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“nsW – LeaDinG aUstRaLia’s FaVoURite sPoRt”

Steve Waugh Medallist, Phillip Hughes, and Belinda Clark Medallist, Leah Poulton.

ContentsMembers of the Association 2

Cricket NSW Administration 3

Chairman’s Report 4

Chief Executive’s Report 6

Steve Waugh Medal 9

Australian Representatives – Men’s 10

International Cricket – Men’s 12

ICC Women’s World Cup 15

Australian Representatives – Women’s 18

International Cricket – Women’s 19

RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Report 20

2008/09 Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield 22

First Class Records 33

2008/09 Ford Ranger Cup 39

NSW One Day Records 45

2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 47

Cricket Australia Cup – Men’s 52

Wolf Blass Breakers Report 54

2008/09 Women’s National Cricket League 55

Women’s National Cricket League Statistics 60

Cricket Australia Cup – Women’s 61

2008/09 Men’s and Women’s Statistical Highlights 62

Cricket Operations 63

Sydney Cricket Association 64

Sydney Grade Competition – Men’s 68

Sydney Shires Competition 72

Sydney Grade Competition – Women’s 74

Indigenous Cricket 77

Commercial Partners 78

Commercial Operations and Communications 80

NSW Women’s Cricket Committee 83

High Performance 84

NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association 94

NSW Districts Cricket Association 97

Community Cricket 98

NSW Country Cricket Association 100

The Bradman Foundation 104

NSW Schools’ Cricket Association 105

Association Notes 108

Financial Report 112

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Joint Patrons

Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of NSW

Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE

Mr AK Davidson AM MBE

nsW CRiCKet BoaRD DiReCtoRs

Retire 2009 Messrs BW Collins QC, GK Monaghan, MF Rosen, VJ Smith (Appointed), MA Taylor AO (Appointed)

Retire 2010 Mr DH Cole, Dr GK Harinath OAM (Chairman), Ms RA Hore (Appointed), Mr MJ Silver

DeLeGates

sydney Cricket association incorporated

Messrs N Berman, DH Cole, BW Collins, A Connolly, RF Cook (Chairman), I Finlay, BF Freedman OAM, G Flowers, SM Hamman, J Hanshaw, Dr GK Harinath OAM, Messrs R Hudswell, THJ Iceton, T Jacobs, JM Jobson, PM Lovitt, GK Monaghan, D O’Neil, MF Rosen, M Sanders and P Wright

nsW Country Cricket association incorporated

Messrs DJ Broad OAM, DC Cox, PG Creighton, IR Hogg, P Kerin OAM, JG Moriarty, RJ Myatt and MJ Silver (Chairman)

nsW Cricket Umpires’ and scorers’ association incorporated

Dr DF Dilley

nsW Districts Cricket association incorporated

Mr JC Evans

nsW schools’ Cricket association incorporated

Mr GK Kightley

nsW Women’s Cricket Committee

Ms K Loder AM

aCt Cricket association incorporated

Mr B Dockrill

LiFe MeMBeRs

G Atwell (2003); J Benaud (2004); MJ Bennett (2005); NWL Bergin OAM (1986); MG Bevan (2003); BC Booth MBE (1971); D Bourne (2006); R Brenner (2007); R Brewer (2003); C Brierley OAM (2003); DJ Broad OAM (1992); RF Burgess (1975); JA Chapman AM (1990); BJ Clark AM (2007); FJ Clark OAM (1995); C Clowes (2007); M Cornish (2003); ID Craig OAM (1979); AB Crompton OAM (1983); AK Davidson AM MBE (1963); M Davies (2003); RG Davies (1967); J Dyson (2002); PA Emery (2002); IH Ewin OAM (1997); BF Freedman OAM (2000); RA French OAM (1996); BJ Gainsford OAM (2003); LR Gardner OAM(1988); JW Gleeson (1979); HJ Griffith (2003); RH Guy (1981); RG Harris (2000); RN Harvey MBE (1963); BC Hazell OAM (1977); RA Hore (2005); RE Horsell (2002); AJ Hughes OAM (1984); THJ Iceton (2005); V Jackson (2003); WJ Jocelyn (2003); LM Keightley (2007); NS Laming (1998); L Larsen (2003); GF Lawson OAM (2002); M Lilienthal OAM (1964); NG Marks (2000); GRJ Matthews (2002); RB McCosker OAM (1990); GD McGrath AM (2008); JT McMahon OAM (2005); P Meyers (2005); A Mitchell OAM (2003); AR Morris MBE (1967); JT O’Dwyer OAM (2006); MB Pawley (2008); PI Philpott OAM (2004); M Picton (2003); SJ Rixon (1996); WJ Saunders OAM (1977); RB Simpson AO (1970); O Smith (2003); HB Taber (1979); JMA Tait (1999); MA Taylor AO (2002); L Thomas MBE (2003); RF Tozer (1996); A Turner (1997); KD Walters MBE (1979); ME Waugh AM (2003); SR Waugh AO (2003); W Weir AM (2003); MR Whitney (2002); TH Wholohan OAM (1995); RCA Wotton AM (1990); R Wright (2001).

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Chief executive David Gilbert

Finance Manager Ray Power

state Coach Matthew Mott

Women’s state Coach Richard Bates

Commercial operations and Communications Manager Christina Matthews

Cricket operations Manager Ian Field

high Performance Manager Alan Campbell

Community Cricket Manager David Lawson

executive officer, nsW Country Cricket association John Sullivan

executive officer, nsW Cricket Umpires’ and scorers’ association Peter Hughes (retired 29/08/08) Darrell Hair (appointed 01/09/08)

administration Manager Craig Beed

assistant Finance Manager Mark Naprta

Finance assistant Alister Galletly

administration assistant Melissa MacKenna

Receptionist Louise Barclay

second Xi Coach David Freedman

Player Welfare Manager Tony Lewis (contract expired 30/06/08)

Player Career and Welfare Manager Cheryl Williams (appointed 10/11/08)

strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Reddin

state squad administrator Donna Anderson

state squad Computer analyst Andrew Ware

Communications Manager David Townsend

event Manager Janine Stainer

Commercial operations executive Brett Richardson

Corporate Communications Coordinator Sudesh Arudpragasam

events and supporter Club Coordinator Lauren Boyle

Cricket operations – Grade and shires Roy Formica

Cricket operations – Men’s Representative Cricket Sam Faulks (appointed 28/07/08)

Cricket operations – Women’s Cricket Paul Taylor

Coaching administrators Michael Maclennan Trent Woodhill

Women’s high Performance Coach Lisa Sthalekar

high Performance Coach educator David Patterson

administration assistant, high Performance Bronwyn Atkins

Video and technology Facilitator Troy Baker

indoor Cricket Centre Manager Jim Robson

secretary, nsW Districts Cricket association Eric Myatt

Girls Participation Manager Theresa Purtell (appointed 06/04/09)

Community Cricket Coordinator Donna Little

in2CRiCKet Coordinator Renee Millen (resigned 03/04/09)

Girls Cricket Development officer Theresa Purtell (promoted 06/04/09)

Metropolitan Cricket Managers Matthew Betsey (resigned 30/01/09), Russel Grimson, Steve Mulally, Olivia Thornton (resigned 22/08/08), Craig McLean (appointed 20/10/08), Kurt Gagan (appointed 02/02/09)

Country Cricket Coordinator Bruce Whitehouse (appointed 07/07/08)

Regional Cricket Managers Robbie Mackinlay Neil McDonald Brett Rankin Max Shepherd Graeme Smith Jeff Cook

Umpires’ education and Development Manager Darren Goodger

administrator, nsW Cricket Umpires Royce McCormack (appointed 01/09/08)

honorary Librarians Bob Brenner Dr Colin Clowes

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the summer of 2008/09 brought with it both success and challenges, from which we can look forward with optimism. On the field, NSW cricket is in a healthy state with success achieved at all levels.

Of course, the most memorable moments were the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues’ heart stopping victories against Victoria, firstly in the last round of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, then again one week later in the Final.

Throughout this tournament the onus was on our young players, our “Future Heroes”, to perform in the absence of our international stars. Much to our delight, we saw Phillip Hughes, David Warner, Aaron Bird, Ben Rohrer and Stephen O’Keefe deliver match winning performances at crucial stages of the tournament. My congratulations go to the entire squad, Coach Matthew Mott and Captains, Simon Katich and Dominic Thornely, on an outstanding campaign!

Conversely, this triumph was scarred with the disappointment of finishing last in both the Ford Ranger Cup and Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield. It was a testing season for the team in these competitions with injuries and representative commitments straining the depth of the squad.

In the absence of Simon Katich, Dominic Thornely did a creditable job as captain and would have learnt much from the experience. He showed a strong belief in his young side and this was reflected in a number of outstanding individual performances. 20-year-old Phillip Hughes, in just his second season of First Class cricket, again excelled and his elevation to the Test team was an exciting selection for Australian cricket. Usman Khawaja showed he is heading for higher honours with two classy centuries late in the season. David Warner thrilled crowds with his power hitting in one-day matches for both NSW and Australia, whilst Aaron Bird and Burt Cockley emerged as genuine strike bowlers.

Cricket NSW prides itself on producing “Australia’s Future Heroes”, and the fact that 14 NSW players represented Australia during 2008/09 demonstrates that our ‘production line’ is in excellent working order.

The NSW Breakers have long been the benchmark for women’s cricket in Australia. The 2008/09 season was no exception with the team claiming an 11th National League title in 13 seasons, and remaining undefeated for the first time since 2001/02.

Again, we were delighted to see our young players take centre stage, with 19-year-old Erin Osborne finishing as the equal leading wicket-taker in the competition in her first season of senior cricket. My congratulations to Coach Richard Bates, Captain Lisa Sthalekar and the squad for another amazing season!

Like their male counterparts, the Breakers enjoyed tremendous representation in the National team with Alex Blackwell, Leonie Coleman, Sarah Andrews, Lisa Sthalekar, Ellyse Perry, Leah Poulton and Erin Osborne selected in the Australian team for the ICC Women’s World Cup in Sydney. Further congratulations must be extended to Alex Blackwell on her appointment as the Vice-Captain of the side.

Success at the highest level is only possible with solid foundations and we believe in providing the best possible coaching and resources to athletes in our underpinning High Performance Programs.

