, and as the concluding chapter of this book argues, there is much to learn from the United States, and in particular the manner in which the law, principally in the form of labour law, assists in maintaining the ‘competitive balance’ that is the hallmark of major league sport in the United States.29 In the major league sports of North America—Major League Baseball, the NBA in basketball, the NFL in American Football, and the NHL in ice hockey—a highly regulated system, which includes team franchising, player drafts, salary caps and collective bargaining agreements between key stakeholders in the sport, strives to ensure some element of equality of opportunity for all members of the league. The underlying idea is that if a select number of clubs through private investment, or other advantage, gain a monopoly on winning, the league in question will slowly lose its competitiveness and attractiveness to the commercial detriment of all. At first glance, this approach appears to work and is demonstrated by comparing the winners of the Super Bowl (American football) against the Premier League (English football) since the inception of the latter in 1992/1993: Season Ending 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 18 seasons Super Bowl New Orleans Saints Pittsburgh Steelers New York Giants Indianapolis Colts Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers New England Patriots Baltimore Ravens St Louis Rams Denver Broncos Denver Broncos Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys San Francisco 49ers Dallas Cowboys Dallas Cowboys 12 clubs Premier League Chelsea Manchester United Manchester United Manchester United Chelsea Chelsea Arsenal Manchester United Arsenal Manchester United Manchester United Manchester United Arsenal Manchester United Manchester United Blackburn Rovers Manchester United Manchester United 4 clubs 29 See the though-provoking review by P Weiler, Leveling the Playing Field: How the Law Can Make Sports Better for Fans (Cambridge; Mass, Harvard University Press, 2000). xvi Preface This competitive balance notwithstanding, it must be reiterated that the governance of sport in Europe and the United Kingdom differs appreciably, in terms of history and structure, from the ‘American Sports Model’.30 For example, the American model is very much closed to new entrants and thus the system of promotion/relegation, which is fundamental to the English and European understanding of league sport, is unknown. It follows that, given the historical and domestic allegiances of English and European football clubs including their commercial freedom to attract outside investment and hire playing staff, any proposals to develop the current UEFA Champions’ League in football into, say, a 32-club franchised model such as the NFL, would be unlikely to succeed. In any event, such a tightly regulated system would probably encounter legal difficulties in reconciling itself with the fundamental freedoms underpinning the European Union’s internal market. Nevertheless, the American experience of the economic and legal regulation of sport is a useful resource because trends established there may be indicative of that which will be experienced here in the near future. Consequently, where relevant, and with due caution, some specific analogies are made to the situation pertaining in the United States. The fourth point that needs to be made is that there is a tendency in the United Kingdom to equate sport generally with male pursuits and specifically with professional football.31 It is hoped that where possible this inclination can be avoided to draw on as broad a range of sports as possible, and to discuss sport in all its guises—male, female, amateur, professional, recreational and elite; and thus, where appropriate, the word ‘athlete’ is used as a gender neutral reference for all sportspersons. That being said, elite professional football often best illustrates individual topics within the umbrella of sports law. Moreover, professional football also demonstrates the more general evolution and emerging sophistication of sports law. For instance, it can be argued that standing outside a Premiership football ground is now every much an experience of law in action, as it is sport at play. The ticket the spectator holds is a licence to enter the ground and is quasicontractual in nature. The merchandising and advertising that the spectator encounters on entering the stadium is subject to significant legal protections such as trademark, copyright legislation and the tort of passing-off. The spectator will sit (and be monitored by CCTV) in an all-seater stadium designed and operating within the raft of health and safety and public order legislation that followed the Hillsborough stadium disaster of 1989. The players on the 30 See the account by S Weatherill, ‘Resisting the Pressures of “Americanization”: The Influence of European Community Law on the “European Sport Model”’ in S Greenfield and G Osborn (eds), Law and Sport in Contemporary Society (London, Frank Cass, 2000). 31 The participation of women in sport, and the surrounding legal issues, is complex in nature. If discussed properly, the topic of women in sport would need to be located in its broader context of gender studies, cultural theory and economic development, similar to the approach taken by J Williams, A Game for Rough Girls? A History of Women’s Football in Britain (London, Routledge, 2003). Preface xvii pitch are as much commercial entities as they are athletes. Their contracts are complicated documents including provision for insurance and image rights, and reflecting the precarious and abridged nature of any professional career in sport. Elite players will now more likely be employed not by football clubs but by a public limited company quoted and traded daily on the stock exchange. If players commit playing offences, their hearings and appeals will be heard by sophisticated arbitral tribunals that seek to adhere to the principles of natural justice and even the European Convention on Human Rights. If the injury inflicted is sufficiently serious and is outside that which is ordinary and incidental to the game of football, the culprit might be sued in negligence by the injured player or even face criminal liability. On completion of the game, a number of players will be chosen randomly for routine tests for performance enhancing drugs—tests that flirt with the very boundaries of personal privacy. When the spectator returns home, they will in all likelihood look at the highlights of the other Premiership matches of the day. The contest for these broadcasting rights will have been every bit as (anti-)competitive as the game itself and they will also have, in large part, funded events on the field, thus are in need of advanced legal protections. In this light, when faced with an industry, such as professional football, which is becoming ever more complex and diverse, and in a society that has become more litigious and risk averse, the involvement of the law and lawyers in sport is likely to become ever more prevalent. This involvement does not necessarily always have to be seen in a negative, opportunistic or adversarial light. It is hoped that immutable principles of the law such as certainty and fairness, and more general attributes associated with the law such as deterring violence, eliminating corruption, ensuring equality of opportunity and promoting inclusivity, will compliment and ultimately benefit sport as a whole. Admittedly, this perspective may be somewhat idealistic; at best the expectation is that the law might operate in a manner similar to a good referee. It should be firm but unobtrusive. It should, where possible, fade into the background and not unduly influence matters on the pitch or in the arena. In sum, it should act primarily to enhance the enjoyment of games, and to facilitate participation in, rather than the litigation of, sport. Finally, and as with most academic projects, the finishing of this book has been accompanied with some regret. Certain matters have had to be dealt with briefly or not at all. This occasional abruptness is not because of an overly demanding editor (all at Hart Publishing have been more than accommodating). It has more to do with my attempt not to be overly self-indulgent and let my enthusiasm for this subject divert me from analysis to punditry and thus into what Umberto Eco once disparagingly referred to as sport’s endless and empty ‘chatter’. My principal regrets (which hopefully and without being overly presumptuous, might feature in future editions of this text) are threefold. First, I would have liked to dedicate more to the (corporate) social responsibility of sports clubs, national associations and international federations as conduits for policies promoting anti-racism, xviii Preface anti-discrimination and social inclusion.32 Second, I would like in the future to address the emerging issue of financial crime in sport, including the manner in which certain sports-related activities appear vulnerable to money laundering and the link between corruption in sport (such as match-fixing) and online betting scams.33 Third, and as a legacy of the London Olympics of 2012, it is hoped in the future to give more attention to the hosting of major sports events ranging from issues of safety and security for spectators within and outside the sports arena34 to the various complex commercial dealings, especially those involving proprietary rights, that now surround the holding of such events.35 But enough for now. For good or bad the central thrust of this book is the increasingly zealous manner in which the law impacts on the rights, interests and conduct of individual athletes, and not, directly at least, on how it affects spectators, clubs, sports governing bodies and sports event organisers. Even in this abridged format, it will, to paraphrase Beloff, be seen that sports law is, at times, as infuriating as a magpie: you never quite know what it is going to pick up next. It follows that the best that I can say about this book is that its somewhat eclectic contents reflect the assorted nature of the subject matter. In any event, I have learnt a huge amount about this topic in writing this book. On reading it, I hope you learn something too. I have endeavoured to state the law as of 30 April 2010. 32 On sport’s potential in this regard see generally s 2 of the European Commission’s White Paper on Sport, 11 July 2007, COM(2007) 391 final. 33 On the former see the report by the Financial Action Task Force (FAFT), an inter-governmental body whose purpose is to monitor money laundering and terrorist financing at a global level, Money Laundering through the Football Sector (FAFT, Paris, July 2009) 26–29 available to download through www.fatf-gafi.org. On the latter, a number of organisations in world sport, led by the Denmark-based NGO, Play the Game, have been pushing for the creation of a World Anti-corruption Agency (WACA) for sport as a sister organisation for the World Anti-doping Agency (WADA). In October 2009, the organisation wrote an open letter to the President of the International Olympic Committee calling on him to instigate measures to combat corruption in sport. The letter and accompanying petition is available online at www.playthegame.org. For an introduction to the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of matchfixing see R Caruso, ‘The Basic Economics of Match Fixing in Sports Tournaments’ (2009) 39 Economic Analysis and Policy 355. 34 The painful lessons learned in the UK from the various stadium disasters and the policing of football-inspired hooliganism in the 1980s has resulted in much legislation dedicated to both enhancing spectator safety and combating crowd disorder at sports events, including, in chronological order: Safety of Sports Ground Act 1975; Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985; Part IV (Exclusion Orders) of the Public Order Act 1986; Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987; Football Spectators Act 1989; Football (Offences) Act 1991; Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999; Football (Disorder) Act 2000; ss 52 and 53 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. For an introductory history and application of the stated provisions see M James, Sports Law (Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2010) chs 8–10. For a broader theoretical approach see R Giulianotti and F Klauser, ‘Security Governance and Sport Mega-Events: Towards an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda’ (2010) 34 Journal of Sport and Social Issues 49. 35 Note, for example, the London Olympic and Paralympics Games Act 2006 the thrust of which is to assure the IOC that all reasonable measures are being taken to prevent unauthorised commercial use of Olympic-related symbols, trade makes and merchandising in the build up to the 2012 Games. See generally the discussion by I Blackshaw, ‘Protecting Major Sporting Events with Particular Reference to the 2012 London Olympic Games’ (2009) 7 Entertainment and Sports Law Journal available online at www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/eslj/issues/volume7/number2/blackshaw. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In writing this book, I am deeply grateful for the support given to me by a number of colleagues at the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast, particularly by the Head of School, Professor Colin Harvey and Professor Sally Wheeler. Of especial note are my good friends at the Law School, Dr Gordon Anthony and Dr Dimitrios Doukas, who were endlessly encouraging and full of advice, some of which was even useful! I am also hugely obliged to all at Hart Publishing. Richard Hart has always treated me with great respect, courtesy and patience (probably more than I deserved at times!) and I thank him and all on his team most sincerely for their professionalism and this opportunity. I would also like to thank my family and notably my parents for giving me their love and instilling in me an enduring set of values that have served me well in life. They also passed on a passion for sport and more importantly an interest in sport that is driven not by marketing or merchandising but by real community involvement and participation. I have huge appreciation for and thanks to give to my wife Teresa, who has now, mainly due to a sudden addiction to BBC Radio 5 Live, begun to fancy herself as quite the sports expert. Finally, when the contract for this book was signed, Daniel (now aged 2½) and Katherine (aged ½) were not yet with us. As I write this sentence on the laptop at the kitchen table, I have one eye on Daniel’s latest attempt to use his sister as a tackle-bag, and so just have time to say that this book is dedicated to them. Jack Anderson, April 2010 TABLE OF CASES References are to paragraph numbers UNITED KINGDOM Aberavon and Port Talbot RFC v Welsh Rugby Union Limited [2003] EWCA Civ 584 ................................................................................................. [2.24] Agassi v Her Majesty’s Inspector of Taxes [2006] UKHL 23, [2006] 1 WLR 1380 .......... [7.70] Allport v Wilbraham [2004] EWCA Civ 1668. ................................................................ [6.56] Alyesbury FC (1997) Ltd v Watford AFC Ltd Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 12 June 2000 ...................................................................................... [7.45] American Cyanamid Co v Ethicon Ltd [1975] AC 396 .................................................... [2.17] Anderson v Davies [1993] PIQR Q187 ............................................................................ [6.37] Andrews v Ramsey & Co [1903] 2 KB 635....................................................................... [7.19] Appelton v El Safty [2007] EWHC 631 (QB) ...........................................[6.39], [6.40], [6.41] Armstrong v Jackson [1917] 2 KB 822.............................................................................. [7.17] Ashley & Anor v Chief Constable of Sussex Police [2008] UKHL 25 ............................... [6.04] Aston Cantlow and Wilcote with Billesley Parochial Church Council v Wallbank [2003] UKHL 37; [2004] 1 AC 546 .................................[2.55], [4.32] Attorney-General v Corporation of Sunderland [1876] 2 Ch D 634 ............................... [1.18] Attorney-General v Mayor of Southampton 63 ER 957; (1859) 1 LT 155 ....................... [1.18] Attorney-General’s Reference (No 4 of 2002); Sheldrake v DPP [2004] UKHL 43, [2005] 1 AC 264 ............................................................................. [4.90] Attorney-General’s Reference (No 6 of 1980) [1981] QB 715 .......................................... [5.11] Badrick v British Judo Association [2004] EWHC 1891 .................................................. [2.16] Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Club Plc v Avon Insurance Plc & Ors [2006] EWHC 840 (QB) .............................................................................................. [6.61] Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council [1990] 1 WLR 1195 ...................................................................................................... [2.23] Blake v Galloway [2004] EWCA Civ 814 ......................................................................... [6.05] Boardman v Phipps [1967] 2 AC 46................................................................................. [7.17] Bolton v Stone [1951] AC 850 ...............................................................................[1.26], [6.08] Boston Deep Sea Fishing & Ice Co v Ansell (1888) 39 Ch D 339 ..................................... [7.19] Bradley v Jockey Club [2004] EWHC 2164......................[2.24], [2.29], [2.46], [2.47], [2.48], [2.49], [2.50], [2.51], [2.52], [2.53], [2.57], [2.58], [3.35] Bradley v Jockey Club [2005] EWCA Civ 1056 ................[2.46], [2.49], [2.50], [2.52], [2.53], [2.56], [3.35] Brady v Sunderland Association Football Club Ltd, Unreported Court of Appeal 17 November 1998 ........................................................................... [6.57] Breen v Amalgamated Engineering Union [1971] 2 QB 175 ................................[2.42], [2.51] Brown v IRC [1965] AC 244 ............................................................................................ [7.17] xxviii Table of Cases Brown v Ministry of Defence [2006] EWCA Civ 546....................................................... [6.35] Calder and the Visitors of the Inns of Court [1994] QB 1 ................................................ [2.07] Caldwell v Maguire [2001] EWCA Civ 1054 ................................[6.25], [6.26], [6.27], [6.28] Calvin v Carr [1980] AC 574 ........................................................[2.10], [2.11], [2.13], [3.35] Caparo v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605. ............................................................................... [6.07] Cayne v Global Natural Resources plc [1984] 1 All ER 225 ............................................. [2.17] Chambers v British Olympic Association (2008) EWHC 2028 (QB) .............................................[2.18], [2.19], [2.20], [2.52], [2.57], [4.66] Chandler v Buffham [2002] EWHC 1426 (QB) .............................................................. [2.47] Chaplin v Hicks [1911] 2 KB 786 ..................................................................................... [6.35] Chittock v Woodbridge School [2002] EWCA Civ 915..................................................... [6.57] Cleghorn v Oldham (1927) 43 TLR 465 .......................................................................... [6.10] Colgan v Kennel Club [2001] All ER (D) 403 (Oct) .............................................[2.49], [2.51] Collett v Smith and Middlesbrough FC [2008] EWHC 1962 (QB) ................................. [6.41] Collins v Wilcox [1984] 1 WLR 1172 ............................................................................... [6.05] Condon v Basi [1985] 1 WLR 866................................................[6.15], [6.17], [6.18], [6.20], [6.21], [6.25], [6.30], [6.61] Conteh v Onslow-Fane, The Times 6 June 1975; The Times 26 June 1975 (CA) ............ [2.17] Cooke v Football Association [1972] CLY 516.................................................................. [2.60] Cope v Cassells [1990] CLY 3296 ..................................................................................... [6.59] Corbett v Duff [1941] 1 KB 730 ....................................................................................... [7.71] Cowley v Heatley, The Times 24 July 1986 ....................................................................... [2.06] Craven v Riches [2001] EWCA Civ 375 ................................................................[6.04], [6.09] Currie v Barton, The Times 12 February 1988 (CA) ....................................................... [2.19] Dalkia Utilities Services Plc v Cletech International Ltd [2006] EWHC 63 (Comm) .... [7.76] Dalton v Warren t/a Sports Network Europe [2002] EWHC 746 (QB) .......................... [7.04] Day v High Performance Sports Ltd [2003] EWHC 197 ................................................. [6.23] Days Medical Aids Ltd v Pishsiang Machinery Manufacturing Co Ltd [2004] EWHC 44 (Comm); [2004] UKCLR 384........................................................ [2.57] De Freitas v Permanent Secretary [1998] UKPC 30; [1999] 1 AC 69 ............................. [2.49] Don King Productions v Warren and Others [2000] Ch 291 ........................................... [7.04] Donoghue v Stevenson [1932] AC 562 ..................................................................[6.12], [6.20] Doyle v Wallace [1998] PIQR Q146..........................................................[6.35], [6.37], [6.38] Doyle v White City Stadium [1935] 1 KB 110 ..............................[7.42], [7.43], [7.44], [7.45] Eastham v Newcastle United FC Ltd & Ors [1964] Ch 413.....................[2.59], [2.60], [2.61], [8.01], [8.29] Edwards v Bairstow [1956] AC 14.................................................................................... [2.14] Elliot v Saunders Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 10 June 1994 ....[6.18], [6.23], [6.61] Elshafey v Clay, The Times 8 August 2001 ...................................................................... [6.24] Enderby Town Football Club v the FA [1971] Ch 591 ..............................[1.22], [2.23], [2.51] English v Emery Reimbold & Stick Ltd [2002] EWCA Civ 605; [2002] 1 WLR 2409..... [3.35] Esso Petroleum v Harper’s Garage Ltd [1968] AC 269 ..................................................... [2.58] FA Premier League Ltd & Ors v QC Leisure & Ors [2008] EWHC 1411(Ch) ................ [1.13] Faruk v Wyse [1988] 2 EGLR 26 ...................................................................................... [7.16] Fitch v Rawling 126 ER 614; (1795) 2 H Bl 393 (KB) ..................................................... [1.18] Flaherty v National Greyhound Racing Club Limited [2004] EWHC 2838 (Ch) .................................................................................[2.12], [2.13], [2.53] Flaherty v National Greyhound Racing Club Limited [2005] EWCA Civ 1117 .................................... [2.07], [2.12], [2.13], [2.14], [2.22], [2.53], [3.35] Table of Cases xxix Force India Formula One Team Ltd v Etihad Airways PJSC & Anor [2009] EWHC 2768 (QB) ............................................................................................ [7.02] Froom v Butcher [1976] QB 286 ...................................................................................... [6.04] Gannon v Rotherham MBC Unreported, Nottingham Crown Court 6 February 1991 .................................................................................... [6.54] Gasser v Stinson Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 15 June 1988 .....[2.06], [2.56], [4.18] Gaynor v Blackpool Football Club [2002] CLY 3280 ............................................[6.29], [6.35] Gluckstein v Barnes [1900] AC 240.................................................................................. [7.17] Gough v Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary [2002] QB 1213 .......................... [4.25] Gravil v Carroll and Redruth Rugby Football Club [2008] EWCA Civ 689 ..........................................................................[6.06], [6.44], [6.45], [6.46] Gregg v Scott [2005] UKHL 2; [2005] 2 AC 176 ............................................................. [6.35] Grieg v Insole [1978] 1 WLR 308 ..........................................................................[2.61], [7.49] Hall v Brooklands Auto-Racing Club [1933] 1 KB 205 ................................................... [6.08] Harrison v Vincent [1982] RTR 8 .........................................................................[6.08], [6.58] Hearn v Rugby Football Union [2003] EWHC 2690 (Ch) .............................................. [2.16] Hendry v World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Ltd [2002] UKCLR 5 .......................................................................................................... [2.57] Herbert Morris v Saxelby [1916] 1 AC 688 ...................................................................... [2.58] Howard v Pickford Toll Co Ltd [1951] 1 KB 417 ............................................................. [7.35] Huang v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] UKHL 11; [2007] 2 AC 167 ............................................................................. [2.53] Imageview Management Ltd v Jack [2009] EWCA Civ 63; [2009] 1 Lloyds Rep 436; [2009] Bus LR 1034 .......................[7.19], [7.20], [7.21], [7.22], [7.23], [7.24] Jockey Club v Buffham [2003] QB 462 .................................................................[2.47], [2.55] John v Rees [1970] Ch 345................................................................................................ [3.33] Jones v Welsh Rugby Union, The Times 6 March 1997; [1997] EWCA Civ 3066 ................................................................................................[2.17], [2.22] Kerr v Willis [2009] EWCA Civ 1248 ............................................................................... [6.63] Kingaby v Aston Villa FC, The Times 27 and 28 March 1912 ..............................[8.01], [8.29] Korda v International Tennis Federation Limited, The Times 4 February 1999 ........................................................................................................... [2.23] Korda v International Tennis Federation Limited [1999] EWCA Civ 1098 .................... [2.24] Kulkarni v Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust [2009] EWCA Civ 789 .......................... [3.35] Lamb v Evans [1893] 1 Ch 218 ........................................................................................ [7.16] Lane v Holloway [1968] 1 QB 379 ........................................................................[6.04], [6.30] Langford v Hebran [2001] EWCA Civ 361 ...........[6.35], [6.36], [6.37], [6.38], [6.40], [6.41] Law v National Greyhound Racing Club [1983] 1 WLR 1302 .....[2.28], [2.29], [2.30], [2.42] Leatherland v Edwards (1999) 2(1) Sports Law Bulletin 5 .............................................. [6.24] Lee v The Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain [1952] 2 QB 329.................[2.06], [2.08], [2.50] Leeds Rugby Ltd v Harris [2005] EWHC 1591 (QB) ...........................................[2.56], [8.01] Leeds United 2007 Ltd and Rotherham United FC Ltd v Football League Ltd [2008] BCC 701 ........................................................................... [3.26] Letang v Cooper [1965] 1 QB 232 .................................................................................... [6.04] Lewis v Brookshaw (1970) 120 NLJ 413........................................................................... [6.06] Lichtenstein v Clube Atletica Mineiro [2005] EWHC 1300 (QB) ................................... [7.28] Lister v Hesley Hall [2001] 2 WLR 1311 ...............................................................[6.43], [6.45] Lloyd v McMahon [1987] 1 AC 625 ................................................................................. [2.10] xxx Table of Cases Martinez v Ellesse International [1999] EWCA Civ 1133 ............................................... [7.06] McCord v Swansea Football Club Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 19 December 1996, The Times 11 February 1997.............................[6.24], [6.43] McEllistrim v Ballymacelligot Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society [1919] AC 548 ................................................................................ [2.59] McInnes v Onslow-Fane [1978] 1 WLR 1520; [1978] 3 All ER 211 ...............................................................................[2.06], [2.12], [2.51], [2.58] Middlesbrough Football & Athletic Co (1986) Ltd v Liverpool Football & Athletic Grounds [2002] EWCA Civ 1929 ................................................. [7.51] Modahl v British Athletic Federation Limited Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 28 June 1996 .............................................................[2.06], [2.07] Modahl v British Athletic Federation Limited [1997] EWCA Civ 2209 ............................................................[2.08], [2.10], [2.15], [2.17], [2.50] Modahl v British Athletic Federation Limited [1999] UKHL 37 ..................................... [2.08] Modahl v British Athletic Federation Limited (No 2) Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 14 December 2000 ............................................................... [2.11] Modahl v British Athletic Federation Limited (No 2) [2001] EWCA Civ 1447 ................................................[2.11], [2.23], [2.24], [2.51], [3.35] Morgan v UPS Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 375 ...................................................................... [6.35] Mortimer v Beckett [1920] 1 Ch 571 ................................................................................ [7.36] Mountford v Newlands School [2007] EWCA Civ 21 ...........................................[6.50], [6.57] Mullins v McFarlane [2006] EWHC 986 (QB) ....................................................[2.52], [3.35] Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd [2008] EWHC 1666 (Admin) ........................ [1.13] Murray v Harringay Arena [1951] 2 KB 529 ................................................................... [6.08] Nagle v Feilden [1966] 2 QB 633 ......................................[2.23], [2.51], [2.52], [2.57], [2.58] Nayar v Denton Wilde Sapte [2009] EWHC 3218 (QB) ................................................. [7.18] Nettleship v Weston [1971] 2 QB 691............................................................................... [6.13] Newcastle United v The Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs [2007] EWHC 612 (Ch) ............................................................ [7.13] Newport v Football Association of Wales Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 15 April 1995 ....................................................................... [2.56] Newport v Football Association of Wales [1995] 2 All ER 87 ........................................... [2.17] Nichols Advanced Vehicle Systems v De Angelis Unreported, High Court 21 December 1979 ................................................................................... [7.36] Nordendfelt v Maxim Nordenelft Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd [1894] AC 535 ...................................................................................................[2.58], [2.59], [2.61] NWL Limited v Woods [1979] 3 All ER 614 .................................................................... [2.17] O’Connell v Jackson [1972] 1 QB 270 .............................................................................. [6.04] O’Reilly v Mackman [1983] 2 AC 237 ............................................................................. [2.29] OBG Ltd v Allan [2008] 1 AC 1 ............................................................................[6.47], [7.49] Oxfordshire CC v Oxford City Council [2006] UKHL 25; [2006] 2 AC 674................... [1.06] Panayiotou & Ors v Sony Music [1994] EMLR 229 ........................................................ [2.58] Parry v McGuckin, Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 22 March 1990 .................... [6.24] Pearson v Lightning [1998] EWCA Civ 591..................................................................... [6.10] Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain v Dickson [1970] AC 430................................. [2.56] Phoenix Finance Ltd v FIA and others [2002] EWHC 1028 (Ch)................................... [2.16] Pitcher v Huddersfield Town Football Club Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 17 July 2001 ......................................................................... [6.24] Table of Cases xxxi Porter v Magill [2002] 2 AC 357 ...................................................................................... [3.35] Portsmouth Youth Activities Committee v Poppleton [2008] EWCA Civ 646 ................. [6.59] Premier Rugby Ltd v Rugby Football Union [2006] EWHC 2068 (Comm) ................... [7.37] Proform Sports Management Ltd v Proactive Sports Management Ltd and Another [2006] EWHC 2903 (Ch), [2007] 1 All ER 542 ..........................[7.44], [7.45] R v Barnes [2004] EWCA Crim 3246; [2005] 1 Cr App Rep 507 ................................. [5.12], [5.21], [5.23], [5.30], [5.31], [5.32], [5.33], [5.35], [5.36], [5.37] R v BBC (Ex p Lavelle) [1983] 1 All ER 241 .................................................................... [2.28] R v Best [2004] EWCA Crim 483..................................................................................... [5.19] R v Billinghurst [1978] Crim LR 553 ........................................................[5.13], [5.14], [5.15] R v Birkin (1988) 10 Cr App R (S) 303 ........................................................................... [5.19] R v Bishop, The Times 18 September and 12 October 1986 ........................................... [5.15] R v Bollom [2003] EWCA Crim 2846; [2004] 2 Cr App R 50 ........................................ [5.45] R v Bowyer [2001] EWCA Crim 1853; [2002] 1 Cr App R (S) 448 ................................ [5.18] R v Bradshaw (1878) 14 Cox’s CC 83 ...................................................................[5.09], [5.10] R v Brown [1994] 1 AC 212 ..................................[5.11], [5.21], [5.46], [5.50], [5.51], [5.53] R v Burstow and Ireland [1998] AC 147 .......................................................................... [5.47] R v Caldwell [1982] AC 341 ............................................................................................. [6.30] R v Calton [1999] 2 Cr App R (S) 64 ............................................................................... [5.17] R v Chapman (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 93; [1989] Crim LR 60 ...................................... [5.19] R v Chapman Unreported, Warwick Crown Court 4 March 2010 ................................ [5.19] R v Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and Ireland (Ex p Wachmann) [1992] 1 WLR 1036 ....................................................................... [2.30] R v Coney (1882) 8 QBD 534....................................................................[5.09], [5.10], [5.49] R v Cotterill [2007] EWCA Crim 526; [2007] 2 Cr App R (S) 693 ................................ [5.19] R v Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (Ex p Lain) [1967] 2 QB 864 ..........[2.28], [2.40] R v Cunningham [1957] 2 QB 396 .................................................................................. [6.30] R v Davies (1990) 12 Cr App R (S) 308 ........................................................................... [5.19] R v Devereux, The Independent 23 February 1996 ...............................................[5.16], [5.34] R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club (Ex p Aga Khan) [1993] 1 WLR 909................ [2.13], [2.25], [2.30], [2.32], [2.41], [2.42], [2.45], [2.50] R v Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club (Ex p Massingberd-Mundy) [1993] 2 All ER 207 .................................[2.29], [2.44], [2.45] R v Doble Unreported, Stafford Crown Court 8–10 September 1980 ........................... [5.15] R v Donovan [1934] 2 KB 498 ......................................................................................... [5.11] R v DPP (Ex p Kebeline) [2000] 2 AC 326 ....................................................................... [2.29] R v Eastern Counties Rugby Union (Ex p Basildon rugby Club) Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 10 September 1987......................................... [2.29] R v Football Association (Ex p Football League Ltd) [1993] 2 All ER 833 ...........................................................................................[2.29], [2.41], [2.43] R v Football Association of Wales (Ex p Flint Town) Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 11 July 1990 .................................................... [2.29] R v Forwood Unreported, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) 6 July 2009 ................ [5.08] R v G [2003] 1 AC 1034 ................................................................................................... [6.30] R v Garfield [2008] 2 Cr App R (S) 62; 2008] EWCA Crim 130 .............[1.20], [5.19], [5.20] R v Gingell (1980) 2 Cr App R (S) 198; [1980] Crim LR 661......................................... [5.15] xxxii Table of Cases R v Goodwin (1995) 16 Cr App R (S) 885 ....................................................................... [5.19] R v Hardy, The Independent 27 July 1994 ........................................................................ [5.08] R v Higher Education Authority (Ex p Institute of Dental Surgery) [1994] 1 WLR 242 ........................................................................................................ [3.35] R v Home Secretary (ex p Daly) [2001] UKHL 26; [2001] 2 AC 532 ......[2.29], [2.49], [2.52] R v Jockey Club (Ex p RAM Racecourses Ltd) [1993] 2 All ER 225..........[2.29], [2.44], [2.45] R v Johnson (1986) 8 Cr App R (S) 343 ........................................................................... [5.16] R v Kamara, The Times 15 April 1988 ............................................................................. [5.19] R v Kirk, The Daily Telegraph 17 October 1995 .............................................................. [6.08] R v Lavin, The Times 26 September 2000 ........................................................................ [6.08] R v Lincoln (1990) 12 Cr App R (S) 250 .......................................................................... [5.19] R v Lloyd (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 36; [1989] Crim LR 513 ........................................... [5.16] R v Marsh [1994] Crim LR 52 ......................................................................................... [6.28] R v Moore (1898) 14 TLR 229...............................................................................[5.09], [5.10] R v Moss [1999] EWCA Crim 1883; [2000] 1 Cr App R (S) 307.........................[5.17], [5.19] R v Oxfordshire County Council (Ex p Sunningwell Parish Council) [1999] UKHL 28; [2000] 1 AC 335 ......................................................................................... [1.06] R v Panel on Take-Overs and Mergers (Ex p Datafin) [1987] QB 815 .......................................................................................[2.33], [2.40], [2.41], [2.45] R v Pepper [2002] EWCA Crim 483 ................................................................................ [5.18] R v Roberts [2001] EWCA Crim 2282 ............................................................................. [7.04] R v Rogers (1993) 15 Cr App R (S) 393 ........................................................................... [5.19] R v Secretary of State for Education and Employment (Ex parte Portsmouth FC) Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 30 October 1997 ............................................. [7.39] R v Shervill (1989) 11 Cr App R (S) 284 ......................................................................... [5.19] R v Southby, (7 Feb 1969) 77 Police Review 110 ............................................................. [5.08] R v Tasker [2001] EWCA Crim 2213; [2002] 1 Cr App R (S) 515 ................................. [5.19] R v Thelwell [2004] EWCA Crim 208.............................................................................. [5.19] R v Thompson Unreported, Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey) 18 August 2009 ..... [5.08] R v Ward Unreported, Teesside Crown Court 19 May 2009 .......................................... [5.19] R v Wilkinson [2007] EWCA Crim 2456 ......................................................................... [5.19] R v Wright [2000] Crim LR 851 ...................................................................................... [6.28] R (Asha Foundation) v Millennium Commission [2003] EWCA Civ 88 ........................ [3.35] R (Beresford) v Sunderland City Council [2003] UKHL 60; [2004] 1 AC 889 ............... [1.06] R (Countryside Alliance & Ors) v Attorney-General & Anor........................................... [1.20] R (Mullins) v Appeal Board of the Jockey Club [2005] EWHC 2197 (Admin)..................................... [2.13], [2.26], [2.28], [2.31], [2.34], [2.45], [2.52], [2.55] R (Tucker) v Director General of the National Crime Squad [2003] EWCA Civ 2 ......... [2.45] R (West) v Lloyd’s of London [2005] EWCA Civ 506 ...........................................[2.45], [2.55] Radford v Campbell (1890) 6 TLR 488 ............................................................................ [8.01] Raitt v Lunn [2003] EWCA Civ 1449 .............................................................................. [6.35] Reading v Attorney-General [1951] AC 507 .................................................................... [7.17] Rhodes v Macalister (1923) 29 Com Cas 19 .................................................................... [7.19] Richardson v Davies [2006] 1 CLY 405 ............................................................................ [6.29] Riddle v Thaler (1998) 1(1) Sports Law Bulletin 3 .......................................................... [6.24] Roberts v Gray [1913] 1 KB 520 ....................................................................................... [7.42] Rubython v FIA [2003] All ER (D) 182 (May) .....................................................[2.17], [2.55] Table of Cases xxxiii Salvense & Co v Rederi Aktiebolaget Nordstjernan [1905] AC 302 ................................. [7.16] Sandhar v Department of Transport [2004] EWCA Civ 1440 ......................................... [6.07] Sankofa v Football Association Ltd [2007] EWHC 78 (Comm) ..................................... [2.22] Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF & Anor [2008] EWCA Civ 1148....... 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[7.07] Tedstone v Bourne Leisure Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 654 .........................................[1.10], [6.59] Terry v Persons Unknown (Rev 1) [2010] EWHC 119 (QB)........................................... [7.06] Thomas Marshall Ltd v Guinle [1978] IRLR 174 ............................................................ [7.35] Thomson (DC) & Co Ltd v Deakin [1952] Ch 646 ......................................................... [6.47] Tomlinson v Congleton Borough Council [2003] UKHL 47; [2004] 1 AC 46 ..................................................................................................[1.10], [6.59], [6.63] Tweed v Parades Commission for Northern Ireland [2007] 1 AC 650 ............................. [2.29] Tyrrell Racing Organisation Ltd v RAC Motor Sports Association Ltd & Anor Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 20 July 1984 .................................................... [2.17] Uren v Corporate Leisure (UK) Ltd & Ors [2010] EWHC 46 (QB) ............................... [6.59] Van Oppen v Bedford Charity Trustees [1990] 1 WLR 235 ..................................[6.50], [6.61] Vowles v Evans and Welsh Rugby Union [2003] 1 WLR 1607 ...................................................................[6.43], [6.48], [6.49], [6.56], [6.61] Walker v Crystal Palace FC [1910] 1 KB 87 ..................................................................... [7.02] Walkinson & Ors v Diniz [2002] EWCA Civ 180 ............................................................ [7.02] Warren v Hide [2008] EWHC 3049 (QB) ....................................................................... [7.04] Warren v Mendy [1989] 3 All ER 103 .......................................................[7.04], [7.36], [7.49] xxxiv Table of Cases Warren v Mirror Group Newspapers Unreported, Court of Appeal (Civil Division) 13 November 1991 ............................................................................ [7.04] Warren v Random House [2009] QB 600 ........................................................................ [7.04] Warren t/a Sports Network Europe v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2005] STI 2038 .................................................................................. [7.04] Watson v British Boxing Board of Control [2001] QB 1134 .........[5.69], [6.54], [6.57], [6.58] Watson v Praeger [1991] 3 All ER 487 ............................................................................. [7.04] Watson and Bradford City Football Club v Gray and Huddersfield Town Football Club Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 29 October 1998, The Times 26 November 1998.................[6.03], [6.24], [6.30], [6.43], [6.47] Watson and Bradford City Football Club v Gray and Huddersfield Town Football Club [1999] EWHC Admin 321 .................................... [6.47] Wattleworth v Goodwood Road Racing Co Ltd [2004] PIQR P25........................[6.58], [6.59] West Bromwich Albion FC Ltd v El Safty [2007] PIQR P7 .............................................. [6.39] Weston v Hearn [1943] 2 All ER 421 ............................................................................... [7.72] White v Bristol Rugby [2002] IRLR 204 ............................[7.34], [7.35], [7.36], [7.37], [7.38] Wilander and Novacek v Tobin and Jude Unreported, Chancery Division 19 March 1996, The Times 8 April 1996 (CA) ......................[2.16], [2.56], [4.18] Wilander v Tobin [1997] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 293..................................................................... [2.50] Wilks v Cheltenham Car Club [1971] 2 All ER 369 ......................[6.10], [6.16], [6.17], [6.18] Williams v Pugh and others [1997] CLY 86 ..................................................................... [2.17] Wilson v Pringle [1987] QB 237....................................................................................... [6.04] Wise v Filbert Realisations [2004] UKEAT 0600 03 0902 (9 February 2004) .....[7.78], [7.79] Woodroffe-Hedley v Cuthbertson Unreported, Queen’s Bench Division 20 June 1997, The Times 21 June 1997 and 7 October 1997 ............................................................. [6.23] Wooldridge v Sumner [1963] 2 QB 43 .............................[6.07], [6.08], [6.09], [6.10], [6.11], [6.13], [6.16], [6.17], [6.18], [6.20], [6.25] Woolley v Corbishley (1860) 24 JP 773 ............................................................................ [1.18] World Transport Agency Ltd v Royte (England) Ltd [1957] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 381 ............... [7.16] Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance of Europe Ltd v Orion Marine Insurance Underwriting Agency Ltd [1995] QB 174 ................................................... [7.16] YL v Birmingham City Council [2007] UKHL 27; [2008] 1 AC 95 .....................[2.40], [2.55] Zockoll Group Ltd v Mercury Communications Ltd [1998] FSR 354 ...................[2.17], [2.18] Northern Ireland Johnston v Cliftonville Football and Athletic Club [1984] NI 9 ....................................... [2.60] Re Alan Kirkpatrick’s Application [2004] NIJB 15........................................................... [2.38] Re McBride’s Application [1999] NI 299; (No 2) [2003] NI 319 .................................... [2.38] Re Phillips Application [1995] NI 322 ............................................................................. [2.38] Scotland Crocket v Tantallon Golf Club [2005] ScotCS CSOH 37 ................................................. [2.37] Dundee United FC v Scottish Football Association [1998] SLT 1244 .............................. [2.37] Feeney v Lyall [1991] SLT 156 .......................................................................................... [6.10] Table of Cases xxxv Fotheringham, Re Application for Judicial Review [2008] ScotCS CSOH 170 ....[2.37], [2.53] Gunstone v Scottish Women’s Amateur Athletic Association [1987] SLT 611 .................. [2.37] Irvine v Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh [2004] ScotCS 49 .......................... [2.37] Lennox v British Show Jumping Association, Scottish Branch [1996] SLT 353................ [2.37] Lewis v Buckpool Golf Club [1993] SLT (Sh Ct) 43 ......................................................... [6.10] Macari v Celtic Football & Athletic Co (1999) SC 628, (2000) SLT 80 ........................... [7.65] Rape Crisis Centre v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2000) SC 527 .......... [7.04] Reid v Mitchell (1885) 12 R 1129 ..................................................................................... [6.05] Smith v Nairn Golf Club [2007] ScotCS CSOH 136 ....................................................... [2.37] St Johnstone FC v Scottish Football Association [1965] SLT 171 ..................................... [2.37] West v Secretary of State for Scotland [1992] SLT 636 ..................................................... [2.37] Wiles v Bothwell Castle Golf Club [2005] Scot CS CSOH 108 ........................................ [2.37] COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS Australia Abbott v The Queen (1996) 16 WAR 313, 81 A Crim R 55 ............................................. [5.05] Adamson v NSW Rugby League (1991) 27 FCR 535, (1991) 31 FCR 242 ...................... [2.56] Agar v Hyde; Agar v Worsley (2000) 201 CLR 552 .......................................................... [6.57] Australian Football League v Carlton Football Club and Williams [1998] 2 VR 546...... [2.53] Buckley v Tutty [1971] HCA 71; (1971) 125 CLR 353 .................................................... [2.56] Canterbury Bankstown Rugby League Football Club Ltd v Rogers [1993] Aust Torts Reports 81-246 ........................................................[6.06], [6.46], [6.47] Carter v NSW Netball Association [2004] NSWSC 737 .................................................. [2.06] Deaton Pty Ltd v Flew (1949) 79 CLR 370 ...................................................................... [6.45] Forbes v NSW Trotting Club Ltd [1979] HCA 27; (1979) 143 CLR 242......................... [2.36] Giumelli v Johnson [1991] Aust Torts Reports 81-085 ................................................... [6.06] Green v Country Rugby Football League of NSW [2008] NSWSC 26 ............................. [6.57] Heatley v Tasmanian Racing and Gaming Commission [1977] HCA 39; [1977] 137 CLR 487 ..........................................................................................[2.30], [2.40] Hilton v Wallace [1989] Aust Torts Reports 80-231 ....................................................... [6.06] Johnson v Frazer (1990) 21 NSWLR 89 ................................................................[6.15], [6.25] Malo v South Sydney Junior Rugby Football League [2008] NSWSC 552....................... [6.57] McAveney v Quigley (1992) 58 A Crim R 457 ................................................................. [5.05] McCracken v Melbourne Storm Rugby League Football Club & Ors [2005] NSWSC 107 and [2006] NSWSC 1250 ................................................[6.03], [6.40], [6.43] McCracken v Melbourne Storm Rugby League Football Club & Ors [2007] NSWCA 353; [2007] Aust Torts Reports 81-925 .............................................[6.03], [6.40] McNamara v Duncan (1971) 26 ALR 584 ....................................................................... [6.06] Ollier v Magnetic Island Country Club [2004] QCA 137; [2004] Aust Torts Reports 81-743 ............................................................................... [6.10] Pallante v Stadium Pty Ltd (No 1) [1976] VR 331 .......................[5.51], [5.52], [5.53], [6.06] R v Carr Unreported, New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeal 17 October 1990 ........................................................................................................... [5.05] R v Matthews Unreported, Victoria Magistrates’ Court 13 August 1985 ...................... [5.05] R v Stanley Unreported, New South Wales Criminal Court of Appeal 7 April 1995 .... [5.05] xxxvi Table of Cases Re Lenfield (1993) 114 FLR 195, (1993) Aust Torts Reports 81-222.............................. [6.06] Rootes v Shelton [1967] 116 CLR 383 ...............................[6.11], [6.15], [6.19], [6.20], [6.28] Silbey v Milutinovic [1990] Aust Torts Reports 81-013 .................................................. [6.06] Smith v Emerson [1986] Aust Torts Reports 80-022 ....................................................... [6.06] Watherson v Woolven (1988) 139 LSJS 366 ..................................................................... [5.05] West Harbour Rugby Football Club Ltd v New South Wales Rugby Union Ltd [2001] NSWSC 757 ...........................................................................................[2.16], [2.17] Canada Agar v Canning (1966) 55 WWR 384 .............................................................................. [6.06] Barrie Tornado Lacrosse v SDRCC (2008) CanLII 15766 ............................................... [3.29] Bazley v Curry (1999) 174 DLR (4th) 45 ........................................................................ [6.46] Henderson v Canadian Hockey Association & Ors (2010) MBQB 20 ............................. [6.43] Hussack v School District No 33 (Chilliwack) (2009) BCSC 852...........................................................................................................[6.51], [6.57] Leighton v Best (2009) CanLII 25972 .............................................................................. [6.06] Myers v Peel (County) Board of Education (1981) 123 DLR (3d) 1, [1981] 2 SCR 21 ........................................................................................................... [6.52] R v Bertuzzi [2000] BCPC 472 ........................................................................................ [5.27] R v Bounassissi [2003] BCPC 408 .................................................................................... [5.23] R v CC [2009] ONCJ 249..........................................................................[5.08], [5.26], [5.37] R v Cey (1989) 48 CCC (3d) 480 ......................... [5.23], [5.24], [5.25], [5.26], [5.27], [5.28], [5.29], [5.31], [5.32], [5.33], [5.35] R v Chu [2006] BCPC 587 ............................................................................................... [5.08] R v Ciccarelli (1989) 54 CCC (3d) 121 .................................................................[5.26], [5.27] R v Coté (1981) 22 CR (3d) 97 ........................................................................................ [5.23] R v Gray (1981) 6 WWWR 654 ....................................................................................... [5.23] R v Green (1970) 14 DLR (3d) 137 .................................................................................. [5.22] R v GT (1996) 18 Ontario Trial Cases 73 ........................................................................ [5.23] R v Henderson (1976) 5 WWWR 119.............................................................................. [5.23] R v Jobidon [1991] 2 SCR 714; (1991) 66 CCC (3d) 454 ............................................... [5.22] R v K(S) [2009] ONCJ 452 .............................................................................................. [5.22] R v Le Clerc (1991) 67 CCC (3d) 563 ...........................................[5.27], [5.28], [5.29], [5.32] R v Leyte (1973) 13 CCC (2d) 458 .................................................................................. [5.25] R v Maki (1970) 1 CCC (2d) 333; 14 DLR (3d) 164 ...................................................... [5.22] R v Maloney (1976) 28 CCCC (2d) 323 .......................................................................... [5.23] R v McSorely [2000] BCPC 117 ....................................................................................... [5.27] R v TNB (2009) BCPC 117 ...................................................................................[5.29], [5.34] R v Watson (1975) 26 CCC (2d) 150 ............................................................................... [5.23] R v X [2009] QCCQ 8477 ................................................................................................ [5.23] Street v BC School Sports [2005] BCSC 958 .................................................................... [2.53] Thornton v Board of School Trustees of School District No 57 (Prince George) [1976] 5 WWR 240, (1976) 73 DLR (3d) 35 (BCCA)................................................ [6.52] Unruh v Webber (1994) 112 DLR (4th) 83 ....................................................................... [6.03] Wang v British Columbia Medical Association [2008] BCSC 1559 ................................. [2.53] Zapf v Muckalt (1996) 142 DLR (4th) 438....................................................................... [6.03] Table of Cases xxxvii Ireland BLE v Quirke [1988] IR 83 ............................................................................................... [2.40] Bolger v Osborne and others [2000] 1 ILRM 250............................................................. [2.21] DPP v McCartan Unreported, Dublin District Court 1 November 2004 ..................... [5.07] Hearn and Matchroom Boxing Limited v Collins [1998] IEHC 187 ............................... [7.04] Jacob v Irish Amateur Rowing Union Ltd [2008] IEHC 196 ................................[2.16], [2.17] JRM Sports Ltd (t/a Limerick FC) v Football Association of Ireland [2007] IEHC 67 .... [2.17] Kinane v Irish Turf Club Unreported, Irish High Court 27 July 2001 ........................... [2.20] McComiskey v McDermott [1974] IR 75 ......................................................................... [6.21] Moloney v Bolger and Leinster Branch of the IRFU [2000] IEHC 63 ...................[2.16], [2.17] Moran & Ors v Sullivan & Ors [2003] IEHC 35 ............................................................. [2.40] Murphy v Turf Club [1989] IR 171 .................................................................................. [2.40] New Zealand Blackler v New Zealand Rugby Football League [1968] NZLR 547 ................................. [2.56] Carter v Judicial Control Authority (New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc) [2006] NZHC 1526 ...................................................................................................... [2.40] Clotworthy v Judicial Control Authority (New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc) [2008] NZHC 204 ........................................................................................................ [2.40] Cropp v Judicial Committee (New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc) [2008] NZSC 46 ........................................................................................................... [2.54] Cropp v Mathie Welch & Ors [2006] NZHC 1368 .......................................................... [2.40] Finnigan v New Zealand Rugby Football Union (No 1) [1985] 2 NZLR 159; (No 2) [1985] 2 NZLR 181; (No 3) [1985] 2 NZLR 190............................................ [2.36] Kemp v New Zealand Rugby Football League [1989] 3 NZLR 463 ................................. [2.56] Loe v New Zealand Rugby Football Union Unreported, High Court (CP/209/93 Wellington) 10 August 1993 .................................................................... [2.36] Le Roux v New Zealand Rugby Football Union Unreported, High Court (CP/346/94 Wellington) 14 March 1995..................................................................... [2.36] Naden v Judicial Committee of Auckland Racing Club [1995] 1 NZLR 307................... [2.36] New Zealand Harness Racing v Kotzikas [2005] NZAR 268 ........................................... [2.40] New Zealand Trotting Conference v Ryan [1990] 1 NZLR 143 ....................................... [2.40] R v Tevaga [1991] 1 NZLR 296 ........................................................................................ [5.04] Stininato v Auckland Boxing Association (No 1) [1978 1 NZLR 1; (No 2) [1978] 1 NZLR 609 .......................................................................................... [2.36] The Queen v Lee [2006] NZCA 60, [2006] 3 NZLR 42................................................... [5.12] South Africa Jockey Club of South Africa v Forbes (1993) (1) SA 649 .................................................. [2.36] United States American Needle v National Football League et al 538 F (3d) 736 (2008) ...................... [8.62] Averill v Lutrell 311 SW (2d) 812 (Tennessee Court of Appeal, 1857) .......................... [6.06] xxxviii Table of Cases Copperweld Corporation v Independence Tube Company 467 US 752 (1984)................ [8.62] Federal Baseball Club v National League 259 US 200 (1922) ......................................... [8.59] Flood v Kuhn 407 US 258 (1972) ..................................................................................... [8.59] George Foreman Associates Ltd v Foreman 389 F Supp 1308 (US District Court, ND Cal, 1974) ............................................................................. [7.04] Hackbart v Cincinnati Bengals Inc 601 F (2d) 516 (10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979) ........................................................................ [6.13] Haywood v National Basketball Association 401 US 1204 (1971) .................................. [8.59] Knight v Jewett 834 P (2d) 696 (Supreme Court of California, 1992) ........................... [6.31] Lestina v W Bend Mutual Insurance Company 501 NW (2d) 28 (Supreme Court of Wisconsin, 1993) ......................................................................... [6.31] North American Soccer League v NFL 459 US 1074 ........................................................ [8.62] Ordway v Superior Court of Orange County 198 Cal App (3d) 98 (1988) ..................... [6.25] Radovitch v National Football League 352 US 445 (1957) ...................................[8.59], [8.62] Reynolds v IAAF 23 F 3d 1110 (1994); 115 S Ct 423 (1994) .......................................... [2.04] Rooney v Tyson 91 NY 2d 685; 697 NE 2d 571; 674 NYS 2d 616 (1998) ....................... [7.33] Schick v Ferolito 767 A (2d) 962 (Supreme Court of New Jersey, 2001) ........................ [6.14] Shin v Ahn 165 P (3d) 581 (Supreme Court of California, 2007) ................................. [6.31] State v Forbes No 63280 (Minn Dist Ct, 1975) ............................................................... [5.03] Tomjanovich v California Sports Inc Unreported Southern District of Texas 10 October 1979, 5th Circuit Court of Appeal 3 December 1979 ................... [6.03] US v International Boxing Club 348 US 236 (1955) ....................................................... [8.59] EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Deliège v LFJ et Disciplines ASBL (Case 51/96 & 191/97) [2000] ECR I-2549 ....................................................................[8.37], [8.38], [8.39], [8.47] Delimitis v Henniger Brau AG (Case C-234/89) [1991] ECR I-935 ............................... [8.65] Deutscher Handballbund v Marios Kolpak (Case C-483/00) [2003] ECR I-4135 ............................................................................................[7.40], [8.25] Donà v Mantero (Case 13/76) [1976] ECR 133 ...........................[8.05], [8.06], [8.07], [8.13] [8.23], [8.37], [8.39], [8.47] FA Premier League & Ors v QC Leisure & Ors (Case C-403/08) 22 November 2008 ....................................................................................................... [8.43] Hoffmann-La Roche v the Commission (Cases 85/76) [1979] ECR 461 ......................... [8.61] Keck and Mithouard (Case C-267/91 and Case 268/91) [1993] ECR I-6097 ................ [8.15] Lehtonen v FRBSB (Case 176/96) [2000] ECR I-2681 .................[8.26], [8.27], [8.28], [8.39] Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Professional and Bwin International Ltd v Departmento de Jogos de Santa Case de Misericórdia de Lisboa (Case C-42/07) 8 September 2009 .............................................................................. [8.40] Meca Medina and Majcen v Commission (Case T-313/02) [2004] ECR II-3291 ......................................................................................... [8.46], [8.47] Meca Medina and Majcen v Commission (Case C-519/04) [2006] ECR I-6991 ........................................... [1.33], [8.41], [8.46], [8.47], [8.48], [8.49], [8.50], [8.52], [8.53], [8.55] Motoe v Elliniko Dimosio (Case C-49/07) [2008] ECR I-4863 ....................................... [8.41] Table of Cases xxxix Olympique Lyonnais SASP v Olivier Bernard & Newcastle United FC (Case C-325/08) 16 March 2010 ..............................................[7.53], [7.56], [7.57], [8.35] Piau v Commission of the European Communities and FIFA (Case T-193/02) [2005] ECR II-209 ....................................................[7.28], [8.41], [8.66] Piau v Commission of the European Communities and FIFA (Case C-171/05) [2006] ECR I-37 .............................................................................. [7.28] SA Sporting du Pays Charleroi and G14 v FIFA, (Case C-243/06) OJ 2006/C 212/18, 2 September 2006 and OJ 2009/ C 69/56, 21 March 2009 ........................................................[7.08], [7.09], [7.10] Scottish Football Association v the Commission (Case T-46/92) [1994] ECR II-1039 ..................................................................................................... [8.66] Simutenkov v Minsterio de Educación y Cultura (Case C-265/03) [2005] ECR I-2579 ............................................................................................[7.40], [8.25] SIV v the Commission (Cases T-68/89; T 77/89; T78/89) [1992] ECR II-1403 ............. [8.61] UNECTEF v Heylens (Case 222/86) [1987] ECR 4097................................................... [8.07] Union Royal Belge des Société de Football Association ASBL v Bosman (Case C-415/93) [1995] ECR I-4921..........[7.84], [7.98], [7.103], [8.01], [8.02], [8.06], [8.07], [8.08], [8.09], [8.10], [8.11], [8.12], [8.13], [8.14], [8.15], [8.16], [8.17], [8.18], [8.19], [8.20], [8.21], [8.22], [8.23], [8.24], [8.25], [8.30], [8.31], [8.34], [8.35], [8.36], [8.37], [8.39], [8.41], [8.45], [8.47], [8.56], [8.57], [8.60], [8.64], [8.66] Viho v the Commission (Case C-73/95P) [1996] ECR I-5457 ........................................ [8.61] Walrave and Koch v Association Union Cycliste Internationale (Case C-36/74) [1974] ECR 1405 ...........................................[2.39], [8.03], [8.04], [8.07], [8.13], [8.23], [8.37], [8.39], [8.47], [8.50], [8.53] Wouters v Algemene Raad can de Nederlands Orde van Advocaten (Case C-309/99) [2002] ECR I-1577 .......................................................................... [8.48] EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS A & Ors v United Kingdom [2009] ECHR 301 .........................................[3.31], [3.32], [3.33] Salibiaku v France (1988) 13 EHRR 379 ......................................................................... [4.90] TABLE OF STATUTES References are to paragraph numbers UNITED KINGDOM (Pre-1800 by regenal year, chronological) 39 Edward III, c23 Unlawful Games ...................................
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1408	dbpedia	1	89	http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15.htm	en				[ "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image002.jpg", "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image003.jpg", "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image004.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null					null	At Lords in 1926, Bert Oldfield was out to a beamer from Roy Kilner. One report said the ball was above head height, another said it was shoulder height. Oldfield swung wildly and was caught at fine leg. Kilner was a slow bowler and the ball was accidental. ****** I have embarked on a little project to record the (descriptive) fielding positions of catches in as many Tests as possible. This is only really possible thanks to the wide collection of scores and reports that I have accumulated over the years. So far I have done 1877 to 1928 and also 1957 to 1967. Also most Tests since 1999, using online records. Generally, about 98 per cent of catches can be located in this way; it is a remarkable thing that I can do most of this sitting in my own office/library. The newspaper reports, rather than the scores, are most useful for this purpose. I hope this will help with more insights into changes in the game. Certainly one could say a lot about the results, but one example will suffice. I noticed that 'gully' as a catching position was never recorded before 1924. The first mention in a Test was in England in 1924 where it was spelled "gulley" and inverted commas were used. By 1926 it was being used in Australian papers with the modern spelling and no inverted commas. Searching the digital Times database, there was an isolated use of "gully" in a report of a Gentlemen v Players match in 1910, again with the inverted commas being used. I didn't find anything similar in the Australian Trove from the time. I don't know the derivation of the term. Perhaps others can speculate. So what terms were used instead? Sometimes the area was part of the slips, but I also find indications that 'point' and 'third man' were broader terms than today and, depending on the writer, extended to what we call the gully. It might help explain how WG Grace took so many catches at 'point', which doesn't attract so many chances today. Other little observations: Pre-1915, references to 'cover' or the 'the covers' were rare, almost non-existent, but 'cover-point' was commonly used. I found a grand total of two catches at longstop, both of them in the 1878-79 Test. 'Midwicket' had not come into common use by 1928. The area, even out to the boundary, was often referred to, rather confusingly, as "short leg". Other terms were used, although it is difficult to unravel. **** I found another case of a team scoring 200 runs in a session. At the Oval in 1928 against the West Indies, on the second day England was 235 for 1 when rain interrupted play before lunch. Play re-started at 2:30 and went to 4:55 when England was all out for 438. The rather irregular session produced 203 runs in 145 minutes. **** 12 December 2016 The Fastest Bowlers in the Game: Big Data Cricinfo stores quite a lot of bowling speed data in attachments to their scorecards. They dont list the speed of every ball, but they do give averages and peak speeds for every bowler in every innings, for about 90 per cent of recent Tests, taken from automated speed gun readings. While some Tests are missing, this does give allow us a reasonable comparison of bowlers. I have downloaded all the Test data since early 2014 and distilled it into averages. I dont know if anyone at Cricinfo has already done this, but it is the sort of thing they should do! The bowlers with the fastest average speeds, since early 2014, are # innings mph kph Mitchell Starc 27 87.9 141.5 Varun Aaron 10 87.5 140.8 Shannon Gabriel 27 87.4 140.6 Mitchell Johnson 24 86.8 139.7 Wahab Riaz 21 86.7 139.5 Morne Morkel 17 86.4 139.1 Kagiso Rabada 10 86.2 138.7 Mark Wood 17 85.7 137.9 Umesh Yadav 24 85.6 137.7 Jerome Taylor 27 85.3 137.2 Mohammed Shami 25 85.1 136.9 Chris Jordan 12 84.9 136.6 Nuwan Pradeep 24 84.8 136.4 Dale Steyn 11 84.7 136.3 Ishant Sharma 32 84.7 136.2 Ben Stokes 41 84.6 136.1 Steven Finn 24 84.3 135.6 Rahat Ali 20 84.2 135.5 Chris Woakes 20 84.2 135.5 Mohammad Amir 11 83.8 134.8 Josh Hazlewood 35 83.4 134.2 Kemar Roach 22 83.2 133.9 Dhammika Prasad 18 83.2 133.8 Minimum 10 innings. These are not precise averages because no allowance has been made for varying length of innings. Some bowlers are affected more than others by missing data, in Tests in Australia in particular. It would probably be better to be able to calculate median rather than average speeds, as an indicator of typical speed, because fast bowlers who use the slower ball more often would have their averages depressed. However, that isnt possible with the data in this form. The fastest balls recorded specifically in this dataset were Fastest mph kph Avge kph Varun Aaron 100.1 161.1 140.8 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Starc 99.0 159.3 141.5 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Mitchell Johnson 97.9 157.5 139.7 Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 2014/15 Steven Finn 97.9 157.5 135.6 Eng v Pak, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 2016 Shane Watson 97.8 157.4 129.8 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Johnson 97.6 157.0 139.7 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Johnson 97.5 156.9 139.7 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Wahab Riaz 97.5 156.9 139.5 Eng v Pak, The Oval 2016 Mitchell Johnson 97.0 156.1 139.7 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Steven Finn 97.0 156.1 135.6 Eng v SL, Chester-le-Street 2016 Josh Hazlewood 96.9 155.9 134.2 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Shannon Gabriel 96.8 155.8 140.6 Aus v WI, Hobart (Bellerive) 2015/16 Steven Finn 96.2 154.8 135.6 Eng v Pak, The Oval 2016 Dushmantha Chameera 96.0 154.5 139.5 Eng v SL, Leeds (Headingley) 2016 Nathan Lyon 95.9 154.3 86.9 Aus v WI, Hobart (Bellerive) 2015/16 James Pattinson 95.4 153.5 137.9 Aus v WI, Sydney (SCG) 2015/16 Mohammed Shami 95.2 153.2 136.9 Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 2014/15 Stuart Broad 95.2 153.2 133.2 Eng v SL, Leeds (Headingley) 2016 Chris Woakes 95.2 153.2 135.5 Eng v Pak, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 2016 Tim Southee 95.0 152.9 132.9 Aus v NZ, Adelaide Oval 2015/16 Steven Finn 95.0 152.9 135.6 Eng v Pak, Lord's 2016 This data is presented with the caveat that glitches are in evidence. Even though Aaron is a very fast bowler, the 100 mph ball has to be dubious. The source is here. Note that Aaron bowled no balls faster than about 92 mph in that innings except for the one ball at 100. This is most likely a measurement error. Notice also the evident errors in Karn Sharmas figures in that innings. This is probably due to misidentification of the bowler. This happens fairly regularly in the data. Another glitch evident in the above table is the ball supposedly bowled by Nathan Lyon at over 95 mph. I still think that the average data is useful, but the fastest recorded data should be treated with caution and scepticism. Even if only one ball in a thousand is a serious glitch, if you record hundreds of thousands of balls, eventually most of the most extreme records are likely to be glitches. The other trouble with speed guns is that there is no way of independently confirming a result after the event. Incidentally, the slowest bowler in the data is Shakib al Hasan at an average of 48.4 mph/ 77.9 kph. Also incidentally, major league baseball currently has a pitcher, Aroldis Chapman, who can pitch at over 105 mph. **** Greg Chappell Reality I happened to see one of Robert Crash Craddocks TV interviews in his fine Cricket Legends series, with Greg Chappell. The conversation turned to Chappells Test debut, where he made 108 runs at Perth, after coming in with Australia in trouble. Chappell repeated, with absolute conviction, the folklore that Ian Redpath offered to protect Chappell from the bowling of John Snow. There is a quote at the Cricket Country website: I came to the wicket with Australia reeling at 107 for five to join Redders, who had watched three quick wickets fall at the other end. The English left me largely untouched while zeroing in on Redders just about the toughest batsman to dislodge. They figured if they got him the tail would capitulate. John Snow put all his energy into trapping Redders down at his end and bombarding him. They picked the wrong bloke. I have no doubt that Chappell honestly remembers it this way, but the scorebook tells a different story. For a start, there had been two quick wickets, and not three, and one of those was a run out. When Chappell first came in, Redpath might well have said Ill take Snow, but the reality was that any protection was moot; Snow was taken off almost immediately, and in fact bowled just one over during Chappells first 80 minutes at the crease! That Snow over cost 10 runs and ended a good but unspectacular spell of eight overs, one for 30. In Chappells defence, he does say, in the Craddock interview, that his memory of the early part of the innings is a bit of a fog. In those 80 minutes before lunch, Chappell actually faced 71 balls to Redpaths 56. Snow returned after lunch and had four overs, Redpath facing 18 balls to Chappells 14. However, Chappell faced 13 balls to Redpaths 11 in the first three of those overs, with no evidence of strike-farming. Later, Snow took the new ball. This time Redpath did get more of the strike, but by this time Chappell was on 47 and had been batting more than three hours. I doubt if there was any deliberate strike-shielding going on by then, because Greg hammered 37 runs from 35 balls with the new ball before Snow was replaced. Chappell went from 50 to 100 off 47 balls. The sixth-wicket partnership was eventually worth 219 off 434 balls. We don't know what speed fast bowlers bowled in the old days, but occasionally there is a hint that they must have bowled at a reasonable clip. In the first Test of 1899, Ernest Jones hit the middle stump of CB Fry and the ball went to the boundary. However, a no ball had been called and so the call was four no balls. How often do you see a ball go to the boundary after hitting middle stump? I might add, while reading up on this Test, that WG Grace, on his last day in Test cricket took a great one-handed catch at point "just clear of the grass" to a shot from Hill that was "hard, low and square". It was said that Grace retired because the "ground was getting too far away", but it seems he still had the skill. He still has one of the highest ratios of catches per match of any non-keeper. Incidentally, there is no hint in the newspaper reports that Grace was playing in his last Test. I can't find any mention in The Times of Grace retiring or being dropped, apart from an announcement of the second Test team a few days prior and a comment that the changes were "radical": five changes were made. Some statistician colleagues related the following accounts of the end of Graces career. It was not decided until just before the next Test. Fry and Grace were part of the selection committee. According to CB Fry's version, Fry arrived late for the selection committee meeting. As soon as he arrived, Grace asked him whether Archie MacLaren should be part of the team for the second Test. Fry replied in the affirmative. Only a little later did Fry realise that Grace was asking him whether he (Grace) should be replaced by Maclaren. The version I heard (can't remember where) was that Grace said to Stanley Jackson after the Trent Bridge match "It's over - I shan't play again." Sounds like he made the decision at that point but chose not to announce it publicly (presumably trusting Jackson not to reveal it), and by asking that question he was effectively allowing Fry to confirm it. A book that I now just checked tells both stories and says that it appears that he was ready to play in the second Test before the Fry incident. Grace actually played for MCC and Ground versus the Australians in between the two Tests, and scored 50 and 7 and took 3 for 42. I think it is interesting that just before the second Test, after the teams were selected, it was announced that the hours of play would be extended by 30 minutes per day. **** On his Test debut in 1958, Conrad Hunte scored 50 out of the first 55 runs scored in the match. 142 not out overnight, Hunte was out to the first ball of the second day. **** In the England/South Africa Test at Lords in 1912, there was no play before lunch on the first day, but South Africa was bowled out for 58 before tea. Barnes and Foster took five wickets each, and were also responsible for all three catches. There is only one other completed Tests innings where just two players were completely responsible for all the wickets, including catches. At Joburg in 1927, South Africa was bowled out for 196, with George Geary and Greville Stevens sharing the wickets, and the two catches were both taken by Geary. **** Possibly the only (former) Test player to die while watching a Test match was former captain Bill Murdoch, who passed away while watching a Test at the MCG in February 1911. Murdoch, who was resident in England, was only visiting Melbourne at the time, and his body was embalmed and taken back to London where he was buried. **** 28 November 2016 I am posting a few interesting images that I have come across, or have been sent. I will link to them rather than insert them here, for memory reasons. In 1979, Cricketer magazine reported a bowler, Mike Walters, taking eight wickets in eight balls in an Army match. A picture of the scorebook was taken. I have heard claims of bowlers taking nine wickets in nine balls, but Walters effort does have the advantage of solid documentary evidence, and it was in an adult match. Childrens cricket records, such as the recent claims of a boy in India scoring a thousand on a tiny field, against opposition that basically didnt know how to play cricket, are best put in a separate category, and at worst, disregarded. I consider the real innings record outside of first-class cricket to be Charles Eadys 566 in Tasmania in 1902. * Not long ago I posted a wagon wheel for a Victor Trumper century. Here is another, for Trumpers 113 at the SCG in 1911-12. This is quite different in style to the earlier one, and is obviously the work of Bill Ferguson. As such, it is the earliest Fergie Wagon Wheel known. The report, which was in the Sydney Morning Herald on 18 Dec 1911 (three days after the event), also includes detailed information on balls faced, in unprecedented detail. Unfortunately, this level of reporting was rarely followed up. * Between about 1895 and 1920, the size of some Australian grounds was reduced by the installation of a cycling track around the playing surface. It was in response to the sudden craze for cycling, and due to the fact that no dedicated cycling venues existed with large spectator capacity. Here is a picture of a novelty cycling race at the SCG in 1900, sent to me by Colin Clowes. Colin also noted adverse comments about the track at the time, such as NSW vs S.A. 18th-22nd February 1898. For the most part, the tracks were not considered part of the cricket field. However, there was a strange exception. At Adelaide Oval in 1902, Clem Hill, on 98, was caught by a fielder on the cycling track. The dismissal was upheld even though the fielder was outside the normal field of play, and the shot would have been called six had it landed. Shots along the ground were called four on reaching the track, so if the shot had bounced, Hill would have reached his century. Apparently the captains had agreed before the game that such catches would count. The dismissal was part of Hills unique sequences of scores of 99, 98, and 97. The tracks had an effect on scoring, and may have contributed to the Golden Age of cricket. Here is the ratio of boundary hits at the SCG: before, during, and after the cycling track % Runs as fours and sixes at SCG pre-1896 38% 1897-1912 48% 1920-1937 36% * Poor Norman ONeill. In 1958, at age 20, he makes one double century, and immediately he is hailed as the new Bradman on the front page of newspapers (in this case the Sun-Herald in Sydney, which I believe was Australias largest-selling newspaper at the time). It was an impossible standard to live up to, although ONeill did enjoy a fine career. Other players burdened with the next Bradman sobriquet, include Neil Harvey, Ian Craig and Doug Walters. The fashion eventually wore thin. ****** Here is an article I wrote, a review of the 2015-16 Australian season, which was published a little belatedly in Between Wickets. I have included an image of the first page of the article as published, since it includes an introduction that I swear I did not write. ****** In a Test at Sharjah, Kraigg Brathwaite (142, 60) remained unbeaten through sixteen consecutive partnerships. This is the most by any player in a single Test, but was matched by Victor Trumper across two Tests in 1903-04. In Trumper's case all sixteen batting partners were dismissed, which is not the case for Brathwaite, although he has a chance to extend his run. When looking at this, I noticed that in 1903-04 Australia had 35 consecutive partnerships that involved either Trumper or Monty Noble (or both). ******** Highest first-class scores by a batsman who was involved in only one partnership. I have included opening stands but I think the other cases are more remarkable. 324 Waheed Mirza, Karachi Whites v Quetta 1977 (partnership 561 for 1st wicket with Mansoor Akhtar) 319 RR Rossouw, Eagles v Titans 2010 (480 for 2nd wicket with D Elgar) 319 Gul Mohammad, Baroda v Holkar 1947 (577 for 4th wicket with V Hazare) 313 H Sutcliffe, Yorkshire v Essex 1932 (555 for 1st wicket with P Holmes) 300 DCS Compton, MCC v NE Transvaal 1948 (399 for 3rd wicket with RT Simpson) 293 VT Trumper, Australians v Canterbury 1914 (433 for 8th wicket with A Sims) 290 WN Carson, Auckland v Otago 1936 (445 in 268 mins for 3rd wicket with PE Whitelaw) 289 Aamer Sajjad, WPDA v SSGC 2009 (580 for 2nd wicket with Rafatullah Mohmand Aaron Finch scored 288* for Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders 2015 in a farcical match that was abandoned after the first wicket fell. 9 November 2016 Head to Head Against the Best Quite a few years ago, on this very blog (which has been running for a disturbingly long time), I remarked that a head-to-head, batsmen v bowler, analysis would be quite interesting if we just looked at superior batsmen; that is, how do the top bowlers compare when they are bowling to the top batsmen, with averages over 45? Back then, I found that Glenn McGrath was well ahead of any of his contemporaries. Now I have much more data, and we can do some historical comparison. I simply calculated the head-to-head figures for all bowlers when they were bowling to batsmen whose career averages are over 45. Here is the table Bowler R W Av GD McGrath 2198 88 25.0 CEL Ambrose 1239 49 25.3 Wasim Akram 1232 40 30.8 SCJ Broad 3176 102 31.1 JA Snow 1503 47 32.0 DW Steyn 2799 86 32.5 FS Trueman 2286 70 32.7 SM Pollock 2214 66 33.5 AV Bedser 2531 75 33.7 Shoaib Akhtar 1423 42 33.9 PM Siddle 2349 67 35.1 WW Hall 1476 41 36.0 Imran Khan 1544 42 36.8 WJ O'Reilly 1905 51 37.4 RR Lindwall 1573 42 37.5 Qualification: 40 dismissals of top-ranked batsmen, or 1500 runs (50 dismissals for current players). I should explain that entries in italics included some estimated data, because I dont have all Tests ball-by-ball. This is not as bad as it seems; in most cases where estimates are included, a large majority of the data for that bowler is known exactly, and the estimates form a minority component. There are no pre-1920 bowlers because almost no batsmen averaged over 45 in those days. Readers may make of this list what they will. Obviously pace bowlers are dominant, with Bill OReilly the top-ranked spinner. The truth is that wickets for almost all spinners are weighted towards the tail end, and even the best spinners were often hammered by the best batsmen. Brian Lara averaged over 100 against the combined bowling of Murali, Warne, Danish Kaneria and MacGill, but only 27 off McGrath. I suppose that pace bowlers have one advantage in that when top-order batsmen fail, it is sometimes before the spinners come on. I wouldnt think that this was an overwhelming factor though. The figures do confirm my impression that Glenn McGrath was the most difficult bowler of the modern era. While Shane Warne was acclaimed the Bowler of the Century by Wisden, I am not even sure he was the best bowler in his team. Warne, incidentally, is 33rd of 81 bowlers on the list with an average of 45.3. I wont dwell on the bottom of the table except to say that John Emburey has the highest average of those that qualify, at 98.0. It did occur to me that in different eras, bowlers will bowl to different sets of top batsmen. So I normalised the averages so that instead of treating all 45+ batsmen equally, bowlers were rewarded more for dismissing the very best batsmen. (A career batting average of 45 has no adjustment, 50 has some adjustment, while bowling to Bradman gets a big adjustment). The adjusted averages are below; not much different but some changes occur. Bowl Adj Av GD McGrath 22.6 CEL Ambrose 22.9 SCJ Broad 27.6 Wasim Akram 28.4 JA Snow 28.7 AV Bedser 28.9 DW Steyn 29.4 FS Trueman 29.6 SM Pollock 29.8 Shoaib Akhtar 31.0 PM Siddle 31.6 RR Lindwall 31.7 WJ O'Reilly 31.9 H Verity 32.0 Imran Khan 33.2 This analysis lifts Alec Bedser and Hedley Verity, the reason being that they bowled to Bradman, and enjoy the greatest beneficial adjustment as a result. Verity had the best record of any bowler against Bradman, with eight dismissals and an average of 49.8. ****** Here's a nice little find that pleases me. I have a section in my records of bowlers who took five wickets in fewest balls, also the subject of a recent question in Ask Steven. The record is 12 balls by Kallis, or, if we ignore Bangladesh, 13 balls by Laker in THAT Test. There was one uncertain one that is a candidate: at Melbourne in 1901/02, Monty Noble took the last five wickets of his 7/17 very rapidly, but I was unable to get an exact number, in spite of checking numerous newspapers. Anyway, I have found an account in a newspaper called the Port Phillip Herald that settles the matter. Noble took wickets with the last two balls of his sixth over, another in his seventh, then two more in four balls to finish the innings. That is five wickets in twelve balls, a match for Kallis. The sequence was W, W, 0, 0, 2, W, 0, 0, 0, W, 4, W 23 October 2016 Heres a link to an article of mine that has been published on the Cricket Monthly website. I will also post it in my Longer Articles page I hope you like it as much as some of the people who posted comments. I certainly enjoyed reading them! http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1056115/tracking-the-misses While I have it in mind, I will add the following note: The overall average cost of dropped catches is similar to the overall batting average, at around 33 runs. I suppose one way to evaluate a keeper in a match is to tally the total number of chances he receives. Then calculate how many of these an average keeper would be expected to drop. Take the difference between this and the actual number of drops, multiply by 33, and you have a runs value for the keepers catching. Say that a keeper received 8 catching chances in a match, and catches 5. The average keeper would be expected to drop 15%; that is, 1.2 catches. Our keeper has dropped 3, so he has an excess of 1.8. At 33 runs per drop, our keeper has cost the team about 60 runs. By the same calculation, a keeper who received 8 chances, and catches them all, has gained his team an advantage of about 40 runs. Stumpings would be calculated separately. One might also do separate calculations for pace and spin bowling, since these have very different drop rates for keepers. This would require ball-by-ball records. Of course, you can add in other factors, such as the value of the batsmen dismissed. This can create difficulties, because there are many possible factors. When you use lots of factors, the final result becomes rather arbitrary, depending on the weight you place on each factor. **** One-Handed Batting With the help of Sreeram and others, I have made a list of batsmen who have batted, in effect, with one hand, due a broken bone or other serious injury. LH Tennyson, Leeds 1921 RT Simpson, Leeds 1953 JT Murray, Sydney 1962-63 MC Cowdrey, Lord's 1963 (did not face) MD Marshall, Edgbaston 1984 VP Terry, Old Trafford 1984 Salim Malik, Faisalabad 1986-87 A Ranatunga, Rawalpindi 1999-00 GC Smith, Sydney 2008-09 Wahab Riaz, Colombo PSS 2015 UPDATE: J Srinath, Mumbai 2001 (2nd innings) (H/T Abhishek) Talat Ali, Adelaide 1972-73 Nick Knight batted one-handed in an ODI in 1997 (Auckland) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1st Test Harare 1994-95 The extent to which Simpson was playing one-handed is uncertain. In the same series, there is a picture of Len Hutton hitting a one-handed shot at Lords. The puzzle here is that Hutton scored 145, and gave full rein to his shots according to The Times, which, although it mentions an injury (suffered while fielding), does not mention Hutton batting one-handed. Malik batted both left-handed and right-handed during his innings, perhaps the only batsman to do so in Tests. Cowdrey was prepared to do so, but did not face. Terry was probably the most seriously injured of these players; he is the only one on the list to bat with his arm in a sling, in what was his last Test innings. **** The fastest century makers. These are the batsmen with fastest average balls faced to 100. (First 100 runs mind you, not whole innings). With a minimum of 10 Test centuries, the Top Five are Gilchrist (107 balls), Warner (116), Sehwag (119), McCullum (122), and Pietersen (139). Jayasuriya and Botham are very close to Pietersen on 139. They are followed by Dilshan (141), Gayle (143), Clive Lloyd (147), Viv Richards (148) and Lara (150) At 5-9 centuries there is also Afridi (104), Kapil Dev (108), with Cairns and Prior on 125. With no minimum, there is Gilbert Jessop, whose only century was reached in 76 balls. **** The most runs in a calendar year is 5200 by Martin Crowe in 1987 (first-class + List A). Jimmy Cook scored 14,167 runs in three consecutive years, 1989-1991. It might surprise people to learn that such players were playing more cricket 30 years ago than our supposedly 'overloaded' players do today. The most in first-class alone is 4962 by Denis Compton in 1947. Compton scored 5476 runs between October 1946 and September 1947. It will be difficult to exceed these totals because the effect of T20 cricket has been to depress the number of runs scored and wickets taken, not increase them. Last time I checked, the most runs in a year that included T20 games was 3788 by JA Rudolph in 2010, so Kohli may beat that. Charles Turner took 365 first-class wickets in calendar year 1888. I dont think this has been surpassed in f-c, or in combined formats. **** 1 October 2016 There is an update to the HOT 100 list, the fastest and slowest batsmen in Test cricket. I only update this annually now, since scoring speed is a relatively constant characteristic of batsmen, and less variable than batting average. The lists change only slowly, although David Warner has crept up a place into 5th. Brendon McCullum also moved up, just before his retirement, thanks in part to his extraordinary 145 off 79 balls at Christchurch. **** I spent a little time last week in the National Library in Canberra copying some early ODI scores that they have (the Library obtained them from the MCC), including the original ODI in January 1971. There was a curiosity with that 1971 score. The original team names were given as "An Australian XI" v "M.C.C.". These names had been crossed out and replaced with "Australia" and "England". Next to these changes is a scrawled note which is a little difficult to read "(Title of match [revised, or request] by Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Cyril Hawker)" The match was scored by Geoffrey Saulez and R.W. Bright. There certainly was some confusion at the time as to the category of the match, and it certainly indicates that the idea of a "One Day International" came later. Initial newspaper reports of the match did not know quite what to call it; the odd phrase "knockout match" was used. Wisden mostly ignored the match, giving it just a two-line potted score and no match report. One-Day cricket was known in Australia at the time, having started in 1969-70. However, it might have been the first such game for some of the players. I had to look up who Sir Cyril Hawker was: he was President of the MCC at the time. Although he had played one f-c match, his main background was as a banker (Governor of the bank of England, in fact). ****** A Trumper Wagon Wheel I also found a wagon wheel of a major Trumper innings, his 166 in the final Test of 1907-08. I havent seen such a thing for a Trumper innings before. Most striking is the lack of runs through cover and around to third man. Trumper favoured the straight hit or scored on the leg side. I would think that what is called short leg includes longer hits to mid-wicket. Xx xx 17 September 2016 Few cricket fans imagine that they could be successful at Test cricket, but there are millions of people out there who see themselves as better at selecting Test teams than the people who have the job. The cutting below shows that this has been the case for many generations. It is from a Test in 1901/02 and mentions the heavy fire that faced selectors who had named Reggie Duff and Warwick Armstrong in the Australian team. But sometimes it is the selectors who get it right. Duff top-scored in both innings in what was his Test debut, while Armstrong scored 4* and 45. I came across this while trying to nail down the number of balls bowled by Monty Noble in taking his last five wickets in the first innings in that Test. The record for fewest balls bowled is 12 by Jacques Kallis, although that was against Bangladesh; in a proper Test match it is 13 balls by Jim Laker. This was probably matched by Noble, but I am still unable to come up with an exact figure. It could be as low as 12, or as high as 14. ***** No bowler spent more time bowling to the famed Three Ws than Jim Laker, whose encounters with the West Indies greats spanned almost a decade. The curious thing is that while Weekes and Worrell both tamed Lakers spin thoroughly, Walcott had nothing but trouble. Bat Bowl Inns Runs Wkt Avge R/100 b EdeC Weekes JC Laker 15 201 2 100.5 53.5 FMM Worrell JC Laker 13 218 0 218+ 32.3 CL Walcott JC Laker 19 236 11 21.5 44.3 The innings count is only those innings in which Laker actually bowled to the batsman. Laker at one stage dismissed Walcott in nine consecutive innings in which he bowled to him (there were one or two other innings in between where Walcott did not face Laker). This is the most for any head-to-head pair in the database. **** Most international runs in a 365-day period. Dates are 365 days ending, not calendar years. Combined totals for Tests, ODIs and T20is. Runs Matches 3172 29-Jan-2015 KC Sangakkara 52 3098 26-Apr-2006 RT Ponting 49 3076 13-Sep-2015 SPD Smith 41 3032 13-Nov-2015 KS Williamson 45 2991 28-Jul-2012 KC Sangakkara 56 2857 27-Feb-2004 RT Ponting 47 2855 3-Apr-2016 JE Root 42 2850 27-Nov-2006 Mohammad Yousuf 37 2830 16-Dec-2014 AD Mathews 57 **** A curiosity that I came across on the subject of long-distance cricket travel. Garfield Sobers played in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide that ended on 13 Feb 1962, but also played in a Test in Trinidad starting on 16 Feb 1962. In between, he made a 55-hour flight on three airlines, covering 12,600 miles and arriving in the middle of the night of the first morning of the Test. Without the time difference, he would not have made it. The final drive to the cricket ground was an additional two hours. From Adelaide, the West Indies is one of the most distant places to travel to by air. That is true to this day. Nowadays our overloaded players expect longer breaks than this between T20 games at the same ground. In the two matches, Sobers scored a combined total 293 runs and took 15 wickets. The guy was unbelievable. In the Shield match, he scored 2 and 251, and took 3/51 and 6/72. Everton Weekes was once selected to play for West Indies (Kingston 1948), after he was previously told he had been dropped, but word got to him so late that he couldn't make it to the ground on time, and actually saw play in progress from the air as he flew in. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25321.html http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Arc /Scorecards/ /25328.html 25 August 2016 The project to upload detailed scores of all Tests from the 1950s has been completed, and the database now covers all Tests from 1920 to early 1960. I hope to post more in the future, starting with pre-1920 Tests, but there is no schedule at the moment. **** A couple of new discoveries I visited Headingley more than a decade ago, and went through all their scorebooks, and copied all the Test matches that I could find. Time was limited, and unfortunately I failed to fully copy the 1912 and 1965 Tests. I was unable to find the 1957 Test and the 1952 Test in the time available. A problem was that most of the Tests were in scorebooks other than the year in question. This was because the main county scorebook travelled with the Yorkshire team, and Yorkshire played away while Headingley Test matches were on. Most Test scores that I found were either in a Second XI book or in a First XI book for a different year. There was no telling where a Test score would turn up, so I had to leaf through every page of every book to find them. Since then, the scorebooks have been donated to the West Yorkshire Archive Service. After a bit of correspondence with them, they searched the books again and found all the missing material. Well done! They have supplied me with copies, and I have re-scored them into digital form. The 1952 and 1957 Tests have now been posted in my Online Database. All Tests ever played at Headingley are now represented by scorebooks or ball-by-ball records, and have been re-scored. Going back to 1899, this is the longest and most complete record for any major Test match ground (although the 1902 match at Sheffield has unfortunately not been found). Lords goes back to 1921, and Sydney to 1910; in both cases earlier records exist, but there are gaps. Other major grounds have more recent gaps (Perth is complete, but only started in 1970). The most recent Test in England that has no scorebook is now The Oval 1951 (v South Africa). The other post-War Tests in England that are missing are The Oval 1946 and 1949, and Trent Bridge 1947. **** Culture Clash This is a bit of a departure, but I thought I would post a newspaper article unearthed by John Kobylecky, concerning an extraordinary incident during the M.C.C. tour of Pakistan in 1955-56. This tour, perhaps unfortunately, is not regarded as an official Test tour, although the major matches were very much regarded as Tests in Pakistan itself. The attitude of the M.C.C. to these matches is a strange contrast to the Tests in India of 1951-52, which have official status, even though that M.C.C. team was also far from representative. In any case, the article describes the mistreatment of one of the umpires, by English players including the captain, on the rest day of the 3rd Test in faraway Peshawar in January 1956. Although there was an attempt to excuse the behaviour as university-style ragging, it sounds awful. It best, gross cultural insensitivity, at worst, inexcusable assault. The incident was reported in The Times, but only in brief outline. Some readers may already be aware of it, but I had not heard about it before, so it might be new to others. EXCERPTS FROM FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON 28 FEBRUARY HEADED: UMPIRE BEG ACCEPTS APOLOGY (full article embraces 9 columns). Umpire Idris Beg has accepted apologies offered by the MCC manager, Mr. Geoffrey Howard, on behalf of all persons concerned in last nights incident. Umpire Idris Beg was last night forcibly taken away in a tonga by some members of the MCC party, including Donald Carr (captain) and Sutcliffe (vice-captain), to their hotel where water was poured on him. During Mr. Begs efforts to escape from the MCC cricketers, he had his shoulder sprained. Mr. Howard issued the following statement after conferring with Mr. Beg. I have offered Mr. Idris Beg my apologies on behalf of all persons concerned which he has accepted in the best possible spirit. He has told me that he regards the matter as closed, and joins me in the hope that friendly relations between cricketers of both the sides will be continued throughout the remainder of the series. According to Mr. Beg the MCC party gagged him and dragged him in the tonga and while he was in the room of one of the MCC cricketers he was also dealt blows. The MCC camp, however, denied this, and it was said that only water was poured on Mr. Beg as part of a ragging. According to our correspondents version in continuation of yesterdays story, the MCC captain Carr and vice-captain Sutcliffe allegedly kidnapped umpire Idris Beg from his hotel and beat him up, dislocating one of his arms. Just past ten last night, it is stated, an eight-man party including Carr, Sutcliffe, Close, Richardson, Swetman and Stevenson all members of visiting team and two others, arrived at the Services Hotel in search of Idris. He was there standing outside on the lawn talking to a friend when, accosted by the invading party, he unsuspectingly obliged only to be allegedly gagged and hustled into a tonga and whisked away to the tourists hotel. With the gagged umpire in their custody, the MCC party and their two associates, described here as the official MCC scorer and an ex-British army officer, drove off to the Deans Hotel, where the visitors were staying. In room number 18 worse was in store for the unfortunate umpire, who had been the target of bitter British press comments. It is said once inside room number 18, Idris Beg was subjected to harsh handling. Whisky was, it is alleged, forced down his throat for the first time in this teetotallers life, water was thrown on his person, and he was given a thorough beating. Meanwhile, the news of the strange kidnapping spread like wildfire. Pakistans fast bowlers Khan Muhammad and Mahmood Husain dashed off to Idris Begs help and found the injured umpire lying on the veranda floor. He was picked up and brought back to his hotel. By now the entire Pakistan team, fast asleep after a historic days play, had been awakened, and at the dead of night, things began to happen. Pakistan captain Kardar and Cricket Control Board Secretary Cheema rushed to meet MCC Captain and Manager Geoffrey Howard. There was heated argument at this meeting, and it is believed the visitors captain Carr, offered to apologise, obliging by admitting that a mistake had been committed. A strange sort of press conference was summoned in the early hours of the morning at which no more than two correspondents were present Crawford White of the London News Chronicle and Omar Quershi, Radio Pakistan commentator. The visitors captain is stated to have told the press conference he realised that they (the MCC stalwarts) had done something wrong which would lower the prestige of the game and bring upon them the wrath of every sportsman. A message from Karachi adds: Group Captain Cheema, Secretary of the Pakistan Cricket Board, who flew into Karachi from Peshawar this afternoon, had a meeting with the Governor-General, Major-General Iskander Mirza, President of the Board, about the manhandling of umpire Idris Beg by the touring MCC cricketers. Group Captain Cheema told the APP tonight: I have placed all the facts before the President along with the written apology of MCC skipper Donald Carr. Major-General Iskander Mirza would decide what is to be done about it The Test Match, he said, would be played tomorrow, as scheduled. A message from London adds: No comment is being made by the MCC, London, until a full report of the incident involving Pakistani umpire Mr. Idris Beg and some MCC players has been received. Mr. S.C. Griffiths, Assistant Secretary of the MCC, confirmed today that a cable mentioning the matter had been sent to London by Mr. Geoffrey Howard, the MCC team Manager. The cable also stated that Mr. Howard was writing to the Lords. Until we receive this letter said Mr. Griffiths, we can say nothing at all. 11 August 2016 Its been reported in many places, but Peter Nevill and Steve OKeefe, assisted by Josh Hazlewood, smashed all previous records for scorelessness, by stringing together 154 balls without a run in the Kandy Test. While plenty of teams have been in ultra-defensive situations like this before, this was a unique combination of circumstances. There were no specialist batsmen so no attempt to farm the strike. One batsman was injured and so no running was attempted. I think that if there had been a runner for OKeefe, occasional runs would have been taken, so it is all due in part to the strange rule that disallows use of runners. Nevill faced 90 balls without scoring, just shy of the 95 by Bruce Mitchell in 1931. The number for Mitchell, unfortunately, is only an estimate; however, I would say that, at the low end, it is a fairly precise estimate, but the exact number is not known (could be a bit higher). It is quite unlikely that Mitchell faced 90 balls or less. However, Nevill batted 108 minutes without scoring, and that is without doubt the longest time without scoring in a Test innings. In the next Test, at Galle, Nevill was out first ball in the first innings and scored off his second ball when he batted again. This gave him a total of 92 consecutive balls without scoring. So Tony Locks record of 115 balls across multiple innings remains safe. OKeefe, for his part, has an open-ended sequence of 76 balls without scoring to continue. Hope he gets the chance. The Unusual Records entry has been updated. **** Here are the fourth-innings scores at each fall of wicket, closest to the target, by teams losing the Test match. Most of these records were set in the original Ashes Test of 1882, but Manchester 1902 and a couple of others also turn up 15/1 (70 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 68/2 (56 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 51/3 (34 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 53/4 (32 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 92/4 (32 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 66/5 (19 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 70/6 (15 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 70/7 (15 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 109/7 (15 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 75/8 (10 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 110/9 (7 runs: target 117) Aus v SAf, Sydney (SCG) 1993/94 184/10 (2 runs: target 186) Aus v WI, Adelaide 1992/93 The Tied Test in Brisbane would beat some of these if you want to include it 226/7 (7 runs: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 228/8 (5 runs: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 232/9 (1 run: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 232/10 (1 run: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 ****** I have been studying some old ODI scores, and have come up with some interesting material on Simon ODonnell, one of the more underrated ODI players. Bowlers taking wickets in five consecutive overs in an ODI (where known) SP O'Donnell v New Zealand, Christchurch 1990 Waqar Younis v England, Leeds 2001 SB Styris v West indies, Port of Spain, 2002 (two spells) GD McGrath v Namibia, Potchefstroom, 2003 Also in 1990, ODonnell played an innings of 74 off 29 balls in an ODI at Sharjah against Sri Lanka. At the time, his 50 off 18 balls was an ODI record. The innings, as recorded on the scoresheet, makes unusual reading 0,0,1,6,1,1,1,2,6,2,2,4,6,4,6,1,6,1,1,1,2,1,1,4,1,4,3,6,W ODonnell actually scored his 74 runs in the space of 26 balls, without a dot ball. In that innings, runs were scored off the bat by the Australians for 43 consecutive balls, with the exception of the ball that took ODonnells wicket. Only Sanath Jayasyuriya (76 off 28 in 1996, setting a new record with 50 off 17) and Brendon McCullum (using a super bat) have played higher innings off fewer balls than ODonnell. Against Zimbabwe in 2012, McCullum (119) scored off 30 consecutive balls faced, as did Ian Trott (112) against New Zealand in 2013. Neither scored as many runs as ODonnell without facing a dot ball, but Chris Gayle (215) equalled it with 74, scoring off 23 consecutive balls without a dot ball against Zimbabwe in last years World Cup. (For this analysis, sundries are considered dot balls.) ODonnell, incidentally, hit the longest six ever accurately recorded at the MCG. It was in a Sheffield Shield match in 1993, off the bowling of Greg Matthews. The shot reached the third level (out of four) of the Great Southern Stand. The location has been marked by a yellow-coloured seat that can even be seen on Google Earth. The distance is equivalent to 122 metres (unimpeded). 