Australian cricket team in 2008

This article contains information, results and statistics regarding the Australian national cricket team in the 2008 season. Statisticians class the 2008 season as matches played on tours that started between May 2008 and August 2008.

Contents

Player contracts

The 2008–09 list was announced on 9 April 2008.[1] Note that uncontracted players still are available for selection for the national cricket team.

Player Age as at
16 February 2012		 State Test cap ODI cap ODI shirt
Ricky Ponting (captain) &1000000000000003700000037 years, &1000000000000008000000080 days TAS 366 123 14
Michael Clarke (vice-captain) &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000341000000341 days NSW 389 149 23
Doug Bollinger &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000228000000228 days NSW 18
Nathan Bracken &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000178000000178 days NSW 387 142 59
Beau Casson &1000000000000002900000029 years, &1000000000000009200000092 days NSW 401 15
Stuart Clark &1000000000000003600000036 years, &10000000000000162000000162 days NSW 396 153 8
Brad Haddin &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000137000000137 days NSW 400 144 57
Matthew Hayden &1000000000000004000000040 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days QLD 359 111 28
Ben Hilfenhaus &1000000000000002800000028 years, &10000000000000359000000359 days TAS 161 29
Brad Hodge &1000000000000003700000037 years, &1000000000000007000000070 days VIC 394 154 17
James Hopes &1000000000000003300000033 years, &10000000000000136000000136 days QLD 151 39
David Hussey &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000237000000237 days VIC 29
Michael Hussey &1000000000000003600000036 years, &10000000000000286000000286 days WA 393 150 48
Phil Jaques &1000000000000003200000032 years, &10000000000000310000000310 days NSW 395 158 5
Mitchell Johnson &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000127000000127 days QLD 398 156 25
Simon Katich &1000000000000003600000036 years, &10000000000000200000000200 days NSW 384 143 13
Brett Lee &1000000000000003500000035 years, &10000000000000121000000121 days NSW 383 140 58
Shaun Marsh &1000000000000002800000028 years, &10000000000000243000000243 days WA 9
Ashley Noffke &1000000000000003400000034 years, &10000000000000313000000313 days QLD 164 22
Andrew Symonds &1000000000000003600000036 years, &10000000000000273000000273 days QLD 388 139 63
Shaun Tait &1000000000000002900000029 years, &1000000000000001500000015 days SA 392 162 32
Adam Voges &1000000000000003200000032 years, &10000000000000156000000156 days WA 163 24
Shane Watson &1000000000000003000000030 years, &10000000000000265000000265 days QLD 391 148 33
Cameron White &1000000000000002800000028 years, &10000000000000203000000203 days VIC 402 152 7

Match summary

Format P W L D T NR
Twenty20 International 3 2 1 – – –
One Day International 8 8 – – – –
Tests 3 2 - 1 – –
Total 12 10 1 1 - -

M = Matches Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, T = Tied, NR = No Result

Series Summary

Tour of West Indies

For more details on this topic, see Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2008.

Australia's tour of the West Indies commenced on 16 May with a tour match against a Jamaica Select XI in Trelawny and will conclude on 6 July with a One Day International in Basseterre.

Tour matches

Tour Match: 16–18 May, Trelawny

16–18 May
14:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Jamaica Select XI
297 (69 overs)		 v  Australia
396 (113.3 overs)		 Match Drawn
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
Umpires: Vivian Johnson & Norman Malcolm
Player of the Match: Simon Katich
Carlton Baugh 111* (112)
Xavier Marshall 30 (??)
Stuart MacGill 4/79 (21 overs)		 Simon Katich 97 (193)
Andrew Symonds 86 (104)
Donovan Sinclair 3/14 (6.3 overs)
194 (58.2 overs) 1/65 (13.3 overs)
Carlton Baugh 36 (38)
Xavier Marshall 31 (59)
Simon Katich 4/15 (5.2 overs)		 Simon Katich 37* (49)
Ricky Ponting 20* (27)
Andre Russell 1/25 (7 overs)

Tour Match: 21 June, Bridgetown

21 June
14:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
6/337 (50 overs)		 v UWI Vice Chancellor's XI
126 (33.1 overs)		  Australia won by 211 runs
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Vincent Bullen & Anthony Farrell
Player of the match: Shane Watson
Shane Watson 95 (85)
David Hussey 55 (??)
Kemar Roach 2/47 (8 overs)		 Denesh Ramdin 43 (??)
Darren Sammy 12 (??)
Nathan Bracken 3/25 (8 overs)