I am proud to report that in 2008/09 our High Performance teams achieved a clean sweep of the underage National Championships for the third time in five seasons – a truly tremendous achievement! Congratulations to all the players and coaches involved in the male U/19 and U/17, and the female U/15, U/17 and U/19 programs for this stunning result.

The success of our High Performance programs is not just measured by National titles but also the number of players who go on to play First Class and International cricket. It is crucial to acknowledge the role that these Programs have played in developing players of the ilk of Brett Lee, Michael Clarke, Phillip Hughes, David Warner, Ellyse Perry and Erin Osborne. My thanks go to Alan Campbell and his High Performance staff for their continued commitment to the development of our young players.

Part of the success of our High Performance programs is due to the work done by coaches and administrators in regional areas. In recent years we have seen rising stars such as Mark Cameron, Burt Cockley, Josh Hazlewood, as well as Phillip Hughes and Erin Osborne, emerge from regional areas and I congratulate NSW Country Cricket Chairman Mike Silver, Executive Officer John Sullivan and their team for the crucial role they play in developing State and national players.

NSW is statistically the most successful domestic team in world cricket, and in October 2009 we will have the opportunity to compete for the first time on the world stage at the Champions League Twenty20 competition being held in India. This tournament presents us with the rare opportunity of fielding a full strength NSW team boasting a virtual all international line-up. This is a testament to the quality of cricketers this State has produced over many years.

In March 2009, Cricket NSW hosted the ICC Women’s World Cup. The ongoing success of the NSW Breakers and the female High Performance Program is a direct reflection of the investment made in women’s cricket by the NSW Cricket Board and, as such, we were thrilled to be rewarded with right to stage this international tournament.

This was the first Women’s World Cup to be held under the auspices of the ICC, and it was a great success. The matches enjoyed excellent crowds with almost 18,000 fans attending matches, including 3,000 for the Final between England and New Zealand.

The matches were very well presented to both those at the ground and the global television audience through ESPN Star Sports. I was delighted to see so many school children accept the offer to attend matches, which greatly enhanced the atmosphere and no doubt provided a thrill for visiting players and fans. My thanks

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and congratulations go to all of the staff from the ICC, Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW involved in the successful staging of the event, and especially to the NSW Government for their generous support.

2009/10 will see the opening of brand-new facilities at Blacktown Olympic Park. Featuring a TV broadcast quality floodlit First Class standard main oval, a First Grade standard Number 2 oval, outdoor and indoor practice facilities, Cricket NSW is a major partner in this project alongside the AFL and Blacktown City Council. Our investment of $7 million over the next 20 years has created a hub for cricketers in the ever-growing western region of Sydney, who will now have access to state-of-the-art playing and training facilities and elite level coaching in their own ‘backyard’.

Given the growth of western Sydney, and the quality of cricketers produced in this region, Cricket NSW regards this investment as vital in growing the game. Who knows, maybe the next Doug Bollinger, a Seven Hills junior, will be discovered at the training fields at Blacktown Olympic Park!

While there have been satisfying results on the field, off the field Cricket NSW has faced extremely difficult financial challenges. Unfortunately, we are not immune to the effects of the global financial downturn and a deficit of $3.8 million was recorded for the 2008/09 Financial Year. This deficit was due largely to three factors – disappointing public ticket sales for international matches at the SCG, an alarming drop in demand for corporate hospitality at these matches and an investment market which again did not perform to expectation.

Recognising that there are likely to be more tough times ahead, the NSW Cricket Board has had to take firm action to minimise the effects of the financial crisis for the coming year. Regrettably, we have had to defer payments under our grants, loans and facility upgrade programs for at least 12 months. However, we are delighted to have been able to maintain grants to our affiliates at 2008/09 levels.

The forthcoming 2009/10 season is the final year of our current Venue Agreement with the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust. With negotiations on a new agreement to take place over the next few months, we will be doing our utmost to ensure the best possible outcome for cricket in NSW in the coming years.

In these tough economic times, I take this opportunity to express my sincerest gratitude to our many sponsors and partners. Your support is never taken for granted and we look forward to working with you all to grow the game of cricket well into the future.

Special mention must go to our Major Sponsor, the Roads and Traffic Authority. Cricket NSW takes great pride in this long-standing partnership and the role the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues play in helping deliver the life-saving message that “Speed is great on the field but not on the road.”

Sadly, it is with regret that I report that two stalwarts of NSW cricket have played their final matches for the State – the prolific wicket-taking leg-spinner, Stuart MacGill, and the determined wicket-keeper, Leonie Coleman.

Stuart MacGill played 90 First Class matches for NSW taking 357 wickets at 33.09. He is also the State’s leading wicket taker in one-day cricket with 129 from 69 matches. He was a fiercely determined player who displayed great passion for the ‘baggy blue’ cap. In addition to his mastery with the ball, fans will remember his two tense, but memorable, innings with the bat where he hit the winning runs in the 2004/05 Pura Cup and the 2005/06 ING Cup Finals! Whilst Stuart has succumbed to injury, we hope to see him back around the Blues’ camp in some capacity in the near future.

Leonie Coleman was the fifth woman to play 100 games for NSW. One of the most respected figures in the game, she overcame career threatening injuries to return to the Australian side and earn her one and only Test cap in 2008. Debuting at just 16 years of age, she was a member of the NSW team which won the first Women’s National Cricket League title in 1996/97. She is also the leading wicketkeeper in the history of the WNCL with 98 dismissals. We wish her well as she continues her career in the WNCL with the newly admitted ACT team.

I also take this opportunity to express my gratitude to retiring Director, Mr Bruce Collins QC. Bruce has served on the NSW Cricket Board with distinction for the past six years and was a long serving Chairman of the Sydney Cricket Association’s Committee of Management. We are deeply grateful for Bruce’s contribution to Cricket NSW and hope that he will continue his involvement in the game in another capacity.

Finally, my sincere thanks go to my fellow Directors, and to Chief Executive David Gilbert and all the tireless staff at Cricket NSW. I look forward to further success in the year ahead.

Dr GK harinath oaM Chairman


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NSW Cricket Board Directors top row (left to right), Doug Cole, Bruce Collins QC, Rina Hore and Greg Monaghan. Bottom row (left to right) Marshall Rosen, Mike Silver, Vic Smith and Mark Taylor AO.

Cricket nsW has enjoyed another successful year with impressive individual and team performances complementing its strategic vision.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won its first Twenty20 title, the KFC ‘Big Bash’, in a thrilling last-ball win in the Final against reigning champions, Victoria. This exciting competition has introduced a new audience to cricket, no more in evidence than at the Final when the crowd chants of ‘New South Wales’ were more reminiscent of a State of Origin Rugby League match!

Winning the ‘Big Bash’ has qualified NSW for the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 in India in October 2009 where the world’s best 12 domestic teams will compete for a $US2.5 million first prize. The tournament will be broadcast worldwide to hundreds of millions of viewers, thus ensuring an unprecedented level of exposure for the team and, indeed, the State of NSW. With our Australian players declared available to play, we will field a virtual international-strength side to compete in this ground breaking event.

The performances of the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup were disappointing. With 14 New South Welshman called up to represent Australia in the various formats of the game throughout the season, our depth was severely tested. However this did provide for plentiful opportunities for many young players. Players such as Burt Cockley, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Steven Smith, Simon Keen and Michell Starc received valuable First XI experience throughout last summer and will no doubt be better players for the season ahead. Expect the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues to bounce back strongly in 2009/10.

Without question, the most outstanding individual performances of the year were produced by 20-year-old Phillip Hughes. After announcing himself in grand style in the 2007/08 Pura Cup Final, where he became the youngest player to score a century (116) in the Final, Phillip continued his superb form to gain selection in the Australian team to tour South Africa in February 2009. After making his debut in the First Test in Johannesburg, he peeled off twin centuries in the Second Test in Durban (115 and 160), thus becoming the youngest player in Test cricket history to score two centuries in the same match. Phillip soon followed this up by becoming the first Australian-born player to score centuries in his first three First Class innings’ on English soil when he represented Middlesex at the start of the 2009 County Championship season.

Phillip was duly rewarded with selection in the Ashes touring squad to England alongside Simon Katich, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Nathan Hauritz, Brad Haddin, Brett Lee and NSW’s new recruit, Shane Watson. To provide eight players to this 15 man squad is a tremendous achievement by Cricket NSW.

The Wolf Blass Breakers continued on their all-conquering way by winning an 11th Women’s National Cricket League title in the last 13 years and their fourth consecutive crown. The team recorded nine wins from their nine matches contested, including a convincing six wicket win over Victoria in the Final at the SCG. The team boasted an excellent mix of youth and experience and is well placed to ensure more long-term dominance. Opening batter Leah Poulton was a worthy winner of the Belinda Clark Medal as the Breakers’ Player of the Year. Her outstanding form was rewarded with selection in the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars team that competed in the ICC Women’s World Cup. Leah also made her Test debut in the subsequent one-off Test match against England.

The Breakers maintained their strong tradition of providing the nucleus of the Australian team with eight players - Alex and Kate Blackwell, Lisa Sthalekar, Ellyse Perry, Sarah Andrews, Erin Osborne, Leonie Coleman and Leah Poulton - gaining national selection in 2008/09 whilst a further two players - Corinne Hall and Alyssa Healy - were selected for the Australian U/21 Shooting Stars squad. Congratulations is also extended to Alex Blackwell who was named vice captain of the Southern Stars and also to Lisa Sthalekar who was selected as a finalist for the ICC’s Women’s Cricketer of the Year award.

In what was a tremendous showcase for women’s cricket, the first-ever ICC Women’s World Cup was staged in NSW and the ACT in March 2009. North Sydney Oval, Bankstown Oval, Drummoyne Oval, Bradman Oval (Bowral), Manuka Oval (Canberra) and Newcastle’s No.1 Sportsground were superb venues for the two-week tournament. It represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our Breakers players to compete in a World Cup in their home State. The ICC were delighted with all aspects of the staging of the World Cup and, on behalf of Cricket NSW, may I convey my sincere thanks to all those involved in the ensuring the success of the tournament.

