Bradley James Haddin,is a former Australian cricketer,vice-captain and coach who represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He played domestically for New South Wales as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. Haddin was a member of the Australian World cup winning squad at the 2015 Cricket World Cup and played for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League.
Matthew Scott Wade is an Australian cricketer. He has represented the Australian national team as wicket-keeper and batsman in all three forms of international cricket. He plays domestic cricket for the Tasmanian cricket team,who he also captains and plays domestic Twenty20 cricket for the Hobart Hurricanes.
Luke Ronchi is a New Zealand-Australian cricket coach and a former cricketer. He represented both the Australia national cricket team and New Zealand national cricket team in international cricket. Ronchi is the only player to have played for both Australia and New Zealand in cricketing history and was part of the New Zealand World Cup side that finished runners-up in the 2015 Cricket World Cup,after their defeat in the final to Australia. He played for Wellington in New Zealand domestic matches and has played Twenty20 matches for a range of sides. He retired from international cricket in June 2017.
Timothy David Paine is an Australian cricketer and a former captain of the Australia national cricket team in Test cricket. A right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper,he plays 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.
Graham Allan Manou is a former Australian cricketer who played for South Australia and the Melbourne Renegades in Australian domestic cricket,as well as one Test match and several One Day Internationals for the Australian national cricket team. He is a wicket-keeper and aggressive right-handed batsman who has taken more dismissals than any other South Australian player in One Day domestic cricket. Manou announced his retirement from First Class cricket in March 2011. In May 2022,he was appointed as the general manager of cricket performance of the Victoria cricket team. For this,he left Cricket Australia (CA).
Stephen Norman John O'Keefe is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Australian national team in Test matches and Twenty20 Internationals,and a commentator for SEN and Nine. O'Keefe was formerly the captain of the New South Wales Sheffield Shield team. He is generally regarded as having the greatest longevity in off spin bowling with many pundits expecting him to retire well into his mid 50s.
Josh Reginald Hazlewood is an Australian international cricketer. He is a tall pace bowler known for his accuracy and has been compared to former Australian paceman Glenn McGrath. Hazlewood currently ranks no.2 in ODI,no.1 in T20I and no.12 in test in the ICC Men's Player Rankings.
Nicolas James Maddinson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batter who has represented Australia in both Test matches and Twenty20 Internationals. Domestically he plays for the Victoria cricket team and the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League,previously having played for New South Wales,Melbourne Stars and Sydney Sixers.
Kane William Richardson is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades.
The 2015 Ashes series was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for The Ashes. The venues were Sophia Gardens (Cardiff),Lord's (London),Edgbaston (Birmingham),Trent Bridge (Nottingham),and The Oval (London). Australia were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series,having won in 2013–14. England won the series 3–2,regaining the Ashes after taking an unassailable lead with victory in the fourth Test.
Kurtis Robert Patterson is an Australian cricketer who plays for the New South Wales cricket team in the Sheffield Shield,and the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League. Patterson scored a century on his first-class cricket debut for New South Wales in November 2011,becoming the youngest batsman to score a century in Sheffield Shield cricket. In January 2019,he made his Test debut for Australia against Sri Lanka,becoming the 457th person to play test cricket for Australia. He made a century in just his second test match in Canberra,also against Sri Lanka. He was not selected for the 2019 Ashes series and returned to play domestically in the 2019/2020 season.
Peter Stephen Patrick Handscomb is an Australian cricketer who is the current captain for the Victoria cricket team.
The 2017–18 Ashes series was a series of Test cricket matches contested between England and Australia for The Ashes. The series was played at five venues across Australia between 23 November 2017 and 8 January 2018. England were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series,having won in 2015. Australia won the series 4–0,regaining The Ashes after taking an unassailable lead with an innings victory in the third Test.
The Pakistani cricket team toured Australia in December 2016 to play three Test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs). The 1st Test at The Gabba in Brisbane was a day/night match played with a pink ball. In preparation for the first Test,ten matches in Pakistan's 2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the first round of matches in Australia's 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season were played as day/night matches. Ahead of the Test matches,Pakistan also played a first-class match against Cricket Australia XI.
Alex Tyson Carey is an Australian international cricketer and a former ODI captain. Formerly an Australian rules footballer,he is currently a wicket-keeper who plays for the Australian national team in all formats. In domestic cricket,he plays for South Australia and Adelaide Strikers. He was the captain of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in 2010,but when they joined the Australian Football League in 2012,he was left out of the squad and returned to his home state of South Australia,where he began to play domestic cricket.
The England cricket team toured Australia between November 2017 and February 2018 to play five Tests and five One Day Internationals (ODIs). They also played in a three nation Twenty20 International (T20I) tournament,along with New Zealand,who co-hosted the tournament along with Australia. England additionally played two first-class matches,a two-day tour match and a one-day tour match against Cricket Australia XI,as well as a Twenty20 against the Prime Minister's XI. The Test matches made up the 2017–18 Ashes series,with Australia regaining the Ashes by winning the series 4–0. England won the ODI series 4–1. This was England's first bilateral ODI series win in Australia.
This article contains information,results and statistics regarding the Australian national cricket team in the 2016 and 2016–17 cricket seasons. Statisticians class the 2016–17 season as matches played between May 2016 and April 2017.
The 2018 JLT One-Day Cup was the 50th season of the official List A domestic cricket competition in Australia. It was played over a four-week period at the start of the domestic season to separate its schedule from the Sheffield Shield season. The tournament was held in Townsville,Sydney,Perth and Melbourne. Fox Cricket broadcast 13 matches from the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