Test series

First Test: 22–26 May, Kingston

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill

22–26 May
15:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
431 (126.5 overs)		 v  West Indies
312 (106 overs)		  Australia won by 95 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Aleem Dar & Russell Tiffin
Player of the Match: Stuart Clark
Ricky Ponting 158 (224)
Andrew Symonds 70* (115)
Fidel Edwards 5/104 (26.5 overs)		 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 118 (276)
Runako Morton 67 (135)
Stuart Clark 3/59 (19 overs)
167 (56.5 overs) 191 (67 overs)
Andrew Symonds 79 (118)
Brad Hodge 27 (53)
Dwayne Bravo 4/47 (18.5 overs)		 Denesh Ramdin 36 (61)
Darren Sammy 35 (80)
Stuart Clark 5/32 (20 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

Test debut: Brad Haddin

Second Test: 30 May-3 June, North Sound

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill

30 May – 3 June
14:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
7/479 dec. (136 overs)		 v  West Indies
352 (107 overs)		 Match Drawn
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua
Umpires: Mark Benson & Russell Tiffin
Player of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Simon Katich 113 (248)
Michael Clarke 110 (187)
Jerome Taylor 3/95 (27 overs)		 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 107* (236)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 65 (146)
Brett Lee 5/59 (21 overs)
6/244 dec. (61.5 overs) 5/266 (93 overs)
Phil Jaques 76 (136)
Andrew Symonds 43* (53)
Fidel Edwards 2/28 (7.5 overs)		 Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 (241)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 77* (180)
Brett Lee 3/51 (21 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

Third Test: 12–16 June, Bridgetown

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Beau Casson, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark

12–16 June
14:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
251 (68 overs)		 v  West Indies
216 (58.5 overs)		  Australia won by 87 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Mark Benson & Aleem Dar
Player of the Match: Simon Katich
Andrew Symonds 52 (84)
Simon Katich 36 (72)
Jerome Taylor 3/46 (12 overs)		 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 79* (142)
Xavier Marshall 39 (61)
Mitchell Johnson 4/41 (11.5 overs)
5/439 dec. (145 overs) 387 (105.4 overs)
Simon Katich 157 (332)
Phil Jaques 108 (224)
Sulieman Benn 3/154 (47 overs)		 Xavier Marshall 85 (146)
Dwayne Bravo 69 (133)
Stuart Clark 3/58 (24 overs)
  • Australia won the series 2–0 and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy

Test debut: Beau Casson

Man of the Series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Twenty20 International

Only Twenty20 International: 20 June, Bridgetown

20 June
18:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
3/97 (11 overs)		 v  West Indies
3/102 (9.1 overs)		  West Indies won by 7 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Billy Doctrove & Clyde Duncan
Player of the match: Xavier Marshall
Luke Ronchi 36 (22)
Shaun Marsh 29 (22)
Kemar Roach 2/29 (3 overs)		 Xavier Marshall 36 (15)
Dwayne Bravo 28 (15)
Shane Watson 1/17 (2.1 overs)

Twenty20 International debuts: Shaun Marsh, Luke Ronchi

One Day International series

First ODI: 24 June, Kingstown

24 June
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
8/273 (50 overs)		 v  West Indies
189 (39.5 overs)		  Australia won by 84 runs
Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh
Shaun Marsh 81 (97)
Brad Haddin 50 (52)
Darren Sammy 2/31 (7 overs)		 Darren Sammy 33 (35)
Dwayne Bravo 33 (37)
Nathan Bracken 4/31 (5.5 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

One Day International debut: Shaun Marsh

Second ODI: 27 June, St George's

27 June
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
5/213 (50 overs)		 v  West Indies
8/140 (41 overs)		  Australia won by 63 runs (D/L method)
Cricket National Stadium, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Norman Malcolm
Player of the match: Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey 62 (105)
Michael Clarke 56 (98)
Jerome Taylor 2/47 (10 overs)		 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 45* (77)
Sulieman Benn 23* (26)
Michael Clarke 3/26 (6 overs)
  • Australia led the series 2–0

One Day International debut: Luke Ronchi

Third ODI: 29 June, St George's

29 June
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 West Indies 
223 (48 overs)		 v  Australia
3/227 (40.3 overs)		  Australia won by 7 wickets
Cricket National Stadium, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Norman Malcolm
Player of the match: Shane Watson
Chris Gayle 53 (54)
Xavier Marshall 35 (65)
Nathan Bracken 3/26 (9 overs)		 Shane Watson 126 (122)
Ricky Ponting 69 (83)
Darren Sammy 1/20 (4 overs)
  • Australia led the series 3–0