In the National under-age competitions, NSW recorded, for the third time in the last five years, a clean sweep of all national under-age championships by winning the female U/15, U/17 and U/19 (Invitational) and male U/17 and U/19 Championships. This is an extraordinary achievement and a vindication of the resources allocated each year to the Cricket NSW High Performance program.

The Community Cricket Department also enjoyed considerable success over the past year with 114 junior teams playing 200 matches in the very popular Michael Clarke Twenty20 Cup. Overall, however, total participation decreased by 2% from the previous year to stand at 174,000 registered cricketers statewide. Whilst this is of concern, an increase is expected in 2009/10 due to the influence of the Ashes Series recently concluded in England. For the fourth year running, Cricket NSW invested heavily in its recruitment campaign to encourage youngsters to play the game.

Country Cricket had much to celebrate with the selection of Phillip Hughes (Macksville), Josh Hazlewood (Bendemeer), Burt Cockley, Mark Cameron, Leah Poulton, Sarah Andrews, Corinne Hall (all from Newcastle), Alex and Kate Blackwell (Wagga) and Erin Osborne (Tamworth) for State and National representation. This is a tribute to the efforts of thousands of selfless volunteers throughout regional NSW.

In the Sydney Grade competition, St George DCC, led admirably by former State player Graeme Rummans, were crowned First Grade

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champions for the second consecutive year. Penrith DCC captured their first Club Championship for 26 years and had the distinction of fielding teams in the Final Series of four out of five grades. They also finished second in the First Grade Limited Overs competitions. Congratulations to both clubs for outstanding seasons.

Tamworth achieved a satisfying milestone by winning the SCG Country Cup last January. After being runners-up for the past two seasons, they became the first team outside of Newcastle to win the competition since its inception in 2001/02.

Cricket NSW’s partnership with Blacktown Council and the AFL for the development of $30M state-of-the-art playing and training facilities at Blacktown Olympic Park has been completed and will ready for use in the 2009/10 season. This most impressive facility will provide an outstanding venue for all male and female squads as well as being capable of hosting senior elite level matches for decades to come. With the demographic heart being in Sydney’s west and a fast growing population to match, Cricket NSW is immensely proud of its contribution in making this facility a reality.

The new Victor Trumper Stand at the SCG was completed in time for the New Year’s Test match. The 12,000 seat stand replaced “The Hill” section of the ground and provides excellent facilities and comfort for spectators.

It has been another tough year financially for Cricket NSW, with the global economic crisis taking its toll. Public ticket sales for International matches at the SCG were disappointing as were sales for corporate hospitality at these matches. Further, the Association’s investments continued to be affected by the uncertainty in the financial markets. With another difficult year ahead, Cricket NSW is committed to meeting this financial challenge through prudent and responsible management.

The renewal of the RTA’s sponsorship of Cricket NSW was great news for cricket in NSW. The delivery of the message: “Speed is great on the field but not on the road” is a priority that both parties are totally committed to and we look forward to working closely together again in the next 12 months.

We also thank all of our other sponsors and suppliers who help us to provide the best possible variety of cricket programs to all areas. We could not possibly achieve the results that we aspire to without this support.

Cricket NSW was very proud to host, in partnership with the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, “Australia’s Big Bash” on 22 February 2009. This Twenty20 celebrity event raised $250,000 for the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and my thanks go to the staff from both organisations for making this event such a tremendous success in such a short space of time.

Special thanks must also go to the celebrity players involved in the match, especially the captains Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh, for providing such an entertaining evening. The two XI’s for the match were:

Taylor XI: Mark Taylor (c), Michael Slater, Lisa Sthalekar, Mick Fanning, •Lote Tuqiri, Joel Parkinson, Barry Hall, Matthew Burke, Anthony Minichello, Moises Henriques, Beau Casson.

Waugh XI: Steve Waugh (c), Shannon Noll, Ellyse Perry, Anthony •Mundine, Peter Garrett, Braith Anasta, Phil Waugh, Robbie Farah, Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, David Warner, Nathan Bracken.

Thanks also to Sir Michael Parkinson and Mike Whitney for officiating the match. In addition, Tony Squires, Adam Spencer and Billy Birmingham did an excellent job as the on ground commentary team.

May I take this opportunity to thank the NSW Cricket Board and, in particular, Chairman Dr Harry Harinath for their continued support. Since becoming Chairman, Harry has been taking Cricket NSW forward. His efforts in the upgrade of Drummoyne Oval, Raby Oval , Campbelltown and the development of Blacktown Olympic Park are testimony to this and we were all delighted to see him awarded the OAM in the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours LIst.

In addition, I sincerely thank all the staff at Cricket NSW and the many volunteers throughout the State who have put in so much effort over the past 12 months. I look forward to another successful year ahead.

David Gilbert Chief executive


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Cricket NSW Staff in the new Victor Trumper Stand.

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the 2008/09 steve Waugh Medal Dinner was held at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney on Friday, 3 April 2009.

The premier celebration on the Cricket NSW calendar, this year’s dinner was the largest ever with over 500 guests attending to acknowledge the achievements of the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues and Wolf Blass Breakers.

The ABC’s Adam Spencer performed the MC duties for the third consecutive year with distinction, while the Mike Whitney Band entertained guests at the conclusion of the presentations.

The major awards, the Steve Waugh and Belinda Clark Medals, were taken out by Phillip Hughes and Leah Poulton respectively, while Warren Bardsley, Mark Taylor and Belinda Clark were inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame.

steve Waugh Medal – Phillip hughes

After a phenomenal season in all forms of the game, Phillip Hughes, was the clear winner of the Steve Waugh Medal this season with 231 votes, finishing 72 votes clear of one of the success stories in the bowling ranks in Aaron Bird, with 159 votes.

Hughes was outstanding all summer scoring 891 runs in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield at an average of 74.25 with four centuries. He also added 288 runs in the Ford Ranger Cup at 32.00 and 188 in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash with the strike rate of 121.29. He seemed to lift his game on the big occasions including the vital clash against Tasmania in Newcastle where his scores of 151 and 82 not out helped him clinch a berth on the Australian tour of South Africa.

Phillip is the youngest ever winner of this award.

Belinda Clark Medal – Leah Poulton

Winning her first Belinda Clark Medal, Leah Poulton was part of a Wolf Blass Breakers unit that again dominated the WNCL and claimed an 11th crown in 13 seasons.

She was the competition’s second highest run scorer, making 376 runs at 41.77 with a strike rate of 71.61 which was the second highest amongst the top ten run-scorers in the competition.

Poulton’s pre-season form and some outstanding results playing County Cricket in England also saw her re-called to the Australian team for the series against India. She then held her place for the subsequent tour to New Zealand and the ICC Women’s World Cup.

Ford Ranger Cup Player of the Year: nathan hauritzKFC Twenty20 Big Bash Player of the Year: Doug BollingerWeet-Bix Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: Phillip hughesCricket NSW Rising Star – Male: Josh hazlewoodCricket NSW Rising Star – Female: erin osborne

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Mark taylor ao (nsW 1985/86 -1998/99)Mark Taylor played 100 First Class matches for NSW, scoring 6997 runs at 41.40 with 17 centuries. He captained his State on 32 occasions, including to victory in the 1989/90 Sheffield Shield Final.

He is one of only two NSW batsman, along with Rick McCosker, to have twice scored a century in each innings, with one of those times coming in the 1989/90 Shield Final. Taylor also holds the record for the most First Class catches by a NSW fieldsman (132), and at the time of his retirement, he was NSW’s second leading run scorer behind Alan Kippax.

taYLoR, Mark anthony. Born: october 27, 1964 Leeton (nsW).

Left-hand batsman First Class debut: 1985-86 new south Wales v tasmania, hobart.

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First Class 253 435 20 17415 334* 97 41 41.96 350 2 38.50 1-4

Sheffield Shield 85 147 3 6090 199 34 15 42.29 120 - - -

Test 104 186 13 7525 334* 40 19 43.50 157 1 26.00 1-11

Int'l limited-overs 113 110 1 3514 105 28 1 32.24 56 - - -

World Cup 9 9 - 206 74 2 - 22.89 1 - - -

Dom. limited-overs 38 38 - 1218 84 12 - 32.05 24 - - -

Belinda Clark aM (nsW 1990/91-2000/01)Belinda Clark is the first woman inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall of Fame.

She represented NSW in 85 matches making 3505 runs at 48.68 with four centuries and 28 half centuries. Belinda also captained NSW to five consecutive Women’s National Cricket League titles from 1996/97 through to 2000/01.

CLaRK, Belinda Jane. Born: september 10, 1970, newcastle (nsW).

Right hand bat - Right arm off-spin bowler.

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WNCL 89 89 13 4074 122* 35 7 53.60 56 - - -

Test 15 25 5 919 136 6 2 50.30 4 1 28.00 1-28

Int’l limited-overs 118 114 12 4844 229* 30 5 47.49 45 3 17.00 1-7

Int’l 20/20 1 1 - 4 4 - - 4.00 1 - - -

Warren Bardsley (nsW 1903/04 -1925/26)Warren Bardsley represented NSW in 83 matches scoring 6419 runs at 53.03 with 20 centuries. At the time of his retirement, he held the record for most First Class runs and matches for NSW.

He carried his bat twice for NSW with his 191 not out against South Australia in 1910/11 the fourth highest individual score by a NSW batsman at that time. On retirement, Bardsley also held the record for the most First Class centuries (53), a mark which was passed by Don Bradman in 1936.

BaRDsLeY, Warren. Born: December 7, 1882 Warren (nsW).

Died: January 20, 1954 Collaroy Plateau (nsW).

Left-hand batsman First Class debut: 1903-04 new south Wales v Queensland, Brisbane.

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Test 41 66 5 2469 193* 14 6 40.47 12 - - -

Left: Phillip Hughes and Leah Poulton. Middle: Adam Spencer MC’d the evening. Far Right: Hall of Fame - (from left) Mark Taylor, Belinda Clark, Cricket NSW Chairman, Dr Harry Harinath and Peter Bardsley, nephew of the late Warren Bardsley.


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BoLLinGeR, Douglas erwin. Born: July 24, 1981 Baulkham Hills (NSW).

Left hand batsman – Left arm fast medium. First Class debut: 2002/03 New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane.


