List of Australia Twenty20 International cricketers

Since their first match in 2005, 39 players have represented Australia in Twenty20 Internationals. A Twenty20 International is an international cricket match between two representative teams of ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). A Twenty20 International is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first Twenty20 cap. Where more than one player won his first Twenty20 cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Australia have played 15 matches, winning 8 and losing 7.[1] Their first game was against New Zealand which was also the first ever Twenty20 International to be played.[2] In this game they scored 214 off their 20 over which still remains the 4th highest score made in an innings by a team in Twenty20 Internationals.[3] Their loss in their second game against England which was by 100 runs was also the fourth highest defeat in Twenty20 Internationals.[4] Most of the Twenty20s played by Australia have been one-off matches usually in association with a One Day International or Test series against the same team. Australia participated in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the first tournament of its kind, and were knocked out in the semi-finals of the competition by India who went on to win the tournament.[5] David Warner is Australia's leading run scorer with 706 runs and Mitchell Johnson is the leading wicket taker with 34 wickets. The highest individual score for an Australian is 98 not out by Ricky Ponting, and the best bowling figures are held by Shane Watson with 4/15.

Contents

Players

Statistics are correct as of 21 October 2009.[6]

Key

*: an innings that ended not out
Mat: number of matches played
Inn: number of innings
HS: highest score
NO: number of times an innings ends not out
Avg: batting/bowling average

100/50: number of centuries and half-centuries scored
Mdn: number of maiden overs (overs off which no runs were scored)
Wkt: number of wickets taken
BB: best bowling figures
Ca: number of catches taken
St: number of stumpings made
Cap Name Career Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg Balls Mdn Runs Wkt Best Avg 5wI Ca St
1 Michael Clarke 2005– 34 28 5 488 67 21.21 156 0 225 6 1/2 37.50 0 13 0
2 Adam Gilchrist 2005–2008 13 13 1 272 48 22.66 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 17 0
3 James Hopes 2005– 12 7 2 105 30 21.00 222 0 283 10 2/26 28.30 0 3 0
4 Michael Hussey 2005– 27 20 7 57 60* 35.15 6 0 5 0 0 n/a 0 18 0
5 Michael Kasprowicz 2005 2 1 1 3 3* n/a 42 0 57 5 4/29 11.40 0 2 0
6 Simon Katich 2005–2006 3 2 0 69 39 34.50 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 2 0
7 Brett Lee 2005– 19 9 4 91 43* 18.20 403 0 524 18 3/27 29.11 0 6 0
8 Damien Martyn 2005–2006 4 4 0 120 96 30.00 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 1 0
9 Glenn McGrath 2005 2 1 0 5 5 5.00 48 0 79 5 3/31 15.80 0 1 0
10 Ricky Ponting 2005–2009 17 16 2 401 98* 28.64 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 8 0
11 Andrew Symonds 2005– 14 11 4 337 85* 48.14 185 0 277 8 2/14 34.62 0 3 0
12 Jason Gillespie 2005 1 1 0 24 24 24.00 24 0 49 1 1/49 49.00 0 0 0
13 Matthew Hayden 2005–2009 9 9 3 308 73* 51.33 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 1 0
14 Nathan Bracken 2006– 19 6 3 15 4* 5.00 377 2 438 19 3/11 23.05 0 6 0
15 Stuart Clark 2006–2007 9 – – – – n/a 216 0 237 13 4/20 18.23 0 4 0
16 Brad Haddin 2006– 23 21 4 335 47 19.70 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 26 10
17 Mick Lewis 2006 2 – – – – n/a 45 0 49 4 2/18 12.25 0 1 0
18 Brad Hogg 2006–2007 2 1 0 41 41 41.00 30 0 62 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
19 Shane Watson 2006– 22 21 2 455 81 23.94 297 1 379 6 4/15 23.68 0 7 0
20 Shane Harwood 2007– 3 1 1 0 0* n/a 72 0 113 3 2/21 37.66 0 0 0
21 Ben Hilfenhaus 2007– 6 2 1 2 2 2.00 138 0 143 8 2/15 17.87 0 0 0
22 Cameron White 2007– 25 24 8 519 85* 32.43 24 0 25 1 1/11 25.00 0 13 0
23 Brad Hodge 2007–2008 8 5 2 94 36 31.33 12 0 20 0 0 n/a 0 3 0
24 Mitchell Johnson 2007– 26 14 5 77 28* 8.55 560 1 642 34 3/15 21.42 0 4 0
25 Ashley Noffke 2007–2008 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 45 1 41 4 3/18 10.25 0 0 0
26 Luke Pomersbach 2007 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
27 Shaun Tait 2007– 19 5 1 10 6 2.50 640 2 498 28 3/13 17.78 0 3 0
28 Adam Voges 2007– 4 3 1 63 26 31.50 12 0 5 2 2/5 2.50 0 2 0
29 David Hussey 2008– 28 26 3 622 88* 27.04 282 1 299 16 3/25 18.68 0 16 0
30 Shaun Marsh 2008– 3 3 0 53 29 17.66 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
31 Luke Ronchi 2008– 3 2 0 47 36 23.50 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
32 David Warner 2009– 25 25 0 706 89 28.24 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 15 0
33 Callum Ferguson 2009– 3 3 0 16 8 5.33 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 1 0
34 Moisés Henriques 2009– 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
35 Peter Siddle 2009– 2 1 1 1 1* n/a 48 0 58 3 2/24 19.33 0 0 0
36 Brett Geeves 2009– 1 – – – – n/a 20 0 35 2 2/35 17.50 0 0 0
37 Ben Laughlin 2009– 1 – – – – n/a 24 0 32 1 1/32 32.00 0 0 0
38 Nathan Hauritz 2009– 3 2 0 6 4 3.00 44 0 47 2 1/20 23.50 0 1 0
39 Marcus North 2009– 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0
40 Dirk Nannes 2009– 15 4 3 16 12* 16.00 318 2 403 27 4/18 14.92 0 1 0
41 Tim Paine 2009– 5 3 0 22 21 7.33 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 4 0
42 Travis Birt 2010– 3 2 0 14 13 7.00 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 1 0
43 Steven Smith 2010– 16 11 3 124 34 15.50 255 1 333 16 3/20 20.81 0 14 0
44 Daniel Christian 2010– 3 1 1 4 4* n/a 42 0 69 2 2/29 34.50 0 0 0
45 Ryan Harris 2010– 3 1 1 2 2* n/a 70 1 95 4 2/27 23.75 0 0 0
46 Stephen O'Keefe 2010– 3 2 0 6 5 3.00 42 0 54 4 3/29 13.50 0 1 0
49 Aaron Finch 2011– 2 2 2 68 53* n/a 0 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 1 0

