Australia A cricket team
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The Australia A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Australia, and is the "second tier" of international Australian cricket below the full Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only two first-class games against equivalent A sides, both against South Africa 'A' in 2002-03.
In the Australian summer of 1994-95, the (then) Benson and Hedges World Series Cup was expanded to involve four teams instead of the usual three – Australia, England, Zimbabwe and Australia A (though games involving Australia A are not considered official One-day Internationals). In a shock result, the Australia A team (captained by Damien Martyn and featuring up-and-comers such as Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Greg Blewett, as well as veterans – wicket-keeper Phil Emery and pacemen Paul Reiffel and Merv Hughes) ousted England from the series and went into the best-of-3 final against Australia. They were swept 2-0, but it was unquestionably a display of the next generation of Australia's prowess. Many of the 1994-95 A players later played for Australia.
In earlier times, Australia often sent Second XI teams on overseas tour, consisting of players on the fringes of national selection. Instances of this occurred in 1949–50 and 1959–60, to New Zealand.
[edit] Season-by-season results summary
| Australia A matches | First-class v A team | Other first-class | List A v A team | Other List A | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Venue | W | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | NR | W | L | NR |
| 1994-95 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995-96 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19981 | Scotland | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ireland | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1998-99 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | United States | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 1999-2000 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2000-01 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | South Africa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 02 | - | - | - |
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 02 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | Australia3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
[edit] Players
Australia A Squad: Captained by Adam Voges
| Number | Name | Role | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Haddin | Wicketkeeper | NSW |
| 2 | Doug Bollinger | Fast Bowler | NSW |
| 3 | Brett Dorey | Fast Bowler | WA |
| 4 | Jason Gillespie | Fast Bowler | SA |
| 5 | Chris Rogers | Opening Batsmen | WA |
| 6 | Dan Cullen | Orthodox Spin Bowler | SA |
| 7 | Cameron White | Batting Allrounder | VIC |
| 8 | Travis Birt | Top-Order Batsmen | TAS |
| 9 | Cullen Bailey | Bowling Allrounder | SA |
| 10 | George Bailey | Middle-Order Batsmen | TAS |
| 12 | Callum Ferguson | Top-Order Batsmen | SA |
| 14 | Shane Watson | Bowling Allrounder | QLD |
| 15 | Mark Cosgrove | Top-Order Batsmen | SA |
| 16 | Ben Hilfenhaus | Fast Bowler | TAS |
| 17 | Brad Hodge | Top-Order Batsmen | VIC |
| 18 | Luke Butterworth | Bowling Allrounder | TAS |
| 19 | Mick Lewis | Fast Bowler | VIC |
| 20 | Shaun Marsh | Opening Batsmen | WA |
| 21 | Brendan Drew | Fast Bowler | TAS |
| 22 | Ashley Noffke | Bowling Allrounder | QLD |
| 23 | Phil Jaques | Opening Batsmen | NSW |
| 24 | Adam Voges | Middle-Order Batsmen | WA |
| 25 | Mitchell Johnson | Bowling All Rounder | QLD |
| 26 | Marcus North | Top-Order Batsmen | WA |
| 27 | Dominic Thornley | Middle-Order Batsmen | NSW |
| 28 | Ben Edmondson | Fast Bowler | WA |
| 29 | David Hussey | Top-Order Batsmen | VIC |
| 30 | Luke Ronchi | Wicketkeeper | WA |
| 32 | Shaun Tait | Fast Bowler | SA |
| 34 | Andrew McDonald | Bowling Allrounder | VIC |
| 36 | Luke Pomersbach | Middle-Order Batsmen | WA |
| 37 | Shane Harwood | Fast Bowler | VIC |
| 39 | James Hopes | Batting Allrounder | QLD |
| 45 | Stuart MacGill | Leg Spin Bowler | NSW |
| 55 | Daniel Marsh | Top-Order Batsmen | TAS |
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