Adam Craig Gilchrist 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. Gilchrist was a member of the Australian team that won three consecutive world titles in a row:the 1999 Cricket World Cup,the 2003 Cricket World Cup,and the 2007 Cricket World Cup,along with winning the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.
Nathan Wade Bracken is a former Australian cricketer. A tall left-arm fast-medium bowler,Bracken is capable of swinging the ball both ways. He has represented Australia in all forms of the game. Bracken represented New South Wales in Australian domestic cricket,Eastern Suburbs in Sydney Grade Cricket and also appeared for English County team Gloucestershire in 2004. On 28 January 2011 he announced his retirement from the game due to a chronic knee injury. On 9 February 2012 it was reported that he sued Cricket Australia over the latter's alleged incompetency in managing his knee injury. With his time representing Australia,Bracken won multiple ICC titles with the team:the 2003 Cricket World Cup,the 2007 Cricket World Cup,and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.
Robert Neil Harvey is an Australian former cricketer who was a member of the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963,playing in 79 Test matches. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. An attacking left-handed batsman,sharp fielder and occasional off-spin bowler,Harvey was the senior batsman in the Australian team for much of the 1950s and was regarded by Wisden as the finest fielder of his era. Upon his retirement,Harvey was the second-most prolific Test run-scorer and century-maker for Australia.
Ian Joseph Harvey is a former Australian cricketer. He was an all-rounder who played 73 One Day Internationals for Australia and was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004 for his performances in county cricket. He was a part of the Australian squad which won the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Cameron Leon White is an Australian former international cricketer who captained the national side in Twenty20 Internationals. A powerful middle order batsman and right-arm leg-spin bowler,White made his first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the 2000–01 season for the Victoria cricket team as a bowling all-rounder. During his time with Australia,White won the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy.
Alan Mullally is an English former first-class cricketer,who played Tests and ODIs. Mullally grew up in Western Australia,and played for the Australian Under-19 side against their West Indian counterparts in 1987/88.
Nathan Michael Hauritz is a former Australian cricketer who has represented Australia in Tests,One-dayers and Twenty20 Internationals. He is mainly noted for his off spin bowling. He was a part of the Australian squad which won the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
James Redfern Hopes is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hopes played domestic cricket for Queensland,and had represented Australia in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket from 2005 to 2010. Hopes was consistently one of the best bowlers in Australian domestic cricket through his career,and when he retired in 2016 he was the top wicket-taker of the last decade despite never being selected to play in a Test match for Australia.
Callum James Ferguson is a former Australian cricketer and commentator who has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He also represented South Australia in the JLT One-Day Cup. He was formerly the captain of the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League before being released at the end of the 2020–21 season
Damien Geoffrey Wright is an Australian cricket coach and former first-class cricketer who coached Hobart Hurricanes cricket team. Wright made his debut for Tasmania in 1997,playing with the team until switching to Victoria for the 2008–09 season. In 2002 he played in the Scottish cricket team as their one permitted overseas player—he also had previous spells in county cricket with Northamptonshire,Glamorgan and Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. He has a side-on bowling action and an ability to bounce the ball sharply. Wright started Coaching the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League 03 in 2013–14,he coached the team to defeat the Melbourne Stars,who were undefeated in the tournament until then. The Hurricanes then lost the final to the Perth Scorchers. Wright then coached the Hurricanes to the semi-finals in the Champions League T20 2014 in India.
Clarence Edgar "Mick" Harvey was a first-class cricketer and Australian Test cricket umpire. He was the brother of Test batsmen Merv and Neil Harvey. He was born in Newcastle,New South Wales and died in Brisbane,Queensland.
Edward Russell Henry Fuller was a South African cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1953 and 1957. He was born in Worcester,Western Cape and died in Milnerton,Cape Town.
Beau Casson is an Australian former 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.
Darren Jude Wates is a former Australian cricketer who played first-class and limited overs cricket for Western Australia.
Gregory George Watson is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played domestically for New South Wales and Western Australia,as well as for Worcestershire in English county cricket.
Shaun Edward Marsh is an Australian cricketer who previously played 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.
This article describes the history of South African cricket from its known beginnings until the end of the First World War in 1918.
MornéMorkel is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played international cricket between 2006 and 2018. He worked as the bowling coach of the Pakistan national cricket team until November 2023.
Raymond Harvey was an Australian former first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey. Ray Harvey was an attacking and talented batsman but failed to reach international standards and only managed to hold down a regular position in the Victorian team in two seasons in the 1950s. This failure to match the standards set by his Test-capped brothers was often attributed to a lack of single-mindedness and hunger.
Ashton James Turner is an Australian cricketer who debuted for Western Australia during the 2012–13 season,and is also contracted to the Perth Scorchers. From Perth,Turner represented Western Australia at under-15 (schoolboys),under-17 and under-19 level. and captained the under-17 team to their National Championships win. A right-arm off spinner,he toured India with the Australian under-19 team in September and October 2011,taking eight wickets from six matches in a quadrangular tournament involving the Australian,Indian,Sri Lankan,and West Indian under-19 teams. At the 2012 Under-19 World Cup,he was Australia's first-choice spinner,ahead of Victoria's Ashton Agar,and took eleven wickets from six matches,with his best figures 4/28 against Nepal.