Captains

Main article: Australian national cricket captains

Ricky Ponting was Australia's first captain in Twenty20 Internationals. On occasions when Ponting was unavailable, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist filled the role. In December 2007, Ricky Ponting was rested from the team to give the younger players exposure. Although vice-captain Gilchrist was in the team, 26-year-old Michael Clarke was selected as captain. Ponting called him the "obvious choice" and Clarke has been predicted to be the next full-time captain of Australia once Ponting steps down from the captaincy.[7] With Gilchrist's retirement from all forms of representative cricket at the end of the 2007/08 season, Clarke has been promoted to the regular vice-captain's position.[8]

Player[9] Dates of captaincy Mat Won Lost Tied No result  % win[notes 1]
Ricky Ponting 2005–2009 17 7 10 0 0 41.17
Adam Gilchrist 2007 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
Michael Clarke 2007–2010 18 12 4 1 1 73.52
Brad Haddin 2007–2010 2 1 1 0 0 50.00
Cameron White 2011- 4 1 3 0 0 25.00
Total.[10] 2005-2011 43 22 19 1 1 54.87

Notes

  1. ^ Percentage is worked out by counting tied games as half a win and excluding no results from the equation.

References

  1. ^ "Australia Playing Record in Twenty20 International Matches". Cricket Archive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/T20Int/Playing_Record.html.  Retrieved on 14 2008.
  2. ^ "New Zealand v Australia". Cricket Archive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81665.html.  Retrieved on 7 2008.
  3. ^ "Largest margin of victory (by runs)". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283283.html.  Retrieved on 7 2008.
  4. ^ "Largest margin of victory (by runs)". Cricinfo. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283283.html.  Retrieved on 7 2008.
  5. ^ Dileep Premachandran (22 September 2007). "Rampant India edge home in humdinger". http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/312092.html.  Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
  6. ^ "Australia - Twenty20 Internationals". Cricinfo.com. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=3;id=2;type=team.  Retrieved on 7 2008.
  7. ^ "Captain Clarke leads in Twenty20". Cricinfo.com. 5 December 2007. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/323828.html.  Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
  8. ^ "Clarke handed Test vice-captaincy". Cricinfo.com. 2 April 2008. http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/344635.html.  Retrieved on 7 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Australia Captains' Playing Record By Series in International Twenty20 Matches". CricketArchive.com. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Australia/T20Int/Captains/Playing_Record_Captain_Overall.html.  Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
  10. ^ "Australian Twenty20 International Captains". Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/individual/list_captains.html?class=3;id=2;type=team.  Retrieved on 19 January 2011.

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