First Class 52 57 26 238 31* - - 7.68 18 163 31.04 6-47

Sheffield Shield 37 44 22 178 31* - - 8.09 12 125 29.65 6-47

Test 1 1 1 0 0* - - - - 2 65.50 2-53

Int’l limited-overs 3 - - - - - - - - 5 20.20 5-35

Dom. limited-overs 38 12 7 24 6* - - 4.80 7 45 32.51 4-24

Domestic 20/20 8 - - - - - - - 3 9 25.22 3-22

BRaCKen, nathan Wade. Born: September 12, 1977 Penrith (NSW).

Right hand batsman – Left arm fast medium bowler. First Class debut: 1998/99 New South Wales v Queensland, Canberra.


First Class 67 88 30 1007 63 1 - 17.36 18 215 26.06 7-4

Sheffield Shield 58 76 25 872 63 1 - 17.10 15 190 25.60 7-4

Test 5 6 2 70 37 - - 17.50 2 12 42.08 4-48Int'l limited-overs 110 35 18 198 21* - - 11.65 23 167 23.91 5-47

World Cup 10 - - - - - - - 2 16 16.13 4-19


International 20/20 19 6 3 15 4* - - 5.00 6 19 23.05 3-11

Domestic 20/20 8 3 2 7 7* - - 7.00 - 11 22.91 3-38

CLaRK, stuart Rupert. Born: September 28, 1975 Caringbah (NSW).

Right hand batsman – Right arm fast medium bowler. First Class debut: 1997/98 New South Wales v Tasmania, Sydney.


First Class 99 127 37 1276 62 1 - 14.18 27 361 27.14 8-58Sheffield Shield 57 79 22 818 62 1 - 14.35 17 204 28.79 8-58Test 22 23 7 210 39 - - 13.13 4 90 22.97 5-32Int'l limited-overs 39 12 7 69 16* - - 13.80 9 53 27.87 4-54World Cup 1 - - - - - - - - 1 19.00 1-19Dom. limited-overs 70 19 4 77 14 - - 5.13 13 85 30.15 4-24International 20/20 9 - - - - - - - 4 13 18.23 4-20

CLaRKe, Michael John. Born: April 2, 1981 Liverpool (NSW).

Right hand batsman – Slow left arm bowler. First Class debut: 1999/00 New South Wales v Indians, Sydney.


First Class 104 177 17 7041 201* 28 23 44.01 96 29 47.17 6-9

Sheffield Shield 35 63 4 2515 201* 9 9 42.63 33 9 31.56 3-22

Test 47 76 9 3204 151 13 10 47.82 39 18 37.78 6-9

Int'l limited-overs 156 140 30 4676 130 35 4 42.51 63 52 34.19 5-35

World Cup 11 9 4 436 93* 4 - 87.20 5 2 48.00 2-33

Dom. limited-overs 36 34 5 1049 101* 7 1 36.17 11 13 19.54 3-20

International 20/20 18 14 3 189 37* - - 17.18 6 5 30.60 1-13

haDDin, Bradley James. Born: October 23, 1977 Cowra (NSW).

Right hand batsman – Wicket-keeper. First Class debut: 1999/00 New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane.

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First Class 108 179 19 6464 169 34 11 40.40 327 26 - -

Sheffield Shield 78 133 15 4940 154 29 9 41.86 239 20 - -

Test 15 26 2 901 169 2 1 37.54 55 1 - -

Int'l limited-overs 53 49 3 1490 109 9 1 32.39 59 5 - -

Dom. limited-overs 84 83 6 2678 138* 16 5 34.78 115 33 - -

International 20/20 10 9 3 111 24 - - 18.50 4 - - -

Domestic 20/20 8 8 - 158 54 1 - 19.75 6 6 - -

haURitZ, nathan Michael. Born: October 18, 1981Wondai (QLD).

Right hand batsman – Right arm off spin bowler. First Class debut: 2001/02 Queensland v Victoria, Richmond.


First Class 46 61 13 743 94 2 - 15.48 25 89 47.16 4-86

Sheffield Shield 35 48 12 576 94 2 - 16.00 19 66 49.39 4-86

Test 4 6 - 72 41 - - 12.00 1 14 32.29 3-16

Int'l limited-overs 19 11 6 118 24* - - 23.60 9 25 28.64 4-29


International 20/20 2 2 - 6 4 - - 3.00 - 2 23.50 1-20

Domestic 20/20 9 6 5 50 23* - - 50.00 2 8 24.63 2-21

NSW Dom. ltd-overs 26 21 7 296 46* - - 21.14 8 29 33.62 3-2510

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henRiQUes, Moises Constantino. Born: February 1, 1987 Funchal (Portugal).

Right-hand batsman – Right-arm fast-medium bowler. First Class debut: 2006/07 New South Wales v South Australia, Sydney.


First Class 11 20 2 489 76 2 - 27.17 4 17 37.35 5-17

Sheffield Shield 9 16 1 327 47 - - 21.80 2 10 50.90 5-17


International 20/20 1 1 - 1 1 - - 1.00 - - - -

Domestic 20/20 14 12 1 161 42 - - 14.64 8 10 29.60 2-19

hUGhes, Phillip Joel. Born: November 30, 1988 Macksville (NSW).

Left-hand batsman – Right-arm off-spin bowler. First Class debut: 2007/08 New South Wales v Tasmania, Sydney


First Class 25 45 6 2651 198 14 10 67.97 21 - - -


Test 3 6 - 415 160 1 2 69.17 2 - - -

Dom. limited-overs 13 13 1 403 68 4 - 33.58 3 - - -

Domestic 20/20 4 4 1 188 80* 1 - 62.67 2 - - -

JaQUes, Philip anthony. Born: May 3, 1979 Wollongong (NSW).

Left hand batsman – Slow left arm bowler. First Class debut: 2000/01 New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane.


First Class 129 229 9 11707 244 54 35 53.21 97 - - -

Sheffield Shield 53 98 2 4174 240* 19 11 43.48 38 - - -

Test 11 19 - 902 150 6 3 47.47 7 - - -

Int'l limited-overs 6 6 - 125 94 1 - 20.83 3 - - -

Dom. limited-overs 43 42 3 1657 158* 6 4 42.49 8 - - -Domestic 20/20 6 6 - 213 69 2 - 35.50 1 - - -

KatiCh, simon Matthew. Born: August 21, 1975 Middle Swan (WA).

Left hand batsman – Left arm wrist spin bowler. First Class debut: 1996/97 Western Australia v Queensland, Brisbane.

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First Class 201 345 45 16421 306 86 46 54.74 182 92 36.72 7-130Sheffield Shield 87 151 17 7845 306 40 23 58.54 79 36 34.19 7-130Test 38 66 5 2649 157 15 7 43.43 26 18 29.61 6-65Int'l limited-overs 45 42 5 1324 107* 9 1 35.78 13 - - -Dom. limited-overs 79 75 7 2789 136* 22 4 41.01 28 5 51.20 3-43International 20/20 3 2 - 69 39 - - 34.50 2 - - -Domestic 20/20 12 12 2 293 48 - - 29.30 10 - - -NSW Dom. ltd-overs 41 38 4 1611 136* 14 2 47.38 18 5 45.80 3-43

Lee, Brett. Born: November 8, 1976 Wollongong (NSW).

Right hand batsman – Right arm fast bowler. First Class debut: 1994/95 Aust Cricket Academy v NZ Cricket Academy, Hamilton.


First Class 116 139 25 2120 97 8 - 18.60 35 487 28.23 7-114

Sheffield Shield 21 29 4 422 97 2 - 16.88 9 97 26.22 7-114Test 76 90 18 1451 64 5 - 20.15 23 310 30.82 5-30Int'l limited-overs 173 85 36 855 57 2 - 17.45 41 303 22.95 5-22World Cup 10 3 1 23 15* - - 11.50 8 22 17.91 5-42Dom. limited-overs 20 12 6 117 44* - - 19.50 3 26 31.88 3-30International 20/20 16 9 4 91 43* - - 18.20 5 16 28.19 3-27

WaRneR, David andrew. Born: October 27, 1986 Paddington (NSW).

Left-hand batsman – Right-arm leg-spin bowler. First Class debut: 2008/09 New South Wales v Western Australia, Sydney.


First Class 1 1 - 42 42 - - 42.00 2 - - -Sheffield Shield 1 1 - 42 42 - - 42.00 2 - - -Int'l limited-overs 6 6 - 106 69 1 - 17.67 1 - - -Dom. limited-overs 11 11 2 464 165* 2 1 51.56 3 1 60.00 1-32International 20/20 7 7 - 240 89 2 - 34.29 1 - - -Domestic 20/20 10 10 1 229 65 1 - 25.44 1 - - -


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Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, august 30, 2008. Australia won by 180 runs. Australia 8-254 (SE Marsh 76, MEK Hussey 85; Shahadat Hossain 3-42, Shakib Al Hasan 2-46). Bangladesh 74 (MG Johnson 2-10, B Geeves 2-11, CL White 3-5). Man of the Match: MeK hussey.

Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, september 3, 2008. Australia won by eight wickets. Bangladesh 117 (Dhiman Ghosh 30; NW Bracken 2-16, SR Clark 2-16, MG Johnson 3-17, CL White 2-39). Australia 2-118 (SE Marsh 69no; Shakib Al Hasan 2-38). Man of the Match: se Marsh.

Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, september 6, 2008. Australia won by 73 runs. Australia 5-198 (SE Marsh 30, MEK Hussey 57no). Bangladesh 9-125 (Tamim Iqbal 63; SR Clark 2-12, JR Hopes 3-30, SR Watson 2-8). Man of the Match: tamim iqbal. Man of the series: MeK hussey.