16 July 2016 Dropped Catches Report for 2015 I have collated a list of dropped catches in Tests in 2015 (specifically, April 2015 to January 2016, between pauses for World Cup and World T20). This extends my analysis of Cricinfo ball-by-ball texts that started in 2001. For a number of Tests, I backed up the analysis by also checking the texts archived by Cricbuzz. In general, this confirmed the searches of Cricinfo, but a few other missed chances were found. It is also apparent that some dropped catches are a matter of opinion, with the sources coming to conflicting conclusions where technical or half chances are concerned; also whether or not balls carried or missed the bat. The disputed or uncertain cases might amount to about five to ten per cent of missed chances. As such, most chances are clear-cut, but the totals are a little fuzzy, and should be interpreted with that caveat. In 45 Tests I found 281 missed chances (including stumpings but not run outs). Taking the successful catches and stumpings into account, the miss rate was 23.8%. Overall, there is a downward trend in this figure over the years, suggesting gradual improvement in catching. However, it is not quite as low as the 23.2% recorded in 2012. More surprising is the improvement apparent compared to the rate of 27.2% in 2014. Some of the changes can be seen in this summary table % Missed Chances in Tests While the incidence of dropped catches appears to be falling, the high figure for 2014 remains a bit odd. Part of this is due to Bangladesh playing more Tests in that year: Bangladesh drops a lot of catches and bumps up the average, but even with them, the rate was still elevated. For reasons unknown, Australia dropped more chances in 2014 than in the previous or following years. I have checked the results with some care, but it seems to be a real result. The team results for 2015 are as follows New Zealand 21% Sri Lanka 21% Bangladesh 22% Australia 22% South Africa 23% India 23% England 25% West Indies 28% Pakistan 28% I would disregard Bangladesh in this list, because they played only five Tests and took only 25 catches during the year, a very small sample size. Bangladesh had a drop rate of 34% in the previous year. The most striking result is Sri Lanka, whose catching has improved enormously in the last few years, from 34% dropped in 2013 and 29% in 2014 to 21% last year. I have looked through the Sri Lanka results carefully, using both Cricinfo and Cricbuzz, and the result seems to be genuine. Adam Voges 269* at Hobart appears to have been chanceless. The highest score in 2015 by a batsman dropped was 290 Ross Taylor at Perth, dropped on 137. The most expensive drop of the year was 165 runs for Steve Smith at Lords, dropped on 50 and went on to make 215. The only batsman dropped on 0 who went on to make a century was Joe Root, dropped second ball in his ashes-critical 134 at Cardiff. Zulfiqar Babar was the most unfortunate bowler in 2015, with 17 catches missed off his bowling. Azhar Ali dropped nine chances, mostly at the difficult short leg and silly point positions, five of them off Zulfiqar. The dropped catches report for 2014 is here. ***** Notes on the earliest international tours to use air transport The 1945-46 Australian team flew to New Zealand: "At dawn on 26 February 1946 the team flew from Sydney. The New Zealand Air Force provided a Catalina for the long flight across the Tasman Sea." They returned on the 8th of April, again with the NZ Air Force out of Auckland, but this time in a DC3. The flight over took eight hours (Catalinas flew at less than 200kph), and the flight back on the (somewhat faster) DC3 was eventful, with the plane turning back to New Zealand after a short time due to an oil pressure problem, but completing the flight successfully later on the same day. There is an odd aspect to this: regular commercial flights between Sydney and Auckland were available at the time, so why did the team fly on specially organised NZAF planes? At the time, an airline called T.E.A.L., the predecessor of Air New Zealand, had three flights a week on flying boats, and in fact had operated them even during the war. I wonder if it was at the insistence of the Australian Cricket Board, getting the New Zealanders to pay? The day they got back also happened to be the day that flights from Australia to Britain via Singapore resumed, using civilian versions of wartime bombers (Liberators and Lancasters). These were the first civilian planes to use the Changi airport that had been built by PoWs. Earlier post-War flights had taken a route via Colombo, which required a very long trans-ocean leg. The 1946 Indian team to England and the 1947/48 team to Australia both travelled by air. The latter had a rather long and harrowing flight, and decided that the return trip would be by sea. In 1947/48, Len Hutton flew out to the West Indies as a replacement player for the MCC. It took him 3 days to get from London to Georgetown. Information from the fascinating "Test Cricket Tours" website. Ashru Mishra reports that a Lancashire team flew from Cardiff to Southampton in 1935, on a privately organised flight. The last tour to travel by ship was the 1964 Ashes tour, although the sea leg was limited to Perth-Colombo. The team returned to Australia by air, playing Tests in Pakistan and India. (Thanks also to Ashru and Sreeram.) **** Here is an article of mine that was published in Cricket Monthly, on the subject of the longest sixes: http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1026113/the-longest-shot and heres an interview I did for Cricket Country, which was actually a written Q&A rather than spoken interview. http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/meet-charles-davis-who-found-those-4-runs-don-bradman-needed-464163 In both of the above, the headlines and photo captions were not written by me. Nor was the introductory blurb in the interview, which I do not necessarily agree with. The interviewer seemed to think that I had proved that Bradman had averaged 100, but I tried to hose that down in my comments. ****** Here are some figures for the highest percentage of a teams runs f-c cricket, based on batting position. Note that in practice many old scorecards do not really distinguish between #1 and #2 batsmen. (Scorers often write the names down before the ends are chosen.) Also, there is some doubt about batting orders in many very old games. For example, G Beldam is given 31* out of 63 batting at #11 in 1800, but I doubt if he really batted in that position. I think that some very old scorecards list batsmen in the order they were out, not the order they came in. Given the age of many of these records, the recent one by Glenn Maxwell is remarkable. He came to the crease at 9 (runs) for 6 (wickets) and scored 127 off 102 balls. Position 1 83.4% GM Turner 141* out of 169 Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Swansea 1977 2 78.3% J Noel 18 out of 23 Victoria v South Australia, Melbourne-EM 1882/83 3 71.5% FE Woolley 103* out of 144 Kent v Warwickshire, Folkestone 1931 4 81.6% G Snyman 230 out of 282 Kenya v Namibia, Sharjah 2007/08 5 78.0% HR Kingscote 32 out of 41 Kent v Surrey, Sevenoaks 1828 6 78.8% S Nazir Ali 52 out of 66 Yorkshire v Indians, Harrogate 1932 7 70.0% E Smith 70 out of 100 Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, Oxford 1891 8 68.3% GJ Maxwell 127 out of 186 New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney 2013/14 9 63.6% BL Cairns 110 out of 173 Wellington v Otago, Lower Hutt 1979/80 10 54.8% ACS Pigott 63 out of 115 Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Hove 1983 11 43.8% JW Martin 14 out of 32 Hampshire v Kent, Southampton 1952 The highest for a #12 batsman is 13 out of 44 by TC Elliot for Hampshire v All England in 1848. Note also WG in 1876 1 79.2% WG Grace 126 out of 159 United North of England v United South of England, Hull 1876 1 July 2016 Heres a list of the fastest batsmen to reach major Test milestones. Fastest in this context means fewest balls faced, not matches or innings or time. The Balls Faced in the table is the exact number when the milestone was reached, in mid-innings. For example, Southee passed one thousand runs during his 61st innings, and finished that innings with 1009 runs off 1180 balls. His one thousandth run came off his 1167th ball. Runs Fastest Balls Faced Innings batted 1,000 TG Southee 1167 61 2,000 AC Gilchrist 2482 41 3,000 AC Gilchrist 3609 63 4,000 AC Gilchrist 4896 94 5,000 AC Gilchrist 6098 122 6,000 V Sehwag 7566 123 7,000 V Sehwag 8589 134 8,000 V Sehwag 9753 160 9,000 GC Smith 15085 195 9,000 BC Lara 15095 177 10,000 BC Lara 16697 195 11,000 BC Lara 18252 213 12,000 RT Ponting 20175 247 13,000 RT Ponting 22020 275 14,000 SR Tendulkar 25811 279 15,000 SR Tendulkar 27830 300 The leader in each category is quite clear cut, except at 9,000 runs, where Graeme Smith and Brian Lara are extremely close. Tendulkar, of course, is alone in the last two categories. All these players are relatively recent. Although some data is missing for earlier players, none of them are contenders for a place in this table, so even with complete data this table would not change. Chances are though, that Gilbert Jessop (1899-1912) would be the faster than any modern batsman to 500 runs (about 450 balls), but Jessop never made it to 1000. ****** After a question on AskSteven, I became curious about the story that Bill Woodfull refused a knighthood offered to him for his contribution to cricket. Being of sceptical mind, I looked into it. The earliest published source for this seems to be Chris Hartes History of Australian Cricket (1993, p357). Hart says the offer came on the occasion of Woodfulls farewell match in November 1934. Harte even quotes (after a fashion) from a citation. However, there is no reference offered and no direction to any primary source. The story is also absent from all other older sources, including Pollards books, The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket and Robinsons much-admired On Top Down Under, which has a detailed chapter on Woodfull. Still sceptical, I borrowed a copy of a Woodfull biography by Alan Gregory, published recently (2011). However, Gregory does confirm the story, saying that he checked it with Woodfulls son and daughter, who had heard it from their mother. So perhaps we should accept that at face value. Yet it is still a stretch. Gregory also reports that John Dew attempted (energetically) to get confirmation from both Buckingham Palace and Government House (Melbourne, the supposed source of the offer), but none was forthcoming. There are therefore still no documents or primary evidence. Having done some family research in my time, I would certainly say that some stories that get circulated by word of mouth around families, and repeated decades later, are not necessarily true! (No disrespect intended). Others have a kernel of truth, but get exaggerated over the years. Casual chatter at an official function, perhaps? I still wonder about other factors. In 1934, no senior player, not even WG Grace, had ever been knighted for services to cricket; that fashion lay well into the future. There is another element to the story that Woodfull responded that he would have instead accepted a knighthood for his teaching and this also has an odd ring. He was just 37 at the time, he had spent a good part of his adult life playing cricket, and he was not a senior teacher yet; it also doesnt sound in character. Gregory mentions that no Australian teacher had ever received a knighthood at that time either; I think Woodfulls claimed statement sounds very unrealistic. Gregory added that he had asked Harte about the citation, but Harte could not recall his source. Refusing a knighthood would have been a big deal in 1934, especially from Woodfull, who was a great admirer of the Crown, and referred to England in his speeches as the Mother Country. I also think the offer would have been unlikely politically, coming so soon after Bodyline. Woodfull did have an outstanding teaching career after 1934, and did accept an OBE, for his contribution to teaching, in 1963, after his retirement. He died, on a golf course, in 1965. **** 12 May 2016 How Effective is the (Second) New Ball? Here are some statistics from the database concerning the effectiveness of the new ball in Tests. The data covers about 280 Tests from 2007 to 2015. There were 472 innings where the new ball was available. In only 44 was it not taken at all, whereas it was taken in the first five overs (overs 81-85) on 336 occasions. The longest innings without a new ball was 145 overs by West Indies against Australia (439/5) at Bridgetown in 2008; the latest taking of a new ball was 146.1 overs by India at Durban in 2013. There were only 25 cases of no new ball by the 100 over mark. In innings that lasted at least six overs after the new ball, I compared the number of wickets in the six overs after with the number in the six overs before. There were 405 such innings. I also looked at windows of plus or minus four overs and two overs. Window Wkts before New Ball Wkts after Ratio ± 36 balls 96 261 2.72 ± 24 balls 54 177 3.28 ± 12 balls 24 93 3.88 A Ratio of more than one indicates a benefit to taking the new ball. In the six overs before the new ball, there were wickets in only 87 innings, against 195 innings after the new ball. Overall, there were 2.72 times as many wickets in the six overs after the new ball than in the previous six overs, with even greater benefits with narrower windows. These numbers suggest that early taking of the new ball is very beneficial, but it would be unwise to read too much into this. The taking of the new ball is not a random event: captains usually choose to do so when wickets are not falling, and they sometimes use part-time bowlers in the overs just before the new ball. Indeed if you look at the minority of innings where wicket(s) fell in the six overs before a new ball was actually taken (87 cases) the number of wickets falling in the six overs after the new ball is rather reduced only 63 wickets. In these cases where bowlers are already taking wickets, the new ball has had no beneficial effect. I also looked at overs numbered 81-86 in all innings of sufficient length, and compared those with the new ball to those without. There were 347 innings with a new ball and 125 without (many of which took the new ball later on). In those without a new ball, the average was 0.68 wickets falling in the six overs, but in innings with a new ball it was only 0.67 wickets. This suggests no benefit to the new ball at all! However, it is not quite so simple, since a significant number of new balls are taken late in the 81-86 over window. If you restrict the comparison to those innings where the new ball was taken in the 81st over (218 innings), then the return rises to 0.78 wickets in six overs. There is some benefit evident here, but not as much as might be expected. Overall, I would say that captains do a competent job in choosing when to use the new ball. Mostly. However, the effects of the new ball are sometimes exaggerated, because captains are likely to call for it during a spell without wickets, and particularly by the choice of second-string bowlers just before it becomes available. **** Highest averages in a calendar year (Tests beginning in the year in question) DG Bradman 1932 402.0 (3 inns) JN Gillespie 2006 231.0 (3) CP Mead 1921 229.0 (2) H Sutcliffe 1931 226.0 (2) MS Sinclair 1999 214.0 (1) DG Bradman 1946 210.5 (2) Bradman also made a score of 167 in a Test in 1932, but the Test began in 1931. If the 167 is included in 1932, his average becomes 284.5. Add this one to the list of unlikely achievements of Jason Gillespie. Sreeram points out that since Sinclair played only one innings in 1999, that being his 214 on debut, he holds the record for highest average by any batsman in the 20th Century. **** Additions to the 1950s database will be suspended shortly. Holidays beckon. 3 March 2016 Bowlers taking last two available wickets in consecutive balls in a Test match; thus deprived of a chance for a hat-trick Wasim Akram 5 times SK Warne 3 LO Fleetwood-Smith 2 CA Walsh 2 More than 50 other bowlers have done it once. As far as I can tell, none of these bowlers took a wicket with his first ball of the next match, thus claiming a non-hat-trick, except for the special case of George Lohmann in 1895/96, who finished the first Test with a hat-trick, then took a wicket with his first ball of the second Tests, thus taking four in four. So it appears that these non-hat-tricks are extremely rare. Hardik Pandya of India recorded one in the past week, playing T20s against Pakistan and then Sri Lanka. Apart from Lohmann, there are no other similar cases at all in my database of Tests, ODIs and T20i. This data is, of course, not complete, but with about 75% of matches available (almost five thousand matches), it gives an idea of how rare this must be. When you think about it statistically, it is not surprising that hat-tricks or non-hat-tricks across multiple innings are rare. Within one innings, there could be hundreds of sets of three balls where hat-tricks are possible for each bowler, but across two innings, there are only two such sets. The final wicket(s) of such hat-tricks will also probably have to be a top-order or well-set batsman. It is a remarkable thing that two multi-innings hat-tricks occurred in the 1988/89 Test series in Australia: Merv Hughes and Courtney Walsh. Jermaine Lawson also had a two-innings hat-trick, in 2003. Waqar Younis took three wickets in four balls across two Tests against West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2002. In Ashes Tests, Jason Gillespie took five wickets in seven balls across two Tests against England that were 2 years apart, starting at Perth in 1998/99. He was dropped from the team between the two Tests, but also played against other countries during those two years. **** Here is some complete data placing Adam Voges record-breaking sequence of runs without dismissal in context. The RUNS section is covered in standard record lists, but the Balls Faced and Minutes Batted records are more complete than you might find elsewhere. Without Dismissal: Longest Sequences RUNS 614 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 497 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 490 GStA Sobers 365, 125 1958 489 MJ Clarke 259, 230 2012/13 479 KC Sangakkara 200, 222, 57 2007/08 473 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 456 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 453 BC Lara 400, 53 2004 427 DJ Cullinan 275, 152 1998/99 426 MA Taylor 334, 92 1998/99 Balls Faced 1051 S Chanderpaul 67, 101, 136, 58 2002 975 WR Hammond 119, 177 1928/29 930 (est) Hanif Mohammad 337 1958 911 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 879 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 853 L Hutton 364 1938 815 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 800 GStA Sobers 365, 125 1958 791 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 790 CA Pujara 206, 41, 135 2012/13 785 (est) BE Congdon 166, 82 1972 Minutes Batted 1523 S Chanderpaul 67, 101, 136, 58 2002 1241 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 1224 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 1145 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 1115 S Chanderpaul 107, 77, 79, 50 2008 1106 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 1074 S Chanderpaul 116, 136, 70 2007 1058 AN Cook 235, 148 2010/11 1031 S Chanderpaul 101, 128, 97, 45 2004 1023 N Hussain 70, 146, 15 1999/00 1015 CA Pujara 206, 41, 135 2012/13 1007 Shoaib Mohammad 203, 105 1990/91 I will post these lists in the Unusual Records section. ***** 1 Feb 2016 For a change of pace, I thought Id share what I have decided is one of my favourite cricket photos. It shows Lawrence Rowe being caught by Ian Chappell off Jeff Thomson at the MCG on Boxing Day 1975. Those familiar with Australian cricket photography will not be surprised to learn that it was taken by Patrick Eagar. The occasion was the morning of one of the first Boxing Day Tests. Some 85,000 people were present, and in those days the MCG stands were physically smaller than now. Such was the crush of spectators that large numbers were sitting even right behind the sight screen. As you can see, the photo is on the cover of a Bill Frindall book of scores from that time. While it is not a rare book, it is by no means common and so I hope that no one concerned will mind the reproduction. Unfortunately, my copy is worn by use, and so I have photoshopped out some scratches and abrasions. Why do I like it? Unlike most cricket photography, it presents a dramatic moment in a Test match much as a spectator experiences it, with a wider field of view than normally seen. Many modern telephoto shots, usually taken from the boundary at ground level, are so extreme that they sometimes struggle to get even the batsmans face and bat into the same frame. I like the elevated viewpoint and the composition. The participants are placed neatly, and all eyes are on the ball, directing the viewers attention to the main action. The power of Thomson is suggested by his position, still in mid-air even though the ball has reached the slip fielder. The catchers position is also dynamic, and shows perfect technique. The packed crowd looming at the top of frame increases the sense of drama. I also really like the lack of intrusive advertising (although I will admit to photoshopping out one small ad). I did not go to that match, but I did see, with my brother, the equivalent day in the Sydney Test. Even though we got into the ground more than an hour before the start, there were no seats left in the stands (tickets were not numbered or pre-sold) so we sat on the steps of the Sheridan stand, among 53,000 people; the SCG would never see such a crowd again. Jeff Thomson retired hurt three different batsmen that day; for atmosphere and drama, I have not been to a days cricket since that quite matched it. I believe that only fragments of video of these Tests have survived. **** An article on the most extreme Test performances of the last 50 years, combining batting and bowling performances on the same scale. This is an extended version of an article written for Cricket Monthly online. It should be stressed that my list is most extreme, in a statistical sense, rather than greatest. ****** Some notes on the question: in 1975, did Denis Amiss break the ODI record score before Glenn Turner? On 7 June 1975 the ODI record stood at 116 (David Lloyd in 1974). That day, Amiss scored 137 and Glenn Turner 171. Both opened the batting in World Cup matches, with simultaneous starting times, one at Lord's the other at Edgbaston. At lunch (1pm), Amiss was 98 in 35 overs and Turner 82 in 40 overs. Amiss reached 100 off 112 balls. None of the reports available say exactly what happened next, but it is very probable that Amiss would have reached 116 first. The partnership between Amiss and Fletcher was very fast in the latter stages and would have reached a crescendo going from 150 to 230 after lunch. Turner, however, also scored extremely quickly after lunch. Less certain is whether Amiss still held the record when he was out. Again there are no exact figures, but Amiss was out in the 51st over, while I calculate from the later falls of wicket that Turner was about 142 in 54 overs. However, the over rate was higher in Turner's case, so his 54 overs may well have preceded Amiss' 51 overs. Minutes batted data would be useful here but is lacking. Amiss, who had scored the first two ODI centuries in 1972 and 1973, before ceding the record to Lloyd, had probably retaken the record, but for less than half an hour, and perhaps only for the time equivalent of five or six overs. ***** Australia has selected a touring team to New Zealand with all six states represented. Using place of birth, all six states were last represented in a Test at Bangalore 2010. (Players born overseas were not counted.) MJ Clarke NSW SR Watson QLD MG Johnson QLD NM Hauritz QLD PR George SA RT Ponting TAS TD Paine TAS BW Hilfenhaus TAS MJ North VIC SM Katich WA MEK Hussey WA At the Oval in 2005 and various earlier Tests, there were players from all six states, plus the Northern Territory (Damien Martyn). There were all six plus ACT in some Tests when Michael Bevan was playing, including Karachi 1994. Martyn and Bevan never played together in Tests, and there are no cases with all eight states and territories. However, it has happened in ODIs, including a game in Cairns in 2003, and for good measure at that game there was also Andrew Symonds, born in the U.K. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/77/77630.html I don't have enough data to answer the question in terms of which teams the players were playing for at the time. **** Most runs in first-class cricket before first Test match. EH Bowley 21005 WG Grace 20748 RGA Headley 20173 AR Lewis 19318 SJ Cook 19233 PN Kirsten 18799 J Vine 17926 AP Wells 17183 RM Prideaux 16868 JH Parks 16352 CT Radley 15942 JM Brearley 15675 D Denton 15401 MEK Hussey 15313 Bowley was an opening batsman in the era of Hobbs and Sutcliffe. At the age of 39, he filled in for Hobbs in a couple of Tests against South Africa in 1929. Jimmy Cook is the father of Stephen Cook, who has just been selected for South Africa after scoring over 11,000 runs. Does not include players who played no Tests. Alan Jones (36000+ runs) represented England in matches against Rest of the World in 1970, but Test status for these matches was later withdrawn. Jones scored 17,774 runs before the first Rest of the World match. * Most Test runs in an Australian home season 2003/04 RT Ponting (6 Tests) 965 2003/04 ML Hayden (6) 952 2005/06 ML Hayden (7) 949 2005/06 RT Ponting (7) 944 1928/29 WR Hammond (5) 905 2012/13 MJ Clarke (6) 892 1952/53 RN Harvey (5) 834 2015/16 DA Warner (6) 818 1936/37 DG Bradman (5) 810 The off-season Tests in Cairns and Darwin are excluded, but the World XI Test in 2005/06 is included. In 2003/04, Ponting scored 1034 runs and Hayden 1013 if you include the off-season Tests against Bangladesh. 18 January, 2016 Winning All Out It has always been unusual for a team in an ODI to be bowled out inside the allotted overs and still win. (Yet these matches can be some of the best ODIs to watch). In the last few years the unusual has become decidedly rare. It is another sign of the increasing dominance of bat over ball that is distorting the game. Here is historical incidence of teams bowled out batting first which then went on to win. Games involving Test-ranked teams only. Duckworth/Lewis results excluded. Winning team all out Matches 1980s 23 516 4.5% 1990s 57 933 6.1% 2000-04 28 671 4.2% 2005-09 27 734 3.7% 2010-13 29 514 5.6% 2014-16 5 270 1.9% While there were fluctuations in the past, the most recent results show a sudden and significant fall-off. ****** Some questions from Ask Steven: In the 2nd ODI between NZL and SL, Sri Lanka spinner Jeffry Vandersay conceded 26 runs in his debut over. (3 sixes and 2 fours). No one has else has conceded 26 or more runs in an over on debut or during the first ODI in which they bowled. Matthew Hayden conceded 18 runs in his only over in ODIs, and I can't find anyone else since then who has conceded more in their first over. **** Dean Elgar and Stiaan Van Zyl were the last two South African bowlers when England was bowled out in the 2nd innings of the 1st test and then they opened the innings for Proteas. Is it a unique event in test cricket when both the opening bowlers were the last two bowlers to finish opponents innings? It's quite rare, when circumstances are exactly as described. At Chittagong in 2009, Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal bowled the last two overs of an innings against Sri Lanka, and then opened the batting immediately afterwards. However they did not bowl the opposition out; there was a declaration. There are one or two similar cases in the last 20 years, where an innings ended in a declaration. There are one or two other occasions where a pair of opening batsmen bowled the last two overs of an innings, but these were last two overs of a drawn match. At Rawalpindi in 1994, Taylor and Slater bowled the last two overs in Pakistan's second innings and then opened. In this case, Pakistan was bowled out. I can't find any other cases in the last 30 years and 1200 Test matches. Slater, who took the last wicket in that innings, bowled only 4.1 overs in his whole Test career. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/59/59528.html **** Longest wait to complete an over in a Test: A couple of extreme cases were very recent. Against Bangladesh last year, Dale Steyn waited 4 days to finish an over. However, he never did finish it as the match was washed out. For bowlers who did eventually complete their over, Josh Hazlewood waited three days in the Sydney Test just a couple of weeks ago. Hazlewood's over was interrupted at about 1:40 pm, so he had to wait about 2 hours short of a full three days. Chris Martin also waited until the third day at Johannesburg in 2000, but his over was interrupted at 6:26 pm and restarted at 10:45. Tony MacGibbon waited 4 days, including a rest day, at Dunedin in 1955, but when play restarted, England declared, so he didn't complete the over. **** Reaching 100 and 200 in the same session CA Roach WI v Eng, Georgetown, Guyana 1930 DG BradmanAus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 1947/48 DCS ComptonEng v Pak, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1954 NJ Astle NZ v Eng, Christchurch 2001/02 MS DhoniInd v Aus, Chennai (Chepauk) 2012/13 BA Stokes SAf v Eng, Cape Town 2015/16 18 December, 2015 Re-writing some Slow-Moving Records Most of the records for slowest scoring Tests date from many years ago, with few recent additions. It seemed to be getting less and less likely that such records would be much added to, what with the modern game dominated by flat-track bullies using super bats on shrunken grounds. But then the South Africans came along with an innings of 143 in 143.1 overs at the Delhi FSK ground. The only real parallel was Indias 187 off 185 overs at Bridgetown in 1962. The details of the South African innings challenge and sometimes even surpass anything from olden times. Hashim Amlas 25 off 244 balls (10.25 R/100 b) and AB de Villiers 43 off 297 (14.48 R/100b) rival anything from earlier times. Here are some other slow innings in the same range, not on Cricinfo: 8.97Hanif Mohammad (20 off 223 balls) Lord's 1954 11.76 HL Collins (40 off 340) The Oval 1921 12.36 WH Scotton (34 off 275) The Oval 1886. Bizarre to think that de Villiers started off the year by hitting a century off 31 balls in an ODI, more than twenty times faster than his Delhi marathon. ****** Fewest runs by individuals in a complete session (minimum two hours, 24 overs) 4 (90 balls) MD Crowe (19), Colombo 1983 Day 5, Session 2 5 (78 balls) Arshad Khan (9), Colombo 2000, Day 3, Session 2 6 (113 balls) HM Amla (25), Delhi 2015, Day 4, Session 2 7 (124 balls) AC Bannerman (41), Melbourne 1892, Day 3, Session 2* 8 (~135 balls) B Mitchell (58), Brisbane 1931, Day 5 8 (93 balls) MC Cowdrey (27), Lords 1956, Day 4, Session 3 8 CPS Chauhan (79), Kanpur 1979, Day 1, Session 1 8 (99 balls) RC Russell (29), Johannesburg 1995, Day 5, Session 2 8 (49 balls) GA Gooch (84), The Oval 1988, Day 3, Session 1 possibly less than 2 hours, but about 45 overs were bowled. TE Bailey scored 8 in 121 minutes (135 balls) after lunch on Day 5, Leeds 1955. The match ended when he was out. WR Playle scored 2 runs off 110 balls before lunch, Day 5, Leeds 1958, batting for all but 2 balls of the session. PI Pocock scored 7 runs in a session of 31 overs but less than 2 hours, Georgetown 1968. SCJ Broad (6) scored just 2 runs in the first two hours of an extended session, Auckland 2013, Day 5 Session 3. He was out before the end of the session. Danny Morrison scored 7 runs off 68 balls in a session of about 2 hours but only 21 overs at Faisalabad 1990/91. The Chauhan case is certainly an odd and unexpected one in that the batsman finished with 79 off 162 balls, but his eight runs is the least in a complete opening session of a Test. Gooch was an extreme case of sustained strike deprivation, combined with a slow over rate; only 24 overs were bowled in the session. Chris Tavare scored 18 runs in two sessions (9+9) at Chennai in 1982. The sessions were 90 and 120 minutes. ****** Most balls faced in a partnership before first run (including extras) scored. The ball with the first run is not included. 62Amla and de Villiers, 3rd wicket, SAf v Ind, Delhi 2015 58Rabone and Poore, 6th wicket, NZ v SAf Durban 1953/54 58Hanif Mohammad and Waqar Hassan, 2nd wicket, Pak v Eng Lords 1954 53Edrich and Parkhouse, 5th wicket, Eng v WI Lords 1950 51Younis Khan and Azhar Ali, 2nd wicket, Pak v SL Sharjah 2011 This is very much a where known record. **** Most balls faced to reach double figures Batsman BF Hanif Mohammad 162 Pak v Eng, Lord's 1954 MD Crowe 156 NZ v SL, Colombo2 (SSC) 1983/84 DCS Compton 141 Eng v SAf, Johannesburg (Wanderers) 1956/57 WR Playle 141 NZ v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1958 Alim-ud-Din 137 Pak v Eng, Dhaka 1961/62 GM Turner 131 NZ v WI, Auckland 1968/69 H Moses c.130 Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1891/92 These are figures from the bbb database only (73% of Tests), and I have not hazarded any guesses for innings outside that set. Putting this together was occasioned by the discovery of the Turner innings, which included a stretch of 58 balls on a score of 6; the Auckland 1968/69 Test scoresheets were among a recent find from a recent research trip to New Zealand. Some of the other figures are uncertain, due to imprecise placement of byes and leg byes in the originals. The Moses figure is from an over-by-over analysis only. The innings by the dashing Compton is a surprise. Hashim Amlas recent effort fell short of this list, reaching 10 off 122 balls. **** I have added two new record categories to the Unusual Records files: slowest teams to reach 50 and 100. In the latter, the Delhi marathon beats all comers, with previous records being clustered around the funereal period of the fifties and early sixties. This is a difficult area to nail down definitively, because many extreme cases tend to come from an era that is poorly represented by detailed data. However, I have done as much checking as possible, and I think there would be few cases that escape notice completely. Estimates of some sort are possible in most cases where scorebooks or other exact data are not available. Here is a part of the tables **** Batsmen out twice in shortest space of time Mins Balls PW Sherwell 11 23 SAf v Aus, Sydney (SCG) 1910/11 FM Engineer 21 ? Ind v NZ, Mumbai (Brabourne) 1964/65 TM Dowlin 25 37 WI v Aus, Brisbane ('Gabba') 2009/10 DM Bravo 26 36 WI v Aus, Hobart 2015/16 J Iddon 28 51 Eng v WI, Kingston, Jamaica 1935 RF Surti 30 47 Ind v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1967 VT Trumper 34 64 Aus v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1902 Balls estimated for Engineer: 30-35. Times do not include change of innings or breaks in play. Dowlin and Surtis dismissals were in different sessions; Iddons and Trumpers were on different days, almost 24 hours later in Trumpers case, in a heavily rain-affected match. There are perhaps 50 or more cases of a batsman being out twice in the same session. However, with over rates slowing down in recent decades, it has become quite uncommon. Before Bravo, the last case was Salman Butt at Lords in 2010. Apart from Sherwell above, I know of only one case of two consecutive wickets falling in a Test, with the same batsman dismissed both times: that was Willie Watson at Adelaide in 1958/59. In Bravos case at Hobart, there was just one intervening wicket. 16 October 2015 I have updated the Hot 100 list, the fastest-scoring and slowest-scoring batsmen in Test cricket. I do this about once a year. It is a characteristic of most batsmen that their scoring rates change from year to year much less than their batting averages, so there has been only slow change in the rankings. The notable movers are Brendon McCullum, up eight places after a stellar year, and Shakib al Hasan of Bangladesh. Steve Smith (#59) and Mohammad Hafeez (#55) are also making strong moves, Smith rising more than 20 places. [Note that, due to a subtle error, Chris Gayle and a couple of others were left off last years list.] **** The list of batsmen reaching an ODI century off the last possible ball has been updated (19 August 2015). At Kanpur, AB de Villers became only the fifth confirmed case of achieving this with a six: Mohammad Yousuf (twice), Kevin Pietersen and Mahela Jayawardene Craig McMillan being the others. UPDATE UPDATE. Rajneesh Gupta adds the following: -Allan Lamb also reached his hundred off the last ball of innings (Eng v Aus, Nottingham, 1989) in a 55 over game. -Javed Miandad did so in a 43-over game (Pak v WI, Georgetown, 1988) -One more ball was bowled in Zimbabwean innings after Sikandar Raza reached his hundred off a no-ball. Raza lost the strike while taking the single to complete his hundred. -Ramiz Raja was out obstructing the field on 99 while going for the second run (which would have taken him to his 100) in a 44-over game (Pak v Eng, Karachi, 1987). **** I wrote some time ago that the first batsman to hit sixes off consecutive balls was Warwick Armstrong at the MCG in 1908. There is, however, an earlier example. JJ Lyons, at the Oval in 1893, hit five consecutive balls faced for four (two off Briggs and three off Lockwood. He was out next ball). The last two hits, although they only counted four at the time, cleared the boundary and would be regarded as sixes today. The first of these hits he drove straight to the roof of the pavilion, the ball bounding over. That was one mighty hit, perhaps exceeding 115 metres. **** Runner run out in Tests, where known (Batsman given out named, runner in brackets) NJ Contractor (Borde) 1958 Wazir Mohammad (Mathias)1959 JHB Waite (unk) 1965 EW Freeman (Sheahan) 1970 CJ McDermott (M Waugh) 1995 SR Waugh (Blewett) 1998 Steve Waugh was run out only four times in Tests, and it turns out that one of those involved his runner. Waughs partners were run out on 23 occasions. Batsman run out off a no ball, where known CE McLeod 1897 A Cotter 1911 EDAStJ McMorris 1960 JA Snow 1965 IR Redpath 1973 CEH Croft 1980 Shoaib Mohammad 1988 DC Boon 1989 DM Jones 1991 SK Warne 1993 SB Doull 1997 RD King 1999 DR Martyn 2003 AJ Hall 2004 TM Dilshan 2010 Harbhajan Singh 2010 SPD Smith 2014 MacLeod and Jones were run out after being bowled by the no ball, but left the crease not hearing the call, and thinking they were out. Macleod was nearly deaf, and his run out has to be described as just not cricket, old chap. ****** In his 245 in the Test at Abu Dhabi, Shoaib Malik made scoring shots for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. I have records of about 60 other cases, but there are probably a couple of dozen others not recorded. The smallest score to include all these shots is 39 by EA Brandes for Zimbabwe at Auckland in 1996. No one has added a 7 to the complete set, although Andrew Sandham scored both a five and a seven in his 325 in 1930. However, he hit no sixes. It even happens sometimes for one batsman off one particular bowler. At the Gabba in 2000, Brett Lee (62) scored 22 runs off Marlon Black, including one six, one five, one four, one three, one two and two singles (plus 18 dot balls). 10 September 2015 Here is some further data on the subject of the follow-on. I also looked at this subject on 17 February 2014 . It occurred to me that a primary factor behind the success of follow-on decisions by captains might be the amount of time left in the match, rather than the runs lead. So I looked at the outcomes of matches where a follow-on was available, in terms of the stage of the match where the follow-on decision was made. The data in the table covers matches since 1995; Tests involving Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, which have inevitable results, have been excluded. Win % in follow-on situations, according to session of play Day Session FO: Times Enforced Enforced Win % FO: Not Enforced Not Enforced Win % 2 2 1 100% 2 100% 2 3 5 100% 3 100% 3 1 10 90% 5 100% 3 2 9 78% 11 100% 3 3 23 70% 17 82% 4 1 8 75% 2 50% 4 2 5 60% 2 0% 4 3 2 50% 1 0% Not surprisingly, the more time is available, the higher the likelihood of winning the match. Leading by over 200 with more than 3 days to play just about guarantees a win, regardless of the decision. However, there are some interesting differences in the outcomes on the third and fourth days. Enforcing the follow-on: with each successive session, from the beginning of the third day, the Win % declines. The decline is gradual, and enforcing the follow-on on the fourth day still has good positive outcomes. Not enforcing the follow-on: there are excellent outcomes on the third day, but the success rate plummets on day four. Bottom line: do not enforce when time is available on the third day, but enforce the follow-on when time is short (day four). Given that follow-on situations arise more frequently on the third day, it is better in general NOT to enforce the follow-on. Teams not enforcing have a 100% record if the decision comes up before tea on the third day. This is quite remarkable when you think about it; at the very least you would expect the occasional such Test to be washed out, but no trailing team in the last 20 years has managed to recover from this, if asked to bowl again. There is some surprise in this data, in that it runs counter to the observation that it is easier to win a Test by wickets than runs if time is an issue, because you only need to score one extra run for a wickets win. The tiring of a bowling attack when the follow-on is enforced seems to be a very important factor. ***** Shane Watson has retired from Tests after a successful if oddly unsatisfying career. One aspect of his play that has received negative comment are claims that Watson overused the DRS system, and asked for too many improbable reviews of LBW decisions. This is something that can be checked with stats. There have now been more than 150 Tests that used the DRS system. In those Tests, on-field umpires have made 781 lbw decisions (initially) against batsmen. Batsmen have challenged those lbw decisions a remarkable 459 times, 59% of the time. For top order batsmen, the percentage is even higher, about 65%. Decisions were overturned in the batsmans favour 126 times, representing 27.5% of the reviews (about 29% for top-order batsmen). So how does Watson compare to other batsmen? He was given out lbw (initially, on-field) 15 times, which places him third after Alistair Cook (19) and Brendon McCullum (16). Watson challenged eleven of those decisions, so his percentage of 73% is indeed higher than the typical top order batsman. In two out of the eleven challenges, the decision was overturned, or 18%, which is rather lower than the 29% of other similar batsmen. The sample size getting quite small here, so dont read too much into those last figures. Nevertheless, this is evidence that Watson did overuse the system, but not radically so. I would say that the data does not strongly support the complaint, given that half of all batsmen will, by definition, have more than average number of challenges, so Watson has plenty of company. One other factor is that Watson was more prone to lbw than most other batsmen, so the review situation arose more often, and so attracted more notice. Watson was also subjected to lbw reviews by bowling teams more often than any other batsman: 17 times, ahead of Ian Trott on 16. Only two of these resulted in overturns, and Watsons dismissal. Watson has not been the leading challenger of decisions: Misbah-ul-Haq has challenged 13 out of 14 decisions against him, with three overturns. Curiously, Alistair Cook has challenged only seven out of 19 lbw decisions against him, with two overturns. *** Top Order Batsmen Making their Maiden First-Class Century in a Test match. It has happened occasionally with Zimbabwe players like GW Flower, BRM Taylor and AG Cremer, and some Bangladeshis. But in the last 30 years I daresay the most prominent player who meets the criteria is (believe it or not) Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara's maiden first-class century came in his 10th Test match; it was his 50th first-class match and 76th innings. Remarkable. He played 103 innings before making a first-class century that was not in a Test match, and 140 innings before doing so in Sri Lanka. Perhaps 20 players from the last 30 years also fit. Most of them ore not particularly prominent, but Salman Butt had a highest score of 60 and only one fc half-century (average 13.7) when he opened for Pakistan v Bangladesh in 2003. David Warner, of course, played for Australia before he played first-class cricket, but that was in T20. He had a few fc centuries by the time he played Tests. 19 August 2015 Here are a couple of recent published articles. From the excellent Between Wickets journal, Winter 2015. Cricket Fatalities Some shocking historical statistics on the number of people killed playing cricket. This is a subject covered previously in the blog, with some extra information. Jackschon, Fergie and the Genesis of Advanced Cricket Scoring. The story of the pioneers of advanced scoring techniques, which are so ubiquitous in the modern game. (edited version). ****** If You Thought You had Never Seen Such a Collapse You were right. Australias loss of five wickets in the first 4.1 overs of the Trent Bridge Test was unprecedented, not only on the first morning of a Test match, but in any Test innings. The 25 balls bowled beat the old mark of 28 balls by India (6 runs, 5 wickets) at The Oval in 1952. Even Bangladeshs worst 29 balls at Harare in 2004 was no match. Earliest Fall of Wickets in Test Innings Wkt Ovs Balls Bowled FoW Batting Team 2 0.3 3 2 India (66) Ind v SAf, Durban (Kingsmead) 1996/97 3 0.6 6 0 Pakistan (245) Pak v Ind, Karachi (National) 2005/06 4 2.2 14 0 India (165) Ind v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1952 5 4.1 25 21 Australia (60) Aus v Eng, Trent Bridge 2015 6 7.3* 31 7 Australia (70) Aus v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1888 7 8.5 55 23 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 8 9.4 60 24 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 9 11.4 70 21 Australia (47) Aus v SAf, Cape Town 2011/12 10 12.2 77 30 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 * 4-ball overs Australia was all out before lunch for 60, with just 39 runs coming off the bat. Those 39 runs represents the worst showing by Australias batsmen since 1902, bowled out for 36 (33 off the bat) on an unplayable pitch at Edgbaston. Stuart Broad (8 for 15) made a mess of all previous records for bowling on the first morning of a Test. I have updated various sections of the Unusual Records that were affected by this assault. Note that most of the other entries of this type involved at least some tail-end batsmen. The most astonishing aspect of Broads demolition is that it involved so many top order batsmen. Incidentally, Englands declaration before lunch on the second day is unprecedented for a team batting second, with the exception of one Zimbabwe Test. ******** Reaching 100 on the last possible ball of a (full length) ODI innings (UPDATED) DI Gower Australia v England, Melbourne (MCG) 1979 WJ Cronje Australia v South Africa, Peshawar (Arbab Niaz) 1994 CL Hooper England v West Indies, Sharjah 1997 Mohammad Yousuf India v Pakistan, Dhaka 2000* CD McMillan New Zealand v Pakistan, Christchurch 2001* DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka v England, Colombo (Khettarama) 2001 Mohammad Yousuf Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare 2002* RR Sarwan Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka 2002n DR Martyn Australia v England, Hobart (Bellerive) 2003 KC Sangakkara Kenya v Sri Lanka, Sharjah 2003 VVS Laxman Australia v India, Brisbane ('Gabba') 2004 KP Pietersen South Africa v England, East London 2005* SR Tendulkar India v West Indies, Vadodara 2007 KS Williamson Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Bulawayo (Queen's) 2011 DM Bravo West Indies v Zimbabwe, Grenada 2013 Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Harare 2015 AB de Villiers (104) South Africa v India, Kanpur 2015* reached century with a six. There are possibly one or two others in early ODIs that have been overlooked, but unlikely. Pietersen is the only one to do it in the second innings; not surprisingly, he hit the winning runs with the same ball. McMillan and Williamson benefited from a second crack at the last ball because the bowler bowled a no ball. Sreeram has mentioned Ravi Shastri reaching 100 on the last ball against Sri Lanka, Nagpur 1990/91, in a reduced overs game (45 overs). At Wellington in 2001/02 (NZ v Bangladesh), play on the fourth day did not end until 8:06 pm local time. This is the latest stumps time that I have recorded for a Test match day. Play had been washed out on the previous day, and did not start until 1:00 pm on the day in question. Even so, 88 overs were bowled in the day. There was a period in the late 90 and early 2000s when day lengths were very flexible when making up lost time, and days could run up to 7.5 hours play or even more. Eventually (by 2005) this was limited to a maximum 7 hours or 6.5 hours, if no time had been lost with maximum 30 minutes extension at start and finish in most countries. I think that play in England never starts early, but can extend 60 minutes at the end of the day to make up lost time. There have been a couple of other days in New Zealand where time was called at or just after 8pm. ***** The most balls bowled between wickets by an individual bowler in Tests is 952 balls by Maurice Tate spread over two series in 1929. A Queensland medium pacer named Alfred Ryan went wicketless for more than 1112 balls in fc cricket in 1936. Can't say the exact number, or if it is the record, but it seems to be the only case of more than a thousand if you just look at complete innings. **** A search for most boundaries conceded in a Test produced an interesting result. Brett Lee conceded 44 boundaries at the SCG in 2003/04. Next highest is 42 by Jason Krezja on debut at Nagpur, John Gleeson at Port Elizabeth in 1970, and Tim Southee at Lord's just last May. Lee also has most in an innings with 35, equal with Bill O'Reilly at Old Trafford in 1934. There are some other possible candidates for which there is no data, but most of the 'most likely' cases have been covered. That includes cases like OC Scott in 1930, Fleetwood-Smith in 1938, and Fazal Mahmood & Khan Mohammad in 1958, all of whom conceded fewer boundaries than the above. Sri Lankas 952 in 1997 is also covered. 9 July 2015 I have been away for a few weeks, including a brief visit to England to visit family. I have posted a picture I took of a cricket match, which shows cricket as it is perhaps meant to be. A lovely setting and village green atmosphere. The bowler is my brother, still bowling fast(ish) at age 55. At mid-off is his son, also a quickish bowler. The match was at Wells, Somerset. One modern aspect: it was a Twenty20 game that started at 6:30 pm and still finished before sunset. You cant do that everywhere. ****** The Longest Overs I have compiled a list of the longest single overs in the database, those with more than 10 deliveries. It is restricted to six-ball overs; there are quite a number of eight-ball overs that qualify, but I have excluded those. None of those eight-ball overs had more than 12 deliveries. Most Deliveries in a Six-Ball Over, where known Deliveries 15 CEL Ambrose WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1996/97 13 GOB Allen Eng v Aus, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1934 13 J Garner WI v Aus, Melbourne (MCG) 1984/85 12 DK Lillee Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 1980/81 12 GR Dilley Eng v Pak, Faisalabad 1983/84 12 J Garner WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1984/85 12 CEL Ambrose WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1996/97 11 JT Sparling NZ v Eng, Auckland 1962/63 11 CC Griffith WI v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1966 11 Javed Miandad Pak v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1978 11 RGD Willis Eng v Aus, Brisbane ('Gabba') 1982/83 11 PIC Thompson WI v NZ, Bridgetown, Barbados 1996 The two appearances by Ambrose occurred in the same innings. The Sparling over was all legal deliveries, and was thanks to a severe miscount by the umpire. Most of these overs are concentrated in the time after the front-foot no ball rule, but before the decline in no ball counting in this century (partly because some umpires dont seem to bother much with watching for no balls any more). Still, it is surprising that no cases since 1997 can be found. I have not included the two double overs known in Test cricket (Armstrong in 1921 and Moir in 1950/51), where a bowler was mistakenly allowed to bowl two consecutive overs before and after a break. There are a number of other cases where a bowler bowled a full over to end an innings and then bowled the first over when a follow-on was enforced. Merv Hughes did this twice. Technically, the most consecutive balls bowled by the same bowler in Tests was 17 by Ray Lindwall in 1946/47. He finished one Test (the third in Melbourne) with a nine-delivery over (eight balls plus one no ball) and sta
1408	dbpedia	1	31	https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/First-class_cricket	en	class cricket	https://citizendium.org/…rd%27s_1890s.jpg	https://citizendium.org/…rd%27s_1890s.jpg	[ "https://s9.addthis.com/button1-share.gif", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/4/4f/Statusbar2.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/1/1f/Subpages.png/14px-Subpages.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/4/4f/Metadata.png/14px-Metadata.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/0/07/Print_button.png/17px-Print_button.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/images/thumb/a/a1/Lord%27s_1890s.jpg/500px-Lord%27s_1890s.jpg", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/resources/assets/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa.png", "https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null		en	/images/favicon1.ico		null	A first-class cricket match is one of three or more days duration between two teams of eleven players officially adjudged first-class. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might only need to play one innings. While first-class teams and players take part in other forms of cricket such as limited overs, Twenty20 and the historic single wicket, those forms are not first-class even if of equal importance. Test cricket, although the highest standard of the sport, is itself a form of first-class cricket. In practice, the term "first-class" is commonly used to refer to domestic competition only, but a player's first-class statistics include his performances in Test matches. Generally, first-class matches are played eleven-a-side but there have been exceptions. Equally, although first-class matches must now be scheduled to have at least three days' duration, there have historically been exceptions. Due to the time demands of first-class competition, the players are mostly paid professionals, though historically many players were designated as amateurs. First-class teams are typically representative of a geopolitical region such as an English county, an Australian or Indian state, a New Zealand province or a West Indian nation. First-class cricket has been officially defined twice. First, in Great Britain only, an agreement was reached by the leading clubs about which teams should qualify for the status. This became effective from the beginning of the 1895 season, although it is generally agreed that there had been a first-class standard, albeit an unofficial one, from the 1864 season when overarm bowling was legalised. The classification was then defined on a global basis by the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) on 19 May 1947. The ICC ruling does not define first-class cricket retrospectively, leaving researchers with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain before 1864. Definitions of first-class cricket MCC 1894 Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dates from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890. As a result, those clubs became first-class from 1895 along with MCC, Cambridge University, Oxford University, senior cricket touring teams (i.e., Australia and South Africa at that time) and other teams or pairings designated as such by MCC (e.g., North v South, Gentlemen v Players and occasional "elevens" which consisted of recognised first-class players).[1] In October 1894, MCC issued a notice which outlined the classification of county clubs and this was printed by Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game.[2] Officially, the inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1895 season between MCC and Nottinghamshire at Lord's on 1 and 2 May, MCC winning by 37 runs.[3] Until the 1894 meeting, "first-class" was a common adjective that had been applied to cricket matches in England since about 1864, when overarm bowling was legalised and there was a surge in county club creation. The term was used loosely to suggest that a match had a high standard; adjectives like "great", "important" and "major" were also in use, but there were differences of opinion about standards. In the inaugural issue of Cricket magazine on 10 May 1882, "first-class" is used twice on page 2 in reference to the recently completed tour of Australia and New Zealand by Alfred Shaw's XI. The report says it is "taking" the first-class matches to be one against Sydney (sic), two each against Victoria, the Combined team and the Australian Eleven, and another against South Australia.[4] In the fourth issue on 1 June 1882, James Lillywhite refers to first-class matches on the tour but gives a different list.[5] Before 1863, there were only three formally constituted county clubs. Sussex, formed in 1839, is the oldest followed by Nottinghamshire (1841) and Surrey (1845). Then, Yorkshire, Hampshire and Middlesex were founded in 1863, Lancashire in 1864, and the rest over the next 25 years or so. Questions began to be raised in the sporting press about which should be categorised as first-class, but there was considerable disagreement in the answers. In 1880, the Cricket Reporting Agency was founded. It acquired influence through the decade especially by association with Wisden Cricketers' Almanack and the press came to generally rely on its information and opinions.[6] ICC 1947 The term "first-class cricket" was formally defined by the then Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) on 19 May 1947 as a match of three or more days duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class; the governing body in each country to decide the status of teams. Significantly, it was stated that the definition does not have retrospective effect. MCC was authorised to determine the status of matches played in Great Britain.[7] For all intents and purposes, the 1947 ICC definition confirmed the 1895 MCC definition and gave it international recognition and usage. Hence, official judgment of status is the responsibility of the governing body in each country that is a full member of the ICC. The governing body grants first-class status to international teams and to domestic teams that are representative of the country's highest playing standard. It is possible for international teams from associate members of the ICC to achieve first-class status but it is dependent on the status of their opponents in a given match.[8] According to the ICC definition, a match is first class if:[7][8] it is of three or more days scheduled duration each side playing the match has eleven players each side may have two innings the match is played on natural, and not artificial, turf the match is played on an international standard ground the match conforms to The Laws of Cricket, except for only minor amendments the sport's governing body in the appropriate nation, or the ICC itself, recognises the match as first-class. In November 2021, the ICC retrospectively applied first-class status to women's cricket, aligning it with the men's game.[9][10] Recognised matches The ICC's Classification of Official Cricket (current version: July 2020) states the criteria with which a match must comply to achieve a desired categorisation. Included are matches of recognised first-class teams against international touring teams; and the leading domestic championships such as the County Championship, Sheffield Shield, Ranji Trophy, etc.[11] Test matches A Test match is a first-class match played between two ICC full member countries subject to their current status at the ICC and the application of ICC conditions when the match is played.[12] Test cricket is the highest level of international competition and the first list of matches considered to be Tests was conceived and published by South Australian journalist Clarence P. Moody in his 1894 book, Australian Cricket and Cricketers, 1856 to 1893–94. His proposal was widely accepted after a list of 39 matches was reproduced in the 28 December 1894 issue of Cricket magazine. The list began with the first-ever Australia v England match, which was played 15–17 March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (the MCG) and ended with a recent one played 14–20 December 1894 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (then known as the Association Ground).[13] All of Moody's matches, plus four additional ones involving South Africa, were retrospectively recognised as Test matches and also, thereby, as first-class matches. At the time, only Australia, England and South Africa held Test status.[14] Follow-on A peculiarity of the two-innings match is the follow-on rule. If the team that batted second is substantially behind on first innings total, they may be required to bat again (i.e., to immediately follow on from their first innings) in the third innings of the match. In first-class cricket, the follow-on minimum lead requirement depends on match duration. In a Test or other match with five or more days duration, the team batting second can be asked to follow on if 200 or more runs behind. If the match duration is three or four days, the limit is reduced to 150 runs.[15][16] Matches played before the MCC and ICC definitions The absence of any ICC ruling about matches played before 1947 (or before 1895 in Great Britain) is problematic for those cricket statisticians who wish to classify earlier matches in the same way. They have responded by compiling their own match lists and allocating a strictly unofficial status to the matches they consider to have been of a high standard. It is therefore a matter of opinion only with no official support. Inevitable differences have arisen and there are variations in published cricket statistics. The number of variations is minuscule in terms of the sport's overall statistics, but a few significant differences may be observed in the published career records of W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe; also some minor differences in the records of other well-known players. At club level, there are differences in the perceived status of certain matches played by Gloucestershire before 1870 and by Somerset in 1879 and 1881. Matches that probably met the official definitions, assuming they featured teams of the necessary high standard, have been recorded since the end of the 17th century. The earliest match known to have been accorded superior status in a contemporary report (i.e., termed "a great match" in this case) and to have been played for a large sum of money was one in Sussex between two unnamed eleven-a-side teams contesting "fifty guineas apiece" on or about Wednesday, 30 June 1697, a match of enormous historical significance but with no statistical data recorded.[17] The development of scorecards to 1895 The problem of different statistical versions is as old as match scorecards themselves. The earliest known scorecards date from two matches in 1744 but, prior to 1772, only four have survived, the last from a minor match in 1769.[18][19] The cards for four 1772 matches have survived and scorecards became increasingly common thereafter.[20] Notwithstanding the two top-class matches in 1744, it may be assumed that cricket's statistical record, as distinct from its historical record, began in 1772 when scorecards began to be kept on a routine basis. Even so, the record of matches before 1825 is mostly incomplete and there were numerous matches in the 18th century, and in the first quarter of the 19th, which are known by name only with no scores having survived.[21] That may be largely due to the catastrophic Lord's fire which occurred on the night of Thursday, 28 July 1825. The pavilion burned down and many invaluable and irreplaceable records were lost. It is believed that these included unique scorecards of early matches.[22] The point of origin for top-class cricket's historical record is uncertain. Teams of "county strength" were being assembled by the 1730s, but there are surviving references to what were termed "great matches" going back to the one in 1697. The main source for scorecards from 1772 until the 1860s is Arthur Haygarth's Scores & Biographies, which was published in several volumes between 1862 and 1872. Haygarth used a number of sources for his scorecards including many that were created by the Hambledon Club and MCC. He frequently refers to earlier compilers such as Samuel Britcher, W. Epps and Henry Bentley.[23][24] Haygarth often mentions in his match summaries that another version exists of the scorecard he has reproduced. Sometimes he outlines the differences which range from players' names to runs scored and even to apparent discrepancies in innings totals or match results. He first raises the difficulty of obtaining scorecards in his summary of the Hampshire v Surrey match at Broadhalfpenny Down on 26 August 1773:[25] The Score of this match was obtained from the Hampshire Chronicle, and it was not inserted in the old printed book of Hambledon Scores from 1772 to 1784. Then, in his summary of the Surrey v Hampshire match at Laleham Burway on 6–8 July 1775:[26] The above is taken from the old printed score books; but in another account, in the first innings of Surrey, (Joseph) Miller is b (Thomas) Brett...&c. He goes on to list a total of thirteen differences between his two versions, some re dismissal details and others re scores. He then makes a highly pertinent comment:[26] It may here be remarked, that when there are two scores of the same match, they never agree. (The emphasis is Haygarth's own.) In saying that, Haygarth has recognised the essence of the problem when there is no standard means of scoring and no centralised control over the system of capturing and storing the data. Scoring systems in the 18th century and much of the 19th century had nothing like the consistency of standard that was employed through the 20th century to the present. Many early cards gave no details of dismissal. Where dismissal was recorded, it was limited to the primary mode and so a fielder would be credited with a catch but the bowler would not be credited with the wicket unless he bowled out the batsman. MCC finally responded to the problem in 1836 when they decided to include in their own scorecards (i.e., for matches played at Lord's) the addition of bowlers' names when the dismissal was caught, stumped, lbw or hit wicket. Haygarth comments that "this was a vast improvement in recording the game and but justice to the bowler".[27] As a result, scorecards became more detailed through the second half of the 19th century but reliability remained a problem and different versions continued to appear. It was some time before the MCC scorecard standard was adopted throughout the country and Haygarth adds that the inclusion of bowling analyses "was not introduced until several years afterwards".[27] Commencement of statistical records The key issue for statisticians is when first-class cricket for their purpose is deemed to have begun. Roy Webber published the Playfair Book of Cricket Records in 1951 and, in his introduction, expressed the view that first-class records should commence in 1864 when overarm bowling was legalised. He argued that the majority of matches prior to 1864 "cannot be regarded as first-class" and their records are used "for their historical associations".[28] This drew a line between what was important historically and what should form part of the statistical record. Webber's rationale was that cricket was "generally weak before 1864" because matches until then had been arranged on a largely ad hocbasis. Four new county clubs were established in 1863–64 and that inspired a greater and increasingly more organised effort to promote county cricket. Furthermore, match details before 1864 were largely incomplete, especially bowling analyses, which hindered the compilation of records.[28] According to Webber's view, the inaugural first-class match was the opening game of the 1864 season between Cambridge University and MCC at Fenner's on 12 and 13 May, Cambridge winning by 6 wickets.[29] Many researchers and writers have agreed with Webber. Playfair Cricket Annual, Webber's publisher, begins its first-class records in 1864.[30] In their award-winning Kent County Cricketers, A to Z (2020), authors Derek Carlaw and John Winnifrith begin by saying: "Part One (1806–1914) is confined to players who appeared for Kent in important matches from 1806 to 1863 and first-class matches from 1864 to 1914".[31] The emphasis placed on important reflects the purpose of A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles, 1709–1863, published by the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (the ACS) in 1981. They also agreed with Webber that 1864 was the startpoint of first-class cricket. In their sister volume, A Guide to First-Class Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles (1982), the ACS said: "The line between first-class and other matches becomes more easily discernible about that date (i.e., 1864)".[32] The Important Matches Guide lists all the known matches until 1863 which the ACS considered to have historical importance. They did stipulate that they had taken "a more lenient view" of importance regarding matches played in the 18th century than they did of matches played in the 19th century. As they explained, surviving details of 18th century matches are typically incomplete while there is a fairly comprehensive store of data about 19th century matches, certainly since 1825.[21] Of course, the issue with using any cut-off date as a startpoint is that it excludes everything before that date despite cricket's history making clear that there has been a continuous standard of top-class cricket in England since the 1720s, if not the late 17th century. Legendary cricketers like Richard Newland, John Small, David Harris, Billy Beldham, Fuller Pilch, Alfred Mynn, William Clarke, George Parr, John Wisden and William Caffyn may not have played in first-class matches per se but, in the contexts of cricket in the underarm and roundarm eras, they certainly were top-class players. It is true that none of the cricketers with large career totals played before 1864 (Webber's main reason for adopting that date) and so his startpoint is not really an issue in that context, but it does impact some significant cricket records. For example, the lowest known team score in a top-class match occurred in 1810 match when England dismissed The Bs for a mere 6 runs. Besides the legalisation of overarm bowling and the increase in county clubs, 1864 was significant as the first year in which Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was published. This annual publication is seen as the key source for cricket records, although there are plenty of earlier sources. 1864 also marked the top-class debut of W. G. Grace, who is arguably the greatest cricketer of all time. Wisden, however, sees 1815 as the startpoint and, when Bill Frindall published his Wisden Book of Cricket Records, he explained in his preface that he used 1815 as the starting point for "proper" first-class cricket, though he conceded that there is a reasonable case for several other years, particularly Webber's 1864. Frindall thus included the entire roundarm era but also a substantial part of the underarm era. The problem with 1815, if the intention is to include roundarm, is that roundarm did not begin in any real sense until 1827 and was not legalised until 1835; and even then The Laws of Cricket had to be reinforced in 1845 by removing the benefit of the doubt from the bowler in the matter of his hand's height when delivering the ball. Indeed, for most of the period from 1815 to 1845, underarm bowling continued to prevail. According to Frindall, the inaugural first-class match should have been the opening game of the 1815 season between MCC and Middlesex at Lord's on 31 May and 1 June, Middlesex winning by 16 runs.[33] The status of early matches that left no scorecard, and for which only a brief announcement or report exists, must be based on other factors. Contemporary importance was often measured by the amount of money at stake and the fact that a match was deemed notable enough to be reported in the press. The 18th century matches in the ACS list were primarily compiled to assist historians.[21] There are those, principally the CricketArchive database, who see the three scorecarded eleven-a-side matches in 1772 as the beginning of first-class cricket.[34] That is absurd because first-class is an official standard based on The Laws of Cricket (as amended in 1864 and subsequently).[7][31] There was arguably a first-class standard from 1845 while roundarm prevailed, but certainly not in the two-stump underarm era of the 18th century.[35] Having said that, it is quite true that matches like Hampshire v England in 1772 were top-class, but only within the context of 18th-century cricket. John Small and Lumpy Stevens were great players in the second half of the 18th century, as were W. G. Grace and Fred Spofforth in the second half of the 19th, but the cricket which they played was, to coin an idiom, a totally different ball game. Rest of the World In other countries or regions where first-class cricket is played, six have generally recognised startpoints before 1947: Australia (1851). Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip District at Launceston Racecourse Ground (now the NTCA Ground) on 11–12 February 1851. Van Dieman's Land won by 3 wickets.[36] The first inter-colonial match, all of which have been recognised as first-class since 1981.[37] Van Diemen's Land is now Tasmania; Port Phillip District became the colony of Victoria on 1 July the same year. New Zealand (1864). Otago v Canterbury at the South Dunedin Recreation Ground (now the Kensington Oval, Dunedin) on 27–29 January 1864. Otago won by 76 runs.[38] West Indies (1865). Barbados v British Guiana at the Garrison Savannah racecourse in Bridgetown on 15–16 February 1865. Barbados won by 138 runs.[39] North America (1878). Philadelphia v AustraliaAustralians at Germantown Cricket Ground, Philadelphia on 3–5 October 1878. Match drawn.[40] South Africa (1889). South Africa v England at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 12–13 March 1889. England won by 8 wickets.[41] The inaugural first-class match was also South Africa's first Test match. A second Test was played at Newlands, Cape Town on 25–26 March and England won by an innings and 202 runs.[42] The English team, known as R. G. Warton's XI, played a total of 20 matches on the tour including many against provincial teams that were later first-class, but only the two Test matches were rated first-class at the time.[43] India (1892). Europeans v Parsees in a Bombay Presidency match at the Gymkhana Ground, Bombay on 26–27 August 1892. Match drawn.[44] There was a return match shortly afterwards at the [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground, Poona on 19–21 September. The Parsees won by 3 wickets.[45] Later in the year, an English team led by Lord Hawke toured India and played four first-class matches against the Parsees (twice), Bombay and All-India. They also played nineteen minor matches, including three in Ceylon.[46] Main first-class competitions Test cricket is the highest level of first-class competition. A Test match is normally scheduled for five days and played between two international teams representing full member countries of the ICC. There are currently twelve Test teams: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Another type of first-class match is one in which a national team plays against a first-class team that is non-international. Typical examples are touring teams playing against English first-class county teams or against Australian first-class state teams. Although there are other types of first-class team (e.g., MCC, Cambridge University, Oxford University and one-off or occasional teams that consist of first-class players), the majority of domestic first-class teams take part in their country's national championship. The major national championships include the Sheffield Shield (Australia), National Cricket League (Bangladesh), County Championship (England and Wales), Ranji Trophy (India), Plunket Shield (New Zealand), Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Pakistan), CSA 4-Day Domestic Series (South Africa), Major League Tournament (Sri Lanka), the West Indies 4-Day Championship and the Logan Cup (Zimbabwe). Sheffield Shield – Australia The earliest record of cricket in Australia occurs in January 1804 when it was mentioned in the Sydney Gazette. There are records of matches being played in the 1830s and, from 1851, inter-colonial matches were played almost annually. Australia played its first Test match in 1877. The first official overseas tour by the Australian team was to England and North America in 1878. Unlike England and Wales where first-class domestic competition involves teams representing formally constituted county clubs, cricket in Australia is organised on the basis of district cricket, state associations and the national board. The national board, now known as Cricket Australia, was formerly called the Australian Cricket Board. The state associations are not clubs and they select their players from the district cricket clubs (who play what is called "Grade cricket", the equivalent of "minor counties cricket" in England). The Sheffield Shield was inaugurated in 1892 by the 3rd Earl of Sheffield (18 January 1832 – 21 April 1909), an English Conservative politician who had promoted the 1891–92 England tour of Australia that was captained by W. G. Grace. Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association and asked them to donate a trophy to the champion team each season. The new tournament was launched in the 1892–93 season and won by Victoria. The competing teams are: New South Wales (state cricket association founded 1859); Queensland (1876); South Australia (1871); Tasmania (1906); Victoria (1875); and Western Australia (1885). The most successful team is New South Wales with 47 titles to 2022. National Cricket League – Bangladesh The origin of Bangladesh as a country is the Partition of India in 1947, when it was established as the eastern wing of Pakistan. It was formerly known as East Bengal (1947–1955) and then as East Pakistan (1955–1970). Bangladesh became independent in 1971 following the Liberation War. Cricket was already well-established there after two centuries of British influence. Bangladesh staged first-class and even Test cricket when it was part of Pakistan. The Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka was first used for Test cricket when Pakistan played India there in January 1955. The Bangladesh Cricket Control Board was established in 1972 and local leagues began in Dhaka and Chittagong. In the 1976–77 season, an MCC team toured the country and played four matches. MCC made a favourable report to the ICC and, on 26 July 1977, Bangladesh became an associate member of the ICC. First-class cricket in Bangladesh (i.e., since independence) began when the national team played England A at the M. A. Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on 25–27 October 1999. Having already had success in limited overs international cricket, Bangladesh became a full member of the ICC on 26 June 2000 and played its inaugural Test match v India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on 10–13 November 2000. The 2000–01 season saw the beginning of first-class domestic competition when the National Cricket League (NCL) was constituted. The country is administered by regional divisions and the teams competing in the NCL mostly reflect that structure: Barisal Division; Chittagong Division; Dhaka Division; Dhaka Metropolis; Khulna Division; Rajshahi Division; Rangpur Division; and Sylhet Division (cricket)\|]]. The most successful team is Khulna Division with seven titles to 2023. County Cricket Championship – England and Wales Cricket is generally held to have originated as a children's game in south-east England during the medieval period. The first definite reference to the sport occurs at Guildford in the sixteenth century. During the seventeenth century, cricket became an adult game and soon reached the stage where wealthy patrons were organising "great matches" and employing professional players. Organisation continued through the eighteenth century with the first known issue of the Laws of Cricket in 1744 and then the foundation of MCC in 1787. Although inter-county matches have been definitely recorded since 1709, it was not until 1839 that the first modern county club, Sussex, was formally established. Before the clubs were formally constituted, county teams were assembled on an ad hoc basis by individual patrons or by loose associations, sometimes based on a prominent local organisation such as the Hambledon Club in Hampshire. All of the present first-class county clubs were founded in the nineteenth century. English teams began to undertake overseas tours in 1859 and England played its first Test match in 1877. While the legalisation of overarm bowling in 1864 is generally recognised as the unofficial startpoint of first-class cricket in England, it remains a matter for debate. However, it is essentially a statistical argument that does not affect the historical importance of matches played before 1864 during the underarm and roundarm eras. There is evidence dating back to 1728 that the concept of a "champion county" (at least in the form of "bragging rights") had existed long before the constitution of the official County Championship in December 1889.[47][48] The new competition began in the 1890 season. An unofficial championship of sorts had existed beforehand with the champions being proclaimed by the newspapers, but this suffered from the problems of differing criteria and, hence, no universal recognition. Given that residence qualifications were introduced in 1873, there is a credible list of quasi-official champions from 1873 to 1889. Eighteen English and Welsh counties have clubs that compete in the County Championship. The other counties have clubs which play second-class matches and mostly compete in the Minor Counties Championship. The first-class county clubs are: Derbyshire (founded 1870); Durham (1882); Essex (1876); Glamorgan (1888); Gloucestershire (1871); Hampshire (1863); Kent (1870); Lancashire (1864); Leicestershire (1879); Middlesex (1864); Northamptonshire (1878); Nottinghamshire (1841); Somerset (1875); Surrey (1845); Sussex (1839); Warwickshire (1882); Worcestershire (1865); and Yorkshire (1863). The most successful team is Yorkshire with 33 titles to 2022. Ranji Trophy – India Cricket was introduced to India in the seventeenth century by mariners and traders of the British East India Company. The earliest definite reference to the sport in India is a 1721 report of English sailors playing a game at Cambay, near Baroda. The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club was founded by 1792 and, in 1799, another club was formed at Seringapatam in south India after the successful British siege and the defeat of Tippoo Sultan. A Madras versus Calcutta match in 1864 has been mooted as the start of first-class cricket in India but it is more generally agreed that it began in the 1892–93 season, as described above, from when the Bombay Quadrangular series became first-class. India played their first Test match in 1932. The Ranji Trophy competition was launched in the 1934–35 season as "The Cricket Championship of India" following a meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in July 1934. The competition is named after Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (known as "Ranji") and the trophy was donated by Bhupinder Singh, the Maharajah of Patiala. The competition is administered by the BCCI and there are currently 38 teams taking part, all representing the country's states and other regions. Among the most noted teams are Baroda; Bengal; Delhi; Hyderabad; Karnataka (formerly Mysore); Madhya Pradesh (formerly Holkar); Maharashtra; Mumbai (formerly Bombay); Rajasthan; Saurashtra; Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras); and Vidarbha. The most successful team is Mumbai/Bombay with 41 titles to 2023. Plunket Shield – New Zealand The earliest record of cricket in New Zealand is in the 1832 diary of a churchman called Archdeacon Williams. There are records of matches played in the 1840s and then the first known inter-provincial match took place in 1860. The earliest first-class match (classified retrospectively) was Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin on 27–29 January 1864. The Plunket Shield competition was inaugurated in 1906 after the trophy was donated by the 5th Baron Plunket, the Governor-general of New Zealand. Until 1921, the holder of the shield had to be challenged in a similar fashion to that used in boxing. In the 1921–22 season, a league system was introduced and New Zealand is the only country to have established a national first-class championship competition before it began playing in Test cricket. New Zealand played their first Test match in the 1929–30 season. The six provincial teams are Auckland; Canterbury; Central Districts; Northern Districts; Otago; and Wellington. The most successful team is Auckland with 24 titles to 2023. Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – Pakistan The state of Pakistan was established by the Partition of India in 1947. By that time, cricket was already well-established after some 200 years of British influence in the area. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was established on 1 May 1949 but games from 1947 to 1953 were arranged on an ad hoc basis. Nevertheless, Pakistan was admitted to full membership of the ICC and Pakistan played their first Test match in October 1952. The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was established as the national first-class championship in 1953 and first contested in the 1953–54 season. The trophy is named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who is generally recognised as the founder of Pakistan and is officially known in the country as Quaid-e-Azam. The format has changed considerably over the years. Regional associations, especially in Karachi and Lahore, entered multiple teams and the names of these tended to change every few years. The best known Karachi teams were the Blues (nine titles) and the Whites (four). Other teams represented companies and government institutions such as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA; seven titles), National Bank, United Bank, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), and Habib Bank. Starting in 2019–20, the competition has been reorganised on a regional basis with five teams involved: Baluchistan; Central Punjab; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Northern; Sindh; and Southern Punjab. Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have won two titles each to 2023. CSA 4-Day Domestic Series – South Africa The earliest record of cricket in South Africa is in reference to a match between two teams of British officers on 5 January 1808. First-class cricket in the country began with South Africa's first Test match in March 1889. The Currie Cup for provincial teams was inaugurated in the 1889–90 season but was not at first a national competition and was not contested annually until the 1960s. It was replaced in the 1996–97 season by the SuperSport Series which retained the provincial format until a franchise-based format superseded it in 2004–05. Following a change of sponsorship in 2012–13, the competition was called the Sunfoil Series until 2018 when it became the 4-Day Franchise Series. In March 2021, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced the disestablishment of the franchises and, ahead of the 2021–22 season, created a new provincial competition called the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series in which fifteen first-class teams play in two divisions with promotion and relegation. The most successful provincial teams to 2004 were Transvaal/Gauteng (29 titles); Natal/KwaZulu-Natal (24); and Western Province (21). Other teams were Boland, Border, Eastern Province, Easterns, Griqualand West, Northerns, Orange Free State and Western Transvaal/North West. In addition, Rhodesia took part in 22 competitions. From 2004 to 2021, the six franchises (with constituent provincial teams in brackets) were: Cape Cobras (Boland, Western Province); Dolphins (KwaZulu-Natal); Highveld Lions (Gauteng, North West); Knights (Griqualand West, Orange Free State); Titans (Easterns, Northerns); and Warriors (Border, Eastern Province). Titans were the most successful with six titles, ahead of Cape Cobras with four. Some teams in the new CSA 4-Day Domestic Series have retained the franchise brands while others have restored their provincial team names: Boland, Border, Eastern Cape Warriors, Easterns, Gauteng Lions, Gauteng Titans, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West Dragons, Northern Cape, Orange Free State Knights, South Western Districts, and Western Province. Gauteng Titans won the inaugural tournament in 2021–22 and KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins won in 2022–23; the runners-up in both seasons were Eastern Cape Warriors. Major League Tournament – Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) became a British colony in 1802. The earliest record of cricket is a report in the Colombo Journal dated 5 September 1832 which called for the formation of a cricket club. The Colombo Cricket Club was formed soon afterwards and matches began in November 1832. First-class cricket in Ceylon was restricted to games between the national team and visiting touring teams. In 1982, Sri Lanka became a full member of the ICC and played its first Test match. The Premier Trophy was inaugurated in 1938 but was not recognised as a first-class competition until the 1988–89 season. It has been rebranded and restructured a number of times. In 2015–16, it became the Premier League Tournament and was split into Tiers A and B the following season. The 2020–21 tournament was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic and a limited scope temporary tournament was staged in 2021–22. Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Sri Lanka Cricket relaunched the competition as the Major League Tournament with 26 teams playing in Groups A and B, the group winners meeting in the MLT final. Some of the better-known teams in the MLT are Ace Capital, Bloomfield, Chilaw Marians, Colombo, Colts, Moors, Nondescripts, Saracens, Sinhalese Sports Club, and Tamil Union. Teams representing each of Sri Lanka's Air Force, Army and Navy are also involved. The most successful team is Sinhalese SC with 32 titles to 2022. The inaugural MLT was won by Colombo. West Indies 4-Day Championship The earliest record of cricket in the West Indies is an announcement in the Barbados Mercury on 10 May 1806 that a meeting of St Anne's Cricket Club would be held two days later. The difficulties of travel in the nineteenth century meant that few inter-colonial matches were played. In the 1891–92 season, the first inter-colonial tournament was held in Barbados between Barbados, British Guiana, and Trinidad & Tobago. Although some of the earlier ad hoc matches lay claim to first-class status, the 1891–92 tournament marks the effective beginning of first-class cricket in the Caribbean. The 1894–95 season featured the first tour of the West Indies by an English team. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) was founded in the early 1920s as a federation of the Caribbean islands and joined the ICC in 1926. In 1928, West Indies played their first Test match. The inter-colonial tournament was not contested annually and it was not until 1965–66 that a true domestic championship was established when Shell Oil donated and sponsored the Shell Shield, which has subsequently evolved into the 4-Day Championship under the administration of the WICB. The teams taking part are Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, and Windward Islands. The most successful team is Barbados with 24 titles to 2023. Logan Cup – Zimbabwe Zimbabwe was formerly Rhodesia and its national team competed, intermittently for many years, in South Africa's Currie Cup from 1905 to 1979. A team called Zimbabwe-Rhodesia took part in the 1979–80 tournament and then withdrew. Zimbabwe were promoted to ICC full membership in 1992 and played their first Test match against India in October at the Harare Sports Club ground. The Logan Cup became a first-class competition in the 1993–94 season, when the teams were provincial. Mashonaland (9) won the most titles to 2009. Since 2009–10, the Logan Cup has been contested by five franchise teams: Mashonaland Eagles, Matabeleland Tuskers, Mid West Rhinos, Mountaineers, and Southern Rocks. The most successful of these is Matabeleland Tuskers with five titles to 2023. First-class records Beginning with Roy Webber's Playfair Book of Cricket Records, published in 1951, there are several books devoted to all manner of statistical records derived from the scorecards of first-class matches. This section, by no means exhaustive, discusses the most significant records. Team totals The two highest innings totals were both achieved by Victoria in Sheffield Shield matches at the MCG in the 1920s. First, playing against Tasmania on 2–6 February 1923, they scored 1,059 in response to Tasmania's 217. Bill Ponsford scored a world record 429, beating the previous record of 424 by Archie MacLaren in 1895. Tasmania were all out for 176 in their second innings so Victoria won by an innings and 666 runs. On 24–29 December 1926, Victoria scored 1,107 against New South Wales. Ponsford scored 352 and Jack Ryder 295. NSW were dismissed for 221 and 230 for Victoria to win by an innings and 656 runs.[49] The highest match aggregate is 2,376 in a Ranji Trophy match between Maharashtra and Bombay, played 5–11 March 1949 at Poona. Bombay scored 651 and 714/8 declared. Maharashtra scored 407 and 604. Bombay won by 354 runs.[50] The record for the lowest innings total is subject to when first-class cricket is deemed to have begun. In what was undeniably a top-class match played 12–14 June 1810 during the underarm era, The Bs were dismissed for six by England at Lord's Old Ground.[51] The Bs had batted first and scored 137, a respectable score for the time. England replied with 100 to leave The Bs with a useful first innings lead. In the second innings, however, The Bs were bowled out for 6 and England scored 44/4 to win by six wickets. As their name suggests, The Bs were an occasional team whose surnames all began with the letter B. They could call on several outstanding players including Billy Beldham, Lord Frederick Beauclerk and E. H. Budd. For this match, they were two players short and needed given men. One was John Wells, who had been due to play for England; the other was their sponsor James Lawrell, who was not a cricketer and only took part to make up the numbers. In the record innings, Wells scored 4 (a boundary shot) and Lawrell 1. The only "B" who scored was Samuel Bridger with 1.[52] The lowest innings total since 1863 is 12 by Oxford University against MCC at the Magdalen Ground, Oxford in 1877; and by Northamptonshire against Gloucestershire at the Spa Ground, Gloucester in 1907. The lowest total since the Second World War is 14 by Surrey against Essex at the County Ground, Chelmsford in 1983.[51] The lowest match aggregate of 105 was achieved in one of the most famous matches in the history of cricket: MCC v Australians at Lord's on 27 May 1878. This was the first Australian tour of Great Britain and the match against MCC created a sensation. MCC selected a strong team, featuring W. G. Grace and including Fred Morley, Alfred Shaw and A. N. Hornby. The match was played on what is known as a "sticky wicket", a wet pitch that is drying out in sunshine. As always in such conditions, deliveries were unpredictable and batting was very difficult. MCC batted first and were all out for 33 (Fred Spofforth 6/4, including a hat-trick). The Australian batsmen found things no easier and were bowled out by Morley and Shaw for 41, their last wicket falling in the final over before the lunch interval. In the afternoon, Spofforth bowled Grace for 0 with the second ball of the session and the whole innings lasted just 50 minutes. MCC were all out for 19, meaning the Australians needed 12 to win. In the conditions, that was no certainty but they achieved it to win by nine wickets.[53] Quetta v Rawalpindi at the Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad, in the 2008–09 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is sometimes listed as the lowest scoring match with an aggregate of 85 but the teams played only one innings each. They both forfeited their first innings due to bad weather and then Quetta were dismissed for 41 in their second innings. Rawalpindi scored 44/1 to win by 9 wickets.[54] Largest victory margins The largest win by an innings was in an Ayub Trophy match at the Lahore Stadium on 2–4 December 1964 when Pakistan Railways, the home team, defeated Dera Ismail Khan by an innings and 851 runs. Railways won the toss and chose to bat first. They amassed a total of 910/6 declared which included an innings of 337* by Pervez Akhtar. Railways batted all through the first two days and made their declaration on the final morning. Dera were bowled out for 32 (Afaq Ali Khan 7/14) and had to follow on. In their second innings, they were dismissed for 27 (Abdul Ahad Khan 9/7). The largest win by runs only was in a Ranji Trophy match played 6–9 June 2022 at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur when Mumbai defeated Uttarakhand by 725 runs. Mumbai batted first and scored 647/8 declared (Suved Parkar 252). Uttarakhand were all out for 114 (Shams Mulani 5/39). Mumbai chose to bat again and scored 261/3 declared before bowling Uttarakhand out for 69. Highest individual innings The earliest top-class match in which individual scores were recorded was London v Surrey & Sussex at the Artillery Ground on 2 June 1744. A scorecard has survived, having been retained by the 2nd Duke of Richmond at Goodwood House. The card lists the scores by each batsman and the team totals. The combined team won by 55 runs after scoring 102 all out and 102/6 declared against 79 and 70 by London. The top score in the match was 47 by John Harris, one of the best-known players of the 1740s. A year later, the great Slindon all-rounder Richard Newland scored 88 for England against Kent at the Artillery Ground. It is not 100% certain that he achieved this in one innings as the wording of the newspaper report is slightly ambiguous: "R. Newland made eighty-eight for England". Even if it was his match total, it was a considerable feat to score that many runs on an unprepared pitch which would have been little better than a rough track. These were the highest known scores prior to the introduction of pitched delivery bowling in the early 1760s. When bowlers began pitching the ball instead of rolling or skimming or trundling it, the old style "hockey bats" immediately became obsolete and the modern straight bat was introduced. Bowling continued to be exclusively underarm in style but completely new batting techniques were necessary to deal with a ball being pitched. In 1767, two Hampshire batsmen made a first wicket partnership of 192 in a match against Surrey. It is the earliest known century partnership and it is virtually certain that at least one of the two players scored a personal century. Their names were not recorded but a newspaper report says their stand was "the greatest thing ever known". The greatest batsman of the 1760s and 1770s was John Small of Hampshire. He almost certainly played in the 1767 match and may well have been one of the two in the partnership. He was definitely playing against Kent on Broadhalfpenny Down in September 1768 because he "fetched above seven score notches off his own bat". As with Newland in 1745, however, it might have been his match total, though he could still have scored a century in either innings. The first undeniably recorded century was scored by John Minshull at Sevenoaks Vine in 1769 but the match could have been a minor one. Minshull was playing for the 3rd Duke of Dorset's XI who were arguably a top-class team, but their opponents from the village of Wrotham were probably just a parish XI. Even so, a partially completed scorecard has survived and it confirms beyond doubt that Minshull scored 107. Match scorecards started to become standard in 1772, although the number of surviving examples remained in the minority until the 1820s. Whether or not Small created a "world record" of 140-plus in 1768, he certainly scored 136 for Hampshire against Surrey at Broadhalfpenny Down in 1775 and his colleague Richard Nyren scored 98 in the same innings. In 1777, James Aylward scored 167 for Hampshire against England at Sevenoaks Vine and this is the known record for the whole of the 18th century. Aylward's score was unsurpassed until 1806 when the notorious Lord Frederick Beauclerk made 170 for Homerton against Montpelier at Aram's New Ground. Some statisticians have questioned the status of that match but its inclusion in Scores & Biographies is significant. There are, too, some doubts about the status of the Norfolk county team which played MCC at Lord's in an 1820 match that is also included in Scores & Biographies. William Ward made the earliest known double-century and extended the record to 278. By the time Ward's record was seriously challenged, overarm bowling had been introduced and unofficial first-class matches were being played by MCC, the leading county clubs and certain other teams. One of the latter was the Gentlemen of MCC team which played Kent at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury in 1876. W. G. Grace scored the first-ever triple century with an innings of 344. Since then, the individual record has been extended six times by Archie MacLaren (424), Bill Ponsford twice (429 and 437), Don Bradman (452), Hanif Mohammad (499) and Brian Lara (501). Lara has held the first-class record since 1994 and he also holds the record for the highest innings in Test cricket with 400. Partnerships The world record for the highest partnership in both Test and first-class cricket is 624 by Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene for Sri Lanka v South Africa at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground in 2006. South Africa had been dismissed for 169. Sangakkara and Jayawardene came together for the third wicket when Sri Lanka were struggling at 14/2. Jayawardene scored 374 and Sangakkara 287, enabling Sri Lanka to total 756/5 declared. South Africa replied with 434 and Sri Lanka won by an innings and 153 runs. There have been partnerships of over 400 for all the first eight wickets. The highest for the ninth wicket is 283 by Arnold Warren and John Chapman for Derbyshire v Warwickshire at the Blackwell Miners Welfare Ground, Bolsover, in 1910; for the tenth wicket, the highest is 307 by Alan Kippax and Hal Hooker for New South Wales v Victoria at the MCG in 1928–29. Most runs in a career The record for the most runs in a first-class career is largely dependent on the number of matches played but, even so, there can be no doubt that Jack Hobbs was one of the greatest-ever batsmen. Playing for Surrey and England from 1905 to 1934, he scored 61,760 career runs in 834 matches at an average of 50.70. Six others who surpassed 50,000 were Frank Woolley (58,959 in 978 matches at 40.77); Patsy Hendren (57,611 in 833 at 50.80); Phil Mead (55,061 in 814 at 47.67); W. G. Grace (54,211 in 870 at 39.45); Herbert Sutcliffe (50,670 in 754 at 52.02); and Wally Hammond (50,551 in 634 at 56.10). The number of matches he played (only 234) is without doubt the reason why the incomparable Don Bradman did not score 50,000 runs. Playing from 1927–28 to 1948–49, he scored 28,067 runs at the colossal average of 95.14. His Test career average was even higher at 99.94. Among major players, Vijay Merchant (71.64 in 150 matches) is the only other batsman with a career average of 70-plus. The third best is George Headley (69.86 in 103 matches). Most career centuries Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries (834 matches) in his first-class career, followed by Patsy Hendren (170 in 833 matches) and Wally Hammond (167 in 634 matches). Don Bradman scored 117 in 234 matches, a ratio of exactly one per two matches. Bradman (37), Hammond (36) and Hendren (22) scored the most double-centuries. Bradman scored six triple-centuries, followed by Hammond and Bill Ponsford with four each. Six batsmen including Grace and Brian Lara scored three. Bowling records It was not until the 1830s that scorecards began to fully credit bowlers with dismissals. Scorers had long listed the primary mode of dismissal only, so the typical scorecard would show who held a catch or completed a stumping but would only name the bowler if the batsman was bowled out. In eleven-a-side matches, the maximum number of wickets that a bowler can take is ten in an innings (one batsman is always not out) and twenty in a match. The earliest known instances of a bowler taking all ten in an innings were by Edmund Hinkly for Kent v England at Lord's in 1848, and by John Wisden for North v South at Lord's in 1850. Wisden clean bowled all ten South batsmen. In both matches, the number of runs conceded by the bowler was not recorded. The record for the best known return by a bowler is held by Hedley Verity, who took 10/10 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire at Headingley in 1932. The record for most wickets in a match is held by Jim Laker who took nineteen for England v Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 (the other wicket was taken by Tony Lock). Laker's figures were 9/37 and 10/53 for a match analysis of 19/90. No one else has taken eighteen in an eleven-a-side match and there have been 23 instances of seventeen in a match, the best return being 17/48 by Colin Blythe for Kent v Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton in 1907. As with most career runs, the number of matches played is the key factor in most career wickets. Wilfred Rhodes holds the record with 4,204 wickets at the exceptional average of 16.72. He played in a world record 1,110 matches for Yorkshire and England from 1898 to 1930. Rhodes was an all-rounder and so not a specialist bowler. Three other bowlers took over 3,000 wickets: Tich Freeman (3,776), Charlie Parker (3,278 wickets), and Jack Hearne (3,061). Tom Goddard, whose career straddled World War II, took 2,979. A career bowling average of twenty or less runs per wicket is outstanding. Of bowlers who took 2,000 wickets, the lowest average is 12.12 by Alfred Shaw who took 2,027 in 404 matches for Nottinghamshire and England from 1864 to 1897. Two of the greatest all-time bowlers were Hedley Verity and Fred Spofforth who averaged 14.90 and 14.95 respectively. Verity, who died in World War II, took 1,956 wickets; Spofforth, the legendary "Demon Bowler", took 853 in only 155 matches. The feats of taking five wickets in an innings (5wI) or ten in a match (10wM) are noteworthy. In the days of incomplete scorecards, the earliest known instances were by England's William Bullen who bowled five Hampshire batsmen at Sevenoaks Vine in 1774, and Hampshire's Thomas Brett, who took eleven in the match against Surrey at Laleham Burway in 1775. Brett bowled seven in the first innings and four in the second but, despite his efforts, Surrey still won the match by 69 runs. Tich Freeman holds both career records with 386 5wI and 140 10wM. Another notable bowling feat is the hat-trick, taking three wickets with three consecutive deliveries. Doug Wright holds the career record with seven; Tom Goddard and Charlie Parker both took six. All-round records Frank Woolley (970 matches) and W. G. Grace (870), who both had exceptionally long careers, are the only all-rounders to have scored 50,000 career runs and taken 2,000 wickets. Cricket's greatest all-rounder is Gary Sobers who played in 383 matches, scoring 28,314 runs with 86 centuries and taking 1,043 wickets. Among batting wicket-keepers, Jim Parks and Les Ames have scored over 30,000 runs and dismissed more than 1,000 batsmen. The feat of taking ten wickets and scoring 100 runs in the same match (a match double) is an especially outstanding performance and has been recorded 285 times. The earliest known instance was by Jem Broadbridge for Sussex v Hampshire at Petworth Park in 1825. He scored 63 and 92 for a match total of 155 and took eleven wickets, five in the first innings and six in the second. The most match doubles is seventeen by W. G. Grace between 1868 and 1886. Jack Hearne and Frank Woolley both achieved six. Eight double-centuries have been scored by players performing the match double including two apiece by George Giffen and W. G. Grace. Statistically, Giffen's figures for South Australia v Victoria at the Adelaide Oval in 1891–92 are the greatest ever by an all-rounder. He scored 271 in his only innings and had returns of 9/96 and 7/70 for a match analysis of 16/166. South Australia won by an innings and 164 runs. There have been three instances of a player scoring two centuries in a match when achieving the double. B. J. T. Bosanquet scored 103 and 100 for Middlesex v Sussex at Lord's in 1905, also taking 3/75 and 8/53. In 1906, George Hirst scored 111 and 117, plus 6/70 and 5/45, for Yorkshire v Somerset at the Bath Recreation Ground. In 1988, Franklyn Stephenson curiously made the same two scores as Hirst (111 and 117), as well as taking 4/105 and 7/117 for Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Trent Bridge. Five players have taken ten wickets in an innings as part of a match double: V. E. Walker (10/74, 4/17, 20 and 108) for England v Surrey at The Oval in 1859; E. M. Grace (5/77, 10/69 and 192) for Gentlemen of MCC v Gentlemen of Kent at Canterbury in 1862; W. G. Grace (2/60, 10/49 and 104) for MCC v Oxford University at The Parks, Oxford in 1886; Frank Tarrant (10/90, 1/22, 182 and 8) for the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI v Lord Willingdon's XI at the Deccan Gymkhana Ground in Poona in 1918–19; and Sean Whitehead (5/64, 10/36, 66 and 45) for South Western Districts v Easterns at the Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn in 2021–22. Wicket-keeping and fielding records Five fielders have held more than 800 career catches: Frank Woolley (1,018), W. G. Grace (876), Tony Lock (831), Wally Hammond (820), and Brian Close (813). Hammond held the most catches in a season with 79 in 1928, including the record for the most catches in a match when he held ten playing for Gloucestershire against Surrey at the College Ground in Cheltenham. The record for most catches in an innings is seven, held jointly by Micky Stewart for Surrey against Northamptonshire at Northampton in 1957; Tony Brown for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge in 1966; and Rikki Clarke for Warwickshire against Lancashire at Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool in 2011. Bob Taylor holds the career record for dismissals by a wicket-keeper with 1,649 in 639 matches from 1960 to 1988. He took 1,473 catches and completed 176 stumpings. John Murray dismissed 1,527 batsmen in 635 matches with 1,270 catches and 257 stumpings. Taylor's 1,473 catches is also a world record. The record for most stumpings completed is 418 by Les Ames, including a season total of 64 in 1932. Ames dismissed 128 batsmen in 1929, the most in an English season. The world record for dismissals in a match is fourteen (seven in each innings) by Ibrahim Khaleel for Hyderabad v Assam at the Nehru Stadium, Guwahati, in 2011–12. Khaleel held 11 catches and completed three stumpings. The record for dismissals in an innings is nine, held jointly by Tahir Rasheed and Wayne James. Tahir caught eight and stumped one for Habib Bank v Pakistan Automobiles Corporation at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala in 1992–93. James caught seven and stumped two for Matabeleland against Mashonaland Country Districts at Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground in the 1995–96 Logan Cup Final (James also scored 99 and 99 and is the only player to have scored 99 twice in the same match).[55]
