Cricket Australia XI | |||
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Personnel | |||
Captain | Jake Lehmann (most recent) | ||
Coach | N/A | ||
Team information | |||
Colours | Yellow Green | ||
Home ground | Allan Border Field | ||
Capacity | 4,500 | ||
Secondary home ground(s) | Bellerive Oval | ||
Secondary ground capacity | 19,500 | ||
History | |||
First-class debut | New Zealand in 2015 at Canberra | ||
List A debut | New South Wales in 2015 at Bankstown Oval, Sydney | ||
JLT Cup wins | 0 | ||
Official website | Cricket Australia | ||
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Cricket Australia XI is a domestic cricket team that plays matches against international teams touring Australia.
Cricket Australia XI played in Australia's limited-overs tournament from 2015–16 to 2017–18. [1] Before each tournament, a 14-man squad was selected from players with state contracts who had not been picked in their respective states' 14-man List A squads for that season's tournament. The aim was to develop their skills against top players. The addition of the Cricket Australia XI to the limited-overs cricket tournament expanded the competition to seven teams. The team made their List A debut against New South Wales on 5 October 2015, losing by 279 runs. They scored their first win five days later against Tasmania, winning by 3 runs.
Cricket Australia XI, often with more experienced personnel, now play first-class and T20 matches against touring teams, rather than playing in the one-day competition.
Announcing the formation of the team in May 2015, Cricket Australia's team performance manager Pat Howard said, "We know we've got the talent and we want to be able to expose these players to more high-pressure game time to help the states and to help the overall national cause." [2]
The team was selected from those young players who were not included in any of the six state squads for the 2015–16 competition. Cricket Australia's national talent manager Greg Chappell said he was confident the side would be competitive against the state teams. [3]
Cricket Australia XI were overwhelmed in their first two matches of the 2015–16 Matador Cup. In the first, New South Wales scored 3 for 338 then dismissed Cricket Australia XI for 59. Eight of the team were playing their first List A match. [4] In the second match, Victoria dismissed Cricket Australia XI for 79 and made 1 for 81 in 11.1 overs. [5] In their third match, however, Cricket Australia XI scored 7 for 241 and restricted Tasmania to 9 for 238, winning by three runs. Marcus Harris, who scored 84 from 94 balls, won the man of the match award. [6] They again lost heavily in their fourth match, when Western Australia made 5 for 347 and dismissed them for 101. [7] In their fifth match they replied to Queensland's 7 for 282 with 248 all out, Hilton Cartwright scoring 99 off 96 balls and winning the man of the match award. [8] In their sixth and final match South Australia made 5 for 244 and dismissed Cricket Australia XI for 168. [9]
They finished at the bottom of the table. Their leading run-scorer, with 180 runs, was Hilton Cartwright, who also had the highest average, 45.00, and strike-rate, 87.80 runs per 100 balls. [10] Jack Wildermuth took the most wickets, six, and had the best bowling average, 38.00. Matt Dixon had the best figures, 3 for 40. [11]
Bosisto captained the side in five matches, Peirson in one.
Cricket Australia XI were more competitive in the 2016–17 Matador Cup, especially in batting, although they lost all six matches. In the first match they made 5 for 274, Ryan Gibson scoring 106 and winning the man of the match award, before Queensland replied with 7 for 278. [12] In the next match they scored 9 for 236 and Tasmania replied with 2 for 239. [13] In the third match New South Wales made 6 for 328, and Cricket Australia XI fell only four runs short in reply with 6 for 324, Gibson top-scoring with 97. [14] The fourth match was more one-sided: Victoria dismissed Cricket Australia XI for 153 and made 6 for 154 in 21.4 overs. [15] In the fifth match South Australia hit a record score for List A cricket in Australia, 7 for 420, and in reply Cricket Australia XI reached 3 for 226 in the 29th over before being dismissed for 318. [16] In the rain-affected final match Cricket Australia XI scored 8 for 147 off their 15 overs, and Western Australia reached the target of 156 with eight balls to spare. [17]
The leading run-scorers were Gibson with 293 runs at an average of 48.83, and Will Bosisto with 251 at 41.83. Sam Harper had the highest run-rate, scoring his 94 runs at a rate of 136 per 100 balls. [18] The most successful bowler was Arjun Nair with 10 wickets at 24.50; he also had the best figures of 3 for 53. [19]
Bosisto captained the side in all six matches.
The squad for the 2017–18 JLT Cup, named in September 2017: [20]
No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | State Team |
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Batsmen | ||||||
1 | Jake Carder | 11 December 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Western Australia | |
3 | Param Uppal | – | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | New South Wales | |
All-rounders | ||||||
2 | Clint Hinchliffe | 23 October 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Western Australia | |
6 | Beau Webster | 1 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Tasmania, captain | |
7 | Ben Pengelley | – | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | South Australia | |
12 | Jonathan Merlo | 15 December 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Victoria | |
14 | Mac Wright | – | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Tasmania | |
15 | Max Bryant | 3 October 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Queensland | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
5 | Harry Nielsen | 3 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | South Australia | |
Bowlers | ||||||
9 | Henry Thornton | 16 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | New South Wales | |
10 | Jackson Coleman | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Victoria | |
11 | Mark Steketee | 17 January 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Queensland | |
13 | Daniel Fallins | – | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | New South Wales | |
17 | David Grant | 24 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | South Australia | |
18 | Matthew Kuhnemann | 20 September 1996 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Queensland | |
19 | Charlie Stobo | 8 March 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | New South Wales |
Cricket Australia XI played two first-class matches, a two-day practice match and one List A match against England as pre-test warm-up matches for the 2017-18 Ashes series and limited-overs tour. [21]
The squad for the tour matches, named in November 2017: [22]
Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | State Team |
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Batsmen | |||||
Jake Carder | 11 December 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Western Australia | |
Ryan Gibson | 30 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales | |
Nick Larkin | 1 May 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales | |
Will Pucovski | 2 February 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Victoria | |
All-rounders | |||||
Simon Milenko | 24 November 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Tasmania | |
Jason Sangha | 8 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | New South Wales | |
Matt Short | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | Victoria | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Tim Paine | 8 December 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Tasmania | |
Harry Nielsen | 3 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off-break | South Australia | |
Bowlers | |||||
Jackson Coleman | 18 December 1991 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | Victoria | |
Michael Cormack | 29 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | South Australia | |
Daniel Fallins | 12 August 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg-break | New South Wales | |
Gurinder Sandhu | 14 June 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | New South Wales |
Tim Paine captained the team for the first game before being called into Tasmania's Sheffield Shield squad and missing the second. Matthew Short was named captain for the second game, whilst Harry Nielsen replaced Paine in the squad. [23]
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Teams under similar names often play matches against visiting Test teams. A Cricket Australia Chairman's XI played 11 non-first-class matches between 2003 and 2013. [26] A Cricket Australia Invitation XI played a first-class match in 2013–14. [27] Apart from their List A competition matches, Cricket Australia XI teams have also played three first-class and several other matches since 2014–15. [28]
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