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First test M Chinnaswamy stadium, Bangalore, october 9,10,11,12,13, 2008. Match drawn. Australia 430 (SM Katich 66, RT Ponting 123, MEK Hussey 146, BJ Haddin 33; Zaheer Khan 5-91, I Sharma 4-77). India 360 (V Sehwag 45, RS Dravid 51, SC Ganguly 47, Harbhajan Singh 54, Zaheer Khan 57no; MG Johnson 4-70, SR Watson 3-45, MJ Clarke 2-38). Australia 6 dec 228 (SM Katich 34, MEK Hussey 31, SR Watson 41, BJ Haddin 35no; I Sharma 3-40, Harbhajan Singh 2-76). India 4-177 (SR Tendulkar 49, VVS Laxman 42no). Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan.

second test Punjab Cricket association Ground, Mohali, october 17,18,19,20,21, 2008. India won by 320 runs. India 469 (G Gambhir 67, V Sehwag 35, RS Dravid 39, SR Tendulkar 88, SC Ganguly 102, MS Dhoni 92; PM Siddle 3-114, MG Johnson 3-85, CL White 2-71). Australia 268 (SM Katich 33, MEK Hussey 54, SR Watson 78, B Lee 35; I Sharma 2-68, Harbhajan Singh 2-60, A Mishra 5-71). India 3 dec 314 (G Gambhir 104, V Sehwag 90, MS Dhoni 68no). Australia 195 (MJ Clarke 69, BJ Haddin 37; Zaheer Khan 3-71, I Sharma 2-42, Harbhajan Singh 3-36, A Mishra 2-35). Man of the Match: Ms Dhoni.

third test Feroze shah Kotla Ground, Delhi, october 29,30,31, november 1,2, 2008. Match drawn. India 7 dec 613 (G Gambhir 206, SR Tendulkar 68, VVS Laxman 200no, AR Kumble 45; MG Johnson 3-142, SR Watson 2-66). Australia 577 (ML Hayden 83, SM Katich 64, RT Ponting 87, MEK Hussey 53, MJ Clarke 112, SR Watson 36, CL White 44; AR Kumble 3-112, A Mishra 2-144, V Sehwag 5-104). India 5-208 (G Gambhir 36, SR Tendulkar 47, VVS Laxman 59no, SC Ganguly 32no; B Lee 2-48). Australia 0-31. Man of the Match: VVs Laxman.

Fourth test Vidarbha Ca Ground, nagpur, november 6,7,8,9,10, 2008. India won by 173 runs. India 441 (V Sehwag 66, M Vijay 33, SR Tendulkar 109, VVS Laxman 64, SC Ganguly 85, MS Dhoni 56; JJ Krejza 8-215). Australia 355 (SM Katich 102, MEK Hussey 90,

CL White 46; Harbhajan Singh 3-94, I Sharma 2-64, A Mishra 2-58). India 295 (V Sehwag 92, M Vijay 41, MS Dhoni 55, Harbhajan Singh 52; JJ Krejza 4-143, SR Watson 4-42). Australia 209 (ML Hayden 77; I Sharma 2-31, Harbhajan Singh 4-64, A Mishra 3-27). Man of the Match: JJ Krejza. Man of the series: i sharma.

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First test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, november 20,21,22,23, 2008. Australia won by 149 runs. Australia 214 (MEK Hussey 35, MJ Clarke 98; TG Southee 4-63, IE O’Brien 2-44, JD Ryder 2-7). New Zealand 156 (JD Ryder 30, LRPL Taylor 40, DR Flynn 39no; B Lee 2-38, SR Clark 2-46, SR Watson 2-35, MG Johnson 4-30). Australia 268 (SM Katich 131no, MG Johnson 31; CS Martin 3-69, IE O’Brien 2-58, DL Vettori 2-46). New Zealand 177 (LRPL Taylor 75; SR Clark 4-43, MG Johnson 5-39). Man of the Match: MG Johnson.

second test adelaide oval, adelaide, november 28,29,30, December 1, 2008. Australia won by an innings and 62 runs. New Zealand 270 (AJ Redmond 83, LRPL Taylor 44, BB McCullum 30; B Lee 4-66, MG Johnson 2-56, NM Hauritz 2-63). Australia 535 (RT Ponting 79, MEK Hussey 70, MJ Clarke 110, BJ Haddin 169; CS Martin 2-110, DL Vettori 2-124, IE O’Brien 3-111, AJ Redmond 2-47). New Zealand 203 (BB McCullum 84no; B Lee 5-105, MG Johnson 3-29, NM Hauritz 2-32). Man of the Match: BJ haddin. Man of the series: MJ Clarke.

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WaCa Ground, Perth, February 1, 2009. New Zealand won by two wickets. Australia 181 (MEK Hussey 49, BJ Haddin 31; KD Mills 4-35, IE O’Brien 2-43). New Zealand 8-182 (LRPL Taylor 64; SW Tait 2-40, NW Bracken 3-35). Man of the Match: KD Mills.

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, February 6, 2009. New Zealand won by six wickets. Australia 5-225 (MJ Clarke 98, MEK Hussey 75; IE O’Brien 2-48). New Zealand 4-226 (BB McCullum 43, LRPL Taylor 47, GD Elliott 61no; JR Hopes 2-30). Man of the Match: MJ Clarke.

sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, February 8, 2009. Australia by 32 runs. Australia 9-301 (BJ Haddin 109, MJ Clarke 64, MEK Hussey 51; KD Mills 2-59, IE O’Brien 3-68, GD Elliott 2-44). New Zealand 269 (PG Fulton 40, GD Elliott 115, BB McCullum 36; NW Bracken 2-65, BW Hilfenhaus 2-44, JR Hopes 2-49, CL White 2-10). Man of the Match: BJ haddin.

adelaide oval, adelaide, February 10, 2009. Australia won by six wickets. New Zealand 8-244 (BB McCullum 33, MJ Guptill 45, LRPL Taylor 76; MG Johnson 3-51, JR Hopes 2-37). Australia 4 for 247 (BJ Haddin 43, DJ Hussey 79, MEK Hussey 75no; IE O’Brien 2-54). Man of the Match: DJ hussey.

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, February 13, 2009. No result. Australia 4-168 (BJ Haddin 88no, CJ Ferguson 55no; KD Mills 2-22). New Zealand 6-123 (MJ Guptill 64no; NW Bracken 2-33). Man of the Match: no award. Man of the series: MeK hussey.12

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sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, February 15, 2009. Australia won by one run. Australia 7-150 (DJ Hussey 41; IE O’Brien 2-34). New Zealand 5-149 (BB McCullum 61, NT Broom 36; PM Siddle 2-24). Man of the Match: nW Bracken.

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First test WaCa Ground, Perth, December 17,18,19,20,21, 2008. South Africa won by six wickets. Australia 375 (SM Katich 83, MJ Clarke 62, A Symonds 57, BJ Haddin 46, JJ Krejza 30no; M Ntini 4-72, DW Steyn 2-81, M Morkel 2-80, PL Harris 2-70). South Africa 281 (GC Smith 48, HM Amla 47, JH Kallis 63, AB De Villiers 63; MG Johnson 8-61). Australia 319 (SM Katich 37, RT Ponting 32, A Symonds 37, BJ Haddin 94, JJ Krejza 32; DW Steyn 2-81, PL Harris 3-85, JH Kallis 3-24). South Africa 4-414 (GC Smith 108, HM Amla 53, JH Kallis 57, AB De Villiers 106no, JP Duminy 50no; MG Johnson 3-98). Man of the Match: aB De Villiers.

second test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, December 26,27,28,29,30, 2008. South Africa won by nine wickets. Australia 394 (SM Katich 54, RT Ponting 101, MJ Clarke 88no, BJ Haddin 40; DW Steyn 5-87, M Ntini 2-108). South Africa 459 (GC Smith 62, JP Duminy 166, PL Harris 39, DW Steyn 76; PM Siddle 4-81, MG Johnson 2-127, NM Hauritz 3-98). Australia 247 (RT Ponting 99, MG Johnson 43no; DW Steyn 5-67, M Morkel 2-46, JH Kallis 2-57). South Africa 1-183 (GC Smith 75, ND McKenzie 59no, HM Amla 30no). Man of the Match: DW steyn.

third test sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, January 3,4,5,6,7, 2009. Australia won by 103 runs. Australia 445 (ML Hayden 31, SM Katich 47, MEK Hussey 30, MJ Clarke 138, BJ Haddin 38, MG Johnson 64, NM Hauritz 41; DW Steyn 3-95, PL Harris 3-84). South Africa 9 dec 327 (GC Smith 30, HM Amla 51, JH Kallis 37, MV Boucher 89, M Morkel 40; PM Siddle 5-59, MG Johnson 2-69). Australia 4 dec 257 (ML Hayden 39, SM Katich 61, RT Ponting 53, MEK Hussey 45no, MJ Clarke 41; M Morkel 2-38). South Africa 272 (HM Amla 59, AB De Villiers 56; PM Siddle 3-54, DE Bollinger 2-53, MG Johnson 2-49, AB McDonald 2-32). Man of the Match: PM siddle. Man of the series: GC smith.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, January 16, 2009. South Africa won by three wickets. Australia 8-271 (SE Marsh 79, RT Ponting 46, DJ Hussey 52; JA Morkel 2-58, M Morkel 2-68, J Botha 2-50). South Africa 7 for 272 (JH Kallis 41, JP Duminy 71, ND McKenzie 63, JA Morkel 40no; SW Tait 2-43, BW Hilfenhaus 2-55). Man of the Match: Ja Morkel.

Bellerive oval, hobart, January 18, 2009. Australia won by five runs. Australia 9-249 (SE Marsh 78, RT Ponting 64; DW Steyn 2-36, M Ntini 3-39, JH Kallis 2-57). South Africa 6-244 (JH Kallis 72, AB De Villiers 44, JP Duminy 35, MV Boucher 37no; BW Hilfenhaus 2-60). Man of the Match: se Marsh.

sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, January 23, 2009. South Africa won by three wickets. Australia 269 (SE Marsh 43, DA Warner 69, DJ Hussey 36, JR Hopes 33; DW Steyn 2-47, M Ntini 2-46, J Botha 3-32). South Africa 7-270 (HH Gibbs 64, JH Kallis 60, MV Boucher 31no, JA Morkel 40; NM Hauritz 2-60). Man of the Match: Ja Morkel.

adelaide oval, adelaide, January 26, 2009. South Africa won by eight wickets. Australia 222 (RT Ponting 63, CL White 30, JR Hopes 42; DW Steyn 3-49, M Ntini 3-52, J Botha 2-28). South Africa 2-223 (HM Amla 80no, HH Gibbs 38, AB De Villiers 82no). Man of the Match: aB De Villiers.