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1408	dbpedia	0	47	https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3273026	en	Four nations set to tour in blockbuster 2016-17	https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2023/05/04/2c061bb8-ec86-46de-a0c0-d07fde05a36a/p1ntGDiH.ashx	https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2023/05/04/2c061bb8-ec86-46de-a0c0-d07fde05a36a/p1ntGDiH.ashx	[ "https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-_yGXjT_8BYPT1.gif", "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/document/2022/10/25/bdb5b713-9bb9-40c9-aefd-84b51f0b1b20/CricketAustraliaLogoWhiteWide.svg", "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/document/2022/12/15/49ef5c53-74f0-4425-bf6a-cd92143461d7/cricket.com.au.svg" ]	[ "//players.brightcove.net/807051129001/0dZZ6FSR3_default/index.html?videoId=4636371614001" ]	[]	[ "text" ]	null	[ "Martin Smith" ]	2016-04-20T08:00:00+00:00	South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all heading to Australia this summer - but Proteas…	en	/resources/ver/v1.12.8/assets/cricket-australia/apple-touch-icon.png		https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3273026	South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have been confirmed as Australia’s opponents for the 2016-17 summer, but the fate of a proposed day-night Test in Adelaide remains clouded. Cricket Australia will continue efforts to persuade South Africa that the third Test of their upcoming series at the Adelaide Oval should be played under lights using a pink ball, with the visitors yet to agree to the timing of the match. CA today released the men's international schedule for the 2016-17 Australian summer with up to 41 days of international cricket across all formats scheduled, including six Test matches. Image Id: ~/media/1D4EDFBF9B3B48D5B5546C77F92B094F Image Caption: The current No.1 ranked Test nation will play six Tests this summer // Getty South Africa and Pakistan will each play a three-Test series against the home side – the first Test against Pakistan confirmed as a day-night match at the Gabba – and Pakistan will also play a series of five one-day internationals in January. The third Test against South Africa has been confirmed to be hosted at Adelaide, but it is not yet certain it will be a day-night fixture, with South Africa’s players reportedly unwilling to face the pink ball. Quick Single: Steyn would 'love' to play day-night Test The Black Caps will tour in early December for a three-match ODI series to defend the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, the matches scheduled in between the South Africa and Pakistan Test series'. And three T20 matches against Sri Lanka have been pencilled in for mid-February but venues are yet to be confirmed. Proteas yet to accept pink-ball Test Australia and New Zealand took part in the first-ever day-night Test last November, the match declared an enormous success by administrators after more than 123,000 fans streamed through the gates of the Adelaide Oval across three days and an average of two million fans watched on television. Pakistan had no hesitation in agreeing to a day-night Test in Brisbane in December, but the Proteas are yet to commit. South Africa's reluctance stems from the fact none of their players have played with a pink ball under lights, while Australia's players have the experience of last summer's Test and several day-night Sheffield Shield matches in recent years. The third Test has been confirmed for 24-28 November in Adelaide, but it remains to be seen if it will be played with a pink ball or a traditional red ball during the day. CA CEO James Sutherland said he would continue to work with Cricket South Africa with a view to ensuring the Test is a day-night contest. Image Id: ~/media/496C459FB8794E8A867B7162FCD56EDA Image Caption: The 2015 day-night Test broke crowd and television viewing records // Getty "There is enormous expectation that we deliver another pink-ball Test match this summer in Adelaide," said Sutherland. "Understandably, there is some concern from the South African players, but day-night Test cricket is all about the fans and a day-night match in Adelaide will be a bigger Test match crowd than the South African players will have ever experienced. "The success of Adelaide last year demonstrates the huge potential the day-night format has in revitalising Test cricket all over the world, and it’s for that reason that it is our desire to stage another Test under lights at that venue. "We believe that having the ability to move matches into the evenings provides cricket fans with greater access to the game, both at the ground and at home on TV, and there is no doubt that this will help grow interest in Test cricket. "Even for cricket fans at home in South Africa there are benefits. The day-night Test hours will allow the match to be televised in a far more attractive time of day in South Africa." A day Test in Adelaide would start at 2am South African time, while a day-night Test would start at 5.30am, making viewing much more palatable. Image Id: ~/media/64D8D6661BD547B2ADCE0A138E8BDB39 Image Caption: The Proteas will be looking to repeat their 2012 series win // Getty Despite the possibility of playing a day-night tour match leading into the Test, as NZ did last year, the Proteas believe a pink-ball Test would hand the Australians a significant advantage. "Our players are not in favour of playing the game under those conditions," Tony Irish, the head of South Africa's Players' Association, told News Ltd. "The main reason is we feel disadvantaged. Not one of our players who will compete in that Test has played Test match cricket or any cricket with a pink ball. "The reluctance to play is a sign of how much importance the South African players place on the series against Australia." The Proteas have won their past two Test series in Australia, in 2008-09 and 2012-13. Gabba to host day-night Test In another major change to the international summer, the first Test will not be played at the Gabba for the first time in 13 years, with the WACA Ground in Perth to host the Proteas from November 3. While the Gabba has lost the opening Test of the summer, it will host the first of the Pakistan series, Brisbane’s maiden day-night Test to be held on December 15-19. The Test will mark the 85th anniversary of the first Test played at the Gabba and will be take place at the start of the school holiday period in an effort to maximise crowd attendances. "We believe that Queensland’s climate really lends itself to Test cricket in day-night conditions, making for a great fan experience," Sutherland said. "Pakistan should be applauded for committing to and supporting the day-night Test initiative "Their current bowling line up will put our batsmen to the test and I have no doubt this will be their major strength in the series. "Day-night Test cricket, combined with this attack, will promise fans an exciting spectacle and we look forward to seeing a packed Gabba to welcome them." Image Id: ~/media/DBA5A3C63B8B488D90FCE45F2808AD10 Image Caption: Pakistan will play Tests in Australia for the first time since 2009-10 // Getty Since becoming a regular Test venue in the 1970s, the Gabba has more often than not hosted the opening Test of the international summer and Australia have built an imposing record there having not lost since 1988. Perth has been used as an alternative venue for the first Test a number of times, notably between 1981 and 1985 when the WACA was the scene of the summer’s first Test against Pakistan (twice), England and the West Indies respectively. Perth was also preferred for the summer’s first Test when New Zealand toured in 1989-90 and again in 1993-94, and for Zimbabwe’s sole Test series (to date) in Australia in 2003-04. Adelaide hosted the first Test of the 2014-15 summer, but that was due to a late change in the schedule following the sudden passing of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes. Pakistan will also play in the traditional Boxing Day and New Year's Tests in Melbourne and Sydney respectively before a five-match ODI series that will conclude with an Australia Day clash in Adelaide. The ODIs will be followed by the three-match KFC T20INTL Series against Sri Lanka on February 17, 19 and 22. Chappell-Hadlee series returns to Australia The Test summer will be separated by an ODI series for the first time since 2007-08, the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy series against NZ to be played in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne on December 4, 6 and 9. It's the first time the Trophy will be contested in Australia since 2008-09 and is part of a commitment last year between the two nations to stage six ODI series over a four-year-period. Image Id: ~/media/20FB48266BD0438ABF4045278EF8C8AB Image Caption: NZ retained the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy earlier this year // Getty The two sides will play a return leg in New Zealand in early 2017. New Zealand are the current holders of the Trophy having won the three-match series in NZ 2-1 earlier this year. Both nations have won 12 Chappell-Hadlee matches since the concept was introduced in 2004. South Africa to play a Test in Hobart for the first time Following the opening Test of the summer in Perth, Australia and South Africa will travel to Hobart for the second Test on November 12-16. It will be the first time the Proteas have played a Test at Blundstone Arena and just the second time they've played an international against Australia in Tasmania following a ODI between the two sides in 2009. After 15,343 fans watched Australia thrash the West Indies inside three days in Hobart last summer, Sutherland is hopeful the prospect of a more competitive contest between the current first- and third-ranked Test nations will entice locals to attend. Image Id: ~/media/92CA1A880172460CA8FC6595F29E0201 Image Caption: Hobart will host South Africa in a Test match for the first time // Getty "We have worked very closely with Cricket Tasmania to provide some certainty over match content for the coming years, which we hope will grow interest and demand for attending international matches at Blundstone Arena, which is now a truly world-class venue," Sutherland said. "This year’s match between Australia and South Africa presents a great opportunity for Tasmanian cricket fans to see two of the world’s great teams in action. We know how much Tasmanians love their cricket and we hope to see them in full force for this great fixture. "This is a vital match for Australia and we know that the team will want to see a big turnout from Tasmanians to support them." Men's International Schedule, 2016-17 Commonwealth Bank Test Series v South Africa 3 – 7 November: WACA Ground, Perth 12 – 16 November: Blundstone Arena, Hobart 24 – 28 November: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Victoria Bitter One Day International Series v New Zealand 4 December: SCG, Sydney 6 December: Manuka Oval, Canberra 9 December: MCG, Melbourne Commonwealth Bank Test Series v Pakistan 15 – 19 December: Gabba, Brisbane (Day-Night Test) 26 – 30 December: MCG, Melbourne 3 – 7 January: SCG, Sydney Victoria Bitter One Day International Series v Pakistan 13 January: Gabba, Brisbane 15 January: MCG, Melbourne 19 January: WACA, Perth 22 January: SCG, Sydney 26 January: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide KFC T20INTL Series v Sri Lanka 17 February: venue TBD 19 February: venue TBD 22 February: venue TBD Tickets to the 2016-17 international summer of cricket will go on sale from 31 May 2016. For priority access and a 20 per cent discount on gold and platinum seats, fans are encouraged to sign up to the Australian Cricket Family at www.cricket.com.au/acf before Sunday 22 May 2016. Membership is free. Cricket Australia Official Hospitality is now on sale for the 2016-17 international season. New for 2016-17 is a family lounge that means guests can enjoy world-class cricket hospitality with the whole family. For more information visit www.cricket.com.au/hospitality
1408	dbpedia	3	12	http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome.html	en				[ "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image001.jpg", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image007.gif", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image009.jpg", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image014.jpg", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image016.jpg", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image017.jpg", "http://sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image018.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null					null	5 August 2024 Clean Bowled or Played On? For the last twenty years or more, I have periodically been going through descriptions of BOWLED dismissals in Tests to distinguish between clean bowled and played on dismissals, with no stroke dismissals thrown in for good measure. Here is a little statistical study of some of the data for recent years. This does rely on the Cricinfo commentators noticing edges and this sometimes requires extensive replays but the descriptions are now so detailed that I would expect that a great majority of cases are noticed. I looked at 668 batsmen out bowled, in 115 Tests. [Bowled dismissals in total account for 18 per cent of all dismissals (more like 25 per cent for tailenders)]. Of the 668, I noted 155 cases of the ball hitting bat first, and a further 35 coming off the pad or other body part. That is 23 per cent off the bat and 5.2 per cent off the pad, giving a total of 28.4 per cent, In another 34 cases (5.1 per cent), the batsmen was recorded as playing no stroke; nearly all of these were clean bowled. There were also a (very) few cases where no stroke was offered, but the ball hit the bat anyway and went onto the stumps. Left-handed batsmen are more likely than right-handed to play on: 34 per cent to 26 percent (total edge or pad). It might be that the line required for a right-handed bowler to bowl a left-hander is more difficult than with a right-handed batsman. There is less difference between left- and right-handed bowlers: 25 per cent (left) and 30 per cent (right). Pace bowlers get 32 per cent of their bowled wickets via edge or pad, whereas spin bowlers get only 19 per cent. The incidence of playing on varies between countries, and appears to be associated with the dominance of pace or spin bowling across various countries. Played in Tests Bowled edg+pad % edg+pad England 19 116 45 39% New Zealand 11 58 22 38% Australia 16 94 30 32% West Indies 11 47 15 32% South Africa 9 54 15 28% India 14 106 27 25% Sri Lanka 11 59 13 22% Bangladesh 10 52 11 21% Perhaps of more interest is a strong relationship between batting position and a propensity to play on. There is a major difference between top-order and bottom-order bats, presumably linked to much tighter techniques among better batsmen. It is quite hard to get a ball on the stumps through a top batsmans defence without hitting something on the way. Batting pos Bowled edg+pad % edg+pad 1 72 28 39% 2 69 21 30% 3 74 26 35% 4 62 25 40% 5 61 18 30% 6 59 17 29% 7 64 22 34% 8 41 8 20% 9 66 16 24% 10 56 6 11% 11 42 3 7% One interesting question that is hard to answer is: How many bowled dismissals occur to balls that are not directed at the stumps? The available descriptions often dont distinguish between playing on with a fine edge (when the ball would probably have hit the stumps anyway) and playing on to a ball that would have missed the stumps. My impression is that the latter is in the majority, but beyond that I wouldnt hazard a guess. Perhaps the massive CricViz database could offer some clues. ***** Another data point for historical dropped chances. Barry Valentine has very kindly provided me with another monumental ball-by-ball analysis of an Ashes series, this time the 1962-63 series in Australia. I have been through it looking for mention of dropped or missed chances and found about 48 (depending on definitions) to go with the 111 catches and stumpings. This implies a miss rate of just over 30 per cent. This adds a data point to a slice of Test history (1950s- early 60s) where dropped catch data has been sparse. The 30 per cent miss rate is higher than modern rates of 23-25 per cent, but is consistent with the rates seenmy analysis for the late 60s and early 70s (27-34 per cent). It is also within the range of 29 to 32 per cent found for Ashes Test from the 1920s through to the 1940s. It is hard to say whether the instances represent everything that could ever be found. However, I would say that Valentines analysis, which runs to 236 pages and is drawn from a wide variety of sources, is about as exhaustive as we will ever see. **** When Maninder Singh was caught by Graham Gooch off Dilley at Lords in 1986, Gooch initially dropped the catch. It deflected to wicketkeeper French, who dropped it in turn, but managed to deflect the ball back toward Gooch. Gooch flicked the ball up with his boot and finally caught the ball. **** A Nepal cricket anecdote, after their near miracle victory. I spent almost a month in Nepal in 1984 including a 26-day trek in the Himalayas. Can't say I encountered much evidence of cricket. When we had a rest day in the trek in Muktinath the Australians and Poms in the group thought we would teach the Sherpas how to play cricket. Not a great success; at 3800 metres up, even the Sherpas were reluctant to run between wickets. However, later I did encounter a guy in a remote village who came up to me and asked if I knew the score in the Test match. He must have been asking about a West Indies/Australia match. It was quite unusual to meet someone who spoke English; turned out he was from India. I could not help him. We had no contact with the outside world for the whole 26 days, and none of the villages we went to had electricity. Nowadays I would suffer if I had to go without internet for 2 days. An account of trekking 40 years ago is in my travel memoirs. https://sportstats.com.au/Travel/1984TrekkinginNepal.pdf 16 June 2024 The Best Umpire, by DRS Data A couple of curiosities that I noticed after updating my DRS (Decision Review System) file: ·Most regular Test umpires have a DRS overturn rate between 24 and 27 per cent when reviews are called, but there is one current umpire who is way ahead of anyone. Michael Goughs overturn rate is just 16.8 per cent; nearest to that is the retired Asad Rauf on 22.8 per cent (only part of Raufs career was during the DRS era), followed by still-active Kumar Dharmasena on 23.4. Gough has now umpired 34 Tests where DRS was used, and has been subject to 208 reviews, a fair number for assessment. ·Joe Root has been the batsman in far more reviews than any other, 111 reviews in all. Jonny Bairstow and Steve Smith are next on 69 reviews each. 74 of Roots reviews were from bowlers, with only 14 per cent successful. For all batsmen, 19 per cent of bowlers reviews are successful (umpires decision overturned). This suggests that Root is such a prized wicket that bowlers tend to waste speculative reviews in the hope of getting lucky. An historical note: prior to the general adoption of DRS, there were at least two series where the system was trialled. I had been aware that it was tested in a Sri Lanka/India series in 2008, but I hadnt known until recently that it was also used in a New Zealand/West Indies series a few months later. **** Some stats concerning my Test match score collection. My Test match score collection has been accumulating for more than 20 years now. Of the first 2500 Tests, about 1650 are now represented. Most are (copies of) handwritten scores as recorded by scorers at the matches. Some 79 of them are digital records from sources other than online sources. Ball by ball records from Cricinfo or other online sources are not included in these figures, but number an additional 472. For about 130 of the 1650 Tests, I have multiple independent scores, making about 1780 scores in total. Cricinfo began archiving Test match ball-by-ball texts in April 1999. Of 1441 Tests prior to this, I have ball-by-ball records for about 1100, thanks to the score collection. About 30 of these are incomplete, and 30 more (all early matches) were reconstructed from detailed press reports. **** Ideas I like for improving T20 cricket (but we will probably never see) Alas I find myself unmoved by these 400- and even 500-run slogfests in 40 overs. Most of the sixes I saw in the IPL were off three-quarter-strength strokes or mishits. Too easy. In spite of hundreds and hundreds of sixes, no hit went more than 110m in the IPL. Ten or fifteen years ago hits longer than 110m were regular occurrences. Some suggestions to give bowlers a fighting chance ·Forget about Power Plays. Allow five men on the boundary throughout. ·To score six, a shot must land in the crowd, not just over the rope. A proper hit should be required. ·To score four, the ball must cross the boundary the only criterion. The position of the fielder is irrelevant. ·A catch should count even if taken outside the boundary rope, as long as the fielder first touches the ball before setting foot outside the boundary. None of these silly juggling tricks. ·Forget these pointless Impact Players. Why do teams need 12 players in a 40-over match? ·If a batter reverses his stance, the wide law should not apply, at all. **** 10 April 2024 Dropped Catches in Tests: 2023 Compiling of dropped catch reports has continued into 2023. This dataset stretches back to 2001 for all Tests, and much further back for some selected Tests, particularly in England. The percentage of chances missed has been decreasing i.e., catching is improving gradually but slowly in this century. Does the 2023 data add anything new? Overall, 22.3 per cent of chances (catches and stumpings) were missed in 2023, down from 24.4 per cent in 2022. This is the lowest annual miss rate recorded so far, the previous low being 22.8 per cent in 2018. The most surprising thing to me is seeing Australia with the worst drop rate of any country. Its the first year that this has happened. It seems strange, yet the impression during the 2023 Ashes was that Australia was dropping a lot of catches and England doing not much better. Missed Chances (catches and stumpings) since 2010, by fielding team 2023 2022 2021 2016-2020 2010-2015 South Africa 19% 21% 18% 21.4% 21.7% Australia 26% 31% 18% 22.6% 21.3% New Zealand 16% 23% 15% 19.8% 20.9% Sri Lanka 20% 29% 29% 24.6% 27.7% India 23% 23% 21% 24.9% 28.0% England 25% 18% 25% 23.1% 24.9% Zimbabwe 25% 28.9% 32.4% Pakistan 20% 33% 29% 21.4% 31.4% West Indies 19% 20% 23% 23.8% 25.7% Bangladesh 22% 31% 29% 32.6% 33.9% All 22.3% 24.4% 23.3% 24.3% 25.4% Among individuals, Alastair Cook retains his position as both the leading beneficiary of dropped catches (78) in the 21st Century and, as a fielder, the leading perpetrator (81). It must be noted that Cook spent a lot of time in his early career fielding at short leg, the position with the highest general drop rate. There has been some movement in the stats of bowlers. Stuart Broad finished his career with more dropped catches than anyone else (144). He moved ahead of Jimmy Anderson, who had 135 at the cutoff date, and has probably registered a few more so far in 2024. Also still in full stride is Nathan Lyon, also on 135, and likely to pass Broad at some point. Lyon has seen 28 per cent of chances missed off his bowling, as against 26 per cent for Broad and 23 per cent for Anderson. For other countries, Ravi Ashwin on 102 (27%) is the only bowler with more than 100 chances missed. Nathan Lyon and Pat Cummins had the most chances dropped off their bowling in 2023, with ten each. Steve Smith was the most sinful fielder, with eleven misses (Bairstow and Root next, with nine and seven respectively), although Smith also took the most (non-keeper) catches with 22. The luckiest batsman was Brad Stokes with nine misses, followed by Usman Khawaja on eight. Rohit Sharma took five catches in 2023 without registering a miss. The usual caveats apply, regarding what and what does not constitute a dropped catch. On the other hand, the method for searching for instances has been consistent for more than 20 years. A reminder of the paper I wrote on the longer history of dropped catches https://www.sportstats.com.au/articles/droppedcatcharticleACS.pdf Garry Morgan assisted with the collection of recent data. 2023 Tests include New Years Tests in 2024, but exclude New Years Tests from 2023. **** 21 March 2024 Following an enquiry by a friend, I decided to dive into the Adelaide Test of 1968-69. This was one of the most remarkable Tests of its time, with Australia falling 21 runs short in a big run chase but holding on for a draw with 9 wickets down. At 1764 Runs, it is the second-highest-scoring time-limited Test in history, edged out only by the Rawalpindi Test in 2022 (1768 runs). Australia managed to score 872 runs in the match with only one century and no century stands. There were no fewer than 17 scores of more than 50 in the match. That final run chase was marked by an extraordinary set of run outs, four in all. Three of them came in two overs, and this followed the Mankad of Ian Redpath by Charlie Griffith earlier in the innings. Unfortunately, no original score is known for this match. As it happens, I have scores or ball-by-ball records for every Test in Australia played since then, bar one (Adelaide 1973-74). I have gathered together as much scoring information on the hectic final hour as possible, drawn from various newspapers, magazines and tour books. I can remember this one, listening to it on the radio as a child. I could hardly stand the tension: I would walk away for a bit before rushing back to the radio. It should have been on TV but there had been a cut in transmission to Sydney after tea. I remember how it odd it was that the match continued so late (must have been 6:54 in Sydney) because of the new 15 overs in the last hour rule. I also remember Dad talking about the Mackay/Kline stand in 1961 but I had been too young to remember it. Adelaide 1968-69: Final Hour Timeline The scorecard is here. West indies 1st innings 276 Australia 1st innings 533 West indies 2nd innings 616. Australia was set a target of 360 in a minimum of 344 minutes on the final day. The match was one of the first to enforce a fixed minimum number of overs in the last hour (15 eight-ball overs). As such, the final session extended to 6:24 pm local. Lunch score : Australia 106/1 (Lawry 37, Chappell 19) Tea score 217/3 (Chappell 56, Walters 0) (3:40-4:00) At 4:30, Australia was 250/3 (Chappell 75, Walters 14) Timeline of the Last Hour (from 5:00) The new ball had been available at 65 overs but not taken. Australia still needed 21 runs with one wicket remaining. The Timeline is drawn from a variety of reports. It is a best available rendering: some reports are not completely consistent. ****** 8 March 2024 In posting scores from the New Zealand/England series of 2007-08, I noticed how fast and furious the innings of 77 not out by Tim Southee was. Played at Napier, it was Southees first Test match. The 77, coming in 40 balls, included a sequence of 15 balls faced where Southee advanced his score from 6 to 57. I had a look for extremes of this type (most runs off 15 balls faced) and found it was rather dominated by New Zealanders playing at home Most Runs in the space of 15 balls faced in Tests Runs Score range 53 NJ Astle (222) 134 to 187 NZ v Eng (1), Christchurch 2001/02 51 CL Cairns (120) 59 to 110 NZ v Zim (2), Auckland 1995/96 51 TG Southee (77) 6 to 57 NZ v Eng (3), Napier 2007/08 48 AC Gilchrist (102) 49 to 97 Aus v Eng (3), Perth (WACA) 2006/07 48 CH Gayle (80) 25 to 73 WI v NZ (2), Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 2014 47 IT Botham (118) 28 to 75 Eng v Aus (5), Manchester (Old Trafford) 1981 47 MJ Henry (72) 25 to 72 NZ v SL (1), Christchurch (Hagley) 2022/23 45 JH Sinclair (104) 55 to 100 SAf v Aus (3), Cape Town 1902/03 This list is from the ball-by-ball database, so it may not be complete, but I doubt if there would be many cases missed. It is a little surprising in the age of Bazball that all bar one of these instances are 10 or more years old. Southee is now playing his 100th Test, but has never played another innings remotely like that debut. UPDATE: I have found that Southee hit 48 runs in the space of 14 balls faced in the above innings, more runs than anyone else off 14 balls (or fewer). Astle and several others best was 47 (including Gilchrist in his famous Perth century). That means that the fastest sequence of 50 runs is 15 balls, as in the above table. ******* More on Chelmsford 1983 Recently (13 Feb) I wrote of the wildly wrong published Balls Faced figures for some early ODIs in the 70s and 80s. Perhaps the worst was the pivotal ODI between Australia and India at Chelmsford in the 1983 World Cup, where the total balls faced did not remotely resemble the total balls bowled. I thought that there could be little additional information to be found, but Lawrie Colliver has come up with a partial score for the Indian innings that he recorded off the radio broadcast. (Lawrie was a teenager at the time, but his score looks well-recorded.) I have appended the figures from this score, which covers the first session only, to the figures found elsewhere. There are columns for 1) the official BF originally published in Frindall 1997, 2) my own estimates based on the Over numbers of the dismissals, and 3) the exact figures from the newly found score. Runs "Official" BF Corrected BF (Estimated) Surviving Score BF SM Gavaskar 9 10 20 21 K Srikkanth 24 22 40 34 M Amarnath 13 20 35 42 Yashpal Sharma 40 40 90 SM Patil 30 25 40 46 N Kapil Dev 28 32 29* (29) K Azad 15 18 35 RMH Binny 21 32 27 S Madan Lal 12 15 21 SMH Kirmani 10 20 6 BS Sandhu 8 18 9 Sharma scored 21 off 45 balls before lunch in Collivers score. Kapil 29 balls is an exact number, from newspaper reports The new figures suggest that my estimates, while not particularly accurate, were reasonably indicative of the real figures. While there is no precise figure for the whole innings of Yashpal Sharma, the pre-lunch record shows that the official figure must be way off. Sharma did not bat rapidly after lunch and was out after Kapil, contrary to the published record. ****** There was quite the controversy at The Oval in the final Ashes Test in 2023 when a ball was changed after 36 overs, and the replacement ball had completely different bounce and swing properties to the old one. In fact, this ball was so helpful to bowlers that no new ball was taken after 80 overs. The innings lasted 94.4 overs without the fielding side requesting a new ball, the longest such innings in the last 200 Test matches (since Afghanistan took no new ball in 104.5 overs at Bangalore in 2018). Nowadays almost all teams take a new ball within a couple of overs of it becoming available. There were only three cases of a second new ball taken later than 95 overs in 2023. **** The record-rich stats of the South Africa v India Test at Cape Town have been reported in detail at various websites. I was pleased to see, though, that Charles Bannermans 1877 records still hold, although given a good shake by Aiden Markrams 106 out of 176 in South Africas second innings. Next highest score was Dean Elgars 12. Markram's ratio of 8.83 (106/12) between top score and second-top score is second all-time to Bannerman's ratio of 9.17 (165/18). I would add that the six wicket in eleven balls collapse by India was by far the fastest such collapse in Tests, as reported elsewhere. It was also reported that the previous record was six wickets in 27 balls, but this overlooked the six wickets in 23 balls way back in the original 1882 Ashes Test (Englands second innings). **** Shamar Josephs dismissal of Steve Smith with his first ball in Test cricket got me looking at the batsmen who have been dismissed in such circumstances. Nearly all such batsmen have made low scores this because a bowlers first ball will likely be early in an innings with the highest being 26 by Marvan Atapattu when he was dismissed by Nilesh Kulkarni in 1997 (Sri Lanka went on to make 952 with Kulkarni finishing with 1 for 175.) The batsman with the highest average on the list is Eddie Paynter on 59.2. He was dismissed by HD Smiths first ball in 1933 in New Zealand. However, Paynters average was only 43 at the time. Steve Smiths average of 58 at Adelaide is the highest active average of batsmen falling in this way. Note that Kumar Sangakkara is on the list; he was memorably dismissed by Nathan Lyons first ball. Sangakkara finished with an average of 57.5 and was averaging over 55 at the time. Steve Smiths average is at some risk of dropping below Sangakkaras 57.5 before long. **** 22 January 2024 Warner bows out David Warner it seems had two parallel careers in Tests, a brilliant career at home and a much inferior career elsewhere. His great home record, it seems, repeatedly came to the aid of Warner being selected for tour after tour where he underperformed. I don't know of any non-captain who was so coddled and protected by selectors for so long. His supporters in Australia are probably little aware of how bad his stats away from home have been. In his last 12 Test tours from 2015, Warner scored exactly two centuries, and both of those were in Bangladesh more than six years ago. On those 12 tours he batted 74 times and averaged 28. After the Bangladesh centuries he averaged 22.7 with a highest score of 68 in 41 innings. In the 2019 Ashes he scored 95 runs in ten innings, but it was Usman Khawaja who was dropped. Warners 2019 stats are the worst ever by an opener in a five-Test series. By contrast, Khawaja since his return in 2022 has scored four centuries and a couple of 90s on tour, and averaged 59, with nine scores higher than Warner's 68. Here are the most extreme contrasts between home and away performance for batsmen with more than 5000 Test runs. Test HOME AWAY H/A Matches Runs Av Av Av Ratio DA Warner 112 8786 44.6 57.9 32.5 1.78 DB Vengsarkar 116 6868 42.1 55.6 32.7 1.70 D Elgar 86 5347 37.9 47.0 27.9 1.69 DL Haynes 116 7487 42.3 56.1 33.5 1.67 DCS Compton 78 5807 50.1 60.0 36.9 1.63 Zaheer Abbas 78 5062 44.8 58.2 36.9 1.58 MJ Clarke 115 8643 49.1 62.1 39.5 1.57 BB McCullum 101 6453 38.6 47.9 31.1 1.54 M Azharuddin 99 6215 45.0 55.9 36.4 1.54 DPMD Jayawardene 149 11814 49.8 59.7 39.7 1.50 The bar of 5000 runs is quite high, but there are now more than 100 batsmen who qualify. Among other current batsmen, Rohit Sharma (3737 runs) has a ratio of 2.00, but he will have future opportunities to correct that imbalance. ****** Where Chances are Missed; Comparing Formats Here is some data comparing the distribution of dropped catches between formats. The raw data for this chart was supplied by a third party; I dont record missed chances in ODIs or T20 myself. The chart compares dropped chances by fielding position; not surprisingly, there are significant difference between Test and the shorter formats. The percentages are relative to the total dropped catches in that format, so the bars in each colour will add up to 100 per cent. Attacking fielding position like slips and short leg see a lot more misses in Test than limited overs, as one would expect. By contrast, the permanent positions of bowler and keeper are quite similar across the formats. It is curious to see far more chances going to third man and fine leg in T20 than in ODI; I suppose that ramp shots must be used much more in the former. The difference between misses at mid-on and midwicket in T20 is a bit of a mystery; it should be remembered that this data depends on the accuracy of ball-by-ball descriptions. If I have calculated correctly, the percentage of chances dropped are similar in Tests and ODIs, about 23 per cent and 22 per cent respectively. The T20 data used in the above chart is rather patchy and I havent attempted to calculate an overall percentage for that format. Shortly, I will be preparing a report of missed catches in Tests in 2023, from my own data. **** 23 December 2023 ODI Score Curiosities Online scores for ODIs (Cricinfo, Cricket Archive) contain a complete set of balls faced for all batsmen, going back to the beginning. I have often wondered how this was done, given that so many original scoresheets for early matches have been lost, and balls faced figures for many such matches were never published in any form (that I am aware of) when they were played. Some of the scoresheets that do survive do not list the balls faced anyway. How were the figures obtained? Recently I was sent a set of ten ODI scoresheets from 1983 to 1986, that I had not previously seen, played in the subcontinent and West Indies. I endeavoured to re-score these into ball-by-ball form but there were problems. Some scores had missing pages and other pages were almost unreadable. Even so, I found scoring anomalies in the majority of the innings that I was able to study. Here is a quick review WI v Aus 19 Apr 1984, Match 3. In the WI innings, only two bats had BF recorded in the scoresheet, Greenidge and Richardson. Their figures were reproduced exactly on re-scoring ball-by-ball. However, the online BF figures for the other batsmen (which were absent from the score) could not be reproduced even though the scores and the scoring stroke sequences for those batsmen were reproduced exactly. I got 121 balls faced for Haynes, quite different from the 142 balls online, and Logie faced 34 not 21 balls in his 52 minute innings. If they were not on the surviving score, where did those online figures come from? WI v Aus 26 Apr 1984, Match 4. Parts of this score were nearly unreadable. However, it is clear that online figures in the WI innings are problematic, because the total Balls Faced by the batsmen fall well short of the balls bowled (272 v 289). The problem appears to lie once again with Haynes innings. I get 119 balls faced as against 102 balls faced in online scores. Ind v Aus, 9 Sep 1986, Match 2 Innings 1. Bowling figures in the scoresheet disagree with official figures. Innings 2 bowling page not available. Ind v Aus, 24 Sep 1986, Match 3 Innings 1. Balls faced figures are not given in the scoresheet, but the re-score produces significant BF differences with online figures, even though runs and scoring strokes are reproduced. Innings 2 not available. Ind v Aus, 2 Oct 1986, Match 4 Innings 2: India total given as 241 and SP Davis runs conceded 26 differing from online scores (242 and 28). Ind v Aus, 7 Oct 1986, Match 6 Innings 1: bowling figures in score disagree with official figures. Innings 2 not available. All this is from a set of just ten ODI scores received, four of which were incomplete. The ten also included two scores by Geoffrey Saulez (Sri Lanka v Australia in 1983). These two presented no problems at all when re-scoring. Saulez had a bit of a reputation for lack of neatness, but in general the quality of his scores is much superior to the scores from India and West Indies in this period. **** 7 December 2023 Some curious new scores A contact in Pakistan, Shahzad, has kindly provided copies of a few more Test scores along with a number of ODI scores that I did not have. One of the scores, Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka 1st Test in 1994-95, is interesting, albeit in a statistical sense only. It was left drawn after four days without completing the teams first innings, but it featured a mind-numbing partnership of 217 between Asanka Gurushinghe and Sanjeeva Ranatunga. On re-scoring, this stand amounted to 691 balls in 467 minutes. Among partnerships of 200 or more, the scoring rate is the fourth slowest all-time. In runs per hour, it is the second slowest, by a narrow margin, after a notorious stand by McGlew and Waite in 1957-58. Slowest Double-Century Stands Partn. Deliv. R/100b R/hr Batsmen (wkt) 231 894 25.8 27.4 DJ McGlew/JHB Waite (3) SAf v Aus(3), Durban (Kingsmead) 1957/58 212 752 28.2 39.8 C Washbrook/RT Simpson (1) Eng v WI(3), Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1950 262 883 29.7 45.3 DR Jardine/WR Hammond (3) Aus v Eng(4), Adelaide Oval 1928/29 217 691 32.3 27.9 S Ranatunga/AP Gurusinha (2) Zim v SL(1), Harare 1994/95 214 649 33.0 30.0 M Azharuddin/RJ Shastri (5) Ind v Eng(3), Kolkata 1984/85 The fastest 200 stand, as it happens, is the most recent (at the time of writing). Zac Crawley and Joe Root put on 206 off 186 deliveries at Old Trafford this year. At 115.7 runs/100 balls, it is faster than the 233 off 203 balls by Hayden and Gilchrist against Zimbabwe in 2003-04. Crawley and Root faced 183 deliveries for the first 200, but Hayden and Gilchrist reached 200 off 170. No balls and wides are included in the delivery counts. ****** The other two scores that Shahzad sent had curious endings... Karachi 1978-79: Pakistan target 164 against India. The next day multiple published reports had them scoring 165-2. However it was realised that the winning shot had been for 2 runs, so only the first run counted. The corrected score of 164-2 is in Wisden and later reports. Karachi 1985-86: Pakistan target was 98 v Sri Lanka. The surviving score has Pakistan reaching 98 on the first ball of the 17th over but then continue batting for three balls ending in a single. These three balls are circled and apparently crossed out. Note that this is not an 'official' score, but was made by a scorer for Pakistan TV and other journalists. But it is complicated. Mudassar scored 56* in the score but is given 57* in published scores and Wijesuriya concedes 8 runs in the score but 9 in published scorecards. Did someone delete the superfluous single from the team but not delete the run from batsman and bowler? The published scorecard has been balanced by having one, not two, no balls. I think that the simplest resolution would involve this issue. If there really were two no balls but one was missed by the official scorers, then Mudassars score would be 56 and the last three balls would be deleted. If one of the no balls did not occur, but was mistakenly recorded in the surviving score, then the extra three balls would stand and Mudassar has 57. I would tend to favour the former, since it is easier to miss a no ball call than to insert a false one, and there are seven deliveries recorded in both the overs with the no balls. I have attached a screenshot of this innings. If anyone can suggest a resolution let me know. ****** Sreeram has found reports of singular Man of the Match Awards being made in the 1974-75 India v West Indies series. A very good find. I am disappointed that I overlooked this, as it is mentioned in places in my collection of reports. I consulted my collection and came up with a full list from that series Bangalore CH Lloyd Delhi (FSK) IVA Richards Kolkata GR Viswanath Chennai (Chepauk) GR Viswanath Mumbai (Wankhede) CH Lloyd The awards were decided by a panel of three judges. There is mention of Lloyd being "player of the series" after Mumbai but it is unclear whether this was the just the journalist's opinion or an actual award. This predates the regular MoM awards made in the 1975-76 Australia v West Indies series, previously thought to be earliest. I do have a note in my MoM file that there were awards in India of some kind from 1969-72. In 1966-67 there were separate awards for batsmen and bowlers; at Kolkata, Sobers won both, so technically he was a singular MoM. All the match awards that I have seen in England in the 1960s were separated (batsmen/bowler, teams), although John Edrich won a single Player of the Series in 1968. **** 27 November 2023 Disrupted Careers of the 1970s In the 1970s, there were a couple of major disruptions to international cricket. The first was the exclusion of South Africa from Test cricket from 1970; the second was the World Series Cricket tournaments from 1977 to 1979, which took a large number of players out of Test cricket until late 1979. This curtailed the careers of quite a number of important players. But as it happens, some substitute matches were played; there were two five-match series involving a World XI, in 1970 and 1971-72, and of course the Packer World Series matches. There were 16 five-day Packer Supertests played, eleven in Australia and five in the West Indies. I have gathered the scores of these matches, combined them with players Test records and produced the following combined averages Some Careers Incorporating World XI and WSC Matches (batting) Tests Other Internationals Combined Matches Test av Other Int. Av. Combined Av Test 100s Combined 100s GS Sobers 93 10 103 57.8 61.9 58.2 26 29 RG Pollock 23 8 31 61.0 35.3 54.3 7 9 IM Chappell 75 19 94 42.4 46.3 43.2 14 19 CH Lloyd 110 20 130 46.7 40.5 45.7 19 22 RC Fredericks 59 10 69 42.5 34.5 41.3 8 8 BA Richards 4 10 14 72.6 57.9 62.8 2 4 GS Chappell 87 17 104 53.9 63.4 55.6 24 31 AW Greig 58 12 70 40.4 20.4 37.2 8 8 CG Greenidge 108 13 121 44.7 35.9 43.7 19 20 IVA Richards 121 14 135 50.2 55.4 50.9 24 28 DW Hookes 23 12 35 34.4 36.7 35.2 1 2 BM Laird 21 13 34 35.3 25.2 31.3 0 3 There are some whose batting averages improved when these matches are incorporated, including Sobers, Ian Chappell and Viv Richards. The most striking is Greg Chappell, who made seven centuries in his 17 other Internationals, lifting his average to 55.6 in 104 matches. Among players who have played more than 100 Tests, only Kumar Sangakkara and Steve Smith have higher averages. In terms of average, Chappell has a clear advantage over any of his contemporaries with the exception of Sobers. Another point of interest is the performances of Barry Richards and Graeme Pollock. Pollocks performances in the additional matches were somewhat moderate, and this takes his average from 61 in 23 Tests down to 54 in 31 matches. This is a case of regression to the mean, experienced by nearly every batsman who had an average over 60 after 20 Tests. Richards performed very well in the additional matches, keeping his average above 60, but his total of 14 matches is still too small for reasonable statistical interpretation. I havent prepared a table of bowlers, but two cases are particularly interesting. Dennis Lillee took no fewer than 91 wickets in 18 additional matches, including a famed spell of 6 for 0 at the WACA. This takes him to 446 wickets at 24.2 at this level, which would vault him above Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee in the wickets list. Lillees average of 5.07 wickets per match surpasses any other pace bowler with more than 200 Test wickets. There is also the case of Mike Procter, who played in seven additional matches and took 41 wickets at 15. This is even better than his 29 wickets at 20 in his 9 Tests. The total comes to 70 wickets at 17.1 in 16 matches; this is still not enough for statistical rigour, but it certainly highlights what a loss to international cricket he was. Procter took 1417 wickets at 19.5 in first-class cricket. **** I might add a little table concerning regression to the mean. Among those who played 50 Tests of more, there are ten batsmen whose batting averages exceeded 60 after 20 Tests. Every one experienced a fall in average by the time they played 50 Tests 20-Test average 50-Test average DG Bradman 111.9 99.9 MEK Hussey 84.8 52.2 H Sutcliffe 68.8 61.7 JC Adams 68.7 45.2 KD Walters 67.5 50.9 Javed Miandad 67.3 57.6 FMM Worrell 64.7 50.0 IJL Trott 64.2 45.4 DCS Compton 64.2 50.9 WR Hammond 61.9 56.0 Although they lost a little of their early pace, Bradman and Sutcliffe held onto their very high averages quite well, while others lost a lot of ground. Jack Hobbs had a 20-Test average of 57.1, the highest by anyone who increased his average in his next 30 Tests (to 61.3 after 50 Tests). Viv Richards also increased his average, from 55.6 after 20 Tests to 57.7 after 50. **** 24 October 2023 A Brief History of the New Ball More than a decade ago I wrote a review of new ball use in Tests. I am repeating it here, but with a few updates/corrections The very early Tests seem to have used a single ball for each innings regardless of length. New balls could be called for if the condition of the ball deteriorated severely: this happened after 207 overs in the Adelaide Sydney Test of 1891-92. During the epic Australian innings at The Oval in 1884 of 311 four-ball overs, the ball was replaced after 225 overs, reportedly a very rare occurrence. Brodribb in Next Man In (1952) records that in Australia the idea of taking a new ball when 200 runs had been scored was introduced in 1901. However, there is also evidence that a new ball at 200 runs was applied in 1894-95, including the first Test, but was not used in all Tests. England followed in 1907. The 200-run trigger appears to have been kept in use until 1945. It wasnt entirely satisfactory. Sometimes, to avoid a new ball, teams reduced scoring before 200 runs were up. In 1946 the MCC introduced an over limit. Strangely, they settled on 55 overs, an extremely low number that favoured pace bowlers. In Australia, the 200-run limit remained in place in 1946/47, but was switched to 40 (eight-ball) overs in 1947/48. This was of no help to the touring Indian side facing Lindwall and Miller. In 1949 some common sense returned and the trigger was lifted to 65 six-ball overs or 50 eight-ball overs for the next few years. By 1954/55 this had been abandoned in Australia and the 200-run trigger returned. All the recorded new balls of the 1954 and 1955 series in England were taken over 200 runs, but an over limit seems to have been reintroduced soon after; 75 in combination with 200 runs, whichever came first. By 1962 new balls in England were being taken at 200 runs or 85 overs. There is also some uncertainty about this period in other countries. In the West Indies, 75 overs seems to have been used when the MCC toured in 1960, but 200 runs when India toured in 1962. The known record for use of an old ball is 185 overs at Bridgetown in 1962, but since India scored only 187 runs in that innings, the use of the old ball was not a matter of choice. Some other Tests may have used a combination of runs or overs, whichever came first. In the Australian tour of West Indies in 1965, some new balls came at 200 runs and others at 75 overs, but when England toured in 1968 no new balls were taken before 75 overs, even when the score was over 200. In India, new balls up to 1965 were generally after 200 runs. There were some exceptions in India and Pakistan when matting wickets were used, with mention of new balls at 150 or 165 runs. The switch to 75 overs was probably in 1965. In 1965, the runs scored standard in England and Australia fades away and the MCC established a standard in England of 85 overs, or 65 eight-ball overs in Australia (and other countries). This remained in use for many years in these countries, but again other countries had local variations. New Zealand and South Africa followed the MCC standard, but 75 overs seems to have been the norm in the West Indies and the subcontinent. Finally in 1995, all countries lined up with the same standard, with the new ball available after 80 overs; this remains in place. **** Bowlers taking 2 wickets in an over most times (Tests). M Muralitharan 44 A Kumble 35 GD McGrath 35 NM Lyon 32 SK Warne 32 Wasim Akram 31 There is some uncertain data before 1999, but I think I have covered just about all cases for bowlers like Wasim Akram. The prominence of spin bowlers reflects the fact that spinners are more likely to harvest tailend wickets than pace bowlers. **** 21 September 2023 Finally, a Complete Picture of the Madras Tied Test Gulu Ezekiel in India has now sent to me high-quality scans of a complete score of the Tied Test in Madras/Chennai in 1986: a score previously missing, as I have mentioned often enough over the years. Gulu obtained the scans through S. Giridhar and V.J. Raghunath, the authors of From Mumbai to Durban (2016). The original score resides in the office of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. I have completed the re-scoring of the score into ball-by-ball form. (Previously this was available only for the final innings, and much of that was based on an inferior copy.) The re-score mostly went well but only mostly. A summary of the findings follow. Note, this is an analysis of the score, not a match review. [The short version the re-score agrees with the final result, but not with absolute certainty.] The score format is one innings per page, containing conventional recording of batting strokes, bowling analyses and Falls of Wicket. There is also a table giving the score at the end of each over (this is very useful but, frustratingly, sometimes inaccurate). In the bowling section, ends of bowling spells are marked (again, not 100% accurately) and byes and leg byes are not marked, so their location has to be inferred. Overs are not numbered, so when a bowling spell ends, identifying the next bowler often requires trial and error, guided by the over-by-over score and upcoming strokes in the batting section. The handwriting changes between the pages; there appear to be two different hands. The scorers are named as G. Ganesh and Chittibabu. The latter is named only for the teams second innings. K.S. Mani is also believed to have scored the Test, but his name is absent; perhaps he was making another score. The pages list the batsmens Balls Faced (mostly but not always accurately, and they vary from the Australian published data). BF data cannot be easily gleaned from a conventional score. A linear score is needed; this suggests that the score may be based on additional material of this type. The implication is that the score may be a re-copy from a linear original, or maybe the scorer was writing both types of score, or maybe one scorer was using a linear method while the other made a traditional score. The score also allows full identification of session scores (lunch and tea). Some of this data was previously unknown; the reporting style at the time, even when quite detailed, tended to dispense with such niceties. Some comments on the re-scoring each innings Innings 1, Australia 574-7 decl. A long innings that eventually yielded a sensible re-score. The only final sticking point was just before tea on the first day, when Boon and Jones were batting. A single by Boon off Yadav does not fit unless moved slightly, and is preceded and followed by leg byes. This preserves the batsmens scoring strokes; either that, or the single was credited to the wrong batsman, and Boon actually scored 121 and Jones 211. Some small areas of the page were obscured or indistinct. UPDATE: Sreeram has suggested a better resolution of this problem that avoids moving strokes around. It does presume errors for a few overs in the over-by-over score section of the scoresheet, but it also produces balls faced figures in the re-score that are more consistent with the scoresheet. Innings 2, India 397. The score of 397 was preserved, but there were problems. After tea on the third day, two overs by Bright, his 13th and 14th, are marked as ending a spell. As written, these overs do not fit with the batsmens scoring strokes and throw the innings out of kilter. Eventually, I found that if the next over by Bright, his 15th and ostensibly from his next spell, was inserted before his 13th over, then the innings clicked back together neatly (it felt like suddenly solving a Rubiks Cube). Here is a screenshot of the overs in question. Bright is the fourth bowler. To make the re-score work, Brights Over 15, it appears, should be placed before Over 13. Curiously, Over 15 is written using a different pen to all of Brights other overs. A second problem is seen in Kapil Devs innings of 119. While the score does indeed say 119, Kapils scoring strokes actually add up to 121 ! The re-score of the bowling also produces 119 runs for Kapil; there are two extra singles in the batting scoring strokes that cannot be found in the bowling, including the last single. In the above screen shot, Kapils intermediate scores of 50, 67 and 93 are correct; the problem occurs toward the end of the innings, which should read 2111221 not 211112211. There are no missing singles from the other batsmen. Re-scoring preserves both Kapils 119 and the total of 397, which is important in such a supremely close Test match. However, the existence of errors like this is unsettling. Innings 3, Australia 170/4 decl. This innings is written less neatly than the others. While the given score can be reproduced, a few overs suffer from readability problems and require a certain amount of interpretation to preserve this. In the score, Greg Matthews is given 49 balls faced. This is impossible: the actual number from the re-score is 25. Once again, an unsettling error. (The Australian report gives Matthews 25 BF.) Innings 4, India 347. With the improved-quality scan now available, a couple of minor problems with the earlier re-score can be resolved. These occurred in the first few overs, and the innings now hangs together pretty well. The final session is based on Lawrie Collivers analysis of the surviving video. A couple of minor observations with this innings: The scoresheet gives the fall of the 2nd wicket as 159, not 158. The re-score agrees with the official 158. The scoresheet has balls faced figures that differ from the Australian version (this is true of all four innings). Contrary to what I wrote last year, Greg Matthews did not bowl his 39.5 overs unchanged. His marathon spell was interrupted by one over, the last before lunch, bowled by Steve Waugh. Strangely, the score gives a total innings time of 342 minutes, but this is not possible. A time of 409 minutes, in published reports, is much closer to the mark. Finally, a comparison of balls faced figures from the final innings: the Australian source, the score and the re-score. Only the re-score adds up correctly to the number of balls bowled (523). Madras Tied Test: Final innings balls faced, by source Australian Source Scoresheet Re-score SM Gavaskar 168 170 166 K Srikkanth 49 52 50 M Amarnath 113 113 113 M Azharuddin 77 77 79 CS Pandit 37 39 39 N Kapil Dev 2 2 2 RJ Shastri 40 36 36 Chetan Sharma 38 25 25 KS More 1 1 1 NS Yadav 6 8 8 Maninder Singh 4 4 4 535 527 523 A link to the revised series page in the Database is here. **** 9 September 2023 The Luck of Labuschagne One thing said about the career of Marnus Labuschagne has related to good fortune: he seems to benefit from dropped catches more than most. I have taken a closer look at this, and come up with some odd results. I have updated my dropped Test catch data to include the recent Ashes (this data now goes back more than 20 years). So how does Marnus look? We I can confirm that for much of his career his rate of catches and stumpings missed off his batting has been well above average. Said average is typically 25-30 per cent chances missed: Marnus is around 33 per cent. It was more extreme early in his career. Here is a list of Labuschagnes miss rate by calendar year Miss OUT CGT/ST % Miss Runs gained 2018 & 2019 5 9/1 33% 322 2020 5 5/0 50% 169 2021 5 7/0 42% 247 2022 6 11/1 33% 232 2023 2 11/1 14% 2 At the end of 2022 the Marnus miss rate stood at an extreme 38 per cent, higher than the whole-career leader Virender Sehwag on 37. In 2023, however, there was a sign of regression to the mean. Marnus has been missed only twice in 16 innings so far this year, and gained a mere two runs from the chances. At Delhi he was dropped on 33 but out soon after on 35. At Headingly, he was also dropped on 33 but did not make another run. Based on the numbers of runs gained, Marnus average would drop from 53.4 to 39.8 if he had never benefited from a missed chance. Of course, this is not realistic: everyone gets dropped from time to time. But if Marnus was dropped 25 per cent of the time (something that happens to quite a few batsmen) instead of 33 per cent, his batting average would drop to about 50, from 53.4. Marnus has been having an indifferent year by his standards, 718 runs @ 38. The absence of runs gifted through dropped catches may well have contributed to that. The odd data mentioned earlier cropped up when I compared Labuschagnes career to Steve Smith and David Warner. Turns out that the other two are dissimilar in terms of missed chances. Smith remains even higher than Labuschagne at 34-35 per cent, while Warner is down at 23 per cent. Why is Smith dropped far more often than Warner? In fact, why is Smith dropped so often? Well I dont rightly know. A large part of the difference appears to be dropped catches by wicketkeepers. Three Australian batsmen - dismissals by keepers Dropped Caught % drop DA Warner 3 43 7% SPD Smith 12 36 25% M Labuschagne 7 16 30% As I said, I dont rightly know the explanation for this. Part of it might be random variation, part of it might be more batting to spinners by Smith and Labuschagne; the rate of keepers dropping catches standing up to the stumps is greater than when standing back. Perhaps Smith is better at playing with soft hands, which can make edged chances lower and more difficult. Another oddity adds to this: Warner has only ever been stumped once in Tests, but I have recorded seven instances of a missed stumping, as described by Cricinfos commentaries. Smith and Labuschagne by contrast have been stumped seven times and missed five times. The drop rate for all three is far more similar when it comes to slips and gully catches drop rates for all three are in the range 29 per cent to 33 per cent. The usual caveats apply when doing stats on missed chances. The data is prepared by me; others might get different results, although I hope not significantly so. **** Many thanks to Gulu Ezekiel for locating and sending a copy of the entire score for the Tied Test in Chennai/Madras in 1986-87. I have been seeking this for decades literally.More on this when I have finished re-scoring the score into ball-by-ball form. **** I have been doing some repair work on some ball-by-ball records in my Test match database, specifically for the years 2003 to 2005. The problems lay in the identification of extras, almost always restricted to the 101st over of an innings, which was due to an old glitch in a data conversion spreadsheet. I had repaired this glitch for many Tests some years ago, but apparently I had only done so up to Tests in 2003, and had forgotten continue forward. The actual runs scored by teams and individuals was not affected; only the identities of extras was sometimes wrong. **** 4 August 2023 Going Out with a Bang There has been discussion about Stuart Broad, who has become the first player in Tests to both hit the last ball he faced for six, then take a wicket with his last ball bowled. The former feat is much rarer than the latter; only Wayne Daniel of the West Indies is a clear-cut precedent for a six off his last ball. Glen Maxwell is also on the list, although he could conceivably play again, as could Broad (very unlikely, though). The number of bowlers finishing bowling careers with a wicket is much longer, and probably a lot longer than most people would expect. There are more than 130 names currently. I have attached a link to a list of those bowlers that I know of. Why is the list longer than might be expected? Remember that most Tests won by runs or by an innings margins will have at least two bowlers who take a wicket with their last ball, and sometimes this will prove to be their last match. For most bowlers on the list, it was not known in advance that this would be their last ball. We remember the relative few who announced a retirement in advance Lillee, McGrath, Murali, Broad but dont notice so much the ones who get dropped or otherwise never bowl again. The first list is up to 2020 and I think is fairly secure. There is a possibility that a few may yet play again. There is a second list from 2020 to present. The majority of these will play again; I will leave it to readers to decide who might or might not. Even Broad could conceivably play again (to my annoyance he was certainly bowling well enough to continue). There is a possibility that some have been missed. For Tests with no scorebooks, there may be some who took a wicket with the final ball of their last over, but the innings continued. Not all bowlers did this in their last Test. The strangest is Mark Boucher who played 63 Tests after taking his one and only wicket. For some of these the ball was also the last ball in first-class or senior cricket. I may work that out some day. I know that Alan Davidson also took a wicket with his last ball in a non-Test first-class match Sobers no less. A few years ago I worked out that only Gerry Hazlitt of Australia and Godfrey Lawrence of South Africa took wickets with their last two balls in Tests. Hazlitt took 5 for 1 off his last 17 balls. I wouldnt guarantee every last detail of these lists. **** Most runs before a new ball was taken 608/7 (91.3 ov) Eng v Pak (1), Rawalpindi 2022/23 527/3 (105 ov) Ind v SL (3), Mumbai (Brabourne) 2009/10 508/5 (153 ov) WI v NZ (2), Georgetown, Guyana 1985 497/9 (152 ov) Eng v SL (2), Birmingham (Edgbaston) 2002 496/2 (115.1 ov) SL v Ire (2), Galle 2022/23 488/7 (173 ov) NZ v Pak (1), Wellington 1984/85 471/4 (91.1 ov) Eng v Aus (4), Manchester 2023 England declared at 524-4 in 82.4 overs against Ireland earlier this year with no new ball being taken. Highest score at the end of the 80th (six-ball) over is 529/5 by England in the above match against Pakistan. In the past I have seen lists (including my own) of the most overs bowled without a new ball, but I dont think anyone has published a list of the most runs scored. As can be seen, there is a lot of variation in the scoring rates in the table, with Bazball rather revolutionising this aspect. ****** Some best-forgotten all-round performances by captains in Tests Pat Cummins had a lousy match in the Old Trafford Test, but just how bad was it? Bat Match Bowling BS Bedi 4,0* 1/132 Ind v Pak (3), Karachi (National) 1978/79 IT Botham 0 1/132 Eng v Aus (1), Lord's 1980 A Kumble 5 0/160 Ind v Aus (1), Bangalore 2008/09 AG Cremer 8,1 1/206 Zim v NZ (2), Bulawayo (Queen's) 2016 HMRKB Herath 9 1/193 SL v Ind (1), Galle 2017 PJ Cummins 1 1/129 Aus v Eng (4), Manchester 2023 Qualification: batted and bowled in the match. Fewer than 10 runs scored in the match and 0 or 1 wickets taken for 120+ runs. None of these players took a catch. Its hard to rank the above so they are listed chronologically. Botham is the only captain to score fewer runs and have worse match bowling figures in the same Test than Cummins recent effort. (Courtney Walsh once took 0 for 123 in a Test but did not bat.) ****** Longest innings by Australian batsmen who failed to reach double figures 9 off 86 balls AC Bannerman Aus v Eng (1), The Oval 1882 8 off 101 balls AIC Dodemaide Aus v Pak (1), Karachi (National) 1988/89 9 off 82 balls M Labuschagne Aus v Eng (5), The Oval 2023 NB: First Innings only. (Extremely slow innings are more common in match-saving second innings situations.) Dodemaide was batting at #9, trying to support his batting partner on an extreme turning pitch. The longest such first innings on record is 8 off 124 balls by Bill Edrich against West Indies at Lords in 1950. Terry Jarviss 9 in 123 minutes at Chennai in 1964-65 may have topped this, but balls faced is not available. Other batsmen have been slower in reaching double figures, but I am restricting this to batsmen who did not make it to ten. **** 11 July 2023 More on the Madras Tie! I have commented before on the frustration of being unable to find original scorebooks for the two Tied Tests, in Brisbane (1960) and Madras/Chennai (1986). Sustained efforts by myself and others to find these have drawn a blank. Last year there was a breakthrough. A video of the final session of the Chennai match was obtained by Lawrie Colliver. Lawrie re-scored this ball-by-ball, as reported on this blog. Now another advance. It turns out that a facsimile of a score of the final innings at Chennai was published in a book in India in 2016! Contacts Gulu and Sreeram alerted me to this. The book is From Mumbai to Durban: Indias Greatest Tests by S Giridhar and VJ Raghunath, who had obtained the score from the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. When I asked around, I could not locate this book in Australia the biggest collections in the country were unable to help but Amazon had one copy available, so I bought it. The image of the score was in colour but quite small (11 cm x 8 cm), and barely readable. Like most pictures in books, it was printed in halftone, creating a confusing pattern under magnification. I was able to descreen and sharpen a high-resolution scan to improve the readability. Another problem was that the writing was not particularly neat there was no fixing that. On the upside, there was a section of the score that gave the score after the end of each over, not always readable but quite useful. The following shows a magnified version of a small part of the page, from the high-resolution scan http://www.sportstats.com.au/bloghome_files/image008.jpg Eventually I was able to re-score the first two sessions of this innings, which could then be attached Lawries score for the final session. There were various difficulties, and a few uncertainties remain. An example would be the first ball of the innings, which is no more than a blob in the score but which must represent two runs, to preserve the known scoring. The batting section for Gavaskar and Srikkanth is also indistinct. Also note the third ball of Matthews sixth over. It is not a 6, but a C for caught (Srikkanth). However, in the final analysis the re-score holds together quite well with minimal fudging. I can say with partial confidence that the final score of 347 is accurate, and while apparent errors can be found, there no clear errors that affect the final score. The rumours of errors in the scoring are not supported, at least in this innings. The teams would have known throughout the day how things stood in relation to the target (presuming that the scoreboard was up to speed). My contacts are endeavouring to get hold of a better copy of the score, including the other innings. There could even be other Tests from that source, since a number of Chennai Tests from the 1980s and 90s are not represented by surviving scores. A couple of minor comments. The scoresheet gives the fall of the 2nd wicket as 159, not 158. However, my re-score agrees with the official 158. The scoresheet has balls faced figures that differ from the online version (that derives from a tour report published by Cricket Australia). My re-score largely confirms the scoresheet in this respect, not the online version. The final session started at 2:30 and Maninder was out at 5:19, a bit earlier than suggested by earlier accounts. Contrary to what I wrote last year, Greg Matthews did not bowl his 39.5 overs unchanged. His marathon spell was interrupted by one over, the last before lunch, bowled by Steve Waugh. Strangely, the score appears to give an innings time of 342 minutes, but this is not possible. A time of 409 minutes, found elsewhere, is much closer to the mark. I have posted an updated article on this final day here. A full version of the scan is here. Remember that the original image is only 11 cm by 8 cm. The updated data page, with the ball-by-ball re-score, is here. **** 28 June 2023 Oval Declaration Goes Pear-Shaped In the Oval Test, Ben Stokes declared Englands first innings at 393 for 8 on the first day a first in a five-day England/Australia Test even though his best bat, Joe Root, was on 118 and in full flight. The theory is that putting the opposition in late in the day (to face 10 overs in this case) stresses the batsmen and creates an advantage greater than the runs foregone. So Ive done a little study... Question: does having to start a team innings just before stumps harms that team's performance? I looked at 1000 recent Tests, match innings 2 or 3 only. From this, I filtered out 2 sets: A.Teams that started the innings 10 overs or less before stumps, in days that lasted more than 75 overs. (188 instances) B.Teams that started the innings in the first 10 overs of a day (239 instances). I calculated the scores, runs per wicket and 1st wicket partnerships for the two sets and compared them. Findings (outcomes). Average final score Runs per wicket Average opening partnership A (late start) 280 31.57 32.4 B (morning start) 284 31.64 32.8 Conclusion: there is no statistical difference between these cases; any differences are negligible. In fact the two datasets are so similar that it is almost spooky. There is no statistical disadvantage in being forced to start an innings late in the day. However much openers dislike having to start late in a day, it does no real harm. I did not distinguish between innings starting as a result of team dismissal or declaration, but I dont think that it would make any difference. Anyway, Englands ultimate losing margin of two wickets speaks for itself. **** A couple of comments about the colour of cricket balls Red balls are centuries old, and probably predate any published scores. There was an experimental night cricket game on a football field under lights in England in August 1952, using a ball painted white, in a Testimonial match for Jack Young. Apart from that, white balls were first used in a World Series (Packer) One Day match at VFL Park in Melbourne on December 14, 1977. There were a couple of experiments with 'mustard' coloured ball in day/night Sheffield shield matches in 1994-95. A pink ball was first used in a day/night Shield match at the Adelaide Oval in March 2014 (South Australia v NSW). (There had been a pink ball, possibly painted, used for a charity promotion in a women's daytime match in 2009). There is an article that says that a white ball was used in a World Series one-day match in Adelaide in November 1977 (prior to the Melbourne match). It was at the end of a 4-day make work match for Packer players who were not involved in Packers main weekend match. The match finished a day early, so they played a fill-in one-dayer on the final day. However, the article gets both the ground (it was at Football Park not Adelaide Oval) and the date wrong, and newspaper reports from the time do not mention any white ball or night play. The reports do mention, however, that fielding circles were used for the first time in that match. Another article says that the light towers at VFL Park were erected specifically for that December match. This is not the case; they were already in place for football games from May 1977. Packer did have light towers built at the SCG for the first official day/night ODI on 28 November 1979 (which I attended). **** 9 June 2023 The Fastest Pair of Ducks Years ago, there was entry in record books like the Wisden Book of Cricket Records on the subject fastest pair of ducks, meaning the shortest elapsed time between two ducks by a batsman in a Test match. Neil Harvey at Old Trafford in 1956 was high on the list. The fastest was a pair by MEZ Ghazali in 1954. At the suggestion of Sreeram, I looked into the King Pair by Tommy Ward at Old Trafford in 1912. Ward was the last victim in each of Jimmy Matthews famous two hat-tricks in a day. Unfortunately the Ferguson linear score of this tour, which still existed 20 or so years ago, has now been lost. Colin Clowes did make some notes from it once, which I used in my scoresheet. Newspaper reports have the first innings ending at 4:25 and the second innings at 6:25. Ward would have been out for a second time about 10-12 minutes before the latter, making his ducks about 108-110 minutes apart, including the break between innings. (The newspaper clock times would be to the nearest 5 minutes only.) It appears that after Ward was out the second time, the last 25 runs were scored very quickly in about 3 overs. The hat-trick over was WWW044 and Matthews' next and last over was 230400. Kelleway took the last two wickets, in the 3rd last and the last overs. Curiously, when added to Frindalls list, it means that the four fastest pairs were all at Old Trafford (also Pankaj Roy in 1952). I also did a search for the shortest interval between two dismissals of the same batsman, regardless of score. The record here was 11 minutes play, plus 16 minutes between innings by Percy Sherwell in the 5th Test of 1910-11 (SCG). Sherwell batted #10 in the first innings and was last out. He kept the pads on and opened when the follow-on was enforced, and was first out. There is also the case of Joe Darling at the SCG in 1901-02. Darling was 9th out in the first innings and first out on following-on. His elapsed time was probably closer to 30 minutes than Sherwells 27 minutes (there is no surviving score for this Test). Farook Engineer, in a Test in 1964-65, was also out twice in a very short span, probably just over 30 minutes. **** A few comments on long sixes, to add to my 2016 article Possibly the longest six at the SCG was by Alan Davidson for NSW v MCC in 1954-55. Hit forward of the left-handers square leg, it struck high on the roof of the old Brewongle Stand. In an article in The Cricketer in the 60, Ray Robinson gave a figure of 113 yards, plus 40 feet off the ground, measured with a steel tape. Perhaps 125 yards or more, given a 45 degree descent angle. However, there is a description of this shot in the Sydney Morning Herald from that time, and it does add that the wicket position was slightly on the western side of the ground, and so favoured Davidson. Checking with Google Earth does suggest that Robinsons figure may be a slight exaggeration. I would say 115 metres, with 120 metres unlikely. The longest six in the 2023 IPL was 115 metres by Faf du Plessis. It is intriguing that the seven longest sixes in the IPL (>117m) were all hit prior to 2014. What has happened to the 120-metre hits? ****** Ashley Chandrasinghe batted all day for 46 runs in 90 overs on the first day of the Sheffield Shield Final in Perth, raising the question of who has scored the fewest runs in a complete days play. It may be in the Sheffield Shield (no one seems to have suggested any alternatives) but in England Hashim Amla of all people went from 0 to 37* on the 4th day of Hampshire v Surrey quite recently in July 2021. Wisden doesn't mention any interruptions, and there were 96 overs bowled. Amla faced 278 balls. ***** I get 13 instances of left-right combinations in all 10 partnerships of an innings, most recently the West Indies 2nd innings against India at St Lucia in 2016. Curiously it first happened in 1884 at The Oval, when there were fewer left-handed batsmen. On that occasion Scotton, a left-hander, batted through most of the innings with the right-handers, with the only other leftie, Emmett the tailender, coming in for the final partnership when Scotton was out. **** In the final Tests at Ahmedabad, Ravi Ashwin, a spinner, bowled the first ball of Australias second innings to Matthew Kuhemann, normally a specialist spinner. In the I thought this must be unique until I found Pallekele 2018 where Jack Leach opened facing the bowling of Dilruwan Perera, in a very similar situation. There were also a few early Tests where it is possible, but bowling styles can be difficult to unravel. Hugh Trumble opened facing Len Braund in a Test in 1902 (4th Test SCG), which seems to be fairly clear-cut. **** In the Christchurch Test against Sri Lanka, New Zealand scored 257 runs without a break in play on the final day, after the first two sessions had been washed out. This is the most runs in a session by a single team, even if it stretches the definition of a 'session'. The session lasted about 230 minutes, which is just a little short of the 241 minutes for the final session at Melbourne in 1998-99. At the Oval in 1884, there were 259 runs after lunch on the final day. Back then there were no formal tea breaks on most days, including this one; there was a change of innings though, which lasted about 17 minutes. The most in a more conventional session is 249 by South Africa against Zimbabwe in 2005, a 155-minute session. The most in a 2-hour session is still 236 by Australia at Johannesburg in 1921. The Christchurch Test was only the second to reach a decisive result on the last possible ball, the other being the first Test at Durban in 1948-49. By coincidence, England also needed 8 runs off the last over (although it was an 8-ball over) of that match, and they won the match by 2 wickets with an extra off the last ball. It was a four-day match. Two matches have been won with one ball to spare - Port of Spain 1934-35 (West Indies def England by 217 runs) and Leeds 2014 (Sri Lanka def England by 100 runs). The two Tied Tests also finished with one ball to spare. Two other Tests have been left drawn with the scores level at the end of the match. **** My opinion of the pitches being produced in India for the Test matches, particularly the Indore pitch Imagine a part-time amateur groundsman in a small country town in the Australian outback, during a drought. If he produced a pitch like the Indore pitch he would be embarrassed and apologising. Pitches dont have to be like this. In ODIs in India, teams regularly get 350 in 50 overs (4 times in 6 matches in this season alone). It shows that respectable pitches can be made in India, although in some cases it goes too far the other way, in favour of batsmen. There is also plenty of big scoring in Indian first-class cricket some of the pitches must be ok. Test pitches have long favoured spinners in India; thats all right, but this season it is going much too far. When Hayden scored plenty of runs in 2000-01, he played lots of sweep shots as I recall; it negated the spin. Now that is impossible because of the variable bounce. Anyway, India was hoist on its own petard at Indore. Perhaps we will see an end to such extremes in the future. I took a screenshot of a closeup of the pitch after the first day at Indore, from the TV broadcast. Martin Briggs wondered if it had been taken by Neil Armstrong on the moon. More like Mars, I think. **** Most ducks by a team in a first-class match In the famous MCC v Australians match at Lord's in 1878, lasting only one day, MCC (33 & 19) suffered 13 ducks. This was topped by "Muslims" versus "Europeans" at Poona in 1915, with Muslims (21 & 39) suffering 14 ducks. **** 4 March 2023 A Player of the Series in 1951 At the end of the 1950-51 Ashes series, Len Hutton was given an award as best player, calculated using a runs/wickets/catches formula. The award, sponsored by the Vok liquor company, was worth one thousand pounds. Such a sum was big money in cricket in those days, when Australian Test players were lucky if they could make ten pounds per day. (The winner of The Open golf championship in 1950 won £300). Apparently, when the existence of the award had been announced earlier in the series, the players unanimously decided to share the prize equally, and this is what Hutton did. Still, the award as it stood was effectively a Player of the Series award. I dont know of any similar (single player) awards being made until John Edrich won Player of the Series in the 1968 Ashes; and even then the concept did not come into regular use until the late 1970s (Ian Botham in 1978). There were other Player of the Series awards in England in the late 60s, generally one for each team. Curiously, England returned to the double-award approach in 1986, and this continues, but in other countries the award is usually to a single player. **** A small breakthrough. I found a full score for the 4th Test of 1881-82 (Melbourne), and it was online! Years ago, someone had told me that this Test score was included in the 1882 Australian England tour book, which survives at Lords, and he sent me a copy, but only the first innings of the match. I assumed that that was all that was available. It turns out that the whole match score exists in that source, and a microfilm version was copied for a project for the National Library of Australia. Digitised versions are online here. And here. This is the oldest surviving Test match score from Australia. I have re-scored the whole match now and posted corrected versions of the match data. As with many early scores, re-scoring this one was a bit of a struggle, but I hope the rendering is reasonable. The 1882 team had already assembled in Melbourne by the time of that 1881-82 Test, and they sailed only three days after the match. Perhaps because of the imminent departure, the match was left drawn even though it had been scheduled as timeless. It was the last drawn Test in Australia until 1946-47. *** Harry Brooks diamond duck in Englands one-run loss at Basin Reserve had me looking for cases of first ball diamond ducks, that is batsmen run out without facing a ball, and from the first ball bowled after they came to the crease. Most Diamond duckers were at the wicket for a few balls before being run out, so the list is quite short First Ball Diamond Duck W Attewell Eng v Aus (3), Sydney (SCG) 1884/85 CA Walsh WI v Eng (3), Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1995 Mohammad Asif Pak v SL (2), Kandy 2005/06 Harbhajan Singh Ind v Aus (1), Melbourne (MCG) 2007/08 JJ Bumrah Ind v Eng (4), The Oval 2021 HC Brook Wellington 2023 Brook is the first batsman to score a century and diamond duck in the same match. Brook has now scored 809 runs off 819 balls, and is well on track for the fastest first one thousand runs in Tests, in balls faced. Tim Southee is currently the fastest with 1132 balls, ahead of Colin de Grandhomme second. **** Four instances in ODIs of a pair of batsmen reaching a century off consecutive balls RS Dravid SC Ganguly Ind v SL, Nagpur 22-Mar-1999 SR Waugh MG Bevan Aus v SAf, Docklands Stadium 16-Aug-2000 G Gambhir V Kohli Ind v SL, Kolkata 24-Dec-2009 KC Sangakkara TM Dilshan Sco v SL, Hobart 11-Mar-2015 It is curious that there are no known instances in Tests, given that there are two cases of a century and double century off consecutive balls. At Durban in 1999, Gary Kirsten reached 200 off CJ Adams and Mark Boucher reached 100 off the next ball. At Adelaide in 2012-13, Michael Clarke reached 200 off Imran Tahir, and Mike Hussey reached 100 off the next ball. I found 14 cases in Tests of batsmen reaching century milestones in the same over. **** Batsmen who batted both left-handed and right-handed in a Test innings Salim Malik, Faisalabad 1986-87 (right-handed to left-handed) Talat Ali, Adelaide 1972-73 (left-handed to right-handed) Both batsmen had hand/arm injuries. Also Joe Root at Rawalpindi in 2022. Not sure why he did this, but he was dropped off the second ball that he faced left-handed, and reverted to type immediately thereafter. **** A reminiscence triggered by Australia losing two batsmen retired hurt in the Melbourne Test against South Africa I was at the ground the day that the three West Indians went RH. There were 53,000 at the SCG, what a day. My brother and I got there an hour before the start of play, but had to sit on the steps of the stand, which was already full. The noise was immense, peaking as Thomson bowled the ball; it sounded like baying for blood. I greatly admired the concentration of Lawrence Rowe, scoring 67 without helmet or much of the modern protection. Thomson (3-117) was dangerous but inaccurate. Funnily, my memory says that Thomson inflicted all three injuries, but, on checking, Holding was actually hit by Greg Chappell's bowling! Holding retired on the last ball of the day. The next morning Holding wanted to return, but was disallowed. Julien instead returned to the crease, which was not permitted at the time, but the umpires overlooked that. I also went to the fourth day of that match. We sat side-on to the wicket. When Thomson (6-50) was bowling, I simply could not see the ball once it left his hand. Thomson also took a great outfield catch on the first day, **** 9 February 2023 Dropped Catches Report for 2022 I have done a search for Test match dropped catches (and missed stumpings), along the lines of previous years, using the Cricinfo ball-by-ball texts. This study now spans back more than 20 years. For 2022, the analysis was assisted by Garry Morgan, who kindly sent me his list of dropped catches. I dont know how much there is to say about the overall figures. After some years of a very gradual if slow improvement in catching, the 2022 rate rose again to close to the long-term average. 2022 2021 2016-2020 2010-2015 South Africa 21% 18% 21.4% 21.7% Australia 31% 18% 22.6% 21.3% New Zealand 23% 15% 19.8% 20.9% Sri Lanka 29% 29% 24.6% 27.7% India 23% 21% 24.9% 28.0% England 18% 25% 23.1% 24.9% Zimbabwe 25% 28.9% 32.4% Pakistan 33% 29% 21.4% 31.4% West Indies 20% 23% 23.8% 25.7% Bangladesh 31% 29% 32.6% 33.9% All 24.6% 23.3% 24.3% 25.4% Certainly the most striking thing about 2022 was the poor catching of Australia, rising from 18% missed in 2021 to 31% in 2022, which is by far the worst single-year performance recorded for Australia in this century. I had picked up 52 misses by Australia, so many that I went back and checked them all, but all of them seemed reasonable. The only caveat is that 34 of the 52 misses were regarded as difficult chances, which is a higher proportion than normal (which is around half). There were 26 % drops off Australian batsmen in the same set of Tests. The missed chances include three missed stumpings by Alex Carey, who has yet to complete a successful stumping in Tests. For batsmen, what they say about Marnus Labuschagne seems to be true; he gets dropped more than almost anyone else. Labuschagne has been dropped off 38% of the chances that he has offered, more than anyone who has played over 30 Tests, except for Taufeeq Umar (also 38%). Virender Sehwag saw 37 % of his chances dropped; that at least could be explained by the fact that he hit the ball harder than anyone else. The explanation for Marnus eludes me. If the drop rate for Marnus had been normal, he would lose three or four runs off his batting average. Englands value of 18% is the teams best performance for any single year in this dataset. There is a tussle at the top of the bowlers list, with Stuart Broad retaking the lead over Jimmy Anderson. Broad has had 136 chances dropped to Andersons 132: surprising, perhaps. Note that this is 21st Century data; we dont have complete numbers for the likes of Muralitharan or Warne. Next after Anderson is Harbhajan on 99 misses, but again data is not complete here, since Harbhajan started out in 1998. However, it is possible to extrapolate the missing data to produce an estimate of 115 missed chances in total for Harbhajan. **** Who attended the most Test matches in person? In 2003, Richie Benaud said he had attended 486 Tests. We don't know the exact number after that but the total will be around 550. That is around 25% of all Tests up to the time of his death, or 31% of Tests that were played while he was actively attending them. No one is particularly close to Benaud in number of Tests. Pakistani journalist Qamar Ahmed has over 450, while John Woodcock, who died last year, was also well over 400. Bill Ferguson scored 204 of the first 382 Test matches. His scoring career extended from WG Grace to Garfield Sobers. There had been 443 Tests played when he died. **** At the Gabba, South African bowler A Nortje bowled two deliveries in one over that went for 5 wides. I can only find one precedent (including 4 wides): Neil Johnson of Zimbabwe against England at Trent Bridge in 2000, in the 104th over. Johnson is only debited with 2 wides in that innings, but both went to the boundary. **** Thinking about king pairs, I wondered if there was a bowlers equivalent, that is a bowler taking a wicket with his first ball in each innings of a Test. Turns out to be a very short list and rarer than a king pair. MC Bird Eng v SAf (1), Johannesburg 1909/10 Z Khan Ind v Ban (2), Dhaka (Mirpur) 2007 AR Patel Eng v Ind (3), Ahmedabad (Patel) 2020/21 Zaheer Khans effort was as an opening bowler, inflicting a king pair on Javed Omar. **** The last time a Test finished in 2 days and had more than 33 wickets, as in the Gabba Test v South Africa, was Port Elizabeth 1895-96 (40 wickets). Two other Tests lasting 2 days had 40 wickets: The Oval 1882 (the Ashes Test) and Lord's 1888. The Oval 1890 had 38. One of the Tests of 1912 had 37 wickets on the first 2 days, but it went into a third day. These Tests were all limited to 3 days. **** Seeing two batsmen retiring hurt on the same day (Warner and Green) in the South Africa MCG Test had me reminiscing about the day that three West Indians retired hurt in 1976 There were 53,000 at the SCG, what a day. My brother and I got there an hour before the start of play, but had to sit on the steps of the stand. The noise was immense, peaking as Thomson bowled the ball; it sounded like baying for blood. I greatly admired the concentration of Lawrence Rowe, scoring 67 without helmet or much of the modern protection. Thomson was dangerous but erratic. Funnily, my memory says that Thomson inflicted all three injuries, but, on checking, Holding was actually hit by Greg Chappell's bowling! Holding retired on the last ball of the day, mid-over. The next morning Holding wanted to return, but was disallowed. Julien instead returned to the crease, which was not permitted at the time, but the umpires overlooked that. I also went to the fourth day of that match. We sat side-on to the wicket. Even though we were in the front row on the fence. when Thomson (6-50) was bowling, I simply could not see the ball. **** 31 December 2022 What is a Fair Qualification? When comparing player careers and many other stats, it is routine to place qualifications on the data, particularly minimum matches or runs or etc. List the highest career batting averages, and Kyle Patterson (144.0 in two Tests) is at the top, ahead of Andy Ganteaume, but apply a reasonable minimum and the list comes out rather differently. But what is a reasonable qualification for such stats? I have seen lists of highest batting averages that variously have players like CS Dempster, SG Barnes, RG Pollock, and GA Headley right near the top (below Bradman of course). On the other hand, I have seen qualifications so high that even Bradman is excluded. I looked at the question by taking the population of recognised batsmen (about 90 of them) who have played 80 or more Tests and looked at their career progression in terms of average average and standard deviation at different stages of their careers. The aim here is to look at how the spread of the stats levels out as careers get longer it is not necessary to include shorter careers with this aim in mind. Batting average in general is relatively steady, but with an upward trend probably due to those great players who had very long careers, and were still reaching their peak after they had played 50 Tests. Of greater interest is the standard deviation of the batting average. Early on, averages are quite variable, but as careers progress, there is regression to the mean, the lesser batsmen tend to improve (those who dont get dropped and dont play 80 Tests) while the high flyers come back to the pack. After ten Tests, TT Samaraweera had an average of 83.0 and Mushfiqur Rahim 16.2. They finished their careers with averages of 48 and 38 respectively. As careers progress, the standard deviation flattens out, with little change after 35 Tests. The populations of averages after 35 Tests look rather similar to those much further along the career path. I would suggest that it takes a minimum of 30 Tests (selecting a round number) to get a reasonable handle on a players status, and that is where I would set the minimum for career comparison. This has the effect of excluding some notables like Graham Pollock (60.97 in 23 Tests) and George Headley (60.83 in 22 Tests). I think that that these careers were just a bit too limited to get a clear fix on their abilities. Chances are that they would have regressed towards the mean if they had enjoyed longer careers. Can this effect be estimated? I looked at all batsmen who played 50 Tests or more. Some 36 of them, out of 200, had averages of over 50 after 20 Tests (ten of them were over 60). Only six of the 36 still had averages over 50 after 50 Tests, and only four had actually improved on their 20-Test average by the end of their careers (Hutton, Sobers, Gavaskar, Sangakkara). This suggests that the chances are very high that Pollocks and Headleys averages would have declined if they had had opportunity to play 50 Tests or more. I estimate that their decline would most likely be from around 61 to around 53, based on the experiences of the others who had extremely high averages after 20 Tests and went on to long careers. This can only be an estimate. Some batsmen have greatly improved, from a low base, after their 20th Test. The shining example is Steve Smith, whose average was only 40 after 20 Tests but had exceeded 60 in his 50th Test, and remains there after 90 Tests. Steve Waugh almost doubled his 20-Test average by the end of his career. Only three other batsmen held an average of over 60 after 50 Tests: Bradman, Sutcliffe, and Hobbs. Hobbss average dropped to 56 when he retired after 61 Tests. ******
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1408	dbpedia	0	50	https://www.bdcrictime.com/the-ricky-ponting-chapter-domestic-international-career-facts-figure	en	The Ricky Ponting Chapter : Domestic & International Career, Facts & Figure	https://api.bdcrictime.c…g-10_03_2022.jpg	https://api.bdcrictime.c…g-10_03_2022.jpg	[ "https://www.bdcrictime.com/images/article.png", "https://www.bdcrictime.com/images/crickett.svg", "https://www.bdcrictime.com/images/footer-main-logo.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "Ricky Ponting", "Domestic & International Career", "Records & Achievements", "Records", "Ricky Ponting", "Domestic Career", "international Career", "Achievements", "Australian Player" ]	null	[ "Cricket Passion" ]	null	Ricky Ponting is a former Australian international cricketer, born 19 December 1974 in Tasmania. Ponting went on to become one of the finest cricketers in international cricket.	en	/favicon.ico	BDCricTime	https://www.bdcrictime.com/the-ricky-ponting-chapter-domestic-international-career-facts-figure
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When play was called off the Tigers had 4 for 129 in what had become a meaningless second innings with George Bailey on 64 and Luke Butterworth on 29. Rain delayed the start substantially and when play finally resumed Tasmania added 90 to their overnight total for the loss of one wicket. Much of the interest on the final day was in how many victims Peter George would end up with for the match, having grabbed eight wickets in the first innings. He finished with three in the second innings, making the only breakthrough on the fourth day when he had Daniel Marsh caught for 4. It meant George ended up with match figures of 11 for 131, the best analysis by a South Australia bowler in a Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup match since Paul Rofe picked up 13 in a game in 2001-02.