Fourth ODI: 4 July, Basseterre

4 July
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
8/282 (50 overs)		 v  West Indies
6/281 (50 overs)		  Australia won by 1 run
Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds
Andrew Symonds 87 (78)
David Hussey 50 (51)
Fidel Edwards 2/53 (10 overs)		 Chris Gayle 92 (92)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 63 (79)
Brett Lee 3/64 (10 overs)
  • Australia led the series 4–0

One Day International debut: David Hussey

Fifth ODI: 6 July, Basseterre

6 July
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
8/341 (50 overs)		 v  West Indies
172 (39.5 overs)		  Australia won by 169 runs
Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi
Andrew Symonds 66 (80)
Luke Ronchi 64 (28)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 3/57 (9 overs)		 Shawn Findlay 59 (74)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 38 (49)
Mitchell Johnson 5/29 (7.5 overs)
  • Australia won the series 5–0

Man of the Series: Shane Watson

Bangladesh in Australia

Bangladesh will travel to Australia for a 3 match One Day International series at the end of August.

Practice matches

Practice match: 28 August, Darwin

28 August
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
177 (49.4 overs)		 v AIS
123 (33.5 overs)		  Australia won by 54 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Rod Tucker
Michael Hussey 69 (95)
Cameron White 31 (40)
Grant Sullivan 3/37 (8.4 overs)		 Michael Hill 34 (67)
Moises Henriques 16 (19)
Mitchell Johnson 3/5 (4 overs)

One Day International series

First ODI: 30 August, Darwin

30 August
00:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
8/254 (50 overs)		 v  Bangladesh
74 (27.4 overs)		  Australia won by 180 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Peter Parker & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Michael Hussey
Michael Hussey 85 (87)
Shaun Marsh 76 (105)
Shahadat Hossain 3/42 (6 overs)		 Tamim Iqbal 21 (31)
Raqibul Hasan 14 (50)
Cameron White 3/5 (1.4 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

One Day International debut: Brett Geeves

Second ODI: 3 September, Darwin

3 September
00:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Bangladesh 
117 (36.1 overs)		 v  Australia
2/118 (22.4 overs)		  Australia won by 8 wickets
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh
Dhiman Ghosh 30 (36)
Junaid Siddique 21 (44)
Mitchell Johnson 3/17 (6.1 overs)		 Shaun Marsh 69 (81)
Shane Watson 29 (33)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/38 (6.4 overs)
  • Australia led the series 2–0

Third ODI: 6 September, Darwin

6 September
00:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report		 Australia 
5/198 (50 overs)		 v  Bangladesh
125 (29.5 overs)		  Australia won by 73 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Peter Parker & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal
Michael Hussey 57 (72)
Shaun Marsh 30 (36)
Abdur Razzak 1/22 (10 overs)		 Tamim Iqbal 63 (69)
Shakib Al Hasan 27 (29)
James Hopes 3/30 (5 overs)
  • Australia won the series 3–0

Man of the Series: Michael Hussey

Statistics

Matches Played

The following is a table of statistics charting appearances by Australian cricketers in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one match played. The players will be arranged in alphabetical order.

No. Player T20I ODI Test Total
15 Beau Casson - – 1 1
8 Stuart Clark - – 3 3
23 Michael Clarke 1 - 2 3
57 Brad Haddin - - 3 3
17 Brad Hodge - – 1 1
39 James Hopes 1 – - 1
29 David Hussey 1 - - 1
48 Michael Hussey 1 - 3 4
5 Phil Jaques - – 3 3
25 Mitchell Johnson 1 – 3 4
13 Simon Katich - - 3 3
58 Brett Lee 1 - 3 4
45 Stuart MacGill - - 2 2
20 Shaun Marsh 1 - - 1
14 Ricky Ponting 1 - 3 4
34 Luke Ronchi 1 - - 1
63 Andrew Symonds - - 3 3
33 Shane Watson 1 - - 1
9 Cameron White 1 - - 1