WaCa Ground, Perth, January 30, 2009. South Africa won by 39 runs. South Africa 6-288 (HM Amla 97, AB De Villiers 60, JP Duminy 60no; BW Hilfenhaus 2-43, JR Hopes 3-44). Australia 249 (MEK Hussey 78, DJ Hussey 32, BJ Haddin 63; M Morkel 2-45, LL Tsotsobe 4-50). Man of the Match: hM amla. Man of the series: Ja Morkel.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, January 11, 2009. Australia won by 52 runs. Australia 9-182 (DA Warner 89; M Ntini 2-40, DW Steyn 3-38, JA Morkel 2-30). South Africa 130 (JP Duminy 78; NW Bracken 2-18, SW Tait 2-36, BW Hilfenhaus 2-15, DJ Hussey 3-25). Man of the Match: Da Warner.

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, January 13, 2009. Australia won by six wickets. South Africa 5-157 (JP Duminy 69no; JR Hopes 2-29). Australia 4-161 (RT Ponting 38, MEK Hussey 53no, CL White 40no; M Morkel 2-32). Man of the Match: MeK hussey.

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First test Wanderers stadium, Johannesburg, February 26,27,28, March 1,2, 2009. Australia won by 162 runs. Australia 466 (RT Ponting 83, MJ Clarke 68, MJ North 117, BJ Haddin 63, MG Johnson 96no; DW Steyn 4-113, M Ntini 2-71, M Morkel 3-117). South Africa 220 (ND McKenzie 36, AB De Villiers 104no; MG Johnson 4-25, PM Siddle 3-76). Australia 207 (PJ Hughes 75, BJ Haddin 37; M Ntini 3-52, PL Harris 2-36, JH Kallis 3-22). South Africa 291 (ND McKenzie 35, GC Smith 69, HM Amla 57, JH Kallis 45; MG Johnson 4-112, BW Hilfenhaus 2-68, PM Siddle 3-46). Man of the Match: MG Johnson.

second test Kingsmead, Durban, March 6,7,8,9,10, 2009. Australia won by 175 runs. Australia 352 (PJ Hughes 115, SM Katich 108, MEK Hussey 50, MJ North 38; DW Steyn 3-83, M Ntini 2-58, JH Kallis 2-49, PL Harris 2-66). South Africa 9 dec 138 (JP Duminy 73no; MG Johnson 3-37, AB McDonald 3-25, PM Siddle 2-20). Australia 5 dec 331 (PJ Hughes 160, SM Katich 30, RT Ponting 81). South Africa 9 dec 370 (HM Amla 43, ND McKenzie 31, JH Kallis 93, AB De Villiers 84; PM Siddle 3-61, SM Katich 3-45). Man of the Match: PJ hughes.



third test newlands, Cape town, March 19,20,21,22, 2009. South Africa won by an innings and 20 runs. Australia 209 (PJ Hughes 33, SM Katich 55, BJ Haddin 42, MG Johnson 35; DW Steyn 4-56, M Ntini 2-38, PL Harris 3-34). South Africa 651 (AG Prince 150, HM Amla 46, JH Kallis 102, AB De Villiers 163, JA Morkel 58; MG Johnson 4-148, BW Hilfenhaus 2-133, SM Katich 2-9). Australia 422 (PJ Hughes 32, SM Katich 54, MEK Hussey 39, MJ Clarke 47, AB McDonald 68, MG Johnson 123no; DW Steyn 3-96, PL Harris 6-127). Man of the Match: PL harris. Man of the series: MG Johnson.

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Wanderers stadium, Johannesburg, March 27, 2009. South Africa won by four wickets. Australia 7-166 (DA Warner 38, DJ Hussey 88no; WD Parnell 2-29, RJ Peterson 3-30). South Africa 6-168 (MV Boucher 36no, JA Morkel 37; B Geeves 2-35, DJ Hussey 2-21). Man of the Match: DJ hussey.

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Kingsmead, Durban, april 3, 2009. Australia won by 141 runs. Australia 7-286 (BJ Haddin 53, RT Ponting 37, MEK Hussey 83no, JR Hopes 38; DW Steyn 2-45, M Morkel 2-61). South Africa 145 (GC Smith 52, HH Gibbs 33; MG Johnson 2-24, JR Hopes 2-24, NM Hauritz 4-29). Man of the Match: MeK hussey.

Centurion Park, Centurion, april 5, 2009. South Africa won by seven wickets. Australia 131 (CJ Ferguson 50, MG Johnson 30; DW Steyn 4-27, WD Parnell 4-25). South Africa 3-132 (GC Smith 40, JH Kallis 31, AB De Villiers 36no; MG Johnson 2-47). Man of the Match: WD Parnell.

newlands, Cape town, april 9, 2009. South Africa won by 25 runs. South Africa 6-289 (JH Kallis 70, AB De Villiers 80, JP Duminy 32; MG Johnson 4-34). Australia 7-264 (MJ Clarke 35, CJ Ferguson 63, JR Hopes 63no; RE Van Der Merwe 3-37). Man of the Match: Jh Kallis.

st George’s Park, Port elizabeth, april 13, 2009. South Africa won by 61 runs. South Africa 6-317 (HH Gibbs 110, AB De Villiers 84, JP Duminy 40; MG Johnson 2-59, SM Harwood 2-57). Australia 256 (BJ Haddin 78, MJ Clarke 50, RT Ponting 53, JR Hopes 31; DW Steyn 4-44, RE Van Der Merwe 3-46). Man of the Match: hh Gibbs.

Wanderers stadium, Johannesburg, april 17, 2009. Australia won by 47 runs. Australia 7-303 (BJ Haddin 62, MJ Clarke 66, RT Ponting 40, CJ Ferguson 41, MEK Hussey 49no; RE Van Der Merwe 2-44, JP Duminy 3-48). South Africa 256 (HH Gibbs 82, JH Kallis 64, AB De Villiers 38; MG Johnson 3-58, NW Bracken 2-54, NM Hauritz 2-34). Man of the Match: nM hauritz. Man of the series: aB de Villiers.

PaKistan v aUstRaLia in UniteD aRaB eMiRates

Dubai sports City Cricket Ground, Dubai, april 22, 2009. Pakistan won by four wickets. Australia 168 (BJ Haddin 40, SR Watson 40, JR Hopes 48no; Shahid Afridi 6-38, Saeed Ajmal 2-19). Pakistan 6 for 171 (Kamran Akmal 48, Misbah-ul-Haq 30no; BW Hilfenhaus 2-42, JR Hopes 2-22). Man of the Match: shahid afridi.

Dubai sports City Cricket Ground, Dubai, april 24, 2009. Australia won by six wickets. Pakistan 207 (Salman Butt 57, Shahid Afridi 41; JR Hopes 2-45, NM Hauritz 3-41, A Symonds 2-12). Australia 4 for 208 (JR Hopes 48, SR Watson 30, MJ Clarke 39no, A Symonds 58; Shahid Afridi 2-38). Man of the Match: a symonds.

sheikh Zayed stadium, abu Dhabi, april 27, 2009. Australia won by 27 runs. Australia 7 for 198 (MJ Clarke 66, CJ Ferguson 41; Umar Gul 3-38, Shahid Afridi 2-31). Pakistan 171 (Salman Butt 48, Ahmed Shehzad 40, Shoaib Malik 30; NM Hauritz 2-25, MJ Clarke 3-15). Man of the Match: MJ Clarke.

sheikh Zayed stadium, abu Dhabi, May 1, 2009. Australia won by eight wickets. Pakistan 197 (Ahmed Shehzad 43, Misbah-ul-Haq 34, Shahid Afridi 40; DE Bollinger 5-35, NW Bracken 2-31). Australia 2 for 200 (SR Watson 85no, MJ Clarke 100no; Shoaib Akhtar 2-42). Man of the Match: De Bollinger.

sheikh Zayed stadium, abu Dhabi, May 3, 2009. Pakistan won by seven wickets. Australia 4 for 250 (SR Watson 116no, BJ Haddin 36, CJ Ferguson 41no). Pakistan 3 for 254 (Kamran Akmal 116no, Misbah-ul-Haq 76no; NM Hauritz 2-44). Man of the Match: Kamran akmal. Man of the series: MJ Clarke.

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aUstRaLia v West inDies the oval, London, June 6, 2009. West Indies won by seven wickets. Australia 7-169 (DA Warner 63; JE Taylor 2-33, FH Edwards 2-34, DJ Bravo 2-31). West Indies 3-172 (CH Gayle 88, ADS Fletcher 53; MG Johnson 2-36). Man of the Match: Ch Gayle.

aUstRaLia v sRi LanKa trent Bridge, nottingham, June 8, 2009. Sri Lanka won by six wickets. Australia 9-159 (I Udana 2-47, SL Malinga 3-36, BAW Mendis 3-20). Sri Lanka 4-160 (TM Dilshan 53, KC Sangakkara 55no; B Lee 2-39). Man of the Match: KC sangakkara.

NSW’s newest, Test representatives, Doug Bollinger (no. 405) and Phillip Hughes (no. 408).

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the Venues

Six venues were selected to host matches in the

2009 ICC Women’s World Cup.

North Sydney Oval/

North Sydney Oval No.2

Bankstown Oval

Drummoyne Oval Newcastle

No.1 Sports Ground

Bradman Oval, Bowral Manuka Oval, Canberra

North Sydney Oval hosted the Final on March 22.

This was also the main broadcast venue with seven

matches beamed to a world-wide audience by ESPN

Star Sports.

Bankstown Oval hosted the Third vs Fourth play-off

match while the Fifth vs Sixth play-off took place at

Drummoyne Oval. The Seventh vs Eighth play-off was

held at North Sydney Oval No.2 as part of a double

header with the Australia vs India Super Six match.

Several warm-up match and training venues were

also organised for the tournament with Sydney Grade

clubs (in brackets) acting as hosts.