1408	dbpedia	2	32	http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15.htm	en				[ "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image002.jpg", "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image003.jpg", "http://www.sportstats.com.au/BlogArchiveApr15toDec15_files/image004.jpg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null					null	At Lords in 1926, Bert Oldfield was out to a beamer from Roy Kilner. One report said the ball was above head height, another said it was shoulder height. Oldfield swung wildly and was caught at fine leg. Kilner was a slow bowler and the ball was accidental. ****** I have embarked on a little project to record the (descriptive) fielding positions of catches in as many Tests as possible. This is only really possible thanks to the wide collection of scores and reports that I have accumulated over the years. So far I have done 1877 to 1928 and also 1957 to 1967. Also most Tests since 1999, using online records. Generally, about 98 per cent of catches can be located in this way; it is a remarkable thing that I can do most of this sitting in my own office/library. The newspaper reports, rather than the scores, are most useful for this purpose. I hope this will help with more insights into changes in the game. Certainly one could say a lot about the results, but one example will suffice. I noticed that 'gully' as a catching position was never recorded before 1924. The first mention in a Test was in England in 1924 where it was spelled "gulley" and inverted commas were used. By 1926 it was being used in Australian papers with the modern spelling and no inverted commas. Searching the digital Times database, there was an isolated use of "gully" in a report of a Gentlemen v Players match in 1910, again with the inverted commas being used. I didn't find anything similar in the Australian Trove from the time. I don't know the derivation of the term. Perhaps others can speculate. So what terms were used instead? Sometimes the area was part of the slips, but I also find indications that 'point' and 'third man' were broader terms than today and, depending on the writer, extended to what we call the gully. It might help explain how WG Grace took so many catches at 'point', which doesn't attract so many chances today. Other little observations: Pre-1915, references to 'cover' or the 'the covers' were rare, almost non-existent, but 'cover-point' was commonly used. I found a grand total of two catches at longstop, both of them in the 1878-79 Test. 'Midwicket' had not come into common use by 1928. The area, even out to the boundary, was often referred to, rather confusingly, as "short leg". Other terms were used, although it is difficult to unravel. **** I found another case of a team scoring 200 runs in a session. At the Oval in 1928 against the West Indies, on the second day England was 235 for 1 when rain interrupted play before lunch. Play re-started at 2:30 and went to 4:55 when England was all out for 438. The rather irregular session produced 203 runs in 145 minutes. **** 12 December 2016 The Fastest Bowlers in the Game: Big Data Cricinfo stores quite a lot of bowling speed data in attachments to their scorecards. They dont list the speed of every ball, but they do give averages and peak speeds for every bowler in every innings, for about 90 per cent of recent Tests, taken from automated speed gun readings. While some Tests are missing, this does give allow us a reasonable comparison of bowlers. I have downloaded all the Test data since early 2014 and distilled it into averages. I dont know if anyone at Cricinfo has already done this, but it is the sort of thing they should do! The bowlers with the fastest average speeds, since early 2014, are # innings mph kph Mitchell Starc 27 87.9 141.5 Varun Aaron 10 87.5 140.8 Shannon Gabriel 27 87.4 140.6 Mitchell Johnson 24 86.8 139.7 Wahab Riaz 21 86.7 139.5 Morne Morkel 17 86.4 139.1 Kagiso Rabada 10 86.2 138.7 Mark Wood 17 85.7 137.9 Umesh Yadav 24 85.6 137.7 Jerome Taylor 27 85.3 137.2 Mohammed Shami 25 85.1 136.9 Chris Jordan 12 84.9 136.6 Nuwan Pradeep 24 84.8 136.4 Dale Steyn 11 84.7 136.3 Ishant Sharma 32 84.7 136.2 Ben Stokes 41 84.6 136.1 Steven Finn 24 84.3 135.6 Rahat Ali 20 84.2 135.5 Chris Woakes 20 84.2 135.5 Mohammad Amir 11 83.8 134.8 Josh Hazlewood 35 83.4 134.2 Kemar Roach 22 83.2 133.9 Dhammika Prasad 18 83.2 133.8 Minimum 10 innings. These are not precise averages because no allowance has been made for varying length of innings. Some bowlers are affected more than others by missing data, in Tests in Australia in particular. It would probably be better to be able to calculate median rather than average speeds, as an indicator of typical speed, because fast bowlers who use the slower ball more often would have their averages depressed. However, that isnt possible with the data in this form. The fastest balls recorded specifically in this dataset were Fastest mph kph Avge kph Varun Aaron 100.1 161.1 140.8 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Starc 99.0 159.3 141.5 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Mitchell Johnson 97.9 157.5 139.7 Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 2014/15 Steven Finn 97.9 157.5 135.6 Eng v Pak, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 2016 Shane Watson 97.8 157.4 129.8 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Johnson 97.6 157.0 139.7 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Mitchell Johnson 97.5 156.9 139.7 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Wahab Riaz 97.5 156.9 139.5 Eng v Pak, The Oval 2016 Mitchell Johnson 97.0 156.1 139.7 Aus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 2014/15 Steven Finn 97.0 156.1 135.6 Eng v SL, Chester-le-Street 2016 Josh Hazlewood 96.9 155.9 134.2 Aus v NZ, Perth (WACA) 2015/16 Shannon Gabriel 96.8 155.8 140.6 Aus v WI, Hobart (Bellerive) 2015/16 Steven Finn 96.2 154.8 135.6 Eng v Pak, The Oval 2016 Dushmantha Chameera 96.0 154.5 139.5 Eng v SL, Leeds (Headingley) 2016 Nathan Lyon 95.9 154.3 86.9 Aus v WI, Hobart (Bellerive) 2015/16 James Pattinson 95.4 153.5 137.9 Aus v WI, Sydney (SCG) 2015/16 Mohammed Shami 95.2 153.2 136.9 Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 2014/15 Stuart Broad 95.2 153.2 133.2 Eng v SL, Leeds (Headingley) 2016 Chris Woakes 95.2 153.2 135.5 Eng v Pak, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 2016 Tim Southee 95.0 152.9 132.9 Aus v NZ, Adelaide Oval 2015/16 Steven Finn 95.0 152.9 135.6 Eng v Pak, Lord's 2016 This data is presented with the caveat that glitches are in evidence. Even though Aaron is a very fast bowler, the 100 mph ball has to be dubious. The source is here. Note that Aaron bowled no balls faster than about 92 mph in that innings except for the one ball at 100. This is most likely a measurement error. Notice also the evident errors in Karn Sharmas figures in that innings. This is probably due to misidentification of the bowler. This happens fairly regularly in the data. Another glitch evident in the above table is the ball supposedly bowled by Nathan Lyon at over 95 mph. I still think that the average data is useful, but the fastest recorded data should be treated with caution and scepticism. Even if only one ball in a thousand is a serious glitch, if you record hundreds of thousands of balls, eventually most of the most extreme records are likely to be glitches. The other trouble with speed guns is that there is no way of independently confirming a result after the event. Incidentally, the slowest bowler in the data is Shakib al Hasan at an average of 48.4 mph/ 77.9 kph. Also incidentally, major league baseball currently has a pitcher, Aroldis Chapman, who can pitch at over 105 mph. **** Greg Chappell Reality I happened to see one of Robert Crash Craddocks TV interviews in his fine Cricket Legends series, with Greg Chappell. The conversation turned to Chappells Test debut, where he made 108 runs at Perth, after coming in with Australia in trouble. Chappell repeated, with absolute conviction, the folklore that Ian Redpath offered to protect Chappell from the bowling of John Snow. There is a quote at the Cricket Country website: I came to the wicket with Australia reeling at 107 for five to join Redders, who had watched three quick wickets fall at the other end. The English left me largely untouched while zeroing in on Redders just about the toughest batsman to dislodge. They figured if they got him the tail would capitulate. John Snow put all his energy into trapping Redders down at his end and bombarding him. They picked the wrong bloke. I have no doubt that Chappell honestly remembers it this way, but the scorebook tells a different story. For a start, there had been two quick wickets, and not three, and one of those was a run out. When Chappell first came in, Redpath might well have said Ill take Snow, but the reality was that any protection was moot; Snow was taken off almost immediately, and in fact bowled just one over during Chappells first 80 minutes at the crease! That Snow over cost 10 runs and ended a good but unspectacular spell of eight overs, one for 30. In Chappells defence, he does say, in the Craddock interview, that his memory of the early part of the innings is a bit of a fog. In those 80 minutes before lunch, Chappell actually faced 71 balls to Redpaths 56. Snow returned after lunch and had four overs, Redpath facing 18 balls to Chappells 14. However, Chappell faced 13 balls to Redpaths 11 in the first three of those overs, with no evidence of strike-farming. Later, Snow took the new ball. This time Redpath did get more of the strike, but by this time Chappell was on 47 and had been batting more than three hours. I doubt if there was any deliberate strike-shielding going on by then, because Greg hammered 37 runs from 35 balls with the new ball before Snow was replaced. Chappell went from 50 to 100 off 47 balls. The sixth-wicket partnership was eventually worth 219 off 434 balls. We don't know what speed fast bowlers bowled in the old days, but occasionally there is a hint that they must have bowled at a reasonable clip. In the first Test of 1899, Ernest Jones hit the middle stump of CB Fry and the ball went to the boundary. However, a no ball had been called and so the call was four no balls. How often do you see a ball go to the boundary after hitting middle stump? I might add, while reading up on this Test, that WG Grace, on his last day in Test cricket took a great one-handed catch at point "just clear of the grass" to a shot from Hill that was "hard, low and square". It was said that Grace retired because the "ground was getting too far away", but it seems he still had the skill. He still has one of the highest ratios of catches per match of any non-keeper. Incidentally, there is no hint in the newspaper reports that Grace was playing in his last Test. I can't find any mention in The Times of Grace retiring or being dropped, apart from an announcement of the second Test team a few days prior and a comment that the changes were "radical": five changes were made. Some statistician colleagues related the following accounts of the end of Graces career. It was not decided until just before the next Test. Fry and Grace were part of the selection committee. According to CB Fry's version, Fry arrived late for the selection committee meeting. As soon as he arrived, Grace asked him whether Archie MacLaren should be part of the team for the second Test. Fry replied in the affirmative. Only a little later did Fry realise that Grace was asking him whether he (Grace) should be replaced by Maclaren. The version I heard (can't remember where) was that Grace said to Stanley Jackson after the Trent Bridge match "It's over - I shan't play again." Sounds like he made the decision at that point but chose not to announce it publicly (presumably trusting Jackson not to reveal it), and by asking that question he was effectively allowing Fry to confirm it. A book that I now just checked tells both stories and says that it appears that he was ready to play in the second Test before the Fry incident. Grace actually played for MCC and Ground versus the Australians in between the two Tests, and scored 50 and 7 and took 3 for 42. I think it is interesting that just before the second Test, after the teams were selected, it was announced that the hours of play would be extended by 30 minutes per day. **** On his Test debut in 1958, Conrad Hunte scored 50 out of the first 55 runs scored in the match. 142 not out overnight, Hunte was out to the first ball of the second day. **** In the England/South Africa Test at Lords in 1912, there was no play before lunch on the first day, but South Africa was bowled out for 58 before tea. Barnes and Foster took five wickets each, and were also responsible for all three catches. There is only one other completed Tests innings where just two players were completely responsible for all the wickets, including catches. At Joburg in 1927, South Africa was bowled out for 196, with George Geary and Greville Stevens sharing the wickets, and the two catches were both taken by Geary. **** Possibly the only (former) Test player to die while watching a Test match was former captain Bill Murdoch, who passed away while watching a Test at the MCG in February 1911. Murdoch, who was resident in England, was only visiting Melbourne at the time, and his body was embalmed and taken back to London where he was buried. **** 28 November 2016 I am posting a few interesting images that I have come across, or have been sent. I will link to them rather than insert them here, for memory reasons. In 1979, Cricketer magazine reported a bowler, Mike Walters, taking eight wickets in eight balls in an Army match. A picture of the scorebook was taken. I have heard claims of bowlers taking nine wickets in nine balls, but Walters effort does have the advantage of solid documentary evidence, and it was in an adult match. Childrens cricket records, such as the recent claims of a boy in India scoring a thousand on a tiny field, against opposition that basically didnt know how to play cricket, are best put in a separate category, and at worst, disregarded. I consider the real innings record outside of first-class cricket to be Charles Eadys 566 in Tasmania in 1902. * Not long ago I posted a wagon wheel for a Victor Trumper century. Here is another, for Trumpers 113 at the SCG in 1911-12. This is quite different in style to the earlier one, and is obviously the work of Bill Ferguson. As such, it is the earliest Fergie Wagon Wheel known. The report, which was in the Sydney Morning Herald on 18 Dec 1911 (three days after the event), also includes detailed information on balls faced, in unprecedented detail. Unfortunately, this level of reporting was rarely followed up. * Between about 1895 and 1920, the size of some Australian grounds was reduced by the installation of a cycling track around the playing surface. It was in response to the sudden craze for cycling, and due to the fact that no dedicated cycling venues existed with large spectator capacity. Here is a picture of a novelty cycling race at the SCG in 1900, sent to me by Colin Clowes. Colin also noted adverse comments about the track at the time, such as NSW vs S.A. 18th-22nd February 1898. For the most part, the tracks were not considered part of the cricket field. However, there was a strange exception. At Adelaide Oval in 1902, Clem Hill, on 98, was caught by a fielder on the cycling track. The dismissal was upheld even though the fielder was outside the normal field of play, and the shot would have been called six had it landed. Shots along the ground were called four on reaching the track, so if the shot had bounced, Hill would have reached his century. Apparently the captains had agreed before the game that such catches would count. The dismissal was part of Hills unique sequences of scores of 99, 98, and 97. The tracks had an effect on scoring, and may have contributed to the Golden Age of cricket. Here is the ratio of boundary hits at the SCG: before, during, and after the cycling track % Runs as fours and sixes at SCG pre-1896 38% 1897-1912 48% 1920-1937 36% * Poor Norman ONeill. In 1958, at age 20, he makes one double century, and immediately he is hailed as the new Bradman on the front page of newspapers (in this case the Sun-Herald in Sydney, which I believe was Australias largest-selling newspaper at the time). It was an impossible standard to live up to, although ONeill did enjoy a fine career. Other players burdened with the next Bradman sobriquet, include Neil Harvey, Ian Craig and Doug Walters. The fashion eventually wore thin. ****** Here is an article I wrote, a review of the 2015-16 Australian season, which was published a little belatedly in Between Wickets. I have included an image of the first page of the article as published, since it includes an introduction that I swear I did not write. ****** In a Test at Sharjah, Kraigg Brathwaite (142, 60) remained unbeaten through sixteen consecutive partnerships. This is the most by any player in a single Test, but was matched by Victor Trumper across two Tests in 1903-04. In Trumper's case all sixteen batting partners were dismissed, which is not the case for Brathwaite, although he has a chance to extend his run. When looking at this, I noticed that in 1903-04 Australia had 35 consecutive partnerships that involved either Trumper or Monty Noble (or both). ******** Highest first-class scores by a batsman who was involved in only one partnership. I have included opening stands but I think the other cases are more remarkable. 324 Waheed Mirza, Karachi Whites v Quetta 1977 (partnership 561 for 1st wicket with Mansoor Akhtar) 319 RR Rossouw, Eagles v Titans 2010 (480 for 2nd wicket with D Elgar) 319 Gul Mohammad, Baroda v Holkar 1947 (577 for 4th wicket with V Hazare) 313 H Sutcliffe, Yorkshire v Essex 1932 (555 for 1st wicket with P Holmes) 300 DCS Compton, MCC v NE Transvaal 1948 (399 for 3rd wicket with RT Simpson) 293 VT Trumper, Australians v Canterbury 1914 (433 for 8th wicket with A Sims) 290 WN Carson, Auckland v Otago 1936 (445 in 268 mins for 3rd wicket with PE Whitelaw) 289 Aamer Sajjad, WPDA v SSGC 2009 (580 for 2nd wicket with Rafatullah Mohmand Aaron Finch scored 288* for Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders 2015 in a farcical match that was abandoned after the first wicket fell. 9 November 2016 Head to Head Against the Best Quite a few years ago, on this very blog (which has been running for a disturbingly long time), I remarked that a head-to-head, batsmen v bowler, analysis would be quite interesting if we just looked at superior batsmen; that is, how do the top bowlers compare when they are bowling to the top batsmen, with averages over 45? Back then, I found that Glenn McGrath was well ahead of any of his contemporaries. Now I have much more data, and we can do some historical comparison. I simply calculated the head-to-head figures for all bowlers when they were bowling to batsmen whose career averages are over 45. Here is the table Bowler R W Av GD McGrath 2198 88 25.0 CEL Ambrose 1239 49 25.3 Wasim Akram 1232 40 30.8 SCJ Broad 3176 102 31.1 JA Snow 1503 47 32.0 DW Steyn 2799 86 32.5 FS Trueman 2286 70 32.7 SM Pollock 2214 66 33.5 AV Bedser 2531 75 33.7 Shoaib Akhtar 1423 42 33.9 PM Siddle 2349 67 35.1 WW Hall 1476 41 36.0 Imran Khan 1544 42 36.8 WJ O'Reilly 1905 51 37.4 RR Lindwall 1573 42 37.5 Qualification: 40 dismissals of top-ranked batsmen, or 1500 runs (50 dismissals for current players). I should explain that entries in italics included some estimated data, because I dont have all Tests ball-by-ball. This is not as bad as it seems; in most cases where estimates are included, a large majority of the data for that bowler is known exactly, and the estimates form a minority component. There are no pre-1920 bowlers because almost no batsmen averaged over 45 in those days. Readers may make of this list what they will. Obviously pace bowlers are dominant, with Bill OReilly the top-ranked spinner. The truth is that wickets for almost all spinners are weighted towards the tail end, and even the best spinners were often hammered by the best batsmen. Brian Lara averaged over 100 against the combined bowling of Murali, Warne, Danish Kaneria and MacGill, but only 27 off McGrath. I suppose that pace bowlers have one advantage in that when top-order batsmen fail, it is sometimes before the spinners come on. I wouldnt think that this was an overwhelming factor though. The figures do confirm my impression that Glenn McGrath was the most difficult bowler of the modern era. While Shane Warne was acclaimed the Bowler of the Century by Wisden, I am not even sure he was the best bowler in his team. Warne, incidentally, is 33rd of 81 bowlers on the list with an average of 45.3. I wont dwell on the bottom of the table except to say that John Emburey has the highest average of those that qualify, at 98.0. It did occur to me that in different eras, bowlers will bowl to different sets of top batsmen. So I normalised the averages so that instead of treating all 45+ batsmen equally, bowlers were rewarded more for dismissing the very best batsmen. (A career batting average of 45 has no adjustment, 50 has some adjustment, while bowling to Bradman gets a big adjustment). The adjusted averages are below; not much different but some changes occur. Bowl Adj Av GD McGrath 22.6 CEL Ambrose 22.9 SCJ Broad 27.6 Wasim Akram 28.4 JA Snow 28.7 AV Bedser 28.9 DW Steyn 29.4 FS Trueman 29.6 SM Pollock 29.8 Shoaib Akhtar 31.0 PM Siddle 31.6 RR Lindwall 31.7 WJ O'Reilly 31.9 H Verity 32.0 Imran Khan 33.2 This analysis lifts Alec Bedser and Hedley Verity, the reason being that they bowled to Bradman, and enjoy the greatest beneficial adjustment as a result. Verity had the best record of any bowler against Bradman, with eight dismissals and an average of 49.8. ****** Here's a nice little find that pleases me. I have a section in my records of bowlers who took five wickets in fewest balls, also the subject of a recent question in Ask Steven. The record is 12 balls by Kallis, or, if we ignore Bangladesh, 13 balls by Laker in THAT Test. There was one uncertain one that is a candidate: at Melbourne in 1901/02, Monty Noble took the last five wickets of his 7/17 very rapidly, but I was unable to get an exact number, in spite of checking numerous newspapers. Anyway, I have found an account in a newspaper called the Port Phillip Herald that settles the matter. Noble took wickets with the last two balls of his sixth over, another in his seventh, then two more in four balls to finish the innings. That is five wickets in twelve balls, a match for Kallis. The sequence was W, W, 0, 0, 2, W, 0, 0, 0, W, 4, W 23 October 2016 Heres a link to an article of mine that has been published on the Cricket Monthly website. I will also post it in my Longer Articles page I hope you like it as much as some of the people who posted comments. I certainly enjoyed reading them! http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1056115/tracking-the-misses While I have it in mind, I will add the following note: The overall average cost of dropped catches is similar to the overall batting average, at around 33 runs. I suppose one way to evaluate a keeper in a match is to tally the total number of chances he receives. Then calculate how many of these an average keeper would be expected to drop. Take the difference between this and the actual number of drops, multiply by 33, and you have a runs value for the keepers catching. Say that a keeper received 8 catching chances in a match, and catches 5. The average keeper would be expected to drop 15%; that is, 1.2 catches. Our keeper has dropped 3, so he has an excess of 1.8. At 33 runs per drop, our keeper has cost the team about 60 runs. By the same calculation, a keeper who received 8 chances, and catches them all, has gained his team an advantage of about 40 runs. Stumpings would be calculated separately. One might also do separate calculations for pace and spin bowling, since these have very different drop rates for keepers. This would require ball-by-ball records. Of course, you can add in other factors, such as the value of the batsmen dismissed. This can create difficulties, because there are many possible factors. When you use lots of factors, the final result becomes rather arbitrary, depending on the weight you place on each factor. **** One-Handed Batting With the help of Sreeram and others, I have made a list of batsmen who have batted, in effect, with one hand, due a broken bone or other serious injury. LH Tennyson, Leeds 1921 RT Simpson, Leeds 1953 JT Murray, Sydney 1962-63 MC Cowdrey, Lord's 1963 (did not face) MD Marshall, Edgbaston 1984 VP Terry, Old Trafford 1984 Salim Malik, Faisalabad 1986-87 A Ranatunga, Rawalpindi 1999-00 GC Smith, Sydney 2008-09 Wahab Riaz, Colombo PSS 2015 UPDATE: J Srinath, Mumbai 2001 (2nd innings) (H/T Abhishek) Talat Ali, Adelaide 1972-73 Nick Knight batted one-handed in an ODI in 1997 (Auckland) Inzamam-ul-Haq 1st Test Harare 1994-95 The extent to which Simpson was playing one-handed is uncertain. In the same series, there is a picture of Len Hutton hitting a one-handed shot at Lords. The puzzle here is that Hutton scored 145, and gave full rein to his shots according to The Times, which, although it mentions an injury (suffered while fielding), does not mention Hutton batting one-handed. Malik batted both left-handed and right-handed during his innings, perhaps the only batsman to do so in Tests. Cowdrey was prepared to do so, but did not face. Terry was probably the most seriously injured of these players; he is the only one on the list to bat with his arm in a sling, in what was his last Test innings. **** The fastest century makers. These are the batsmen with fastest average balls faced to 100. (First 100 runs mind you, not whole innings). With a minimum of 10 Test centuries, the Top Five are Gilchrist (107 balls), Warner (116), Sehwag (119), McCullum (122), and Pietersen (139). Jayasuriya and Botham are very close to Pietersen on 139. They are followed by Dilshan (141), Gayle (143), Clive Lloyd (147), Viv Richards (148) and Lara (150) At 5-9 centuries there is also Afridi (104), Kapil Dev (108), with Cairns and Prior on 125. With no minimum, there is Gilbert Jessop, whose only century was reached in 76 balls. **** The most runs in a calendar year is 5200 by Martin Crowe in 1987 (first-class + List A). Jimmy Cook scored 14,167 runs in three consecutive years, 1989-1991. It might surprise people to learn that such players were playing more cricket 30 years ago than our supposedly 'overloaded' players do today. The most in first-class alone is 4962 by Denis Compton in 1947. Compton scored 5476 runs between October 1946 and September 1947. It will be difficult to exceed these totals because the effect of T20 cricket has been to depress the number of runs scored and wickets taken, not increase them. Last time I checked, the most runs in a year that included T20 games was 3788 by JA Rudolph in 2010, so Kohli may beat that. Charles Turner took 365 first-class wickets in calendar year 1888. I dont think this has been surpassed in f-c, or in combined formats. **** 1 October 2016 There is an update to the HOT 100 list, the fastest and slowest batsmen in Test cricket. I only update this annually now, since scoring speed is a relatively constant characteristic of batsmen, and less variable than batting average. The lists change only slowly, although David Warner has crept up a place into 5th. Brendon McCullum also moved up, just before his retirement, thanks in part to his extraordinary 145 off 79 balls at Christchurch. **** I spent a little time last week in the National Library in Canberra copying some early ODI scores that they have (the Library obtained them from the MCC), including the original ODI in January 1971. There was a curiosity with that 1971 score. The original team names were given as "An Australian XI" v "M.C.C.". These names had been crossed out and replaced with "Australia" and "England". Next to these changes is a scrawled note which is a little difficult to read "(Title of match [revised, or request] by Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Cyril Hawker)" The match was scored by Geoffrey Saulez and R.W. Bright. There certainly was some confusion at the time as to the category of the match, and it certainly indicates that the idea of a "One Day International" came later. Initial newspaper reports of the match did not know quite what to call it; the odd phrase "knockout match" was used. Wisden mostly ignored the match, giving it just a two-line potted score and no match report. One-Day cricket was known in Australia at the time, having started in 1969-70. However, it might have been the first such game for some of the players. I had to look up who Sir Cyril Hawker was: he was President of the MCC at the time. Although he had played one f-c match, his main background was as a banker (Governor of the bank of England, in fact). ****** A Trumper Wagon Wheel I also found a wagon wheel of a major Trumper innings, his 166 in the final Test of 1907-08. I havent seen such a thing for a Trumper innings before. Most striking is the lack of runs through cover and around to third man. Trumper favoured the straight hit or scored on the leg side. I would think that what is called short leg includes longer hits to mid-wicket. Xx xx 17 September 2016 Few cricket fans imagine that they could be successful at Test cricket, but there are millions of people out there who see themselves as better at selecting Test teams than the people who have the job. The cutting below shows that this has been the case for many generations. It is from a Test in 1901/02 and mentions the heavy fire that faced selectors who had named Reggie Duff and Warwick Armstrong in the Australian team. But sometimes it is the selectors who get it right. Duff top-scored in both innings in what was his Test debut, while Armstrong scored 4* and 45. I came across this while trying to nail down the number of balls bowled by Monty Noble in taking his last five wickets in the first innings in that Test. The record for fewest balls bowled is 12 by Jacques Kallis, although that was against Bangladesh; in a proper Test match it is 13 balls by Jim Laker. This was probably matched by Noble, but I am still unable to come up with an exact figure. It could be as low as 12, or as high as 14. ***** No bowler spent more time bowling to the famed Three Ws than Jim Laker, whose encounters with the West Indies greats spanned almost a decade. The curious thing is that while Weekes and Worrell both tamed Lakers spin thoroughly, Walcott had nothing but trouble. Bat Bowl Inns Runs Wkt Avge R/100 b EdeC Weekes JC Laker 15 201 2 100.5 53.5 FMM Worrell JC Laker 13 218 0 218+ 32.3 CL Walcott JC Laker 19 236 11 21.5 44.3 The innings count is only those innings in which Laker actually bowled to the batsman. Laker at one stage dismissed Walcott in nine consecutive innings in which he bowled to him (there were one or two other innings in between where Walcott did not face Laker). This is the most for any head-to-head pair in the database. **** Most international runs in a 365-day period. Dates are 365 days ending, not calendar years. Combined totals for Tests, ODIs and T20is. Runs Matches 3172 29-Jan-2015 KC Sangakkara 52 3098 26-Apr-2006 RT Ponting 49 3076 13-Sep-2015 SPD Smith 41 3032 13-Nov-2015 KS Williamson 45 2991 28-Jul-2012 KC Sangakkara 56 2857 27-Feb-2004 RT Ponting 47 2855 3-Apr-2016 JE Root 42 2850 27-Nov-2006 Mohammad Yousuf 37 2830 16-Dec-2014 AD Mathews 57 **** A curiosity that I came across on the subject of long-distance cricket travel. Garfield Sobers played in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide that ended on 13 Feb 1962, but also played in a Test in Trinidad starting on 16 Feb 1962. In between, he made a 55-hour flight on three airlines, covering 12,600 miles and arriving in the middle of the night of the first morning of the Test. Without the time difference, he would not have made it. The final drive to the cricket ground was an additional two hours. From Adelaide, the West Indies is one of the most distant places to travel to by air. That is true to this day. Nowadays our overloaded players expect longer breaks than this between T20 games at the same ground. In the two matches, Sobers scored a combined total 293 runs and took 15 wickets. The guy was unbelievable. In the Shield match, he scored 2 and 251, and took 3/51 and 6/72. Everton Weekes was once selected to play for West Indies (Kingston 1948), after he was previously told he had been dropped, but word got to him so late that he couldn't make it to the ground on time, and actually saw play in progress from the air as he flew in. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25321.html http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Arc /Scorecards/ /25328.html 25 August 2016 The project to upload detailed scores of all Tests from the 1950s has been completed, and the database now covers all Tests from 1920 to early 1960. I hope to post more in the future, starting with pre-1920 Tests, but there is no schedule at the moment. **** A couple of new discoveries I visited Headingley more than a decade ago, and went through all their scorebooks, and copied all the Test matches that I could find. Time was limited, and unfortunately I failed to fully copy the 1912 and 1965 Tests. I was unable to find the 1957 Test and the 1952 Test in the time available. A problem was that most of the Tests were in scorebooks other than the year in question. This was because the main county scorebook travelled with the Yorkshire team, and Yorkshire played away while Headingley Test matches were on. Most Test scores that I found were either in a Second XI book or in a First XI book for a different year. There was no telling where a Test score would turn up, so I had to leaf through every page of every book to find them. Since then, the scorebooks have been donated to the West Yorkshire Archive Service. After a bit of correspondence with them, they searched the books again and found all the missing material. Well done! They have supplied me with copies, and I have re-scored them into digital form. The 1952 and 1957 Tests have now been posted in my Online Database. All Tests ever played at Headingley are now represented by scorebooks or ball-by-ball records, and have been re-scored. Going back to 1899, this is the longest and most complete record for any major Test match ground (although the 1902 match at Sheffield has unfortunately not been found). Lords goes back to 1921, and Sydney to 1910; in both cases earlier records exist, but there are gaps. Other major grounds have more recent gaps (Perth is complete, but only started in 1970). The most recent Test in England that has no scorebook is now The Oval 1951 (v South Africa). The other post-War Tests in England that are missing are The Oval 1946 and 1949, and Trent Bridge 1947. **** Culture Clash This is a bit of a departure, but I thought I would post a newspaper article unearthed by John Kobylecky, concerning an extraordinary incident during the M.C.C. tour of Pakistan in 1955-56. This tour, perhaps unfortunately, is not regarded as an official Test tour, although the major matches were very much regarded as Tests in Pakistan itself. The attitude of the M.C.C. to these matches is a strange contrast to the Tests in India of 1951-52, which have official status, even though that M.C.C. team was also far from representative. In any case, the article describes the mistreatment of one of the umpires, by English players including the captain, on the rest day of the 3rd Test in faraway Peshawar in January 1956. Although there was an attempt to excuse the behaviour as university-style ragging, it sounds awful. It best, gross cultural insensitivity, at worst, inexcusable assault. The incident was reported in The Times, but only in brief outline. Some readers may already be aware of it, but I had not heard about it before, so it might be new to others. EXCERPTS FROM FRONT PAGE ARTICLE ON 28 FEBRUARY HEADED: UMPIRE BEG ACCEPTS APOLOGY (full article embraces 9 columns). Umpire Idris Beg has accepted apologies offered by the MCC manager, Mr. Geoffrey Howard, on behalf of all persons concerned in last nights incident. Umpire Idris Beg was last night forcibly taken away in a tonga by some members of the MCC party, including Donald Carr (captain) and Sutcliffe (vice-captain), to their hotel where water was poured on him. During Mr. Begs efforts to escape from the MCC cricketers, he had his shoulder sprained. Mr. Howard issued the following statement after conferring with Mr. Beg. I have offered Mr. Idris Beg my apologies on behalf of all persons concerned which he has accepted in the best possible spirit. He has told me that he regards the matter as closed, and joins me in the hope that friendly relations between cricketers of both the sides will be continued throughout the remainder of the series. According to Mr. Beg the MCC party gagged him and dragged him in the tonga and while he was in the room of one of the MCC cricketers he was also dealt blows. The MCC camp, however, denied this, and it was said that only water was poured on Mr. Beg as part of a ragging. According to our correspondents version in continuation of yesterdays story, the MCC captain Carr and vice-captain Sutcliffe allegedly kidnapped umpire Idris Beg from his hotel and beat him up, dislocating one of his arms. Just past ten last night, it is stated, an eight-man party including Carr, Sutcliffe, Close, Richardson, Swetman and Stevenson all members of visiting team and two others, arrived at the Services Hotel in search of Idris. He was there standing outside on the lawn talking to a friend when, accosted by the invading party, he unsuspectingly obliged only to be allegedly gagged and hustled into a tonga and whisked away to the tourists hotel. With the gagged umpire in their custody, the MCC party and their two associates, described here as the official MCC scorer and an ex-British army officer, drove off to the Deans Hotel, where the visitors were staying. In room number 18 worse was in store for the unfortunate umpire, who had been the target of bitter British press comments. It is said once inside room number 18, Idris Beg was subjected to harsh handling. Whisky was, it is alleged, forced down his throat for the first time in this teetotallers life, water was thrown on his person, and he was given a thorough beating. Meanwhile, the news of the strange kidnapping spread like wildfire. Pakistans fast bowlers Khan Muhammad and Mahmood Husain dashed off to Idris Begs help and found the injured umpire lying on the veranda floor. He was picked up and brought back to his hotel. By now the entire Pakistan team, fast asleep after a historic days play, had been awakened, and at the dead of night, things began to happen. Pakistan captain Kardar and Cricket Control Board Secretary Cheema rushed to meet MCC Captain and Manager Geoffrey Howard. There was heated argument at this meeting, and it is believed the visitors captain Carr, offered to apologise, obliging by admitting that a mistake had been committed. A strange sort of press conference was summoned in the early hours of the morning at which no more than two correspondents were present Crawford White of the London News Chronicle and Omar Quershi, Radio Pakistan commentator. The visitors captain is stated to have told the press conference he realised that they (the MCC stalwarts) had done something wrong which would lower the prestige of the game and bring upon them the wrath of every sportsman. A message from Karachi adds: Group Captain Cheema, Secretary of the Pakistan Cricket Board, who flew into Karachi from Peshawar this afternoon, had a meeting with the Governor-General, Major-General Iskander Mirza, President of the Board, about the manhandling of umpire Idris Beg by the touring MCC cricketers. Group Captain Cheema told the APP tonight: I have placed all the facts before the President along with the written apology of MCC skipper Donald Carr. Major-General Iskander Mirza would decide what is to be done about it The Test Match, he said, would be played tomorrow, as scheduled. A message from London adds: No comment is being made by the MCC, London, until a full report of the incident involving Pakistani umpire Mr. Idris Beg and some MCC players has been received. Mr. S.C. Griffiths, Assistant Secretary of the MCC, confirmed today that a cable mentioning the matter had been sent to London by Mr. Geoffrey Howard, the MCC team Manager. The cable also stated that Mr. Howard was writing to the Lords. Until we receive this letter said Mr. Griffiths, we can say nothing at all. 11 August 2016 Its been reported in many places, but Peter Nevill and Steve OKeefe, assisted by Josh Hazlewood, smashed all previous records for scorelessness, by stringing together 154 balls without a run in the Kandy Test. While plenty of teams have been in ultra-defensive situations like this before, this was a unique combination of circumstances. There were no specialist batsmen so no attempt to farm the strike. One batsman was injured and so no running was attempted. I think that if there had been a runner for OKeefe, occasional runs would have been taken, so it is all due in part to the strange rule that disallows use of runners. Nevill faced 90 balls without scoring, just shy of the 95 by Bruce Mitchell in 1931. The number for Mitchell, unfortunately, is only an estimate; however, I would say that, at the low end, it is a fairly precise estimate, but the exact number is not known (could be a bit higher). It is quite unlikely that Mitchell faced 90 balls or less. However, Nevill batted 108 minutes without scoring, and that is without doubt the longest time without scoring in a Test innings. In the next Test, at Galle, Nevill was out first ball in the first innings and scored off his second ball when he batted again. This gave him a total of 92 consecutive balls without scoring. So Tony Locks record of 115 balls across multiple innings remains safe. OKeefe, for his part, has an open-ended sequence of 76 balls without scoring to continue. Hope he gets the chance. The Unusual Records entry has been updated. **** Here are the fourth-innings scores at each fall of wicket, closest to the target, by teams losing the Test match. Most of these records were set in the original Ashes Test of 1882, but Manchester 1902 and a couple of others also turn up 15/1 (70 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 68/2 (56 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 51/3 (34 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 53/4 (32 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 92/4 (32 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 66/5 (19 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 70/6 (15 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 70/7 (15 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 109/7 (15 runs: target 124) Eng v Aus, Manchester 1902 75/8 (10 runs: target 85) Eng v Aus, The Oval 1882 110/9 (7 runs: target 117) Aus v SAf, Sydney (SCG) 1993/94 184/10 (2 runs: target 186) Aus v WI, Adelaide 1992/93 The Tied Test in Brisbane would beat some of these if you want to include it 226/7 (7 runs: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 228/8 (5 runs: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 232/9 (1 run: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 232/10 (1 run: target 233) Aus v WI, Brisbane 1960/61 ****** I have been studying some old ODI scores, and have come up with some interesting material on Simon ODonnell, one of the more underrated ODI players. Bowlers taking wickets in five consecutive overs in an ODI (where known) SP O'Donnell v New Zealand, Christchurch 1990 Waqar Younis v England, Leeds 2001 SB Styris v West indies, Port of Spain, 2002 (two spells) GD McGrath v Namibia, Potchefstroom, 2003 Also in 1990, ODonnell played an innings of 74 off 29 balls in an ODI at Sharjah against Sri Lanka. At the time, his 50 off 18 balls was an ODI record. The innings, as recorded on the scoresheet, makes unusual reading 0,0,1,6,1,1,1,2,6,2,2,4,6,4,6,1,6,1,1,1,2,1,1,4,1,4,3,6,W ODonnell actually scored his 74 runs in the space of 26 balls, without a dot ball. In that innings, runs were scored off the bat by the Australians for 43 consecutive balls, with the exception of the ball that took ODonnells wicket. Only Sanath Jayasyuriya (76 off 28 in 1996, setting a new record with 50 off 17) and Brendon McCullum (using a super bat) have played higher innings off fewer balls than ODonnell. Against Zimbabwe in 2012, McCullum (119) scored off 30 consecutive balls faced, as did Ian Trott (112) against New Zealand in 2013. Neither scored as many runs as ODonnell without facing a dot ball, but Chris Gayle (215) equalled it with 74, scoring off 23 consecutive balls without a dot ball against Zimbabwe in last years World Cup. (For this analysis, sundries are considered dot balls.) ODonnell, incidentally, hit the longest six ever accurately recorded at the MCG. It was in a Sheffield Shield match in 1993, off the bowling of Greg Matthews. The shot reached the third level (out of four) of the Great Southern Stand. The location has been marked by a yellow-coloured seat that can even be seen on Google Earth. The distance is equivalent to 122 metres (unimpeded). 16 July 2016 Dropped Catches Report for 2015 I have collated a list of dropped catches in Tests in 2015 (specifically, April 2015 to January 2016, between pauses for World Cup and World T20). This extends my analysis of Cricinfo ball-by-ball texts that started in 2001. For a number of Tests, I backed up the analysis by also checking the texts archived by Cricbuzz. In general, this confirmed the searches of Cricinfo, but a few other missed chances were found. It is also apparent that some dropped catches are a matter of opinion, with the sources coming to conflicting conclusions where technical or half chances are concerned; also whether or not balls carried or missed the bat. The disputed or uncertain cases might amount to about five to ten per cent of missed chances. As such, most chances are clear-cut, but the totals are a little fuzzy, and should be interpreted with that caveat. In 45 Tests I found 281 missed chances (including stumpings but not run outs). Taking the successful catches and stumpings into account, the miss rate was 23.8%. Overall, there is a downward trend in this figure over the years, suggesting gradual improvement in catching. However, it is not quite as low as the 23.2% recorded in 2012. More surprising is the improvement apparent compared to the rate of 27.2% in 2014. Some of the changes can be seen in this summary table % Missed Chances in Tests While the incidence of dropped catches appears to be falling, the high figure for 2014 remains a bit odd. Part of this is due to Bangladesh playing more Tests in that year: Bangladesh drops a lot of catches and bumps up the average, but even with them, the rate was still elevated. For reasons unknown, Australia dropped more chances in 2014 than in the previous or following years. I have checked the results with some care, but it seems to be a real result. The team results for 2015 are as follows New Zealand 21% Sri Lanka 21% Bangladesh 22% Australia 22% South Africa 23% India 23% England 25% West Indies 28% Pakistan 28% I would disregard Bangladesh in this list, because they played only five Tests and took only 25 catches during the year, a very small sample size. Bangladesh had a drop rate of 34% in the previous year. The most striking result is Sri Lanka, whose catching has improved enormously in the last few years, from 34% dropped in 2013 and 29% in 2014 to 21% last year. I have looked through the Sri Lanka results carefully, using both Cricinfo and Cricbuzz, and the result seems to be genuine. Adam Voges 269* at Hobart appears to have been chanceless. The highest score in 2015 by a batsman dropped was 290 Ross Taylor at Perth, dropped on 137. The most expensive drop of the year was 165 runs for Steve Smith at Lords, dropped on 50 and went on to make 215. The only batsman dropped on 0 who went on to make a century was Joe Root, dropped second ball in his ashes-critical 134 at Cardiff. Zulfiqar Babar was the most unfortunate bowler in 2015, with 17 catches missed off his bowling. Azhar Ali dropped nine chances, mostly at the difficult short leg and silly point positions, five of them off Zulfiqar. The dropped catches report for 2014 is here. ***** Notes on the earliest international tours to use air transport The 1945-46 Australian team flew to New Zealand: "At dawn on 26 February 1946 the team flew from Sydney. The New Zealand Air Force provided a Catalina for the long flight across the Tasman Sea." They returned on the 8th of April, again with the NZ Air Force out of Auckland, but this time in a DC3. The flight over took eight hours (Catalinas flew at less than 200kph), and the flight back on the (somewhat faster) DC3 was eventful, with the plane turning back to New Zealand after a short time due to an oil pressure problem, but completing the flight successfully later on the same day. There is an odd aspect to this: regular commercial flights between Sydney and Auckland were available at the time, so why did the team fly on specially organised NZAF planes? At the time, an airline called T.E.A.L., the predecessor of Air New Zealand, had three flights a week on flying boats, and in fact had operated them even during the war. I wonder if it was at the insistence of the Australian Cricket Board, getting the New Zealanders to pay? The day they got back also happened to be the day that flights from Australia to Britain via Singapore resumed, using civilian versions of wartime bombers (Liberators and Lancasters). These were the first civilian planes to use the Changi airport that had been built by PoWs. Earlier post-War flights had taken a route via Colombo, which required a very long trans-ocean leg. The 1946 Indian team to England and the 1947/48 team to Australia both travelled by air. The latter had a rather long and harrowing flight, and decided that the return trip would be by sea. In 1947/48, Len Hutton flew out to the West Indies as a replacement player for the MCC. It took him 3 days to get from London to Georgetown. Information from the fascinating "Test Cricket Tours" website. Ashru Mishra reports that a Lancashire team flew from Cardiff to Southampton in 1935, on a privately organised flight. The last tour to travel by ship was the 1964 Ashes tour, although the sea leg was limited to Perth-Colombo. The team returned to Australia by air, playing Tests in Pakistan and India. (Thanks also to Ashru and Sreeram.) **** Here is an article of mine that was published in Cricket Monthly, on the subject of the longest sixes: http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1026113/the-longest-shot and heres an interview I did for Cricket Country, which was actually a written Q&A rather than spoken interview. http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/meet-charles-davis-who-found-those-4-runs-don-bradman-needed-464163 In both of the above, the headlines and photo captions were not written by me. Nor was the introductory blurb in the interview, which I do not necessarily agree with. The interviewer seemed to think that I had proved that Bradman had averaged 100, but I tried to hose that down in my comments. ****** Here are some figures for the highest percentage of a teams runs f-c cricket, based on batting position. Note that in practice many old scorecards do not really distinguish between #1 and #2 batsmen. (Scorers often write the names down before the ends are chosen.) Also, there is some doubt about batting orders in many very old games. For example, G Beldam is given 31* out of 63 batting at #11 in 1800, but I doubt if he really batted in that position. I think that some very old scorecards list batsmen in the order they were out, not the order they came in. Given the age of many of these records, the recent one by Glenn Maxwell is remarkable. He came to the crease at 9 (runs) for 6 (wickets) and scored 127 off 102 balls. Position 1 83.4% GM Turner 141* out of 169 Glamorgan v Worcestershire, Swansea 1977 2 78.3% J Noel 18 out of 23 Victoria v South Australia, Melbourne-EM 1882/83 3 71.5% FE Woolley 103* out of 144 Kent v Warwickshire, Folkestone 1931 4 81.6% G Snyman 230 out of 282 Kenya v Namibia, Sharjah 2007/08 5 78.0% HR Kingscote 32 out of 41 Kent v Surrey, Sevenoaks 1828 6 78.8% S Nazir Ali 52 out of 66 Yorkshire v Indians, Harrogate 1932 7 70.0% E Smith 70 out of 100 Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, Oxford 1891 8 68.3% GJ Maxwell 127 out of 186 New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney 2013/14 9 63.6% BL Cairns 110 out of 173 Wellington v Otago, Lower Hutt 1979/80 10 54.8% ACS Pigott 63 out of 115 Sussex v Nottinghamshire, Hove 1983 11 43.8% JW Martin 14 out of 32 Hampshire v Kent, Southampton 1952 The highest for a #12 batsman is 13 out of 44 by TC Elliot for Hampshire v All England in 1848. Note also WG in 1876 1 79.2% WG Grace 126 out of 159 United North of England v United South of England, Hull 1876 1 July 2016 Heres a list of the fastest batsmen to reach major Test milestones. Fastest in this context means fewest balls faced, not matches or innings or time. The Balls Faced in the table is the exact number when the milestone was reached, in mid-innings. For example, Southee passed one thousand runs during his 61st innings, and finished that innings with 1009 runs off 1180 balls. His one thousandth run came off his 1167th ball. Runs Fastest Balls Faced Innings batted 1,000 TG Southee 1167 61 2,000 AC Gilchrist 2482 41 3,000 AC Gilchrist 3609 63 4,000 AC Gilchrist 4896 94 5,000 AC Gilchrist 6098 122 6,000 V Sehwag 7566 123 7,000 V Sehwag 8589 134 8,000 V Sehwag 9753 160 9,000 GC Smith 15085 195 9,000 BC Lara 15095 177 10,000 BC Lara 16697 195 11,000 BC Lara 18252 213 12,000 RT Ponting 20175 247 13,000 RT Ponting 22020 275 14,000 SR Tendulkar 25811 279 15,000 SR Tendulkar 27830 300 The leader in each category is quite clear cut, except at 9,000 runs, where Graeme Smith and Brian Lara are extremely close. Tendulkar, of course, is alone in the last two categories. All these players are relatively recent. Although some data is missing for earlier players, none of them are contenders for a place in this table, so even with complete data this table would not change. Chances are though, that Gilbert Jessop (1899-1912) would be the faster than any modern batsman to 500 runs (about 450 balls), but Jessop never made it to 1000. ****** After a question on AskSteven, I became curious about the story that Bill Woodfull refused a knighthood offered to him for his contribution to cricket. Being of sceptical mind, I looked into it. The earliest published source for this seems to be Chris Hartes History of Australian Cricket (1993, p357). Hart says the offer came on the occasion of Woodfulls farewell match in November 1934. Harte even quotes (after a fashion) from a citation. However, there is no reference offered and no direction to any primary source. The story is also absent from all other older sources, including Pollards books, The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket and Robinsons much-admired On Top Down Under, which has a detailed chapter on Woodfull. Still sceptical, I borrowed a copy of a Woodfull biography by Alan Gregory, published recently (2011). However, Gregory does confirm the story, saying that he checked it with Woodfulls son and daughter, who had heard it from their mother. So perhaps we should accept that at face value. Yet it is still a stretch. Gregory also reports that John Dew attempted (energetically) to get confirmation from both Buckingham Palace and Government House (Melbourne, the supposed source of the offer), but none was forthcoming. There are therefore still no documents or primary evidence. Having done some family research in my time, I would certainly say that some stories that get circulated by word of mouth around families, and repeated decades later, are not necessarily true! (No disrespect intended). Others have a kernel of truth, but get exaggerated over the years. Casual chatter at an official function, perhaps? I still wonder about other factors. In 1934, no senior player, not even WG Grace, had ever been knighted for services to cricket; that fashion lay well into the future. There is another element to the story that Woodfull responded that he would have instead accepted a knighthood for his teaching and this also has an odd ring. He was just 37 at the time, he had spent a good part of his adult life playing cricket, and he was not a senior teacher yet; it also doesnt sound in character. Gregory mentions that no Australian teacher had ever received a knighthood at that time either; I think Woodfulls claimed statement sounds very unrealistic. Gregory added that he had asked Harte about the citation, but Harte could not recall his source. Refusing a knighthood would have been a big deal in 1934, especially from Woodfull, who was a great admirer of the Crown, and referred to England in his speeches as the Mother Country. I also think the offer would have been unlikely politically, coming so soon after Bodyline. Woodfull did have an outstanding teaching career after 1934, and did accept an OBE, for his contribution to teaching, in 1963, after his retirement. He died, on a golf course, in 1965. **** 12 May 2016 How Effective is the (Second) New Ball? Here are some statistics from the database concerning the effectiveness of the new ball in Tests. The data covers about 280 Tests from 2007 to 2015. There were 472 innings where the new ball was available. In only 44 was it not taken at all, whereas it was taken in the first five overs (overs 81-85) on 336 occasions. The longest innings without a new ball was 145 overs by West Indies against Australia (439/5) at Bridgetown in 2008; the latest taking of a new ball was 146.1 overs by India at Durban in 2013. There were only 25 cases of no new ball by the 100 over mark. In innings that lasted at least six overs after the new ball, I compared the number of wickets in the six overs after with the number in the six overs before. There were 405 such innings. I also looked at windows of plus or minus four overs and two overs. Window Wkts before New Ball Wkts after Ratio ± 36 balls 96 261 2.72 ± 24 balls 54 177 3.28 ± 12 balls 24 93 3.88 A Ratio of more than one indicates a benefit to taking the new ball. In the six overs before the new ball, there were wickets in only 87 innings, against 195 innings after the new ball. Overall, there were 2.72 times as many wickets in the six overs after the new ball than in the previous six overs, with even greater benefits with narrower windows. These numbers suggest that early taking of the new ball is very beneficial, but it would be unwise to read too much into this. The taking of the new ball is not a random event: captains usually choose to do so when wickets are not falling, and they sometimes use part-time bowlers in the overs just before the new ball. Indeed if you look at the minority of innings where wicket(s) fell in the six overs before a new ball was actually taken (87 cases) the number of wickets falling in the six overs after the new ball is rather reduced only 63 wickets. In these cases where bowlers are already taking wickets, the new ball has had no beneficial effect. I also looked at overs numbered 81-86 in all innings of sufficient length, and compared those with the new ball to those without. There were 347 innings with a new ball and 125 without (many of which took the new ball later on). In those without a new ball, the average was 0.68 wickets falling in the six overs, but in innings with a new ball it was only 0.67 wickets. This suggests no benefit to the new ball at all! However, it is not quite so simple, since a significant number of new balls are taken late in the 81-86 over window. If you restrict the comparison to those innings where the new ball was taken in the 81st over (218 innings), then the return rises to 0.78 wickets in six overs. There is some benefit evident here, but not as much as might be expected. Overall, I would say that captains do a competent job in choosing when to use the new ball. Mostly. However, the effects of the new ball are sometimes exaggerated, because captains are likely to call for it during a spell without wickets, and particularly by the choice of second-string bowlers just before it becomes available. **** Highest averages in a calendar year (Tests beginning in the year in question) DG Bradman 1932 402.0 (3 inns) JN Gillespie 2006 231.0 (3) CP Mead 1921 229.0 (2) H Sutcliffe 1931 226.0 (2) MS Sinclair 1999 214.0 (1) DG Bradman 1946 210.5 (2) Bradman also made a score of 167 in a Test in 1932, but the Test began in 1931. If the 167 is included in 1932, his average becomes 284.5. Add this one to the list of unlikely achievements of Jason Gillespie. Sreeram points out that since Sinclair played only one innings in 1999, that being his 214 on debut, he holds the record for highest average by any batsman in the 20th Century. **** Additions to the 1950s database will be suspended shortly. Holidays beckon. 3 March 2016 Bowlers taking last two available wickets in consecutive balls in a Test match; thus deprived of a chance for a hat-trick Wasim Akram 5 times SK Warne 3 LO Fleetwood-Smith 2 CA Walsh 2 More than 50 other bowlers have done it once. As far as I can tell, none of these bowlers took a wicket with his first ball of the next match, thus claiming a non-hat-trick, except for the special case of George Lohmann in 1895/96, who finished the first Test with a hat-trick, then took a wicket with his first ball of the second Tests, thus taking four in four. So it appears that these non-hat-tricks are extremely rare. Hardik Pandya of India recorded one in the past week, playing T20s against Pakistan and then Sri Lanka. Apart from Lohmann, there are no other similar cases at all in my database of Tests, ODIs and T20i. This data is, of course, not complete, but with about 75% of matches available (almost five thousand matches), it gives an idea of how rare this must be. When you think about it statistically, it is not surprising that hat-tricks or non-hat-tricks across multiple innings are rare. Within one innings, there could be hundreds of sets of three balls where hat-tricks are possible for each bowler, but across two innings, there are only two such sets. The final wicket(s) of such hat-tricks will also probably have to be a top-order or well-set batsman. It is a remarkable thing that two multi-innings hat-tricks occurred in the 1988/89 Test series in Australia: Merv Hughes and Courtney Walsh. Jermaine Lawson also had a two-innings hat-trick, in 2003. Waqar Younis took three wickets in four balls across two Tests against West Indies and Sri Lanka in 2002. In Ashes Tests, Jason Gillespie took five wickets in seven balls across two Tests against England that were 2 years apart, starting at Perth in 1998/99. He was dropped from the team between the two Tests, but also played against other countries during those two years. **** Here is some complete data placing Adam Voges record-breaking sequence of runs without dismissal in context. The RUNS section is covered in standard record lists, but the Balls Faced and Minutes Batted records are more complete than you might find elsewhere. Without Dismissal: Longest Sequences RUNS 614 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 497 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 490 GStA Sobers 365, 125 1958 489 MJ Clarke 259, 230 2012/13 479 KC Sangakkara 200, 222, 57 2007/08 473 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 456 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 453 BC Lara 400, 53 2004 427 DJ Cullinan 275, 152 1998/99 426 MA Taylor 334, 92 1998/99 Balls Faced 1051 S Chanderpaul 67, 101, 136, 58 2002 975 WR Hammond 119, 177 1928/29 930 (est) Hanif Mohammad 337 1958 911 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 879 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 853 L Hutton 364 1938 815 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 800 GStA Sobers 365, 125 1958 791 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 790 CA Pujara 206, 41, 135 2012/13 785 (est) BE Congdon 166, 82 1972 Minutes Batted 1523 S Chanderpaul 67, 101, 136, 58 2002 1241 JH Kallis 157, 42, 189, 68 2001/02 1224 SR Tendulkar 241, 60, 194, 2 2003/04 1145 RS Dravid 41, 200, 70, 162 2000/01 1115 S Chanderpaul 107, 77, 79, 50 2008 1106 AC Voges 269, 106, 239 2015/16 1074 S Chanderpaul 116, 136, 70 2007 1058 AN Cook 235, 148 2010/11 1031 S Chanderpaul 101, 128, 97, 45 2004 1023 N Hussain 70, 146, 15 1999/00 1015 CA Pujara 206, 41, 135 2012/13 1007 Shoaib Mohammad 203, 105 1990/91 I will post these lists in the Unusual Records section. ***** 1 Feb 2016 For a change of pace, I thought Id share what I have decided is one of my favourite cricket photos. It shows Lawrence Rowe being caught by Ian Chappell off Jeff Thomson at the MCG on Boxing Day 1975. Those familiar with Australian cricket photography will not be surprised to learn that it was taken by Patrick Eagar. The occasion was the morning of one of the first Boxing Day Tests. Some 85,000 people were present, and in those days the MCG stands were physically smaller than now. Such was the crush of spectators that large numbers were sitting even right behind the sight screen. As you can see, the photo is on the cover of a Bill Frindall book of scores from that time. While it is not a rare book, it is by no means common and so I hope that no one concerned will mind the reproduction. Unfortunately, my copy is worn by use, and so I have photoshopped out some scratches and abrasions. Why do I like it? Unlike most cricket photography, it presents a dramatic moment in a Test match much as a spectator experiences it, with a wider field of view than normally seen. Many modern telephoto shots, usually taken from the boundary at ground level, are so extreme that they sometimes struggle to get even the batsmans face and bat into the same frame. I like the elevated viewpoint and the composition. The participants are placed neatly, and all eyes are on the ball, directing the viewers attention to the main action. The power of Thomson is suggested by his position, still in mid-air even though the ball has reached the slip fielder. The catchers position is also dynamic, and shows perfect technique. The packed crowd looming at the top of frame increases the sense of drama. I also really like the lack of intrusive advertising (although I will admit to photoshopping out one small ad). I did not go to that match, but I did see, with my brother, the equivalent day in the Sydney Test. Even though we got into the ground more than an hour before the start, there were no seats left in the stands (tickets were not numbered or pre-sold) so we sat on the steps of the Sheridan stand, among 53,000 people; the SCG would never see such a crowd again. Jeff Thomson retired hurt three different batsmen that day; for atmosphere and drama, I have not been to a days cricket since that quite matched it. I believe that only fragments of video of these Tests have survived. **** An article on the most extreme Test performances of the last 50 years, combining batting and bowling performances on the same scale. This is an extended version of an article written for Cricket Monthly online. It should be stressed that my list is most extreme, in a statistical sense, rather than greatest. ****** Some notes on the question: in 1975, did Denis Amiss break the ODI record score before Glenn Turner? On 7 June 1975 the ODI record stood at 116 (David Lloyd in 1974). That day, Amiss scored 137 and Glenn Turner 171. Both opened the batting in World Cup matches, with simultaneous starting times, one at Lord's the other at Edgbaston. At lunch (1pm), Amiss was 98 in 35 overs and Turner 82 in 40 overs. Amiss reached 100 off 112 balls. None of the reports available say exactly what happened next, but it is very probable that Amiss would have reached 116 first. The partnership between Amiss and Fletcher was very fast in the latter stages and would have reached a crescendo going from 150 to 230 after lunch. Turner, however, also scored extremely quickly after lunch. Less certain is whether Amiss still held the record when he was out. Again there are no exact figures, but Amiss was out in the 51st over, while I calculate from the later falls of wicket that Turner was about 142 in 54 overs. However, the over rate was higher in Turner's case, so his 54 overs may well have preceded Amiss' 51 overs. Minutes batted data would be useful here but is lacking. Amiss, who had scored the first two ODI centuries in 1972 and 1973, before ceding the record to Lloyd, had probably retaken the record, but for less than half an hour, and perhaps only for the time equivalent of five or six overs. ***** Australia has selected a touring team to New Zealand with all six states represented. Using place of birth, all six states were last represented in a Test at Bangalore 2010. (Players born overseas were not counted.) MJ Clarke NSW SR Watson QLD MG Johnson QLD NM Hauritz QLD PR George SA RT Ponting TAS TD Paine TAS BW Hilfenhaus TAS MJ North VIC SM Katich WA MEK Hussey WA At the Oval in 2005 and various earlier Tests, there were players from all six states, plus the Northern Territory (Damien Martyn). There were all six plus ACT in some Tests when Michael Bevan was playing, including Karachi 1994. Martyn and Bevan never played together in Tests, and there are no cases with all eight states and territories. However, it has happened in ODIs, including a game in Cairns in 2003, and for good measure at that game there was also Andrew Symonds, born in the U.K. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/77/77630.html I don't have enough data to answer the question in terms of which teams the players were playing for at the time. **** Most runs in first-class cricket before first Test match. EH Bowley 21005 WG Grace 20748 RGA Headley 20173 AR Lewis 19318 SJ Cook 19233 PN Kirsten 18799 J Vine 17926 AP Wells 17183 RM Prideaux 16868 JH Parks 16352 CT Radley 15942 JM Brearley 15675 D Denton 15401 MEK Hussey 15313 Bowley was an opening batsman in the era of Hobbs and Sutcliffe. At the age of 39, he filled in for Hobbs in a couple of Tests against South Africa in 1929. Jimmy Cook is the father of Stephen Cook, who has just been selected for South Africa after scoring over 11,000 runs. Does not include players who played no Tests. Alan Jones (36000+ runs) represented England in matches against Rest of the World in 1970, but Test status for these matches was later withdrawn. Jones scored 17,774 runs before the first Rest of the World match. * Most Test runs in an Australian home season 2003/04 RT Ponting (6 Tests) 965 2003/04 ML Hayden (6) 952 2005/06 ML Hayden (7) 949 2005/06 RT Ponting (7) 944 1928/29 WR Hammond (5) 905 2012/13 MJ Clarke (6) 892 1952/53 RN Harvey (5) 834 2015/16 DA Warner (6) 818 1936/37 DG Bradman (5) 810 The off-season Tests in Cairns and Darwin are excluded, but the World XI Test in 2005/06 is included. In 2003/04, Ponting scored 1034 runs and Hayden 1013 if you include the off-season Tests against Bangladesh. 18 January, 2016 Winning All Out It has always been unusual for a team in an ODI to be bowled out inside the allotted overs and still win. (Yet these matches can be some of the best ODIs to watch). In the last few years the unusual has become decidedly rare. It is another sign of the increasing dominance of bat over ball that is distorting the game. Here is historical incidence of teams bowled out batting first which then went on to win. Games involving Test-ranked teams only. Duckworth/Lewis results excluded. Winning team all out Matches 1980s 23 516 4.5% 1990s 57 933 6.1% 2000-04 28 671 4.2% 2005-09 27 734 3.7% 2010-13 29 514 5.6% 2014-16 5 270 1.9% While there were fluctuations in the past, the most recent results show a sudden and significant fall-off. ****** Some questions from Ask Steven: In the 2nd ODI between NZL and SL, Sri Lanka spinner Jeffry Vandersay conceded 26 runs in his debut over. (3 sixes and 2 fours). No one has else has conceded 26 or more runs in an over on debut or during the first ODI in which they bowled. Matthew Hayden conceded 18 runs in his only over in ODIs, and I can't find anyone else since then who has conceded more in their first over. **** Dean Elgar and Stiaan Van Zyl were the last two South African bowlers when England was bowled out in the 2nd innings of the 1st test and then they opened the innings for Proteas. Is it a unique event in test cricket when both the opening bowlers were the last two bowlers to finish opponents innings? It's quite rare, when circumstances are exactly as described. At Chittagong in 2009, Imrul Kayes and Tamim Iqbal bowled the last two overs of an innings against Sri Lanka, and then opened the batting immediately afterwards. However they did not bowl the opposition out; there was a declaration. There are one or two similar cases in the last 20 years, where an innings ended in a declaration. There are one or two other occasions where a pair of opening batsmen bowled the last two overs of an innings, but these were last two overs of a drawn match. At Rawalpindi in 1994, Taylor and Slater bowled the last two overs in Pakistan's second innings and then opened. In this case, Pakistan was bowled out. I can't find any other cases in the last 30 years and 1200 Test matches. Slater, who took the last wicket in that innings, bowled only 4.1 overs in his whole Test career. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/59/59528.html **** Longest wait to complete an over in a Test: A couple of extreme cases were very recent. Against Bangladesh last year, Dale Steyn waited 4 days to finish an over. However, he never did finish it as the match was washed out. For bowlers who did eventually complete their over, Josh Hazlewood waited three days in the Sydney Test just a couple of weeks ago. Hazlewood's over was interrupted at about 1:40 pm, so he had to wait about 2 hours short of a full three days. Chris Martin also waited until the third day at Johannesburg in 2000, but his over was interrupted at 6:26 pm and restarted at 10:45. Tony MacGibbon waited 4 days, including a rest day, at Dunedin in 1955, but when play restarted, England declared, so he didn't complete the over. **** Reaching 100 and 200 in the same session CA Roach WI v Eng, Georgetown, Guyana 1930 DG BradmanAus v Ind, Adelaide Oval 1947/48 DCS ComptonEng v Pak, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1954 NJ Astle NZ v Eng, Christchurch 2001/02 MS DhoniInd v Aus, Chennai (Chepauk) 2012/13 BA Stokes SAf v Eng, Cape Town 2015/16 18 December, 2015 Re-writing some Slow-Moving Records Most of the records for slowest scoring Tests date from many years ago, with few recent additions. It seemed to be getting less and less likely that such records would be much added to, what with the modern game dominated by flat-track bullies using super bats on shrunken grounds. But then the South Africans came along with an innings of 143 in 143.1 overs at the Delhi FSK ground. The only real parallel was Indias 187 off 185 overs at Bridgetown in 1962. The details of the South African innings challenge and sometimes even surpass anything from olden times. Hashim Amlas 25 off 244 balls (10.25 R/100 b) and AB de Villiers 43 off 297 (14.48 R/100b) rival anything from earlier times. Here are some other slow innings in the same range, not on Cricinfo: 8.97Hanif Mohammad (20 off 223 balls) Lord's 1954 11.76 HL Collins (40 off 340) The Oval 1921 12.36 WH Scotton (34 off 275) The Oval 1886. Bizarre to think that de Villiers started off the year by hitting a century off 31 balls in an ODI, more than twenty times faster than his Delhi marathon. ****** Fewest runs by individuals in a complete session (minimum two hours, 24 overs) 4 (90 balls) MD Crowe (19), Colombo 1983 Day 5, Session 2 5 (78 balls) Arshad Khan (9), Colombo 2000, Day 3, Session 2 6 (113 balls) HM Amla (25), Delhi 2015, Day 4, Session 2 7 (124 balls) AC Bannerman (41), Melbourne 1892, Day 3, Session 2* 8 (~135 balls) B Mitchell (58), Brisbane 1931, Day 5 8 (93 balls) MC Cowdrey (27), Lords 1956, Day 4, Session 3 8 CPS Chauhan (79), Kanpur 1979, Day 1, Session 1 8 (99 balls) RC Russell (29), Johannesburg 1995, Day 5, Session 2 8 (49 balls) GA Gooch (84), The Oval 1988, Day 3, Session 1 possibly less than 2 hours, but about 45 overs were bowled. TE Bailey scored 8 in 121 minutes (135 balls) after lunch on Day 5, Leeds 1955. The match ended when he was out. WR Playle scored 2 runs off 110 balls before lunch, Day 5, Leeds 1958, batting for all but 2 balls of the session. PI Pocock scored 7 runs in a session of 31 overs but less than 2 hours, Georgetown 1968. SCJ Broad (6) scored just 2 runs in the first two hours of an extended session, Auckland 2013, Day 5 Session 3. He was out before the end of the session. Danny Morrison scored 7 runs off 68 balls in a session of about 2 hours but only 21 overs at Faisalabad 1990/91. The Chauhan case is certainly an odd and unexpected one in that the batsman finished with 79 off 162 balls, but his eight runs is the least in a complete opening session of a Test. Gooch was an extreme case of sustained strike deprivation, combined with a slow over rate; only 24 overs were bowled in the session. Chris Tavare scored 18 runs in two sessions (9+9) at Chennai in 1982. The sessions were 90 and 120 minutes. ****** Most balls faced in a partnership before first run (including extras) scored. The ball with the first run is not included. 62Amla and de Villiers, 3rd wicket, SAf v Ind, Delhi 2015 58Rabone and Poore, 6th wicket, NZ v SAf Durban 1953/54 58Hanif Mohammad and Waqar Hassan, 2nd wicket, Pak v Eng Lords 1954 53Edrich and Parkhouse, 5th wicket, Eng v WI Lords 1950 51Younis Khan and Azhar Ali, 2nd wicket, Pak v SL Sharjah 2011 This is very much a where known record. **** Most balls faced to reach double figures Batsman BF Hanif Mohammad 162 Pak v Eng, Lord's 1954 MD Crowe 156 NZ v SL, Colombo2 (SSC) 1983/84 DCS Compton 141 Eng v SAf, Johannesburg (Wanderers) 1956/57 WR Playle 141 NZ v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1958 Alim-ud-Din 137 Pak v Eng, Dhaka 1961/62 GM Turner 131 NZ v WI, Auckland 1968/69 H Moses c.130 Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1891/92 These are figures from the bbb database only (73% of Tests), and I have not hazarded any guesses for innings outside that set. Putting this together was occasioned by the discovery of the Turner innings, which included a stretch of 58 balls on a score of 6; the Auckland 1968/69 Test scoresheets were among a recent find from a recent research trip to New Zealand. Some of the other figures are uncertain, due to imprecise placement of byes and leg byes in the originals. The Moses figure is from an over-by-over analysis only. The innings by the dashing Compton is a surprise. Hashim Amlas recent effort fell short of this list, reaching 10 off 122 balls. **** I have added two new record categories to the Unusual Records files: slowest teams to reach 50 and 100. In the latter, the Delhi marathon beats all comers, with previous records being clustered around the funereal period of the fifties and early sixties. This is a difficult area to nail down definitively, because many extreme cases tend to come from an era that is poorly represented by detailed data. However, I have done as much checking as possible, and I think there would be few cases that escape notice completely. Estimates of some sort are possible in most cases where scorebooks or other exact data are not available. Here is a part of the tables **** Batsmen out twice in shortest space of time Mins Balls PW Sherwell 11 23 SAf v Aus, Sydney (SCG) 1910/11 FM Engineer 21 ? Ind v NZ, Mumbai (Brabourne) 1964/65 TM Dowlin 25 37 WI v Aus, Brisbane ('Gabba') 2009/10 DM Bravo 26 36 WI v Aus, Hobart 2015/16 J Iddon 28 51 Eng v WI, Kingston, Jamaica 1935 RF Surti 30 47 Ind v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1967 VT Trumper 34 64 Aus v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1902 Balls estimated for Engineer: 30-35. Times do not include change of innings or breaks in play. Dowlin and Surtis dismissals were in different sessions; Iddons and Trumpers were on different days, almost 24 hours later in Trumpers case, in a heavily rain-affected match. There are perhaps 50 or more cases of a batsman being out twice in the same session. However, with over rates slowing down in recent decades, it has become quite uncommon. Before Bravo, the last case was Salman Butt at Lords in 2010. Apart from Sherwell above, I know of only one case of two consecutive wickets falling in a Test, with the same batsman dismissed both times: that was Willie Watson at Adelaide in 1958/59. In Bravos case at Hobart, there was just one intervening wicket. 16 October 2015 I have updated the Hot 100 list, the fastest-scoring and slowest-scoring batsmen in Test cricket. I do this about once a year. It is a characteristic of most batsmen that their scoring rates change from year to year much less than their batting averages, so there has been only slow change in the rankings. The notable movers are Brendon McCullum, up eight places after a stellar year, and Shakib al Hasan of Bangladesh. Steve Smith (#59) and Mohammad Hafeez (#55) are also making strong moves, Smith rising more than 20 places. [Note that, due to a subtle error, Chris Gayle and a couple of others were left off last years list.] **** The list of batsmen reaching an ODI century off the last possible ball has been updated (19 August 2015). At Kanpur, AB de Villers became only the fifth confirmed case of achieving this with a six: Mohammad Yousuf (twice), Kevin Pietersen and Mahela Jayawardene Craig McMillan being the others. UPDATE UPDATE. Rajneesh Gupta adds the following: -Allan Lamb also reached his hundred off the last ball of innings (Eng v Aus, Nottingham, 1989) in a 55 over game. -Javed Miandad did so in a 43-over game (Pak v WI, Georgetown, 1988) -One more ball was bowled in Zimbabwean innings after Sikandar Raza reached his hundred off a no-ball. Raza lost the strike while taking the single to complete his hundred. -Ramiz Raja was out obstructing the field on 99 while going for the second run (which would have taken him to his 100) in a 44-over game (Pak v Eng, Karachi, 1987). **** I wrote some time ago that the first batsman to hit sixes off consecutive balls was Warwick Armstrong at the MCG in 1908. There is, however, an earlier example. JJ Lyons, at the Oval in 1893, hit five consecutive balls faced for four (two off Briggs and three off Lockwood. He was out next ball). The last two hits, although they only counted four at the time, cleared the boundary and would be regarded as sixes today. The first of these hits he drove straight to the roof of the pavilion, the ball bounding over. That was one mighty hit, perhaps exceeding 115 metres. **** Runner run out in Tests, where known (Batsman given out named, runner in brackets) NJ Contractor (Borde) 1958 Wazir Mohammad (Mathias)1959 JHB Waite (unk) 1965 EW Freeman (Sheahan) 1970 CJ McDermott (M Waugh) 1995 SR Waugh (Blewett) 1998 Steve Waugh was run out only four times in Tests, and it turns out that one of those involved his runner. Waughs partners were run out on 23 occasions. Batsman run out off a no ball, where known CE McLeod 1897 A Cotter 1911 EDAStJ McMorris 1960 JA Snow 1965 IR Redpath 1973 CEH Croft 1980 Shoaib Mohammad 1988 DC Boon 1989 DM Jones 1991 SK Warne 1993 SB Doull 1997 RD King 1999 DR Martyn 2003 AJ Hall 2004 TM Dilshan 2010 Harbhajan Singh 2010 SPD Smith 2014 MacLeod and Jones were run out after being bowled by the no ball, but left the crease not hearing the call, and thinking they were out. Macleod was nearly deaf, and his run out has to be described as just not cricket, old chap. ****** In his 245 in the Test at Abu Dhabi, Shoaib Malik made scoring shots for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. I have records of about 60 other cases, but there are probably a couple of dozen others not recorded. The smallest score to include all these shots is 39 by EA Brandes for Zimbabwe at Auckland in 1996. No one has added a 7 to the complete set, although Andrew Sandham scored both a five and a seven in his 325 in 1930. However, he hit no sixes. It even happens sometimes for one batsman off one particular bowler. At the Gabba in 2000, Brett Lee (62) scored 22 runs off Marlon Black, including one six, one five, one four, one three, one two and two singles (plus 18 dot balls). 10 September 2015 Here is some further data on the subject of the follow-on. I also looked at this subject on 17 February 2014 . It occurred to me that a primary factor behind the success of follow-on decisions by captains might be the amount of time left in the match, rather than the runs lead. So I looked at the outcomes of matches where a follow-on was available, in terms of the stage of the match where the follow-on decision was made. The data in the table covers matches since 1995; Tests involving Bangladesh or Zimbabwe, which have inevitable results, have been excluded. Win % in follow-on situations, according to session of play Day Session FO: Times Enforced Enforced Win % FO: Not Enforced Not Enforced Win % 2 2 1 100% 2 100% 2 3 5 100% 3 100% 3 1 10 90% 5 100% 3 2 9 78% 11 100% 3 3 23 70% 17 82% 4 1 8 75% 2 50% 4 2 5 60% 2 0% 4 3 2 50% 1 0% Not surprisingly, the more time is available, the higher the likelihood of winning the match. Leading by over 200 with more than 3 days to play just about guarantees a win, regardless of the decision. However, there are some interesting differences in the outcomes on the third and fourth days. Enforcing the follow-on: with each successive session, from the beginning of the third day, the Win % declines. The decline is gradual, and enforcing the follow-on on the fourth day still has good positive outcomes. Not enforcing the follow-on: there are excellent outcomes on the third day, but the success rate plummets on day four. Bottom line: do not enforce when time is available on the third day, but enforce the follow-on when time is short (day four). Given that follow-on situations arise more frequently on the third day, it is better in general NOT to enforce the follow-on. Teams not enforcing have a 100% record if the decision comes up before tea on the third day. This is quite remarkable when you think about it; at the very least you would expect the occasional such Test to be washed out, but no trailing team in the last 20 years has managed to recover from this, if asked to bowl again. There is some surprise in this data, in that it runs counter to the observation that it is easier to win a Test by wickets than runs if time is an issue, because you only need to score one extra run for a wickets win. The tiring of a bowling attack when the follow-on is enforced seems to be a very important factor. ***** Shane Watson has retired from Tests after a successful if oddly unsatisfying career. One aspect of his play that has received negative comment are claims that Watson overused the DRS system, and asked for too many improbable reviews of LBW decisions. This is something that can be checked with stats. There have now been more than 150 Tests that used the DRS system. In those Tests, on-field umpires have made 781 lbw decisions (initially) against batsmen. Batsmen have challenged those lbw decisions a remarkable 459 times, 59% of the time. For top order batsmen, the percentage is even higher, about 65%. Decisions were overturned in the batsmans favour 126 times, representing 27.5% of the reviews (about 29% for top-order batsmen). So how does Watson compare to other batsmen? He was given out lbw (initially, on-field) 15 times, which places him third after Alistair Cook (19) and Brendon McCullum (16). Watson challenged eleven of those decisions, so his percentage of 73% is indeed higher than the typical top order batsman. In two out of the eleven challenges, the decision was overturned, or 18%, which is rather lower than the 29% of other similar batsmen. The sample size getting quite small here, so dont read too much into those last figures. Nevertheless, this is evidence that Watson did overuse the system, but not radically so. I would say that the data does not strongly support the complaint, given that half of all batsmen will, by definition, have more than average number of challenges, so Watson has plenty of company. One other factor is that Watson was more prone to lbw than most other batsmen, so the review situation arose more often, and so attracted more notice. Watson was also subjected to lbw reviews by bowling teams more often than any other batsman: 17 times, ahead of Ian Trott on 16. Only two of these resulted in overturns, and Watsons dismissal. Watson has not been the leading challenger of decisions: Misbah-ul-Haq has challenged 13 out of 14 decisions against him, with three overturns. Curiously, Alistair Cook has challenged only seven out of 19 lbw decisions against him, with two overturns. *** Top Order Batsmen Making their Maiden First-Class Century in a Test match. It has happened occasionally with Zimbabwe players like GW Flower, BRM Taylor and AG Cremer, and some Bangladeshis. But in the last 30 years I daresay the most prominent player who meets the criteria is (believe it or not) Kumar Sangakkara. Sangakkara's maiden first-class century came in his 10th Test match; it was his 50th first-class match and 76th innings. Remarkable. He played 103 innings before making a first-class century that was not in a Test match, and 140 innings before doing so in Sri Lanka. Perhaps 20 players from the last 30 years also fit. Most of them ore not particularly prominent, but Salman Butt had a highest score of 60 and only one fc half-century (average 13.7) when he opened for Pakistan v Bangladesh in 2003. David Warner, of course, played for Australia before he played first-class cricket, but that was in T20. He had a few fc centuries by the time he played Tests. 19 August 2015 Here are a couple of recent published articles. From the excellent Between Wickets journal, Winter 2015. Cricket Fatalities Some shocking historical statistics on the number of people killed playing cricket. This is a subject covered previously in the blog, with some extra information. Jackschon, Fergie and the Genesis of Advanced Cricket Scoring. The story of the pioneers of advanced scoring techniques, which are so ubiquitous in the modern game. (edited version). ****** If You Thought You had Never Seen Such a Collapse You were right. Australias loss of five wickets in the first 4.1 overs of the Trent Bridge Test was unprecedented, not only on the first morning of a Test match, but in any Test innings. The 25 balls bowled beat the old mark of 28 balls by India (6 runs, 5 wickets) at The Oval in 1952. Even Bangladeshs worst 29 balls at Harare in 2004 was no match. Earliest Fall of Wickets in Test Innings Wkt Ovs Balls Bowled FoW Batting Team 2 0.3 3 2 India (66) Ind v SAf, Durban (Kingsmead) 1996/97 3 0.6 6 0 Pakistan (245) Pak v Ind, Karachi (National) 2005/06 4 2.2 14 0 India (165) Ind v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1952 5 4.1 25 21 Australia (60) Aus v Eng, Trent Bridge 2015 6 7.3* 31 7 Australia (70) Aus v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1888 7 8.5 55 23 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 8 9.4 60 24 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 9 11.4 70 21 Australia (47) Aus v SAf, Cape Town 2011/12 10 12.2 77 30 South Africa (30) SAf v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1924 * 4-ball overs Australia was all out before lunch for 60, with just 39 runs coming off the bat. Those 39 runs represents the worst showing by Australias batsmen since 1902, bowled out for 36 (33 off the bat) on an unplayable pitch at Edgbaston. Stuart Broad (8 for 15) made a mess of all previous records for bowling on the first morning of a Test. I have updated various sections of the Unusual Records that were affected by this assault. Note that most of the other entries of this type involved at least some tail-end batsmen. The most astonishing aspect of Broads demolition is that it involved so many top order batsmen. Incidentally, Englands declaration before lunch on the second day is unprecedented for a team batting second, with the exception of one Zimbabwe Test. ******** Reaching 100 on the last possible ball of a (full length) ODI innings (UPDATED) DI Gower Australia v England, Melbourne (MCG) 1979 WJ Cronje Australia v South Africa, Peshawar (Arbab Niaz) 1994 CL Hooper England v West Indies, Sharjah 1997 Mohammad Yousuf India v Pakistan, Dhaka 2000* CD McMillan New Zealand v Pakistan, Christchurch 2001* DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka v England, Colombo (Khettarama) 2001 Mohammad Yousuf Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare 2002* RR Sarwan Bangladesh v West Indies, Dhaka 2002n DR Martyn Australia v England, Hobart (Bellerive) 2003 KC Sangakkara Kenya v Sri Lanka, Sharjah 2003 VVS Laxman Australia v India, Brisbane ('Gabba') 2004 KP Pietersen South Africa v England, East London 2005* SR Tendulkar India v West Indies, Vadodara 2007 KS Williamson Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Bulawayo (Queen's) 2011 DM Bravo West Indies v Zimbabwe, Grenada 2013 Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Harare 2015 AB de Villiers (104) South Africa v India, Kanpur 2015* reached century with a six. There are possibly one or two others in early ODIs that have been overlooked, but unlikely. Pietersen is the only one to do it in the second innings; not surprisingly, he hit the winning runs with the same ball. McMillan and Williamson benefited from a second crack at the last ball because the bowler bowled a no ball. Sreeram has mentioned Ravi Shastri reaching 100 on the last ball against Sri Lanka, Nagpur 1990/91, in a reduced overs game (45 overs). At Wellington in 2001/02 (NZ v Bangladesh), play on the fourth day did not end until 8:06 pm local time. This is the latest stumps time that I have recorded for a Test match day. Play had been washed out on the previous day, and did not start until 1:00 pm on the day in question. Even so, 88 overs were bowled in the day. There was a period in the late 90 and early 2000s when day lengths were very flexible when making up lost time, and days could run up to 7.5 hours play or even more. Eventually (by 2005) this was limited to a maximum 7 hours or 6.5 hours, if no time had been lost with maximum 30 minutes extension at start and finish in most countries. I think that play in England never starts early, but can extend 60 minutes at the end of the day to make up lost time. There have been a couple of other days in New Zealand where time was called at or just after 8pm. ***** The most balls bowled between wickets by an individual bowler in Tests is 952 balls by Maurice Tate spread over two series in 1929. A Queensland medium pacer named Alfred Ryan went wicketless for more than 1112 balls in fc cricket in 1936. Can't say the exact number, or if it is the record, but it seems to be the only case of more than a thousand if you just look at complete innings. **** A search for most boundaries conceded in a Test produced an interesting result. Brett Lee conceded 44 boundaries at the SCG in 2003/04. Next highest is 42 by Jason Krezja on debut at Nagpur, John Gleeson at Port Elizabeth in 1970, and Tim Southee at Lord's just last May. Lee also has most in an innings with 35, equal with Bill O'Reilly at Old Trafford in 1934. There are some other possible candidates for which there is no data, but most of the 'most likely' cases have been covered. That includes cases like OC Scott in 1930, Fleetwood-Smith in 1938, and Fazal Mahmood & Khan Mohammad in 1958, all of whom conceded fewer boundaries than the above. Sri Lankas 952 in 1997 is also covered. 9 July 2015 I have been away for a few weeks, including a brief visit to England to visit family. I have posted a picture I took of a cricket match, which shows cricket as it is perhaps meant to be. A lovely setting and village green atmosphere. The bowler is my brother, still bowling fast(ish) at age 55. At mid-off is his son, also a quickish bowler. The match was at Wells, Somerset. One modern aspect: it was a Twenty20 game that started at 6:30 pm and still finished before sunset. You cant do that everywhere. ****** The Longest Overs I have compiled a list of the longest single overs in the database, those with more than 10 deliveries. It is restricted to six-ball overs; there are quite a number of eight-ball overs that qualify, but I have excluded those. None of those eight-ball overs had more than 12 deliveries. Most Deliveries in a Six-Ball Over, where known Deliveries 15 CEL Ambrose WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1996/97 13 GOB Allen Eng v Aus, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1934 13 J Garner WI v Aus, Melbourne (MCG) 1984/85 12 DK Lillee Aus v Ind, Melbourne (MCG) 1980/81 12 GR Dilley Eng v Pak, Faisalabad 1983/84 12 J Garner WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1984/85 12 CEL Ambrose WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1996/97 11 JT Sparling NZ v Eng, Auckland 1962/63 11 CC Griffith WI v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1966 11 Javed Miandad Pak v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1978 11 RGD Willis Eng v Aus, Brisbane ('Gabba') 1982/83 11 PIC Thompson WI v NZ, Bridgetown, Barbados 1996 The two appearances by Ambrose occurred in the same innings. The Sparling over was all legal deliveries, and was thanks to a severe miscount by the umpire. Most of these overs are concentrated in the time after the front-foot no ball rule, but before the decline in no ball counting in this century (partly because some umpires dont seem to bother much with watching for no balls any more). Still, it is surprising that no cases since 1997 can be found. I have not included the two double overs known in Test cricket (Armstrong in 1921 and Moir in 1950/51), where a bowler was mistakenly allowed to bowl two consecutive overs before and after a break. There are a number of other cases where a bowler bowled a full over to end an innings and then bowled the first over when a follow-on was enforced. Merv Hughes did this twice. Technically, the most consecutive balls bowled by the same bowler in Tests was 17 by Ray Lindwall in 1946/47. He finished one Test (the third in Melbourne) with a nine-delivery over (eight balls plus one no ball) and sta
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1408	dbpedia	3	48	https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1073633/the-big-argument-before-the-big-bash	en	The big argument before the Big Bash	https://p.imgci.com/db/P…56600/256606.jpg	https://p.imgci.com/db/P…56600/256606.jpg	[ "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/issues_menu_icon.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/issues_menu_icon.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/shot_story_close_v1.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/tcm_updated.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/tcm_twitter.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/tcm_facebook.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/tcm_gplus.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/256600/256606.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/230400/230495.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/231000/231021.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/158500/158576.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/234400/234419.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/256900/256901.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/133000/133060.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/224600/224643.3.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_top_bdr.png", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/quote_btm_bdr.png", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/296000/296067.5.jpg", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/269300/269303.2.jpg", "https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/230200/230283.4.jpg", "https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/cricket_monthly/espncricinfo_logo.png", "http://b.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=3000005&c3=dictionary_value1&c4=dictionary_value2&c5=03&c6=dictionary_value3&c10=5-8&cv=2.0&cj=1" ]	[]	[]	[ "Feature", "Daniel Brettig", "cricket magazine", "cricket features", "photo feature", "interviews", "ESPN", "Cricinfo" ]	null	[]	2017-01-02T06:06:40+00:00	The inside story of how the BBL very nearly wasn't an all-Australian product	en	https://i.imgci.com/espn…thly/favicon.png	Cricinfo	https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1073633/the-big-argument-before-the-big-bash	There's always free cheese in a mousetrap. Dan Christian recently described his incredulity at watching his own price shoot up and up at the IPL auction in 2011. "It got to US$400,000, then it stopped for a minute," he told Gideon Haigh in an interview for the Australian. "Then it came back at $800,000 [he was ultimately sold for $900,000]. It was literally like winning the lottery." For cricket's governors, a similar moment had arrived three years earlier. On January 24, 2008, a gleaming Lalit Modi unveiled the inaugural owners of eight IPL franchises, all of whom had paid enormous sums to the league and, by extension, the BCCI. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries parted with $111.9 million for Mumbai Indians, United Breweries and Vijay Mallya stumped up $111.6 million for Royal Challengers Bangalore; at the low end of the scale, Shah Rukh Khan and Red Chillies Entertainment paid $75 million for Kolkata Knight Riders, and a conglomerate picked up Rajasthan Royals for $67 million. India Cements, of which then BCCI secretary N Srinivasan was managing director, paid $91 million for Chennai Super Kings. Not that Modi seemed to mind. "Mr Srinivasan is just a stakeholder there, he is not the owner. So there is no conflict of interests." Overall, the eight teams fetched $723.59 million. Allied to a television rights deal worth nearly $1 billion, it appeared the BCCI had conjured up billionaire status out of little more than a wave of Modi's handkerchief. In 2010 the Australian system was cracking, and the BBL privatisation debate showed how badly For state administrators in Australia used to subsisting on Cricket Australia dividends, these figures were enough to cause coffee cups to drop, like Chazz Palminteri's had in that lightbulb moment in The Usual Suspects. Unlike Palminteri's agent Dave Kujan, the likes of Western Australia (WACA) chairman David Williams, New South Wales (NSW) chairman Harry Harinath, and Victoria's Geoff Tamblyn were not about to let the opportunity for private investment get away. ** Australian sport has long endured a fraught relationship with private ownership. In the 2000s, Nathan Tinkler, Clive Palmer, Don Matheson and Eddy Groves flew high briefly as sugar daddies of rugby, football and basketball clubs, before crashing ignominiously and leaving the leagues' administrators to sort out the mess. Two decades before, Christopher Skase and Geoffrey Edelsten had done more or less the same for Australian Rules Football clubs, albeit even more spectacularly. Despite these precedents, by 2010 there remained sufficient fervour for private investment in Australian T20 cricket (then played between the six state-based teams). It had grown in strength, egged on in particular by Neil Maxwell, the former NSW seamer, player manager and first chief executive of Kings XI Punjab. Maxwell had initially opposed the idea of T20 franchises in Australia, arguing in 2008 that the market could not sustain it. But by 2010 he was in the ears of numerous state associations, promising capital injections of between A$30 million and $50 million for the partial sale of teams to private investors. The change of heart was largely down to the Indian market, where many IPL teams were looking to expand their cricket and commercial footprints beyond the IPL season itself. At one point, the Daily Telegraph quoted an "unnamed NSW official" in an article deifying Maxwell and the numbers he was reporting back to from India. "How could we ignore that sort of money?" the official said. "It's not as if there's a bottomless pit at Cricket Australia. They're hardly flush with funds. At state level we have to think about our own grass roots because we're in serious competition with all the other sports." This year's BBL is expected to be the tipping point where overall income outstrips cost © Cricket Australia WACA's David Williams, a commercial lawyer who had been instrumental in staging the first T20 fixture in Australia, between WA and Victoria at a sold-out WACA in 2004-05, was a similarly bolshie advocate. In his association's 2009-10 annual report, he wrote: "It is essential that we continue to generate significant funds to serve the needs of game development […] We need to ensure in a successful development that we have new and improved facilities for Members and a significant war chest so that we are not at the mercy of downturns in the fortunes of Cricket Australia and state revenue distributions." By the time a broad cross section of custodians, from the CA board to mid-level staffers from each state, assembled for the Australian Cricket Conference (ACC) in August 2010, there was not a state association that had not flirted with private investment in a city-based T20 team. In the case of NSW and Victoria, multiple suitors were lining up. "We had to work out what these offers really meant," recalled Mike McKenna, then CA's head of commercial. "The numbers being discussed around the states sounded exciting but we didn't really know what the terms were, and it turned out no one did. There was a feeling that these were altruistic investors who just wanted to be involved in cricket and would put tens of millions of dollars into acquiring less than 50% just to get closer to the game. "There were people in the room who had a responsibility to vote on behalf of CA and Australian cricket, but at the same time were also pursuing opportunities as members of state boards. There were clear conflicts there and management were the ones who were truly independent" "That defied logic, and we didn't think it was credible. It sounds naive now, and at the time people hadn't really worked out what people were investing in the IPL for… they thought it was corporations and individuals who just loved the game." As these delusions grew, CA's management put together a plan for a city-based Big Bash League (BBL) with eight teams, marketed aggressively towards children and women. McKenna, along with head of strategy, Andrew Jones, head of legal, Dean Kino, and the chief executive, James Sutherland, had clear ideas about the BBL and private investment was some way down their list. Principally, the competition was geared at reversing troubling figures for children, who were deserting the game, and also at generating a second television property for CA. To that end, the cultural commentator, academic and cricket lover Waleed Aly had been asked to address CA's board in 2010. "Cricket needs to ensure that Australians of all nationalities, cultures and backgrounds can see themselves reflected in the game," he told them. "If our fellow countrymen can't see that reflection, cricket can't lay a claim to being a sport for all Australians. And if we don't, cricket will lose its treasured place in the national imagination - and the magnificent history, tradition and culture of Australian cricket will have no meaning to our grandchildren and their children." In short, a new T20 competition could better reflect Australian diversity. "The strategy behind that was to bring new people to the game, and that's still the strategy today," Sutherland said. "There was a strong concern that the strategy would be compromised as soon as you had private investors somehow involved in the competition… who want something different from it." Attracting new demographic groups - not least children - to the sport was a key aim for CA; not one that private investors would share, it was felt © Getty Images Even so, the ACC concluded with the board's decision to push forward the BBL's launch to the summer of 2011-12, two years before the expiry of the existing television deal with Fox Sports. The necessity to move fast had been generated largely out of CA management, but board directors still representing their states won a sort of quid pro quo in line with their own desires for capital - the notion of private investment was to be explored. The float was on. Cricket boards dictate policy and strategy, management acts upon it. But in 2010, the Australian system was cracking, and the privatisation debate showed how badly. Jones, McKenna and Sutherland, in particular, were convinced that private investment in the BBL was a bad idea. Yet duty bound them to pursue the concept at the behest of directors who were thinking about their states' bank balances as much as Australian cricket. "It was a frustrating time," Sutherland said, "but in hindsight it was where we saw the worst of the potential conflicts that could arise inside the boardroom. In many ways it gave extra oxygen to the prospect of an independent board. "It highlighted there were people in the room who had a responsibility to vote on behalf of CA and Australian cricket, but at the same time were also pursuing opportunities as members and even chairmen of state boards. I'm not saying anyone was managing that inappropriately, except there were clear conflicts there and management were the ones who were truly independent." "There was a feeling that these were altruistic investors who just wanted to be involved in cricket and would put tens of millions of dollars into acquiring less than 50% just to get closer to the game. That defied logic, and we didn't think it was credible" It did not take long for management to push back, led most stridently by Jones. In September 2010, not long after the ACC, he put together a memo entitled "There's Always Free Cheese In A Mousetrap". In it, he went through the pros and cons of privatisation, arguing that there was no need to sell off BBL clubs in perpetuity. In his eyes, the pre-conditions for private investment were a lack of start-up capital (which CA and states already had in comfortable quantities), a belief that investors would overpay out of the goodness of their hearts (which the proposals did not suggest), or a desire to bring outside expertise to the game (which the IPL had done for the BCCI, but CA had done years earlier, after World Series Cricket). Equally, Jones had always questioned the numbers thrown around the IPL's launch. The much-trumpeted figure of US$2 billion, cobbled together from franchise ownership fees, television rights and commercial sponsorships, was largely smoke and mirrors. "The model the investors had in mind was the IPL model, and it always annoyed me how this is portrayed. The IPL/BCCI hadn't made anywhere near as much money as it appeared. They'd simply capitalised the future value of half the TV rights and folded in other revenue-sharing or sponsorship. The life of those payments were spread over ten years - the clubs were paying their license fees as they got their TV-rights revenue, so they were really being financed by the BCCI/TV rights holders. It was taking from one hand to another. The BBL attracted potential investors from India, many of whom were involved in the IPL, but their objectives did not align with CA's requirements © AFP "The push from the state associations who were interested was to give teams half the TV rights and then sell the teams with their share of the TV rights embedded. I thought that was a crazy thing to do. Also the argument was, 'We can raise all this money.' You're not actually raising all this money, you're simply capitalising future value, like selling your house now for cash while sacrificing what future value it will gain." State associations also seemed motivated as much by scepticism as faith in the money the BBL could earn. "There were people who… thought [the BBL] was a flash in the pan and it wouldn't turn a profit," McKenna recalled. "It was not unreasonable in their minds if someone was going to offer them A$30 million over a period of time, just take it. It's not real cricket, it'll fail, and we'll get some money and be happier for it. "Having done the research and the background we were very confident it would work. We didn't think it was worth giving away, even on reasonable terms, half of your team's profits in perpetuity, in exchange for a reasonably small sum of money - A$30 million with a $7 million upfront payment and a few years of $5 million and that was it." Always skilled at forging a middle path, Sutherland elected to engage an outside agent to pursue the concept: Credit Suisse and its head of investment banking, John Knox (who now sits on the NSW board). "I was saying to James this is really, really dumb, so we need to stop this," Jones said. "He did enough to go down the middle and say, 'It's probably not the best idea but we've got to go through the process.'" Some paralleled the BBL with another CA flight of fancy that crashed soon after take-off - the concept of split-innings limited-overs matches As part of that, some ground rules were outlined - potential owners were allowed a minority stake up to 49%, their terms limited to ten years, and no sharing of TV revenue. Effectively, management had put together a package highly favourable to CA. If investors were as generous as some state associations claimed, they would still go for it. "The offers seemed too good to be true, so the logical extension was: let's offer terms that are too good to be true for cricket and see what would-be investors say," Jones said. "It was a very difficult professional situation to be in because I felt it was a terrible idea, but I was put in charge from a CA point of view to run it in good faith. I was very open about saying it was a bad idea but said, 'I will do my best.'" For no one was the conflict more vexing than for Jack Clarke, then CA chairman, and his deputy, Wally Edwards, also a director at WACA. As a member of the SACA board, Clarke was aware of the association's debts from the Adelaide Oval's redevelopment, and cash upfront from private investment seemed attractive. Equally, Edwards was thrust into conflict with Williams, the WACA chairman, and the president - one Dennis Lillee - over the possibility of selling a percentage of the nascent Perth Scorchers. As CA office bearers, Clarke and Edwards spent more time with management, and came to favour their ideas. At one point in the 2010-11 summer Edwards was so far in disagreement with Williams and Lillee that legal advice was sought on how WACA could axe Edwards from the CA board. In his place would be installed a director in favour of private investment. Should market forces ultimately prevail, the BBL remains an asset that can grow and change shape © Getty Images As a WACA board director since 1987 and a CA delegate since 1996, Edwards had survived his fair share of political scraps. "There was significant tension and they made a concerted effort to get rid of Wally," one former CA official said. "Thank goodness for Australian cricket that Wally is a cagey old bugger, and he demonstrated that…. Thank goodness Wally was too smart for those guys and he continued to be an influential part of the BBL privatisation debate and the wider governance debate." Sutherland was grateful that Edwards emerged on the other side still a CA director, in line to replace Clarke as chairman in October 2011. "My sense was that David Williams and Wally saw things a different way," Sutherland said. "I'm not sure the WA board saw it too much differently to Wally, but ultimately Wally stayed in that role as one of the two WA nominees on the board and went on to the independent board as well. "But there were definitely flash points, strong differences of opinion, and to be fair both Wally and Jack Clarke were very strong in their positions and not necessarily aligned with the respective chairmen of their state boards. They had the benefit of having a more national view." A significant voice in shaping the debate was Don Argus, the former BHP Billiton chairman who in mid-2011 was engaged by CA to run its team performance review. While Jones and others had repeatedly pushed their views, Argus, while providing an update on the progress of the review, was particularly resonant. How forceful could he be? His nickname in corporate circles is instructive: Don't Argue. "Cricket needs to ensure that Australians of all nationalities, cultures and backgrounds can see themselves reflected in the game" "Don's views were pretty clear," Sutherland said. "He saw the potential for conflict of allowing private investors in. He even drew the analogy of owning a mine and allowing someone else to come in and share the royalties and doing that in perpetuity. He had a genuine view that T20 was an opportunity that you didn't want to share with anyone else. Argus' intervention was useful when Sutherland and Kino engaged in heated discussions with board members over the private investment terms put to market. Their aim was to reach a point where the terms would remain favourable to Australian cricket and surrender a minimum amount of control in return for capital. Privately, they hoped those terms dissuaded more potential investors than they attracted. By May 2011, Credit Suisse had put together its prospectus and CA was ready to go to market for investors in two teams, in Sydney and Melbourne. In putting word out, Sutherland described private ownership as "the dance floor". The sales delegation that travelled to India soon afterwards would find it more a nightclub than a ballroom. Four representatives of Australian cricket - Jones, McKenna, Harinath and Tamblyn - flew out for four days of meetings with potential suitors in Delhi and Mumbai, at Credit Suisse offices. Perhaps surprisingly, given their divergent views, the trip was a cordial one. Andrew Jones, CA's former head of strategy: "The argument was 'We can raise all this money.' You're not actually raising all this money, you're simply capitalising future value, like selling your house now for cash while sacrificing what future value it will gain" © Getty Images They met between five and nine potential investors, most of whom were either involved in the IPL or had missed out on franchises. They were almost all, according to McKenna, credible organisations. "They didn't agree with all our numbers, a lot of the figures we put to them about audiences and TV attendances were well short of what even we had in the first year of the BBL. But there were a lot of people who didn't believe we'd have those numbers and they were being advised by some media agencies in Australia. There was scepticism from their side about that but they all wanted to be involved and saw value." Value for what was the question. While CA remained committed to the BBL as a way to grow the game's audience, Indian investors were seeking ways to build on the IPL's start. Much as has occurred with English Premier League clubs and their satellite teams in the US and elsewhere, thoughts turned to Australian offshoots of IPL franchises. This is not what McKenna, Jones or even Harinath and Tamblyn had in mind. "What became very clear to all of us, including Geoff and Harry, who had been proponents of the process, was that the strategies of the potential buyers and the strategies of Australian cricket were not aligned," McKenna said. "They had a cost base, their investment in the IPL was tens of millions, and they were able to operate it for about seven to eight weeks a year. Sutherland speaks with uncharacteristic passion for preserving international cricket through the strategic use of T20 alongside it. "They couldn't even promote outside that period - that was a very restrictive agreement they were happy to be in, but they wanted to find other ways of mitigating that cost or getting value from the coaches, the management and marketing teams. "We didn't entertain specific offers in the end because it became so clear that there was too big a disconnect between what we were seeing and what our strategy was. But the offers we'd seen were in the region of A$30 to 35 million, paid over a five- to seven-year period. It seemed like good money, but if you look at the lifetime value of the BBL now that's just chicken feed." The closest CA got to a bid was strong interest in a 49% stake in one of the Sydney teams from representatives of Delhi Daredevils. Talks continued at a lower level after the delegation returned from India, before quietly fading away. The delegation had gone to the dance floor on its own, left on its own, but in contravention of Morrissey's lyrics to "How Soon Is Now", it was not about to go home, cry or want to die. When Neil Maxwell re-emerged to speak boldly once more about private investment, in August 2011, the float was effectively sunk. But scepticism about the BBL's core purpose had been widespread among state teams and players. Many wondered why the BBL was being pushed through at a moment when the national team was at a low ebb, and some paralleled it with another CA flight of fancy that crashed soon after take-off - the concept of split-innings limited-overs matches. High nine: Dan Christian recalled his incredulity at watching his price shoot up at the 2011 IPL auction, all the way to $ 900,000 © Associated Press McKenna, who had led that particular brainstorm, remembers pointed questioning by the national team at their pre-season camp, weeks before the Argus review was released. "I took them through what the plans for the BBL were, the strategy behind it and why we were doing it. That was the longest conversation I ever had with the Australian team, it went on for about 90 minutes, and it was very vigorous debate, put it that way. "Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting, Tim Nielsen [then head coach], all had plenty to say. In the end what got through to them was that like the rest of us they were responsible for leaving a legacy, and they bought into the concept that kids weren't going to support cricket unless we could find a way to engage them a different way." The states were troubled by chunks of their projected budgets being diverted away into the BBL, while the unveiling of a schedule that pushed the Sheffield Shield to the fringes left many to question what CA's priorities were. In fact, these decisions were dictated largely by the lack of a private-investment voice to muddy waters - strategy was clear, even if the tactics of states, selectors, coaches and players were affected. "BBL is still a means to an end in Australian cricket… it needs to fit in with our international programme and our pathway programmes," McKenna said. "I suspect private owners would have had a very different view of CA leaving out players, resting them from BBL matches for international duty. They might have been much more demanding from a selection point of view. Who knows what other impacts we could have had if we'd ended up with management teams from the subcontinent running BBL sides?" Nine years on from the start of the IPL and six from the BBL, the implications of private ownership are far clearer than they once were The grumbles continue but without private owners involved, the board has a much clearer line of sight. Grumbles are one thing, open opposition quite another. ** Nine years on from the start of the IPL and six from the BBL, the implications of private ownership are far clearer than they once were. The notion of altruistic cricket lovers spending their money simply to be involved is not one that has lasted, nor that of administrators owning stakes in teams without being made to look decidedly compromised - much as Srinivasan tried. And yet, globally franchise cricket is becoming almost interchangeable with domestic T20, with numerous cricket boards continuing to agitate for their own T20 window, mimicking the IPL. Among the chief reasons for the present push towards league- or conference-style international structures at the ICC is to prevent such a scenario, but with private investment already central to the IPL, Caribbean Premier League and the Pakistan Super League, the genie may well be out of the bottle. McKenna acknowledges that CA's way was framed largely by the fact the board was in decent enough health in the first place. "We didn't need to get private money to make it work. Other countries that don't have the same revenue base are not as fortunate. A number of players were suspicious of the BBL's purpose and wondered why it was being pushed through just when the national team was struggling © PA Photos "If you don't have that, the only way to get money is through a TV deal or private investment. I can see why they would go that way. We've been lucky the business has been prudently managed at CA and state levels for a number of years. Even though things were tight when we started to develop the BBL, it was definitely the right decision." How tight? The second season of the BBL in 2012-13 - the last under the old domestic television rights deal with Fox Sports - was run by CA and the states at a loss of more than $10 million. State associations were compelled to cut significant amounts of money from their existing team performance programmes to help fund the nascent BBL sides. When the BBL moved to free-to-air television with Ten in 2013, the network agreed to pay $100 million over five years, a deal that significantly reduced the gap between cost and income. As a recent CA submission to the players stated: "From BBL01 to BBL05, expenditure to grow the league was $187m. In the same period, the BBL has generated income of $154m, resulting in a net investment of $33m." This season is expected to be the tipping point at which overall income will outstrip cost - and the only way from there will be up. That much is quantified by the money projected to be flowing into Australian cricket for the next round of broadcast rights. Having enjoyed enormous ratings success, Ten, or another network, is expected to pay somewhere between $250 to $300 million for the next five-year deal. Sutherland speaks with uncharacteristic passion for preserving international cricket through the strategic use of T20 alongside it. "The conversations we're having about a new structure for international cricket is a bit about limiting the amount of cricket, and for some countries increasing the amount, so we find an appropriate equilibrium where international players are available and want to play. International cricket should be about the best playing the best. We've created a notional window for the IPL, I believe it is an exception. With private investment already central to the IPL, Caribbean Premier League and the Pakistan Super League, the genie may well be out of the bottle "Some countries are still trying to create windows for their own domestic leagues but I've said at ICC level and will continue to say that to try to have the calendar full of cricket and have players moving from one to the next is shortening their international careers. I continue to be concerned about that." There is one blind spot to Sutherland's argument. While Australian players have not been needed to make the BBL a success, nor any from India, much of the rest of the world's finest talent has been. West Indies, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England and Pakistan have all provided considerable pulling power through players made available for the competition. CA has not allowed its game to be cannibalised by privatisation, but it has relied on the generosity of other nations to generate the current success. Intriguingly, CA opposed the recent efforts of the WICB to request a fee for the use of their players, even if the BCCI pays a fee to respective boards for each overseas player taking part in the IPL. Of course, should the present effort to sandbag international cricket against T20's market forces fail, the BBL remains an asset that can grow and change shape. "If the way we play international cricket changes as a result of what is going on elsewhere, that might mean we need to do something similar to protect the game in Australia," McKenna said. Jones' view on the 2011 float, meanwhile, has not changed. "It was," he said, "the stupidest idea in the history of Australian cricket." The free cheese remains, but so too the mousetrap. Daniel Brettig is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. @danbrettig © ESPN Sports Media Ltd.