Source: cricinfo.com

Batting

Twenty20 Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in Twenty20 International cricket in the 2007–08 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s
Luke Ronchi 1 1 – 22 36 36.00 163.63 36 - –
Shaun Marsh 1 1 – 22 29 29.00 131.81 29 - –
Shane Watson 1 1 1 15 17 – 113.33 17* - –
Cameron White 1 1 1 6 10 – 166.66 10* - –
David Hussey 1 1 – 2 0 0.00 0.00 0 - –

One Day Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in One Day International cricket in the 2007–08 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s

Tests

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in Test cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s
Ricky Ponting 3 6 - 495 323 53.83 65.25 158 1 1
Simon Katich 3 5 – 685 319 63.80 46.56 157 – 2
Andrew Symonds 3 6 2 398 264 66.00 66.33 79 3 –
Phil Jaques 3 6 – 470 245 40.83 52.12 108 1 1
Michael Clarke 2 4 1 321 168 56.00 52.33 110 – 1
Brad Haddin 3 6 1 327 151 30.20 46.17 45* – –
Michael Hussey 3 6 – 366 137 22.83 37.43 56 1 –
Brett Lee 3 5 2 178 103 34.33 57.86 63* 1 –
Brad Hodge 1 2 – 175 94 47.00 53.71 67 1 –
Mitchell Johnson 3 4 1 100 55 18.33 55.00 29* – –
Beau Casson 1 1 – 44 10 10.00 22.72 10 – –
Stuart Clark 3 3 1 24 5 2.50 20.83 3 – –
Stuart MacGill 2 2 – 13 2 1.00 15.38 2 – –

Mts = Matches, Inns = Innings, NO = Not Outs, BF = Balls Faced, Avg = Batting Average, S/R = Batting Strike Rate, HS = Highest Score
Source: cricinfo.com

Bowling

Twenty20 Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in Twenty20 International cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM
Shane Watson 1 1 17 17.00 13.0 7.84 1/17 – 2.1 – -
Cameron White 1 0 8 – – 8.00 – – 1.0 – -
James Hopes 1 0 14 – – 7.00 – – 2.0 – -
Brett Lee 1 0 26 – – 13.00 - – 2.0 – -
Mitchell Johnson 1 0 30 – – 15.00 – – 2.0 – -

One Day Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in One Day International cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM

Tests

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in Test cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM
Brett Lee 3 18 427 23.72 44.2 3.21 5/59 8/110 132.4 1 -
Stuart Clark 3 13 251 19.30 50.7 2.28 5/32 8/91 110.0 1 -
Mitchell Johnson 3 10 347 34.70 62.9 3.31 4/41 5/113 104.5 - -
Stuart MacGill 2 5 325 65.00 91.2 4.27 2/43 4/143 76.0 - -
Michael Clarke 2 4 77 19.25 40.0 1.92 2/20 2/36 40.0 - -
Beau Casson 1 3 129 43.00 64.0 4.03 3/86 3/129 32.0 - -
Andrew Symonds 3 1 73 73.00 216.0 2.02 1/17 1/23 36.0 - -
Michael Hussey 2 0 14 – – 2.33 – – 6.0 - -

Mts = Matches, Wkts = Wickets, Runs = Runs scored off bowler, Avg = Bowling Average, S/R = Bowling Strike Rate, BBI = Best Bowling Innings, Econ = Economy Rate, BBM = Best Bowling Match, Ovrs = Overs Bowled, 5WI = 5 Wickets Innings, 10WM = 10 Wickets Match
Source: cricinfo.com

Catches

The following is a table of statistics charting catches taken by Australian fieldsmen in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one catch. The players will be arranged in alphabetical order.

Player T20I ODI Test Total
Beau Casson - - 2 2
Stuart Clark - - 1 1
Michael Clarke - - 2 2
Brad Haddin † - - 16 16
Michael Hussey - - 5 5
Phil Jaques - - 4 4
Mitchell Johnson 1 - 1 2
Simon Katich - - 3 3
Brett Lee - - 2 2
Ricky Ponting - - 1 1
Andrew Symonds - - 2 2

† Wicketkeeper
Source: cricinfo.com

Important events

See also

References

  1. ^ Bollinger and Marsh receive contracts Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2008
  2. ^ Understudy Haddin becomes main man Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  3. ^ Ponting scores 10,000th Test run Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  4. ^ MacGill decides on hasty retirement Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  5. ^ Ponting to notch up 300 ODIs Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2008
  6. ^ Australia in West Indies ODI Series – 3rd ODI Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008
  7. ^ Lee as good as Windies greats – Richards Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008
  8. ^ Symonds axed from Aussie squad Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2008
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