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Ian Terence Botham,Baron Botham,is an English cricket commentator,member of the House of Lords,a former cricketer who has been chairman of Durham County Cricket Club since 2017 and charity fundraiser.
Limited overs cricket,also known as one-day cricket or white ball cricket,is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed in one day. There are a number of formats,including List A cricket,Twenty20 cricket,and 100-ball cricket. The name reflects the rule that in the match each team bowls a set maximum number of overs,usually between 20 and 50,although shorter and longer forms of limited overs cricket have been played.
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history,playing in the first ever Test match in 1877,the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket,participating in both the first ODI,against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I,against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season,winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions –the Sheffield Shield,the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League.
Brett Lee is an Australian former international cricketer,who played all three formats of the game. During his international career,Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.
Andrew John Bichel is a former Australian cricketer,who played 19 Test matches and 67 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1997 and 2004. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler,but was also a hard-hitting lower-order batsman.
Phillip Anthony Jason "Daffy" DeFreitas is an English former cricketer. He played county cricket for Leicestershire,Lancashire and Derbyshire,as well as appearing in 44 Test matches and 103 ODIs. Cricket writer Colin Bateman noted that "DeFreitas was an explosive hitter when the mood took him,an aggressive pace bowler,inclined to pitch everything short and a spectacular fielder".
Shane Lee is a former Australian first-class cricketer. He was an all-rounder known for his hard batting and medium-pace bowling and is the elder brother of Australian pace bowler Brett Lee. He played for Australia and also captained the NSW team.
Robert Timothy Robinson is a former English cricketer,and current cricket umpire who played in 29 Test matches and 26 One Day Internationals for England from 1984 to 1989.
Moisés Constantino Henriques is a Portugal-born Australian professional cricketer who plays for Australia,New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. An all-rounder,he is the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for Australia in an international match.
Beau Casson is a former Australian cricketer who played for Western Australia and New South Wales from 2002 to 2011,and represented Australia at Test cricket. Primarily a left-arm wrist spinner,Casson was also capable with the bat and had a highest first-class score of 99. He retired from first-class cricket in 2011.
Shaun Edward Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Australia cricket team in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia in all three formats. Nicknamed SOS,he is a left-handed top-order batsman.
Jonathan Wayne Wells is an Australian cricket player,who plays for Western Australia in first-class and one-day cricket,and the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League (BBL). He originates from Tasmania,and represented Tasmania in both first-class and one-day cricket prior.
The ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by national under-19 teams. First contested in 1988,as the Youth World Cup,it was not staged again until 1998. Since then,the World Cup has been held as a biennial event,organised by the ICC. The first edition of the tournament had only eight participants,but every subsequent edition has included sixteen teams. India have won the World Cup on a record five occasions,while Australia have won three times,Pakistan twice,and Bangladesh,England,South Africa and the West Indies once each. Two other teams New Zealand and Sri Lanka have made it to tournament finals. India is the current champion after defeating England.
Kane Stuart Williamson is a New Zealand cricketer who is currently the captain of the New Zealand national team in limited overs cricket. Considered as one of the finest batsman New Zealand has ever produced,he is also one of the best batsman in the current era across all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler.
The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 28 February to 13 March 1988. Sponsored by McDonald's,it was the inaugural edition of what is now the Under-19 Cricket World Cup,and formed part of the celebrations for the Australian Bicentenary.
The 2003 Cricket World Cup Final was a One Day International (ODI) match played on 23 March 2003 at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg,South Africa. It marked the culmination of the 2003 Cricket World Cup,the eighth edition of the tournament. It was the first time these two teams had met at this stage of a World Cup. For defending champions Australia it was their fifth World Cup final,while for India it was the second after their 1983 victory. Australia won the match by 125 runs to claim the title for the third time.
Patrick James Cummins is an Australian international cricketer who captains the Australian cricket team in Test and ODI cricket. He is a fast bowler and right-handed batsman. He plays domestically for New South Wales.
Unmukt Chand is an Indian-American cricketer. He is a right-handed top order batsman who currently plays for the Silicon Valley Strikers in Minor League Cricket,and the Melbourne Renegades in Australia's Big Bash League. He has played for Delhi &Uttarakhand in Indian domestic cricket tournaments,the Mumbai Indians &the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League,and the India Under-19 cricket team,who he captained to victory in the 2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup. In August 2021,Chand announced his retirement from playing cricket in India.
Teague Wyllie is an Australian cricketer who plays for Western Australia and has also played for the Australia under-19 cricket team.