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For the historic building, see Timothy Paine House. Timothy David Paine (born 8 December 1984) is an Australian former cricketer and a former captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket. A right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper, he played for the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket and was the captain of the Hobart Hurricanes before his selection for Australia in the 2017–18 Ashes series. During his time with Australia, Paine won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. A product of the Australian Cricket Academy, Paine became the youngest-ever contracted player in Australia, when he received a rookie contract with Tasmania at 16 years of age. He made both his first-class and one-day debuts for Tasmania in 2005; scoring a one-day century later in the 2005–06 season, and a double-century, 215, in his next innings. He was a part of the state's maiden Sheffield Shield victory that season and also their 2007–08 one-day winning side. Paine made his ODI debut for Australia as a replacement for regular wicket-keeper Brad Haddin in 2009 against Scotland. A further injury to Haddin in 2010 paved the way for Paine's Test debut against Pakistan in England. Soon after, he played in another two Tests against India, before Haddin's recovery for the 2010–11 Ashes series. From that time – including almost two full seasons lost to injury – he was not a regular in the Australian cricket side from April 2011 until his recall for the 2017–18 Ashes series. After former Australian captain Steve Smith admitted to involvement in a ball-tampering incident during the Third Test against South Africa in March 2018, Smith and vice-captain David Warner were stood down from their leadership positions mid-match. Paine was announced as the interim captain for the final two days of the game and later confirmed as the 46th captain of the Australian Test team. Paine stepped down as Australia's Test captain in November 2021 due to an occasion of improper conduct off the field during 2017 in which he sent explicit messages to a female co-worker. He did not play for Australia again, and in 2023 retired from all formats of cricket. Early life Paine captained Tasmania at Under-15 and Under-17 level, along with being a member of its Under-19 team at the age of just fifteen. He was vice-captain of the Australian Under-17, before scoring a first-class century for his University at Hobart. "He was always the smallest one playing cricket," his father, John said. "We lived in a fairly quiet street and we lived right next to the beach [in the suburb of Lauderdale] so they used to play a fair bit of beach cricket. We used to have a cricket pitch in our backyard which was the driveway and the next-door neighbours had a turf wicket which the boys used to roll and mow and do all that sort of stuff. So he had to learn from an early age I suppose to be a bit stronger and a bit more competitive." As a junior, Paine was a talented Australian rules player—considered good enough to make the Australian Football League (AFL)—and his brother Nick, one of four siblings, plays in the Tasmanian Football League with the Clarence Football Club. Paine's uncle, Robert Shaw, was an AFL player and coach. He attended secondary school at Bayview Secondary College and Rosny College. At 16, Paine became Australian domestic cricket's youngest-ever contracted player when he received a basic A$10,000 rookie contract with Tasmania—an innovation in Australian cricket. After Cricket Australia allowed rookie contracts Paine said, "These new contracts are a great idea; I'm pretty happy about them anyway! It's good to give young players something [along these lines] to show them that they're in the back of the minds of the administrators and the coaches." In December 2003, he was announced captain of the Australian Under-19 team for the 2004 U-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, played in February and March 2004. Relieved of wicket-keeping duties, Paine scored 142 runs at an average of 23.66 and took two catches, along with taking seven wickets at an average of 22.28 in eight matches. However, Australia lost the Under-19 Plate Championship final to Bangladesh. Cricket career 2005–2009: Early domestic career Paine made his Tasmanian debut as solely an opening batsman in November 2005, during an ING Cup one-day match against Western Australia in Perth, scoring 28 from 44 balls. His first-class debut came shortly after as an opener when Tasmania played South Australia in Hobart during December. Opening the batting, Paine scored a duck (zero) in the first innings and 17 in the second as the match was drawn. He made his maiden List A century in his first season, scoring 111 in the ING Cup. The following season his made his maiden first-class century with 215 against Western Australia in a Pura Cup match at Perth in October 2006. For the first part of his career he was Tasmania's second wicket-keeper, behind Sean Clingeleffer, particularly at first-class level, before taking Clingeleffer's place permanently in late 2007. Paine played as an opening batsman in Tasmania's maiden Sheffield Shield season triumph in 2006–07, scoring zero and five. Despite his low scores in the final, Paine was Tasmania's highest run scorer in the one-day competition that season. He continued with one-day performances in the following season in which Tasmania won the Ford Ranger Cup, aggregating 261 runs and collecting 21 dismissals. 2008–09 saw Paine score 445 Sheffield Shield runs at 29.66 along with 42 dismissals. His growing maturity saw him become Tasmanian vice-captain ahead of the 2009–10 season. In early 2009, Paine was selected to play for Australia 'A' against Pakistan 'A' in a series of one-day and first-class matches. Playing at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane, Paine scored 134 off 136 balls in the third one-day match to secure a series win for the Australian 'A' side. 2009–10: Early international career In 2009, Paine was selected for the national squad for the One Day International series against England, shortly after the conclusion of the Ashes Test series, when incumbent wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returned home for surgery on a broken finger. Paine made his ODI debut in a one-off match against Scotland, scoring 29 not out from 38 balls in Australia's total of 345 all out. He then took a single catch, as they were eventual victors by 189 runs. Paine made his International Twenty20 (T20) debut against England on 30 August 2009 at Old Trafford, ahead of the upcoming seven match ODI series between the two teams. England were in trouble at 2/4 (two wickets for four runs), in reply to Australia's 145, before rain caused the match to be abandoned. Paine was not required to bat, as he was listed to come in at the traditional wicket-keepers' position of seven. The second and final T20 match of the short series was also abandoned without a ball being bowled. Paine played his second ODI in the first match of the following ODI series. Australia batted first, with Paine run out in the third over for a duck, scored from six balls; however, he collected two dismissals and a run-out, in England's four-run defeat. His performances steadily improved, with 26, 29, 51 and 16 respectively, before scoring his maiden ODI century in the sixth match of the series at Trent Bridge . Paine was eventually dismissed for 111 from 148 balls, as Australia took a 6–0 series lead. After losing the final ODI in England, Australia won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. In their second group match against India, Paine scored his second half-century (56). However, he struggled for consistency in Australia's remaining matches and finished with 123 runs at an average of 24.60. Touring India for a seven match ODI series in late October and early November, Paine broke his finger while attempting to catch a ball in India's innings of the second ODI in Nagpur. He was subsequently sent home and replaced by Graham Manou after the match. On return from injury, Paine was Tasmania's leading run-scorer for the 2009–10 domestic Twenty20 tournament, hitting 166 runs at 33.20 while opening the batting. However, Tasmania struggled and finished last. When Haddin was rested from national duties for two ODIs against the West Indies in February 2010, Paine was again his replacement, scoring 16 and 24. Tasmanian came off the bottom of the ladder after winning their last three one-day matches to qualify for the 2009–10 Ford Ranger Cup Final against Victoria. There, Paine scored his fifth List A century, 100 from 118 balls, as Tasmania completed a comfortable victory—their fourth one-day title. Victoria's loss was their fourth successive one-day final loss. 2010: Test debut against Pakistan Although Paine was in the Australia squad for the 2010 World Twenty20 in the West Indies, he was not called upon, as Australia made the final where they were defeated by England. Nevertheless, this was the team's best performance out of their three World Twenty20 campaigns. Australia proceeded to tour the United Kingdom for a single one-dayer against Ireland, five one-day games against England, before two Twenty20 Internationals and two Tests against Pakistan in England. Pakistan played Australia in England because of safety concerns in the Asian country. The Test series were the first time England hosted a neutral Test since 1912, when Australia, England and South Africa took part in a triangular tournament. Haddin was unable to overcome an elbow injury and missed the series'. Paine started the tour well, compiling 81 in Australia's victory over Ireland. However, he struggled to capitalise on good starts in the series against England, scoring 26, 16, 44, 8 and 54. Despite winning the final two games, Australia lost the series 3–2. The team also lost the Twenty20 series 2–0 against Pakistan, and Paine struggled, scoring one and zero. He batted at eight in the batting order for the first match and three in the second. He made his debut in the First Test at Lord's, London, and scored 7 and 47 with the bat; later admitting that the first 30 balls he faced in the first innings were a blur. Paine also took five catches, along with a leg-side stumping in Australia's comfortable victory. The match was the first occasion where three Tasmanians played in the same Test side—Ricky Ponting, Ben Hilfenhaus and Paine—marking significant improvement in the quality of cricket in the state. In the Second Test at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, Paine's first innings score of 17 was his team's highest in their lowly total of 88. He managed a further 33 runs in Australia's second innings, and made five catches in the match. However, the team lost the match by four wickets, thus drawing the series 1–1. After the series—where he captured 12 dismissals and scored 104 runs—Paine noted that the primary difference from Sheffield Shield to Test cricket was "the intensity that Test cricket is played at and how much it means," and how "It's hard work, really hard work; I've never had that sort of pressure for four or five days before." Paine was nominated for the International Cricket Council's emerging player of the year award in August and was named Tasmanian Sports Personality of the Year in September. After close to a month without international cricket, Australia toured India for two Tests and three one-day games in October, in what would be the team's last Test series ahead of the summer's Ashes in Australia. Haddin again failed to recover sufficiently for the series and Paine was named wicket-keeper. In a drawn three-day first-class match before the Test series, Paine scored a slow 45 and zero; failing to capitalise on his promotion to four in the batting order for the second innings. Returning to the traditional wicket-keepers spot of seven for the Test series, Paine battled to his highest Test score, 92 from 196 balls, in the first innings of the First Test in Mohali. In hot conditions, he displayed good shot selection and concentration, despite suffering from cramp in the latter stages of his innings. Still, when Australia was bowled out soon after his dismissal, Paine assumed wicket-keeper duties for India's innings, where he took two catches. In his team's second innings, however, Paine scored only nine, as Australia collapsed to set India a target of 216 runs. They achieved the score with just one wicket remaining; Paine taking one catch. After the Test, Melbourne newspaper The Herald Sun, wrote an article saying that Paine could become Australia's future Test captain. The Second Test saw him continue his good form with the bat, scoring 59 and 9, but Australia lost the match and the series 2–0. Afterwards, former Australian wicket-keeper Rodney Marsh suggested it would be hard for Haddin to regain his spot in the Australian team for The Ashes. India won the opening one-dayer and therefore took the series 1–0 when rain washed out the remaining two matches. Paine struggled in the match, compiling 9 from 24 balls. Paine resumed his commitments with an in-form Tasmanian outfit in late-October, after Haddin—returning from injury—replaced him in the Australian side for three one-day games against Sri Lanka where they lost 2–1. Nonetheless, Paine was selected as Australia A wicket-keeper for a pre-Ashes tour match against England in Hobart in November. 2011–2017 Paine sustained a finger injury in a match in November 2010, but was then named captain of the Prime Minister's XI for a match against the touring England side on 10 January 2011 in which he scored 50. On 7 January 2011, Paine was named Vice Captain of Australia's Twenty20 team. However he played his last T20 game for Australia on 14 January 2011. He then captained Australia A in Zimbabwe, but in August 2011 re-injured his finger at state training This paved the way for Matthew Wade to become Australian wicketkeeper. In the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, Paine was sold for $270,000 to Sahara Pune Warriors, one of the two new teams in the IPL. He toured England with Australia A in the northern summer of 2012, and returned to Tasmanian state cricket and the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2012–13 season. Paine has concentrated more on his batting than on wicket-keeping over the last couple of years, and with the return of Wade to Tasmania, is more often than not playing as a batsman. In August 2017, he was named in a World XI side to play three Twenty20 International matches against Pakistan in the 2017 Independence Cup in Lahore. 2017–18: Test and ODI comeback At the start of the 2017–18 season, Paine was considering retirement, however was talked out of it by Adam Griffith. On 17 November 2017, Paine was granted an international recall for the first 2 Ashes Tests after a 7-year absence from the national Tests squad after Tasmanian teammate Matthew Wade struggled with batting form domestically and equalled Brad Hogg's record for most tests between successive appearances for an Australian player. This was seen as a shocking decision, as Paine was not regularly playing, nor wicket-keeping, for Tasmania at the time. He was later retained for the entire Ashes series, and also replaced Matthew Wade as the ODI keeper against England. During the Ashes series, he scored 192 runs in six innings with one Not Out and one 50, at an average of 48. As wicketkeeper, he took 25 catches and made one stumping. He played in 4 of the 5 associated One Day international Series matches against England, scoring 144 runs and taking 6 catches behind the stumps. He did not play in the T20 Tri-series between Australia, England and New Zealand. On 22 January 2018, he was selected in the fifteen man squad for the four test Australian tour of South Africa. During the Third Test Match of the tour in Cape Town, Paine was appointed as the interim captain of the Australian team for the final two days after captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner agreed to stand down during the match in the wake of a ball tampering scandal. As a result of an urgent Cricket Australia investigation into the incident, Smith, Warner and Cameron Bancroft were suspended and sent home. On 28 March 2018, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland announced that Paine would continue as captain for the Fourth Test, confirming him as the 46th Captain of the Australian test team. This completed a remarkable comeback for Paine, who at the start of the season had to be convinced by Tasmania coach Adam Griffith not to retire, and had not been a regular member of Tasmania's side when selected in the Australian Ashes squad. In April 2018, he was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2018–19 season. 2018–2021: Australian captaincy Tim Paine's record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win % Tests 23 11 8 4 0 0 47.82% One-Day Internationals 5 0 5 0 0 0 0% Date last updated: 19 January 2020 In May 2018, Paine was named ODI captain for the series in England. However, following Australia's 5-0 ODI whitewash defeat to England, Aaron Finch replaced Paine as ODI Captain prior to a series against South Africa in November 2018, highly likely ending Paine's ODI career. In October 2018, Paine captained Australia during a Test series against Pakistan in the UAE, but lost the series 1–0. Despite captaining Australia for the first time on home soil against India in a four match Test series, Paine's team lost the series 2–1, with India retaining the Border–Gavaskar Trophy and winning its first Test series in Australia. In January and February 2019, Paine captained Australia in a two Test match series against Sri Lanka. Australia won the series 2–0, with Paine winning his first Test series as captain. In June and July 2019, as preparation for the Ashes series in England, Paine captained the Australia A four-day squad, in first-class matches against Sussex and the England Lions. In July 2019, he was named as captain in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. Australia retained the Ashes after winning the fourth Test, with England levelling the series 2–2 in the final test, resulting in the first drawn Ashes series since 1972. Paine became the first Australian Test captain since Steve Waugh in 2001 to retain the Ashes in a series in England. Paine then captained his second home summer with a two test series against Pakistan and a three test series against New Zealand, where Australia won all five tests. On 27 December 2020, Paine effected his 150th dismissal in his 33rd test, making him the fastest to reach this figure. The previous record was held by Quinton de Kock, who reached 150 dismissals in 35 tests. Resignation and indefinite break ..... On 26 November 2021, Tim Paine said he would take a break from the game "for the foreseeable future". His wife Bonnie commented that she had felt "betrayed" and "hurt" after learning about the incident but had since forgiven him and that they had "put the matter to bed". ..... Return to first-class cricket In August 2022, it was confirmed that Paine would be making a return to first-class cricket in the 2022-23 season with Tasmania. Return and retirement In August 2022, it was confirmed that Paine would be making a return to first-class cricket in the 2022–23 season with Tasmania. On 17 March 2023, Paine announced his retirement from cricket after Tasmania drew with Queensland after the end of the Sheffield Shield. He was given a guard of honour as the match ended. Coaching career On 25 August 2023, Paine was appointed as an assistant coach for Adelaide Strikers. Playing style Batting style Paine is an orthodox, 'traditional' right-handed batsman who usually plays with a straight bat. He had occasionally opened the batting in one-day matches but bats at number six or seven in the Australian Test team. Paine uses his wrists and prefers to bat from the crease against spin, though he can play a wide range of shots against all forms of bowling. Paine proved his big-hitting and fast-scoring ability in the 2009–10 Australian domestic T20 tournament, where he had the second-highest scoring rate of players who scored more than 42 runs. He admitted attempting to change his batting style to something similar to former Australian wicketkeepers Adam Gilchrist and Brad Haddin before his international debut. However, he has since reverted to his former more patient game. Personal life Paine married nurse Bonnie Maggs in 2016. They have two children.
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1408	dbpedia	3	7	https://sport.fandom.com/wiki/David_Warner_(cricketer)	en	David Warner (cricketer)	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ucp-internal-test-starter-commons/images/a/aa/FandomFireLogo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210713142711	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ucp-internal-test-starter-commons/images/a/aa/FandomFireLogo.png/revision/latest?cb=20210713142711	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to The Stadium" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	Template:David Warner cricket David Andrew Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket.[1...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	The Stadium	https://sport.fandom.com/wiki/David_Warner_(cricketer)	Template:David Warner cricket David Andrew Warner (born 27 October 1986) is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket.[1] He currently plays for New South Wales, the Delhi Daredevils and the Sydney Sixers.[2] Early life[] David Andrew Warner was born at Paddington, a suburb in eastern Sydney, New South Wales.[3] At the age of 13 he was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However one season later he went back to batting left-handed and broke the U/16's run scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with the state team.[4] Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School.[5] Career[] Warner is known for favouring the aerial route with his aggressive left-handed batting style, and ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is unique in that he mixes off-spin bowling with his more usual leg-spin bowling. At just 170cms Warner generates his power from strong forearms and uses his low centre of gravity to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG.[6] Warner's breakthrough innings for the New South Wales Blues came against Tasmania when he smashed 165* to record the highest one day score by a Blues player ever.[7] Warner later backed this up with a 54-ball 97 also against Tasmania to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket.[8] This introduction to the domestic scene led to Warner being included in Australia's Twenty20 squad in January 2009.[9] Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history.[10] Warner was just 11 runs short of becoming only the second player after Chris Gayle to score a Twenty20 International century. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut; and the equal fifth highest score ever in Twenty20 internationals.[11] On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he made a stunning 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 coming in at just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19 and it became the second fastest 50 in Twenty20 International history after Yuvraj Singh.[12] Warner finally made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield competition at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries.[13] On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketer to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both matches were in the Champions League.[14] He made his Test debut on 1 December 2011 against New Zealand at Brisbane, Queensland in the first Test of the Trans-Tasman Trophy due to an injury to Shane Watson. He made a disappointing 3 runs in the first innings. In the second innings he scored 12 not out off just 4 balls, scoring the winning runs with a pull shot through mid on. Warner scored his first test hundred on 12 December 2011 in Australia's unsuccessful run chase against New Zealand in Hobart. Warner made 123 not out in his side's second innings total of 233. In doing so he became just the sixth person to carry his bat through the fourth innings of a test match.[15] Warner bowls a Right Arm Leg-Break and on his first delivery in Test Match Cricket, the ball was dropped in the outfield denying Warner a maiden Test Match Wicket. On 13 January 2012, in only his fifth test match, Warner scored a 69-ball century against India at the WACA. At the time, this equalled West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the fourth fastest test century of all time, in terms of balls faced.[16] He ultimately built his innings to a score of 180 from 159 balls, setting a new personal high score in test match cricket. Warner scored 163 off 157 balls at the Gabba on 4 March 2012 in the first final of the CB Series against Sri Lanka. He batted until the last ball of the innings. It was his first ODI hundred for Australia. He followed it up with 100 and 48 in the other two finals at the Adelaide Oval. Warner's aggregate of 311 runs was the highest ever for the finals of a tri-series tournament in Australia, surpassing Greg Chappell's 266 runs in 1981.[17] David Warner changed record Australian one-day score He ate lots of innings, which came off just 141 balls and get 197 scores included 20 fours and 10 sixes, surpassed Jimmy Maher's previous high of 187 achieved 10 years ago in Brisbane.[18] Indian Premier League[] Warner was signed by IPL team Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons.[19] During the 2009 tournament which was played in South Africa, Warner played in seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23.28 and with a strike-rate of 123.48. His top score was 51.[20] In the fourth season, Warner was contracted by Delhi Daredevils for US$750,000. In the fifth season he made a century in 54 balls. KFC Big Bash[] Warner made a record in KFC Big bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. The earlier record was held by George Bailey, who completed his half century in 19 balls. In the first season of the newly re-vamped Big Bash League, Warner was named as Captain for the Sydney Thunder and in his first match for the Thunder scored 102 not out off just 51 balls with a Strike Rate of 200 runs per 100 balls and set the record for the most career sixes in the KFC Big Bash League with 38, previously held by David Hussey. English County Cricket 2009[] Warner has played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season.[21] 2013 ICC Champions Trophy[] On 12 June 2013, Warner was dropped for Australia's second match in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand following an attack on an England cricketer.[22] It later emerged that this player was Joe Root. The event happened hours after Saturday's loss to England at Edgbaston earlier that day.[23] According to the sports journalist Pat Murphy, the incident took place at 2am at the Walkabout bar in the centre of Birmingham, UK. On 13 June 2013, the Australian Cricket Team announced that Warner was to be fined £7,000 (AU $11,500) and would not play for his country until the first Ashes' test on 10 July 2013. Warner subsequently missed the rest of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and the tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire.[24] Warner attracted further controversy soon after. On 27 July 2013, whilst playing for Australia A against South Africa A in Pretoria he was involved in an on-field altercation with South Africa A wicket-keeper Thami Tsolekile. This was deemed serious enough for the umpires to step in twice, however no formal complaints were made and Warner tweeted later in the day describing it as "friendly banter". Despite this, writers called into question his return to the Australia squad for the third Ashes test against England, which seemed likely after scoring 193 in the first innings of this match.[25] He was eventually forgiven and was recalled but caused huge hilarity when he 'hooked another one to Root' as he put it himself, as he was caught on the boundary by Root. List of centuries by David Warner[] Test centuries[] Test Match Centuries of David Warner # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date 1 123* 2 Template:Cr Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 12 December 2011 2 180 5 Template:Cr Perth, Australia WACA 14 January 2012 3 119 11 Template:Cr Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 22 November 2012 4 124 1 Template:Cr Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 23 November 2013 Warner's century at the WACA in 2012, scored in 69 deliveries, is the fastest Test century by an opening batsman, and equalled the innings of Shivnarine Chanderpaul as the fourth fastest Test century. ODI centuries[] One Day International Centuries of David Warner # Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date 1 163 19 Template:Cr Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 4 March 2012[26] 2 100 20 Template:Cr Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 6 March 2012[26] Twenty20 centuries[] Twenty20 Centuries of David Warner # Runs Balls 4s 6s For Against Venue Year 1 107* 69 9 5 Delhi Daredevils Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi 2010 2 135* 69 11 8 New South Wales Blues Chennai Super Kings Chennai 2011 3 123* 68 6 11 New South Wales Blues Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore 2011 4 102* 51 6 6 Sydney Thunder Melbourne Stars Melbourne 2011 5 109* 54 10 7 Delhi Daredevils Deccan Chargers Hyderabad 2012 References[] Template:Australia Cricket Team Template:New South Wales Cricket Team Template:Delhi Daredevils Squad Template:Sydney Sixers current squad Template:Australia Squad 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2012 ICC World Twenty20
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I have also included a side that played just one Test that was against Australia though there is an exception with one of these players Tests not against Australia. Normally my sides are from 1980 but I snuck a few from the 1970s that played but they were playing Shield cricket in the 1980s and even made a Test tour. The inspiration for this side is a book I recently read in by Ken Piesse called ‘Fifteen minutes of Fame’ where he has a chapter with three or four pages on each player. I have not included Will Pucovski as he is still young enough to add to his total. The First XI Paul Hibbert – Vic 1977, 15 runs, HS 13, average 7.50 Hibbert was 25 when he debuted against India in Brisbane in the First Test of 1977-1978. This series was the first since Kerry Packer’s World Series and Hibbert was one of six debutants with Wayne Clark, Tony Mann, David Ogilvie, Steve Rixon, and Peter Toohey. Hibbert was dropped for John Dyson for the Second Test. He played first class cricket until 1986-1987 and made 4,790 runs at an average of 39 with highest score of 163. Hibbert is one of only two men to make a century without hitting a boundary. Wayne Phillips – Vic 1992, 22 runs, HS 14, average 11 Phillips was 29 when he was brought into the Australian side to replace vice-captain Geoff Marsh for the Fifth Test against India in Perth. Marsh was a West Australian, so this was not a popular decision for the locals nor captain Allan Border who loved his vice-captain. Phillips was not picked for the tour to Sri Lanka. Phillips started 1992-1993 strong with 205 against NSW and was selected for the ACB XI in Hobart where he scored 40 and 1 but missed out for the First Test and was never really close again. Phillips played until 1994-1995, made 3,859 runs and averaged 39. Callum Ferguson – SA 2016, 4 runs, HS 3, average 2 Ferguson was 31 when selected for the Second Test against South Africa in Hobart and made his debut with Joe Mennie. Ferguson came in for Mitch Marsh and was run out for three in the first innings which took Australia to 5/17 before a total score of 85. He was dropped for the Third Test with Adam Voges in the middle order replaced by Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddinson. Ferguson played 30 one day matches for Australia from 2009-2011 and averaged 41 with a top score of 71. Ferguson was a member of the 2011 World Cup Squad and averaged 37 in 147 first class matches with top score of 213. Stuart Law – Qld 1995, 54 runs, HS 54, 3-0-9 Law was 27 when selected in the First Test against Sri Lanka in Perth. Law debuted with Ricky Ponting, but was only in because of an injury to Steve Waugh who returned for the next Test. Chasing 251 Australia scored 5/617 with Law and Ponting having a 121 partnership before Ponting was dismissed for 96. Law played 54 ODIs for Australia between 1994-1999 at an average of 27 with a top score of 110 and took 12 wickets. He was a member of the 1996 World Cup Squad and played 367 first class matches from 1988-2009, made 27,080 at an average of 50, scored 79 hundreds and took 83 wickets. Jeff Moss – Vic 1979, 60 runs, HS 38, average 60 Moss was 31 when selected for Australia against Pakistan in the Second Test at the WACA. Moss replaced Yallop in the side and did not get another chance as when Australia resumed in 1979-1980 the World Series Cricketers were then available. He was selected for the 1979 World Cup where he played one game against Pakistan and made 7. Moss played for Victoria until 1982-1983 and made 3,416 runs at an average of 44 with top score of 220. Shaun Young – Tas 1997, 4 runs, HS 4, average 4, 8-0-13 Young was 27 and playing county cricket for Gloucestershire in 1997 when he was selected for Australia in the Sixth Test against England at The Oval. Young and Kasprowicz were bought in for Jason Gillespie who was injured and Paul Reiffel who had gone home for the birth of his child. Australia was down to two quicks as Andy Bichel had gone home injured and Brendon Julian was also injured. Young and Shane Lee were both playing in England and auditioned for the match with games against Kent. Young played for Tasmania until 2001-2002 and in 138 first class matches made 7,212 runs at an average of 38 with top score of 237 and also took 274 wickets with best figures of 7/64. James Faulkner – Tas 2013, 45 runs, HS 23, average 22.50, 5 wickets, best bowling 4/51 James is the son of South African Rebel cricketer Peter and was 23 when he debuted against England in the Fifth Test at The Oval when he replaced Usman Khawaja. Faulkner made 23 off 21 balls in the first innings and then batted number three in the second innings to make quick runs – 22 off 22 balls. He claimed five wickets for the Test with Ian Bell his first wicket. Faulkner did not come under consideration in the 2013/2014 Ashes but remained in the one day side where he played 69 games from 2013-2017, made 1,032 at an average of 34, high score 116 and took 96 wickets. Faulkner was man of the match in the 2015 World Cup Final. Phil Emery – NSW 1994, 8 runs, HS 8, 5 catches, 1 stumping Emery was 30 when he got his chance to play for Australia for an injured Ian Healy. Emery’s debut was in the Third Test against Pakistan in Lahore. He claimed five catches and a stumping. Emery also made 8, having come in as night watchman he broke his thumb and retired hurt before returning later in the innings. He also played 121 games for NSW where he averaged 26, took 337 catches and made 47 stumpings. Emery may best be remembered for an inglorious moment in 1994-1995 when Australia A played Australia and he was bowled by David Boon (not a noted wicket taker). Mick Malone – WA 1977, 46 runs, HS 46, average 46, 6 wickets, best bowling 5/63 Malone was 26 when selected for the Fifth Test against England at The Oval. Malone came in for Lenny Pascoe and took 5/63 with England captain Mike Brearley his first wicket and then quickly followed up with Derek Randall and Tony Greig for a duck. He then made 46 in a 100 run partnership for the ninth wicket with Ray Bright. Despite an impressive debut Malone did not play another Test as he joined World Series Cricket. When the World Series players rejoined the establishment Malone toured Pakistan in 1980 without playing a Test. In 1981-1982 he replaced an injured Terry Alderman in the one day series against Pakistan and West Indies. Malone was an economical player: eight games for nine wickets with a best of 2/9 and economy of three runs an over. Selected 12th man for the Third Test against the West Indies in Adelaide, Malone retired at the end of 1981-1982. He played a total of 73 matches for 260 wickets at an average of 24. Ian Callen – Vic 1978, 26 runs, HS 22, 6 wickets, best bowling 3/83 Callen debut aged 22 made his debut against India in the Fifth Test in Adelaide replacing Sam Gannon. Callen at number eleven made 22* including a six and bowled first change where he took 3/83 – a haul that included Gundappa Viswanath and Dilip Vengsarkar within seven runs. In the second innings Callen took three more wickets including Sunil Gavaskar. He toured the West Indies and played the first two one day matches where he took 3/24 in his second game before fracturing a vertebra and missing the rest of the tour. Callen also toured Pakistan in 1982, played three one day matches but no Tests. He played until 1984-1985 over 53 matches for 197 wickets at an average of 27. Callen later make quality Callen cricket bats. Daniel Cullen – SA 2006, DNB, 1 wicket, best bowling 1/25 Cullen made his debut aged 22 coming in as a third spinner for Stuart Clark who was injured against Bangladesh in the Second Test in Chittagong. Cullen bowled seven overs with Mashrafe Mortaze caught Adam Gilchrist as his only wicket. He played five one day matches for Australia in 2006 with two of them against the West Indies in Kuala Lumpur. Cullen played 46 first class matches until 2008-2009 and took 130 wickets at an average of 44. Others from 1980 onwards Beau Casson – WA/NSW 2008, 10 runs, HS 10, average 10, 3 wickets, best bowling 3/86 Casson was 26 when picked for Australia against the West Indies in the Third Test at Bridgetown where he replaced Stuart MacGill. He helped bowl Australia to victory; he took 3/86 from 25 overs which included the wickets of Xavier Marshall and Dwayne Bravo. Casson though was not picked for the tour to India six months later with Australia picking three debutant slow bowlers to tour in Bryce McGain, Jason Krejza and Cameron White. Casson retired aged 28 due to a long standing heart condition after 50 first class matches and 117 wickets at an average of 43. Simon Davis – Vic 1986, zero runs, 26-0-70 Davis was 26 when he debuted against New Zealand in the First Test in Wellington. Davis was picked after making his one day international debut six weeks prior where he earned a reputation as very economical opening bowler. He scored a duck and did not take a wicket though was economical in the rain-reduced test match. Davis was dropped in the Second Test for Dave Gilbert. He remained in the one day team for another two seasons; he played 39 matches for 44 wickets with a best bowling of 3/10. Davis played 48 first class matches until 1987-1988 and took 124 wickets at average of 35. Peter George – SA 2010, 2 runs, HS 2, average 1, 2 wickets, best bowling 2/48 George was 24 when selected for the Second Test against India at Bangalore as replacement for Doug Bollinger. He made his Test debut in the same Test as Chetashwar Pujara. George’s first Test wicket was Sachin Tendulkar, bowled for 214. He ended up with two wickets and two runs in the two Test series, but was not in consideration for the 2010-2011 Ashes series. George played 64 first class matches until 2018-2019, he took 207 wickets with best figures of 8/84. John Hastings – Vic 2012, 52 runs, HS 32, average 26, 1 wicket, best bowling 1/51 Hastings was 27 in the Third Test against South Africa in Perth. Hastings joined Mitchell Starc and Mitchell Johnson in a new pace attack from the Second Test which was Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and James Pattinson. Also on debut was former South African captain Dean Elgar. Hastings opened the bowling and took the wicket of AB de Villiers caught by Michael Clarke at first slip. Hastings played 29 one day matches between 2010-2017 with an average of 27 with the bat and top score of 51, he also took 42 wickets with best bowling of 6/45. He was in the 2011 World Cup Squad and played a total of 75 first class matches until 2016-2017. He made 2,231 runs at an average of 22 and took 239 wickets. John’s middle name is Wayne and had the nickname ‘The Duke’. Graham Manou – SA 2009, 21 runs, HS 13, average 21, 3 catches Manou debuted in the Third Test against England at Edgbaston aged 30 as replacement for Brad Haddin who was injured. The Test was interrupted by weather with Manou keeping in just one innings where he took three catches. Manou played four one day matches in India in October 2009. He played 103 first class matches until 2010-2011 for 4,003 runs, averaged 25 including six hundreds and took 328 catches and 21 stumpings. Bryce McGain – Vic 2009, 2 runs, HS 2, average 1, 18-0-148 McGain debut aged 37 replacing Marus North who was injured in the Third Test against South Africa in Cape Town. McGain unfortunately went for plenty of runs as South Africa made 651 with three centurions – Ashwell Prince 150, Jacques Kallis 102, and AB de Villiers 163. McGain had been selected on the 2008 tour of India. He played 33 games until 2010-2011 and took 101 wickets with best bowling of 6/112. Clint McKay – Vic 2009 10 runs, HS 10, average 10, 1 wicket, best bowling 1/56 McKay debuted at the age of 26 against the West Indies in the Third Test in Perth replacing Peter Siddle who was injured. McKay did not bat nor take a wicket in the first innings but in the second innings made 10 runs and took 1/56, bowling wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin. McKay was a regular of the one day side from 2009-2014 and played 59 matches for 97 wickets with best figures of 5/28, however he missed the 2011 World Cup due to injury. McKay played 85 first class matches until 2016 and took 281 wickets. Joe Mennie – SA 2016, 10 runs, HS 10, average 5, 1 wicket, best bowling 1/85 Mennie was 27 when he debuted along with Callum Ferguson against South Africa in the Second Test in Hobart. Mennie came in for Peter Siddle and was replaced by Jackson Bird. He only had one innings to make an impression as Australia was defeated by an innings after they made only 85 and 161. Mennie’s wicket was future South Africa captain Temba Bavuma. He played two one day matches in the same year against South Africa where he took three wickets. Mennie played 79 first class matches until 2020-2021 for 297 wickets. Matthew Nicholson – WA/NSW 1998, 14 runs, HS 9, average 7, 4 wickets, Best Bowling 3/56 Nicholson was 24 when he was late call up to the Australian side for the Boxing Day Test against England with Colin Miller unavailable. Nicholson had Nasser Hussain caught behind in the first innings and in the second innings looked impressive taking three wickets which included Hussain again and Mark Ramprakash. Nicholson was replaced by Miller for the next Test. Nicholson remained on the fringe for the next couple of seasons touring Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in 1999 and playing for Australia A. Nicholson played 107 first class matches until 2007-2008 and took 377 wickets. Chadd Sayers – SA 2018, zero runs, 2 wickets, best bowling 2/78 Sayers was 30 when he debuted against South Africa in the Fourth Test against South Africa at Johannesburg. The previous Test was the ‘sandpaper incident’ and Australia had to make several changes to the team with Smith, Warner and Bancroft suspended, and Mitch Marsh and Mitchell Starc injured. Sayers’ two wickets were both in the same over with AB de Villiers caught behind for 69 and two balls later Kagiso Rabada for a duck. Sayers played 85 first class matches until 2020-2021 and took 320 wickets with best bowling of 8/64. Paul Wilson – SA 1998, 0 runs, 12-0-50 Wilson was 26 when he made his debut against India at Kolkata as replacement for Paul Reiffel who was injured. India made 5/633 with Australia bowling 159 overs and Wilson bowling just 12 overs due to osteitis pubis. Wilson was replaced by Adam Dale in the Third Test and was never really in contention again. He did play 11 one day matches in the home summer prior to the India tour for 13 wickets and best figures of 3/39. Wilson played first class cricket until 2003-2004 and took 151 wickets from 51 games. He is now an umpire having umpired eight Tests including standing in the 2023 World Cup and with the man he replaced for his Test debut in Paul Reiffel. Other one Test players for Australia Bransby Cooper 1877 18 runs, played in the first ever test. Ned Gregory 1877 11 runs, played in the first ever test. Frank Allan 1879 5 runs 4 wickets. Tom Groube 1880 11 runs William Moule 1880 40 runs, 3 wickets Jim Slight 1880 11 runs George Coulthard 1882 6 runs Percy Marr 1885 5 runs Samuel Morris 1885 14 runs, 2 wickets Harry Musgrove 1885 13 runs Roland Pope 1885 3 runs Digger Robertson 1885 2 runs, 0 wickets Francis Walters 1885 12 runs John Mcilwraith 1886 9 runs Reginald Allen 1887 44 runs John Cottam 1887 4 runs Jack Reedman 1894 21 runs, 1 wicket Arthur Coningham 1895 13 runs, 2 wickets John Harry 1895 8 runs Joe Travers 1902 10 runs John McLaren 1912 0 runs, 1 wicket Roy Park 1921 0 runs, 0 wickets Legend has it his wife dropped her knitting when Park was about to face his first ball, she bent down to get it and missed Park getting out and hence his entire Test career. Albert Hartkopf 1925 80 runs, HS 80, 1 wicket Otto Nothling 1928 52 runs, 0 wickets Bill Hunt 1932 0 runs, 0 wickets Pud Thurlow 1932 0 runs, 0 wickets Lisle Nagel 1932 21 runs, 2 wickets Hammy Love 1933 8 runs Harry Alexander 1933 17 runs 1 wicket. Hans Ebeling 1934 43 runs, 3 wickets Ray Robinson 1936 5 runs Ken Meuleman 1946 0 runs Fred Freer 1946 28 runs, 3 wickets Merv Harvey 1947 43 runs Merv is the older brother of Neil. Len Johnson 1948 25 runs George Thoms 1952 44 runs John Rutherford 1956 30 runs, 1 wicket Jack Wilson 1956 0 runs, 1 wicket Keith Slater 1959 1 run, 2 wickets Des Hoare 1961 35 runs 2 wickets Colin Guest 1963 11 runs, 0 wickets Rex Sellers 1964 0 runs, 0 wickets Peter Allan 1965 0 runs, 2 wickets Les Joslin 1968 9 runs Ross Duncan 1971 3 runs, 0 wickets Ken Eastwood 1971 5 runs, 1 wicket Eastwood replaced Bill Lawry when he was dropped. John Watkins 1973 39 runs, 1 wicket Ashley Woodcock 1974 27 runs Opposition one Test players (against Australia) John Stephenson – England 1989 6th Test at the Oval, 36 runs, HS 25 Stephenson was the 29th England player to play in the 1989 Ashes replacing Tim Curtis as opening batsman. Azmat Rana – Pakistan 1980, Lahore, 49 runs, HS 49 Lincoln Roberts – West Indies 1999, Kingston, 0 off 7 balls Roberts was the first player to player tests from the island of Tobago. Paul Parker – England 1981 6th test at the Oval, 13 runs, average 7.50 James Whitaker – England 1986 3rd test Adelaide, 11 runs Whitaker replaced Ian Botham who was injured. Whitaker was chairman of the England selectors from 2013-2018 Albie Morkel – South Africa 2009 Third Test Cape Town, 58 runs, average 58, 1 wicket Morkel’s only Test was same as Bryce McGain’s. His wicket was Ricky Ponting for a duck. Thelston Payne – West Indies (againt England) 5 runs and 5 catches The only player on this list who did not play against Australia, as there was not a keeper in this period whose sole Test was against Australia. Payne toured Australia several times as Jeffrey Dujon’s long time understudy. Stu Gillespie – New Zealand 1986 1st test Wellington, 28 runs, 1 wicket Gillespie’s Test was interfered by the weather where he batted as nightwatchman making 28 and his sole wicket was Wayne Phillips bowled. Seekkuge Prasana – Sri Lanka 2011 Second Test Pallekele, 5 runs, 23-0-80 Subroto Banerjee – India 1992, 3rd test Sydney, 3 runs, 3 wickets, average 15 For this test India surprisingly on the spinner-friendly SCG played four quicks. Banerjee got the first three wickets in Geoff Marsh, Mark Taylor, and Mark Waugh to have Australia 3/127. Also on Test debut in this match was Shane Warne. Nadeem Ghauri – Pakistan 1990 3rd test Sydney, 0 runs, 8-0-20 This test was rain interrupted. Ghauri umpired five Tests but was suspended in 2013 for four years for accepting money for favourable umpiring decisions. Others England Allan Sidebottom 1985, 2 runs, 1 wicket Mike Smith, 1997, 4no, 23-0-89 Scott Kerrigan, 2013, 1no, 8-0-53 Scott Borthwick, 2014, 5 runs, 4 wickets, best Bowling 3/33 New Zealand Gary Robertson, 1986, 12 runs, 1 wicket West Indies Amit Jaeggernauth, 2008, 1 run, 1 wicket. Gavin Tonge, 2009, 25runs, HS 23no, 1 wicket Pakistan Azkar Khan, 1980, 14 runs, 1 wicket Shakil Ahmed, 1998, 1 run, 4 wickets, best bowling 4/91 India Vinay Kumar, 2012, 11 runs, average 5.50, 1 wicket To return to our Footy Almanac home page click HERE. Our writers are independent contributors. The opinions expressed in their articles are their own. They are not the views, nor do they reflect the views, of Malarkey Publications. Do you enjoy the Almanac concept? And want to ensure it continues in its current form, and better? To help things keep ticking over please consider making your own contribution.
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PMCID: PMC3781856 PMID: 24198544 Changes to injury profile (and recommended cricket injury definitions) based on the increased frequency of Twenty20 cricket matches ,1 ,2 ,2 and 2 John Orchard 1School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Find articles by John Orchard Trefor James 2Cricket Australia, Melbourne, Australia Find articles by Trefor James Alex Kountouris 2Cricket Australia, Melbourne, Australia Find articles by Alex Kountouris Marc Portus 2Cricket Australia, Melbourne, Australia Find articles by Marc Portus 1School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia 2Cricket Australia, Melbourne, Australia Correspondence: John Orchard, Sports Medicine of Sydney University, Cnr Western Ave & Physics Rd, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, NSW, Australia, Tel +61 2 9351 8118, Fax +61 2 9351 8123, Email moc.liamg@drahcrownhoj Copyright © 2010 Orchard et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract This study analyzes injuries occurring prospectively in Australian men’s cricket at the state and national levels over 11 seasons (concluding in season 2008–09). In the last four of these seasons, there was more cricket played, with most of the growth being a new form of the game – Twenty20 cricket. Since the introduction of a regular Twenty20 program, injury incidence rates in each form of cricket have been fairly steady. Because of the short match duration, Twenty20 cricket exhibits a high match injury incidence, expressed as injuries per 10,000 hours of play. Expressed as injuries per days of play, Twenty20 cricket injury rates compare more favorably to other forms of cricket. Domestic level Twenty20 cricket resulted in 145 injuries per 1000 days of play (compared to 219 injuries per 1000 days of domestic one day cricket, and 112 injuries per 1000 days of play in first class domestic cricket). It is therefore recommended that match injury incidence measures be expressed in units of injuries per 1000 days of play. Given the high numbers of injuries which are of gradual onset, seasonal injury incidence rates (which typically range from 15–20 injuries per team per defined ‘season’) are probably a superior incidence measure. Thigh and hamstring strains have become clearly the most common injury in the past two years (greater than four injuries per team per season), perhaps associated with the increased amount of Twenty20 cricket. Injury prevalence rates have risen in conjunction with an increase in the density of the cricket calendar. Annual injury prevalence rates (average proportion of players missing through injury) have exceeded 10% in the last three years, with the injury prevalence rates for fast bowlers exceeding 18%. As the amount of scheduled cricket is unlikely to be reduced in future years, teams may need to develop a squad rotation for fast bowlers, similar to pitching staff in baseball, to reduce the injury rates for fast bowlers. Consideration should be given to rule changes which may reduce the impact of injury. In particular, allowing the 12th man to play as a full substitute in first class cricket (and therefore take some of the bowling workload in the second innings) would probably reduce bowling injury prevalence in cricket. Keywords: injury profile, cricket, sport, Twenty 20 Introduction Cricket is one of the world’s major team sports in terms of regular international games. It is a bat-and-ball sport similar to the game of baseball, generally played outdoors on natural grass fields ( ). Some of the major differences between cricket and baseball are that the ball is bowled (with a straight arm) in cricket, rather than thrown, and that the ball generally bounces on a pitch ( and ) before it reaches the batter. The batting player is also not obliged to attempt to run if hitting the ball. Bowlers typically bowl in either of two styles, fast (with a long run-up, ) or spin (with a shorter run-up, ). Other than the newest form of cricket (Twenty20) in which teams are limited to facing 20 overs of six balls each, the length of the game in cricket is far longer than baseball and may in fact last for days. Despite being a game which may last for five days, cricket retains a tradition that the single substitute player for each 11-man team can only substitute as a fielder and is not allowed to bat or bowl. At social levels, cricket produces relatively few injuries,1 but at elite levels injuries are quite common primarily due to higher intensity of matches and workloads.2–5 It is accepted by most researchers that ongoing injury surveillance is the fundamental pillar of successful injury prevention.6,7 Cricket Australia has published annual injury reports for the past decade in keeping with the first stage of injury prevention –regular ongoing surveillance.2,8,9 Cricket researchers published the first ever consensus international injury definitions for a sport in 2005,10–13 an innovation that was soon followed by football (soccer),14 and rugby union.15 However, in the five years since the cricket definitions were published, the landscape for professional-level cricket has changed dramatically. Most of the change has been due to the emergence of Twenty20 cricket, which was a fledging variety of the sport that was almost not taken seriously in 2005. In terms of crowd numbers, it has become the most popular form of the game in a very short time. The major changes this has had on the cricket calendar include the following: That there is an absolute increase in the amount of cricket being played by teams at professional level. Although Twenty20 competitions have rapidly emerged, there has been no concurrent reduction in the amount of first class or 50-over one day cricket being played in most countries. Effectively the workload of most teams (and hence players) has increased in line with the amount of new Twenty20 cricket being played. That for bowlers, as well as an increase in total workload per annum, there has been an increase in the variability of workload. A bowler playing in a Twenty20 competition would only be required to bowl four overs under match conditions every two-to-three days. Shortly after playing in such a competition, he might be required to play in a Test match and be expected to bowl 20 or more overs in a day. This rapid (up to fivefold) sudden increase in workload would be the equivalent of a runner suddenly moving from racing at 1500 m to competition in a half-marathon. The implications for increased injury risk are fairly stark. That because of the outstanding popularity of domestic Twenty20 competitions which allow short-term player contracts, such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), players are now able to compete for multiple teams annually. This is a barrier to injury surveillance in that a nationally-based injury surveillance system may not have access to a player’s injury history during the time that he is under contract in another competition internationally. This increases the imperative to try to establish international injury surveillance in cricket. The cricket definitions agreed upon in 2005 varied from the subsequent soccer and rugby definitions in that a cricket injury required the player to miss playing time in order to be included in surveillance. This would mean that fewer injuries were included in surveillance but in theory the definitions should be easier to comply with.16,17 In the consensus group there was some argument that the cricket definitions should attempt to record every condition which presented to medical or physiotherapy staff, which was the attitude taken by the consensus definition groups for the football codes. The eventual decision for cricket was made because of the anticipated difficulty with compliance in the sport of cricket (and given that some cricket-playing nations do not have advanced sports medicine services). Despite attempts to make the definitions easy to comply with, cricket injury surveillance has been very slow to evolve. There is still no international injury surveillance system in cricket and it appears that injury surveillance has been a low priority to date for bodies like the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which organizes the IPL. Bowling workload as a risk factor for overuse injury in cricket has been previously analyzed.18–20 Acute high one-off workloads20 and overs or sessions per week18,19 have both been associated with increased risk of bowling injury. The purposes of this study were to update the injury profile of Australian first class cricket since the publication of the consensus definitions and to recommend slight changes to definitions based on the findings and changes to the cricket calendar in recent years. Methods Cricket Australia conducts an annual ongoing injury survey recording injuries in contracted first class players. Methods for this survey have been described previously2,9,10,12 The recommended methods of injury surveillance internationally were published in detail in 2005.10–13 The definition of a cricket injury (or ‘significant’ injury for surveillance purposes) is any injury or other medical condition that either: prevents a player from being fully available for selection in a major match; or during a major match, causes a player to be unable to bat, bowl or keep wicket when required by either the rules or the team’s captain. The major injury rates presented are injury incidence and injury prevalence: Injury incidence analyzes the number of injuries occurring over a given time period. Injury match incidence considers only those injuries occurring during major matches. Injury seasonal incidence considers the number of defined injuries occurring per squad per season. This can take into account gradual onset injuries, training injuries and match injuries in the one measurement. A ‘squad’ is defined as 25 players and a ‘season’ is defined as 60 days of scheduled match play. Injury prevalence considers the average number of squad members not available for selection through injury for each match divided by the total number of squad members. Injury prevalence is expressed as a percentage, representing the percentage of players missing through injury on average for that team for the season in question. It is calculated using the numerator of ‘missed player games’, with a denominator of number of games multiplied by squad members. Player movement monitoring essentially requires that all players are defined in each match as either: (1) playing cricket, (2) not playing cricket due to injury or illness, (3) not playing cricket for another reason (eg, nonselection with no lower grade game available). This report covers injuries from the cricket seasons shown in . Table 1 YearSeasonDates (according to May–April cricket ‘year’)112008–09September 2008–April 2009102007–08September 2007–March 200892006–07September 2006–April 200782005–06June 2005–April 200672004–05May 2004–March 200562003–04July 2003–March 200452002–03June 2002–April 200342001–02June 2001–April 200232000–01August 2000–April 200121999–00May 1999–April 200011998–99October 1998–April 1999 In order to promote consistency, the starting date for the Australian cricket year has been designated as the start of whichever series commenced after May 1 for every season under consideration ( ). The finishing date has been at the end of the latest finishing series which started in April each year. This definition has changed since our previous publication2 in order to promote consistency with other cricket authorities who are generally using May 1 (rather than April 1 which we have previously used) to designate the changeover of seasons. This date also better reflects the issuing of new annual contracts, which is typically done in June. This has affected the series commencing in April 2000 and April 2003 respectively which have now been included in the former years (1999–2000 and 2002–2003 respectively). The recorders of injuries have been the team doctors and/or physiotherapists for the six states and the Australian team. Recorders have been encouraged to enter most injuries that have presented to medical staff into a database but to notify which ones qualified according to the survey definition (and by which criteria). The injury survey coordinator has kept records of all matches played by squad members (in a spreadsheet) and ensured that each state provided an explanation to the survey whenever one of their players was not selected, in order to keep the spreadsheet data accurate. Insurance forms completed by medical officers have also been cross-checked to ensure all insurance information was also entered as part of the survey. Media and Website reports have been regularly checked by the injury survey coordinator as a way of prompting injury recorders to provide a diagnosis. Some of the injury rates reported here for seasons prior to 2008–09 may vary slightly from those published in previous reports. If input errors were found or definitions of injury categories have been changed then the updated values for previous seasons are included in this report. Therefore this report reflects the most accurate data from past seasons and the values presented here supersede all previous publications. In accordance with the recommended international formula,10–13 hours of player exposure in matches is calculated by multiplying the number of team days of exposure by 6.5 for the average number of players on the field and then multiplying by the number of designated hours in a day’s play. For first class matches this is six hours per day, for one day matches this is 6.667 hours per day and for Twenty20 matches 2.7 hours per day. This gives a designated exposure in terms of player hours which is used as the denominator for match incidence calculations. Player days per team per season are calculated by multiplying the size of the squads (for each match) by the number of days for matches. A very minor variation from the international definition recommendations was that an uncontracted player was considered in season 2005–06 to have become part of the squad if he was selected as the 12th man in the team. This change was made in response to the rule in one day cricket for that season which allowed the 12th man to actively play as a substitute, a rule which was only used for this one particular season. The definition of a ‘bowler’ according to the consensus statement was a player who bowled an average of five overs per match or more in the previous season. This definition requires alteration as there are now specialist Twenty20 bowlers who can only bowl a maximum of four overs per match. Nevertheless, in other circumstances it is still quite easy to classify regular bowlers and nonbowlers (batsmen or wicketkeepers) according to this definition and use the definition to adjudicate in the case of part-time bowlers as to whether they are classified as bowlers or not. The methods used for Cricket Australia injury surveillance conform to the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) and the latest National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) guidelines for research. They have been approved by the Cricket Australia Sport Science Sport Medicine Advisory Group as the relevant institutional review board. As injury surveillance is noninterventional and the methods preserve confidentiality of the players, it is characterized as ‘low or negligible risk’. Statement available at: http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/_files_nhmrc/file/publications/synopses/e72-jul09.pdf (December 3, 2009). Results Injury exposure calculations lists the number of players in each squad per season, whilst lists the number of matches per team per season. Since 1998–99 the Australian team has contracted 25 players annually prior to the start of any winter tours. The Australian squad for each subsequent season has been greater than 25 players, as it includes (from the date of their first match until the new round of contracts) any other player who tours with or plays in the Australian team. State teams can contract up to 20 other players on regular contracts (outside their Australian contracted players) and up to five players on ‘rookie’ contracts. As with the Australian team, any other player who plays with the team in a major match during the season is designated as a squad member from that time on. To date, players who have been contracted to play Twenty20 matches only for a state have been included as regular players according to the international definition. However, this is likely to be reviewed for the 2009–10 season as there is an increasing trend to sign players for the Twenty20 competition only. Table 2 Squad1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Australia3130323028312830312840New South Wales3032303531282737403538Queensland2023262827303031323233South Australia3123232732223026273029Tasmania2120272826242227322927Victoria2623273130292636312526Western Australia2326303029303037343234 Table 3 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty2014263235Domestic one day4242626262626262626262Domestic first class6262626262626262626262International Twenty20131116One day international2337192239252635362023Test match1213814121114175615All matches139154151160175160165193192193203 shows that the number of matches under survey reached its highest level ever in season 2008–09. The format of the domestic first class competition (Sheffield Shield) since 1998–99 has consistently been that each of six teams plays 10 matches each, one home and one away against each of the other teams (60 team matches), followed by a final (two team matches) at the end of the season. The matches are all scheduled for four days, with the final being scheduled for five days. Since 2000–01, the domestic limited overs (one day) competition has followed the same ‘home and away’ format as the Sheffield Shield. The domestic Twenty20 competition (currently KFC Big Bash) commenced in season 2005–06 as a limited round of matches but has been expanded in each subsequent season. Season 2009–10 will include a further expansion to the calendar as Champions League Twenty20 matches will be included for two Australian teams each year. As seen from , in limited overs matches, the number of team days is generally the same as the number of team matches scheduled, with the exception of washed out games which count as zero days of exposure. and show that the absolute amount of cricket being played each year is gradually increasing. Table 4 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty2014243035Domestic one day4240626262626060626062First class domestic222232228228220242234228232236234International Twenty20131116One day international2337192139252435362023Test cricket5353336151505878222872Total340362342372372379377418377385432 Designated exposure in terms of player hours is expressed in and used as the denominator for match incidence calculations. Overall exposure (in terms of match hours and overs bowled) has generally risen over the period of the survey, with the highest level of workloads in terms of days played, overs bowled and player hours of exposure being recorded in season 2008–09. The international calendar is undergoing changes due to the ever increasing number of Twenty20 tournaments. As has been previously discussed, increased match exposure tends to increase injury prevalence, as when matches are scheduled closer together there is less recovery time between games. Table 5 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty20242415519588Domestic one day18191732268526852685268525982598268525982685First class domestic86589048889288928580943891268892904892049126International Twenty20175217156104One day international996160282390916891082103915151559866996Test cricket2067206712872379198919502262304285810922808Total1353914449136861486514942151551504216342145821443516306 shows that workload in terms of number of overs bowled has stayed fairly steady in first class domestic cricket over the past 10 years, but has increased in domestic one day cricket since 2000–01. The overall number of overs bowled reached an all time high in season 2008–09. Twenty20 cricket will probably not contribute substantially to overall bowling workload despite the new fixtures being introduced, although the number of days of cricket played will increase. Table 6 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty20241470570659Domestic one day18741858269028352697288327292751287726062751First class domestic994597299837983392241031198719645996797139974International Twenty20205820171121One day international1061163290698017001094105715771488805959Test cricket1910188213472243207320002159275689011362833Total1479115101147801589115694162881583517027157111500117299 Player days per team per season are calculated by multiplying the size of the squads (for each match) by the number of days for matches ( ). Table 7 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty204417398871021Domestic one day990916149517391675165115641842191117551843First class domestic51605343558664355936647761577193726569817008International Twenty20278227227199One day international678105154460810616856409601056536743Test cricket15171444947170713521374156220955727362169Total834587548572104891002410187995012613115701112212983 Injury incidence Injury incidence results are detailed in – . Injury match incidence is calculated in using the total number of injuries (both new and recurrent) as the numerator and the number of player hours of exposure ( ) as the denominator. Table 8 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty2041.3120.4115.651.0Domestic one day55.034.648.422.337.267.042.365.448.453.978.2First class domestic32.324.322.545.024.523.324.114.628.739.136.2International Twenty200.0192.70.0321.10.0One day international80.356.260.833.082.937.067.419.851.346.210.0Test cricket24.262.923.329.415.161.58.823.023.336.617.8All matches37.734.630.037.732.137.027.925.737.047.838.6 Table 13 Injury type1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Fractured facial bones0.00.30.20.30.00.10.20.20.10.10.3Other head and facial injuries0.20.00.01.00.20.10.20.10.30.10.1Neck injuries0.00.20.30.00.00.00.00.20.40.00.0Shoulder tendon injuries1.21.40.50.91.10.00.20.90.60.50.2Other shoulder injuries0.00.00.50.70.30.40.90.80.51.50.3Arm/forearm fractures0.40.30.00.00.00.00.20.10.00.00.0Other elbow/arm injuries0.20.20.50.01.10.10.20.60.30.90.3Wrist and hand fractures1.10.71.71.71.11.01.20.80.51.30.9Other wrist/hand injuries0.50.70.50.10.60.71.20.40.50.40.9Side and abdominal strains1.61.02.11.80.51.11.40.61.71.71.4Other trunk injuries0.50.00.20.40.20.40.00.60.60.10.1Lumbar stress fractures0.20.50.50.71.40.80.20.41.00.30.6Other lumbar injuries1.81.01.40.92.11.81.11.71.01.61.2Groin and hip injuries2.00.71.00.93.21.40.81.21.61.10.9Thigh and hamstring strains3.21.62.62.61.92.92.61.32.14.44.8Buttock and other thigh injuries0.00.20.90.10.20.70.00.00.80.50.4Knee cartilage injuries0.71.01.41.40.60.40.91.80.90.70.4Other knee injuries1.61.40.90.60.50.30.00.60.40.30.3Shin and foot stress fractures0.20.20.30.30.80.30.60.10.50.50.9Ankle and foot sprains1.11.21.01.11.01.60.80.51.01.21.1Other shin, foot and ankle injuries0.91.20.52.01.81.61.80.61.41.31.2Heat related illness0.00.20.00.00.00.10.00.00.00.00.0Medical illness0.72.40.30.91.10.51.11.51.21.30.3Total18.016.417.418.319.816.415.015.117.420.216.8 Injury match incidence in the units of injuries per 10,000 player hours is higher in one day matches than first class matches and higher still in Twenty20 cricket. Because first class matches are played over a much longer duration than limited overs matches (at both domestic and international level), they produce a higher number of injuries per match, even though the hourly rate is lower. Although match injury incidence is a useful unit of measure, many cricket injuries occur with a gradual onset and hence in and there are some years in which there were a small number of international matches of a certain type and the match onset incidence was actually zero. Match play was still potentially contributing to the development of injuries, but because the injuries were of gradual onset they were not designated as match onset injuries. Table 9 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty200.02.11.81.5Domestic one day3.22.23.71.11.92.11.51.11.42.74.0First class domestic1.90.91.01.51.50.91.00.21.12.22.2International Twenty200.00.00.05.80.0One day international2.81.81.10.01.80.01.90.62.00.00.0Test cricket1.03.22.21.81.43.50.00.71.10.0*0.7All matches2.01.51.61.41.61.41.00.51.32.02.1 analyzes match injury incidence by a new unit, injuries per 1,000 days of play. This unit was not recommended by the international definitions but enables a more direct comparison between Twenty20 cricket and the other forms. From this, it can be seen that Domestic Twenty20 matches have a lower bowling injury incidence than other forms of domestic cricket in terms of injuries per day of play, even though the incidence is comparable in terms of injuries per 1,000 overs bowled. The International Twenty20 figures follow a similar trend although are not yet as accurate due to the small number of International Twenty20 matches that have been played to date. Table 10 Match typeInjury incidence (n/10,000 player hours)Injury incidence (n/1,000 days of play)Bowling injury incidence (n/1,000 overs bowled)Bowling injury incidence (n/1,000 days of play)Domestic 20/2085.0145.61.529.1Domestic one day50.6219.22.299.4First class domestic28.6111.61.356.0International 20/20173.4272.72.645.5One day international50.5218.51.253.0Test cricket28.9112.71.453.7All matches35.0137.61.561.4 Seasonal incidence ( and ) is calculated by number of injuries multiplied by 1,500 (for a squad of 25 players over 60 days), divided by the number of player days of exposure ( ). This peaked in 2007–08 but otherwise has stayed fairly constant over the last decade. Although there were more injuries (in total) in 2008–09 compared to 1998–99, this was only in proportion to the number of games and number of contracted players. Table 11 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Australia17.716.217.115.529.314.014.816.226.225.015.8New South Wales14.211.716.318.510.218.85.88.915.09.217.2Queensland11.517.017.225.315.720.417.915.020.636.317.4South Australia24.313.523.117.619.018.89.717.312.717.521.5Tasmania17.713.918.416.920.513.219.721.714.811.611.1Victoria18.623.316.920.521.117.713.415.920.429.019.5Western Australia21.119.714.116.621.014.223.611.912.416.316.0All teams18.016.417.418.319.816.415.015.117.420.216.8 reveals that the injury recurrence rates have increased over the past two seasons. This is most likely to relate to the increased density of the cricket calendar, with greater pressure to return due to a higher number of games being missed in a shorter time period. It also may represent artifact to some extent in that players are less likely to return via grade cricket than they would have in the past. Technically, a recurrence suffered playing a return match in grade cricket does not count as an actual recurrence according to the definitions as the player has not returned yet to ‘List A’ cricket. Table 12 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Recurrence rates8.9%7.4%6.9%8.5%7.3%10.0%3.0%7.1%8.9%17.3%15.8% reveals that seasonal incidence by body part has generally been consistent over the past 11 seasons. Some injury categories have fallen slightly in incidence in recent seasons including shoulder tendon injuries and wrist and hand fractures, although most categories have stayed fairly constant. Thigh and hamstring strain injury incidence has risen in recent seasons. Hamstring strains ( ) are clearly the most common injuries (ie, most frequently occurring) in cricket. They occur in all forms of the game (batting, bowling, fielding, training and sometimes with gradual onset). Injury prevalence Injury prevalence rates follow a similar pattern to injury incidence, however, although incidence stayed constant over the past few seasons, prevalence has gradually increased. The disparity between the two can be attributed to the generally increased number of matches, with the ‘average’ injury artificially becoming more severe over recent years because there are more matches to miss (injury prevalence = injury incidence × average injury severity). Injury prevalence rates ( – ) in season 2008–09 were slightly higher than the long-term average, which is an expected outcome given the steadily increasing amount of match exposure at domestic level. Pace bowlers remain the position most susceptible to missing time through injury ( ). In season 2008–09, 21% of fast bowlers were missing (on average) through injury at any given time. It continues to be a priority to research further the possible risk factors for pace bowlers in order to control their injury rates. Table 14 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Domestic Twenty2010.9%10.0%12.1%12.4%Domestic one day7.1%7.0%8.0%11.3%8.8%11.9%9.5%10.3%11.5%13.5%9.7%First class domestic6.6%6.9%9.5%10.4%9.0%11.2%8.6%10.4%10.0%10.8%9.2%International Twenty207.4%2.4%14.8%11.5%22.6%One day international13.7%7.6%10.5%8.4%8.9%13.4%3.8%6.9%10.8%12.7%18.2%Test cricket6.3%9.8%11.5%6.2%7.5%11.0%6.3%8.2%8.4%9.6%14.3%All matches7.2%7.5%9.5%9.7%8.7%11.4%8.1%9.7%10.3%11.4%11.1% Table 15 1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Batsman3.9%3.5%5.2%4.7%3.9%6.7%9.8%6.3%5.5%7.7%6.4%Wicketkeeper2.8%1.4%0.9%0.6%0.8%3.9%3.2%2.9%0.5%1.7%3.3%Pace bowler11.5%14.1%15.0%19.4%16.5%18.2%9.3%14.4%18.6%19.1%20.7%Spin bowler4.9%1.4%10.1%1.1%3.6%7.1%4.2%8.8%4.1%10.7%5.5%Total7.2%7.5%9.5%9.7%8.7%11.4%8.1%9.7%10.3%11.4%11.1% Table 16 Body region1998–991999–002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–09Fractured facial bones0.0%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%Other head and facial injuries0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%Neck injuries0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%Shoulder tendon injuries0.6%0.4%0.8%1.4%0.6%0.1%0.1%0.8%0.7%0.4%0.5%Other shoulder injuries0.4%0.0%0.3%0.6%0.1%0.5%0.8%1.0%0.5%1.1%0.2%Arm/forearm fractures0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%Other elbow/arm injuries0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.6%Wrist and hand fractures0.1%0.1%0.9%0.9%0.6%0.8%0.7%0.6%0.2%0.5%0.3%Other wrist/hand injuries0.2%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.2%0.1%0.7%0.1%0.1%0.6%0.1%Side and abdominal strains0.4%0.4%0.4%0.7%0.1%0.7%0.8%0.3%0.6%0.8%0.8%Other trunk injuries0.4%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%Lumbar stress fractures0.1%0.8%0.7%1.1%1.8%2.1%0.2%0.9%1.6%0.8%0.8%Other lumbar injuries0.7%1.3%0.9%0.3%0.6%0.8%1.0%1.1%0.6%0.5%1.3%Groin and hip injuries1.1%0.1%0.3%0.8%0.7%0.8%0.3%0.6%1.0%0.7%0.4%Thigh and hamstring strains0.9%0.7%0.5%0.7%0.8%0.7%0.7%0.3%1.1%1.6%2.3%Buttock and other thigh injuries0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.1%0.4%Knee cartilage injuries0.4%0.6%1.1%1.2%1.1%0.5%0.5%1.7%1.0%0.6%0.3%Other knee injuries0.9%0.4%1.4%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.0%0.6%0.3%0.4%0.5%Shin and foot stress fractures0.0%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.5%0.0%0.5%0.2%0.4%0.4%1.0%Ankle and foot sprains0.4%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.3%1.5%0.2%0.5%0.6%1.6%0.5%Other shin, foot and ankle injuries0.1%1.1%0.1%0.8%0.5%1.4%0.6%0.2%0.4%0.5%0.8%Heat related illness0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%Medical illness0.2%0.6%0.1%0.2%0.2%0.5%0.6%0.3%0.2%0.3%0.1%Total7.2%7.5%9.5%9.7%8.7%11.4%8.1%9.7%10.3%11.4%11.1% Injury prevalence by injury category ( ) revealed no outstanding trends for recent seasons other than an increase in time missed due to thigh and hamstring strains. This may be related to an increased speed of movement in Twenty20 cricket. The injuries which are most common (have the highest seasonal incidence) are generally the most prevalent (ie, cause the highest number of missed games). The exceptions to this trend are lumbar injuries, particularly lumbar stress fractures ( ). Lumbar stress fractures in bowlers generally cause many missed months of playing time and so they do not show a particularly high incidence ( ) but do show a high prevalence ( ). Injury prevalence by player age and position and show that pace bowlers are easily the position most prone to missing time through injury and that increasing player age is a strong risk factor for injury. Batsmen, wicketkeepers and spin bowlers in general have a slowly increasing injury prevalence as they age. Fast bowlers have more of a J-shaped curve, where they are quite susceptible to injury at young ages (particularly lumbar stress fracture), their injury risk decreases through the mid-20s and then increases to be substantial once again in older bowlers over the age of 32. Table 17 < 2121–2425–2829–3233+Batsman7.2%4.6%4.1%6.0%9.3%Keeper0.0%1.4%2.9%2.1%2.9%Pace Bowler16.7%18.3%13.7%14.9%23.5%Spinner4.4%3.9%4.2%4.8%9.1%Total6.0%9.1%9.3%10.9%13.3% Discussion Injury profile The injury profile in this study is similar to that reported in previous studies of cricket injuries.2,5,9,21,22 The most common injury in the game is the hamstring strain. The incidence and prevalence of hamstring strains are both increasing, possibly due to the amount of cricket being played and possibly due to an increased risk associated with Twenty20 cricket. The most severe of the common injuries is the lumbar stress fracture in fast bowlers, which generally affect younger players more than older players, and which are usually season-ending. Apart from this injury which makes young fast bowlers quite prone to injury, older players are injured more often than younger players. In general the number of cricket injuries has remained fairly steady over the past decade, if it is considered in proportion to the amount of cricket played (ie, seasonal incidence which is adjusted for length of season). The injury prevalence has been steadily increasing, primarily due to an increase in severity of injuries (average number of missed games per injury). Some of this is artificial, in that the more crowded calendar of matches will mean that a player with an injury which takes a month to recover will miss more games if there are more games scheduled per month, as has been the case in recent seasons. Injury definitions The injury definitions proposed by the international consensus statements10,12,13 are workable and generally can be used to undertake ongoing surveillance. There has been some comment that the proposed cricket definitions are too narrow and do not catch enough injuries.23,24 However, the lack of many published studies since the definitions were determined indicates that many countries still lack the resources to comply with the ‘simple’ definitions that were chosen with compliance in mind.16,17 It would be hard to argue that the definitions should be expanded to make capture more difficult given that injury surveillance appears to be under-resourced internationally. The expansion of Twenty20 cricket in the past few years requires a reanalysis of the definitions used for the cricket injury surveillance. This should be done with international collaboration. Suggested changes include the following: Cohort definition should allow players to be able to come in and out of the squad over the course of a single season. This is applicable to players who sign a Twenty20 contract only, for example in the IPL or Australian Big Bash competitions, which last for weeks rather than an entire year. Match injury definition of units should probably be changed to include a unit injuries/1,000 player days ( ) rather than/10,000 player hours. This allows better comparison between the risk of Twenty20 cricket and other forms of the game. However, seasonal injury incidence should be used as the core unit for incidence given that overuse injuries are better captured this way25 and many injuries occur as a build-up of cumulative fatigue.20 Match workload data from a previous study confirmed that a match workload of >50 overs in a first class match (and, in particular, >30 overs in the second innings of the match) leads to an increased risk of bowling injury for pace bowlers.20 Interestingly this increased risk is most demonstrated for a delayed period of 21–28 days after the heavy workload (rather than immediately after). This artifact makes analysis of Twenty20 injury incidence somewhat problematic. As a high percentage of fast bowling injuries are ‘overuse’ in nature, an injury of this nature occurring in a Twenty20 may reflect cumulative overuse from previous first class cricket. Reports of injury rates in exclusively Twenty20 competitions (such as the IPL and Indian Cricket League) will be important to take note of, although again this data may be affected by cricket played in the lead up to these events. Injury prevention The increased scheduling in the cricket calendar at both domestic and international levels represents the highest challenge in terms of preventing injuries in the future. Although overuse is the main concern, underuse (ie, leading to sudden increases in load) may be a problem. Lack of acclimatization to high workloads may occur playing Twenty20 cricket and this may lead to an increased risk of injury on return to first class cricket from a spell in Twenty20 cricket. Acute high overloads are very difficult to control in first class cricket. Overs bowled cannot necessarily be planned by the team’s captain or coach and are often at the mercy of how well the opponents are batting. Nevertheless there are some factors which perhaps could be considered. The most contentious would be allowing the 12th man to bowl if made as a permanent replacement. This suggestion has been discussed before, with the major objection being that the nature of the game would be significantly changed if a substitute was used for a minimally-injured or noninjured player. Although using the 12th man as a substitute has been trialed and actually discarded in limited-overs cricket, it has not previously been trialed in first class cricket. Obviously a potential place where it could be implemented on a trial basis, without requiring consent of all countries, is in the domestic competitions. Presumably many teams would often choose spin bowlers as their ‘12th man’ who could substitute in for a batsman or pace bowler during the second innings. This extra bowler would act as insurance against the original bowlers being over-bowled in the second innings of matches. Although associated with difficulties in implementation and a fight against tradition, the statistics support an increased risk of injury for bowling >50 overs in a match or >30 overs in the second innings for pace bowlers.20 In first class cricket, a strong argument can be made in particular that if a pace bowler breaks down early in a match that he should be able to be replaced, as the consequence of not doing so is the almost inevitable over-bowling of the remaining fit bowlers. Despite the tradition, it is worth remembering that cricket is a fairly unique team sport on the world stage in terms of not allowing injury substitutes – in a sport which has the longest duration of play! A further consideration is that the potential use of a fit bowling substitute may tilt the balance of the game back slightly in favor of the bowlers, given that recent changes in cricket have tended to favor batsmen. As a counter-argument, it may tilt the game further in favor of the team who bats first (and bowls last) as it would be of most advantage to substitute a bowler for the final (bowling) innings only. Short of rule changes, the knowledge of which players are at higher risk for the following month from acute workloads can help team coaching and fitness staff better plan training workloads. A player who has an acute single overload (or even more so, if on more than one occasion) in the previous month can be tagged as ‘at risk’ and used more sparingly where the option is available, particularly at training. It is likely that in the future teams will need to develop more of a ‘squad’ mentality towards their fast bowlers in a similar fashion to professional baseball teams’ attitude to their pitchers. In periods flagged as high risk for injury (playing after a high one-off workload or playing first class cricket after a break where only limited overs cricket was played), it may become necessary to rest fast bowlers to concentrate on conditioning in order to reduce the risk of further long-term injury. All countries should be encouraged to undertake injury surveillance and distribute reports to other countries. It is acknowledged that injury surveillance is expensive and is very unlikely to be successful in the long-term without adequate ongoing funding. It is perhaps worth seeking international funding, either through the ICC or a major corporate sponsor, to assist with the payment for injury surveillance in the Test-playing countries where it is not currently being undertaken. The priority areas for injury risk factor studies continue to be studies of fast bowlers, who have the highest injury prevalence.2,9 Workload and biomechanical technique studies26,27 have the greatest chance of being able to reduce the risk of fast bowling injury in the modern cricket calendar. Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the recent contributions of the following practitioners, along with all of those acknowledged in previous Cricket Australia annual injury reports: Team physiotherapists: Patrick Farhart, Murray Ryan (New South Wales), Adam Smith (Queensland), John Porter (South Australia), Michael Jamison (Tasmania), Rob Colling (Western Australia), Kevin Sims (Australia). Team medical officers: Neville Blomeley (Queensland), Terry Farquharson (South Australia), David Humphries and Peter Sexton (Tasmania), Damien McCann (Western Australia). Footnotes Disclosures The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. References 1. 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1408	dbpedia	2	35	https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/JIMMY%2520WAYNE/	en	JIMMY%20WAYNE photos on Flickr	https://combo.staticflickr.com/pw/favicon.ico	https://combo.staticflickr.com/pw/favicon.ico	[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Flickr" ]	2024-08-11T04:44:41.921000+00:00	Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "JIMMY%20WAYNE" Flickr tag.	en	https://combo.staticflickr.com/pw/favicon.ico	Flickr	https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/JIMMY%20WAYNE/
1408	dbpedia	0	7	https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3263961/sheffield-shield-opens-under-lights-in-201516	en	Sheffield Shield opens under lights in 2015-16	https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2023/05/04/3129748c-dcaf-40fa-97f0-c87a4fab1528/NZunKcFX.ashx	https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/photo/2023/05/04/3129748c-dcaf-40fa-97f0-c87a4fab1528/NZunKcFX.ashx	[ "https://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-_yGXjT_8BYPT1.gif", "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/document/2022/10/25/bdb5b713-9bb9-40c9-aefd-84b51f0b1b20/CricketAustraliaLogoWhiteWide.svg", "https://resources.cricket-australia.pulselive.com/cricket-australia/document/2022/12/15/49ef5c53-74f0-4425-bf6a-cd92143461d7/cricket.com.au.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "text" ]	null	[ "cricket.com.au" ]	2015-07-09T10:31:00+00:00	Australia's domestic first-class competition opens with a day-night round and will also feature a…	en	/resources/ver/v1.11.2/assets/cricket-australia/apple-touch-icon.png		https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3263961/sheffield-shield-opens-under-lights-in-201516	The opening round of the 2015-16 Sheffield Shield season will be played under lights, while the first ever domestic first-class fixture will be played abroad. Cricket Australia has today released the remaining international and domestic fixtures, with the domestic first-class competition to play a pivotal role in conjunction with the national team's interests. 2015-16 Summer of Cricket Full schedule for the 2015-16 season 2015-16 Sheffield Shield full schedule Historic Shield match to be played in New Zealand Adelaide to host first day-night Test Summer of cricket tickets guide 2015-16 Test schedule and venues details India returns for limited-overs contests Southern Stars schedule v India women Matador Cup revamped to kick-start summer The pink Kookaburra ball will be used for the opening round of the 2015-16 season ahead of the first-ever day-night Test match a month later. Adelaide was confirmed as the venue for the first ever day-night Test match, against New Zealand, and the West End Redbacks will host New South Wales in a match that will give as many of the Australian Test team experience of playing at Adelaide Oval under lights. The KFC T20 Big Bash League and inaugural Women’s Big Bash League fixtures will be announced this later week. Other matches being played under lights will be the Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers against the MyFootDr Queensland Bulls at the MCG and the Tasmanian Tigers against the Alcohol.Think Again Western Warriors at Hobart's Blundstone Arena. Round one of the Shield will begin on Tuesday, October 27, with all matches starting at 2pm AEST. The SA v NSW match will start at 2.30pm local time. The third Test between Australia and New Zealand will be the historic day-night match, taking place at the Adelaide Oval from November 27, meaning the large New South Wales contingent in the Australia squad will get a taste of the conditions in the build-up to the clash. Pink balls will be used in the round one clashes, as they were in last season’s day-night round of Shield action, and will also be used in the day-night Test. Meanwhile, the round six match between NSW and WA, beginning on February 3 in Lincoln, just outside of Christchurch in New Zealand, will be the first-ever Shield clash played outside Australia. The historic fixture has again been scheduled with the intent of adequately preparing a sizeable contingent of Australian players for the first-class conditions across the Tasman ahead of the opening match of the two-Test series against the Black Caps. Image Id: ~/media/C562F62C1AF34DBCAA67C7407793FE4E However, some of the Test-playing squad will be with Australia's limited-overs team in the midst of a Chappell-Hadlee series, and Cricket Australia's Executive General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said a unique solution was required. "The upcoming schedule in New Zealand presents us with a few challenges when looking to prepare our players for the first Test against the Black Caps," said Howard. "If we were to schedule a warm-up game, it would have to happen in parallel with the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and Sheffield Shield. That would obviously have a negative impact on the Shield because we’d have to pull extra players out of that competition. "Therefore we thought bringing a Shield match, involving a number of international players, to New Zealand was a different option that gives us some strong preparation in local conditions. "Obviously we can't cater for everyone in that scenario, and a number of our Test players will be playing in the Chappell-Hadlee Series, but for those who aren't we'd make plans for them to get the right preparation by playing a Shield match on the east coast of Australia at that time." In round eight of the Shield, Coffs Harbour will play host to the inaugural Phillip Hughes Tribute match between NSW and SA, Hughes’s two former states. "Phillip was a wonderful player for NSW, South Australia and Australia, and a proud representative of Macksville and North Coast cricket," Cricket NSW chief executive Andrew Jones said. "Cricket NSW is delighted that with the support of the Coffs Harbour City Council, we are able to play a tribute match in a region where Phillip was and will forever remain a favourite son." Elsewhere, reigning champions Victoria begin their new era under David Saker against the Phil Jaques-led Queensland Bulls. The Bushrangers drew last season’s Shield final at Blundstone Arena in Hobart against the Warriors to claim their third title in seven years. Past 10 Sheffield Shield champions 2014-15: Victoria 2013-14: New South Wales 2012-13: Tasmania 2011-12: Queensland 2010-11: Tasmania 2009-10: Victoria 2008-09: Victoria 2007-08: New South Wales 2006-07: Tasmania 2005-06: Queensland
1408	dbpedia	2	19	https://kids.kiddle.co/Matthew_Wade	en	Matthew Wade facts for kids	https://kids.kiddle.co/i…Matthew_Wade.jpg	https://kids.kiddle.co/i…Matthew_Wade.jpg	[ "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/wk/kids-robot.svg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/wk/kids-search-engine.svg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/2/23/Matthew_Wade.jpg/300px-Matthew_Wade.jpg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/f/f6/Matthew_Wade_batting.jpg/300px-Matthew_Wade_batting.jpg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/f/fe/Ian_Bell_batting_2013_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Ian_Bell_batting_2013_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/0/0f/Matthew_Wade_3rd_Test_of_the_2019_Ashes_Headingley.jpg/250px-Matthew_Wade_3rd_Test_of_the_2019_Ashes_Headingley.jpg", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/1/18/WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg/23px-WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png", "https://kids.kiddle.co/images/wk/kids-search-engine.svg" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null	Learn Matthew Wade facts for kids	en	/images/wk/favicon-16x16.png		https://kids.kiddle.co/Matthew_Wade	Matthew Scott Wade (born 26 December 1987) is an Australian international cricketer who is the interim captain of the Australian cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team, who he also captains, and for Hobart Hurricanes. In December 2020, Wade captained Australia for the first time in international cricket. On 15 March 2024, he announced his retirement from red ball cricket after the final match of 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season. Personal life Wade was born in Hobart on 26 December 1987. He is the son of Scott Wade, an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL), for Clarence and Hobart in the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), and served a long tenure as CEO of AFL Tasmania. His grandfather, Michael Wade, served as president of the Hobart Football Club. Wade is the cousin of Collingwood Football Club defender Jeremy Howe. Wade represented Tasmania in junior cricket and junior football, vice-captaining the Tassie Mariners in the TAC Cup, where he played alongside future Australian Football League players Sam Lonergan, Grant Birchall and Jack Riewoldt. He represented Australia at the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. ..... Wade is colour blind. He has suffered difficulties on the field due to the colours of certain cricket balls. Domestic and T20 franchise career Wade played one List A match for the Tasmania Tigers in the 2006–07 Ford Ranger One Day Cup season, his only match for Tasmania in any form of the game in his first spell with the state side. His opportunities to be selected as a wicketkeeper in his home state were minimal due to the presence of Tim Paine, who at the time was seen as the likely successor to Brad Haddin as wicketkeeper in the Australian national team. Rather than attempt to become a specialist batsman, Wade moved to Victoria in the 2007/08 season, and within two years had established himself as the state's first choice wicketkeeper ahead of incumbent Adam Crosthwaite. Wade scored his maiden first-class century in the 2008/09 season. He made an important contribution to Victoria's win in the 2009/10 Sheffield Shield final against Queensland, when he came out to bat with the team at 5/60 and scored 96 runs. Victoria won the match by 457 runs and Wade was named man of the match. He was suspended and fined for pitch tampering in 2013 and in February 2015, scored 152 for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield, his highest first-class score to date. In January 2011, Wade signed with the Delhi Daredevils, going on to play three times for Delhi in the 2011 Indian Premier League. Before the 2017/18 season, Wade chose to return to his home state of Tasmania for family reasons. He assumed the first choice wicket keeper role with Tim Paine a member of the Test side, although Wade was selected as a specialist batsman when Paine returned from national duties. The move also saw Wade traded from the Melbourne Renegades to the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash. He went on to be named in the Sheffield Shield team of the year in March 2018. Mid-way through the 2018/19 season, Wade was appointed captain of Tasmanian team and the Hurricanes after a decision by Cricket Tasmania to remove George Bailey to focus on his batting performance. In February 2022, he was bought by the Gujarat Titans in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. In April 2022, he was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England. In December 2022, Wade was drafted by the Karachi Kings as their Platinum Category round pick at the 2023 PSL draft International career Following his success in domestic limited overs cricket, Wade was called up to the Australian team for the first time in October 2011, for a Twenty20 International against South Africa. In February 2012, he made his international breakthrough as a T20I player against India in Sydney, opening the batting and scoring 72 runs from 43 balls to earn the Man of the Match award. Following that T20I series, Wade was called up to the Australian One Day International team for the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series. He won the Man of the Match award on debut, scoring 67 runs off 69 balls against India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. During the series, he cemented his place as Australia's first choice limited overs wicket-keeper, and usually opened the batting. Wade was part of the Australian team for the 2011–12 tour of the West Indies as the limited overs wicketkeeper. However, after Test wicketkeeper Brad Haddin returned home before the Test matches because his daughter was ill, Wade was selected to replace him. He made his Test debut on 7 April against the West Indies at Barbados, and scored his maiden Test century (106) in the third Test in Roseau. Wade was then selected ahead of Haddin for Australia's following Test series against South Africa in November 2012, and held his place until the end of the 2012–13 season, encompassing a home series against Sri Lanka, and a tour of India. He scored his second Test century in the third Test against Sri Lanka in Sydney. However, from the 2013 Ashes series, Wade lost his Test position to Brad Haddin. He retained his position as ODI wicketkeeper for a period of time, but was ultimately left out of the Australian 2015 Cricket World Cup squad for Haddin. However, after the retirement of Brad Haddin at the end of 2014–15, Wade was recalled to the team for the ODI, and T20I series against England in 2015; but, lost the Test wicketkeeping position to Peter Nevill. It was not until November 2016, three and a half years after his previous Test match, that Wade returned to the Test team, recalled ahead of a struggling Nevill, for the third Test against South Africa, and the subsequent home series against Pakistan. On 13 January 2017, in the first ODI against Pakistan of a 5-match series, Wade scored his maiden ODI century, which came from 100 balls. He reached 100 on the final ball of Australia's innings, and his effort came when Australia was in trouble at 5 for 78 early in the innings. On the second last ball he got 2 runs off of a ball hit to the infield due to a misfield, which allowed him to retain the strike to complete the hundred. Wade was given out LBW earlier in his innings, but the decision was overturned after he asked for a review. On 27 January 2017, he was named as ODI captain of Australia in injured Steve Smith's place for their series against New Zealand. He was not fit for the first ODI and ruled out from the squad. Aaron Finch was named stand-in captain for the match. Before the second ODI of that series Wade was ruled out of series due to back injury and Finch continued to captain in the remaining matches. In July 2019, Wade was added to Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup, as cover for Usman Khawaja, who was ruled out of the knock-out stage of the tournament with a hamstring injury. In July 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. Wade played in all five matches, making 337 runs across 10 innings at an average 33.70, including two centuries. The series was drawn 2-2. In April 2020, Cricket Australia awarded Wade with a central contract ahead of the 2020–21 season. On 16 July 2020, Wade was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Wade included in the touring party. On 6 December 2020, Wade captained Australia for the first time, leading the side in a T20I match against India at the SCG after Aaron Finch was ruled out due to injury. In August 2021, he was named captain for Australia's five-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Later the same month, Wade was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. In May 2024, he was named in Australia’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament. List of international centuries He has scored four centuries in Test matches and one in a One Day International. His highest Test score of 117 came against England at The Oval in September 2019. His highest ODI score of 100 not out came against Pakistan at The Gabba in January 2017. Test centuries No. Score Opponents Venue Date Result Ref 1 106 West Indies Windsor Park, Dominica 23 April 2012 Australia won 2 102 not out Sri Lanka Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 3 January 2013 Australia won 3 110 England Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham 1 August 2019 Australia won 4 117 England The Oval, London 12 September 2019 Australia lost
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1408	dbpedia	3	14	https://firstgrade.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Hussey	en	Michael Hussey	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/firstgrade/images/5/58/Mike_Hussey_3.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120104201229", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to National Rugby League (NRL) Wiki" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age...	en	/skins-ucp/mw139/common/favicon.ico	National Rugby League (NRL) Wiki	https://firstgrade.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Hussey	Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut.[1] However, he has had a highly successful international career, being the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world in 2006.[2] He plays first-class cricket as vice-captain of the Western Warriors in Australia and has played for three counties in England. He also plays in the Indian Premier League for the Chennai Super Kings, although he opted out of the 2009 season. He was retained by Chennai Super Kings in the 2011–2012 season of Indian Premier League for $425,000 at auctions held in January 2011. Pre-Test career[] Hussey initially played for his native Western Australian Warriors, and his career total of 6471 runs ranks eighth in the list of that state's run-makers in the Sheffield Shield. He then moved to England, where in July 2001 he scored an unbeaten 329 (a Northamptonshire club record) at Wantage Road in his side's 633 for six declared on the way to a 10-wicket victory. He later captained Northamptonshire. In August 2003 he surpassed his own Northamptonshire record, when he scored 331 not out against Somerset at Taunton. When Hussey was playing for the second-string national team, Allan Border once jokingly suggested he get match practice by staying in the nets for a full six hours; to his astonishment, Hussey went on to do just that.[3] Hussey started out as a right-handed batsman but turned himself into a left-hander as he is greatly inspired by Border. International career[] Hussey earned a Cricket Australia contract in 2004–05 after excelling in the ING Cup. Statistically, Hussey's international career has been very successful, with his career batting average in tests being 52.16 and in ODIs 51.93 as of June 2010. He is a very occasional medium pace bowler, bowling only 28 overs in his Test career, 23 of them in 2008. He is brought into the attack usually to give the pace bowlers a rest, although he was once brought on in India to stop Ricky Ponting getting a one-match ban for a slow over rate. On 28 December 2008, Day 3 of the Boxing Day test, he got his first test wicket, Paul Harris caught by Mitchell Johnson. He ended with figures of 1/22. He has taken two wickets in One Day Internationals. At the age of 36 Hussey is still dominating in the test arena. One-day internationals[] Hussey debuted for the Australian One-day team against India on 1 February 2004 at his home WACA ground in Perth. In this match Hussey made 17* helping Australia win the match by five wickets. In the third Super Series match on 9 October 2005, Hussey became the first person to hit the roof of the Telstra Dome (the ICC World XI's Makhaya Ntini was the bowler in this case). On 6 February 2006, he tied with Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Brett Lee on 22 votes for the Australian One-Day Player of the Year at the annual Allan Border Medal presentation. However, Symonds was ruled ineligible after an alcohol-related indiscretion, and after Lee and Gilchrist were eliminated on countback, Hussey was named the outright winner. Hussey had also come second overall in the Allan Border medal his first year in international cricket. On 3 November 2006, Hussey became the ICC's ODI Player of the Year at the annual ICC Awards in Mumbai. He was also named in its World ODI XI in 2006 and as 12th man in 2007. Many tip Hussey to be the next ODI and Test captain of Australia[4][5][6] and on 18 September 2006, owing to Australia's rotation policy, and in Ricky Ponting's absence, Hussey captained Australia for the first time in the DLF Cup second round match against West Indies at Kuala Lumpur. Australia lost the game by three wickets, but Hussey and Brad Haddin put together a sixth-wicket partnership of 165, a world record for that wicket in all ODIs.[7] In the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Triangular Series, Australia were in trouble while chasing a target against England, and in a later match New Zealand. Both times Hussey guided the Australians to victory, and on both occasions was the only recognised batsman at the crease at the end of the match. Hussey led Australia in the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy after selectors rested captain Ricky Ponting and vice-captain Adam Gilchrist. The first match against New Zealand saw a 10-wicket loss, the first time Australia had lost by this margin in their One Day International history, although Hussey top scored with 42 off 96 balls. Hussey's record as captain was further marred when Australia lost the top place in the ODI rankings to South Africa for the first time since they were introduced in 2002 after losing to New Zealand two days later. Hussey top-scored for Australia with an aggressive 105 off 84 before another loss in the final match left him with a captaincy record of four losses from four matches. In early 2007, Hussey had a major slump in form with an average of only eight in over 10 innings, which scarcely improved in the World Cup where he gained an average of 17.4 with 87 runs. However, this was also due to a lack of opportunities to bat because of Australia's top-order dominance. In the fourth ODI in the Commonwealth Bank Series played at the MCG on 10 February 2008 against India, Australia's top order and middle order collapsed, which saw Hussey come in at 5/72 with the side in deep trouble. He made a 53-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Brett Lee (which was the highest partnership of the innings) until Lee fell to Pathan. Hussey batted through the rest of the innings, making an unbeaten 65 off 88 being the only Australian to really contribute to the poor total of 159. In the first ODI of the 2008 Bangladesh ODI series, Hussey top-scored with 85 and received the man-of-the-match award. This coincided with his rise to second in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI player rankings. After initially being left out, Michael Hussey was named in the Australian 2011 World Cup squad as the replacement of Doug Bollinger after recovering from hamstring injury that needed surgery.[8] Tests[] Hussey made his Test debut at the Gabba in Brisbane on 3 November 2005, as a replacement for fellow Western Australian batsman Justin Langer in the Australia vs. West Indies series. In the first innings Hussey managed only one run, caught by Denesh Ramdin off the bowling of Daren Powell. In the second innings Hussey turned in an unimpressive 29. In the following Test, at Bellerive Oval (Tasmania) he scored 137 and 31* and was named man of the match. In the third Test at Adelaide Oval, Hussey was moved down the order to number five to accommodate the return of Langer. He made 133 not out in the first innings and 30 not out in the second, bringing his Test average to 120. Since being moved down the order, Hussey has proved invaluable to the Australian team, often building impressive partnerships with the tail-end batsmen, the most impressive being a 107-run 10th-wicket partnership with Glenn McGrath in the second Test in South Africa's 2005–06 tour of Australia. Hussey continued his remarkable batting with tail-enders against Bangladesh in their Spring 2006 2-Test series when he and Jason Gillespie (as a nightwatchman) put together a 320-run partnership, with Hussey making a career-best 182. On 18 April 2006 Hussey set a record as the fastest player in terms of time to reach 1,000 Test runs.[9] He reached the milestone in just 166 days. Hussey was also the fastest player to reach the top 10 of the LG ICC cricket ratings. He maintained an exceptional average of 105.25 in the 2006-07 Ashes series, which Australia won 5–0. In the second Test of the 2006–07 Ashes, Hussey made 91 before he was bowled (playing on) by Matthew Hoggard and fell nine runs short of his fifth Test century. In the second innings Australia was chasing 168 off 35 overs for victory for a chance to go 2–0 up in the series. After the fall of two early wickets, Ponting and Hussey, who was promoted to No. 4 instead of Damien Martyn, formed a steady partnership to guide Australia to victory. Ponting fell on 49 but the battle was well over. Hussey scored the winning runs and made 61 not out from 66 balls. His partner, Michael Clarke, scored 21 not out.[10] On 16 December Hussey scored 103 runs off 156 balls—his fifth Test century—on the third day of the third match of the series at the WACA Ground in Perth. On 6 January 2007 after Australia's 5–0 Ashes whitewash, Justin Langer anointed Hussey to be the next leader of the team's victory song Under the Southern Cross I Stand. In the first Test of the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy against Sri Lanka, Hussey scored his sixth Test century with a score of 133 runs off 249 balls. He was also part of a record-breaking fourth-wicket partnership with Clarke. Their 245-run partnership is the third-highest partnership for Australia against Sri Lanka in Test matches. In the following match of the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy, Hussey scored his seventh Test century with a score of 132 and following it up in the second innings with 34 not out. On the 6 January 2008, at the SCG, Hussey scored his eighth Test century against India. This was the first time he scored more than 50 runs at that ground. He ended up not out on 145, before Ponting declared. However, in the first innings of the next Test he scored his first Test duck. Hussey claimed his first Test wicket against South Africa on the third day of the 2008 Boxing Day Test at the MCG, when Paul Harris skied a ball over Mitchell Johnson's head and the latter ran back and took a running catch as the ball fell down past his shoulder. Hussey played in all five of Ashes Test matches in England in 2009, scoring 276 runs in 8 innings. This gave him an average of 34.5. This included a century in Australia's second innings in the Fifth and final Test at The Oval where he scored 121, potentially saving his Test career after a long run without a century. He also scored two half centuries at Lord's in the Second Test, which England won, and in the Third Test at Edgbaston, which ended in a draw. He also took five catches in the field. In the summer of 2009/10 Hussey scored his tenth test century. Australia were playing Pakistan and were losing badly when Hussey proved yet again that he was brilliant with the tail end, scoring an unbeaten 134. This innings with Peter Siddle who scored 38 potentially saved the match as Australia went from a terrible position to a reasonable one and ended up winning the match with Michael Hussey named man of the match for his heroic effort. In the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies in 2009 at the Gabba, Hussey took his second Test wicket after Dwayne Bravo hooked a short ball straight to deep backward square leg which was caught comfortably by Ben Hilfenhaus. Prior to the 2010/11 Ashes series, Hussey was experiencing poor form in the warm-up games and many were speculating that he should be dropped, but he was not. In the first test, he scored a magnificent 195, his highest test score, in a partnership of 307 with Brad Haddin, the highest partnership ever at the Gabba, later broken by Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott in the next innings; the test ended in a draw. In the second test, he scored 93 in the first innings following up with a 52 in the next. The next match, he helped Australia to a 267 run win scoring 61 and 116. In the 2011 tour (3 test series) of Sri Lanka, he scored 95 & 15 in the first test which rewarded him with the Man of the Match honour. In the second test he made 142 and took two wickets, including a vital one in Kumar Sangakkara, and took a spectacular one-handed full length diving catch in the gully and also being rewarded with the Man of the Match honour. In the third test, he made 118 in the 1st innings. Twenty 20 Internationals[] Hussey was part of Australia's 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squad which was knocked out in the semi-finals. He played in all of Australia's matches, scoring 65 runs with a best of 37 before injuring a hamstring, which prevented his participation in Australia's tour of India that followed. In May 2010, he scored 60 runs off 24 balls in the semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 to help defeat Pakistan and secure a place for Australia in the final. It is considered to be one of the most stunning run chases in Twenty20 cricket.[11] Indian Premier League[] He also plays for the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and he became only the second batsman to score a century in the competition, after New Zealand's Brendon McCullum. He scored 116 not out against the team Kings XI Punjab. Hussey chose to play for his Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings instead of his Australian state side Western Warriors in the inaugural Champions Twenty20 League although the 2008 event was eventually cancelled and neither side qualified in 2009. Hussey due to national duties was unable to play the second edition of the Indian Premier League.[12] Hussey joined the Chennai Super Kings for the second half of the 2010 Indian Premier League along with fellow team-mate Doug Bollinger to reverse the fortunes of the side which eventually went on to win the title that year.[13] In the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, Michael Hussey replaced Matthew Hayden and opened the innings for the side along with Murali Vijay. He played a crucial knock in the group-clash against the Chevrolet Warriors which was a must-win game for the Chennai Super Kings. Hussey's innings fetched him the Man of the match award and helped the Chennai Super Kings to proceed to the knockout stage where they got to win the league altogether.[14] In IPL 2011 he is the fifth highest run getter in all IPL matches. He has scored 492 runs from his fourteen innings. His highest score is 81 not out against the RCB. He has scored four half centuries and three man of the matches as well.He also created a good patnership record with Murali Vijay in the 2011 Ipl Final. Personal life[] Hussey is married to Amy and has three children. His younger brother, David, is also a professional cricketer who plays for Victoria, Nottinghamshire, Kings XI Punjab and Australia. Prior to his entry into first-class cricket, Hussey studied to become a science teacher. He is also a fan of Manchester United[15] due to his dad. "Mr Cricket"[] Hussey has the nicknames Huss, The Huss and Mr Cricket, the last due to his encyclopaedic knowledge of his sport. He dislikes the nickname finding it "a bit embarrassing".[16] There is conjecture over who is responsible for giving him the name, with the suggestion that England's Andrew Flintoff is the man who came up with it and, more recently, the suggestion another English cricketer, Alec Swann, is to blame.[17] The soubriquet appeared on the back of his shirt in the Twenty20 international against South Africa in 2006, in which all the players displayed their nicknames. During the 2007 Twenty20 against England, however, he was seen with Huss on his shirt instead, further suggesting he is fed up with the tag Mr Cricket. Nevertheless, the nickname features prominently in his television ads for the national real estate chain L.J. Hooker. International centuries[] Test Cricket[] Michael Hussey's Test Centuries.[18] Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 137 2 West Indies Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2005 [2] 133* 3 West Indies Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2005 [3] 122 5 RSA (South Africa) Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 2005 [4] 182 11 Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2006 [5] 103 14 England Perth, Australia The WACA 2006 [6] 133 17 Sri Lanka Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2007 [7] 132 18 Sri Lanka Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2007 [8] 145* 20 India Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2008 [9] 146 27 India Bangalore, India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2008 [10] 121 42 England London, England The Oval 2009 [11] 134* 47 Pakistan Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2010 [12] 195 55 England Brisbane, Australia The Gabba 2010 [13] 116 57 England Perth, Australia The WACA 2010 [14] 142 61 Sri Lanka Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 [15] 118 62 Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2011 One Day International centuries[] Mike Hussey's One Day International Centuries.[19] Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Year [1] 109* 41 Template:Country data West Indies Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval 2006 [2] 105 60 Template:Country data NZ Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park 2007 [3] 108 158 Template:Country data BAN Dhaka, Bangladesh Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium 2011 References[] [] Template:Commons category Super Series 2005 – Australian Squad from Cricinfo Template:Cricinfo Template:Australian batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Template:Western Warriors squad Template:Chennai Super Kings Squad Template:Perth Scorchers current squad Template:Australia Squad 2007 Cricket World Cup Template:Australia Squad 2011 Cricket World Cup Template:Australia Squad 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Squad 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Template:Australia Cricket Team Template:Batsmen with a Test batting average above 50 Template:Persondata