Warm Up Matches

Old Kings Oval (Parramatta DCC)

Village Green (Universities WCC)

Manly Oval (Manly CC)

Raby Oval (Campbelltown-Camden CC)

training Venues (host club in brackets)

Australia: North Sydney Oval No.2

(North Sydney CC)

India: Manly Oval (Manly CC)

England: Waverley Oval (Eastern Suburbs CC)

New Zealand: Pratten Park

(Western Suburbs CC)

Pakistan: Village Green (Universities WCC)

Sri Lanka: Glenn McGrath Oval, Caringbah

(Sutherland CC)

South Africa: Chatswood Oval

(Gordon DCCWD)

West Indies: Rawson Oval (Mosman CC)

tournament staffing

Cricket NSW formed a local organising committee

which worked closely with Cricket Australia staff

to deliver the World Cup. The Local Organising

Committee was: Christina Matthews (Commercial

Operations and Communications), Ian Field, Paul

Taylor (Operations), Sudesh Arudpragasam (Media),

Theresa Purtell (Schools Program).

The tournament is indebted to the Ground Managers

and their staff at each of the competition venues who

were responsible for coordinating the preparation of

all facilities.

Ground Managers

Jennie Devlin

(North Sydney Oval)

Brian Freedman

(Bankstown Oval)

Daryl Chappelow

(Drummoyne Oval)

Rina Hore

(Bradman Oval)

Paul Marjoribanks

(Newcastle No.1 Sports

Ground)

Mark Vergano

(Manuka Oval)

schools Program

As part of the ICC Women’s World Cup, Cricket

NSW and Cricket Australia provided a resource

pack to 1200 schools across the State, with Cricket

NSW’s Community Cricket department conducting

promotional visits for almost 4000 students.

During the tournament, groups of school children

were bused to matches with 4365 teaches and

students attending matches.

intRoDUCtion

The ICC Women’s World Cup was held at venues around Sydney, and in Canberra, Bowral and Newcastle from 7-22 March 2009.

This was the first Women’s World Cup to be held under the auspices of the ICC and is the only ICC event scheduled to be held in Australia until 2015.

Eight nations qualified for the tournament. The top six, Australia, India, New Zealand, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, earned their places based on their finishing positions at the 2005 World Cup in South Africa. South Africa and Pakistan qualified through an ICC tournament.

Pool a (Seeding in Brackets): Australia (1), New Zealand (3),

West Indies (5) South Africa (7)

Pool B (Seeding in Brackets): India (2), England (4), Sri Lanka (6),

Pakistan (8)

the toURnaMent

Pool a

The opening match of Pool A produced the first upset of the tournament, with New Zealand accounting for defending champions, Australia, in a rain affected clash at North Sydney Oval.

With no Semi Finals, the loss immediately put Australia on the back foot while New Zealand cruised through their remaining Pool matches against the West Indies and South Africa to reach the Super Sixes undefeated.

Australia’s first victory of the competition came in an unconvincing fashion against South Africa at Newcastle. However they found the going easier against the West Indies to give themselves some confidence heading into the Super Sixes.

With New Zealand and Australia already through, the remaining ticket from Pool A through to the Super Sixes was in-effect decided on the second day of the tournament when the West Indies beat South Africa in Newcastle. To reach the second week was an exceptional effort for the young West Indies outfit, while South Africa suffered the disappointment of bowing out at the Pool stage for the second World Cup in a row.

Top: New Zealand’s Suzie Bates smashed the highest score of the World Cup, 168 off 105 balls against Pakistan.

Below: The eight World Cup teams pose on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

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PooL a

australia v new Zealand at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 9, 2009. New Zealand won by 13 runs (D/L method). New Zealand 205 (HM Tiffen 57, AE Satterthwaite 38; EA Perry 3-40, LC Sthalekar 2-35, EA Osborne 2-37). Australia 6-132 (S Nitschke 27, JM Fields 26no; KL Pulford 3-32, SFM Devine 2-19). Player of the match: KL Pulford.

south africa v West indies at newcastle no.1 sports Ground, newcastle, March 8, 2009. West Indies won by two wickets. South Africa Women 116 (AE Smith 46; SR Taylor 4-17). West Indies Women 8-117 (SF Daley 26). Player of the match: sR taylor.

australia v south africa at newcastle no.1 sports Ground, newcastle, March 10, 2009. Australia won by 61 runs. Australia 4-258 (KL Rolton 96no, S Nitschke 87; AE Smith 3-42). South Africa Women 197 (T Chetty 58, M Du Preez 37, C Brits 36; S Nitschke 3-43, RM Farrell 2-30). Player of the match: s nitschke.

new Zealand v West indies at Bankstown oval, Bankstown, March 10, 2009. New Zealand won by 56 runs. New Zealand 8-192 (SJ Tsukigawa 41no, AL Mason 38, AE Satterthwaite 37; SR Taylor 2-33, KN Alexander 2-37). West Indies 8-136 (PY Lavine 40, SR Taylor 38; LR Doolan 3-21, AL Mason 3-26). Player of match: sJ tsukigawa.

australia v West indies at Drummoyne oval, Drummoyne, March 12, 2009. Australia won by 47 runs. Australia 7-211 (AJ Blackwell 46no, S Nitschke 45, JM Fields 42; SC Selman 2-28, SR Taylor 2-35, A Mohammed 2-45). West Indies 7-164 (DJS Dottin 51, SR Taylor 32; EA Osborne 2-22, EA Perry 2-28, LC Sthalekar 2-32). Player of the match: ea Perry.

new Zealand v south africa at Bradman oval, Bowral, March 12, 2009. New Zealand won by 199 runs. New Zealand Women 5-250 (SJ McGlashan 88no, AE Satterthwaite 73, NJ Browne 51no; C Van Der Westhuizen 2-18, AE Smith 2-58). South Africa Women 51 (C Brits 25; AL Mason 4-2, SW Bates 4-7). Player of the match: ae satterthwaite.

PooL a Points taBLeteaM PLaYeD Won Lost Points net RUn Rate

New Zealand 3 3 0 6 +2.015

Australia 3 2 1 4 +0.714

West Indies 3 1 2 2 -0.655

South Africa 3 0 3 0 -1.777

PooL B

England flexed their muscles early in the tournament with crushing wins over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India to book their place in the Super Sixes.

Their demolition of India at North Sydney Oval showed just what awesome form the number four seeds were in and saw them quickly installed as the new tournament favourites.

India also started with a bang, beating Pakistan by 10 wickets (before lunch) in the opening match of the competition at the Bradman Oval. They also went through to the Super Six stage with only one loss.

Despite the result in their opening match, Pakistan has shown a ton of fight in the tournament and qualified for the Super Sixes with a win over Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval.

GRoUP B

england v sri Lanka at Manuka oval, Canberra, March 7, 2009. England won by 100 runs. England 5-277 (SC Taylor 101, CMG Atkins

50; LE Kaushalya 2-41). Sri Lanka 7-177 (SP De Alwis 37; LA Marsh 3-32). Player of the match: sC taylor.

india v Pakistan at Bradman oval, Bowral, March 7, 2009. India won by 10 wickets. Pakistan 57 (Sana Mir 17; R Dhar 3-7, A Sharma 2-9, P Roy 2-13). India 0-58 (A Deshpande 26no, A Chopra 17no). Player of the match: R Dhar.

Pakistan v sri Lanka at Manuka oval, Canberra, March 9, 2009. Pakistan won by 57 runs. Pakistan 7-161 (Nain Abidi 26, Sana Mir 22no; SP De Alwis 2-19, LE Kaushalya 2-28, HASD Siriwardene 2-44). Sri Lanka 104 (S Siriwardena 58; Q Jalil 3-33). Player of the match: Qanita Jalil.

england v india at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 10, 2009. England won by nine wickets. India Women 169 (M Raj 59, A Sharma 33, AA Deshpande 32; HL Colvin 3-22, JL Gunn 3-50, IT Guha 2-16). England 1-172 (CMG Atkins 69no, SC Taylor 69no, SJ Taylor 27). Player of the match: CMG atkins.

england v Pakistan at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 12, 2009. England won by eight wickets. Pakistan 78 (Nain Abidi 27; LA Marsh 5-15, CM Edwards 2-2, KH Brunt 2-25). England 2 - 82 (CM Edwards 32no). Player of the match: La Marsh.

india v sri Lanka at Bankstown oval, Bankstown, March 12, 2009. India won by 35 runs. India 7-137 (M Raj 75no, J Goswami 24no; PRCS Kumarihami 2-17, KDU Pradodhani 2-20, SP De Alwis 2-34), Sri Lanka 102 (LDVV Silva 21, LE Kaushalya 20; A Sharma 3-19, R Dhar 2-10, G Sultana 2-16). Player of the match: M Raj.

GRoUP B Points taBLeteaM PLaYeD Won Lost Points net RUn Rate

England 3 3 0 6 +1.921

India 3 2 1 4 +0.922

Pakistan 3 1 2 2 -0.961

Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 -1.280

super sixes

The top six countries entered the second stage of the tournament with only the points from Pool matches won against fellow Super Six competitors. As such, England and New Zealand (four points) held the top two positions followed by Australia, India (two points), Pakistan and the West Indies (zero points).

The first matches of the Super Sixes saw the top four nations battle it out, with England playing New Zealand at Bankstown Oval and Australia taking on India at North Sydney Oval.

At Bankstown, England proved they could ground out a tough win if needed. Defending 5-201, they held New Zealand to 170.

The other match, however, signaled the end of Australia’s title defence with India taking the points by 16 runs. India produced their best performance with the bat for the tournament in posting 5-234 from their 50 overs. In turn, the Australians scored their runs quickly but kept losing wickets. In the end the required run rate just got too much.

The loss took Australia’s destiny from their hands. To have any hope of reaching the Final, they would have to convincingly beat Pakistan and England in their two remaining matches, and hope New Zealand lost at least one of their two games.

Now the clear front runner, England booked their place in the Final with a straight-forward win over the West Indies. New Zealand moved one-step closer to the decider by beating India, while Australia kept their slim hopes alive by beating Pakistan.