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1408	dbpedia	3	43	http://www.sportstats.com.au/blogarchivejan13toaug13.html	en	scores Cricket Stats Blog			[]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	null					null	As far as I can see, no country has fielded an identical ODI XI more than two years apart. Sri Lanka had identical teams in these two ODIs, 682 days apart... http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/74/74463.html http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/79/79166.html Sri Lanka used the same XI ten times in 1996, which was the team that won the World Cup. In Tests, West Indies fielded identical XIs in two Tests 1059 days apart, from 1988 to 1991. The same XI played in nine other Tests in between, giving the most appearances by an identical XI. Of course, West Indies used other combinations in this period as well. ******** Batsmen making Test centuries after being dropped on 0 (since 2001): AB de Villiers AJ Stewart AN Cook DR Martyn DS Lehmann Habibul Bashar Inzamam-ul-Haq KC Sangakkara KP Pietersen MEK Hussey ML Hayden SR Tendulkar RT Ponting. Hayden and Inzamam appear twice. The highest score made by someone dropped on 0 is 270 by Sangakkara at Bulawayo 2004. Tendulkar was dropped on 0 when he made his highest Test score (248). Hussey (195) was dropped first ball (debatable). de Villiers (164) was also dropped first ball. [As always, some dropped catches are debatable, and others might not have been recorded.] ***** Most expensive maiden overs: at Wellington in 1977/78, the first over of the match, bowled by Bob Willis, was a maiden costing ten runs: eight byes and two no balls. In an ODI at Cuttack in 2008, Irfan Pathan bowled a maiden over with eight leg byes. **** I did do a calculation recently that in since 2013 teams batting first, for the full 50 overs, reached the halfway score point early in the 32nd over, on average. This is a slight shift from earlier times, where the halfway was indeed about 30 overs. **** Victor Trumper once scored 50 runs off nine balls bowled by one bowler. It was in a first grade match in October 1907 (not first-class, but quite a high level) during an innings of 89 in 35 minutes for Paddington v Waverley. The bower was Rose, and the hits were 4,4,6,6,6,6 (in one over) then 6,6,6. The account is unclear but it seems very likely that Trumper faced ball(s) in between the two overs. Other sources say that Trumper faced ten balls from Rose, with a dot ball in the second over, but the Sydney Mail of 30 October 1907 says explicitly In Rose's following over, Trumper was brought face to face with him at the fourth ball, and he hit three more sixers off the three remaining balls, which gave a total of a half century off nine balls received in succession from Rose." 17 March 2015 Bland I have been trying to blog something about the World Cup. Of course, there are many possibilities but I struggle for inspiration, Im afraid. Cricket is becoming disengaged from its traditions, and it gets harder to compare the players with their predecessors, particularly in the one-day game. **** Some rough notes on deaths and serious injuries in cricket In first-class cricket, fatal incidents like Philip Hughes are extremely rare. In Australian first-class cricket, Hughes is the only batsman to be struck by a fast ball and die as a result. Overseas, there are a couple of others: George Summers in England in 1870, and Abdul Aziz in Pakistan in 1959. (Aziz was struck in the chest by a slow bowler, and may have had a heart condition. Legend has it that the scorebook listed Aziz in the second innings as Absent dead). Very few if any others. There have been a few incidents that looked similar to Hughes. Justin Langer was struck in the same area in 2006, first ball, and spent a little time in hospital. Only a few weeks before Hughes, Ahmed Shahzad was struck in the same area, in a Test match, and suffered a fractured skull. He did not retire hurt because he fell on his stumps and was out hit wicket. Fielders have also died, on rare occasions, after being struck. Raman Lamba, who played for India, died after being struck (without a helmet) while fielding at short leg in a first-class match in Dhaka in 1998. There have been near-fatal injuries to Test batsmen. In 1929, Jock Cameron, captain of South Africa, was unconscious for several days after being struck by Harold Larwood. In 1974, tailender Ewan Chatfield was struck in the temple by Peter Lever, collapsed and stopped breathing. He was revived by a quick-thinking physiotherapist who rushed onto the field. Chatfield went on to have a successful Test career. In 1979, Rick Darling was struck in the chest by Bob Willis, couldnt breathe, and had to be revived. There would be more incidents in minor cricket, but I havent seen a list of such cases in Australia. Deaths from other causes have occurred in first-class cricket, and some senior cricketers have died while playing minor matches, including Ian Folley of Lancashire who was struck in the eye. In that case, the injury required surgery but was not itself life-threatening; Folleys death during surgery was due to medical negligence. Wilf Slack was a Test cricketer who died on the field (heart attack in a minor match in Africa), also Wasim Raja of Pakistan (at age 56 in a minor match). Andy Ducat, who had played one Test, dropped dead during a minor match in 1942. Maurice Nichol, age 29, of Worcestershire died (during the night) of a heart attack during a 3-day first-class match in 1934. The match continued without him! There have been deaths in car accidents during matches including Charles Bull in 1939. Perhaps the strangest was the death of Frederick Prince of Wales in 1751. Frederick was the heir to the British throne and a keen cricketer. His death from a lung abscess supposedly resulted from being hit by a cricket ball, although this is unproven. There have also been deaths of umpires during matches, including Syd Buller (in 1970) who had been a survivor of the Charles Bull car crash. An umpire in Israel was killed by a cricket ball just a few weeks after Hughes death. On debut in 1975/76, the first two balls bowled to Graham Yallop were bouncers; the first one knocked his cap off. In 1978, Yallop became the first batsman in Tests to wear a helmet, although they had been used earlier in Packers World Series Cricket (firstly by Dennis Amiss). A serious injury to David Hookes, trying to hook an Andy Roberts bouncer in the early days of World Series Cricket, stimulated the adoption of helmets. Cricket helmets had been made in the 1960s (for Australia in the West Indies in 1965) but were never used. In club cricket in the 1980s, helmets were little used. For some years in the 70s and 80s there was a prohibition on intimidatory bowling in the Laws of Cricket. However, the definition of that was left up to the umpires, and one or two bouncers (or even more) per over generally did not initiate a warning. From about 1986, there was a specific limit of one bouncer per over in One-Day Internationals. This was extended to Test cricket in 1991 (after a heavy bouncer onslaught by West Indies against England in April 1991), but was relaxed to two bouncers per over in 1994. I have a few scoresheets from the 70s and 80s that mark when bouncers were bowled. I have only taken a quick look, but for the West Indian pace attack, one per over was not uncommon but two was a little unusual. More than that was very unusual. One problem with such stats is in the definition of a bouncer: a ball that rises fast towards the chest may be more dangerous that a very short ball at the batsmans head, but may not count as a bouncer. Some statistics follow on the historical incidence of batsmen retiring hurt in Tests. This is not a direct measure of bouncers but gives a general idea. Note that many batsmen who are hit do not retire hurt, and others retire hurt for other reasons (Michael Clarke notably). However you can see how the frequency of retired hurt increased substantially with the increase in the number of fast bowlers (and their aggressiveness) in the 1970s and 1980s. The numbers began to decline again in the late 1980s as the use of helmets and other protection became more widespread. From the 1960s to the 1980s, the incidence of retired hurt was higher against the West Indies bowlers than other countries. In the last five years, retired hurt rates continued to fall. I am not sure why this is. The rate is now so low that bowlers are now more likely to retire hurt than batsmen. Historical Rate of Batsmen Retiring Hurt in Tests (numbers Retiring Hurt per 10 Tests) RH per 10 Tests RH Tests 1877-1914 0.60 8 134 1920-1939 0.79 11 140 1945-1959 1.80 39 217 1960s 1.37 25 182 1970-74 2.44 21 86 1975-79 2.67 32 120 1980-84 2.63 36 137 1985-89 1.64 21 128 1990-94 1.18 18 153 1995-99 1.48 29 196 2000-04 1.05 27 257 2005-09 1.30 27 207 2010-14 0.60 12 199 **** I can find only one case of a bowler taking a wicket, and then losing his own wicket, off consecutive balls in a Test match. At the MCG in 1937, Bill OReilly dismissed Hedley Verity to finish off England for 76 on a sticky wicket. He was sent in to bat immediately as a nightwatchman, but fell to the first ball of the innings, c&b Voce. Too bad Voce wasnt the man that OReilly had dismissed: that would have been a neat symmetry. There are various cases of the converse, that is a batsman being out, then taking a wicket with the next ball of the match (first ball of the next innings). That is more common because opening bowlers are often tailenders and so frequently are last man out. **** Longest Career without a Man of the Match Award (since 1985) Test Moin Khan 69 PD Collingwood 68 D Ramdin 64 ADR Campbell 60 HAPW Jayawardene 58 FH Edwards 55 Habibul Bashar 50 ODI NR Mongia 140 Khaled Mashud 126 DJ Richardson 122 Saeed Ajmal 111 IDS Smith 98 KS More 94 12 February 2015 Never So Many I have a posted a graph of the crowd trends in Australia over the last 50-odd years (sorry I cant seem to embed it on this page). The figures are for daily average attendance, and so are not so much affected by fluctuations in the numbers of matches from year to year. The average uses smoothed data for 4-year intervals, to smooth out the bumps caused by Ashes years. To better reveal underlying trends, World Cups are not included in the graph. Offseason matches were also excluded. In spite of much doomsaying, Test match attendances have been rising more or less continuously in Australia for more than a quarter of a century. Attendances have basically doubled since 1980. Certainly there were times before 1980 when crowds were bigger, but back then there were fewer Tests, and fewer of them were played in smaller venues like Hobart and Perth. Another striking feature is that attendances at Test matches are now exceeding limited overs internationals (ODI + T20i), even on a daily basis. For a full 4-year period, this has occurred the first time since ODIs became fully established in the calendar in 1979. This is partly due to a softening of support for ODIs during this century, but is something that would have been almost unimaginable 30 years ago, before Twenty20, when the doomsayers thought that ODIs would destroy Test cricket. More than balancing the drop in ODIs has been a surge in interest in the franchise-based game, in the form of Twenty20 (Big Bash and so forth). As hard as I find it to get personally interested in this aspect, its success is always very welcome as long as it is not at the expense of the Test game. The Big Bash attracted 823,000 people to the game this summer (might I recommend an excellent new website Australian Sporting Attendances that make this data easy to access), and it might have been even more if they had not scheduled the Final in Canberra. Once the World Cup is over, cricket will have had its biggest season ever in Australia. This is heartening at a local level, since A-League soccer has been moving in on crickets turf, so to speak. Good to see both thriving. And now they are predicting a TV audience of a billion people for the upcoming India/Pakistan game in Adelaide in the World Cup, rivalling the Soccer World Cup final. And yes, Test cricket is under threat and strain in other places, but that is a story for another day. **** Readjusting a Record For some time I have listed Manchester 1936, the second session if the second day, as the highest-scoring 2-hour session in Test cricket, with 240 runs. This was based on a newspaper report that India was 69/0 at tea, after England (400/6 at lunch) declared at 571/8. Looking at a wider range of newspapers now online, this now seems unlikely. [Side note: the slow but sure extension of old newspapers available online is revolutionising this sort of research. In the past, I have actually made multiple trips to the British Library, 20,000 km round trip, to do such research, but even then I missed some of the reports I can now get online. The British Library was also not an easy place to do research for those with time constraints.] The reports are not fully consistent. However, it appears that England declared at 3:50 and the Indian innings started at 4:04. India batted about 145 minutes before stumps at 6:30, Mushtaq Ali reaching 100 in 139 minutes and 105 out of 190 overnight. There was therefore no time for a tea break in this innings: it must have been taken between innings; unusually early, but it seems to be the case. This leaves us with 171 runs before tea and 190 after. The day remains the most productive in Test history with 588 runs. Unfortunately, none of the myriad sources gives the number of overs bowled during that day. Perhaps the reported tea at 69/0 was a drinks break after an hour, or at 5pm. At that ime, tea breaks were generally taken on the field in England and would have looked a lot like extended drinks breaks. Mushtaq Alis innings needs to be added to the list of centuries in a session, even if the session was an extended one. This re-establishes Australias 236/2 at Johannesburg in 1921 as the most productive 2-hour session in Tests. ****** While I have them on hand here are some stats on the decline in caught and bowled dismissals. After reading about how the power in superbats can represent a hazard to infielders and umpires, I took a look at the proportion of catches in ODIs that are taken by the bowler. If balls are getting hit harder, you might expect fewer to be caught by the bowler. Indeed, there is a clear historical trend. % catches in ODIs taken by the Bowler 1986-1990 7.8% 1991-1995 7.9% 1996-2000 7.9% 2001-2005 6.1% 2006-2010 5.7% 2011-2015 5.1% C&B figures were very steady up to 2000 and then suddenly dropped (coinciding with the first Superbats) and continued to drop. For 2014-15, the figures have been even lower, at an all-time low of 4.2%. This is evidence that C&Bs in ODIs are getting harder to take. In Tests there is a somewhat similar pattern, although less pronounced. C&B in Tests is somewhat lower, perhaps because far more catches go to the slips. The figure for 2011-15 of 3.4% is an all-time low. In three Tests so far 2015, there has been only one C&B in 61 catches. 18 January 2015 The Official Ratings for Test Batsmen For quite a few years now, perhaps a quarter of a century, a quasi-official player ratings system has been in place. It changes name regularly, along with sponsors, and is currently known as the Reliance ICC Player Ranking. If memory serves, its first manifestation, in the late 1980s, was the Deloitte Rankings. The website with the current rankings embraces a mountain of data, with complete rankings, on a daily basis, available going back to the beginning, for various types of Mens and Womens international cricket. What is lacking there is any sort of deeper analysis. So I did a bit of downloading. Daunted by the volume of daily data, I downloaded month-by-month data for Test batsmen, going back to 1958. I could (and perhaps should) go back further, but I feel that the methodology works less well when matches are more infrequent, and there is a lack of genuinely competitive teams as one goes back further. I leave it to others to argue the utility of the ratings. I would say, though, that the principle of weighting performances in favour of recent results is consistent with ratings methods in other sports, and does maintain an up-to-date feel. Anyhow, some stats. Here are the most appearances at #1 by leading players Most months as #1 batsman, since 1958 Appearances #1 G.S. Sobers WI 240 122 I.V.A. Richards WI 198 82 B.C. Lara WI 191 43 S.R. Tendulkar IND 289 40 G.A. Gooch ENG 228 32 K.C. Sangakkara SL 169 28 S.R. Waugh AUS 214 26 R.T. Ponting AUS 204 24 Javed Miandad PAK 204 23 P.B.H. May* ENG 45 20 S.M. Gavaskar IND 191 19 J.H. Kallis SA 192 18 A.R. Border AUS 181 15 K.F. Barrington ENG 127 15 G.M. Turner NZ 167 14 C.G. Greenidge WI 197 12 S. Chanderpaul WI 250 12 R.B. Richardson WI 138 12 A.B. de Villiers SA 121 12 M.L. Hayden AUS 132 10 K.D. Walters AUS 182 9 G.R. Viswanath IND 157 9 R.G. Pollock SA 82 9 H.M. Amla SA 105 9 incomplete career. (Sobers stats include appearances before 1958. He did not reach #1 until 1960.) Sobers domination reflects the superiority of his performances in a time when scoring was generally not very high, and the great length of his career. Remarkably, his peak rating of 938 in January 1967 came at a time when he was also winning Bowler of the Match awards. He last held top ranking in March 1974, exactly 20 years after his debut and 14 years after his first #1 in 1960 (it is interesting that scoring 1115 runs in ten innings at an average near 200 in 1958 did not get him to #1). As for Richards, at his best I remember him as the most dominating batsman of his time, and unmatched since. Another way of filtering the data, that might allow better comparison, would be to eliminate months where the player was #1 but did not play. This gives us months where a player actively held onto the top ranking. #1 and played (retain) GS Sobers 28 IVA Richards 27 SR Tendulkar 16 KC Sangakkara 15 BC Lara 14 GA Gooch 12 SM Gavaskar 12 SR Waugh 12 The next table shows players who actively regained #1 position most times. Regain/lose SR Tendulkar 11 BC Lara 9 IVA Richards 8 KC Sangakkara 8 AR Border 7 GS Sobers 7 JH Kallis 7 This data reflects battles royal for top position between Tendulkar and Lara, sustained over a number of years, and also between Richards and Border. More stats: ·The highest rating since 1958 is 942 by Ricky Ponting in 2006. ·The highest rating for a player who was not #1 is also Ponting, 936 for #2 spot in December 2007, behind Sangakkara on 938. ·Most players with simultaneous ratings in the 900s: four in November 2007. Sangakkara ranked #4 with a rating of 900. ·The lowest rating for a #1 player is 736 by Ian Chappell in August 1973. Chappell, who had just one month as #1, reached a rating of 811 two years later, but never regained #1. ·Biggest lead for a #1 player is 140 by Sobers in Dec 1968. The only other players with 100 leads were Richards (peaking at 110), Gooch (100) and Steve Waugh (121 in Jan 1997). ·Most appearances at #2: 49 by Rohan Kanhai. For the reason why, see Sobers (above). Finally some stats on Top 10 appearances, as a percentage of career. Interesting to see Kanhai besting Sobers on this measure. Finally finally, a word on Tendulkar. It is surprising that his rating never reached 900, peaking at 898 in 2002. More than 20 batsmen since the 1950s have reached higher ratings than this. Tendulkar spent a 53-month period outside the Top 10, from 2005 to 2009. Even so, he made 170 appearances in the Top 10. Perhaps his signal achievement was regaining #1, briefly in 2010, and then again in 2011 (tied with Kallis), more than 20 years after his debut. His appearances at # 1 spanned more than 16 years, surpassing even Sobers. On reports that Richie Benaud is struggling with skin cancer: I do recall about 10 years ago going to a function where there were quite a number of old-time Australian Test cricketers from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Seeing them in the flesh, I was struck by the observation that they all had one thing in common: weather-beaten skin. All of them had spent much too much time in the summer sun without the skin protection that is essential for us pale people. There was an obsession with a 'healthy tan' back then. Australians from those times now have the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. ***** No bowler has taken wickets with both the first ball and the last ball of a completed Test match, but Imran Khan (the original) came close. At Kandy in 1986, Imran dismissed Sidath Wettimuny with the second ball of the match, and later finished the match off by dismissing Jayananda Warnaweera, Pakistan winning the match by an innings. There are 50 cases of a bowler taking both the first and last wickets of a completed Test. Brett Lee, Imran Khan and Waqar Younis all did so three times. **** At this point in time, there have now been 115 Test matches (including draws) since a player from a losing side won a Player of the Match (PoM) award. There have been seven Tests in that time where a player from the losing side either scored more runs than the PoM (if the award went to a batsman), or took more wickets (if the award went to a bowler); awards for all-round performances were excluded from this part of the analysis. **** I figure that Wasim Akram bowled 20 hat-trick balls in Tests. 18 of them were unsuccessful. On other occasions Wasim took wickets with consecutive balls, but they were his last balls in the match, so there was no hat-trick ball. It's hard to check everyone, but there are no other contenders apart from Murali with 17 unsuccessful hat-trick balls. **** In India, bowlers seem to be in for nothing but toil and trouble in ODIs, especially at the hands of the Indian batsmen. Some stats: since 2011, teams batting first in India average 282, in other Test-playing countries it is 243. India averages 246 away and 299.7 (!) at home. Other teams that have played in India average 270 in India and 241 elsewhere. (Uninterrupted games) **** Hitting the Winning Run in ODIs: since 1999, although data is not quite complete, there is no doubt about the leader. I found 24 cases for MS Dhoni, with no one else more than 12. Does not include matches that ended with extras. Dhoni has been not out at the end of an ODI 38 times. (Of course, sometimes his batting partner hits the winning runs.) India lost only one of those games; on that occasion, against Pakistan, India was all out, so Dhoni has never been left not out at the end of 50 overs in a losing cause, at least when batting second. ****** 1 December 2014 The Least Desired Record Shortest interval between last international appearance and date of death. Days Died GF Grace 14 1880 PJ Hughes 46 * 2014 BC Hollioake 53 * 2002 HB Cameron 74 1935 WW Whysall 81 1930 DJ Pringle 112 * 1975 OG Smith 162 1959 KJ Wadsworth 179 * 1976 DLS de Silva 301 * 1980 Manjural Islam Rana 356 * 2007 FW Milligan 360 1900 NBF Mann 366 1952 * indicates ODI appearance ****** The Hot 100 for 2014 I have updated the lists for fastest and slowest scoring Test batsmen. As in past years, these lists change only slowly, but there is one new important entry, with David Warner qualifying for the first time, and making a spectacular entrance at #6 with a rate of 73.4 runs per 100 balls. We now have what appears a final rate for Virender Sehwag, who has held #2 spot just ahead of Adam Gilchrist. Moving up the charts is Stuart Broad, who has scored at a Jessopian 113 r/100b in 2014, and gains 5 places, after losing some ground in 2013 thanks partly to an innings of 6 off 77 balls in an attempted match-save. Broad, however, has scored only one half-century in his last 48 Test innings. In better form was Brad Haddin, whose high and fast scoring since the last instalment sees him move from #53 to #42. Lists for slowest scorers and most tenacious batsmen (longest average innings) dont change much, but Faf du Plessis now qualifies for the latter list and is the highest-ranked present-day batsmen, for now at least. The evergreen Chanderpaul has moved up the list, averaging 148 balls per dismissal since the last assessment in 2013 and is now ranked #29. **** A regular feature of cricket commentary is the knell of articles proclaiming the decline and end of Test cricket. Maybe one day they will be right, but I am more than old enough to remember how in the 1980s One-Day cricket was swamping and destroying Test cricket in Australia. Some destruction: last December saw the all-time record cricket crowd, at the MCG, and it was in a Test. Earlier than that, Ashes Test in England in the 1970s were often played before half-empty stands. In any case, the present situation in India, which has a monkey grip on the games finances, remains troubling. Test crowds there are poor to indifferent. Yet there is other evidence that Test cricket retains its fascination. You would think that Cricinfo, for example, would go wherever the interest goes, but Test cricket is not losing its place at Cricinfo, in my estimation. Anyway, some stats. On Cricinfo, a recent Test in Dubai, before mostly empty stands, received 30 articles that attracted over 1150 comments from readers. (This is even though it involves Pakistan, a nation with intractable problems that cannot even host international cricket anymore.) I compared that to the final of the Champions League Trophy, a major match in the Indian T20 sledgehammer that is supposedly destroying Test cricket. The match got nine articles in Cricinfo that attracted a total of 179 comments. There are still a lot of genuine Test cricket fans out there. It would certainly be interesting to see which matches get the most page visits at Cricinfo. **** Some more notes on tea intervals in early Tests. Prior to 1914, 15-20 minute tea breaks in Australia were normal, but very variable in timing. There was usually no formal tea break if a change of innings occurred after lunch, and sessions as a result could last 2.5 hours or more, in a five-hour day. When Victor Trumper scored a 133 in a 'session' after tea in 1910/11, he batted 154 minutes and 47 overs. Some reports of early Tests in Australia mention tea breaks taken on the field. Tea breaks occurred in Australia from the very early in the piece. I have noted a tea break on the first day of the 1878/79 Test when Australia was 40/3 after England was out for 113. The 1877 Tests prior to that had rather truncated hours and late lunch breaks. Brodribb and others describe tea breaks being employed in England in the 1890s. However, I have never noted any references to mid-innings tea breaks in Test match reports from England prior to 1902. Tea breaks of a sort seem to have been taken if there was a change of innings during the afternoon. 15-minute tea breaks are evident in the scorebook of the 1905 series and thereafter. Hours in the 1905 series appear to be : 11:30 (day 1) or 11:00 (other days) to 1:30; 2:15 to 4:30; 4:45 to 6:30. Between the wars in England, more often than not, morning sessions were 2.5 hours, 45 minutes lunch, then 2 hour sessions with 15 minutes for tea. The first day was half an hour shorter than this. There were variations on this theme. **** 31 October 2014 The Slowest Days: A Surprising Analysis There are record lists for the fewest runs in a full days play: Cricinfo has one here. It is distorted by the changing norms for over rates and length of daily play, varying over history and between countries. I was surprised to find that the record-holder, 95 runs in about 290 minutes play at Karachi in 1956, was a day with only 67.5 overs, vastly atypical for its time, and way below the standards for a complete day even now. The next on the list, 104 runs in the equivalent Test in 1959/60, contained a mere 65 overs (that one was not strictly a complete day, as proceedings were interrupted by a visit and presentation to US President Eisenhower). [The over counts are from my database: they are not available anywhere else.] I thought it might be more useful to present the slowest days in term of runs per 100 balls. I simply set the bar at 67 overs or more, and didnt worry too much about whether the days were absolutely complete or interrupted. Remarkably, the record-setting day in 1956 only scrapes into the list at about number 40, and the 1959 Test, even if it had qualified (too few overs), would not be in the top 100. Anyway, here is list of slowest days play. Some days were decidedly incomplete, but all had more than 67 overs. I have appended notes that help show whether a day was complete or not. Slowest Test Days, Minimum 67 Overs Day Day Runs Day Wkts Day Overs R/ 100B WI v Ind, Bridgetown, Barbados 1962 5 83 8 91.3 15.2 match ended before stumps WI v Eng, Bridgetown, Barbados 1954 3 128 7 114 18.7 5-hour day Aus v Eng, Brisbane ('Gabba') 1958/59 (8-ball ov.) 4 106 8 69 19.2 5-hour day Eng v NZ, Leeds (Headingley) 1958 3 81 11 70.1 19.3 rain interruptions Aus v Eng, Sydney (SCG) 1881/82 (4-ball ov.) 2 119 9 153.2 19.4 5-hour day Saf v Aus, Johannesburg (Wanderers) 1957/58 (8-ball ov.) 4 119 2 75.2 19.8 5.5 hour day WI v Ind, Bridgetown, Barbados 1962 4 152 4 127.3 19.9 5-hour day Pak v Ind, Peshawar (Club) 1954/55 1 129 6 106 20.3 5.5-hour day? NZ v Pak, Auckland 1964/65 1 161 8 131 20.5 6-hour day Ind v Eng, Kanpur 1963/64 3 136 3 109 20.8 5.5 hour day Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1891/92 4 188 12 149.5 21.0 4.5 hour day Eng v Aus, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1956 5 121 8 96.2 21.0 match ended before stumps Aus v Eng, Brisbane ('Gabba') 1958/59 (8-ball ov.) 3 122 6 72.1 21.2 5-hour day Saf v Eng, Port Elizabeth 1956/57 (8-ball ov.) 3 122 8 72 21.2 5.5 hour day NZ v WI, Auckland 1951/52 3 101 7 79.4 21.2 5.5 hour day Saf v NZ, Durban (Kingsmead) 1953/54 (8-ball ov.) 4 127 8 74.1 21.4 5.5 hour day SL v SAf, Colombo2 (SSC) 2014 5 121 7 94 21.5 5.2 hours Ind v Pak, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 1986/87 5 110 2 85 21.6 5.5 hour day Pak v Eng, Hyderabad (Pak) 1977/78 (8-ball ov.) 3 123 9 70.6 21.8 5.5 hour day Eng v NZ, Leeds (Headingley) 1958 5 97 7 74.2 21.8 Rain Ind v NZ, Bangalore 1988/89 3 136 6 104 21.8 6-hour day NZ v Saf, Wellington 1952/53 3 150 11 114.4 21.9 5.5 hour day Pak v Eng, Dhaka 1961/62 4 134 9 102 21.8 5.5 hour day Ind v Aus, Chennai (Nehru) 1959/60 4 112 8 85 22.0 match ended before stumps Pak v NZ, Karachi (National) 1955/56 1 145 8 110 22.0 5-hour day Pak v Aus, Karachi (National) 1988/89 4 115 8 87 22.0 5.5-hours play Aus v Eng, Sydney (SCG) 1884/85 (4-ball ov.) 1 97 8 110 22.0 5-hour day, rain Aus v Saf, Adelaide Oval 1993/94 5 111 7 83.5 22.2 match ended before stumps Saf v NZ, Johannesburg (Ellis) 1953/54 (8-ball ov.) 2 130 14 73.3 22.2 5.5 hour day Saf v Eng, Port Elizabeth 1956/57 (8-ball ov.) 2 136 14 76.1 22.3 5.5 hour day Pak v NZ, Dhaka 1955/56 5 151 7 112 22.5 5.5 hour day Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1978/79 (8-ball ov.) 2 122 14 67.1 22.7 6-hour day Pak v Ind, Dhaka 1954/55 2 165 10 120.2 22.9 5.5 hour day NZ v Saf, Wellington 1952/53 4 114 8 82.5 23.0 5.5 hour day Eng v Saf, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1955 3 144 5 104 23.1 15' lost Pak v Aus, Karachi (National) 1956/57 1 95 12 67.5 23.5 5-hour day Ind v Aus, Kolkata 1964/65 2 137 9 96.5 23.7 5.5 hour day Saf v Ind, Cape Town 1992/93 5 111 5 78 23.7 match ended before stumps This is certainly a record that is largely frozen in time, but it is interesting to see South Africa making an addition to the list earlier this year, on a day when Sri Lanka proved it was still possible to bowl at reasonable over rates if a team was motivated enough. The leader here, when Gibbs took his spell of 8/6, was a day that actually ended before tea, but still contained 91 overs. Some of the days on the fewest runs list are absent here, and would struggle to make the Top 100 in a fewest runs per over list. **** Most consecutive balls without a boundary by Australian teams. 279 SCG 1886/87 275 The Oval 1882 273 Dubai 2014 One more over by Smith and Johnson would have taken this one. Mind you, Mitchell Johnson would have to be one of the least likely batsmen to be involved in such a record. Most by any team 379 balls (255 minutes) New Zealand at the WACA 1985/86. Bear in mind this is a where known record. There might be others in the missing Tests. However, the missing Tests tend to be in the subcontinent and West Indies, where boundary hitting has historically been easier and such records are unlikely to be set. **** There are 220 cases of two bowlers sharing a combined 10 wickets in a Test innings. Murali and Vaas shared the wickets five times (Murali eight times in all). Oddly, McGrath and Warne never did. (Warne twice with Brett Lee). Jack Saunders did it six times in his career of only 14 Tests, with different bowlers. **** Six runs with helmet penalties Australia got 6 byes including helmet penalty at Karachi in 1994/95 Henry Olonga got a seven from a defensive prod including helmet penalty at Bloemfontein 1999/00. The other runs were overthrows run after the ball hit the helmet. Daniel Vettori got a single plus helmet penalty, The Oval 1999. Shane Watson similar at Brisbane in 2010, but the penalty went to extras. Also, A single to Hashim Amla plus 5 penalties when Sehwag kicked a ball over the boundary, Kolkata 2010. six wides by Shakib al Hasan Chittagong 2014 **** Australia scored only 9 runs in a batting powerplay in the recent series against Pakistan. It is close to the record, for a powerplay starting after over 20, for a side batting first. I found one case of 7 runs by Bangladesh against New Zealand in 2007. Overs 30 to 34. http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvbdesh/engine/match/300426.html?innings=1;view=commentary This appears to be one of the first games to include a 'batting' powerplay. In earlier games, selected powerplays were selected by the fielding side and were almost always used in the first 25 overs. For a side batting second there were just 6 runs by South Africa against Sri Lanka last year http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/549/549721.html One difficulty in comparison is that powerplay rules have changed arbitrarily, from year to year. The current requirement for powerplay before over 40 reduces the scoring compared to the days when one was almost always taken in the last few overs. Overall, powerplays are less important than most commentators assume. 3 October 2014 The Extreme Overs I have been collating all examples of 20 or more runs in an over (Tests) that I can find. The cases found in my database are augmented by some others listed in Test Cricket Lists (Dawson and Wat). This source has a few from Tests not covered by my database. There are probably other unidentified cases (TCL itself misses about 30 cases that I found within the database) but I suspect that well over 90% of actual cases are by now listed. There are now more than 150 known cases (if sundries are included), 26 of them from eight-ball overs. About half the cases are from this century; not surprisingly, it has become more common in the modern era of smaller grounds and superbats, assisted also by the change in law that added extras runs for hits off no balls. Of the 152, 104 involve one batsman scoring 20 runs or more; in the others, runs were more evenly shared between the batting partners. There are no cases of two different batsmen both scoring ten or more runs in an over. There is opportunity for a few stats. The leading batsman in the list is Adam Gilchrist with eight cases. In six of those, Gilchrist personally contributed 20 or more. This places him well above others. Botham and Lara each have five cases; Lara personally contributed 20 three times, Botham two. Shahid Afridi has three four and Nathan Astle three such overs. In Astles case, all three came in the same famous innings of 222 in 2002 (in one of the three overs Astle was assisted by Chris Cairns). For bowlers, Matthew Hoggard suffered four times. Jeff Thomson also conceded 20 or more in an over four times, but note that two of these were eight-ball overs. **** I have posted an article I wrote for the new Australian cricket journal Between Wickets here. It is entitled The Statistician as Collector and describes some of the efforts I have undertaken to amass my database, and some of the more interesting oddities I found. The article has been added to my Longer Articles register. Lets hope this journal gets going. There are far too few published outlets for good cricket writing any more. **** I mentioned a while back that my father (more than 40 years ago) was an umpire for the M.C.C.C., that is the Mexico City Cricket Club, formed mostly of expat Brits. Here is a photo from 1969 of the scene during a match, from Dads collection. Rather idyllic I would say, rather as cricket is supposed to be. My mother and younger sister are in the photo, showing their customary level of interest in the game. The location would be hard to guess, to put it mildly. There are Australian gum trees in the background, which are common in that part of Mexico. **** A question was asked about most consecutive fours in ODIs and T20i. Sehwag hit seven 4s in a row, spread across 4 overs (overs 8-11), against New Zealand in 2001, in Colombo. Gilchrist hit six 4s in a row against England in 2003. One of them appears to be all run. Afridi once hit 4,4,6,4,4,4,wide,4,4 against Bangladesh in 2010. In T20i I can only find one, and it would be impossible to guess. SO Tikolo hit six 4s off consecutive (legal) balls against Canada in a WT20 qualifier in 2013. However, there were two wides in the sequence. 4 September 2014 The Elusive First Wicket Record Some interesting correspondence from Shahzad has identified some subtle errors in an official score that has some bearing on a record recently in the news. The record is most runs conceded before first Test wicket. Pankaj Singh of India recently made a strong if undesired run at this record, a run that ended when he dismissed Joe Root at Old Trafford. Singh had conceded 274 up to that point, a total exceeded only by RGCE Wijesuriya. The exact number conceded by Wijesuriya in 1985 has been hard to pin down. I had made an estimate of 283 or 284 before Shahzad eventually came up with an exact number of 285, one that didnt quite fit in with my estimate or the official score. However, Shahzad informed me that Wijesuriyas dismissal of Abdul Qadir was the ninth wicket of the innings, not the eighth, and occurred on a score of 290 not 288. The official version needs to be modified. My estimate had been based on that official version and newspaper reports that showed that the last five runs of the innings were all scored off Ratnayake by Wasim Akram. Shahzad also tells me that Wijesuriya also bowled 3.1 not 3.4 overs in the second innings, which was completed in 16.1 not 16.4 overs. So an improved list can now be produced . Most Runs before First wicket in Tests Runs Balls RGCE Wijesuriya 285 561 Pankaj Singh 274 418 JC Alabaster 273 513 JJ Warr 265 551 DB Pithey 252-257 ~490 AG Kripal Singh 235 651 DR Tuffey 232 303 Anwar Hossain Monir conceded 307 runs in Tests without taking a wicket (348 balls). Unknown: Rusi Surti conceded perhaps 250-260 runs before his first wicket. Conceivably, up to 275 runs (very unlikely). Probably >400 balls. **** A New Head-to-Head scoring record: Namitha and others have alerted me to a new leader in the Player v Player scoring stakes. Kumar Sangakkara has now scored 531 runs (by my count) off the bowling of Saeed Ajmal, taking over from Gooch v Kapil (517) and Sutcliffe v Grimmett (515±). The revised list is here. Ajmal has dismissed Sanga only four times, for an average of 132.8. It is a characteristic of the very best modern batsmen that they score freely off spin bowlers. Sanga averages 70 off spin bowling and 52 off pace. Even so, his scoring off Ajmal is extraordinary given that Ajmal is the best spinner going around today. Sangakkaras record appears to be worse off part-time spinners than major spinners, although Shane Warne also kept him in check (av 31.8). **** MOST Fives in Tests: Strictly speaking, in Tests it is ten by 19th-century Australian George Bonnor, but they were all "six-hits" that only counted five in those days. Otherwise, the highest is nine by Geoff Boycott and Steve Waugh. While there are gaps in the data, it is complete for these two, and there are no other likely candidates to exceed them. The only known case of three 5s in a match is by Bruce Laird at Adelaide in 1980. All were 1+4 overthrows. Virender Sehwag (8586 runs) never hit a five in a Test match. **** Progressive career wickets records 1877 A Shaw 8 1877 TK Kendall 14 1879 FR Spofforth 17 1882 GE Palmer 28 1882 FR Spofforth 32 1883 GE Palmer 43 1884 FR Spofforth 56 1884 GE Palmer 69 1887 FR Spofforth 94 1895 J Briggs 96 1895 CTB Turner 101 1895 J Briggs 103 1896 GA Lohmann 112 1899 J Briggs 118 1904 H Trumble 141 1914 SF Barnes 189 1936 CV Grimmett 216 1955 AV Bedser 236 1963 JB Statham 242 1965 FS Trueman 307 1976 LR Gibbs 309 1984 DK Lillee 355 1987 IT Botham 373 1990 RJ Hadlee 431 1994 N Kapil Dev 434 2001 CA Walsh 519 2004 M Muralitharan 532 2007 SK Warne 708 2010 M Muralitharan 800 14 July 2014 Busy Days Apologies for being off-air for a while. My father passed away in Sydney and so it has been a busy time for our family. Anyway, here are a few comments about Dad that touch on cricket statistics My father Alan, who was a first-grade umpire in Sydney from 1961 to 1977, took me to a Test match on a visit to Melbourne when I was four year old. It was the day that there were over 90,800 people there (West Indies, 1961). So I contributed to a Test match world record. Sadly, I cannot actually remember the event, but it must have had a lasting impact on me. Unfortunately I was not there when the record was broken last Boxing Day, although I did go the next day. I wonder how many people went to both. I still consider these to be the records for crowds at cricket match, and I do not regard the rough estimates for certain matches in Calcutta, which supposedly exceed these, to be reliable. Dad was well-known enough as an umpire to be on a first-name basis with Bob Simpson, who gave us a lift home one day from an (away) match. I was very impressed but tongue-tied. Simpson was captain of Western Suburbs club Pratten Park was walking distance from our home and had retired, far too early, from the Australian captaincy just a short time before. He was arguably still the best batsman in Australia, and he spent a number of years terrorising club-level bowlers before being recalled to the Australian captaincy at the age of 40 (with great success). Our family later lived in Mexico for a while, where Dad was official umpire for the M.C.C.C., that is the Mexico City Cricket Club, formed mostly of expat Brits. Highlight of that time, for me, was the visit of the 1970 England World Cup football team, having a day off. They played a one-day match against the MCCC, and absolutely thrashed them, as you might expect from a group exceptional athletes. I managed to procure the autographs of most of them on a postcard, which I now have framed (famous names: the Charlton brothers, Bobby Moore, Gordon Banks, etc etc, even Alf Ramsay) Dad worked for Qantas, and later took part (as umpire) in tours of club teams to India and elsewhere. Many years ago he told us he was umpiring a match in Malaysia, of all places, when Garry Sobers was out first ball, but later took five wickets in five balls (it was a minor game). I recall Dad producing a press clipping, from Malaysia, of the match. This last recollection has puzzled me, but to my amazement Cricket Archive actually has the match online here. It confirms everything Dad told me. There is also a match report here. The puzzle is the date: 1964 was before I thought Dad was touring as an umpire, so that is a surprise. Perhaps his strangest umpiring experience was in Sydney when both teams refused to play during a significant partial solar eclipse in 1976, hiding in the dressing room and refusing to come out for fear of the 'radiation'. Dad and the other umpire just waited at the wicket for them to come out again. Simpson was involved again. The teams were fined and the match deleted from career records, including a century from Simpson himself. It was the only match where the teams behaved like this: I myself was playing nearby, in a very minor league, and it never occurred to us to stop playing during the eclipse. I have an odd memory of my shadow splitting into two. UPDATE: many thanks to those who sent messages of condolence. It is actually very touching to receive such messages from people I have never met. ****** Speaking of busy days, I have made a list of the most balls faced by an individual batsman in a day of Test cricket. It is one of those records that is pretty much frozen, because the decline in over rates makes the facing of more than 375 balls in a day near impossible now. Most Balls Faced in a Days Play, where known. Balls faced Batsman Day Runs Final Score 423 AC Bannerman 3 Aus v Eng, Sydney (SCG) 1891/92 67 91 421 DG Bradman 2 Aus v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1934 271 304 420 DG Bradman 1 Aus v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1930 309 334 417 C Washbrook 4 Eng v WI, Lord's 1950 114 114 414 B Mitchell 4 SAf v Eng, The Oval 1947 188 189 410 EAB Rowan 1 SAf v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1951 160 236 405 MC Cowdrey 4 Eng v WI, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1957 78 154 401 H Sutcliffe 3 Eng v Aus, The Oval 1926 141 161 396 L Hutton 1 Eng v Aus, The Oval 1938 160 364 395 W Bardsley 1 Aus v Eng, Lord's 1926 173 193 395 WM Woodfull 2 Aus v Eng, Lord's 1930 155 155 390 CP Mead 1 Eng v SAf, Durban (Kingsmead) 1922/23 128 181 390 PBH May 4 Eng v WI, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1957 172 285* 385 WR Hammond 3 Eng v Aus, Sydney (SCG) 1928/29 168 251 381 RB Simpson 2 Aus v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1964 156 311 376 WH Ponsford 2 Aus v Eng, Leeds (Headingley) 1934 159 181 Woodfulls is the only innings to be completely contained in the days play. Nazar Mohammad batted through a day of 750 balls in 1952, scoring just 66 runs, but his share of the strike is unknown. Although the list above may not be complete, there are not many other candidates from the missing matches. ****** A few more notes on the position of 12th man: There is no official position of 12th man; there are many hundreds of cases of teams not having a recognised 12th man. Touring teams in particular often never name one, simply using squad members as substitutes when required. There are also many cases of a 12th man being identified but not being present at the match; he is released to play elsewhere and substitute duties given to local club cricketers. In most recent Tests it is not possible to identify the 12th men. One team that still names its 12th men is Australia. Nathan Hauritz and Ken Archer both made six appearances as 12th man before their respective Test debuts. I have identified about 1150 different cricketers who have been named as 12th man in Tests up to 2011. Of these, about 300 were 12th man before later going on to play Test cricket. Another 150 approx never played Tests in a first XI. Exact numbers would depend on the definition of 12th man. Simply acting as substitute fieldsman should not count. If a team names a squad of 12 before a match, I regard the one missing out as 12th man even if he plays no part in proceedings. ****** Adding 100 runs after retiring hurt Runs added RH score Final DCS Compton 141 4 145* Eng v Aus, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1948 PLJ Dujon 104 35 139 WI v Aus, Perth (WACA) 1984/85 SM Gavaskar 127 39 166* Ind v Aus, Adelaide Oval 1985/86 M Azharuddin 103 6 109 Ind v Saf, Kolkata 1996/97 ****** I have upgraded the Unusual Records section to allow fast linking to a record directly from the Table of Contents. Try it. 29 May 2014 Dropped Catches: 2014 Report In August last year I described how there had been a quantum jump (or should I say quantum fall) in the rate of dropped catches in 2012 compared to earlier years. Over the previous decade, the rate of dropped chances had hovered in the range 25-27%, but dropped suddenly to 23.5% for calendar year 2012. I have now updated the survey for 2013 and up to the present, and the rate, while still remaining low, has bounced back a little to 25.0%. The increase is partly down to Bangladesh returning to larger numbers of Tests they played very few in 2012 and more Tests played by Bangladesh drives up the overall rate. Though Bangladesh has improved, recording a drop rate of 36% in the past 15 months, as against a disastrous 45% back in 2011, they are still dead last. Even so, there is still an underlying improvement going on. Australia recorded a drop rate of 18.7%, the lowest annual figure by one team seen since the surveys started in 2001. New Zealand also came in under 20%, a rare achievement. Both teams could have been beaten by South Africa: however, South Africa have had a poor 2014, as reflected in their results in the series against Australia, where South Africa dropped 13 catches and took only 26, whereas Australia dropped 6 and took 35. This drove South Africas 2013/14 rate up to 21%. About two-thirds of Australias missed chances were described as difficult or tough in the available texts, as opposed to one-third of Bangladeshs chances. The team with the biggest improvement is West Indies. From 2001 to 2009, West Indies drop rate was consistently above 30%. This fell to 27% in 2010-2011, and now is at a world-class 22%. Sri Lanka has gone in the other direction: percentage drop rates in the mid 20s about 10 years ago have ballooned out to 35% in the past couple of years. India, too, has had its worst year since the surveys began: 32.8%. I noticed in the stats that Chris Rogers has yet to drop a catch in Test cricket, while his partner David Warner has taken the last 20 chances that have come to him, and has dropped only two chances (one of them debatable) out of 26 in his career so far. There is a new leader in the all-time individual list all-time meaning since 2001. MS Dhoni has now missed 61 chances (dropped or missed stumpings), passing Adam Gilchrist and Rahul Dravid, who recorded 55 each since I have been doing surveys. In Dhonis defence, he does have to do a lot of keeping to spinners; keeping to spinners is the true Test of a wicket-keeper. There is nevertheless a gap between Dhoni (19% missed chances) and Gilchrist (14%). Most keepers are between these two figures, although Mark Boucher, at 10%, represents a gold standard. Here are the rates for 2013+2014 for each country. % Missed Chances by Country 2013 and 2014 Test Matches Australia 18.7% New Zealand 19.8% South Africa 21.1% West Indies 22.1% England 24.9% Zimbabwe 25.4% Pakistan 28.1% India 32.8% Sri Lanka 35.6% Bangladesh 36.0% The usual caveats regarding dropped chance statistics should be recognised. Some chances will always be a matter of opinion as to whether they should be included, and text searches for cases are bound to miss some (probably not many now). I tend to take a harsh view of chances for inclusion; incidents described as half-chances or technical chances are included, as are incident where chance pass between keeper and slips or between fielders who react poorly. Even so, I am of the opinion that most chances are clear-cut, and the statistics provide useful comparisons. ****** As an addendum to the recent list of bowlers head-tohead hat-tricks, here is a list of bowlers who have dismissed a batsman twice in a Test, with the only balls he bowled to that batsman. Bowlers Dismissing a Batsman Twice in a Match with only Two Balls Bat Bowl WH Ashley J Briggs SA v Eng , Cape Town 1889 JT Willoughby* GA Lohmann SA v Eng, Port Elizabeth 1895/96 TA Ward* TJ Matthews SA v Aus, Manchester 1912 EG Hayes* JH Sinclair SA v Eng, Cape Town 1905/06 C Wesley* JB Statham Eng v SA, Nottingham 1960 JA Snow KD Boyce WI v Eng, The Oval 1973 CM Old DK Lillee Eng v Aus, Melbourne (MCG) 1976/77 GB Troup* RJ Shastri NZ v INd, wellington 1980/81 MS Atapattu GRJ Matthews Aus v SL, Colombo2 (SSC) 1992 Ata-ur-Rehman DH Brain Zim v Pak, Rawalpindi (Cricket Stadium) 1993/94 Mohammad Wasim DW Fleming Aus v Pak, Rawalpindi (Cricket Stadium) 1998/99 BKV Prasad Shoaib Akhtar Pak v Ind, Kolkata 1998/99 DPMD Jayawardene Wasim Akram SL v Pak, Dhaka 1998/99 BC Lara SE Bond WI v NZ, Auckland 2005/06 Javed Omar* Z Khan Ind v Ban, Dhaka (Mirpur) 2007 These are the only balls the bowler bowled to that batsman in the matches in question. Matthews bowled Atapattu with the only two balls he bowled to him in Test cricket. King Pair. ******* Run Out for 99 going for a second or third run. Mike Atherton was run out for 99 going for a third run at Lord's in 1993. However, he had turned back. Batsmen run out for 99 going for a second run: JEF Beck NZ v SAf, Cape Town 1953/54 JH Kallis SAf v Aus, Melbourne (MCG) 2001/02 AD Mathews SL v Ind, Mumbai (Brabourne) 2009/10 At Adelaide 1932, Don Bradman's last partner Thurlow was run out in attempting a second run, leaving Bradman on 299. Matthew Sinclair's partner Astle was run out going for a second run when Sinclair was on 199. Sinclair batted on to make 214 on debut. ******* 22 May 2014 A New Cricket Stat: The Head-to-Head Hat-trick Heres one that can only be divined from ball-by-ball records: cases of a bowler dismissing the same batsman with three consecutive balls that he bowled to him, a head-to-head hat-trick. Of necessity, this has to span multiple matches, and in some cases, multiple years. Both batsman and bowler could have been (and probably were) involved in other dismissals, involving different opponents, in the meantime. It is also possible for other matches involving both players to interpose, if the bowler did not bowl to that batsman in those matches. For example, Chris Old and Bishen Bedi both played at Edgbaston in 1974, after the Lords Test; both batted and bowled, but Old did not bowl to Bedi in that match. There are likely to be other cases, not covered by the bbb database. Such cases would be near-impossible to ferret out and confirm. I was surprised to find no pre-War cases. Bowlers Dismissing the same batsman with three consecutive balls in Tests Note: this means that the bowler did not bowl a single ball to that batsman in between the dismissals. Bowler Batsman RR Lindwall AV Bedser (11) Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1950/51 RR Lindwall AV Bedser (2) Eng v Aus, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1953 RR Lindwall AV Bedser (1) Eng v Aus, Lord's 1953 CM Old BS Bedi (0) Eng v Ind, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1974 CM Old BS Bedi (0) Eng v Ind, Lord's 1974 CM Old BS Bedi (0) Ind v Eng, Delhi (FSK) 1976/77 VA Holder* JR Thomson (6) Aus v WI, Adelaide Oval 1975/76 VA Holder* JR Thomson (0) Aus v WI, Melbourne (MCG) 1975/76 VA Holder* JR Thomson (0) WI v Aus, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 1978 DK Lillee* J Garner (7) Aus v WI, Melbourne (MCG) 1981/82 DK Lillee* J Garner (0) Aus v WI, Melbourne (MCG) 1981/82 DK Lillee* J Garner (1) Aus v WI, Sydney (SCG) 1981/82 J Garner* KJ Hughes (4) Aus v WI, Brisbane ('Gabba') 1984/85 J Garner* KJ Hughes (0) Aus v WI, Adelaide Oval 1984/85 J Garner* KJ Hughes (0) Aus v WI, Melbourne (MCG) 1984/85 Waqar Younis HH Streak (14) Pak v Zim, Rawalpindi (Cricket Stadium) 1993/94 Waqar Younis HH Streak (1) Pak v Zim, Rawalpindi (Cricket Stadium) 1993/94 Waqar Younis HH Streak (1) Pak v Zim, Lahore (Gaddafi) 1993/94 PAJ DeFreitas KR Rutherford (37) Eng v NZ, Lord's 1994 PAJ DeFreitas KR Rutherford (0) Eng v NZ, Lord's 1994 PAJ DeFreitas KR Rutherford (7) Eng v NZ, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1994 J Srinath PR Adams (1) Ind v Saf, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 1996/97 J Srinath PR Adams (0) Ind v Saf, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 1996/97 J Srinath PR Adams (1) Ind v Saf, Kanpur 1996/97 SM Pollock SK Warne (1) Aus v Saf, Melbourne (MCG) 1997/98 SM Pollock SK Warne (12) Aus v Saf, Sydney (SCG) 1997/98 SM Pollock SK Warne (0) Aus v Saf, Adelaide Oval 1997/98 Wasim Akram M Jayawardene (50) Pak v SL, Lahore (Gaddafi) 1998/99 Wasim Akram M Jayawardene (0) Pak v SL, Dhaka 1998/99 Wasim Akram M Jayawardene (1) Pak v SL, Dhaka 1998/99 AR Caddick CEL Ambrose (3) Eng v WI, Manchester (Old Trafford) 2000 AR Caddick CEL Ambrose (0) Eng v WI, Leeds (Headingley) 2000 AR Caddick CEL Ambrose (0) Eng v WI, The Oval 2000 SJ Harmison* Mashrafe Mortaza (0) Eng v Ban, Lord's 2005 SJ Harmison* Mashrafe Mortaza (0) Eng v Ban, Lord's 2005 SJ Harmison* Mashrafe Mortaza (1) Eng v Ban, Chester-le-Street 2005 last three balls bowled by the bowler to that batsman in Tests Srinath/Adams came from the 3rd, 4th and 5th balls Srinath bowled to Adams in Test matches; Pollock/Warne came from the 5th, 6th and 7th balls Pollock bowled to Warne. Caddick dismissed Ambrose four times in five balls that he bowled to him. Defreitas hat-trick represented his only dismissals of Rutherford, in 209 balls that he bowled to him, conceding 83 runs. From the Ridiculous to the Sublime I happened upon a case where Dale Steyn bowled a delivery that went for five wides, and followed it with a wicket (Harbhajan lbw) next ball. From one extreme to the other. It happened very recently also, with Mohammed Shami and Trent Boult. I wondered how often it happens and came up with the following (before 1998 the search included four wides) Five (or Four) Wides Followed by a Wicket Bowler Bat Imran Khan DI Gower Pak v Eng, Lord's 1982 MA Atherton DB Vengsarkar Ind v Eng, The Oval 1990 SP Jones CH Gayle Eng v WI, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 2004 CD Collymore MJ Hoggard WI v Eng, Chester-le-Street 2007 DW Steyn Harbhajan Singh SAf v Ind, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) 2007/08 MG Johnson JP Duminy SAf v Aus, Sydney (SCG) 2008/09 WD Parnell V Sehwag SAf v Ind, Nagpur 2009/10 Mohammad Aamer AN Cook Pak v Eng, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 2010 Mohammed Shami TA Boult Ind v NZ, Wellington (Basin Reserve) 2013/14 The absence of cases before 1980 is rather surprising. I have 577 Tests before 1980 in ball-by-ball form, but not a single example was found. ******* No one has batted on 5 separate days of a Test in a single innings. Perhaps the closest was Herschelle Gibbs who scored 211* (rain-affected) at Christchurch in 1999 and was not out at the end of the day on the first four days. He would have batted on day 5 had not Cronje declared overnight. Here is a list of individual innings that spanned four playing days of a Test match: 13 cases. I think that only 3 - Hanif, Jayasuriya, and Younis - were not rain affected. ID Craig (38) Aus v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1956 CC McDonald (89) Aus v Eng, Manchester (Old Trafford) 1956 Hanif Mohammad (337) Pak v WI, Bridgetown, Barbados 1958 GStA Sobers (226) WI v Eng, Bridgetown, Barbados 1960 FMM Worrell (197) WI v Eng, Bridgetown, Barbados 1960 RJ Shastri (111) Ind v Eng, Kolkata 1984/85 DM Jones (157) Aus v Eng, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1989 ST Jayasuriya (340) SL v Ind, Colombo4 (RPS) 1997 HH Gibbs (211) SAf v NZ, Christchurch 1998/99 V Sehwag (254) Ind v Pak, Lahore (Gaddafi) 2005/06 RS Dravid (128) Ind v Pak, Lahore (Gaddafi) 2005/06 JN Gillespie (201) Aus v Ban, Chittagong 2005/06 Younis Khan (313) Pak v SL, Karachi (National) 2008/09 The longest innings in elapsed time is 4 days 21 hours by Bruce Mitchell (58) at Brisbane in 1931. He did not bat on all the days, though. ****** In Tests, 20 bowlers dismissed Tendulkar on their Test debuts, beginning with Waqar Younis and ending with AJ McKay, who was playing his only Test. NC Johnson is the only bowler to dismiss Tendulkar twice on debut. He did so with consecutive balls to Tendulkar. The following bowlers dismissed Tendulkar with the first ball they bowled to him in Tests AJ Traicos Shoaib Akhtar PT Collins MA Starc SPD Smith There may be others from the 1990s; data is incomplete. Steve Smith dismissed Tendulkar with the only ball he ever bowled to him in international cricket. Equally extraordinary is Pedro Collins, who dismissed Tendulkar with the first TWO balls he bowled to him in Tests, in two different matches. Peter Taylor and Peter McIntyre got Tendulkar out without ever conceding a run to him. 8 May 2014 New Light on the Slowest Hundreds In 2012 (17 October) I posted a list of the longest Test innings based on the number of overs batted. This, I think, is an excellent way to compare innings in the absence of complete balls faced figures, since it is easier to reliably calculate or estimate elapsed overs than balls faced by individuals. In that spirit, I have put together a list of the slowest centuries, in overs elapsed for the first 100 runs. Slowest to reach 100, in overs batted Overs batted Balls faced 174 Nazar Mohammad Pak v Ind, Lucknow (University) 1952/53 520(est) 166 MC Cowdrey Eng v WI, Birmingham (Edgbaston) 1957 535 157 DJ McGlew Saf v Aus, Durban (Kingsmead) 1957/58 485 152 AJ Watkins Eng v Ind, Delhi (FSK) 1951/52 480 151 Hanif Mohammad Pak v Eng, Dhaka 1961/62 448 150(est) JW Guy NZ v Ind, Hyderabad (Ind - LBSS) 1955/56 448(est) 143(est) Hanif Mohammad Pak v Ind, Bahwalpur 1954/55 427(est) 143 PE Richardson Eng v SAf, Johannesburg (New Wanderers) 1956/57 440 139 Mudassar Nazar Pak v Eng, Lahore (Gaddafi) 1977/78 419 Eight-ball overs converted This establishes Nazars innings as the slowest Test century, in terms of the amount of cricket that had to be played for him to reach 100. Cowdrey probably faced more balls, but he faced an unusually high amount of the strike, and so comes in at a lower over count than Nazar. The innings by Nazars son, Mudassar, only ranks ninth in this list, but is still given as the slowest Test century in some other lists (which can only be described as seriously incomplete). **** Most runs in the first over of a Test innings. These figures are from the database, which covers only about 80% of Tests, so there could be others. The innings number is at the end of each line. The Gough and Sohag overs contained extras. The Hall over had no extras but was 8 balls. Bob Simpson hit the 18 runs, still the only one to do so in a Test (surprisingly). Runs Bowler Inns 18 WI v Aus, Melbourne (MCG) 1960/61 WW Hall 4 18 Eng v Aus, Edgbaston 2001 D Gough 2 18 Ban v WI, Mirpur 2012/13 Sohag Gazi 1 16 NZ v WI, Antigua (Richards) 2012 CS Martin 2 15 Saf v NZ, Bloemfontein 2000/01 AA Donald 2 14 Eng v Aus, Adelaide Oval 1970/71 JA Snow 2 14 NZ v SL, Dunedin 1996/97 SB Doull 3 Sohag's over was his first in Test cricket. ****** Ever been out early on and thought if you had just one more chance, you could make a hundred? Well here are a few batsmen in Tests who did score a century after being out earlier that same day. Naturally, all cases were follow-ons. Aamer Sohail was out for 32 and 99 on the same day at the Gabba in 1995. Most runs in one day by a batsman who batted twice: 161 (158* and 3) by Mohammad Ashraful, v India Chittagong 2004/05. When Aubrey Faulkner made 122* against Australia at Old Trafford in 1912, he was told to keep the pads on to open when South Africa followed on, only to make a second-innings duck. That was on the same day that TJ Matthews took his two famous hat-tricks. ******** A note on the covering of wickets in Australia. RS Whitington wrote that Tests in Australia used fully covered wickets from 1947/48 (v India) onwards. I dont think this is correct. Photos and articles in newspapers from that season suggest that only the ends of the pitches were covered, to protect bowlers run ups once play had commenced. The outcomes of Tests in that season, and for a few years thereafter, also suggest that sticky wickets remained a problem up to 1951/52, and the playing surface would have to be uncovered for this to happen regularly. Pitches were fully covered in 1952/53 (v South Africa), and I believe that this was the first such season.* In England, where wet wickets did not often turn sticky, full covering of wickets was not introduced until 1979. Whitington also said that new balls were available after 40 (eight-ball) overs in 1947/48. However, the earliest new balls recorded in the scores from that season were after the 41st over (several times). 41 overs is closer to the English standard of the time of 55 six-ball overs. The option of 200 runs may also have applied. In the previous season of the Ashes series of 1946/47, the old new ball rule of 200 runs seems to have still applied. UPDATE: Alastair Lynch pointed me to references that show covered pitches being used throughout the 1951/52 series v West Indies. I think I had heard that before, and the references confirm it to be true, but I had trouble understanding the Adelaide Test of that season, where 22 wickets fell on the first day on a wet, sometimes unplayable pitch, with one end worse than the other. How could that happen with a covered pitch? There was also the fall of 19 wickets on the first day of the final Sydney Test. Perhaps the techniques of covering pitches in these early days were poorly developed, and mistakes occurred. In the Adelaide case, the pitch covering was said to have exacerbated the problems by preventing drying before play started. Peter Lyons subsequently emailed to say that Ray Robinson, in the Cricketer Spring Annual of 1952, wrote that the wicket covering in 1951/52 was inadequate and that the agreement to cover wickets was regretted by the West Indians. Evidently, the standards of the covers improved in 1952/53. The Adelaide Test, incidentally, was the Test where Australian captain Lindsay Hassett pulled out through injury, only to be made 12th man, Sid Barnes was selected and then unselected for reasons other than cricket, leading to a law suit, and Phil Ridings was selected but then somehow ended up not playing. Ridings never did play Test cricket, although he was elevated to (long-serving) Australian selector only 12 months later. ****** Undertaking the funeral of a team mate. The funeral of Victor Trumper in 1915 was undertaken by the W. Carter company. Ray Webster tells me that Hanson 'Sammy' Carter (Australian wicketkeeper at the time) indeed did work as an undertaker in the family business, founded by his father Walter. Walter had been a carpenter who was injured at work and was unable to continue his career, and started another business. Hanson was therefore involved in undertaking the funeral of a Test match team mate, presumably a unique situation for an active Test cricketer. **** At Multan in 1980/81, West Indies lost 3 wickets for one run in a single session of play. Only 10 minutes play was possible after tea on the third day, the West Indies going from 84/2 to 85/5. Rain intervened, and limited play to 10 more overs on the final two days. 15 April 2014 A Scoring Pioneer Sreeram and others have been piecing together information on early forms of advanced scoring techniques. This was brought on by the puzzle mentioned last year (14 May) of occasional reports of balls faced in Australian cricket prior to 1907, including Alec Bannermans epic 91 off 612 balls in 1892 (reported in The Argus and some other papers). All the instances before 1907 were at the SCG. It now appears that the scorer responsible in all cases was one J.G. Jackscohn. Jackscohn (note spelling) was a scorer at the SCG from 1887 to 1895, and then again from 1905 (he lived in northern NSW in between). Ray Webster (in Story of a Cricket Country) notes that he even received a medal from Lord Sheffield for his scoring in 1891/92(!) His name is spelled Jackson in some early references. My interpretation of the reports is that Jackscohn kept a separate tabular sheet when scoring, recording balls faced and runs scored by each batsman off each bowler in separate boxes. These appear to be tables (mentioned in a 1906 article) rather than linear sheets. This would explain how Wisden got that isolated reference to the balls faced by Bannerman specifically off Attewell in his 91, but did not mention balls faced for the whole innings. While it is possible to determine how many balls were faced off each bowler from linear sheets, it is not especially easy; counting them up would have to be done carefully. A tabular format would make it simple. Jackscohn died in 1931 aged 84. There is an obituary in The Referee that I presume Ray used in his account. Sreeram has uncovered a number of references to Jackscohns work in the Trove database, including one that says he was sole scorer for that Sydney Test in 1891/92. Another is that 1906 note on Jackscohns methods. It would be a wonderful thing if some of these old Tables could be found. Bill Fergie Ferguson, the instigator of systematic linear scoring, would almost certainly have encountered Jackscohn and his methods at some stage. I dont think their methods were the same, but Fergie may well have been inspired to develop his system by Jackscohns work. The mystery remains of the source for a few balls faced figures (and pioneering wagon wheels) in a Melbourne Test of 1907/08. See 27 Dec 2012. Most runs off the same ball: At Hamilton in 1998/99, Saurav Ganguly made five attempts to bowl the third ball of his fifth over, the first four being no balls. Craig McMillan hit the first two for four, and also hit a single off the fifth delivery. In all, 13 runs accrued off this ball, McMillan scoring nine. The over went 0,4n,4n,n,n,1,1,0,4. This took place shortly after the one-run penalty for a no ball was extended to include no balls that were scored from. Under this system, Joel Garner would have conceded 14 runs from one ball at the MCG in 1984/85. (2n,n,n,n,n,3n,3: see entry for 12 Dec 2011) In the run torrent that was the ODI at Joburg in 2005 (872 runs in 100 overs), Roger Telemachus conceded 20 runs while trying to bowl the first ball of the 48th over. The sequence of five deliveries was 4n, 1n, 4n, 6n, 2 (faced by Ponting and Symonds). The whole over cost 28. The most on record for T20 internationals is 15 runs (6n, 1n, 6) bowled by Izatullah Dawlatzai of Afghanistan against England in the World T20 in 2012. The over cost 32 runs even though it included a wicket. **** I wonder if anyone with an identical twin played Test cricket before Lisle Nagel, who played one Test in the 1930s. His brother Vernon played for Victoria. They supposedly once swapped places undetected during a club match. I understand that Rose and Liz Signal are identical twins (not sure); they played together for New Zealand Women in a couple of Women's Tests in 1984. Isobel and Cecelia Joyce play ODIs for Ireland Women's team, although they have only been doing this since 2011. ** Speaking of twins, Andrew Symonds once ran out Hamish and James Marshall in the same ODI, at Auckland in 2005. It turns out there was a precedent: Saqlain Mushtaq and the Waugh twins, SCG in 2000. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/.../Scorecards/69/69222.html I can find only one case of brothers being run out in the same Test match, GB Studd and CT Studd in 1883 (SCG). Different fielders were involved. Ian and Greg Chappell were both run out by Viv Richards in the first World Cup Final in 1975. Mark was run out when running for injured #11 Craig McDermott, with Steve left on 99 not out at Perth 1994/95. 21 March 2014 Whats a Duckworth Lewis? Heres a short analysis of historical Duckworth/Lewis results in ODIs. I havent said much on this subject in the past, but Arnold DSouza reminded me that there is a brief entry in my blog from 23 Jan 2005, and again in 2006. I think that the conclusion from my early reading was that the system made a lot of sense, but it needed accuracy in the detail if it was to be fair. A lot of that detail is not publicly available, although I did once get hold of an early list of ODI tables as they stood about 10 years ago. The system has been modified multiple times since then. If readers know of accessible sources for specifics of modern ODI D/L tables, I would be interested. Anyway, here is an historical summary of D/L results, according to whether the winner batted first or second. The system came in to full use in ODIs only in 2000. For whatever reason, it was applied to only a few matches in that year. Bat 1st Win Bat 2nd Win to 1999 4 5 2000-02 14 4 2003-04 11 5 2005-06 0 13 2007-08 12 20 2009-10 12 11 2011-12 5 21 2013-14 8 7 As I noted in my posts years ago, there was quite a severe imbalance in favour of teams batting first for the first few years after the widespread adoption of D/L. Between 2000 and 2004, D/L awarded the match to the team batting first 25 times to 9 times for the team batting second. Based on binomial theorem and a theoretical even probability, the chance of such a skewed distribution in 34 trials is well under 1 per cent. [Going on memory here, I did find some oddities with the tables. For example, the tables seemed to imply an average last wicket partnership of 14, when the real average is 9.] According to Wikipedia, D/L changed the system in 2004 and incorporated more sophisticated computer input. Was this behind the extraordinary reversal in 2005-2006? (At one point, fourteen consecutive D/L matches went to the team batting second, and 26 out of 32. Try doing that tossing a coin: we are in thousand-to-one territory here). The fluctuations in fortunes since then also look strange. The system still does favour teams batting second, although less strongly than in 2005-07. It remains possible that teams batting second can anticipate impending D/L intervention, and adjust tactics before D/L begins to be applied, so gaining an advantage. If rain is possible, teams batting second may keep an eye on the par score, and try to keep ahead of it. **** When six was the new five Going through some old reports I noticed something about the awarding of sixers. I had thought that the awarding of six runs for all hits over the boundary was finally instituted in 1910; prior to that it could be four, five or six runs, rather depending on umpire's whim. However, I have found that in all Tests in Australia and South Africa from 1905 onwards (15 Tests up to 1910), all known hits over the boundary scored six runs. Only in England did this not apply; the few known hits in 1907 apparently scored four runs, as had most in 1905, but things seemed to be changing. In 1909, all known hits scored six, bar one by Trumper at the Oval that scored five, and a four to Tibby Cotter. The 1910 change in the Laws seems to be largely recognition of a fait accompli. Incidentally, I found that Warwick Armstrong, in his 133 at the MCG in 1907/08, hit two consecutive balls over the boundary for six, off Braund. I believe that this is the first such instance in Tests, even if you include earlier Tests where they scored four and five. In all Tests, the next clear-cut case is by CL Vincent off AP Freeman at Headingley in 1929. It's probably still rare in Tests at the MCG, if you limit it to proper hits over the fence, rather than the rope. Mike Hussey was the last to do it there, off Andre Nel, in 2005/06. **** Following a question on Ask Steven, I looked for cases of two bowlers taking wickets in the same over (one bowler retiring hurt). [I wrote something about replacement bowlers taking wickets on my blog last year. Scroll down to 20 June 2013, or search for "Wickets by Substitute Bowlers". There is a case of a replacement bowler Craig McMillan, taking two wickets in what was left of the over, at Harare in 2000/01.] I couldnt find any cases of wickets falling to two different bowlers. The nearest thing was at Port-of-Spain in 2008Mumbai in 2002: Rahul Dravid retired hurt on the same ball as the bowler Dillon went off injured. Harbhajan was out first ball to Cuffy when the over continued. Only a couple of bowlers have taken a wicket and gone off injured in the same over. One odd one was Murali at Harare in 2004. He took a wicket with the last ball of one over and another with the first ball of his next. He was on a hat-trick, but could not continue. The replacement did not take a wicket. Murali came back later but did not manage a (very unusual) hat-trick. Another bowler who took a wicket and went off injured in the same over was CK Langeveldt at Cape Town in 2005. Using replacement bowlers to complete an over only dates from the 1980s. **** The longest Test career of a player whose debut innings remained his highest score was Darren Gough (58 Tests, highest score 65). Gough never exceeded his previous highest score: the player who surpassed his previous best score most times was Dilip Vengsarkar, on eleven occasions. Alec Stewart made his highest Test score of 190 at Edgbaston in 1992. He played 115 subsequent Tests (202 innings) without improving on that score. **** Ultimate Strike: Most Consecutive balls faced by one batsman in a Test innings (where known) 33 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak v Eng, Faisalabad 2000/01 Batting with Danish Kaneria 30 GAR Lock Eng v WI, Georgetown, Guyana 1968 Batting with PI Pocock 29 R Benaud Aus v Eng, Melbourne (MCG) 1958/59 29 JH Kallis SAf v WI, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad 2010 17 February 2014 Following the Follow-On When New Zealand declined to enforce the follow-on when leading by 301 runs in the recent Auckland Test, it created a mild flurry of debate. Some hold that enforcing the follow-on is an essential tactic. The stats, surprisingly perhaps, suggest otherwise. I looked at follow-on situations in Tests over the past 20 years, and excluded Bangladesh and Zimbabwe matches. There were 108 follow-on opportunities; 69 were enforced, and 39 not enforced. Average runs (rounded) for the teams involved were All F.O. Enforced Not Enforced Team 1 runs 509 528 462 Team 2 runs 217 217 216 Lead 291 310 246 A key thing to remember is that any team leading by 200 runs is in a dominant position, and will very likely win, whether or not the follow-on is chosen. There is not much point citing specific matches anecdotally to try to prove a point. Given that the enforced category teams were more dominant, you might expect them to win more matches. However, the opposite is the case. Teams enforcing the follow-on won 72.5% of the matches, while teams not enforcing it won 82%. The rest of the matches were draws, except for one (famous) case where Australia enforced the follow-on at Kolkata in 2001 and lost. So even though teams enforcing the follow-on tend to have bigger leads (310 to 246), they are less likely to win. One possible factor is that high-scoring matches on really easy pitches tend to be drawn, and the follow-on is more likely to be enforced in such cases. Naturally, higher scoring matches are more likely to be drawn. However, even when we compare like with like, the advantage of not enforcing remains. If we filter out the higher-scoring matches, by including only matches where the combined first innings is less than 800, and the lead less than 300, not enforcing still has a significant lead, with 92% wins vs 79% for the enforced cases. There may be other factors in play perhaps the enforced cases were more rain-affected (I dont know) but the bottom line is that enforcing the follow-on is not statistically supportable in terms of outcomes. This was all a bit of a surprise to me, since the modern tendency is for teams batting fourth to win more matches than they lose. Teams not enforcing also often face the problem of the declaration: most captains like to create a safe buffer, which takes time, and one would think would increase the chances of a draw. When the subordinate teams bat again, they do better second time around when they follow-on than when they do not (296 runs to 277); however, the difference is not huge. The figures do support a contention I made years ago: if you want to maximise your chances of winning, declare before a score of 500. A risk arises of losing (Freddie Flintoff must have had nightmares over Adelaide 2006/07), but the probability of a draw falls even more. Of course, New Zealand did eventually win that Auckland Test. One wonders if the follow-on had been enforced: with India at 240/3, would New Zealands tiring bowlers have been able to power on and finish the job? Maybe yes, but India may have finished with more than 366, in a match they only lost by 40 runs. For Australia, it hardly matters. Basically, when they lead by 200, they win, follow-on or no follow-on. Australia has won 27 out if the last 29 when it had a follow-on option; the only exceptions were a drawn match with almost 3 days of rain, and the freak turnaround of Kolkata 2001. The last team to trail Australia by more than 200 and genuinely force a draw was Pakistan in 1994/95 when everyone's favourite player Salim Malik made 237. Since the 200-run follow-on margin was introduced in the 60s, Australia has won every time it has not enforced the follow-on (17 matches). The main worry for captains contemplating the follow-on is the prospect of over-extending the bowlers; burnout can affect both the match at hand and matches to come. **** Fastest Maiden Test centuries, balls faced to 100: GL Jessop 76 PW Sherwell ~100 D Denton ~100 RR Lindwall 88 R Benaud ~75 RJ Hadlee 88 K Srikkanth 97 JR Murray 88 CL Cairns 86 L Klusener 100 SM Pollock 95 DR Smith 93 MS Dhoni 93 JE Taylor 97 MG Johnson 86 S Dhawan 85 Mominul Haque 98 Kapil Dev reached 102 off 101 balls with a boundary. **** New Zealand wicket-keeper/captain Lee Germon did not concede a bye for the first 1242 runs of his Test career. Other clean starters include TE Blain 1062, RG de Alwis 955 runs. (AP Binns up to 1000 runs, exact number uncertain). Germon had a remarkable Test debut: not only did he concede no byes, he captained his team on debut (no one has done this since, except in the first Test for Bangladesh) and he top scored in both innings. For records at any stage of career, the probable maximum without byes, in terms of runs or balls, is 2431 runs (5426 balls) by Mark Boucher spanning 7 Tests in 1999/99. He finally conceded a bye, off Paul Adams, at Auckland in 1999 after New Zealand had been batting for 190 overs (including follow-on). Strangely, he conceded four byes off the very next ball. Adam Parore went bye-free for a long period in 1994/95. Unfortunately one of the necessary scorebooks is missing: the number of runs is in the range 2274-2373 (around 4100 balls). There is an oddity about this case as well; just a few Tests later, Parore was replaced as keeper but remained in the team as a batsman. He was replaced behind the stumps by the aforesaid Lee Germon. Incidentally, number of balls without byes is probably more appropriate than number of runs. The longest single Test innings without byes is 268 overs: New Zealand 543/3 at Georgetown 1972, TM Findlay keeper. **** There was an extraordinary innings by Victoria against New South Wales in a recent Shield match. Victoria lost its first 6 wickets for 9 runs, with the first four batsmen making ducks. The latter is unprecedented in Australian first-class cricket, the former has not been seen since 1881. [Once again, the folly of using nightwatchmen (two in this case) is demonstrated.] The sensations did not end there, with Glenn Maxwell coming in and scoring 127 off 102 balls. A century by a #8 when the first seven did not get to double figures has happened before (not in Australia), but never when so few runs were scored by the first seven batsmen (10 runs in Maxwells case). For precedents, or near-precedents, here is an interesting one. **** Consecutive first-class innings without a duck Inns Ending MC Cowdrey 148 1965 G Boycott 142 1975 CS Baker 135 1914 GL Berry 135 1937 LB Fishlock 135 1951 DI Gower 135 1986 WRD Payton 133 1927 MTG Elliott 128 2004 L Hutton 127 1952 FA Lowson 126 1954 BJ Hodge 126 2006 FE Woolley 124 1933 EH Hendren 122 1934 SJ Cray 121 1950 GT Dowling 121 1972 MJ Smith 120 1978 Up to mid 2013. **** Rajan Chawla on Ask Steven asked about streaks of singles in Test matches. While I have it on hand here's some extremes... Longest sequence of singles by an individual batsman... DA Marillier (52) scored his last 38 runs in singles at Chittagong in 2001. In his next innings, his first two scoring shots were singles, giving 40 in all. Most singles to start an innings... 15 by Bruce Dooland MCG 1946/47 and Warren Bardsley MCG 1924/25. Biggest complete innings in singles only, 12 by 4 players AI Taylor Joburg 1956/57 GM Wood MCG 1988/89 RS Dravid Ahmedabad 1999/00 SH Curnow Joburg 1930/31 Dravid was run out going for his 13th single. Longest sequence in partnership: 29 singles, plus a wide and a bye, by GA Hick and GP Thorpe, Karachi 2000. This was in the final session of the match, which England won with 3.3 overs to spare and became the first team to beat Pakistan in a Test in Karachi. This is from my database, which covers only about 80% of Tests. **** Man of the Match in their last Test match. I believe that Jason Gillespie was the only one of these who was dropped from the team. Goodwin left Zimbabwe to live in Australia: the others retired, although Sarfraz may have been tapped on the shoulder. IR Redpath Aus v WI, Melbourne (MCG) 1975/76 GS Chappell Aus v Pak, Sydney (SCG) 1983/84 Sarfraz Nawaz Pak v Eng, Lahore (Gaddafi) 1983/84 SM Gavaskar Ind v Pak, Bangalore 1986/87 MW Goodwin Zim v Eng, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 2000 JN Gillespie Aus v Ban, Chittagong 2005/06 SE Bond NZ v Pak, Dunedin (Unversity) 2009/10 Up to and including 2010 22 January 2014 An Early Switch-Hit There are various claimants to the invention of the reverse sweep or switch-hit (not necessarily exactly the same thing). There is mention of Mushtaq Mohammad, or going back further, Percy Fender or Plum Warner. Generally, the claims do not have a lot of hard evidence. However, Sreeram has uncovered an incontrovertible example from a Test in 1921. In the Manchester Test, Fender employed the shot, as described in The Times Mr. Armstrong kept the runs down at one end by bowling a couple of feet outside the leg stump. Mr. Fender was the more resourceful of the two batsmen, for, in dealing with Mr. Armstrong, he contrived at times to get away and place the ball on the deserted off side. He once shifted hands on the handle of the bat and pulled him back-handed across the wicket to the place where cover-point generally stands. Fenders shot was also described in some detail by Charlie Macartney in an article 16 years later, so it must have made an impression. The shot was made in the midst of some controversy. England had attempted to declare their innings closed in what was a rain-shortened match, only to be stymied when Armstrong pointed out that this was against the rules of the time. When England was forced to resume, Armstrong, who had bowled the last over before the interruption, bowled again. Apparently, calls from the crowd that this was about to happen were ignored by the umpires. Fenders switch-hit occurred shortly thereafter, apparently gathering 2 runs, but the exact ball is uncertain. As I said in an earlier post, Im sure I read of such a shot in the 1909/10 MCC series in South Africa, (although I cant find it now). Viv Richards definitely played the shot at Mumbai in 1975. Many inventions are made independently by different people, and I daresay the reverse sweep is one such. UPDATE: Steve Pittard has emailed with a case from 1870. It is not completely clear that this batsman changed his stance as the ball was being bowled, or during the run up. Kent were shot out for 20 at the Oval in 1870, with their latecomer William Yardley - had not arrived 0 - trying to make amends in the 2nd innings by way of a cunning plan. Opening the batting, as fast bowler Walter Anstead came in to bowl, the ambidextrous Yardley - able to throw 75 yards left handed reversed his normal right handed stance and leathered the ball, only narrowly missing the nearby fielder Southerton at point, who now was an aunt sally at effectively silly mid on . In fairness Yardley had enigmatically warned Southerton that should he see him suddenly change stance to make himself scarce but he had merely laughed. The next ball Yardley successfully repeated the trick with Southerton this time dropping spread eagled to the ground. This greatly amused Yardley though the Surrey supporters were incensed; shouting Not cricket! Not cricket. Yardley, a thespian and later notable playwright, had turned the proceedings into a farce and when Anstead was withdrawn from the attack the crowd hissed and hooted him like a pantomime villain. Anstead later returned to clean bowl Yardley for 14 and with his innovation ultimately proving to no avail - Kent lost by an innings - one imagines the incident was dismissed as a bit of nonsense **** Being There Alastair Cook was around for 59.5% of England's runs in the 2010/11 Ashes series, which appears to be the most for a 5-Test series. Shoaib Mohammad batted during 82.3% of Pakistan's runs in a 3-Test 1990 series against New Zealand. Brad Haddin's efforts in the 2013/14 series are surely exceptional for someone batting down the order. DSBP Kuruppu batted in 100% of Sri Lanka's runs in a one-off Test against New Zealand in 1986/87. ** Heres two bowlers who had catches missed off their first ball in Test cricket: David Warner (Brisbane 2012, Brownlie dropped by Pattinson) and RP Singh (Shoaib Malik dropped by Kumble) in Faisalabad 2006. My database doesn't have much on this category before 2002. **** They took their first Test wicket with their last ball in Test cricket IJ Siedle DW Hookes M Venkataramana MV Boucher RM Poore S Amarnath SV Nayak W Barber WB Rankin (to date) WHB Frank Mohammad Talha Wilf Barber (2 balls in 1935) came closest to taking a wicket with his only ball in Test cricket. **** Most runs by a batsman while partner(s) scored 0 67 Mohammad Yousuf Ind v Pak, Multan 2003/04 66 SJ McCabe Aus v Eng, Nottingham (Trent Bridge) 1938 65 AC Gilchrist Aus v SAf, Cape Town 2001/02 64 KC Sangakkara SL v NZ, Christchurch 2006/07 64 BB McCullum NZ v Aus, Adelaide Oval 2008/09 63 WG Grace Aus v Eng, The Oval 1886 59 GAR Lock Eng v WI, Georgetown, Guyana 1968 The last 66 runs of the innings, in a partnership of 77 with LO Fleetwood-Smith (5). No extras were scored. Yousuf batted with more than one partner. McCullums innings included a partnership of 50 with IE OBrien, the largest complete Test partnership where one partner contributed 0 runs. **** The most Tests by a player who never hit the winning run is 145 by Shane Warne. Among top batsmen, Graham Gooch never did so in his whole career of 118 Tests. Kumar Sangakkara hit the winning run for the first time in his 119th Test, so in effect he ties Gooch. **** In the 2013/14 Ashes, Kevin Pietersen averaged 29.4, and still topped Englands averages among those who played all five Tests. This is the first time that a team in a full-length Ashes series has had no batsman averaging over 30 in the full series. (Ben Stokes averaged 34.8, but played in only four Tests.) Here is a list of such Worst Best averages historically. Worst Best Ashes Batting Average Best Avge England 2013/14 29.4 KP Pietersen Australia 1956 30.1 JW Burke Australia 1911/12 32.4 WW Armstrong Australia 1978/79 32.6 GN Yallop England 1930 34.0 WR Hammond Qualification: players who played all Tests in a series. 5- or 6-Test series only. In 1930, H Sutcliffe averaged 87.2 but played in only 4 Tests. Tendulkar Head to Head After a couple of requests, I am posting a complete set of Sachin Tendulkars player-v-player stats in Tests at the link below. There was an earlier version of this in 2012, but that had a few problems, which I have painstakingly ironed out, I hope. Such data requires ball-by-ball records, and unfortunately this is not available for some of Tendulkars Tests in the 1990s. In such cases, I have substituted estimates based on the runs scored by Tendulkar and the runs conceded by the bowlers in the innings in question. Where this happens, the data is labelled Est. For some bowlers such as Muralitharan, there is a combination of such data with real ball-by-ball data. For those who demand exactitude, sorry, but it is the best I can do. For Tendulkar, bbb data is complete for all Australia, England and South Africa bowlers. http://www.sportstats.com.au/tendulkarheadtohead.html A few statistical morsels Most consecutive 5WI in first-class cricket: ten by AP Freeman in 1930. Most consecutive 10WM: eight (believe it or not) by Tom Richardson in 1895. WG Grace once got seven in a row, in 1874. * I once looked for the maximum number of consecutive balls scored from in Tests. The answer wasn't very interesting, only 16 in a row (23 runs) by Rashid Latif during an otherwise unremarkable innings of 47 off 42 balls at Sharjah in 2001/02. * There are more than a dozen players in first-class cricket who have taken a wicket in their only over. At least two of them took a wicket with their only ball, BN Khanna and MM Agasti. * Mitchell Johnson was twice on a hat-trick in the same innings in the Adelaide Test. This got me looking at the database... Last bowler to be on a hat-trick twice within the same innings in Ashes Tests: KR Miller Brisbane 1946/47. Last Australian bowler in all Tests: GD McGrath v West Indies Brisbane 2000/01. Last bowler in all Tests: Chaminda Vaas v NZ Wellington 2004/05. Only bowler to take wickets with consecutive balls three times in an innings (where known) J Srinath v South Africa at Ahmedabad 1996/97. * There are over 40 triple-wicket maidens in complete overs in the database, (covering 80% of Tests). Last one found: Ben Hilfenhaus v India at Perth 2012. No one has more than 2 (Caddick, Vettori, McGrath, DJ Brown). There are other cases of 3 in an over where the over was incomplete. At the other end of the scale, Kallis once took 3 wickets in an over while conceding 10 runs (6 0 W 4 W W). * Sunday Play in Australia In first-class cricket, regular Sunday play commenced in 1967/68, same year as in Tests. Brian Booth, a devout Christian, played only one match in 1968/69 and then retired because he did not wish to play on Sundays. Adelaide was the last center to introduce Sunday play. Prior to 1967, there was Sunday play in some Shield matches in Brisbane and Perth. The first was QLD v WA at the Gabba in 1964/65. It was introduced as "the answer to declining attendances". If only. * Most runs in international cricket in any 31-day period. Sanath Jayasuriya hit 881 runs for 22 July to 20 August 1997. Aravinda de Silvas best was 842. Graham Smith has 822 for 3 July to 2 August 2003. I believe that these are the only ones above 800 in a 31-day period. Next is Zaheer Abbas on 792. **** Chris Gayle, at Edgbaston in 2004, took 5 wickets and scored 82 runs on the same day (the fourth). I can find (if I programmed by search correctly) only two other cases of 50 runs and five wickets on the same day. Jimmy Sinclair took 6/26 and made 59* on the first day at Cape Town in 1898/99, and Wes Hall scored 50* and took 5/20 on the second day against India at Port of Spain 1962. Perhaps the most notable other is Shakib al Hasan of Bangladesh who took 4/40 and scored 97 on the fourth day at Khulna against West Indies in 2012. The wickets, however, were tailenders in a score of 648. Bill Edrich (Manchester 1947) and Garry Sobers (Sydney 1969) scored over 100 runs and took 3 wickets on the same day. ***** Graham Swanns abrupt retirement means that he conceded 22 runs off his last over in Test cricket. This is not quite a record. Derek Stirling conceded 24 runs in the last over of his Test career, at the Oval in 1986. 4, 6, 4, 6, 0, 4 courtesy Ian Botham. Mark Gillespie's last over in Tests conceded 20 runs in 2012, but he may play again. Of course, there is no law that says that Swann cannot play Tests again. Others have 'retired' in the heat of the moment and regretted it afterwards. Whether Swann would be welcomed back I don't know. 28 November 2013 More Simple Stats that are Hard to Find I have been extracting some more statistical information from the Cricinfo texts yes, it is painstaking to get some baseline stats on catches and other dismissals. Here is a summary list of the location of catches, based on nearly all Tests from 2002 to 2013. keeper 31.4% 1slip 8.7% 2slip 6.1% 3slip 2.2% 4slip 0.2% Slip* 8.0% gully 5.2% 3man 0.5% point 5.2% cover 4.1% mid-off 3.9% bowler 3.9% mid-on 4.5% midwicket 5.0% short leg 5.2% square leg 3.8% fine leg 2.2% * Slip in this context generally refers to slip fieldsman for spin bowlers. The locations are based on descriptive names of locations given in the texts, so there are no hard and fast rules, and different commentators may have different definitions. But mostly, this should be a useful baseline for comparison of dismissal locations between from country to country and team to team, and even individual players. There is also potential for historical comparison (but not now), especially using Bill Frindalls old England scores, which describe locations. [A slight complication is that Frindall sometimes used categories of locations that did not directly compare to standard definitions when categorising run-scoring. In Frindalls runs-scoring records, there is no point or square leg area. The boundary between categories is perpendicular to the pitch and goes right through the middle of what others would regard as point and square leg. This problem is also seen in Cricinfos batting charts.] I have also looked at bowled dismissals in little more detail. About 17% of batsmen were out bowled since 2002, a figure that has remained reasonably steady since about 1990, but well down on earlier times. About 26% of batsmen out bowled edged or hit the ball onto the stumps (at least to the extent that it was noticed), and a further 4% were bowled off the pads (less than I would have thought), so only 70% of batsmen out bowled are clean bowled. It would be interesting to know how many of those who played on did so to a ball that would not have hit the stumps. This is hard to say: I would estimate roughly about half, or a bit more, based on read
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A left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He plays for New South Wales and currently playing for the Delhi Capitals and Sydney Thunder in domestic cricket. Warner was a prominent member of the victorious Australian squad of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, the 2021 T20 World Cup where he was declared as the Player of the Tournament as a result of his performances, and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final. In January 2017, he became the fourth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once and also win the award in consecutive years. On 28 September 2017, he played in his 100th ODI and became the first batsman for Australia and 8th batsman overall to score a century in his 100th ODI. In March 2018, following a preliminary investigation into ball tampering by the Australian team in the third match of their Test series against South Africa, he was suspended, charged with bringing the game into disrepute. Following a board meeting on 28 March 2018, Cricket Australia banned Warner from all international and domestic cricket in Australia for one year, and from any leadership positions permanently. In November 2019, Warner scored the second-highest individual score by any Australian Test batsman with 335 not out against Pakistan, becoming the fourth man to score a test match triple century against Pakistan after Garfield Sobers, Mark Taylor and Virender Sehwag. Early life David Warner was born on 27 October 1986 in Paddington, a suburb in eastern Sydney. At the age of 13, he was asked by his coach to switch to right-handed batting because he kept hitting the ball in the air. However his mother, Lorraine Warner (née Orange), encouraged him to return to batting left-handed and he broke the under-16's run-scoring record for the Sydney Coastal Cricket Club. He then made his first grade debut for the Eastern Suburbs club at the age of 15 and later toured Sri Lanka with the Australian under-19s and earned a rookie contract with the state team. Warner attended Matraville Public School and Randwick Boys High School. Domestic career On 29 November 2008, Warner hit his first domestic One Day century for New South Wales with a score of 165* against Tasmania at Hurstville Oval in Sydney. This innings got him the record of the highest one day score by a Blues player. In the reverse fixture at Hobart, he backed it up with a 54-ball 97 to narrowly miss the record for the fastest ever century in Australian domestic cricket. Warner made his first-class debut playing for New South Wales against Western Australia in the final match of the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield season at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 5–8 March 2009. Batting only once and coming in at number six in the batting order, Warner scored 42 runs off 48 deliveries. While playing for New South Wales, Warner broke the record for the highest Australian one-day domestic score. His score of 197 came off just 141 balls and included 20 fours and 10 sixes, surpassing Jimmy Maher's previous record of 187. KFC Big Bash and Big Bash League Warner made a record in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash by completing his half century in 18 balls against Tasmania. The previous record was held by George Bailey, who completed his half century in 19 balls. In the first season of the newly re-vamped Big Bash League, Warner was named as captain for the Sydney Thunder and in his first match for the Thunder scored 102 not out off just 51 balls with a strike rate of 200 runs per 100 balls. Warner played for Sydney Sixers in 2012–13 season. Indian Premier League Warner has been the most successful overseas batsmen in the Indian Premier League. He has won the Orange Cap three times and has scored over 6000 runs. Delhi Daredevils Warner was signed by Delhi Daredevils for the 2009–10 seasons. During the 2009 tournament which was played in South Africa, Warner played seven games, scoring 163 runs at an average of 23.28 and with a strike-rate of 123.48. His top score was 51. On 7 October 2011, Warner became the first cricketer to score consecutive Twenty20 hundreds, when he followed up an unbeaten 135 against Chennai Super Kings with an unbeaten 123 against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Both matches were in the Champions League. Sunrisers Hyderabad Following the 2014 IPL auction, he was contracted by Sunrisers Hyderabad for US$880,000. In 2015, he was appointed captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad. Warner ended the season as the tournament's leading run scorer, rewarding him with the Orange cap, although SRH narrowly missed out on reaching the knock-out phase. He was chosen to continue leading the team for a second season in 2016, in which he led the team to its first championship with 69 runs off 38 balls in the final against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Warner finished the season with 848 runs, the second highest in the tournament. In 2017, Warner scored 126 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders to break his previous career high of 109. This also marked his third century in the IPL. He finished the season as the leading run scorer, and was awarded with the Orange cap for the second time. He finished the season with 641 runs and at an average of 58.27. For the 2018 IPL season, Warner was retained and appointed captain by Sunrisers Hyderabad, but he stepped down as captain following the events of ball tampering in South Africa. The BCCI later announced that Warner would not be allowed to play in the 2018 IPL season. For the 2019 IPL season, Warner returned to Sunrisers Hyderabad. In his first match after the one-year ban he scored 85 runs off 53 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders but ended up on the losing side. Two days later, Warner scored 100 runs off 55 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore in a 118 run victory which was his fourth IPL century. He finished the season as the leading run scorer with 692 runs at an average of 69.20, and was awarded with the Orange Cap for the third time. He left the team early after playing 12 matches due to Australia's World Cup preparations. On 27 February 2020, Warner was reinstated as captain of the Sunrisers Hyderabad replacing Kane Williamson. On 18 October, Warner became the first overseas player and fourth overall to complete 5000 runs in the IPL after scoring 47* off 33 balls in a super over loss against Kolkata Knight Riders, he also became the fastest player to 5000 runs achieving the milestone in 135 innings. He finished the tournament with 548 runs and narrowly missed out on reaching the finals after a defeat against Delhi Capitals in the second qualifier. In the 2021 IPL season, on 1 May 2021, Warner was replaced by Kane Williamson as captain after Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to win only one out of their first six matches. In the second leg of the tournament in UAE, Warner was dropped from the team after two matches. He later commented on social media platform Instagram that he would no long be part of the team for the remainder of the season. Sunrisers Hyderabad's assistant coach at that time Brad Haddin later revealed that the decision to drop him was not a cricket decision. Delhi Capitals After Sunrisers Hyderabad chose not to retain Warner, he entered the 2022 IPL auction with a base price of ₹2 crores as one of the marquee players. In the auction, he was bought by Delhi Capitals for ₹6.25 crores. Warner, who is playing his first game against SRH since he was released by the franchise ahead of the 2022 edition of the tournament, also reached his 89th half-century in T20, which is now a world record. He finished as the top run getter for the Capitals with 432 runs, his side missed out on the playoffs after facing a defeat against Mumbai Indians in their final league phase match. For the 2023 IPL season, Warner was chosen to take over the captaincy for Delhi Capitals following Rishabh Pant's injury. Warner once again finished as the highest run scorer for the Capitals with 516 runs however his side finished 9th in the league table and failed to qualify for the playoff stage. Other T20 franchise cricket Warner has played for English County Champions Durham for the English cricket domestic season in 2009. He contracted with Sylhet Sixers for the 2019 edition of Bangladesh Premier League. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament, then on 5 July 2018 it was announced that he would be the captain to replace Dwayne Bravo due to injury. International career Debut years Warner made his international debut for Australia in a Twenty20 International against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 11 January 2009. Warner was the first man since 1877 to represent Australia without having played in a first-class match. He made an immediate impact, scoring 89 off 43 balls with 7 fours and 6 sixes, including the then second-fastest fifty in Twenty20 International history. His 89 was the second highest score on Twenty20 international debut. He made his Test debut on 1 December 2011 against New Zealand at Brisbane, Queensland in the first Test of the Trans-Tasman Trophy due to an injury to Shane Watson. He made three runs in the first innings. In the second innings he scored 12 not out off four balls, scoring the winning runs with a pull shot through mid on. On 23 February 2010, playing a Twenty20 international against the West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he made 67 off just 29 balls. His 50 came in just 18 balls, breaking his old record of 19. Start of good form Warner scored his maiden Test century on 12 December 2011 in Australia's unsuccessful run chase against New Zealand in Hobart. Warner made 123* in his side's second innings total of 233. In doing so he became just the sixth person to carry his bat through the fourth innings of a Test match. Warner bowls right arm leg-break and on his first delivery in Test cricket, the ball was dropped in the outfield denying Warner a maiden Test wicket. On 13 January 2012, in only his fifth Test match, Warner scored a 69-ball century against India at the WACA. At the time, this equalled West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the fourth fastest Test century of all time, in terms of balls faced. He ultimately built his innings to a score of 180 from 159 balls, setting a new personal high score in Test cricket. Warner scored 163 off 157 balls at the Gabba on 4 March 2012 in the first final of the CB Series against Sri Lanka. He batted until the last ball of the innings. It was his first ODI hundred for Australia. He followed it up with 100 and 48 in the other two finals at the Adelaide Oval. Warner's aggregate of 311 runs was the highest ever for the finals of an Australian Tri-Series, surpassing Greg Chappell's 266 runs in 1981. During the 2015 Cricket World Cup, Warner started the World Cup decently by scoring 22 against England and 34 against New Zealand. But in their fourth match against Afghanistan, he scored 178 runs off 133 balls, which became his highest score in ODIs, helped Australia to score the highest team total in any World Cup and the highest in Australia. Warner ended up as the tournament's 11th highest scorer, scoring 345 runs at an average of 49.28. Warner was one of Australia's better players during the 2015 Ashes in which Australia lost 3–2. Despite not registering a century, Warner scored 418 runs during the series, the fourth highest run-scorer behind Steve Smith, Chris Rogers and Joe Root. During the one-day series in England, bowler Steve Finn hit Warner's thumb, breaking it. This meant Warner took no part in the rest of the series and the scheduled series to Bangladesh which did not take place due to security issues. In 2016, Warner had a reversal of form, scoring more runs in ODIs than Tests. Nevertheless, he still scored his 5,000th Test run and 3,000th home Test run against Pakistan on 28 December 2016. Records and achievements Warner was the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket. He is the fourth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once and also win the award in consecutive years. He is the first Australian batsman to score 7 ODI centuries in a calendar year. Warner and Shane Watson have been the most successful opening pair in T20I history with 1108 runs (highest overall partnership runs by openers in T20Is). They are also the only opening pairs to have scored over 1000 runs in T20Is. Both Warner and Watson as pairs scored 1154 runs in T20I history, the most by any pair in T20I history. Warner is the first Australian and sixth overall to reach 1,500 T20I runs. Warner also became the first batsman to ever score three centuries at The WACA, with his top 2 scores in Tests both achieved in the same stadium. His top score of 253 was also the second-highest individual score to be surpassed by an opposition batsman in the same Test match, which was surpassed during Ross Taylor's knock of 290. On 7 November 2015, Warner became only the third batsman in history of Test cricket to score centuries in both innings of a Test match thrice, after Sunil Gavaskar and Ricky Ponting. In the very next Test match against New Zealand, he scored his maiden Test double century at the WACA, Perth, his fourth consecutive century against New Zealand. Warner celebrating his century in the fifth ODI against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016 In that same match, Warner also became the second opener in Test cricket history, after India's Sunil Gavaskar, to score three consecutive Test hundreds twice in his career, and the only Australian since Adam Gilchrist to score three consecutive hundreds (a feat Warner had done twice in just 13 months), while completing his 4,000 Test career runs as the 4th fastest Aussie batsman, the top three being the legendary Don Bradman, Matthew Hayden and Neil Harvey respectively. On 3 January 2017, while playing against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground, he became only the fifth cricketer to score a century before lunch on the first day of a Test match, after Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney, Don Bradman and Majid Khan. Of the five, he was the first to do so in Australia. In Australia's second innings, with the team in need of quick runs, Warner clobbered a half century in a rapid 23 deliveries, making it the second fastest Test fifty of all time and the fastest by an Australian in the format. In the scheduled five ODIs against Pakistan, Warner progressed in a slow start but made two centuries in the final two ODIs at Sydney and Adelaide. At the 2017 Allan Border Awards, he was awarded Australia's ODI Player of the year and the elusive AB Medal. His two centuries made him man of the series and in the following days, he ascended to the top of the ICC ODI Player Batting Rankings – marking his ascent to the top of ODI rankings his first. He was later rested for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy series in New Zealand, joining the second group of players in Dubai in preparation for a four-test series in India. On 6 September 2017, while playing against Bangladesh at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong, he became the sixth Australian player to score back-to-back test hundreds in Asia after Allan Border, Bob Simpson, Damien Martyn, Michael Hussey and Michael Clarke. On 28 September 2017 he played in his 100th ODI and became the first batsman for Australia and 8th batsman overall to score a century in his 100th ODI after Gordon Greenidge, Chris Cairns, Mohammad Yousuf, Kumar Sangakkara, Chris Gayle, Marcus Trescothick and Ramnaresh Sarwan. On 27 December 2017, Warner scored a century in MCG during 2017–18 Ashes series, and on 5 January 2018, his 3rd consecutive half-century in the SCG. On 27 October 2019, he scored his maiden T20I century, becoming the third Aussie to score centuries in all three formats of the game. On 30 November 2019, Warner became the first batsman to score a triple century at Adelaide Oval with a score of 335* against Pakistan. He was the seventh Australian batsman to score a triple century, and the fourth to do so at an Australian ground. This score saw Warner surpass Sir Donald Bradman (334) and Mark Taylor (334*) to hold the second highest Test score by an Australian batsman, behind only Matthew Hayden. Warner has been dismissed 17 times by Stuart Broad. This is one of the most times a bowler has dismissed the same batsman in Test cricket. International captaincy When regular captain Steve Smith was rested for the end of the 2016 ODI series against Sri Lanka, Warner led the team for rest of the tour. In the fifth ODI at Pallekele, Warner scored the first century by an Australian batsmen in Sri Lanka in an ODI. Australia won all five matches he captained (three ODIs and two T20Is), won the ODI series 4–1 and the T20I series 2–0. He again deputised as captain for the 2017–18 Trans-Tasman Tri-Series (also involving New Zealand and England), with Australia winning the competition. Ball-tampering incident and suspension On the morning of 25 March 2018, during the same match, Smith and Warner were forced to step down as captain and vice-captain of the Australian team, but still took to the field, after the ICC found Smith guilty of being "party to a decision to attempt to change the condition of the ball". The day before, opening batsman Cameron Bancroft was seen using yellow sandpaper for ball tampering during South Africa's second innings. Smith had admitted that the "leadership group" had discussed ball tampering during the lunch break, but did not name those involved. Cricket Australia launched a separate investigation into the incident as a matter of urgency, led by Executive general manager Team Performance Pat Howard, along with Senior Legal Counsel and Head of Integrity Iain Roy. Their interviews of players and support staff began on 26 March 2018. CA CEO James Sutherland joined the investigators in South Africa. On 27 March 2018, before the findings of that investigation were handed down, specialist opening batter Matt Renshaw was urgently recalled to the squad from Australia for the Fourth Test. On 27 March 2018, Sutherland announced that as a result of the preliminary investigation Smith, Warner and Bancroft had been charged with bringing the game into disrepute, suspended and sent home. He said that further sanctions against the trio would be announced within 24 hours. He added that as well as Renshaw, Joe Burns and Glenn Maxwell had been recalled to the squad for the Fourth Test to replace them. While he also announced that Tim Paine had been appointed as the captain for the upcoming Fourth Test, there was no announcement as to who would fill Warner's previous role as vice-captain. The Cricket Australia board convened on 28 March 2018 to determine the sanctions to be imposed on Smith, Warner and Bancroft. Warner was found to be responsible for the development of the plan to alter the condition of the ball and instructing Bancroft on how to do it, including demonstrating the technique to him. He was also found to have misled match officials by concealing his knowledge of the plan and not voluntarily reporting his involvement. As a result, Warner was banned from playing international and Australian domestic cricket for 1 year, must perform 100 hours of community service, and was permanently banned from leadership positions. At the same time, Warner's contract with personal sponsor LG Electronics was due for renewal. On 28 March 2018, they announced that they had decided not to continue their commercial relationship with him in light of the recent controversial events and dropped him as the brand ambassador of the LG Electronic Company. Later that day, Warner's contract with Asics was terminated; the company announced that it was a result of the prior weekend's events in Cape Town and following the sanctions made by Cricket Australia. On 28 March 2018, it was announced by a team executive that Warner had stood down from the captaincy of his IPL team, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and after the Cricket Australia sanctions announced, Warner was banned from the 2018 IPL. Warner broke his silence by posting on Twitter on 29 March. He apologized for his part in the incident, and took responsibility for it. He said that he would spend some time with his family, friends and trusted advisers, and would make another statement in the coming days. In April 2018, Surrey head coach and former Australian cricketer Michael Di Venuto stated that he would be open to David Warner and Steven Smith playing for his county team. Return to international cricket In April 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. After missing the 2018–19 season, Warner was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2019–20 season. On 1 June 2019, Warner played in Australia's opening match of the Cricket World Cup, against Afghanistan, at the County Ground in Bristol and was awarded player of the match for scoring 89 not out off 114 balls. He was also named player of the match in Australia's third match against Pakistan. Here he made 107, his first century on returning to international cricket. On 20 June 2019, in the match against Bangladesh, Warner scored 166 runs, becoming the first batsman to score two 150+ scores in the Cricket World Cup. Nine days later, in the match against New Zealand, Warner scored his 13,000th run in international cricket. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Australia and with 647 runs in ten matches, he also finished as the second highest run-scorer in the entire tournament behind Rohit Sharma. In July 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. However, he had a poor series, scoring only 95 runs over 10 innings at an average of 9.5. His only score of note was 61 at Headingley, that being his only score above 50, whilst he made a pair at Old Trafford and was dismissed seven times by Stuart Broad during the series. On 27 October 2019, in the first T20I match against Sri Lanka, Warner scored his first century in T20I cricket, from just 56 balls, becoming the third Australian batsman to score centuries in all three formats of the international game after Shane Watson and Glenn Maxwell. He continued his good form with an unbeaten 60 in the second T20I and 57 in the third. He scored a total of 217 runs (most ever runs by an Australian in a three-match T20I series) and was awarded the player of the series. On 30 November 2019, Warner scored his maiden Test Triple century, scoring 335 not out against Pakistan, which is the second-highest individual score for an Australian Test batsman behind Matthew Hayden's 380 and also saw Warner surpassing the record of Azhar Ali's 302 to register the highest ever individual score in an innings of a day/night test match. He also became the second batsman to score a triple century in a pink ball test. On 14 January 2020, in the first ODI match against India, Warner completed his 5000 runs in One Day Internationals becoming the fastest Australian and fourth fastest batsman in the world to reach this milestone. On 16 July 2020, Warner was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Warner included in the touring party. Warner was included in the ODI, T20I and Test squads for India's tour of Australia taking place from November 2020 to January 2021. After scoring 69 and 83 runs in the first and second ODI respectively, he sustained a groin injury while fielding in the second innings of the second ODI and was ruled out for the remaining ODI, T20Is and the first two Tests. Following his return for the final two Tests, he failed to make any major impact after scoring just 67 runs across the four innings at an average of 16.75. In August 2021, Warner was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He entered the T20 World Cup following a disappointing IPL season with Sunrisers Hyderabad, however he quickly turned around his form around and went on to play a crucial role for Australia in the tournament. He scored 289 runs (second-highest in the tournament) with three half-centuries including one in the final where he scored 53 off 38 balls helping Australia win their maiden T20 World Cup and was named Player of the Tournament. In November 2021, Warner was named in Australia's squad for the 2021–22 Ashes taking place in Australia. He scored 273 runs across 8 innings at an average of 34.12, he scored two fifties and also made a pair at Hobart in the series. During Australia's 2022 tour of Pakistan, Warner failed to impress, scoring 169 runs in 5 innings, at an average of 33.80 and scored 2 fifties with a high score of 68. Warner had also missed the 3 match ODI series and the one-off T20I. However, Warner performed considerably better against Sri Lanka during Australia's 2022 tour of Sri Lanka; as he scored 130 runs in 3 innings, at an average of 65.00, with a high score of 70 during the T20I series and was the leading run scorer. Warner was not able to translate this during the ODI series, as he scored 155 runs in five innings at and average of 31.0 and reached a high score of 99 during the fourth ODI, before being stumped by Niroshan Dickwella. This became the second time a batsman was dismissed on 99 in an ODI by the way of stumping, the first being VVS Laxman in November 2002. Warner failed to impress again during the test series, as during the first innings of the first test, he scored 25 runs off of 24 balls before being dismissed. In the second innings, Warner scored a four and a six to win the first test match by 10 wickets, as the target was 5 runs. In the first innings of the second test, Warner scored 5 runs off of 13 balls before being dismissed. He scored 24 runs off of 44 balls in the second innings, where Australia collapsed and were bowled out for 151 runs. Sri Lanka won the second test match by an innings an 39 runs and drew the series 1–1. Warner finished the test series with 64 runs in 4 innings, with a high score of 25 and a batting average of 21.33. In September 2022, Warner was named in Australia's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. He had a poor T20 World Cup scoring only 44 runs in 4 matches. Warner made his return to form in series against England, in the first match he scored 86 runs. In the final match of series, he scored a century and his 269 run partnership with Travis Head was the highest stand for any wicket in ODIs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, he was also named Player of the series. On 27 December, Warner scored a double century in the second Test in the series against South Africa, this was Warner's first test ton since Jan 2020. On a day with many milestones, Warner passed 8000 test runs. He also became the first Australian since Ricky Ponting to score a century and only the second batsman to score a double century in his 100th test match. In the 2023 Ashes, Warner scored 285 runs at 28.50. He only passed 50 twice with a highest score of 66. Playing style Warner is known for his aggressive left-handed batting style favoring the aerial route and for his ability to switch hit, using the back of his bat or by taking a right-handed stance. He prefers to score on his off side, and has a very high strike rate as a Test batsman. In all of his Test centuries (as of 26 December 2017), he had never had a strike rate of below 52.5, and only 3 of below 72. He is an athletic fielder and also a part-time spin bowler. His bowling style is rare in that he mixes medium-pace bowling with his more usual leg spin bowling. At 170 cm in stature, Warner generates his batting power from strong forearms and his low centre of gravity allows him to get underneath deliveries and hit them high in the air. In a Twenty20 match for New South Wales in 2009, he hooked a six off Shaun Tait that landed on the roof of the Adelaide Oval, only a month after hooking the same bowler 20 rows back at the SCG. Controversies On 12 June 2013, Warner was dropped for Australia's second match in 2013 ICC Champions Trophy match against New Zealand following an attack on Joe Root. The event happened hours after Saturday's loss to England at Edgbaston. According to the sports journalist Pat Murphy, the incident took place at 2 am at the Walkabout bar in the centre of Birmingham, UK. On 13 June 2013, Cricket Australia announced that Warner was to be fined £7,000 (AU $11,500) and would not play for his country until the first Ashes Test on 10 July 2013. Warner subsequently missed the rest of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy and the tour matches against Somerset and Worcestershire. Warner attracted further controversy soon after. On 27 July 2013, whilst playing for Australia A against South Africa A in Pretoria he was involved in an on-field altercation with South Africa A wicket-keeper Thami Tsolekile. This was deemed serious enough for the umpires to step in twice; however, no formal complaints were made and Warner tweeted later in the day describing it as "friendly banter". Despite this, writers called into question his return to the Australia squad for the third Ashes Test against England, which seemed likely after scoring 193 in the first innings of this match. He was eventually recalled. In 2015, former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe called for a yellow-card and red-card system to be introduced to international cricket to curb Warner's "thuggish" on-field behaviour, stating that Warner was "the most juvenile cricketer I have seen on a cricket field". On 4 March 2018, during tea in the 1st Test in Durban, Warner was involved in an altercation with South African Wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock. De Kock had allegedly made a vulgar comment about Warner's wife Candice. Warner fired back at De Kock and was restrained by teammates Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith. Warner was charged with a Level 2 Offence and bringing the game to disrepute by the International Cricket Council and was given three demerit points and was fined 75% of his match fee. On 22 March 2018, after being dismissed in the first innings of the Third Test of that series held in Cape Town, Warner responded to baiting from a spectator which escalated into an unsavoury heated exchange as he walked to the dressing room. The spectator was subsequently ejected from the ground. International centuries As of September 2023, Warner has scored 26 Test centuries, 20 ODI centuries and one T20I century, totaling 46 centuries in his international career. Awards ICC Test Team of the Year: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2016, 2017 ICC Test Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 ICC ODI Team of the Decade: 2011–2020 Allan Border Medal: 2016, 2017, 2020 Australian Test Player of the Year: 2016 Australian One Day International Player of the Year: 2017, 2018 Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year: 2012 Indian Premier League Orange Cap: 2015, 2017, 2019 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Player of the Tournament: 2021 Personal life Warner married Australian former Ironwoman Candice Falzon in April 2015. They have three daughters. Warner was named Australian Sports Dad of the Year in 2016. Warner, one among ten nominees for the award, got to choose a charity to which $10,000 would be donated. Warner lives in Maroubra, Sydney. Warner is a supporter of the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League. Career Stats
1408	dbpedia	0	36	https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/nathan-bracken-a-tweaker-trapped-in-a-seamers-body/	en	Nathan Bracken: A Tweaker Trapped in a Seamer’s Body	https://nestaquin.wordpr…bracks.jpg?w=213	https://nestaquin.wordpr…bracks.jpg?w=213	[ "https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bracks.jpg?w=213&h=300", "https://i0.wp.com/www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png", "https://s-ssl.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/rss.png?m=1354137473i", "https://i0.wp.com/s9.addthis.com/button1-bm.gif", "https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png", "https://s2.wp.com/i/logo/wpcom-gray-white.png", "https://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[]	2009-01-17T00:00:00	While enjoying the cracking first ODI at Melbourne this evening it struck me that perhaps Australia could use Nathan Bracken instead of a spinner when the team begins the return Test series in South Africa next month.	en	https://s1.wp.com/i/favicon.ico	99.94	https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/nathan-bracken-a-tweaker-trapped-in-a-seamers-body/	While enjoying the cracking first ODI in Melbourne this evening it struck me that perhaps Australia could use Nathan Bracken instead of a spinner when the team begins the return Test series in South Africa next month. I’m not suggesting that Nathan slow his delivery or shorten his run-up, what I am suggesting is that he be utilised in the spinner’s role be it as an attacking or defensive option. He is a canny bowler that can bowl long accurate spells and if given the job I think it reasonable that he would be more penetrative than and as economical as his New South Wales team-mate Nathan Hauritz. Imagine a perfectly manicured Derek Underwood with beautiful hair and a diamond earring. Obviously, I am not suggesting that Nathan Bracken is in the same class as the man they affectionately call Deadly but I think he could do a similar job for his team. Underwood often bowled his spinners at a clip which were near unplayable on a damp surface but his greatest weapon was an inswinging arm ball that bent and dipped late. In today’s vernacular his arm ball would be identified as reverse swing but the ’70s were simpler times when everything that moved in an arc through the air was identified as swing no matter where the shiny side was facing. Bracken’s stock ball has become a cutter and while I’d never expect him to move the ball off the pitch like Underwood, he does bowl a consistent line and length, varies his pace continuously, gets some movement even from the deadest surfaces and can bowl seam up when required. Most importantly he can apply pressure from one end allowing the captain the luxury of attacking at the other, an essential element if a team is to consistently take 20 wickets per match. A few weeks back I had the pleasure of watching the Sheffield Shield match between Tasmania and New South Wales at Bellerive and although on the losing team Bracken’s contribution and control were outstanding. His match figures of 42-18-69-8 failed to win the match but his efforts certainly impressed the parochial Tasmanian crowd. The conversations after a tight and incredibly tense finish didn’t focus on the fighting match-winning partnership between Dan Marsh and Tim Paine but on the exceptional performance of Nathan Bracken. I understand that the conservatism of the Australian selection panel would prevent any such thoughts being aired during their meetings but I do consider it a worthy suggestion and I would be grateful knowing our readers’ views on Australia using Nathan Bracken not as a spinner but in the place of a traditional Test match slow bowler. Like Loading... Related Metatone, a spinner will get some footmarks to work with on days 4/5… Not sure I subscribe either. How often has this happened? OK, now take Warne and Murali out of the equation, and how often has it? Slow/medium’s have probably had more impact in the last decade than spinners (except those two). Having said that, I’ve been wondering about Krezja, was he so bad in Perth that he needed to be dropped? The ball with which he dismissed Amla was superb, and he deserved another game for that ball alone. And dropped for Hauritz? I agree it’s odd Bracken hasn’t been given a Test run (and I read a pointed interview with him in the SMH where he thought it was odd too), but it would still be nice to have a spinner in the side, not sure if Bracken could hold up an end on his own for extended periods. Thanks for that link David, it was an interesting article and I’m heading up the nets shortly with a box of balls to see if I can bowl all three types of swing. Toots, highlights by their very nature lack context and while entertaining they rarely tell the whole story. Both Bracken and Hilfenhaus were let down by their captain last night who in the final powerplay (overs 45-49) changed the field every second ball. Basically, Ponting was at a loss tactically and admitted as much straight after the match. Although, he added that he’d be sitting down with the bowlers before the next match to work a strategy to use going forward. I know he is a busy fellow but it would have been helpful if he did that before the series began and not after. Still a great match that ebbed and flowed where once again JP Duminy was excellent without once breaching the boundary. Not sure about the team make-up excuse but Ponting said he hadn’t played under the new rule and was still to fully understand its implications. Fair enough I suppose, as he also said that there are 80 odd ODIs to the next World Cup and everything and everyone will be tried so that when it comes around the team will be fully prepared to defend their title. Basically, every match is an experiment two years out and the strategy of not worrying too much about seemingly unimportant matches has worked very successfully in the past. Therefore, I assume, if a player will not be around in 2011 then their chances of selection are very thin as Noffke and Hodge have discovered recently. As for the Test team, Jaques is looking a risk as he couldn’t get through training let alone three gruelling Tests in three weeks. My personal opinion is that fit and proven players should be picked for South Africa and that means Brad Hodge and Chris Rogers should be in the squad regardless of their age. Obviously, choose Phillip Hughes as a backup but there is no need to throw the kid to the wolves. Hayden debuted too young in South Africa in 1993, and it set his development back more than a few years. Len – that’s a great story re Bob Appleyard, with such tragedy woven into such achievement and pleasure (in seeing through Maxwell and defeating the old monster). If Nesta doesn’t review the book himself, I’ll hope to do so here during the Ashes summer. The older I get, the more convinced than ever I am that most of the problems one faces can be cured with careful application of imagination (allied to a little money / talent / luck / health etc). Appleyard’s style of bowler is often said to be obsolete in the age of uncovered wickets, but why is that so? A generation back, Test quality wrist spinners appeared to be a dying breed, as does the specialist keeper now (save the sublime Prasanna Jayawardene, and he doesn’t play every game). In the same way that Ajantha Mendis has re-discovered some deliveries, might not Hoggy or Bracken or even someone like Dwayne Bravo or Jacob Oram attempt to bowl cutters and swingers at genuine medium pace (eg 120kmh)? With keeper standing up, off a shortish run to hurry the batsmen, I can see them being a handful in ODI cricket. After all, NZ’s Chris Harris (about the only such bowler I can think of in recent years) played 250 ODIs and delivered an economy rate of 4.28. If someone could regularly post figures of 10-1-42-1 in the middle overs of an ODI, they would be on the winning side more often than not. And surely Bracken, Hoggy, Bravo and Oram have ten times the bowling talent of Harris? Nestaquin & TTT: To be honest, 99.94% of LotSW is devoted to Yorkshire CCC, so may not be of massive interest to you – although it seems to have developed a following amongst other county fans who bemoan the lack of a similar blog about their own club. Having said that, I do occasionally muse about lesser teams (mostly England). The most interesting part of that video is when Appleyard shows his grip, it reminded me of an article I found once about the Iverson-Gleeson bent middle finger grip: http://planetnz.com/palmheads/myhacks.php?pg=bent_finger You need to scroll past the Linux hacks at the top of the page to get at the article. It makes you wonder, now that Mendis has had such an impact on his introduction to international cricket, if we’ll see imitators. I know that Azeem Rafiq, a young player on Yorkshire’s books and currently touring SA with the England U19 side, has experimented with the Mendis ‘carrom ball’. I believe he’s at the stage of being confident enough to bowl it in matches, although I think he said he’s yet to take a wicket with it. Btw, TTT: Appleyard is still active with Yorkshire, being President in 2007. So I would imagine he’s had conversations to Hoggard about bowling. Appleyard may not be well known to the general cricket fan, but in Yorkshire he’s well known and respected. But for injury and illness he would have broken many more records, and that despite not playing fist-class cricket until he was 26. Shane looks very comfortable in retirement and although he is the best spinner in the country he doesn’t want to play. I don’t blame him. He had the fairytale finish and I know he is very satisfied with life. So we must continue without him. As for the malaise. It IS more than experienced players retiring. Ricky is struggling with the captaincy and soon that pressure and worry will affect his batting. Something the team can ill afford. I think the whole team needs further shaking up but unfortunately that won’t happen unless they fail to retain The Urn. I think the selectors have twigged that an era has ended and the statements about building towards a long term goal like the 2011 World Cup are encouraging. It’s a relief to know they are planning after doing bugger all for most of this century but they need reminding that a wrist spinner is far more important than mythical allrounders. The Test team played very well at times but couldn’t sustain the excellence for long enough periods and although not the team of the past they are competitive and the nations that have beaten them of late, India and South Africa, have played exceptionally. So, all is not rosy for the national team but they are still far from easybeats even with their best bowler displaying his skills in the commentary box on not and the paddock. I think the team and selectors are on the right track and like every exciting journey or story there’ll be some obstacles and errors made along the way. On another subject – It’s been very dry in Hobart and a score of 300 may not be enough tomorrow. Pity the bowlers especially the seamers who I suspect will be punished without mercy.
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AustraliaFormatFirst-classFirst edition1892–93Latest edition2023–24Tournament formatDouble round-robin, then finalNumber of teams6Current championWestern Australia (18th title)Most successfulNew South Wales (47 titles)Most runsDarren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runsMost wicketsClarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wicketsTVCricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches)WebsiteCricket Australia 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition. History of Australia cricket [edit] In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki,[1] won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 in × 30 in (109 cm × 76 cm) silver shield. The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season.[2] Pura is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix".[3] Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company. In the 2019–20 season, Marsh took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan Companies' acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017. Teams [edit] Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below. Team name Team nickname Home ground/s[a] Inaugural season First title Last title Shield titles Wooden spoons Team captain/s New South Wales Blues[b] Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground 1892–93 1895–96 2019–20 47 12 Kurtis Patterson Queensland Bulls[c] Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground 1926–27 1994–95 2020–21 9 24 Usman Khawaja South Australia Redbacks[d] Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval 1892–93 1893–94 1995–96 13 49 Travis Head Tasmania Tigers Bellerive Oval 1977–78 2006–07 2012–13 3 14 Matthew Wade Victoria Bushrangers[e] Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground 1892–93 1892–93 2018–19 32 18 Peter Handscomb Western Australia Warriors[f] Perth Stadium WACA Ground 1947–48 1947-48 2023–24 18 5 Mitchell Marsh Venues [edit] Below are the venues that will host Sheffield Shield matches during the 2022–23 season. Adelaide Oval Allan Border Field Blundstone Arena Citi Power Centre Adelaide, South Australia Brisbane, Queensland Hobart, Tasmania Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 7,000 Drummoyne Oval The Gabba Karen Rolten Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney, New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland Adelaide, South Australia Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 100,024 North Dalton Park Sydney Cricket Ground WACA Ground Wollongong, New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales Perth, Western Australia Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 24,000 Competition format [edit] Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions: South Australia had no home game with: Victoria in 1901–02 or 1903–04; either opponent in 1907–08; New South Wales in 1910–11. Queensland and South Australia played only once (in South Australia) in 1926–27. Western Australia played each team only once from their debut in 1946–47 until 1955–56 inclusive. Tasmania played each team only once from their debut in 1977–78 until 1981–82 inclusive. In 2019–20 the season was curtailed after nine rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The 2020–21 season was heavily affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, with QLD playing 9 games, Tasmania and South Australia 8, and Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria playing 7 each. Unusually for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria and New South Wales played each other 3 times during the home and away portion of the season. Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis. Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28.[7] In 1940–41, however, the Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds;[8] however financially these were unsuccessful.[9] The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at the Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.[10] Final [edit] Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie, the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team.[7] Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield.[11] No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Points system [edit] A number of different systems have been used over the years. Currently, points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table. Result Points [13] An outright win (irrespective of the first innings result) 6 A tie (irrespective of the first innings result) 3 An outright loss (irrespective of the first innings result) 0 Abandoned or drawn matches (irrespective of the first innings result) 1 Bonus batting .01 for every run above 200 in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus bowling 0.1 for taking each wicket in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus point example – If after 100 overs the score is 8/350, the batting team would receive 1.5 points ([350 − 200] × 0.01), and the bowling side would receive 0.8 points (0.1 for each wicket) Quotient (team's batting average divided by its bowling average) is used to separate teams which finish on an equal number of points. Teams can be penalised points for failing to maintain an adequate over rate. The bonus bowling points were modified for the 2016–17 season. For the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the bowling team received 0.5 points for taking the 5th, 7th and 9th wickets (a maximum 1.5 points). Previous systems [edit] The Shield was initially envisaged as a match-by-match challenge trophy; it was originally determined on 4 January 1893 that it would first be awarded to the winner of the next inter-colonial match (which was, in fact, the fourth of the season), and then would pass in perpetuity to any team which defeated the holder of the trophy;[14] But on 30 January, it was decided instead to award the Shield to the team which won the most intercolonial matches across the season.[15] The quotient has been used as a tie-breaker for teams on equal points since 1893–94. First innings points were introduced in 1932–33 and used until 1970–71.[16][17] Bonus points for first innings batting and bowling were used from 1971–72 to 1980–81 inclusive. During the first 100 (eight-ball) overs of each side's first innings, a maximum of 10 batting bonus points could be attained. They were awarded for every 25 runs scored from 175 to 400 inclusive. A maximum of 5 bowling bonus points were available, initially upon capture of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and last wickets. This was later changed to wickets 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 as batting teams often declared when 9 wickets down to deny the bowling side the additional bonus point. Competition placings [edit] Prior to the introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo[18] and the Cricket Archive.[19] 1892–93 to 1925–26 [edit] Season Winner Second Third 1892–93 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1893–94 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1894–95 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1895–96 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1896–97 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1897–98 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1898–99 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1899–1900 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1900–01 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1901–02 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1902–03 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1903–04 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1904–05 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1905–06 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1906–07 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1907–08 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1908–09 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1909–10 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1910–11 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1911–12 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1912–13 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1913–14 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1914–15 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1915–16 Not contested due to World War I 1916–17 Not contested due to World War I 1917–18 Not contested due to World War I 1918–19 Not contested due to World War I 1919–20 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1920–21 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1921–22 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1922–23 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1923–24 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1924–25 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1925–26 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1926–27 to 1946–47 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth 1926–27 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland 1927–28 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1928–29 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia 1929–30 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1930–31 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1931–32 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1932–33 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland 1933–34 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1934–35 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1935–36 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1936–37 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1937–38 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1938–39 South Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales 1939–40 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1940–41 Not contested due to World War II 1941–42 Not contested due to World War II 1942–43 Not contested due to World War II 1943–44 Not contested due to World War II 1944–45 Not contested due to World War II 1945–46 Not contested due to World War II 1946–47 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1947–48 to 1976–77 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth 1947–48 Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland Victoria 1948–49 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia 1949–50 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1950–51 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1951–52 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1952–53 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland 1953–54 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1954–55 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1955–56 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1956–57 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1957–58 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1958–59 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1959–60 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1960–61 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1961–62 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia 1962–63 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1963–64 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia 1964–65 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Western Australia Queensland 1965–66 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Victoria Queensland 1966–67 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1967–68 Western Australia Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1968–69 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales 1969–70 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1970–71 South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland 1971–72 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1972–73 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1973–74 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia 1974–75 Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1975–76 South Australia Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Victoria 1976–77 Western Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales South Australia 1977–78 to present [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1977–78 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1978–79 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1979–80 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 1980–81 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania South Australia 1981–82 South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1982–83 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1983–84 Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1984–85 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria Tasmania 1985–86 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1986–87 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1987–88 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Tasmania 1988–89 Western Australia South Australia Queensland New South Wales Tasmania Victoria 1989–90 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Victoria 1990–91 Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1991–92 Western Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1992–93 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Victoria 1993–94 New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia Victoria South Australia Queensland 1994–95 Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1995–96 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales Victoria 1996–97 Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania Victoria South Australia 1997–98 Western Australia Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1998–99 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 1999–2000 Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2000–01 Queensland Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2001–02 Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales 2002–03 New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 2003–04 Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2004–05 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia Tasmania 2005–06 Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2006–07 Tasmania New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 2007–08 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Queensland 2008–09 Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2009–10 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia 2010–11 Tasmania New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia 2011–12 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2012–13 Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria Western Australia South Australia 2013–14 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria 2014–15 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2015–16 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 2016–17 Victoria South Australia Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 2017–18 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2018–19 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2019–20 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2020–21 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Victoria South Australia 2021–22 Western Australia Victoria Tasmania New South Wales Queensland South Australia 2022–23 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2023-24 Western Australia Tasmania New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Player of the Year [edit] The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season.[20] Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions. Season Winner(s) 1975–76 Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (Qld) 1976–77 Richie Robinson (Vic) 1977–78 David Ogilvie (Qld) 1978–79 Peter Sleep (SA) 1979–80 Ian Chappell (SA) 1980–81 Greg Chappell (Qld) 1981–82 Kepler Wessels (Qld) 1982–83 Kim Hughes (WA) 1983–84 Brian Davison (Tas), John Dyson (NSW) 1984–85 David Boon (Tas) 1985–86 Allan Border (Qld) 1986–87 Craig McDermott (Qld) 1987–88 Dirk Tazelaar (Qld), Mark Waugh (NSW) 1988–89 Tim May (SA) 1989–90 Mark Waugh (NSW) 1990–91 Stuart Law (Qld) 1991–92 Tony Dodemaide (Vic) 1992–93 Jamie Siddons (SA) 1993–94 Matthew Hayden (Qld) 1994–95 Dean Jones (Vic) 1995–96 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1996–97 Andy Bichel (Qld) 1997–98 Dene Hills (Tas) 1998–99 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1999–2000 Darren Lehmann (SA) 2000–01 Jamie Cox (Tas) 2001–02 Brad Hodge (Vic), Jimmy Maher (Qld) 2002–03 Clinton Perren (Qld) 2003–04 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 2004–05 Michael Bevan (Tas) 2005–06 Andy Bichel (Qld) 2006–07 Chris Rogers (WA) 2007–08 Simon Katich (NSW) 2008–09 Phillip Hughes (NSW) 2009–10 Chris Hartley (Qld) 2010–11 James Hopes (Qld) 2011–12 Jackson Bird (Tas) 2012–13 Ricky Ponting (Tas) 2013–14 Marcus North (WA) 2014–15 Adam Voges (WA) 2015–16 Travis Head (SA) 2016–17 Chadd Sayers (SA) 2017–18 Chris Tremain (Vic) 2018–19 Scott Boland (Vic) 2019–20 Moises Henriques (NSW), Nic Maddinson (Vic) 2020–21 Nathan Lyon (NSW) 2021–22 Henry Hunt (SA), Travis Dean (Vic) 2022–23 Michael Neser (Qld) 2023–24 Beau Webster (Tas) Records [edit] Individual records [edit] Most matches played [edit] Rank Matches Player Period 1 161 Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 2 159 John Inverarity (WA/SA) 1962–63 to 1984–85 3 147 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 4 146 Jamie Siddons (SA/Vic) 1985 to 2000 5 142 Stuart Law (QLD) 1988 to 2004 Source: [1]. Last updated: 26 March 2018. Players representing three states [edit] Player Career States Matches Graeme Watson 1964–65 to 1976–77 NSW, Vic, WA 60 Gary Cosier 1971–72 to 1980–81 Vic, SA, Qld 46 Trevor Chappell 1972–73 to 1984–85 NSW, SA, WA 63 Rod McCurdy 1980–81 to 1984–85 SA, Tas, Vic 33 Dirk Wellham 1980–81 to 1991–92 NSW, Qld, Tas 99 Colin Miller 1985–86 to 2001–02 Vic, SA, Tas 84 Michael Bevan 1989–90 to 2006–07 SA, NSW, Tas 118 Shane Watson 2000–01 to 2015–16 Tas, Qld, NSW 81 Shane Jurgensen 1999–2000 to 2006–07 WA, Tas, Qld 23 Aiden Blizzard 2007–08 to 2012–13 Vic, SA, Tas 21 Michael Klinger 1998–99 to 2018–19 Vic, SA, WA 122 Gurinder Sandhu 2012–13 to 2021–22 NSW, Tas, Qld 33 Source: A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong, p. 278. Last updated: 30 Nov 2008. Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic). Team records [edit] Team results [edit] Rank Team Entered Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won 1 New South Wales 1892–93 900 378 257 264 1 42 2 Victoria 1892–93 896 347 253 295 1 38.72 3 Western Australia 1947–48 665 237 205 223 0 35.63 4 Queensland 1926–27 786 250 269 266 1 31.8 5 South Australia 1892–93 885 241 406 237 1 27.23 6 Tasmania 1977–78 438 109 172 157 0 24.88 Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 March 2023. Highest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 1107 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1926–27 2 918 New South Wales South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1900–01 3 900/6d Queensland Victoria Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2005–06 4 821/7d South Australia Queensland Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1939–40 5 815 New South Wales Victoria Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1908–09 Source: [3]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Lowest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 27 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1955–56 2 29 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2004–05 3 31 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1906–07 4 32 New South Wales Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2020–21 5 35 Victoria New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1926–27 Source: [4]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Batting records [edit] Highest individual scores [edit] Rank Runs Player Match Venue Season 1 452* Don Bradman (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1929–30 2 437 Bill Ponsford (Vic) Victoria v Queensland Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1927–28 3 365* Clem Hill (SA) South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1900–01 4 359 Bob Simpson (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 1963–64 5 357 Don Bradman (SA) South Australia v Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1935–36 Source: [5]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Most career runs [edit] Rank Runs Player Career 1 13,635 (266 inns.) Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 2 10,821 (295 inns.) Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 3 10,643 (259 inns.) Jamie Siddons (Vic/SA) 1984–85 to 1999–2000 4 10,621 (211 inns.) Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 1989–90 to 2006–07 5 10,474 (254 inns.) Brad Hodge (Vic) 1993–94 to 2009–10 Source: [6]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Most runs in a season [edit] Rank Runs Player Average Season 1 1,506 (17 inns.) Simon Katich (NSW) 94.12 2007–08 2 1,464 (18 inns.) Michael Bevan (Tas) 97.60 2004–05 3 1,381 (20 inns.) Matthew Elliott (Vic) 81.23 2003–04 4 1,358 (20 inns.) Adam Voges (WA) 104.46 2014–15 5 1,254 (18 inns.) Graham Yallop (Vic) 69.66 1982–83 Source: [7]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Highest batting averages [edit] Most centuries [edit] Rank Centuries Player Matches 1 45 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 147 2 42 Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 118 3 36 Don Bradman (NSW/SA) 62 4 33 Chris Rogers (WA/Vic) 120 5 32 Matthew Elliott (Vic/SA) 122 Source: [9]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Bowling records [edit] Most career wickets [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Average 1 513 Clarrie Grimmett (Vic/SA) 79 25.29 2 441 Michael Kasprowicz (Qld) 101 24.56 3 430 Andy Bichel (Qld) 89 23.24 4 419 Jo Angel (WA) 105 24.86 5 384 Terry Alderman (WA) 97 24.21 Source: [10]. Last updated: 22 March 2012. Most wickets in a season [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Season 1 67 Colin Miller (Tas) 11 1997–98 2 65 Shaun Tait (SA) 10 2004–05 3 62 Chadd Sayers (SA) 11 2016–17 4 60 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (Vic) 6 1934–35 5 60 Andy Bichel (Qld) 11 2004–05 6 60 Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas) 11 2006–07 Source: [11]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Best career average [edit] Rank Average Player Balls Wickets 1 17.10 Bill O'Reilly (NSW) 10,740 203 2 17.74 Joel Garner (SA) 2,419 55 3 17.87 Geff Noblet (SA) 11,156 190 4 18.09 Pat Crawford (NSW) 2,517 61 5 19.08 Charles Turner (NSW) 3,920 73 Qualification: 2000 balls bowled. Source: [12]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Hat-tricks [edit] Many bowlers have taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shield. Mitchell Starc is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a Sheffield Shield match. In round two of the 2017–18 competition, Starc became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia.[21] He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to take a two hat-tricks in each innings of a first-class match.[22] In a match from 4–7 November 2017, New South Wales played against Western Australia at Hurstville Oval. In Western Australia's first innings, Starc dismissed Jason Behrendorff, David Moody and Simon Mackin in consecutive deliveries;[23] in the second innings he dismissed Behrendorff, Moody and Jonathan Wells in consecutive deliveries. Wicket-keeping records [edit] Most dismissals [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Matches 1 546 (499 c. 47 st.) Darren Berry (SA/Vic) 139 2 545 (530 c. 15 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 128 3 488 (474 c. 14 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 101 4 350 (322 c. 28 st.) Tim Zoehrer (WA) 107 5 343 (310 c. 33 st.) Rod Marsh (WA) 86 Source: [13]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. Most dismissals in a season [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Season 1 59 (57 c. 2 st.) Alex Carey (SA) 2016–17 2 58 (57 c. 1 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 2000–01 3 58 (56 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2011–12 4 57 (57 c. 0 st.) Matthew Wade (Vic) 2008–09 5 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1995–96 6 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1996–97 7 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Darren Berry (Vic) 1999–2000 8 54 (50 c. 4 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1995–96 9 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2008–09 10 54 (54 c. 0 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1999–2000 Source: [14]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. See also [edit] Cricket portal Intercolonial cricket in Australia One-Day Cup (Australia) Big Bash League Further reading [edit] The History of the Sheffield Shield, Chris Harte A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong A History of Australian Cricket 1993, Chris Harte
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Australia has produced some very talented ...	en	/img/icons/touch-icon-iphone.png	Ranker	https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-cricket-players-from-australia/reference	Aaron Christopher Bird is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Bird arrived from Taree, NSW as a 16-year-old to play Sydney Grade Cricket with North Sydney Cricket Club, eventually going on to play First Grade as an 18-year-old. In this time with North Sydney, Bird hit the headlines when he hit former Test batsman Michael Slater injuring the former test star in the process. Bird now plays his cricket with Bankstown Cricket Club, former home of the Waugh brothers. Bird caused controversy after appearing in a Twenty20 match, in which players wore nicknames on their shirts, with the moniker 'Flu' – a reference to bird flu. He was ordered not to wear the name again, as it upset the sponsors of the tournament, KFC. In December 2006 Bird was reported for a suspect bowling action but was later cleared by Cricket Australia. In January 2009, his bowling action was again reported. After undergoing analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra it was found that for some deliveries his elbow extension exceeded the 15-degree limit, he was subsequently banned by Cricket Australia. Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in limited overs cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three highest individual scores in Twenty20 Internationals, with his score of 172 against Zimbabwe in July 2018 beating his previous record of 156 against England in 2013. In July 2018, he became the first player in T20Is to reach the 900 rating mark on the official T20I rankings. He made his Test debut for Australia in October 2018. He plays for Victoria, Surrey, Kings XI Punjab and the Melbourne Renegades as captain in domestic level. Finch is a top order batsman, and occasional left arm orthodox spinner. He is the fastest Australian to reach 10 ODI centuries. He scored his maiden first-class double century on 29 October 2015 while batting for Cricket Australia XI against New Zealand in a tour match. Adam Craig Dale (born 30 December 1968) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Tests and 30 ODIs from 1997 to 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket for North Melbourne Cricket Club, Heidelberg Cricket Club, Northcote Cricket Club, Old Paradians Cricket Club and Research Cricket Club. From a short, ambling run-up, Dale delivered medium-paced outswingers with nagging accuracy. He therefore become known more as an economical bowler in one-day cricket, although he was selected for two Tests throughout his career and was very successful for Queensland in the first-class arena. He is best remembered however for taking one of the greatest catches ever seen in the game of cricket whilst playing for Queensland in the summer of 1997/98. He played grade cricket for the Wynnum-Manly Cricket Club in Brisbane, and premier cricket for Northcote, Heidelberg Cricket Club, North Melbourne and Melbourne in Melbourne, over a long career which spanned twenty-six years from 1985/86 to 2010/11. Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national team through his aggressive batting. Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper–batsman in the history of the game, Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all Test cricket. He was the first player to have hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. His 17 Test centuries are the most by a wicket-keeper and his 16 in ODIs second only to Sangakkara. He holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007). His 149 off 104 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time. He is one of the only three players to have won three World Cup titles.Gilchrist was renowned for walking when he considered himself to be out, sometimes contrary to the decision of the umpire. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999. During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.
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Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV Trading Places is one of my absolutely favorite movie of all-times. I have watched it so many times that I probably know it line per line. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTgSalw2Ib_USK_QRIk9FevfJPttH9PnMx3o22rAX2CbisAIBH1_w&t=1 I still can't believe this was Eddie Murphy.^ :o Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard So sad it's been 3 years. :( Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo I know Heath Ledger was an Aussie .. and I don't dislike him ... but I think he was overrated and that Joker role was over hyped!! I doubt he would have received the same recognition if he didn't die! :-\\ Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV I once worked with this guy who was from Bakerfield, California. He told us that Merle Haggard was also from Bakerfield and told us one time Merle's horse drowned in one of the ponds he had on his property. Another co-worker said, "Merle Haggard's new song, 'My Horse Swims Like a Rock." To this day, I can't hear about either Merle Haggard or Bakerfield without thinking "My Horse Swims Like a Rock." Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I do remember the group Yes with "Owner Of A Lonely Heart"in 1983. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Dennis Quiad is a good actor,he does that comedic side. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Wow,he grew up so maturely. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYUCXkRh5ig Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV I think today's person of the day should be Ninny. ;) Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Ninny,Are you still doing word of the day too? ??? Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://www.whatsupmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Ron-Perlman-face-1.jpg Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRd9MJoKoe5-ROsegjFkDyB1SyhIVmt5SV7N6EyCh5NIq7UVkW6&t=1 He doesn't look any different,He's pretty much the same. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/e/emma-thompson-making-new-nanny-mcphee-pic-800-75.jpg Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV Emma Thompson is a fantastic actress. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ldI_zGXWdE I just love the way she delivers this line: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5eAbQfpR0c&feature=related Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfBn5IJgP0o Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I only remember her for her one hit. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV Can you say, "YUM!" I really like the Sharpe series. We have all but the last one (Sharpe's Challenge) on DVD. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I watch his show whenever I can,He is such a pisser. ;D Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: nally Happy 50th birthday Don!! http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/balloons.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/01/bdaybiggrin.gif http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/02/birthday.gif Now if my beloved L.A. Dud-gers could just win one tonight, that would be an awesome birthday present for their manager. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Happy Birthday Queen Elizabeth. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard such a legendary actor,played the good guy and the bad guy. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno British Person of the Day: William Shakespeare William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glovemaker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, the daughter of a well-to-do local landowner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford's grammar school. The next documented event in Shakespeare's life is his marriage in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, daughter of a farmer. The couple had a daughter the following year and twins in 1585. There is now another gap, referred to by some scholars as 'the lost years', with Shakespeare only reappearing in London in 1592, when he was already working in the theatre. Shakespeare's acting career was spent with the Lord Chamberlain's Company, which was renamed the King's Company in 1603 when James succeeded to the throne. Among the actors in the group was the famous Richard Burbage. The partnership acquired interests in two theatres in the Southwark area of London, near the banks of the Thames - the Globe and the Blackfriars. Shakespeare's poetry was published before his plays, with two poems appearing in 1593 and 1594, dedicated to his patron Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Most of Shakespeare's sonnets were probably written at this time as well. Records of Shakespeare's plays begin to appear in 1594, and he produced roughly two a year until around 1611. His earliest plays include 'Henry VI' and 'Titus Andronicus'. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Merchant of Venice' and 'Richard II' all date from the mid to late 1590s. Some of his most famous tragedies were written in the early 1600s including 'Hamlet', 'Othello', 'King Lear' and 'Macbeth'. His late plays, often known as the Romances, date from 1608 onwards and include 'The Tempest'. Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford, by now a wealthy man. He died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623 and is known as 'the First Folio'. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://newdesktopwallpapers.info/WWE%20Wallpapers%202/John%20Cena%20You%20Can%27t%20See%20Me.jpg Hey Ninny,you can't see me! ;D Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me— nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://i2.listal.com/image/871926/500full.jpg Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ZpajGH5H0Bxq1M: Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I also like her in Fockers Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlz22hJcwUw Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I always loved The Carol Burnett show back in the 80's. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV The Carol Burnett Show was my absolute favorite when it was on. That was one of the shows that I HAD to watch. We had the album Julie & Carol at Carnegie Hall (Carol Burnett & Julie Andrews) My sister & I put on the album on and I was Carol & she was Julie. This is one act from that performance (not with my sister & me, but with Carol & Julie lol). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7B7LZkJtFo Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Strut and Morning Train are my favorite songs. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard And she is still touring the globe,her next concert is Mohegan Sun. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo Just doing some back reading about Paula Yates. That was a pretty sad decline... I didn't know she died back in 2000 (of a heroin overdose) :o. Sheena Easton was a real cutie ... and had a great set of pipes. I always thought that it was an odd connection she had with Prince. Penelope Cruz ... overrated actress .... and (to me) not as attractive as she is hyped up to be... Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV I never cared for Willie Nelson. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo Yeah...not one of my favs either. I admire his way of singing with feeling ... but his voice grates on me. My brother-in-law thinks the sun shines out of him.... :-\\ Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: danootaandme I love Willy Nelson. He is the only country music singer/songwriter I can listen to. I love him, I love the life he has lived, I love the man he is. God Bless You Willie :-* Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: ninny I'm neutral here. There are songs he sings that I love "Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" with Waylon Jennings, but he's not one of my favorites. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Happy Birthday Frankie Valli,your music is wonderful. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo I really enjoy both Lou Gramm and Frankie Valli. Gramm has possibly my favourite rock voice.... and Valli was exceptional with The Four Seasons. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV I always thought that Frankie Valli wore his shorts just a bit too tight. ;) :D ;D ;D ;D But, I do love his music-with or without the Four Seasons. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I also love Swearin To God. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV I have always liked him. I think he is a terrific actor. Love his voice. His resumé looks like the Encyclopedia Britannica. Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard He will age gracefully,He just has that babyface. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: ninny For Howie a special birthday wish to http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e194/fantasibaibi/traci_l111.jpg Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo Yes indeed...thank you ninny. Not my birthday either...but that girl can blow my candle (out that is)... ;) That first pic of Anne Baxter looks nothing like her... :-\\ I saw her in a couple of episodes of The Virginian recently (or was it Wagon Train :-\\). Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard I used to watch Murphy Brown. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://www.yorapper.com/Photos/bob-marley-ringtones.jpg It's also the 30th Anniversary of Bob Marley's death. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: gibbo Bacharach is simply one of the best ever (possibly the best). Pattinson is a mystery to me! :o I have no idea what women see in this ugly Englishman! 8-P Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: ninny Sorry I was at my sons graduation..so I'll do the person of the day tomorrow. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno British Person of the Day: Henry McGee Henry McGee (14 May 1929 – 28 January 2006) was a British actor, best known as straight man to Benny Hill for many years. McGee was also often the announcer on Hill's TV programme, delivering the upbeat intro "Yes! It's The Benny Hill Show!" Born as Henry Marris-McGee in South Kensington, London, and educated at Stonyhurst College, McGee hoped to become a doctor, but the death of his father when he was 17 put financial strains on the family that ended his plans. Having enjoyed acting as a boy, McGee decided to follow his mother's side of the family, which could trace its involvement in acting back to Kitty Clive. He went on to play supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including The Saint and The Avengers, but it is for comedy roles that he is best remembered, primarily and most famously for his straight man interviewer in the Benny Hill Show. He was also remembered by some as the 'mummy' of Honey Monster, a large, yellow, furry creature in advertisements for the breakfast cereal Sugar Puffs. McGee played Two-Ton Ted in the video of Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West). Other comedy roles included the holiday centre manager in the 1973 film Holiday on the Buses, opposite Charlie Drake in the ATV/ITV situation comedy The Worker (1965–1970), and There Was An Englishman, An Irishman and a Scotsman for a BBC Scotland comedy series written by Lew Schwarz. McGee was the Englishman, with Harry Towb and Roy Kinnear in their respective roles. The show ran for 1 season in 1972. He also appeared in an episode of Rising Damp as a conman, Seymour. He had a long and successful theatre career, during which he tackled a wide range of roles, receiving plaudits for deadpan delivery in farces such as Plunder. McGee had one daughter, Stephanie (born 1963). He spent his last six months in a nursing home, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London. http://images.tvrage.com/people/14/41434.jpg http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41278000/jpg/_41278374_mcgee203bbc.jpg With Benny Hill. Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9kdqHSTS5-0/Sww-GYamIuI/AAAAAAAABAg/9GK31u0sFjg/s1600/dontstandanotherchance.jpg This album was 1982 and today she still looks good for 45 years old. :) Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: CatwomanofV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lufvZTnaIrg Cat Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Philip Eno British Person of the Day: Margaret Rutherford Dame Margaret Taylor Rutherford DBE (11 May 1892 – 22 May 1972) was an English character actress, who first came to prominence following World War II in the film adaptations of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. She is best-known for her 1960s performances as Miss Marple in several films based loosely on Agatha Christie's novels. Early life Born in Balham, London, she was the only child of William Rutherford Benn and his wife Florence, née Nicholson. Her father's brother Sir John Benn, 1st Baronet was a British politician, and her first cousin once removed is British politician Tony Benn. Her father suffered from mental illness, having suffered a nervous breakdown on his honeymoon, and was confined to an asylum. He was eventually released on holiday and on 4 March 1883, he murdered his father, the Reverend Julius Benn, a Congregational church minister, by bludgeoning him to death with a chamberpot; shortly afterward, William tried to kill himself as well, by slashing his throat with a pocketknife. After the murder, William Benn was confined to the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Several years later he was released, reportedly cured of his mental affliction, changed his surname to Rutherford, and returned to his wife, Ann (née Taylor). As an infant Rutherford and her parents moved to India but she was returned to Britain when she was three to live with an aunt, professional governess Bessie Nicholson, in Wimbledon, England, after her mother committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree. Her father returned to England as well. His continued mental illness resulted in his being confined once more to Broadmoor in 1904; he died in 1921. Margaret Rutherford was educated at Wimbledon High School, and, from the age of about 13, at Raven's Croft School, a boarding school at Sutton Avenue, Seaford, where she is listed, aged 18, on the 1911 census. Stage Career Having worked as a teacher of elocution, she went into acting later in life, making her stage debut at the Old Vic in 1925, aged 33. Her physical appearance was such that romantic heroines were out of the question, and she soon established her name in comedy, appearing in many of the most successful British plays and films. "I never intended to play for laughs. I am always surprised that the audience thinks me funny at all", Rutherford wrote in her autobiography. Rutherford made her first appearance in London's West End in 1933 but her talent was not recognised by the critics until her performance as Miss Prism in the play The Importance of Being Earnest at the Globe Theatre in 1939. In 1941 Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit opened on the London stage at the Piccadilly Theatre, with Coward himself directing. Rutherford played Madame Arcati, the bumbling medium, a role which Coward had earlier envisaged for her. Rutherford had a distinguished theatrical career alongside her film successes. Totally against type, she played the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers in Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca at the Queen's Theatre in 1940. Her post-war theatre credits included Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest again at the Haymarket Theatre in 1946 and Lady Bracknell when the same play transferred to New York in 1947. She played an officious headmistress in The Happiest Days of Your Life at the Apollo Theatre in 1948 and such classical roles as Madame Desmortes in Ring Round the Moon (Globe Theatre, 1950), Lady Wishfort in The Way of the World (Lyric Hammersmith, 1953 and Saville Theatre, 1956) and Mrs Candour in The School for Scandal (Haymarket Theatre, 1962). Her final stage performance came in 1966 when she played Mrs Malaprop in The Rivals at the Haymarket Theatre, alongside Sir Ralph Richardson. Unfortunately, her declining health meant she had to reluctantly give up the role after a few weeks. Film career Although she made her film debut in 1936, it would be Rutherford's turn as Madame Arcati in David Lean's film of Blithe Spirit (1945) that would actually establish her screen success. This would become one of her most memorable performances, with her bicycling about the Kent countryside, cape fluttering behind her. Interestingly, it would also establish the model for portraying that role forever thereafter. Some of Rutherford's finest screen work was done when she was in her fifties and beyond. She was Nurse Carey in Miranda (1948) and Professor Hatton Jones in Passport to Pimlico (1949). She reprised her stage roles of the headmistress alongside Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and Miss Prism in Anthony Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest (1952). More comedies followed, including Trouble in Store (1953) with Norman Wisdom, The Runaway Bus (1954) with Frankie Howerd and An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) with Donald Sinden and Diana Dors. Rutherford then rejoined Norman Wisdom in Just My Luck and co-starred in The Smallest Show on Earth with Virginia McKenna, Peter Sellers and Leslie Phillips (both 1957). She also joined a host of distinguished comedy stars, including Ian Carmichael and Peter Sellers, in the Boulting Brothers' satire I'm All Right Jack (1959). In the early 1960s she became synonymous with Miss Jane Marple in a series of four films loosely based on the novels of Agatha Christie. Rutherford, then aged 70, insisted on wearing her own clothes for the part and having her husband appear alongside her. In 1963 Christie dedicated her novel The Mirror Crack'd : "To Margaret Rutherford in admiration". Christie reportedly did not approve of the 1960s films as they portrayed Marple as a comedy character and were not faithful to the original plots. In 1963 Rutherford was awarded an Academy Award and Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the absent-minded, impoverished, pill-popping Duchess of Brighton, the only light relief, in Terence Rattigan's The V.I.P.s, a film featuring a star-studded cast led by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. She appeared as Mistress Quickly in Orson Welles' film Chimes at Midnight (1965) and was directed by Charlie Chaplin in A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), starring Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren, which was one of her final films. Rutherford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1961 and was raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1967. Personal Life Rutherford married character actor Stringer Davis in 1945 and the couple appeared in many productions together. They were happily together until Rutherford's death in 1972. Davis adored Rutherford, with one friend noting: "For him she was not only a great talent but, above all, a beauty." Davis rarely left her side. He was private secretary and general dogsbody - lugging bags, teapots, hot water bottles, teddy bears and nursing Rutherford through periods of depression. These illnesses, often involving stays in mental hospitals and electric shock treatment, were kept hidden from the press during Rutherford's life. In the 1950s, Rutherford and Davis unofficially adopted the writer Gordon Langley Hall, then in his twenties. Hall later had gender reassignment surgery and became Dawn Langley Simmons, under which name she wrote a biography of Rutherford in 1983. Death Rutherford suffered from Alzheimer's disease at the end of her life and was unable to work. Davis cared for his wife devotedly at their Buckinghamshire home but she died on 22 May 1972, aged 80. Many of Britain's top actors, including Sir John Gielgud, Robert Morley and Joyce Grenfell, paid tribute at a memorial service, where 90-year-old Sybil Thorndike praised her friend's enormous talent and recalled that Rutherford had "never said anything horrid about anyone". Rutherford and Davis (who died in 1973) are interred alongside each other in the graveyard of St. James Church, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Filmography 1936 Dusty Ermine 1936 Talk of the Devil 1937 Beauty and the Barge 1937 Big Fella 1937 Catch as Catch Can 1937 Missing Believed Married 1940 Quiet Wedding 1941 Spring Meeting 1943 The Yellow Canary 1943 The Demi-Paradise 1944 English Without Tears 1945 Blithe Spirit 1946 While the Sun Shines 1947 Meet Me at Dawn 1948 Miranda 1949 Passport to Pimlico 1950 The Happiest Days of Your Life 1950 My Favourite Husband 1951 The Magic Box 1952 Curtain Up 1952 The Importance of Being Earnest 1952 Castle in the Air 1952 Miss Robin Hood 1953 Innocents in Paris 1953 Trouble in Store 1954 The Runaway Bus 1954 Aunt Clara 1954 Mad About Men 1955 An Alligator named Daisy 1957 The Smallest Show On Earth 1957 Just My Luck 1959 I'm All Right, Jack 1961 On the Double 1962 Murder She Said 1963 Mouse on the Moon 1963 The VIPs 1963 Murder at the Gallop 1964 Murder Ahoy 1965 Murder Most Foul 1965 The Alphabet Murders 1966 The Chimes at Midnight 1966 A Countess From Hong Kong 1968 Arabella http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Margaret_Rutherford.gif Subject: Re: ninny's New Person & Word of the Day Written By: Howard Always nice to hear one of Elton's songs. 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Australian cricket review 2018 It had all begun so well. The Australian cricket team started 2018 with an innings and 123-run victory over England to seal a 4-0 Ashes triumph. There were smiles aplenty as the Sydney sun shone down brightly on Steve Smith and Darren Lehmann’s men after they’d made relatively light work of the old enemy. There was even time for a “classless” trophy presentation to follow – featuring a giant blue hand decorated in the Aussie flag and holding up four fingers next to the St George’s flag of England that featured a clenched fist to resemble the four-nil score line. However, that was all a big masquerade by Cricket Australia. Behind the scenes the wider public were starting to grow tired of the way the Australian cricket team acted on and off the field. Whether it was the crude sledging or the ongoing arrogance of certain members of the team, tensions were starting to boil up. There was talk of exhaustion in the camp as an unrelenting schedule that included a full Ashes series of five Tests, five ODIs and a T20I tri-series was then swiftly followed by a four-Test tour of South Africa. And it was beginning to take its toll on several high-profile members of the side – not least captain and vice-captain Smith and David Warner. Smith citied potential burnout as his reasoning behind skipping part of the ODI series that proceeded the Ashes, while Warner was thrust into the captaincy for the T20I tri-series as both men continued to live their lives firmly inside the international “Cricket Bubble”. Inside that “Cricket Bubble” the side had begun to develop a win-at-all-costs mentality as the demands of international cricket and a wider growing arrogance led to exaggerated aggression, and at times a sense of invincibility. While no-one ever expected the Australians to cheat as blatantly as they did on that infamous Saturday afternoon at Newlands in late March, there were earlier warning signs that their conduct had started to spiral rapidly out of control. Not least, the continuing on and off field angst between the Australians and their hosts South Africa which had begun in Durban with an ugly staircase altercation between Warner and Quinton de Kock that set the tone for the poor behaviour that followed throughout the series. However, things certainly hit the nadir during the third Test in Cape Town. Not only did Warner instruct Cameron Bancroft to use sandpaper to alter the condition of the ball, but then when Smith and Bancroft subsequently tried to cover up the tampering they also lied to the Australian public. The backlash was severe. “Sandpapergate” spared no one. Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull felt the need to get involved and the incident made worldwide news. Smith and Warner were immediately stepped down from leadership duties while investigations commenced. They would later both be handed one-year suspensions from CA while Bancroft was handed nine months. Coach Lehmann was spared the axe but resigned days later, while CEO James Sutherland quickly announced there was to be a review of the “culture and conduct” of Australia’s professional cricket teams. Newly reinstated wicketkeeper Tim Paine was handed the permanent Test captaincy, with Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh appointed his joint vice-captains. Meanwhile, long-time candidate Justin Langer replaced Lehmann as head coach. Langer’s first task was to preside over a 5-0 ODI series loss in England as Australia’s one-day side lived up to its ongoing mediocrity of recent years. Without the batting prowess of Smith and Warner and, at times, a host of leading fast bowlers due to injury, Australia were being shown up as the ordinary side they’d now become. A T20I tri-series final was lost to Pakistan in Zimbabwe to continue a difficult beginning to the Langer-reign before a sense of pride was restored with a hard-earned Test draw against Pakistan in Dubai. Despite that draw the series was lost with a 373-run defeat in Abu Dhabi as familiar batting struggles were again very evident. While the team were trying to win back the public with their new-found respectful behaviour, a host of changes were happening at the boardroom level. In June, James Sutherland announced that he was stepping down as CEO after seventeen years at the helm and he was replaced by former CA director Kevin Roberts. Roberts was a long-time ally of CA chairman David Peever and it appeared the pair would continue working together when Peever was voted back in for a second term just days before the findings of the cultural review were made public to the state boards in late October. However, just one week into his three-year tenure Peever resigned after increasing pressure from New South Wales chairman John Knox. Former captain Mark Taylor followed shortly after, resigning from his position on the board despite being many people’s choice to succeed Peever as chairman. That role eventually went to Earl Eddings who had originally taken up the role on a temporary basis following Peever’s swift exit. Two more high-profile names followed Peever and Taylor out CA’s Jolimont headquarters on November 7th when Roberts used his new-found authority to fire both Pat Howard and Ben Amarfio. Howard, the Head of Team Performance, was due to leave after the 2019 Ashes but was shown the door early and replaced by former Australian cricketer Belinda Clark – who took the role on an interim basis. Amarfio, meanwhile was the CA General Manager of Media and reportedly had to be escorted from the building by security after being made aware of his dismissal. He was replaced by Anthony Everard in a reshuffle of the CA media arm. Much like the boardroom, things on the field continued to be rocky as the ODI side, now led by Aaron Finch, were beaten 2-1 at home to South Africa. They finished the year winning just two of their 13 matches and with only five months left to finetune for next year’s World Cup, their hopes of retaining the trophy they won in 2015 look particularly slim. The Test side has also endured a tough year too. After beginning the year with back-to-back wins in Sydney and Durban they won just once thereafter. That win came in Perth during the ongoing series with India where Australia find now themselves unable to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after the visitors secured wins in both Adelaide and Melbourne. They finish the year with three wins, one draw and six defeats. Predictably, the side are currently missing the runs of Smith and Warner. Their current run of nine Tests with just a single century scored is the country’s worst drought in more than 100 years. Taking out the hundreds scored by Usman Khawaja, Shaun and Mitchell Marsh in Sydney in January, only Khawaja has been able to pass three figures since. Collectively, Australia’s batting in 2018 has averaged around 26 runs per dismissal – their lowest since 1978. Without Smith and Warner, the Test side needed senior duo Khawaja and Shaun Marsh to step up but neither have done enough to ensure Australia regularly post competitive totals. Khawaja has certainly faired the better of the pair with 732 runs at 40.66 in 10 Tests while Marsh has struggled averaging just 25.89. Pat Cummins has led the bowling with 44 wickets at 19.97, while Mitchell Starc (31 wickets at 33.35) and Hazlewood (26 wickets at 33.26) have endured slightly disappointing returns compared with previous years as Nathan Lyon again led the wickets column with 49 victims at 34.02. Elsewhere, another farewell was announced in April as a new television deal was agreed with Seven and Fox Sports worth $1.182 billion – replacing Channel 9 who had shown all international cricket in Australia since Kerry Packer led a television sports revolution 40 years ago. High Point: Khawaja’s hundred saves Australia in Dubai After a miserable few months in Australian cricket, Usman Khawaja – filling the opening void vacated by Bancroft and Warner – scored a masterful final day 141 to marshal his side towards safety in their first Test since that fateful South African series in March. Faced with a gigantic run chase of 462 and 140 overs to bat out, Khawaja held out for 522 minutes across day’s four and five, putting on stands of 132 with Travis Head and 79 with Tim Paine as the visitors finished eight down when Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed finally offered his hand to opposite number Paine. The innings (and subsequent draw) restored some much-needed pride in Australian cricket whilst also putting pay to the theory that Khawaja couldn’t bat against spin bowling in Asian conditions. Low Point: Sandpapergate, Newlands While it’s been a year of great lows in Australian cricket, nothing compares to incident in Cape Town when Warner, Smith and Bancroft decided that the only way of getting the ball to reverse swing was to scuff it with sandpaper. What followed will tarnish the aforementioned trio for the rest of their careers. But at least some good did come out of the episode with the trio being forced to turn out for club sides Randwick Petersham, Sutherland and Willetton. New Kid on the block: Billy Stanlake Although the 24-year-old Queenslander, made his international debut almost two years ago, he really shot to promise as a white-ball specialist in 2018. Standing at 204 cm’s tall, Stanlake made his international debut on the back of some impressive displays for BBL side Adelaide Strikers and has since continued a steady rise in both the T20I and ODI formats. His pace and awkward bounce have regularly asked questions of opposite batsmen such as when he took figures of 4-8 and 3-21 against Pakistan during a T20I tri-series in Zimbabwe in July. He also had some success in ODI cricket too, going for just 5.75 in a high scoring series against England which included 3-35 from his 10 overs at Old Trafford. However, with Hazlewood, Starc, Cummins and Nathan Coulter-Nile all ahead of him in the ODI setup a place in Australia’s 15-man 2019 World Cup squad may be currently out of reach. Frequent back issues have resulted in Stanlake going down the limited-overs route as he’s yet to add to his two first-class appearances both made for Queensland in 2014. Fading Star: Shaun Marsh Could Trevor Hohns and his selection panel finally be running out of patience with the 35-year-old batsman who has averaged just 25.89 this year? – Taking away his hundred in the new year’s Test that average drops to 18.66 in his previous nine Tests. There are ongoing whispers that Marsh’s Test future could be over if he fails to make runs against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. A talented lefthander, Marsh has endured a stop-start Test career since debuting against Sri Lanka in 2011. Five of his six Test hundreds have been made in Australian victories, including two in last summer’s Ashes. What 2019 holds: After failing to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the ongoing series with India, nothing less than an impressive showing against a weak Sri Lankan side in their two-Test series in late January, would be seen as a disaster. The Sri Lanka series, which includes a maiden Test at Canberra’s Manuka Oval, follows a three-match ODI series against India which will begin Australia’s countdown to their World Cup defence. India then return the favour by hosting Australia in a five-match ODI series in late February and early March before a potential yet-to-be-confirmed ODI series against Pakistan in the UAE that is expected to accommodate the return of Smith and Warner sometime after March 29th. The World Cup preparation will then ramp up in May ahead of Australia’s opening match with Afghanistan on June 1st. Should the Aussies progress to the final (July 14th) then they’ll have just nine days rest before playing a pre-Ashes tour match against an Australian A side in Southampton. The five-Test Ashes campaign, the first series in the new World Test Championship, then begins in Birmingham on August 1st, before rolling onto Lords, Leeds, Manchester and concluding at The Oval on September 12th. They then round out the year with home series against Pakistan (2 Tests, 3 T20Is) and New Zealand (3 Tests, 3 ODIs). In the aftermath of the biggest crisis to hit Australian cricket in recent memory, CaughtOutCricket examines five key talking points that remain in the public spotlight. Will Steve Smith and David Warner play for Australia again? After both were handed twelve-month bans by Cricket Australia (CA) for their involvements in the ball-tampering incident there is a case to suggest that neither man – Australia’s two leading batsmen – will ever represent their country again. While that’s perhaps wide of the mark for former captain Smith – who has a relatively clean rap sheet up until now – the future isn’t quite so bright for Warner who carries plenty of previous baggage when it comes to crossing the line. The early indications are that Warner, who CA said was the chief instigator in devising the ball-tampering plan, is expected to challenge his ban in the next seven days as he fights for his international future. Reports coming out of ESPNcricinfo suggest that Warner could be forced out of the national setup completely – similar to the way the ECB disposed of Kevin Pietersen after a disastrous Ashes campaign four years ago. Even if Warner did find himself back in favour of the national setup, its been confirmed that he will never hold another leadership position, Smith on the other hand is banned from captaining the side again for at least 24 months. While CA have come down particularly harsh on each player, its Warner who’s become the scapegoat especially among his fellow teammates and staff members. With the twelve-month hiatus including no participation in the IPL or any domestic or international cricket associated with CA, it appears a long road back for Smith and Warner. Who is the next long-term captain? When it was decided that both Smith and Warner would be stepped down from their leadership roles with immediate effect on the fourth morning of the recent Newlands Test, it was Tim Paine who was the obvious choice as stand-in captain. Paine has been looked upon as a potential future leader from as far back as 2010 – the year he made his Test debut against Pakistan. However, he has played just eight Tests since returning to the Test side after a seven-year break between caps so its natural that the decision to appoint him Australia’s 46th Test captain comes with a certain amount of scrutiny. At 33, Paine’s career is closer to the conclusion than the beginning and while he’s enjoyed a renaissance with both bat and gloves since his return its impossible not to imagine that his appointment as captain has been finalised with a fair amount of haste and short-termism. But with a Test match beginning in Johannesburg on Friday, the CA hierarchy were left with little choice but to appoint Paine to the role. With Smith and Warner unavailable the other viable options appear sparse. Western Australia skipper and current Australian allrounder Mitchell Marsh looks the most likely candidate going forward. The 26-year-old led the Australian U19 side to World Cup success in 2010 but has limited other captaincy to fall back on having only recently been appointed as WA skipper last summer. Marsh, like Paine and another possible option in Victorian captain Peter Handscomb, is still to fully establish himself in the current Australian side. The debate will go on. How did Darren Lehmann survive the fallout? How is Lehmann still in a job? Is the question many cricket fans are currently asking. Reports surfaced on Tuesday that Lehmann was set to offer his resignation to the CA board after becoming one of the six members said to be involved in the fiasco. However, after speaking to CA head of Integrity Iain Roy and CEO James Sutherland it has been determined that Lehmann had no prior knowledge of the ball-tampering ploy before it was carried out on the field by Cameron Bancroft. Many have reasoned that it would’ve been impossible for Lehmann to have been in the dark over the incident, especially as he was seen apparently communicating with the 12th man Handscomb via a walkie talkie. Yet somehow, he and assistant coach David Sakar have come out of the internal investigations relatively unscathed. It now looks likely that Lehmann will see out his existing contract which runs until after the 2019 World Cup and Ashes campaigns in England. His long-term successor remains the former Aussie opener and current WA coach Justin Langer who is expected to take over the role after the expiration of Lehmann’s current deal. Lehmann has enjoyed plenty of success as coach – highlighted by a World Cup triumph on home soil and two victorious home Ashes campaigns but he’s also had his critics who suggest he’s fostered and overseen a bad culture in the Australian dressing room. Can the team environment change significantly enough to win back the public? The fallout from this week’s events across the cricketing, political and social media world has been unprecedented. Some have called for life bans to be handed out to all involved with plotting the on-field cheating, while others have suggested the bans handed to Bancroft, Smith and Warner were ‘Punishments that didn’t fit the crime’. One-year bans for Smith and Warner and nine months for Bancroft undoubtedly appear harsh but clearly CA felt the desperate need to make an example of the trio. Pressure from the government and lucrative sponsorship partners certainly didn’t help their cause when deciding the adequate justice and punishment for men representing their country on the world stage. With the aforementioned trio now out of the picture it’ll be the responsibility of Lehmann, Paine and other senior members such as Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc to forge a new ‘cleaner’ culture in the dressing room. CEO James Sutherland has already confirmed that CA are committed to setting up an independent review into “the conduct and culture” of the men’s teams which will be conducted by an expert panel and reported back to the CA board. With this in mind the team must make a sustained effort to win back the wider public by ditching the ‘bad guy’ on field persona inherited under the leadership of Michael Clarke and continued during the Smith regime. The over-the-top sledging must also be eradicated immediately if they’re to appear serious about changing the identity of the national side for the betterment of cricket in Australia. What does the future look like? The immediate future begins on Friday with a series still on the line. Although Australia find themselves 2-1 down with one Test to play they must begin to draw a-line-in-the-sand over the recent events and remember that they are in South Africa to play cricket. Queensland pair Matt Renshaw and Joe Burns have been drafted into open the batting while either Glenn Maxwell or Handscomb will slot into Smith’s role at number four. The immediate loss of the side’s best two batsmen is sure to leave a gaping hole. The team has struggled to build big totals without heavy contributions from either Smith or Warner and other senior batsmen such as Usman Khawaja and Shaun Marsh must now step out of the shadows and help fill the void. Should Smith and Warner return to the side upon the completion of their twelve month bans then they will miss a ODI series in England in June, followed by a tour to Zimbabwe, a home series against Bangladesh, ODI’s against Pakistan in the UAE & South Africa at home, before home Test series against both India and Sri Lanka and then an ODI series in India and Tests in the UAE against Pakistan. With World Cup and Ashes defences on the line later in 2019 it promises to be an important eighteen months in Australian cricket. Despite a 2-1 series defeat, Steven Smith and his men can return home to Australia with their heads held high after a topsy-turvy four Test matches in India What a series! It was tight, tense and at times fractious, but in the end the hosts India prevailed with, what eventually turned out to be, a comfortable eight-wicket victory in Dharamsala. That Australia even made it to Dharamsala with the series still in the balance at 1-1 speaks volumes of the improvements they have made to playing cricket in the subcontinent. Eventually, though, old habits sneaked in during the final Test – most noticeably a third-day batting collapse that all but handed the series to India. Captain Steven Smith will look back on the series with an equal amount of pride and regret. His team went into the four Test series as huge underdogs – having lost their previous nine Tests on Asian soil – so to compete strongly until the penultimate day of the series will have pleased him immensely. On the other hand, his side will be disappointed that they eventually lost the series after going one-nil up in Pune. Moreover, they will regret not having seized control of the key opportunities that came their way in the prevailing three matches. For India, it meant a successful end to a fine season of home cricket. After losing in Pune – their first defeat at home in 20 Tests – they showed tremendous character and skill to fight their way back into the series after such a packed international schedule that included 13 Tests in six months. Even so, Australia have made major progress in the way they have approached the challenges of facing quality opposition in alien conditions. Taking away the two second innings collapses that ultimately cost them the series (112 in Bengaluru and 137 in Dharamsala) the batting has held reasonably firm. The most noticeable aspect was the willingness to grind out an innings and bat time rather than just playing the attack at all costs “Australian way of cricket” that has come unstuck on previous visits to India. Smith has of course led the way, scoring three centuries on his way to 499 runs at 71.28. Such is Smith’s genius that he’s now averaging 61.05 after 54 Test matches. When you consider that he’s yet to turn 28-years-old, you’d have to imagine he’ll at least double the 5000+ Tests runs and 20 centuries he already has in the locker. Other batters have enhanced their reputations too. Matt Renshaw scored important first-innings fifties in both the first two Tests before gradually fading as the series wore on. In doing so he became the first Australian to score 500+ Test runs before the age of 21. Often looking cool and composed at the crease, it’s easy to forget that he was playing his maiden series anywhere outside of Australia. The whole experience, on and off the field, is certain to hold him in good stead going into a high-pressured Ashes campaign later in the year. The enigma that is Glenn Maxwell was finally unlocked as a Test batsman too. Brought into the side to replace the injured, and repeatedly misfiring Mitchell Marsh, Maxwell played two mature knocks (104 in Ranchi and 45 in Dharamsala) to stake a claim for a regular batting spot at number six. Despite a breakout series with the bat, Maxwell’s bowling remained underused and perhaps under trusted by Smith, (he bowled just 6 overs in three innings) and with Darren Lehmann largely preferring a fast-bowling allrounder at number six it remains to be seen if he’ll keep his place for future home assignments. If the likes of Smith, Renshaw and Maxwell can walk away from India pleased with their batting efforts, the same can’t be said for David Warner. The combative left-hander struggled to stamp his authority on the series. Despite making starts in many his innings, he made just one fifty plus score in eight innings. Warner’s struggles against the spin of R Ashwin continued a longer theme for him away from the home comforts of Australia. Without an away Test hundred in nearly three years, his away average now stands at just 36.61 compared to his overall average of 47.42. In India that average drops even further to 24.25. Although there’s no thoughts of the vice-captain losing his place in the side, a lack of overseas success is bound to tarnish his reputation as a great batsman. The middle order duo of Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb had their moments with the bat, but both will feel that they left runs out on the field. Putting aside their match saving 124-run partnership – that spanned 62 final-day overs – in Ranchi, the pair struggled to put together the numbers required to earn their side success on the subcontinent. Besides his unbeaten 72 in Ranchi, Handscomb’s seven other scores ranged between 8 and 24. Marsh on the other hand, is a notoriously bad starter at the crease and despite looking comfortable against the spin bowlers when set (he made 66 in Bengaluru and 53 in Ranchi) he also recorded five single figure scores in his eight innings. With Usman Khawaja set to come back into the side, it’s quite conceivable that Marsh, at 33, could well have played his final match for Australia. Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade belatedly found form in Dharamsala with unbeaten innings of 57 and 25, but it was a case of perhaps to-little-to-late for Australia as they needed more runs from their number seven. His form with the gloves was tidy enough throughout with the only real blemish being a dropped catch off the batting of Wriddhiman Saha – who went onto record a crucial century in Ranchi. Another gain from the series was the general form and consistency of spinners Nathan Lyon and Steve O’Keefe. Lyon entered the series with plenty of question marks (and a hefty bowling average of 42.57) during his previous bowling in Asian conditions, however, he managed to snare 19 wickets at 25.26 across the series. Unfortunately for Lyon, both his 8-50 in Bengaluru and 5-92 in Dharamsala came in losing causes. O’Keefe, meanwhile, had a greater impact on Australia’s first Test victory on Indian soil in 13 years. He benefitted from an, at times unplayable, Pune wicket to capture 6-35 in both innings and earn himself a place in Australian cricketing history. Although his effectiveness faded as the series worn on – he claimed just seven wickets thereafter – he still managed to dry up an end as the quicks bowled in short spells. He eventually matched Lyon’s haul of 19 wickets at a slightly better average of 23.26. When Mitchell Starc pulled up lame upon the conclusion of the second Test, the return of Pat Cummins was one of the defining stories of the series. It had been a staggering 1946 days between Cummins’ Test debut in 2011 and his second Test in Ranchi. Regardless of the impact he had in his two Tests in India, the fact that he backed up again in Dharamsala after bowling 39 overs in Ranchi was heartening for all to see. And he certainly made an impression. In many ways, he was the perfect replacement for Starc. Bowling in short sharp spells, his pace reaped more from the slow pitches than anyone else from either side and he regularly clocked over 145kph. Although it’s important to remember that it’s still the beginning of his comeback to the longer format, the prospect of him one day bowling in tandem with Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James Pattinson is a tantalising one. Going forward, Australia must learn from both the positives and negatives from their latest Asian trip – for there was progress, even though it was ultimately not enough. Australian cricket review 2015 The highs of March’s World Cup glory were replaced by the lows of August’s Ashes failure, amid a year that witnessed a spate of returns and farewells. It was a year of farewells and new beginnings in Australian cricket. Triumph, heartbreak, legacy, retirement and groundbreaking – were all key words used during another rollercoaster year in Australia’s favourite summer sport. Figures alone suggest that Australia has had a good 2015. They lost just three of their 13 Tests and three of their 19 ODIs, but of course figures only tell half of the tale. On the surface the year concluded as it had begun – with captain marvel Steve Smith scoring a customary Test hundred whilst leading Australia to yet another dominate home series victory. However, scratch a little deeper and you’ll find that 2015 was a year in which the landscape changed across Australian cricket. A new captain, vice-captain, wicketkeeper, spearhead quick, opening batsman, allrounder and chairman were just a few changes to occur over the past twelve months. November saw Cricket Australia break new ground when the Adelaide Oval played host to cricket’s first ever day/night Test match. The three-wicket victory over New Zealand was by most accounts a resounding success with a grand total of 123,736 people attending the first three days of play. On the field, deputising for the injured incumbent Test captain Michael Clarke, Smith had begun the year making 117 and 71 against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground – He concluded it with scores of 134* and 70* against the West Indies at the MCG – this time as permanent chief in commander. Clarke’s demise conspired to be painful and rapid; Smith’s rise conspicuous and fruitful. Much like when Ricky Ponting reached the end of the road as captain in 2011, the changing of the guard was evident as it played out amongst the public spotlight of an Ashes campaign. Unlike Ponting, Clarke wasn’t about to continue any further in the side. He would go on to announce his retirement from international cricket in an interview with old ally Shane Warne during the third morning of the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. The timing of the decision came as no surprise. Amid a huge slump in form – in which his six 2015 Tests had brought just 196 runs at 21.77, and coupled with the strain of multiple injuries and the ongoing raw emotions over the death of Phillip Hughes last November, Clarke no longer had anything left to give. His retirement would headline a host of farewells throughout the year. Ryan Harris, Chris Rogers, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson all walked away from the international game, while Shane Watson chose to step aside from the Test arena. Going into 2015, Australia had their eyes solely on two main prizes. A home World Cup victory and an away Ashes triumph. The first of which they had never achieved, the second hadn’t been ticked off for fourteen unthinkable years. With the World Cup secured after an exhilarating seven-wicket victory over co-hosts New Zealand at the MCG in late March, perhaps also expecting Ashes success was too greedy. The World Cup success was systematically built around a strong pace bowling unit, of which Mitchell Starc was the ultimate ringleader. The left-armer claimed a joint tournament-high 22 wickets at just 10.18. Alongside Johnson, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, he combined to obliterate all fellow challengers. While the side that claimed the ODI silverware were a well drilled and balanced outfit in home conditions, the squad that arrived as favourites on English soil in June were overconfident, creaky and long in the tooth. Once again found out by the seaming and swinging ball, a problem that has handicapped touring Australian sides for some years now, their brittle top and middle order were frequently lambs to the slaughter. Entering the green-top-abattoirs of Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, the tourists simply had no answers when confronted with James Anderson, Stuart Broad and co. wielding shiny new Dukes balls in helpful conditions. Truth be told, much like the English side that travelled down under in 2013-14, this was an Ashes series too far for an ageing Australian squad with ten players over the age of 30 – four of whom were 35 or older. Given the pre-series nickname Dad’s Army, Clarke and his men played down the concerns of age, instead deciding to focus on the experience they had in their ranks. But once the series got underway it became clear many wouldn’t make it beyond its conclusion in late August. After Harris pulled up lame during a pre-Ashes tour match at Chelmsford, it began a procession of untimely blows for the tourists. Selection blunders, personal issues and significant loss of form all contributed as the problems mounted, eventually reaching their summit on that frightful first morning in Nottingham. The casualties provided by a failed Ashes campaign, led to more selection dilemmas. But only after a proposed two-Test tour of Bangladesh was cancelled on security grounds in October, did we begin to see the makeup of the new Test side – now under the fulltime stewardship of Smith. Joe Burns, selected ahead of the younger Cameron Bancroft, has averaged 47.88 with two hundreds since being named as Rogers’ successor in early November. While Usman Khawaja shrugged off nine months of knee ligament rehabilitation to finally nail down the number three berth. Either side of a hamstring injury, the left-hander scored 504 runs at 126.00, including three consecutive hundreds. Although there’s no denying that much greater challenges (than home series against New Zealand and the West Indies) await next year, the batting order already has a more balanced feel to it. That Shaun Marsh was dropped for the Boxing Day Test despite scoring 182 in his previous innings at Hobart shows that competition for places is strong. The fast bowling stocks remain a slight concern. Despite the retirements of Harris and Johnson, the depth is still relatively broad; keeping men on the park is the real concern. Cummins, Starc and Nathan Coulter-Nile are all currently sidelined for the foreseeable future. Alongside the flourishing comebacks of Burns and Khawaja, the return of James Pattinson – absent from the World Cup and Ashes campaigns with various back injuries – is a significant positive heading into 2016. Away from the field, David Peever, a former managing director at mining giant Rio Tinto, took over as Cricket Australia chairman following Wally Edwards departure from the role in October. After four years in the position Edwards’ legacy will no doubt be his role in the so-called ‘Big Three’, he leaves CA in a sound financial predicament. September saw substantial news regarding the future of international cricket in Perth. From 2018 onwards all limited overs cricket and Test matches against England, India and South Africa will be moved from the WACA to a new 60,000-seater stadium in Burswood. The move saw plenty of opposition with former Test great Dennis Lillee among the masses in stating his displeasure at the move. High point: World Cup glory When over 93,000 people packed into the MCG to witness a showdown between the tournaments two hosts, they expected a close game. After a thrilling group stage match in Auckland a month earlier New Zealand, led by the effervescent Brendon McCullum, went into their first World Cup final on the crest of a wave. But Starc soon changed all that when he dismissed McCullum in the first over. New Zealand could only limp to 183. Solid top order contributions from David Warner, Smith and Clarke saw Australia ease home in the 34th over to claim an unprecedented fifth World Cup crown. Low point: 60 all out at Trent Bridge. Going into that treacherous first morning at Trent Bridge, the Ashes were still on the precipice. Just 18.3 overs later and the English were essentially clutching the urn. The insouciant way in which the Australian’s went about batting against Stuart Broad was simply dumbfounding. Sure, every edge went to hand and Ben Stokes, in particular, pulled off a world class grab in the slips, but Australia’s porous defence against the moving ball led to plenty of questions being asked. An innings and 78-run defeat followed. The Ashes were handed over and with them Clarke handed over his resignation. New kid on the block: Josh Hazlewood. Since making his debut last December, Hazlewood has been an almost ever present (he missed just the fifth Ashes Test) in the Test side, taking 60 wickets at 24.13. Despite struggling to control the amount of swing and seam on offer in English conditions, the 24-year-old impressed in both the West Indies and in home conditions. With Johnson retired and Starc injured, Hazlewood stood up to be counted during the day/night Test in Adelaide last month. His match figures 9-136 were his career best and led to man-of-the-match honours. Like with all young fast bowlers, its important he’s given adequate rest after playing a key role in recent series wins over New Zealand and the West Indies. Fading Star: Michael Clarke While six ageing players have retired this year, the decline of Michael Clarke is perhaps the greatest. He started the year not only still mourning the loss of Hughes, but also battling back and hamstring complaints and never fully recovered to find either his best form, or enthusiasm for the game. The World Cup Final knock of 74 was his only innings of note before poor tours of the Caribbean and United Kingdom led to his inevitable retirement. He left the game with 17,112 international runs spread across 115 Tests, 245 ODIs and 34 T20Is. Farewell to: Richie Benaud & Arthur Morris Benaud passed away in April at his Coogee home after a short battle with skin cancer. He was 84. A pioneer of cricket broadcasting later in life, Richie will also be fondly remembered as a deep thinking captain and superb legbreak bowler. He played 63 Tests between 1952-1964 and finished his career with three centuries and 248 wickets. Australian summers will not be the same without his distinctive voice being heard in the Channel Nine commentary box. Richie touched the lives of many – this author included. Morris, a fellow Australian Cricket Hall of Famer, died in August aged 93. He made his name as a tremendous left-handed opening batsman, starting out at the conclusion of the Second World War. He shot to fame as part of Don Bradman’s famous invinclibles Ashes tour of 1948 – where he topped the run scoring charts with 696 runs at 87.00. One of the last living players from that tour (Only Neil Harvey remains) he finished his career in 1955 having played 46 Tests in the Baggy Green. What 2016 holds? Like with any year, Australia’s progress will be judged on their away success. More to the point their ability to play the swinging and spinning ball in alien conditions. A two-Test tour of New Zealand in February should be a measure of how much they have learnt from their mistakes against the moving ball in England, while a series in Sri Lanka later in the year will gauge where they are at regarding the spinning ball, a fundamental problem during recent tours on the subcontinent. The ICC World Twenty20, set to be hosted by India in March, will offer further insight into whether Aaron Finch’s side can click as a unit after previous disappointment in the only format Australia has yet to win a global tournament in. The home summer concludes the year when both South Africa and Pakistan head down under, with discussions already underway to stage at least one day/night Test. After three years of trails, tribulations, debates and suspicion, the inaugural Day/Night Test match is now just a matter of hours away from taking place at the Adelaide Oval. In this piece I look at the five burning questions facing the match. Will the pink ball hold up for 80 overs? After a “Cricket Australia and Kookaburra nightmare” occurred during last month’s Prime Minister’s XI fixture at Canberra’s Manuka Oval, the longevity of the pink ball appeared a serious cause for concern. Many doubts were raised during that 50-over fixture, none more so than when the pink ball appeared to lose its lacquer and colour very quickly – turning it from pink to a greenish colour – long before the end of the allotted 50-overs. Such deterioration was largely blamed on the abrasive Manuka Oval wicket and outfield, which took large pieces of lacquer off the ball when it was either bowled into the pitch or thrown into the wicketkeeper on the bounce. Measures to counter such issues have since been put into place. To compensate for this Damian Hough, the Adelaide Oval’s chief curator, is working closely with the Cricket Australia hierarchy to maintain that the wicket for Friday’s fixture is set to include an extra couple of millimetres of grass than what would usually be prescribed for a Test match at the venue. Hough’s will also be creating a smaller square than usual too – with just two wickets either side of the main strip. This, further coupled with a lush green outfield, should ensure that the ball keeps its shape and colour throughout the innings, albeit nullifying any possible reverse swing in the same instance. This concept was trailed and found largely successful during the recent Adelaide Oval day/night Sheffield Shield fixture between South Australia and New South Wales, allying many of the fears first raised in Canberra a month ago. Likewise, ball manufacturers Kookaburra have spent the best part of three years researching and developing the pink ball to ensure it resembles the similar mannerisms of its red counterpart. Will the pink ball make for good cricket? Victorian seamer John Hastings didn’t seem to think so after his side’s recent day/night Shield fixture with Queensland at the MCG. The former Australian bowler dismissed the pink ball as being conclusive to a “boring brand of cricket”, with his main concerns being over the lack of hardness, movement or swing once the ball had reached the 15-over mark. Hastings, no neophyte to the pink ball format, has suggested that changing the ball after 50-55 overs instead of the mandatory 80-over mark, which is currently in place in Test cricket, would allow captains to engage in more attacking field placings instead of asking their bowlers to bowl to straight fields. With a lack of conventional swing available after the ball starts to soften during the 15-20 over mark, it’s difficult to imagine a way in which the quick bowlers will succeed during the afternoon session at least. With the lack of reverse-swing also a factor once the ball softens, it could lead to a period of attritional cricket – where both run scoring and wicket taking becomes predominantly difficult. However, curator Hough has this week allied those fears by suggesting the added grass on the wicket will allow for an entertaining battle between bat and ball – something that can’t be said for the wickets on offer at the Gabba and the WACA in recent weeks. Do the twilight and evening periods give the bowlers an unfair advantage? Like ODI cricket with the white ball, its pink equivalent has been known to swing more under the lights. As well as swinging more once the daylight subsides and the floodlights take over – the pink ball, notably a discoloured pink ball, can also be difficult to pick up for both batsmen and fieldsmen once the sun begins to set. This has raised debate over whether the ball will favour the quick bowlers much more in the second and third sessions, than it would do in the afternoon session. Early suggestions are that it almost certainly will – especially judging by the recent round of day/night Shield matches. This issue was raised at the Adelaide Oval earlier this month. When Australian captain Steven Smith, at the time skippering NSW, made an interesting declaration on the first evening, he perhaps set a precedent for future captains in this new format. Once Smith and David Warner were dismissed after a century-stand for the second wicket, it began a collapse as NSW lost eight wickets for 90 runs during the twilight and evening period. With just one wicket remaining Smith had seen enough and declared with the chance to have a bowl at South Australia, in the few remaining overs of the day, simply too good to refuse. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood duly delivered for their captain, leaving the home side precariously placed overnight at 3-3. Faced with a similar situation, expect other captains to follow suit in the search for late evening wickets. It could well give a whole new meaning to the term “nightwatchman”. Will the pink ball favour spin too? It was once perceived that the pink ball would hinder spin bowling during a Test match, but recent statistics have suggested to the contrary. NSW left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe has excelled during his three day/night Shield matches at the Adelaide Oval – so much so that he has been added to the squad for the inaugural Test. In three matches at the venue O’Keefe has taken 18 wickets, including 5-89 and 6-70 in his first day/night fixture there two years ago. And although Australia are likely to favour Nathan Lyon and three seamers, his inclusion at least gives the selectors further options heading into the unknown on a wicket that Hough believes will take “some spin” due to its “coarse and thatchy grass covering”. Another area which can benefit the spin bowlers is the green seam-stitching on the pink ball. On the surface it seems irrelevant what colour the stitching is, but the issue was this week raised by Smith who insisted that he had particular difficulty in picking up the green seam on the spinning ball whilst facing South Australian part-timer Travis Head during a recent Shield match. Will it attract more fans to the ground and on television? The early indications are that ticket sales have been good and a crowd of around 40,000 is expected for the first couple of days. If as expected a crowd of around 40,000 does indeed turn up, then it would surpass the first day totals for the two most recent Ashes matches at the ground in both 2010 and 2013. The match is not just attracting the locals either, around 60% of the non-member ticket sales have been to fans from interstate or overseas – leading to global interest and intrigue over the new concept. Certainly the introduction of “After work” or “Twilight” tickets have added another dimension to the fan’s cricket experience in the local area. The tickets to be priced at $20 for adults and $10 for children – will allow access into the ground from 4pm onwards, meaning that fans can attend play for the final two sessions of the day at a discounted rate. Such concepts are sure to engage the public interest with both workers and school children being offered the chance to still see their hero’s after a busy day elsewhere. For television and more specifically Channel 9, the plan to host the match in Adelaide works perfectly as the network hope to capture primetime viewers in the highly populated Eastern states, similar to the way a Perth Test match would do so. At the end of another Ashes and World Cup cycle, along with the retirement of key players, times are changing for Australian cricket and with an exciting summer ahead; CaughtOutCricket looks at nine key highlights to look out for. New captain and deputy With Michael Clarke now fully retired from international cricket, the time has come for Steven Smith to take over the captaincy on a full time basis for both ODI and Test cricket. Despite having captained for three Tests against India last summer and being appointed as Clarke’s ODI successor after the World Cup triumph in March, Smith now has the time to put his own stamp on the side with the next Ashes and World Cup campaigns not for another two and four years respectively. Smith’s promotion to leader left the side with a lieutenant short and that void has been promptly filled by David Warner. Just a year ago, such a move would have seemed highly unlikely, but the dashing lefthander has since made a conscious effort to improve his on and off field behaviour – even giving up sledging and alcohol during the recent Ashes campaign. Such maturity, coupled with Warner’s previous leadership grooming and a lack of serious alternatives, has led Cricket Australia to make such a decision. A return to Bangladesh It’s been over nine years since Australia last visited Bangladesh for a Test series. On that occasion Jason Gillespie was the hero as he became the first nightwatchman to score a double hundred – in what turned out to be his final Test appearance. That previous series resulted in a 2-0 whitewash – but not without the odd hairy moment as Ricky Ponting led his side to a three-wicket face-saving success in Fatullah before an innings victory followed at Chittagong. Obviously much has changed since then, and with the retirement of Clarke, not a single Australian from that tour now still plays international cricket. This time they return for Tests at both Chittagong and Mirpur against a competitive and improving Tigers – who will have reason to feel confident after a string of impressive recent home results, albeit in limited overs matches. After recent failings in both India and the UAE, all eyes will be on the Australian batsmen as they look to combat their spin woes against the likes of Shakib Al Hasan and Jubair Hossain. New opening partner for Warner With the retirement of Chris Rogers after a brief but successful two-year Test career, Warner is now on the hunt for a new opening comrade for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Despite Shaun Marsh being the reserve opener for the recently concluded Ashes campaign, his inability to play the moving ball looks to have put pay to his chances of long term shot at the job and other candidates are currently being looked at. Joe Burns looks to be an early frontrunner for the opening having being selected as Warner’s partner in an auditioning role during the ongoing ODI series in England. Although the 25-year-old made his Test debut as a number six last summer, he has recently fulfilled the opening role with plenty of success for Queensland. Another option for the opening role is Cameron Bancroft. The Western Australian was third on the Sheffield Shield run scoring charts last summer with 896 runs at 47 and recently scored an impressive 150 during an A tour of India. A solid batsman in the Rogers mould, at 22, Bancroft is very much one for the future. Bowling attack changes Much was made of the exclusion of Peter Siddle during the business-end of the Ashes, when it seemed the pitches provided were tailor made for his style of bowling and a good showing in The Oval match could yet revive his stuttering Test career. Siddle is of course part of an impressive battery of pace bowlers assembled by Australia in recent years and their depth is certain to be tested by a demanding schedule which will include ten Tests, eight ODIs and three T20Is before the summer is out. Such scheduling is sure to mean that the fast bowlers will have to be carefully managed as and when the selectors see fit. Already there has been suggestions that both Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazelwood will be rested for the tour of Bangladesh next month with an eye on the series with New Zealand that follows. Luckily for Australia their fast bowling stocks remain high with the likes of Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, James Pattinson, James Faulkner, Gurinder Sandhu and Nathan Coulter-Nile all waiting in the wings should changes be made. Keeping them all fit remains another matter. New glovesmen Whether you agree with the way in which it was handled or not, the call made on Brad Haddin during the Ashes looks to have ended his Test career. It had been assumed for some time now that Haddin would indeed call it a day in Test cricket after the Ashes – much like he did in the limited overs form after the World Cup in March – but circumstances did not allow for the graceful ending that someone of Haddin’s stature undoubtedly deserved. All the same, sport moves on and Peter Nevill has been entrusted with first dibs on the Test wicketkeeping position. After coming into the side at Lords, Nevill did a steady if not spectacular job both in front and behind the stumps, but it’s too premature to simply declare the position as a closed shop this early on. There are other strong contenders should Nevill’s form dip drastically over the summer months. Matthew Wade, is at 27, two years Nevill’s junior and already a scorer of two Test hundreds across his twelve matches. Should he continue to make waves in the ODI arena – he scored a match winning unbeaten 71 at Southampton in his previous ODI – then there is no reason why he can’t challenge Nevill for a Test berth. Further down the line is the talented 23-year-old Sam Whiteman of Western Australia – who has impressed the Australian cricket hierarchy for a couple of years now – his time will surely come sooner rather than later. A return to the Trans-Tasman rivalry After a near four-year exile, Australia and New Zealand will again meet to compete for the Trans-Tasman Trophy this summer with five Tests scheduled across both countries. The duel will begin in Australia at the beginning of November with Tests set for: The Gabba, The WACA and a day-night game at the Adelaide Oval (More of that next). It will then conclude in New Zealand in February with matches at The Basin Reserve in Wellington and Christchurch’s Hagley Oval. The previous encounter between the pair was a competitively fought two-Test contest that finished one-each in December 2011. That series marked the debuts of Pattinson, Starc and Warner for Australia and Trent Boult for New Zealand and that same quartet will all be looking to make an impact this time around. Furthermore the two sides will also meet for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy prior to the return leg of their Test clash in New Zealand. The famous named trophy – currently belonging to the Black Caps after their World Cup group triumph at Eden Park in February – is back up for grabs across three matches as it is set to be played more frequently under the new future tours programme. The trophy was originally contested annually from 2004–05 until 2009–10 as a three- or five-match series with Australia currently holding the upper hand with four victories to New Zealand’s two. The first day-night Test match After years of uncertainty and debate, the first ever day-night Test match will finally be staged at the Adelaide Oval on November 27th. The historic event will mark the first Test to be played under lights with the new, heavily trailed, pink Kookaburra ball and will begin at 2pm ACDT time. Much intrigue and scepticism surrounds the move for day-night Test cricket, with issues such as notwithstanding the traditions of the game and the condition and behaviour of the pink ball under lights, being the most prominent. The move was brought about of course to improve attendances and television audiences across Australia with CA chief exclusive James Sutherland having campaigned for the move for seven years. Like Sutherland, Coach Darren Lehmann and CA board member Mark Taylor have both supported the move, but it hasn’t been everyone’s cup of tea with players like Mitchell Starc being unsure how the new pink ball will replicate the mannerisms of its red counterpart. It seems nobody truly knows how the pink ball will react under the rigors of day-night Test cricket. So watch this space. New Matador Cup team The Matador BBQs One-Day Cup has had mixed success since its change of format in 2013-14, with the limited overs competition now being played in Sydney to its entirety in one three-week block at the beginning of the Australian summer. Some argue that it’s good to play the one-day format in a single block, while others argue that it should be played continually throughout the summer so to lead up to the annual ODI series played in the New Year. Either way this year’s competition is set to include a seventh side in the form of a Cricket Australia XI. The team to be simply known as the CA XI is a two-year trial project, with the 15-man squad set to be comprised of un-contracted state players and national youth squad members. The squad will be selected by State Talent Managers and guided by the National Selection Panel, while former England bowling coach and Bupa National Cricket Centre head coach Troy Cooley will coach the side with assistance from High Performance Coach Graeme Hick. It is hoped that the team will include the likes of Australian U19 starlet Jake Doran, an 18-year-old wicketkeeper batsman who has dominated his age group over the past year. Cricket set to leave The WACA for Burswood And finally, although technically it won’t directly come into effect until 2018, the changing of the guard in Perth is a huge one for cricket in Australia. International cricket has been played on the fast and bouncy pitches of The WACA for over forty years, but although that will remain the case for the foreseeable, the cities’ premium international and Big Bash fixtures will now be moved to a brand new 60,000-capacity stadium across the Swan river at Burswood. Visiting teams from England, India and South Africa will play all of their Perth fixtures at the new Burswood ground from 2018 onwards as the old WACA ground will be downsized to a “boutique” venue with a capacity of 10,000-15,000. While all other countries, barring those mentioned above, will still play international fixtures at The WACA and Western Australia will continue to play Shield fixtures there – it seems a somewhat sad chapter in the history of Western Australian cricket with the great Dennis Lillee among those opposing the move. 54.005996 -0.443377 Investec Ashes 2015 Both Warner and his country will feel Rogers’ retirement. As the old saying goes, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone, for Australia and David Warner, the same could be said of the brief, but successful Test career of Christopher John Llewellyn Rogers. On the first day at The Oval, a day when Test cricket returned to its former self, wickets were earned and the run rate hovered at under four-an-over again, Australia were reminded what they will miss when opener Rogers calls it a day upon the conclusion of this match. The 37-year-old only made 43, just one run higher than his Test average, but it was a typical Rogers innings, made alongside his opening partner of two years Warner, that laid the bedrock of the Australian batting effort after two first innings capitulations at both Edgbaston and Trent Bridge. While much has been made of Captain Michael Clarke’s decision to retire at the end of this match, Rogers’ own retirement has gone somewhat under the radar – much like his career as a whole, but one man who will surely miss “Bucky” when he is retired is Warner. The hole left by the veteran left-hander will be a significant one for Warner. Alongside Rogers, he has enjoyed the most prolific batting form of his career. His career was beginning to spiral out of control after he was suspended for an altercation with Joe Root in a Birmingham bar before the adjacent Ashes tour two years ago before he found a perfect ally at the top of the order. His first association with Rogers started later on that same tour as the pair recorded their first hundred stand together in a narrow defeat at Chester-le-Street. The impact that Rogers has had on his younger partner’s game has been substantial. Since opening alongside Rogers, Warner’s batting average has increased from 38 to the 46 it is currently. But it’s not just the numbers that mean everything in this alliance. Warner’s stint alongside Rogers has coincided with a greater maturity in not just his game but also in his general life. Warner was named as Steve Smith’s new Test deputy this week as a sign of his greater maturity and understanding of the game in the past year. While much of that greater maturity and responsibility in his game has stemmed from his new calmer lifestyle – coinciding with his marriage and the birth of his first child, some credit must also go to Rogers, who has been a calming influence from 22-yards for the past two years. In a fairly brief but plentiful affair, the pair has added 2053 runs together in 41 innings, spanning across Africa, Asia, Australia and the United Kingdom, all at an average partnership of 51.32. Sitting alongside Bill Lawry/Bob Simpson, only Matthew Hayden/Justin Langer (14) and Michael Slater/Mark Taylor (10) have tallied more than their nine century opening partnerships for Australia. Since they came together, their 2053 runs in unison for the opening partnership is miles ahead of the next best pair among their contemporises with Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva second best, having combined for 944 runs with just two hundred stands. While Australia’s batting has on average been hugely disappointing this series, effectively losing them the third and fourth Tests, if it not for the Rogers/Warner association at the top of the order then it could have been even worse. The pair has contributed 514 runs together at an average of 62.77 – This stacks up favourably against England’s problems at the top of the order, where Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth’s opening partnership has added just 128 runs at 16. Although they are diverse figures, with personalities that could not be much different – Rogers enjoys crosswords and Warner more confrontation – their contrasting batting styles have been married successfully. Rogers is a blocker, who in general likes to nudge and nurdle the ball around for ones and twos, while occasionally branching out with boundaries through the off side when set. His fellow comrade Warner is a man brought up through the T20 era of heavy bats and big muscles – a “see-ball-hit-ball” opener in the mould of Virender Sehwag. The fascinating part of their relationship though is their different personalities. Never huge ones to socialise much away from the field as Hayden and Langer famously did on many occasions, there has been wide of the mark media talk during this series that the pair don’t particularly get along away from the middle. Such talk was soon shot down by Warner as he posted a picture of the two together on his Instagram account. Nevertheless, Rogers has stuck to his guns by announcing his widely expected retirement at the conclusion of this series, which leaves the Australian selectors with an opening post to fill before their series with Bangladesh in October. Suggestions are that Joe Burns will be given the first opportunity to stake claim to the opening spot vacated by Rogers. The 25-year-old, from Queensland, has been given the nod, ahead of Usman Khawaja, to open alongside Warner in the ODI series that follows the Ashes and will see the opportunity as a opening to secure his place in the Test side. Another candidate is Western Australia’s Cameron Bancroft. A young opener in the Langer and Rogers mould, Bancroft has had success on the recent A tour of India and could be given a run in the side as Australia’s batting overhaul is set to continue. But before all that can begin, Australia will look to cherish the careers of both Clarke and Rogers with a victory at The Oval as they look to finish a series of farewells on a positive note. For Rogers, originally brought into the side as a short term stop gap with experience in English conditions, he can be quietly satisfied with his two-year 25 Test career, in which he has amassed 2006 runs at an average of 42.87 – Australia and Warner will be sad to see him go. The Investec Ashes 2015 If spin won’t get them then swing and seam surely will. The Australian total of 136 all out on the first day of the third Ashes Test reads all too familiar for this side on their travels in the recent past. Make no mistake about it, this is no aberration for Australia, they have been notoriously bad tourists for a long time now. Too many times their top order batting has collapsed in the face of decent spin or swing bowling – on many occasions they have been bailed out by their lower order, but not on this occasion as even though their final three batsmen all made double figures (the same total the top eight managed) they look sure to surrender the advantage they gained in the series with a thumping victory at Lords ten days previous. If it not for Chris Rogers, who just a few days ago looked uncertain to even play in this match, then they would have struggled to have even past three figures – all on a pitch that had Michael Clarke grinning with glee upon winning the toss at 10:30 this morning. It was hardly a surprise that Rogers was the most accustomed batsman in trying but not treacherous conditions as James Anderson and co made use of the overcast conditions to send the Australians back to the shed almost quicker than their teammates could open their kit bags. Rogers, almost certainly due to retire at the conclusion of this series, is the only Australian batsman who looks comfortable when the ball is seaming and swinging like it did in Birmingham today. Part of this is of course because he has enjoyed over a decade of service in County cricket, where he has represented Derbyshire, Northants, Leicestershire and Middlesex – scoring over 15,000 first-class runs in due course. But another way in which Rogers has succeeded is that he has been particularly strong at waiting for the ball to come to him as much as possible and playing it as late as he can – many of his teammates should take notice. David Warner received a good one first up from Anderson, a ball that nipped back to trap him in front before Steven Smith, fresh off a double hundred at Lords, played too aggressively at one from the returning Steven Finn that left him a touch to be caught in the slips. One soon became two for Finn as he yorked the horribly out of form Clarke with a delivery that he seemed slow to pick up. As the rain came and went, Australia post-lunch batting was a precession of ordinary shot play on a pitch that was no minefield. Adam Voges nicked off after trying to leave a ball from Anderson and the same man soon picked up Mitchell Marsh, playing an expansive drive to one he should have left to be out for nought. Peter Nevill, chosen ahead of the more experienced Brad Haddin for this encounter, left one he should have played only to see his off stump knocked back and Anderson was soon celebrating his five-for with the wicket of Mitchell Johnson, who was caught low down in the gully. Anderson’s 6-47 were his best figures against Australia. When Stuart Broad returned to finally nail Rogers for 52 with a straight one that he seemed to completely miss, the damage was well and truly done, Australia will have their work cut out to not find themselves 2-1 down with two to play. Much was made of England’s inability to leave the ball well while they were being rolled over for just 103 in their second innings at Lords, and much of the same can be directed towards their Australian counterparts. England lasted just 37 overs in that innings. Here Australia lasted two balls less than that. It’s not the first time the Australian batting has collapsed away from home to either quality pace or spin. Times such as the 47 all out at Cape Town in 2011 spring to mind as does the 128 they managed against England at Lords in 2013 from which they never recovered from in the series as they lost their third successive away Ashes campaign. The same could be said of their capitulation here – a potential series turner perhaps. In the grand scheme of things this latest setback should not be a surprise to those who follow Australian cricket closely. Since they won a two-Test series in New Zealand in early 2010, they have only won back-to-back Test matches once on the road, and that once came in the West Indies last month against a poor side ranked eighth in the world. Since, they have struggled against the wobbling ball in England and South Africa and against the spinning ball on their two previous tours to the subcontinent, in India 2013 and the UAE last year. This is not a great batting outfit when taken out of their own conditions. Rogers has struggled hugely in spinning conditions, whilst the likes of Warner, Smith and Shane Watson have all previously struggled against the swinging ball, when you also throw in that Voges, Mitchell Marsh and Nevill are fresh to Test cricket and Clarke is ridiculously out of form then it doesn’t read for pretty reading. If Clarke continues to struggle in this series, it’s not inconceivable that it could be his last – certainly as captain and maybe even as player. But it’s hard to find alternatives at this stage. Shaun Marsh has also previously struggled against the new swinging ball and is next in line among the batsman on this tour whilst Joe Burns, another who has debuted in Test cricket recently, has just finished a stint with Middlesex, in English conditions without a whole heap of success. The end line of it is that there just isn’t enough quality young batsmen knocking on the door in Australia who are accustomed at playing the swinging ball – hence the reason that 37-year-old Rogers and 35-year-old Voges are still donning the baggy green this series. For England, they finally got the pitch they have been crying out for since the series began in Cardiff – one with something in it for their fast bowlers. This pitch had both more grass and pace in it than the previous two offerings at Cardiff and Lords. In a nutshell it was tailor made for Anderson. After their 169-run defeat at Cardiff, Australian coach Darren Lehmann was suggesting if not moaning about the lack of pace in the wicket produced in south Wales, at Lords a similar wicket was rolled out with the Australian’s coaxing far more out of it than their English counterparts. On that occasion Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazelwood, (all generally quicker bowlers than any of the English), used the conditions far better to their advantage and suggestions in the England camp were that they needed to make better use of their home comforts and start producing English wickets to aid the likes of Anderson and Broad. Low and behold it was an English wicket and standard English cloud cover at Edgbaston, to their detriment the Australian’s played it the way they have been playing on seamer-friendly wickets far too often on their recent travels – very badly. Advantage England. 54.005996 -0.443377 The Investec Ashes 2015 The fates of David Warner and Jos Buttler vital to either side Hurrah, the build up is finally over! The sledging, the predictable interviews and all the nonsense that goes with an Ashes series build up is almost complete – It’s time to bring on the cricket!! Australia will start as slight favourites, due to their superior fast bowling depth, but only slight favourites. A tight series waits between two sides that are not by all means finished articles. England is still a side in transition while Australia still has a few worries with their batting and the age of their squad. Like the beginning of most Ashes campaigns there remain plenty of questions to be answered for both sides. Will England walk the talk and play with the aggression and freedom they have promised and that they showed in their recent ODI series with New Zealand? They certainly have the players in their side to go with this new philosophy brought about by a combination of a new coaching set up, some new blood and a mimicking of a Brendan McCullum-led New Zealand. If they are to go with this new theory then they will need huge contributions from their attack-minded middle order of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. Buttler could well be the key player for England. If you look at the way in which Brad Haddin outperformed Matt Prior in the 5-0 whitewash eighteen months ago, you could say after destruction caused by Mitchell Johnson, the way that Haddin rescued the Australians with counterattacking innings was the defining moment of the series. Buttler could well be that man for England. Despite playing just eight Tests since being fast tracked into the side to replace the injured Matt Prior, Buttler has made a promising start to his career with the bat in particular. He has the ability to play not just the swashbuckling innings that he is renowned for in one day cricket but to get his head down in times of need and pace a ‘proper’ Test innings. This was evident during his most recent Test innings where he scored a rearguard 147-ball knock of 73, as others around him simply threw their wickets away. But of course with his exploits in ODI cricket in the past year, the hundreds against Sri Lanka and New Zealand of course stand out; he has the ability and talent to take the game away from the opposition in Test cricket too, much in the way that Adam Gilchrist used to for Australia. Another bonus for Buttler is that he has Moeen Ali behind him in the batting order at number eight. This should allow Buttler even more freedom, knowing that he has a batsman who has made his living in county cricket as a number three, below him in the order. Like England, questions still remain for Australia. How will Steve Smith react to batting at number three in English conditions is a question that has been flying around in the media for the past few weeks, but equally important is how David Warner will go about his business conquering both James Anderson and Stuart Broad with the new cherry in their hands. Warner is certainly coming into the series a more compact and mature cricketer than the one who arrived on English shores two years ago and made the headlines first by having a twitter row with two Australian journalists and then by punching Joe Root after a Champions Trophy defeat in Birmingham. Warner’s game has improved massively to the point that it’s hard to look past him, alongside an inform Alastair Cook and India’s Murali Vijay as the world’s top opening batsman. But while he remains a superb player on the fast and bouncy wickets found in Australia and South Africa, opening the batting in overcast English conditions remains a different kettle of fish. Warner must find the correct balance between his batting with gay abandon approach and the caution required to succeed in England. If he is to do this, then forget Smith, Warner – with his ability to take the game away from the opposition in just a session, could well be Australia’s key batsman in the series. Another key battle that could go some way to deciding the winner of the Ashes is the fates of the veteran pair Michael Clarke and Ian Bell. After both making their Test debuts in 2004 the pair now aged 33 and 34 respectfully are the only survivors from what was perhaps the greatest Ashes series of them all ten years ago and it’s not inconceivable that it could be their final campaigns against their old foes. They have both played 110 Test matches and between them they have scored almost sixteen thousand Test runs to go with fifty Test hundreds and unlike many current batsman on either side, they have the experience of having performed in previous Ashes campaigns. Clarke has seven Ashes hundreds to his name, while Bell has four – including three in the series between the sides two years ago, a campaign in which he went on to become the player of the series. But while both men remain vital to their sides, their current form remains a concern. Clarke has averaged just 30 in the last year and has had serious back and hamstring injuries which have affected his ability to play long innings in the middle, he has been replaced by Smith as the sides best batsman and one wonders how long it will be until he is replaced by the younger man as the teams captain. He did spend vital time in the middle against Essex in the last warm up fixture at Chelmsford, where he scored 71 and will be confident he can return to lead his side with the crucial runs he has scored in the past. For Bell it’s a similar story. Despite scoring a hundred in the first innings of the first Test during his side’s tour of the West Indies in April and May, it has been a lean time with the willow in hand. His recent Test scores read: 11, 1, 0, 0, 1, 29, 12 and 1. Like Clarke with Smith, he too has been replaced as his Country’s premier batsman by the emergence of Joe Root. Bell though still has plenty to offer this England side which includes plenty of youth and not a whole lot of experience. Alongside his captain, Bell has to step up as a senior batsman especially as the side step away from the era which included Kevin Pietersen and Jonathon Trott in the middle order. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. There was talk of England including Adil Rashid in their side as an extra spin option alongside Moeen Ali, but with recent weather in Cardiff keeping the pitch wet and damp that idea will now be put on the backburner. It remains likely that they will go in with the same side that played the two Test matches against New Zealand earlier in the summer with Mark Wood getting the final seamers spot ahead of the recalled Steven Finn. For Australia, the retirement of Ryan Harris means that its likely they will go in with the same bowling line up that they used in Jamaica last month, meaning Josh Hazelwood and Mitchell Starc with start alongside England’s tormentor of eighteen months ago Mitchell Johnson. With the current grass on the wicket, there has been talk that Clarke will go into the match with four seamers but it seems unlikely that Peter Siddle with get the nod ahead of spinner Nathan Lyon. Elsewhere, Shane Watson looks to have won the all-rounder’s spot ahead of the younger Mitchell Marsh. Watson’s bowling is seen as the stronger between the two especially in English conditions and he will be given at least the first Test as the current incumbent in the side. Likely line-ups: England: 1. Cook, 2. Lyth, 3. Ballance, 4. Bell, 5. Root, 6. Stokes, 7. Buttler, 8. Moeen Ali, 9. Broad, 10. Wood, 11. Anderson. Australia: 1. Rogers, 2. Warner, 3. Smith, 4. Clarke, 5. Voges, 6. Watson, 7. Haddin, 8. Johnson, 9. Starc, 10. Hazelwood, 11. Lyon. 54.005996 -0.443377
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Shield live score 2009/10, squads, match schedules, Sheffield Shield points table, fixtures, updates, photos, and videos on ESPNcricinfo.	en	https://wassets.hscicdn.com/static/images/favicon.ico	ESPNcricinfo	https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sheffield-shield-2009-10-411985	RESULT Melbourne, March 10 - 12, 2010 , Sheffield Shield TAS 222 & 114 VIC 382 Victoria won by an innings and 46 runs RESULT Sydney, March 10 - 12, 2010 , Sheffield Shield NSW 550/9d SOA (fo) 267 & 244 NSW won by an innings and 39 runs
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AustraliaFormatFirst-classFirst edition1892–93Latest edition2023–24Tournament formatDouble round-robin, then finalNumber of teams6Current championWestern Australia (18th title)Most successfulNew South Wales (47 titles)Most runsDarren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runsMost wicketsClarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wicketsTVCricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches)WebsiteCricket Australia 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition. History of Australia cricket [edit] In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace. The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to the New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia. The three colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches. The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for the Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki,[1] won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 in × 30 in (109 cm × 76 cm) silver shield. The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming the Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup, then to the Pura Cup the following season.[2] Pura is a brand name of National Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese. The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$220,000, with the winners receiving A$75,000 and the runners up A$45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from the start of the 2008–09 season, and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix".[3] Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company. In the 2019–20 season, Marsh took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan Companies' acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017. Teams [edit] Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below. Team name Team nickname Home ground/s[a] Inaugural season First title Last title Shield titles Wooden spoons Team captain/s New South Wales Blues[b] Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground 1892–93 1895–96 2019–20 47 12 Kurtis Patterson Queensland Bulls[c] Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground 1926–27 1994–95 2020–21 9 24 Usman Khawaja South Australia Redbacks[d] Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval 1892–93 1893–94 1995–96 13 49 Travis Head Tasmania Tigers Bellerive Oval 1977–78 2006–07 2012–13 3 14 Matthew Wade Victoria Bushrangers[e] Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground 1892–93 1892–93 2018–19 32 18 Peter Handscomb Western Australia Warriors[f] Perth Stadium WACA Ground 1947–48 1947-48 2023–24 18 5 Mitchell Marsh Venues [edit] Below are the venues that will host Sheffield Shield matches during the 2022–23 season. Adelaide Oval Allan Border Field Blundstone Arena Citi Power Centre Adelaide, South Australia Brisbane, Queensland Hobart, Tasmania Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 6,500 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 7,000 Drummoyne Oval The Gabba Karen Rolten Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney, New South Wales Brisbane, Queensland Adelaide, South Australia Melbourne, Victoria Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 100,024 North Dalton Park Sydney Cricket Ground WACA Ground Wollongong, New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales Perth, Western Australia Capacity: 5,500 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 24,000 Competition format [edit] Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions: South Australia had no home game with: Victoria in 1901–02 or 1903–04; either opponent in 1907–08; New South Wales in 1910–11. Queensland and South Australia played only once (in South Australia) in 1926–27. Western Australia played each team only once from their debut in 1946–47 until 1955–56 inclusive. Tasmania played each team only once from their debut in 1977–78 until 1981–82 inclusive. In 2019–20 the season was curtailed after nine rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The 2020–21 season was heavily affected by COVID-19 lockdowns, with QLD playing 9 games, Tasmania and South Australia 8, and Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria playing 7 each. Unusually for the Sheffield Shield, Victoria and New South Wales played each other 3 times during the home and away portion of the season. Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis. Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28.[7] In 1940–41, however, the Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds;[8] however financially these were unsuccessful.[9] The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at the Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941.[10] Final [edit] Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie, the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team.[7] Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield.[11] No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] Points system [edit] A number of different systems have been used over the years. Currently, points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table. Result Points [13] An outright win (irrespective of the first innings result) 6 A tie (irrespective of the first innings result) 3 An outright loss (irrespective of the first innings result) 0 Abandoned or drawn matches (irrespective of the first innings result) 1 Bonus batting .01 for every run above 200 in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus bowling 0.1 for taking each wicket in the first 100 overs of the first innings of each team only Bonus point example – If after 100 overs the score is 8/350, the batting team would receive 1.5 points ([350 − 200] × 0.01), and the bowling side would receive 0.8 points (0.1 for each wicket) Quotient (team's batting average divided by its bowling average) is used to separate teams which finish on an equal number of points. Teams can be penalised points for failing to maintain an adequate over rate. The bonus bowling points were modified for the 2016–17 season. For the 2014–15 and 2015–16 seasons, the bowling team received 0.5 points for taking the 5th, 7th and 9th wickets (a maximum 1.5 points). Previous systems [edit] The Shield was initially envisaged as a match-by-match challenge trophy; it was originally determined on 4 January 1893 that it would first be awarded to the winner of the next inter-colonial match (which was, in fact, the fourth of the season), and then would pass in perpetuity to any team which defeated the holder of the trophy;[14] But on 30 January, it was decided instead to award the Shield to the team which won the most intercolonial matches across the season.[15] The quotient has been used as a tie-breaker for teams on equal points since 1893–94. First innings points were introduced in 1932–33 and used until 1970–71.[16][17] Bonus points for first innings batting and bowling were used from 1971–72 to 1980–81 inclusive. During the first 100 (eight-ball) overs of each side's first innings, a maximum of 10 batting bonus points could be attained. They were awarded for every 25 runs scored from 175 to 400 inclusive. A maximum of 5 bowling bonus points were available, initially upon capture of the second, fourth, sixth, eighth and last wickets. This was later changed to wickets 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 as batting teams often declared when 9 wickets down to deny the bowling side the additional bonus point. Competition placings [edit] Prior to the introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in the event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo[18] and the Cricket Archive.[19] 1892–93 to 1925–26 [edit] Season Winner Second Third 1892–93 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1893–94 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1894–95 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1895–96 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1896–97 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1897–98 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1898–99 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1899–1900 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1900–01 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1901–02 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1902–03 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1903–04 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1904–05 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1905–06 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1906–07 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1907–08 Victoria South Australia New South Wales 1908–09 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1909–10 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1910–11 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1911–12 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1912–13 South Australia New South Wales Victoria 1913–14 New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1914–15 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1915–16 Not contested due to World War I 1916–17 Not contested due to World War I 1917–18 Not contested due to World War I 1918–19 Not contested due to World War I 1919–20 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1920–21 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1921–22 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1922–23 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1923–24 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1924–25 Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1925–26 New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1926–27 to 1946–47 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth 1926–27 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland 1927–28 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1928–29 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia 1929–30 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1930–31 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1931–32 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1932–33 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland 1933–34 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1934–35 Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1935–36 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1936–37 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1937–38 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1938–39 South Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales 1939–40 New South Wales South Australia Victoria Queensland 1940–41 Not contested due to World War II 1941–42 Not contested due to World War II 1942–43 Not contested due to World War II 1943–44 Not contested due to World War II 1944–45 Not contested due to World War II 1945–46 Not contested due to World War II 1946–47 Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia 1947–48 to 1976–77 [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth 1947–48 Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland Victoria 1948–49 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Western Australia 1949–50 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1950–51 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1951–52 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1952–53 South Australia New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland 1953–54 New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Western Australia 1954–55 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1955–56 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1956–57 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1957–58 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 1958–59 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia 1959–60 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1960–61 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Queensland South Australia 1961–62 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia 1962–63 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1963–64 South Australia Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia 1964–65 New South Wales Victoria South Australia Western Australia Queensland 1965–66 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Victoria Queensland 1966–67 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Queensland 1967–68 Western Australia Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland 1968–69 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales 1969–70 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia Queensland 1970–71 South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland 1971–72 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1972–73 Western Australia South Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland 1973–74 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia South Australia 1974–75 Western Australia Queensland Victoria New South Wales South Australia 1975–76 South Australia Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Victoria 1976–77 Western Australia Victoria Queensland New South Wales South Australia 1977–78 to present [edit] Season Winner Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth 1977–78 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1978–79 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1979–80 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 1980–81 Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania South Australia 1981–82 South Australia New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1982–83 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Queensland Victoria 1983–84 Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales South Australia Victoria 1984–85 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria Tasmania 1985–86 New South Wales Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1986–87 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1987–88 Western Australia Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Tasmania 1988–89 Western Australia South Australia Queensland New South Wales Tasmania Victoria 1989–90 New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia Victoria 1990–91 Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania 1991–92 Western Australia New South Wales Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania 1992–93 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Victoria 1993–94 New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia Victoria South Australia Queensland 1994–95 Queensland South Australia Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania 1995–96 South Australia Western Australia Queensland Tasmania New South Wales Victoria 1996–97 Queensland Western Australia New South Wales Tasmania Victoria South Australia 1997–98 Western Australia Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia 1998–99 Western Australia Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 1999–2000 Queensland Victoria Western Australia South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2000–01 Queensland Victoria New South Wales Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2001–02 Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia Victoria New South Wales 2002–03 New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Tasmania 2003–04 Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2004–05 New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia Tasmania 2005–06 Queensland Victoria South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2006–07 Tasmania New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia 2007–08 New South Wales Victoria Western Australia Tasmania South Australia Queensland 2008–09 Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales 2009–10 Victoria Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania South Australia 2010–11 Tasmania New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Victoria South Australia 2011–12 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2012–13 Tasmania Queensland New South Wales Victoria Western Australia South Australia 2013–14 New South Wales Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania Victoria 2014–15 Victoria Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2015–16 Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania 2016–17 Victoria South Australia Western Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 2017–18 Queensland Tasmania Victoria Western Australia New South Wales South Australia 2018–19 Victoria New South Wales Western Australia Queensland Tasmania South Australia 2019–20 New South Wales Victoria Queensland Tasmania Western Australia South Australia 2020–21 Queensland New South Wales Western Australia Tasmania Victoria South Australia 2021–22 Western Australia Victoria Tasmania New South Wales Queensland South Australia 2022–23 Western Australia Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania New South Wales 2023-24 Western Australia Tasmania New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland Player of the Year [edit] The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season.[20] Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over the season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions. Season Winner(s) 1975–76 Ian Chappell (SA), Greg Chappell (Qld) 1976–77 Richie Robinson (Vic) 1977–78 David Ogilvie (Qld) 1978–79 Peter Sleep (SA) 1979–80 Ian Chappell (SA) 1980–81 Greg Chappell (Qld) 1981–82 Kepler Wessels (Qld) 1982–83 Kim Hughes (WA) 1983–84 Brian Davison (Tas), John Dyson (NSW) 1984–85 David Boon (Tas) 1985–86 Allan Border (Qld) 1986–87 Craig McDermott (Qld) 1987–88 Dirk Tazelaar (Qld), Mark Waugh (NSW) 1988–89 Tim May (SA) 1989–90 Mark Waugh (NSW) 1990–91 Stuart Law (Qld) 1991–92 Tony Dodemaide (Vic) 1992–93 Jamie Siddons (SA) 1993–94 Matthew Hayden (Qld) 1994–95 Dean Jones (Vic) 1995–96 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1996–97 Andy Bichel (Qld) 1997–98 Dene Hills (Tas) 1998–99 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 1999–2000 Darren Lehmann (SA) 2000–01 Jamie Cox (Tas) 2001–02 Brad Hodge (Vic), Jimmy Maher (Qld) 2002–03 Clinton Perren (Qld) 2003–04 Matthew Elliott (Vic) 2004–05 Michael Bevan (Tas) 2005–06 Andy Bichel (Qld) 2006–07 Chris Rogers (WA) 2007–08 Simon Katich (NSW) 2008–09 Phillip Hughes (NSW) 2009–10 Chris Hartley (Qld) 2010–11 James Hopes (Qld) 2011–12 Jackson Bird (Tas) 2012–13 Ricky Ponting (Tas) 2013–14 Marcus North (WA) 2014–15 Adam Voges (WA) 2015–16 Travis Head (SA) 2016–17 Chadd Sayers (SA) 2017–18 Chris Tremain (Vic) 2018–19 Scott Boland (Vic) 2019–20 Moises Henriques (NSW), Nic Maddinson (Vic) 2020–21 Nathan Lyon (NSW) 2021–22 Henry Hunt (SA), Travis Dean (Vic) 2022–23 Michael Neser (Qld) 2023–24 Beau Webster (Tas) Records [edit] Individual records [edit] Most matches played [edit] Rank Matches Player Period 1 161 Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 2 159 John Inverarity (WA/SA) 1962–63 to 1984–85 3 147 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 4 146 Jamie Siddons (SA/Vic) 1985 to 2000 5 142 Stuart Law (QLD) 1988 to 2004 Source: [1]. Last updated: 26 March 2018. Players representing three states [edit] Player Career States Matches Graeme Watson 1964–65 to 1976–77 NSW, Vic, WA 60 Gary Cosier 1971–72 to 1980–81 Vic, SA, Qld 46 Trevor Chappell 1972–73 to 1984–85 NSW, SA, WA 63 Rod McCurdy 1980–81 to 1984–85 SA, Tas, Vic 33 Dirk Wellham 1980–81 to 1991–92 NSW, Qld, Tas 99 Colin Miller 1985–86 to 2001–02 Vic, SA, Tas 84 Michael Bevan 1989–90 to 2006–07 SA, NSW, Tas 118 Shane Watson 2000–01 to 2015–16 Tas, Qld, NSW 81 Shane Jurgensen 1999–2000 to 2006–07 WA, Tas, Qld 23 Aiden Blizzard 2007–08 to 2012–13 Vic, SA, Tas 21 Michael Klinger 1998–99 to 2018–19 Vic, SA, WA 122 Gurinder Sandhu 2012–13 to 2021–22 NSW, Tas, Qld 33 Source: A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong, p. 278. Last updated: 30 Nov 2008. Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic). Team records [edit] Team results [edit] Rank Team Entered Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied % Won 1 New South Wales 1892–93 900 378 257 264 1 42 2 Victoria 1892–93 896 347 253 295 1 38.72 3 Western Australia 1947–48 665 237 205 223 0 35.63 4 Queensland 1926–27 786 250 269 266 1 31.8 5 South Australia 1892–93 885 241 406 237 1 27.23 6 Tasmania 1977–78 438 109 172 157 0 24.88 Source: [2]. Last updated: 26 March 2023. Highest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 1107 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1926–27 2 918 New South Wales South Australia Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1900–01 3 900/6d Queensland Victoria Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 2005–06 4 821/7d South Australia Queensland Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1939–40 5 815 New South Wales Victoria Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1908–09 Source: [3]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Lowest team totals [edit] Rank Total Team Opponent Venue Season 1 27 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1955–56 2 29 South Australia New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 2004–05 3 31 Victoria New South Wales Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1906–07 4 32 New South Wales Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2020–21 5 35 Victoria New South Wales Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1926–27 Source: [4]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Batting records [edit] Highest individual scores [edit] Rank Runs Player Match Venue Season 1 452* Don Bradman (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 1929–30 2 437 Bill Ponsford (Vic) Victoria v Queensland Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1927–28 3 365* Clem Hill (SA) South Australia v New South Wales Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1900–01 4 359 Bob Simpson (NSW) New South Wales v Queensland Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 1963–64 5 357 Don Bradman (SA) South Australia v Victoria Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 1935–36 Source: [5]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Most career runs [edit] Rank Runs Player Career 1 13,635 (266 inns.) Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 1987–88 to 2007–08 2 10,821 (295 inns.) Jamie Cox (Tas) 1987–88 to 2005–06 3 10,643 (259 inns.) Jamie Siddons (Vic/SA) 1984–85 to 1999–2000 4 10,621 (211 inns.) Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 1989–90 to 2006–07 5 10,474 (254 inns.) Brad Hodge (Vic) 1993–94 to 2009–10 Source: [6]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Most runs in a season [edit] Rank Runs Player Average Season 1 1,506 (17 inns.) Simon Katich (NSW) 94.12 2007–08 2 1,464 (18 inns.) Michael Bevan (Tas) 97.60 2004–05 3 1,381 (20 inns.) Matthew Elliott (Vic) 81.23 2003–04 4 1,358 (20 inns.) Adam Voges (WA) 104.46 2014–15 5 1,254 (18 inns.) Graham Yallop (Vic) 69.66 1982–83 Source: [7]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Highest batting averages [edit] Most centuries [edit] Rank Centuries Player Matches 1 45 Darren Lehmann (SA/Vic) 147 2 42 Michael Bevan (SA/NSW/Tas) 118 3 36 Don Bradman (NSW/SA) 62 4 33 Chris Rogers (WA/Vic) 120 5 32 Matthew Elliott (Vic/SA) 122 Source: [9]. Last updated: 25 March 2015. Bowling records [edit] Most career wickets [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Average 1 513 Clarrie Grimmett (Vic/SA) 79 25.29 2 441 Michael Kasprowicz (Qld) 101 24.56 3 430 Andy Bichel (Qld) 89 23.24 4 419 Jo Angel (WA) 105 24.86 5 384 Terry Alderman (WA) 97 24.21 Source: [10]. Last updated: 22 March 2012. Most wickets in a season [edit] Rank Wickets Player Matches Season 1 67 Colin Miller (Tas) 11 1997–98 2 65 Shaun Tait (SA) 10 2004–05 3 62 Chadd Sayers (SA) 11 2016–17 4 60 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (Vic) 6 1934–35 5 60 Andy Bichel (Qld) 11 2004–05 6 60 Ben Hilfenhaus (Tas) 11 2006–07 Source: [11]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Best career average [edit] Rank Average Player Balls Wickets 1 17.10 Bill O'Reilly (NSW) 10,740 203 2 17.74 Joel Garner (SA) 2,419 55 3 17.87 Geff Noblet (SA) 11,156 190 4 18.09 Pat Crawford (NSW) 2,517 61 5 19.08 Charles Turner (NSW) 3,920 73 Qualification: 2000 balls bowled. Source: [12]. Last updated: 31 March 2019. Hat-tricks [edit] Many bowlers have taken a hat-trick in the Sheffield Shield. Mitchell Starc is the only bowler to take two hat-tricks in a Sheffield Shield match. In round two of the 2017–18 competition, Starc became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in each innings of a first-class cricket match in Australia.[21] He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to take a two hat-tricks in each innings of a first-class match.[22] In a match from 4–7 November 2017, New South Wales played against Western Australia at Hurstville Oval. In Western Australia's first innings, Starc dismissed Jason Behrendorff, David Moody and Simon Mackin in consecutive deliveries;[23] in the second innings he dismissed Behrendorff, Moody and Jonathan Wells in consecutive deliveries. Wicket-keeping records [edit] Most dismissals [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Matches 1 546 (499 c. 47 st.) Darren Berry (SA/Vic) 139 2 545 (530 c. 15 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 128 3 488 (474 c. 14 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 101 4 350 (322 c. 28 st.) Tim Zoehrer (WA) 107 5 343 (310 c. 33 st.) Rod Marsh (WA) 86 Source: [13]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. Most dismissals in a season [edit] Rank Dismissals Player Season 1 59 (57 c. 2 st.) Alex Carey (SA) 2016–17 2 58 (57 c. 1 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 2000–01 3 58 (56 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2011–12 4 57 (57 c. 0 st.) Matthew Wade (Vic) 2008–09 5 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1995–96 6 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1996–97 7 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Darren Berry (Vic) 1999–2000 8 54 (50 c. 4 st.) Adam Gilchrist (WA) 1995–96 9 54 (52 c. 2 st.) Chris Hartley (Qld) 2008–09 10 54 (54 c. 0 st.) Wade Seccombe (Qld) 1999–2000 Source: [14]. Last updated: 26 January 2020. See also [edit] Cricket portal Intercolonial cricket in Australia One-Day Cup (Australia) Big Bash League Further reading [edit] The History of the Sheffield Shield, Chris Harte A Century of Summers: 100 years of Sheffield Shield cricket, Geoff Armstrong A History of Australian Cricket 1993, Chris Harte
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Test status granted 1877	en	https://en-academic.com/favicon.ico	Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias	https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/215787	Australia Insignia on the baggy green. Test status granted 1877 First Test match v England at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 15–19 March 1877 (scorecard) Captain Michael Clarke (Test & ODI) Cameron White (T20) Coach Mickey Arthur Official ICC Test and ODI ranking 4th (Test), 1st (ODI) [1] Test matches - This year 734 1 Last Test match v England at the SCG, Sydney, Australia, 3–7 January 2011 (scorecard) Wins/losses - This year 341/192 2/2 As of 7 January 2011[1] The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877.[2] The team also plays One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season[3] and the first Twenty20 International, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,[4] winning both games. The team mainly draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian Domestic One-Day Series and the Big Bash League. The Australian team has played 730 Test matches, winning 341, losing 192, drawing 195 and tying two.[5] Australia is ranked the number-one team overall in Test cricket in terms of overall wins, win-loss ratio and wins percentage. Australia is currently ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship behind England, South Africa and India, and led the Test rankings for a record time of 74 months from 2003 to 2009. Australia has played 752 ODI matches, winning 464, losing 256, tying eight and with 24 ending in no-result.[6] They have led the ICC ODI Championship since its inception for all but a period of 48 days in 2007. Australia have made record six World Cup final appearances (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003 & 2007) and have won the World Cup a record four times in total; 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup & 2007 Cricket World Cup. Australia is the first team to appear in 4 consecutive World Cup finals (1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007), surpassing the old record of 3 consecutive World Cup appearances by West Indies (1975, 1979 and 1983). The team was undefeated in 34 consecutive World Cup matches until 19 March at the 2011 Cricket World Cup where Pakistan beat them by 4 wickets.[7] Australia have also won the ICC Champions Trophy twice – in 2006 and in 2009 – making them the first and the only team to become back to back winners in the Champions Trophy tournaments. The team has also played 39 Twenty20 Internationals,[8] making the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in 2010 before losing it to England. Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 1.2 Golden Age 1.3 Cricket between the wars 1.4 The Bradman Era 1.5 Cricket after World War II 1.6 1970s and onward 1.7 Modern Era 1.7.1 India 1.7.2 Pakistani Tour 2004–05 1.7.3 2005 Ashes 1.7.4 ICC Super Series 1.7.5 West Indies 1.7.6 South Africa Tour 1.7.7 Bangladesh Tour 1.7.8 2006–07 Ashes 1.7.9 2006–07 ODI season 1.7.10 2007 World Cup 1.7.11 Recent Seasons 2 Upcoming fixtures 3 Team colours 4 International grounds 5 Personnel 5.1 Coaching staff 6 Test match records 6.1 Team 6.2 Appearances 6.3 Batting 6.4 Bowling 6.5 Fielding and wicketkeeping 7 One Day International records 7.1 Team 7.2 Appearances 7.3 Batting 7.4 Bowling 7.5 Fielding and Wicket-Keeping 8 Tournament history 9 Under the Southern Cross I Stand 10 See also 11 Notes 12 External links History Early history The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877, defeating an English team by 45 runs, with Charles Bannerman making the first Test century, a score of 165 retired hurt. Test cricket, which only occurred between Australia and England at the time, was limited by the long distance between the two countries, which would take several months by sea. Despite Australia's much smaller population, the team was very competitive in early games, producing stars such as Jack Blackham, Billy Murdoch, Fred "The Demon" Spofforth, George Bonnor, Percy McDonnell, George Giffen and Charles "The Terror" Turner. Most cricketers at the time were either from New South Wales or Victoria, with the notable exception of George Giffen, the star South Australian all-rounder. A highlight of Australia's early history was the 1882 Test match against England at The Oval. In this match Fred Spofforth took 7/44 in the game's fourth innings to save the match by preventing England from making their 85-run target. After this match The Sporting Times, a major newspaper in London at the time, printed a mock obituary in which the death of English cricket was proclaimed and the announcement made that "the body was cremated and the ashes taken to Australia." This was the start of the famous Ashes series in which Australia and England play a Test match series to decide the holder of the Ashes. To this day, the contest is one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. Golden Age The so-called 'Golden Age' of Australian test cricket occurred around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the team under the captaincy of Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill winning eight of ten tours it participated in between the 1897–98 English tour of Australia and the 1910–11 South African tour of Australia. Outstanding batsman such as Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Reggie Duff, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley and Victor Trumper, brilliant all-rounders including Monty Noble, George Giffen, Harry Trott and Warwick Armstrong and excellent bowlers including Ernie Jones, Hugh Trumble, Tibby Cotter, Bill Howell, Jack Saunders and Bill Whitty, all helped Australia to become the dominant cricketing nation for most of this period. Victor Trumper became one of Australia's first sporting heroes, and was widely considered Australia's greatest batsman before Bradman and one of the most popular players. He played a record (at the time) number of tests at 48, and scored 3163 (another record) runs at a high for the time average of 39.04. His early death in 1915 at the age of 37 from kidney disease caused national mourning. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, in its obituary for him, called him Australia's greatest batsman: "Of all the great Australian batsmen Victor Trumper was by general consent the best and most brilliant."[9] The years leading up to the start of World War I were marred by conflict between the players, led by Clem Hill, Victor Trumper and Frank Laver, the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket (formed in 1905), led by Peter McAlister, who were attempting to gain more control of tours from the players. This led to six leading players (the so-called "Big Six") walking out on the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England, with Australia fielding what was generally considered a second-rate side. This was the last series before the war, and no more cricket was played by Australia for eight years, with Tibby Cotter being killed in Palestine during the war. Cricket between the wars Test cricket resumed in the 1920/21 season in Australia with a touring English team, captained by Johnny Douglas losing all five Tests to Australia, captained by the "Big Ship" Warwick Armstrong. Several players from before the war, including Warwick Armstrong, Charlie Macartney, Charles Kelleway, Warren Bardsley and the wicket-keeper Sammy Carter, were instrumental in the team's success, as well as new players Herbie Collins, Jack Ryder, Bert Oldfield, the spinner Arthur Mailey and the so-called "twin destroyers" Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald. The team continued its success on the 1921 Tour of England, winning three out of the five Tests in Warwick Armstrong's last series. The side was on the whole inconsistent in the latter half of the 1920s, losing its first home Ashes series since the 1911–12 season in 1928–29. The Bradman Era The 1930 Tour of England heralded a new age of success for the Australian team. The team, led by Bill Woodfull – the "Great Un-bowlable" – featured legends of the game including Bill Ponsford, Stan McCabe, Clarrie Grimmett and the young pair of Archie Jackson and Don Bradman. Bradman was the outstanding batsman of the series, scoring a record 974 runs, including one century, two double centuries and one triple century, a massive score of 334 at Leeds which including 309 runs in a day. Jackson died of tuberculosis at the age of 24 three years later, after playing eight tests. The team was widely considered unstoppable, winning nine of its next ten Tests. The 1932–33 England tour of Australia is considered one of the most infamous episodes of cricket, due to the England team's use of bodyline, where captain Douglas Jardine instructed his bowlers Bill Voce and Harold Larwood to bowl fast, short-pitched deliveries aimed at the bodies of the Australian batsmen. The tactic, although effective, was widely considered by Australian crowds as vicious and unsporting. Injuries to Bill Woodfull, who was struck over the heart, and Bert Oldfield, who received a fractured skull (although from a non-Bodyline ball), exacerbated the situation, almost causing a full-scale riot from the 50 000 fans at the Adelaide Oval for the Third Test. The conflict almost escalated into a diplomatic incident between the two countries, as leading Australian political figures, including the Governor of South Australia, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, protested to their English counterparts. The series ended in a 4–1 win for England, but the Bodyline tactics used were banned the year after. The Australian team managed to overcome the damaging series, winning their next tour of England in 1934. The team was led by Bill Woodfull on his final tour, and was notably dominated by Ponsford and Bradman, who twice put on partnerships of over 380 runs, with Bradman once again scoring a triple-century at Leeds. The bowling was dominated by the spin pair of Bill O'Reilly and Clarrie Grimmett, who took 53 wickets between them, with O'Reilly twice taking seven wicket hauls. Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered the greatest batsman of all time.[10][11] He dominated the sport from 1930 until his retirement in 1948, setting new records for the highest score in a test innings (334 vs England at Headingley in 1930), the most number of runs (6996), the most number of centuries (29), the most number of double centuries and the greatest Test and first-class batting averages. His record for the highest Test batting average – 99.94 – has never been beaten. It is almost 40 runs above the next highest average. He would have finished with an average of over 100 runs per innings if he had not been dismissed for a duck in his last Test. He was knighted in 1949 for services to cricket. He is generally considered one of Australia's greatest sporting heroes. Test cricket was again interrupted by war, with the last Test series in 1938 made notable by Len Hutton making a world record 364 for England, with Chuck Fleetwood-Smith conceding 298 runs in England's world record total of 7–903. Ross Gregory, a notable young batsman who played two Tests before the war, was killed in the war. Cricket after World War II The team continued its success after the end of the Second World War, with the first Test (also Australia's first against New Zealand) being played in the 1945–46 season against New Zealand. Australia was by far the most successful team of the 1940s, being undefeated throughout the decade, winning two Ashes series against England and its first Test series against India. The team capitalised on its ageing stars Bradman, Sid Barnes, Bill Brown and Lindsay Hassett while new talent, including Ian Johnson, Don Tallon, Arthur Morris, Neil Harvey, Bill Johnston and the fast bowling pair of Ray Lindwall and Keith Miller, who all made their debut in the latter half of the 1940s, and were to form the basis of the team for a good part of the next decade. The team that Don Bradman led to England in 1948 gained the moniker The Invincibles, after going through the tour without losing a single game. Of 31 first-class games played during the tour, they won 23 and drew 8, including winning the five match Test series 4–0, with one draw. The tour was particularly notably for the Fourth Test of the series, in which Australia won by seven wickets chasing a target of 404, setting a new record for the highest runchase in Test cricket, with Arthur Morris and Bradman both scoring centuries, as well as for the final Test in the series, Bradman's last, where he finished with a duck in his last innings after needing only four runs to secure a career average of 100. Australia was less successful in the 1950s, losing three consecutive Ashes series to England, including a horrendous 1956 Tour of England, where the 'spin twins' Laker and Lock destroyed Australia, taking 61 wickets between them, including Laker taking 19 wickets in the game (a first-class record) at Leeds, a game dubbed Laker's Match. However, the team rebounded to win five consecutive series in the latter half of the 1950s, first under the leadership of Ian Johnson, then Ian Craig and Richie Benaud. The series against the West Indies in the 1960–61 season was notable for the Tied Test in the first game at The Gabba, which was the first in Test cricket. Australia ended up winning the series 2–1 after a hard fought series that was praised for its excellent standards and sense of fair-play. Stand-out players in that series as well as through the early part of the 1960s were Richie Benaud, who took a then-record number of wickets as a leg-spinner, and who also captained Australia in 28 Tests, including 24 without defeat; Alan Davidson, who became the first player to take 10 wickets and make 100 runs in the same game in the first Test, and was also a notable fast-bowler; Bob Simpson, who also later captained Australia for two different periods of time; Colin McDonald, the first-choice opening batsman for most of the 1950s and early '60s; Norm O'Neill, who made 181 in the Tied Test; Neil Harvey, towards the end of his long career; and Wally Grout, an excellent wicket-keeper who died at the age of 41. 1970s and onward The Centenary Test was played in March 1977 at the MCG to celebrate 100 years since the first Test was played. Australia ended winning by 45 runs, an identical result to the first Test match.[12] In May 1977 Kerry Packer announced he was organising a breakaway competition – World Series Cricket (WSC) – after the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) refused to accept Channel Nine's bid to gain exclusive television rights to Australia's Test matches in 1976. Packer secretly signed leading international cricketers to his competition, including 28 Australians. Almost all of the Australian Test team at the time were signed to WSC – notable exceptions including Gary Cosier, Geoff Dymock, Kim Hughes and Craig Serjeant – and the Australian selectors were forced to pick what was generally considered a third-rate team from players in the Sheffield Shield. Former player Bob Simpson, who had retired 10 years previously after a conflict with the board, was recalled at the age of 41 to captain Australia against India. Jeff Thomson was named deputy in a team that included seven debutants. Australia managed to win the series 3–2, mainly thanks to the batting of Simpson, who scored 539 runs, including two centuries, and the bowling of Wayne Clark, who took 28 wickets. Australia lost the next series – against the West Indies, who were fielding a full team – 3–1, and also lost the 1978–79 Ashes series 5–1, the team's worst Ashes result in Australia. Graham Yallop was named as captain for the Ashes, with Kim Hughes taking over for the 1979–80 tour of India.Rodney Hogg still managed to take 41 wickets in his debut series, an Australian record. WSC players returned to the team for the 1979–80 season after a settlement between the ACB and Kerry Packer. Greg Chappell was reinstated as captain. The underarm bowling incident of 1981 occurred when, in a ODI against New Zealand, Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor Chappell to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand batsman Brian McKechnie, with New Zealand needing a six to win off the last ball. The aftermath of the incident soured political relations between Australia and New Zealand, with several leading political and cricketing figures calling it "unsportsmanlike" and "not in the spirit of cricket". Australia continued its success up until the 1980s, built mainly around the likes of Bob Simpson, the Chappell brothers, Dennis Lillee, and Rod Marsh. The 1980s was a period of relative mediocrity after the turmoil caused by World Series Cricket and the subsequent retirement of several key players, and it was not until the captaincy of Allan Border that the team was restructured. The 1990s and early 21st century were arguably Australia's most successful period, unbeaten in all Ashes series played bar the famous 2005 series and achieving a hat-trick of World Cups. This success has been attributed to the restructuring of the team and system by Border, successive shrewd captains, and the effectiveness of several key players, most notably Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting. In recent years however, following the retirement of most of this group of players, Australia has lost series to both India and England and has dropped to fifth place in the ICC Test Championship rankings. Modern Era India Australian captain Steve Waugh referred to India as the "Final Frontier", as that was the only place where Australia hadn't won a series in over thirty years. Australia lost in the 2001 series 2–1 and when India came to Australia for Waugh's farewell series in 2003–04, they drew the series 1–1 and came close to winning it after scoring a national record 705 but not enforcing the follow-on. However, later in the year, the side (captained by Adam Gilchrist) won in India for the first time in 35 years. The Australians won this series 2–1 (with one match rained out on the last day). Pakistani Tour 2004–05 The 2004–05 summer season in Australia was against the touring Pakistani cricket team which Australia won convincingly, several matches ending on the 4th day (of 5). The first Test of 2005 ended with: AUS 568 and 1/62 v PAK 304 and 325; Ponting made 207 in the first innings, laying to rest a minor media issue of him not making a Test 100 in his first season as captain. 2005 Ashes The 2005 Ashes tour to England became a watershed event in Australian cricket when, for the first time since 1986–87 a Test series was lost to the old enemy England, and The Ashes were thus surrendered. The summer started with four defeats in one week in one day matches (to England in a Twenty20 match, Somerset in a warm up match, and then Bangladesh and England in successive One Day Internationals). Australia and England tied the final match of the first One Day International series, before Australia won the second series 2–1. The first Test match at Lord's was a convincing victory for Australia, with Glenn McGrath impressing in particular. Captain Ricky Ponting afterwards famously said: We’ve a very good chance of winning 5–0. However at the second Test at Edgbaston star bowler Glenn McGrath was ruled out by an ankle injury after stepping on a ball in the practice nets; Ponting put England in to bat on a fair batting wicket (England scored 407 runs on the first day) and England eventually won a pulsating match by two runs and so levelled the series. England dominated the rain-affected third Test at Old Trafford, but a fine rearguard innings by Ponting just saved Australia on the final day and the match was drawn. In the fourth Test at Trent Bridge Australia were again outplayed and forced to follow-on for the first time in 191 Test matches and eighteen years. England struggled in their second innings but eventually got the 129 runs they needed to win, losing seven wickets in the process. Australia needed to win the fifth and final Test at The Oval to level the series and retain the Ashes but were hampered by bad weather, a strong England bowling performance on the fourth day and England's excellent batting (led by Kevin Pietersen and tailender Ashley Giles) on the final day before the match ended in a draw, handing England a 2–1 series win. Ageing stars such as Hayden, Gilchrist, Martyn, Gillespie and Kasprowicz underperformed in the tour with Gillespie being subsequently dropped for new and younger talent. On the other hand Shane Warne, who took 40 wickets and scored 249 runs, gave an all-round good performance. Members of the old guard (Ponting, Langer, Lee and McGrath) also played well. ICC Super Series The ICC (International Cricket Council) sanctioned a test and three-match one-day series for 2005. This series was to be played between the top ranking test and One Day International nations (according to rankings as at April 2005) and an internationally selected Rest of the World XI. Australia was the top ranked nation in both forms of the game as at April 2005. Australia had an opportunity to begin the rebuilding process following the Ashes series loss at the Super Test held against a Rest of the World team in Sydney in October. Although the match was of poor quality with the World team underperforming, it was a good opportunity for some of the Australian team to get back on track. Many did, especially Hayden who scored 111 and 87 and Gilchrist who scored 94 in the first innings and made seven dismissals. Stuart MacGill (who had not played in the 2005 Ashes) took nine wickets. Overall, the Australian Cricket Team clean swept the World XI Team 3–0 in the One Day International Series, and also won the six-day Test Match. West Indies In November Australia continued to perform well winning a three match Test series with the West Indies comfortably. Stars were Hayden (who was clearly intent on proving that rumours of his cricketing death were premature – he scored 445 runs at an average of 89) and Hussey who had an auspicious debut season. Gilchrist, however, was out of touch with the bat as he had been in England throughout the month. South Africa Tour Main article: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06 In the 2006 cricket tour to South Africa, Australia lost the one-day series 3–2 after a record-breaking final ODI. Setting South Africa a world record target of 434 off 50 overs (the previous record being 398/5 scored by Sri Lanka vs Kenya 10 years previously), South Africa managed to beat Australia by 1 wicket with a new record score of 438. Earlier, Ricky Ponting top-scored with 164 off 105 balls. South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs, likewise batting at number 3, went on to score 175 off 111 balls thereby playing an instrumental role in the run chase. Many other records were broken in the same match. A total of 872 runs were scored (The previous record was 693 when India beat Pakistan by five runs in Karachi in March 2004). Mick Lewis had the ignominy of becoming the most expensive bowler in ODI history with figures of 0/113 in his 10 overs. In the test series that followed however, Australia won convincingly with Brett Lee and Stuart Clark (Man of the Series) playing particularly well.[citation needed] Bangladesh Tour Following the South African series, Australia toured Bangladesh for a two-test series. Despite expectations of a one-sided contest, the first test proved a very close affair with Bangladesh (historically the weakest test-playing nation) scoring more than 400 first-innings runs and bowling Australia out for 269 in the first innings on a very good batting wicket and ultimately setting Australia a challenging 307 for victory. Ponting's men were able to win this match by three wickets. However, in the second match Australia dominated throughout, winning by an innings and 80 runs. In Australia's only innings, Jason Gillespie became the first nightwatchman to score a double century with 201 not out. 2006–07 Ashes After winning the ICC Champions Trophy convincingly, Australia went home for their summer to play England in a five-test series. The first test took place in Brisbane at the Gabba. The second test took place in Adelaide from 1 December. The third match of the series was held at the WACA Ground in the West Australian city of Perth. Following the Third test victory, Australia reclaimed the Ashes, already having achieved a winning margin of 3–0 in the best of five series. England lamented the shortest period of Ashes retention in the history of the tournament, dating back to 1882. In the days following the historic win in Perth, spin bowler Shane Warne announced that he would retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the fifth and final Sydney test in January 2007. This also prompted Justin Langer, Australian opening batsmen at the time, to announce his retirement from Test cricket after the 5th test as well. Fast bowler Glenn McGrath later announced he too would retire from international cricket after the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The fourth match of the series was played at the MCG. Australia took victory in just three days, only needing one innings of batting to outscore England. The fifth match in Sydney ended with Australia capturing a 10 wicket victory. The Australians completed a 5–0 whitewash of the Ashes series, the first time either side had achieved such a feat since the 1920–21 series. 2006–07 ODI season Following the Ashes victory over England, Australia began the 2007 Commonwealth Bank Tri-series against England and New Zealand with a series of largely comfortable victories, leading to their coach John Buchanan complaining that the lack of opposition was undermining Australia's World Cup bid.[13] However, injuries to key players contributed to Australia losing two matches in the qualification games and the final 2–0 to an also injury hit England. With Ponting rested for the series against New Zealand, Australia under Michael Hussey lost the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy 3–0, their first One Day series loss in New Zealand for 33 years. The loss also cost them the overall number one ranking for the first time since the rankings began.[14] 2007 World Cup Australia dominated the 2007 Cricket World Cup, remaining unbeaten through the tournament. They dominated with the bat and ball. Remarkably they lost just 42 wickets in 11 matches, while claiming 104 out of 110 of their opponents. The best batsman for the tournament was Matthew Hayden, getting three centuries and 659 runs at an average of 73. Australia's keeper Adam Gilchrist starred in the World cup Final, scoring 149 in a convincing and controversial Australian win. Bowler Glenn McGrath was named Man of the Series for his magnificent contribution with the ball.[15] Recent Seasons Main article: Australian cricket team in 2007–08 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2008–09 Main article: Australian cricket team in 2009–10 HOME AWAY Test One Day International Twenty20 Test One Day International Twenty20 Last match won 3rd Test v England 2010 7th ODI v England 2011 2nd T20 v England 2011 1st Test v Sri Lanka 2011 2nd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 ICC World T20 v West Indies 2010 Last match lost 5th Test v England 2010–11 4th ODI v England 2011 1st T20 v England 2011 2nd Test v India 2010 3rd ODI v Sri Lanka 2011 2nd T20 v Sri Lanka 2011 Last series won Pakistan 2009–10 England 2010–11 West Indies 2009–10 Sri Lanka 2011 Bangladesh 2011 New Zealand 2004–05 Last series lost England 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2010 Only T20 Sri Lanka 2010 India 2010–11 India 2010–11 Sri Lanka 2011 – Source:Cricinfo.com. Last Updated 7 January 2011 Source:Cricinfo.com. 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Upcoming fixtures Australia toured Sri Lanka in August 2011. 2 Twenty20 Matches, 5 One Day International Matches, 3 Test Matches playing for the Warne-Muralidaran Trophy Australia are currently touring South Africa in September–November 2011. 2 Twenty20 3 One Day Internationals, 2 Test Matches Australia will host New Zealand in December 2011. 2 Test Matches for Trans Tasman Trophy Australia will host India in December 2011–12 and January 2012 2 Twenty20 Matches, 4 Test Matches playing for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy and a Tri-Series with Sri Lanka Australia will host India &Sri Lanka a One Day International Tri-Series in February.- March 2012 Team colours For Test matches, the team wears cricket whites, with an optional sweater or sweater-vest with a green and gold V-neck for use in cold weather. The sponsor's (currently Vodafone for Home Test Matches and Victoria Bitter for Away Test Matches) logo is displayed on the right side of the chest while the Cricket Australia coat-of-arms is displayed on the left. If the sweater is being worn the coat-of-arms is displayed under the V-neck and the sponsor's logo is again displayed on the right side of the chest.[16] The baggy green, the Australian cricket cap, is considered an essential part of the cricketing uniform and as a symbol of the national team, with new players being presented with one upon their selection in the team. The helmet also prominently displays the Australian cricketing coat-of-arms. ASICS currently manufactures the whites and limited over uniforms, with the ASICS logo being displayed on the shirt and pants. Players may choose any manufacturer for their other gear (bat, pads, shoes, gloves, etc.). In One Day International cricket and Twenty20 International cricket, the team wears uniforms usually coloured green and gold, Australia's national colours. There have been a variety of different styles and layouts used in both forms of the limited-overs game, with coloured clothing (sometimes known as "pyjamas") being introduced for World Series Cricket in the late 1970s. The sponsors' logos (the Commonwealth Bank for Home ODIs, KFC for Home Twenty20s and Victoria Bitter for Away ODIs and Away Twenty20) are prominently displayed on the shirts and other gears. The Current Home ODI Kit consist the primary color green and yellow the secondary. The Away Kit is the opposite of the Home Kit with yellow the primary color and green the secondary. The Home Twenty20s uniform consist of black with the natural colors of Australian green and yellow strips.[17] International grounds Eighteen different grounds in Australia have been used for international cricket (Tests, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals). Five were only used once, during the 1992 World Cup, while three (all in Tasmania) only hosted games during 1980s World Series Cups. The main six used are: The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, Victoria (first used for Test cricket in 1877). The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney, New South Wales (first used in 1882). Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia (first used in 1884). Brisbane Cricket Ground (commonly known as 'The Gabba') in Brisbane, Queensland (first used in 1931). The Western Australian Cricket Association Ground (commonly known as 'The WACA') in Perth, Western Australia (first used in 1970). Bellerive Oval in Hobart, Tasmania (first used in 1989). Other grounds which have been used for Test cricket are: The Brisbane Exhibition Ground in Brisbane, Queensland (hosted two Tests between 1928 and 1930; no longer used for cricket). Marrara Oval in Darwin, the Northern Territory (hosted two Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003 and 2004). Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns, Queensland (hosted two Tests against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in 2003 and 2004). Grounds which have been used for One Day Internationals only are: The TCA Ground in Hobart, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1985 World Series Cup). The NTCA Ground in Launceston, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1986 World Series Cup). Devonport Oval in Devonport, Tasmania (used for one ODI in the 1987 World Series Cup). Harrup Park in Mackay, Queensland (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup that was abandoned after two balls[18]). Eastern Oval in Ballarat, Victoria (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Manuka Oval in Canberra, ACT (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup and another in the 2008 Commonwealth Bank Series). Berri Oval in Berri, South Australia (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, New South Wales (hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup). Docklands Stadium in Melbourne, Victoria (hosted several ODIs, including all of Melbourne's games in 2006 when the MCG was unavailable due to the 2006 Commonwealth Games – the only indoor stadium used for cricket in Australia). Personnel This is a list of every player to have played for Australia in the last year, and the forms of the game in which they have played. Each year, Cricket Australia's National Selection Panel (NSP) names a list of 25 players for the coming year, from which selectors choose Test, One-Day and Twenty20 International teams. Salaries are based on a player ranking system decided by the NSP as well as match fees, tour fees and prize money for on-field success. The base retainer for the lowest ranked player is A$200,000 in 2011–12.[19] Uncontracted players remain eligible for selection and can be upgraded to a Cricket Australia contract if they gain regular selection. The 2011–12 list was announced on 7 June 2011. Key S/N Shirt number 1 Player does not hold a Cricket Australia contract. 2 Shane Watson is an All-Rounder who is an Opener Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style State Forms S/N[20] Test and ODI Captain; Higher Middle-Order Batsman Michael Clarke 30 Right-Handed Bat Slow Left Arm Orthodox New South Wales Test, ODI 23 Twenty20 Captain; Lower Middle-Order Batsman Cameron White 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break Victoria ODI, Twenty20 7 Test, ODI and T20 Vice-Captain; All Rounder Shane Watson2 30 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 33 Opening Batsmen Phillip Hughes 22 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off Break New South Wales Test 2 David Warner1 25 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break New South Wales Twenty20 31 Higher Middle-Order Batsmen Usman Khawaja 24 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium New South Wales Test 89 Shaun Marsh 28 Left-Handed Bat Slow Left-Arm Orthodox Western Australia Test, ODI,Twenty20 9 Ricky Ponting 36 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Tasmania Test, ODI[21] 14 Lower Middle-Order Batsmen Callum Ferguson 27 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium South Australia ODI,Twenty20 12 David Hussey 34 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Victoria ODI, Twenty20 29 Michael Hussey 36 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium Western Australia Test, ODI, Twenty20 48 Wicket-Keeper-Batsmen Brad Haddin 34 Right-Handed Bat New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 57 Tim Paine 26 Right-Handed Bat Tasmania Test, ODI, Twenty20 36 All-Rounders Steve Smith 22 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Leg-Break New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 49 Mitchell Johnson 30 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast Western Australia Test, ODI, Twenty20 25 John Hastings 26 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria ODI, Twenty20 41 Steve O'Keefe1 26 Right-Handed Bat Slow left-arm orthodox New South Wales Twenty20 72 Pace Bowlers Doug Bollinger 30 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales Test, ODI 4 Patrick Cummins 18 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast New South Wales Test, ODI, Twenty20 30 Ryan Harris 32 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Queensland Test, ODI, Twenty20 45 Ben Hilfenhaus 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Tasmania Test 20 Brett Lee 35 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast New South Wales ODI, Twenty20 58 James Pattinson 21 Left-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria Test, ODI, Twnety20 19 Peter Siddle 26 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Fast-Medium Victoria Test, ODI, Twenty20 10 Mitchell Starc1 21 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Fast-Medium New South Wales ODI, Twenty20 56 Trent Copeland1 25 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Medium-Fast New South Wales Test Shaun Tait 28 Right-handed bat Right-arm Fast South Australia Twenty20 32 Spin Bowlers Xavier Doherty 29 Left-Handed Bat Left-Arm Orthodox Tasmania Test, ODI 3 Nathan Hauritz 30 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break New South Wales Test, ODI 43 Jason Krejza 28 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break Tasmania Test, ODI 18 Nathan Lyon1 24 Right-Handed Bat Right-Arm Off-Break South Australia Test Coaching staff Head Coach: Mickey Arthur Assistant Coach & Batting Coach: Justin Langer Assistant Coach & Bowling coach: Craig McDermott Assistant Coach & Fielding Coach: Steve Rixon Team Manager: Gavin Dovey Strength and Conditioning Coach: Stuart Karppinen Team Physiotherapist: Alex Kountouris Performance Analyst: Michael Marshall Test match records See also: List of Australia Test cricket records Team Australia have been involved in the only two Tied Tests played. The First occurred against the West Indies at Brisbane in December 1960.[22] The Second occurred against India at Madras in September 1986.[23] Australia are also the only team to have lost a Test after enforcing the follow-on, having been the losing side in all three such matches:[24] The first Test in the 1894–95 Ashes. The third Test of the 1981 Ashes. The second Test in the 2000–01 Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against India. Australia are the most successful Test team in cricketing history. They have won more than 330 Test matches at a rate of 47%. The next best performance is by South Africa at 35%.[25] Australia's lowest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Birmingham against England in May 1902. Australia were bowled all out for 36.[26] Australia's largest victory in a Test match came on 24 February 2002. Australia defeated South Africa by an innings and 360 runs in Johannesburg.[27] Australia holds the record for most consecutive wins with 16. This has been achieved twice; from October 1999 to February 2001, and from December 2005 to January 2008.[28] Australia shares the record for most consecutive series victories winning 9 series from October 2005 to June 2008. This record is shared with England.[29] Australia's highest total in a Test match innings was recorded at Kingston, Jamaica against the West Indies in June 1955. Australia posted 758/8 in their first innings with five players scoring a century.[30] Australia have won the ICC Test Championship 6 times since it started – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.[citation needed] Appearances Steve Waugh has appeared in the most Tests for Australia, playing in 168 tests. Allan Border is next with 156 matches.[31] Batting Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in Test cricket, scored the first runs in Test cricket and scored the first test century and half-century.[citation needed] Charles Bannerman also scored 67.34% of the Australian first innings total in match 1. This record remains to this day as the highest percentage of an innings total that has been scored by a single batsman.[32] Ricky Ponting has scored the most runs for Australia in Test match cricket with 12,363 runs. Allan Border in second with 11,174 runs in 265 innings while Steve Waugh has 10,927 in 260 innings.[33] Ricky Ponting is the first ever Australian batsman in history to pass 12,000 Test runs. Matthew Hayden holds the record for the most runs in a single innings by an Australian with 380 in the first test against Zimbabwe at Perth in October 2003. Donald Bradman holds the record for the highest average by an Australian (or any other) cricketer with a remarkable average of 99.94. Bradman played 52 tests and struck 29 centuries and 13 fifties in them.[34] Ricky Ponting holds the record for the most centuries by an Australian cricketer with 39. Former Australian captain Steve Waugh is in second position with 32 centuries from 260 innings.[35] Allan Border holds the record for the most fifties by an Australian cricketer with 63 in 265 innings.[35] Glenn McGrath holds the record for the most ducks by an Australian cricketer with 35 in 138 innings.[36] Bowling Billy Midwinter picked up the first five-wicket haul in a test innings in match 1.[37] Fred Spofforth performed Test cricket's first hat-trick by dismissing Vernon Royle, Francis McKinnon and Tom Emmett in successive balls.[38] Fred Spofforth also took the first 10-wicket match haul in Test cricket.[38] Shane Warne holds the record for the most wickets by an Australian cricketer with 708 wickets in 145 Test matches.[39] Arthur Mailey holds the record for the best bowling figures in an innings by an Australian cricketer with 9/121 against England in February 1921.[40] Bob Massie holds the record for the best bowling figures in a match by an Australian cricketer with 16/137 against England in June 1972. That was also his first match for Australia.[41] JJ Ferris holds the record for the best bowling average by an Australian bowler, taking 61 wickets at 12.70 in his career.[41][42] Clarrie Grimmett holds the record for the most wickets in a test series with 44 against South Africa in 1935–36.[43] Fielding and wicketkeeping Jack Blackham performed the first stumping in Test cricket in match 1.[37] Mark Waugh holds the record for the most catches in a career by an Australian fielder with 181 in 128 matches.[44] Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the most dismissals in a career by an Australian wicketkeeper with 416 in 96 matches One Day International records List of Australia One Day International cricket records Team Australia's highest total in a One Day International innings is 434/4 scored off 50 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12 March 2006. This was a world record before the South Africans surpassed this score in the second innings.[45] Australia's lowest total in a One Day International innings is 70. This score has occurred twice. Once against New Zealand in 1986, and once against England in 1977.[46] Australia's largest victory in a One Day International is 256 runs. This occurred against Namibia at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.[47] Australia have won the ICC ODI Championship 8 times since it started – 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010.[citation needed] Australia are the only team in the history of the World Cup to win 3 consecutive tournaments dated back in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Australia were also are undefeated in the World Cup for a record 34 matches in the Tournament, the last time Australia were defeated in a World Cup match was back in 1999 against Pakistan, this streak was broken again by Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Appearances Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International appearances for Australia played 362. Steve Waugh is next with 325 matches for Australia. Batting See also: List of Australian ODI batsmen who have scored over 2500 ODI runs Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Runs by an Australian Batman 13,291 runs. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International Centuries by an Australian Batman 30 Centuries. Ricky Ponting has the most One Day International fifties by an Australian Batman 79 One Day International fifties. Ricky Ponting is the first Australian Batman his history to pass 10,000 One Day International Runs. Shane Watson has the highest individual score in an innings by an Australian Batsman 185*. Shane Watson has hit the most sixes in a single innings by an Australian and the World Record 15 sixes. Bowling See also: List of Australian ODI bowlers who have taken over 100 ODI wickets Glenn McGrath has the most One Day International Wickets by an Australian Bowler 380 Wickets. Glenn McGrath has the best bowling figures by an Australian Bowler 7/15. Brett Lee has the most 5-Wicket Hauls by an Australian Bowlers 9 times he has taken 5 wickets or more. Fielding and Wicket-Keeping Adam Gilchrist has most dismissals by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 470. Adam Gilchrist has the most catches taken by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 416 catches. Adam Gilchrist has the most stumping made by an Australian Wicket-Keeper with 54 Stumping. Ricky Ponting has the most catches by a fielder 154 catches. Tournament history
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Australia has produced some very talented ...	en	/img/icons/touch-icon-iphone.png	Ranker	https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-cricket-players-from-australia/reference	Aaron Christopher Bird is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Bird arrived from Taree, NSW as a 16-year-old to play Sydney Grade Cricket with North Sydney Cricket Club, eventually going on to play First Grade as an 18-year-old. In this time with North Sydney, Bird hit the headlines when he hit former Test batsman Michael Slater injuring the former test star in the process. Bird now plays his cricket with Bankstown Cricket Club, former home of the Waugh brothers. Bird caused controversy after appearing in a Twenty20 match, in which players wore nicknames on their shirts, with the moniker 'Flu' – a reference to bird flu. He was ordered not to wear the name again, as it upset the sponsors of the tournament, KFC. In December 2006 Bird was reported for a suspect bowling action but was later cleared by Cricket Australia. In January 2009, his bowling action was again reported. After undergoing analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport biomechanics laboratory in Canberra it was found that for some deliveries his elbow extension exceeded the 15-degree limit, he was subsequently banned by Cricket Australia. Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986) is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in limited overs cricket. Finch currently holds the record for two of the three highest individual scores in Twenty20 Internationals, with his score of 172 against Zimbabwe in July 2018 beating his previous record of 156 against England in 2013. In July 2018, he became the first player in T20Is to reach the 900 rating mark on the official T20I rankings. He made his Test debut for Australia in October 2018. He plays for Victoria, Surrey, Kings XI Punjab and the Melbourne Renegades as captain in domestic level. Finch is a top order batsman, and occasional left arm orthodox spinner. He is the fastest Australian to reach 10 ODI centuries. He scored his maiden first-class double century on 29 October 2015 while batting for Cricket Australia XI against New Zealand in a tour match. Adam Craig Dale (born 30 December 1968) is a former Australian cricketer who played in two Tests and 30 ODIs from 1997 to 2000. He played in first-class and List A cricket for Queensland Bulls and in club cricket for North Melbourne Cricket Club, Heidelberg Cricket Club, Northcote Cricket Club, Old Paradians Cricket Club and Research Cricket Club. From a short, ambling run-up, Dale delivered medium-paced outswingers with nagging accuracy. He therefore become known more as an economical bowler in one-day cricket, although he was selected for two Tests throughout his career and was very successful for Queensland in the first-class arena. He is best remembered however for taking one of the greatest catches ever seen in the game of cricket whilst playing for Queensland in the summer of 1997/98. He played grade cricket for the Wynnum-Manly Cricket Club in Brisbane, and premier cricket for Northcote, Heidelberg Cricket Club, North Melbourne and Melbourne in Melbourne, over a long career which spanned twenty-six years from 1985/86 to 2010/11. Adam Craig Gilchrist (; born 14 November 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former international cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team. He was an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australia national team through his aggressive batting. Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper–batsman in the history of the game, Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket. His strike rate is amongst the highest in the history of both ODI and Test cricket; his century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the fourth-fastest century in all Test cricket. He was the first player to have hit 100 sixes in Test cricket. His 17 Test centuries are the most by a wicket-keeper and his 16 in ODIs second only to Sangakkara. He holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007). His 149 off 104 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2007 World Cup final is rated one of the greatest World Cup innings of all time. He is one of the only three players to have won three World Cup titles.Gilchrist was renowned for walking when he considered himself to be out, sometimes contrary to the decision of the umpire. He made his first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999. During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was Australia's regular vice-captain in both forms of the game, captaining the team when regular captains Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting were unavailable. He retired from international cricket in March 2008, though he continued to play domestic tournaments until 2013.
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1408	dbpedia	0	21	https://internationalcricket.fandom.com/wiki/George_Bailey	en	George Bailey	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/4/4e/George_Bailey.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131220165123	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/4/4e/George_Bailey.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131220165123	[ "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/4/4e/George_Bailey.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20131220165123", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/b/b6/Flag_of_West_Indies.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20121216204015", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/b/bc/Flag_of_India.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/30?cb=20121216201753", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6a181c72-e8bf-419b-b4db-18fd56a0eb60", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/6c42ce6a-b205-41f5-82c6-5011721932e7", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/464fc70a-5090-490b-b47e-0759e89c263f", "https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/f7bb9d33-4f9a-4faa-88fe-2a0bd8138668" ]	[]	[]	[ "" ]	null	[ "Contributors to International Cricket Wiki" ]	2024-07-29T22:27:06+00:00	George John Bailey (born 7 September 1982) is an Australian cricketer who has captained the Australian ODI and T20 International teams. He represents the Tasmanian cricket team in Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One-Day Cup matches, and also plays Twenty20 cricket for the Chennai Super Kings in the...	en	https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/internationalcricket/images/4/4a/Site-favicon.ico/revision/latest?cb=20210719075534	International Cricket Wiki	https://internationalcricket.fandom.com/wiki/George_Bailey	Personal information Full name George John Bailey Born 7 September 1982 (1982-09-07) (age 41) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Nickname Smiley, Hector, Geronimo Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Batsman International information National side Australia ODI debut (cap 195) 16 March 2012 v West Indies Last ODI 2 November 2013 v India ODI shirt no. 2 T20I debut (cap 55) 1 February 2012 v India Last T20I 10 October 2013 v India Domestic team information Years Team 2002– Tasmania (squad no. 10) 2007–2010 Scotland 2009–2012 Chennai Super Kings 2011–2012 Melbourne Stars 2012– Hobart Hurricanes 2013– Hampshire Career statistics Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 2 35 19 100 Runs scored 90 1,539 298 6,154 Batting average 30.00 54.96 22.92 37.98 100s/50s 0/1 2/11 0/1 14/31 Top score 53 156 63 160* Balls bowled – – – 84 Wickets – – – 0 Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 4/– 21/– 8/– 91/– Source: [1], 8 December 2013 George John Bailey (born 7 September 1982) is an Australian cricketer who has captained the Australian ODI and T20 International teams. He represents the Tasmanian cricket team in Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One-Day Cup matches, and also plays Twenty20 cricket for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League. Bailey was announced as Twenty20 captain of the Australian national cricket team in 2012, succeeding Cameron White, in a series that ended 1–1. He became the second ever Australian to captain an international game, without having played an international game before, after Dave Gregory in the first ever Test match. On 1 May 2013, Bailey was announced the vice-captain of the Australian ODI team for the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He captained the Australian team in India in the absence of Michael Clarke, and on 12 November 2013 was named in the Australian team for the first Test against England. Biography[] After playing his junior cricket with the South Launceston Cricket Club, Bailey was first selected to play for Tasmania 2005/06, due to injuries to regular players. The season saw him score 778 runs, hitting three centuries in the process. Further prominent performances in the coming seasons saw Bailey play for Australia against the All Star team in the All Star Twenty20 match in 2009. Bailey was appointed as the permanent captain of Tasmania for the 2009/10 season, replacing Daniel Marsh. On 14 February 2011, Bailey led Tasmania to a remarkable five wicket Sheffield Shield win over Victoria where he scored an unbeaten 160. Needing 130 in the final session, he and James Faulkner pushed the Tigers past the total in the 91st over of play on the final day to lift Tasmania to second on the table behind New South Wales. He captained Tasmania to its second Sheffield Shield title against New South Wales at Bellerive Oval in 2010/11. On 10 January 2013, Bailey scored 89 runs and led Australia to a 107 run victory in his first ODI as captain during a match against Sri Lanka. On 3 February 2013, Bailey scored his ODI first century in a match against the West Indies. Australia had been in a difficult situation at 56/4 when Bailey came in, but his 125* from 110 balls took Australia to a challenging total of 266. Bailey continued this form during Australia's ODI series in India where he made 478 runs at an average of 95.60. This included a brilliant 156 from 114 balls during the 6th match and put his name firmly in the minds of the Australian Test selectors. On 21 November 2013, Bailey made his Test debut for Australia when he was selected in first Ashes Test against England. During the second test match in Adelaide, Bailey made his first half-century with a score of 53. International Centuries[] One Day International George Bailey's One Day International Centuries No. Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date Result [1] 125* 20 West Indies Perth, Australia WACA Ground 3 February 2013 Won [2] 156 34 India Nagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium 30 October 2013 Lost [] George Bailey at ESPNcricinfo Player profile: George Bailey from CricketArchive

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