The last round of Super Six matches saw England play Australia at North Sydney Oval, a match that many thought would be Final. It took until this game for the Australians to fully hit their straps, handing

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England their only defeat of the tournament by eight wickets. However it was all in vain as New Zealand smashed Pakistan to move through to the World Cup Final. The star of the show was all-rounder, Suzie Bates, who carted 168 from 105 balls in her side’s mammoth total of 7-373. Captain Haidee TIffen also “chipped in” with an even 100 as New Zealand romped home by 223 runs.

australia v india at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 14, 2009. India won by 16 runs. India Women 5-234 (A Chopra 76, AA Deshpande 45, M Raj 44, A Sharma 31no; LC Sthalekar 3-52). Australia 7-218 (AJ Blackwell 54, JM Fields 43, LK Ebsary 39no, J Cameron 25, RM Farrell 20no. R Malhotra 2-32, G Sultana 2-33). Player of the match: a Chopra.

england v new Zealand at Bankstown oval, Bankstown, March 14, 2009. England won by 31 runs. England 5-201 (CM Edwards 57, BL Morgan 37no, CMG Atkins 36, JL Gunn 22no; SFM Devine 2-45). New Zealand 170 (HM Tiffen 53, AL Mason 23, SJ Tsukigawa 23no; CM Edwards 4-37, LA Marsh 2-21, KH Brunt 2-25). Player of the match: CM edwards.

Pakistan v West indies at Drummoyne oval, Drummoyne, March 14, 2009. Pakistan won by four wickets. West Indies 9-132 (SR Taylor 55, DJS Dottin 23; Almas Akram 3-7, Urooj Mumtaz 2-31). Pakistan 6-134 (Armaan Khan 43no, Urooj Mumtaz 22). Player of the match: almas akram.

australia v Pakistan at Bankstown oval, Bankstown. March 16, 2009. Australia won by 107 runs. Australia 6-229 (S Nitschke 56, LK Ebsary 51, LJ Poulton 47, JM Fields 36; Sana Mir 2-35). Pakistan 122 (Asmavia Iqbal 36, Bismah Maroof 24; LJ Poulton 2-9, EA Perry 2-16, RM Farrell 2-23), Player of the match: s nitschke.

england v West indies at Drummoyne oval, Drummoyne, March 17, 2009. England won by 146 runs. England 8-236 (SJ Taylor 78, SC Taylor 65, CMG Atkins 50; SF Daley 3-31). West Indies 9-90 (DJS Dottin 23; LA Marsh 3-17). Player of the match: sJ taylor.

india v new Zealand at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 17, 2009. New Zealand won by five wickets. India 207 (R Malhotra 59no, A Chopra 52, M Raj 21; SFM Devine 2-35, KL Pulford 2-38). New Zealand 5-210 (KL Pulford 71, SW Bates 47no, HM Tiffen 23, AL Mason 23; P Roy 2-59). Player of the match: KL Pulford.

australia v england at north sydney oval, north sydney, March 19, 2009. Australia won by eight wickets. England 161 (SC Taylor 49, LS Greenway 22, JL Gunn 21; SJ Andrews 3-35, S Nitschke 2-14, LC Sthalekar 2-31). Australia 2-163 (KL Rolton 41no, LJ Poulton 38, AJ Blackwell 38no, S Nitschke 37). Player of the match: s nitschke.

india v West indies at Bankstown oval, Bankstown, March 19, 2009. India won by eight wickets. West Indies 84 (SR Taylor 29, PY Lavine 20; P Roy 4-14, A Sharma 2-14). India 2-86 (S Naik 30no, M Raj 34no; DA Lewis 2-19). Player of the match: P Roy.

new Zealand v Pakistan at Drummoyne oval, Drummoyne, March 19, 2009. New Zealand won by 223 runs. New Zealand 7-373 (SW Bates 168, HM Tiffen 100, NJ Browne 33no, KL Pulford 24; Naila Nazir 2-48, Sajjida Shah 2-80). Pakistan 150 (Nain Abidi 52, Urooj Mumtaz 27; LR Doolan 3-30, SJ Tsukigawa 2-8, NJ Browne 2-24). Player of the match: sW Bates.

sUPeR siX Points taBLeteaM PLaYeD Won Lost Points net RUn Rate

New Zealand 5 4 1 8 +1.180

England 5 4 1 8 +1.157

India 5 3 2 6 +1.105

Australia 5 3 2 6 +0.850

Pakistan 5 1 4 2 -2.589

West Indies 5 0 5 0 -1.559

the FinaL – enGLanD Vs neW ZeaLanD

North Sydney Oval, 22 March 2009. Nicky Shaw turned in one of the most memorable match winning performances in the history of the competition to help England take home the World Cup.

Called up during the warm-up when Jenny Gunn succumbed to a calf injury, Shaw took career best figures of 4-34. She turned the game on its head by removing the dangerous Suzie Bates and Amy Satterthwaite in consecutive deliveries, then picked up Haidee Tiffen to leave New Zealand reeling at 4-62.

Thanks to a punching 48 from the tiny Lucy Doolan, New Zealand limped to 166 before Shaw ended the innings by trapping Nicola Browne leg-before-wicket for 25. It should have been a relatively simple chase for the English and at 2-109 it seemed the World Cup would soon join the women’s Ashes in the ECB trophy cabinet.

However New Zealand weren’t going down with out a fight, claiming the next four wickets for 38 runs to send a shiver to through the English camp.

It was a scenario that couldn’t have been better scripted for the heroine of the day – Nicky Shaw. With a patient 17 not out, Shaw held her nerve and guided her country home in the 47th over with four wickets to spare.

FinaL England v New Zealand at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 22, 2009. England won by four wickets. New Zealand 166 (LR Doolan 48, HM Tiffen 30, NJ Browne 25, SJ McGlashan 21; NJ Shaw 4-34, LA Marsh 2-34). England 6-167 (CMG Atkins 40, SJ Taylor 39, SC Taylor 21; LR Doolan 3-23, AL Mason 2-28. Player of the match: NJ Shaw.

3RD PLaCe PLaY-oFF Australia v India at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, March 21, 2009, India won by three wickets. Australia 142 (KL Rolton 52, LC Sthalekar 30; J Goswami 2-21, P Roy 2-21, R Dhar 2-24, G Sultana 2-27). India 7-145 (S Naik 28, R Dhar 24no; LC Sthalekar 3-27, EA Osborne 2-21, EA Perry 2-26). Player of the match: R Dhar.

5th PLaCe PLaY-oFF Pakistan v West Indies, Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, March 21, 2009. West Indies won by three wickets. Pakistan 131 (Bismah Maroof 33, Asmavia Iqbal 24; SF Daley 4-29). West Indies 7-135 (PY Lavine 26, CO Tait 26no, SR Taylor 24, SF Daley 24; Sana Mir 2-12, Sajjida Shah 2-26). Player of the match: SF Daley.

7th PLaCe PLaY-oFF South Africa v Sri Lanka at North Sydney Oval, March 14, 2009. South Africa Women won by nine wickets. Sri Lanka Women 75 (SP De Alwis 24; D Van Niekerk 3-11, C Van Der Westhuizen 2-16). South Africa Women 1 for 76 (T Chetty 41no, C Brits 31no). Player of the match: D Van Niekerk.

Player of the Final: Nicky Shaw (England) Player of the tournament: Claire Taylor (England) team of the tournament: Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Shelley Nitschke (Australia), Claire Taylor (England), Mithali Raj (India), Charlotte Edwards (England - captain), Kate Pulford (New Zealand), Sarah Taylor (England – wicketkeeper), Amita Sharma (India), Katherine Brunt (England), Priyanka Roy (India), Laura Marsh (England).

England captain, Charlotte Edwards, raises the World Cup.



anDReWs, sarah Joy. Born: December 26, 1981 Moruya (NSW).

Right hand bat – Right arm medium bowler.


WNCL 72 27 10 212 36 - - 12.47 13 75 22.96 5-16Test 2 3 1 18 9* - - 9.00 2 2 40.50 2-29Int’l limited-overs 27 12 5 83 21* - - 11.85 9 36 22.44 4-12Twenty20 Int’l 11 2 2 11 10* - - - 2 8 31.25 3-18

BLaCKWeLL, alexandra Joy. Born: August 31, 1983 Wagga Wagga (NSW).

Right hand bat – Right arm medium bowler.


WNCL 75 67 13 1887 130 14 2 34.94 23 2 114.50 1-14Test 6 11 1 157 58 1 - 15.70 3 - - -Int’l limited-overs 63 56 14 1474 106* 9 2 35.09 22 6 10.50 2-8Twenty20 Int’l 12 8 2 124 40* - - 39.66 2 - - -

BLaCKWeLL, Kathryn ann. Born: August 31, 1983 Wagga Wagga (NSW).

Right hand bat – Right arm off-spin bowler.


WNCL 65 57 22 1393 102 10 1 39.80 14 - - -Test 4 7 - 180 72 1 - 25.71 7 - - -Int’l limited-overs 41 34 9 475 57* 2 - 19.00 12 - - -Twenty20 Int’l 6 6 3 119 43* - - 39.66 2 - - -

CoLeMan, Leonie anne. Born: February 5, 1979, Tamworth (NSW).

Right hand bat – Wicket keeper.

M inn no RUns hs 50’s 100’s aVGe Ct stUM aVGe BB

WNCL 101 41 13 370 50 1 - 13.21 61 38 - -Test 1 2 - 21 13 - - 10.50 3 - - -Int’l limited-overs 24 12 4 119 44 - - 14.87 15 8 - -Twenty20 Int’l 2 1 - 9 9 - - 9.00 1 1 - -

osBoRne, erin alyce. Born: June 27, 1989, Taree (NSW).



WNCL 9 2 2 16 11* - - - 5 15 14.20 4-18Int’l limited-overs 10 4 3 17 6 - - 17.00 4 14 22.00 3-32Twenty20 Int’l 2 - - - - - - - 1 1 34.00 1-21

PeRRY, ellyse alexandra. Born: November 3, 1990, Wahroonga (NSW).

Right hand bat – Right arm fast medium bowler.


WNCL 16 10 2 90 37 - - 11.25 4 21 24.14 4-23Test 1 2 - 27 21 - - 13.50 1 3 22.00 2-49Int’l limited-overs 26 20 5 277 51 1 - 18.46 7 33 24.30 3-21Twenty20 Int’l 9 3 2 26 29* - - 36.00 1 9 99.88 4-20

PoULton, Leah Joy. Born: February 27, 1984, Newcastle (NSW).

Right hand bat – Right arm leg spin bowler.


WNCL 58 55 4 1217 70* 9 - 23.86 9 5 32.80 3-10Int’l limited-overs 21 19 - 494 101 2 1 26.00 4 3 26.66 2-9Twenty20 Int’l 10 10 0 149 39 - - 14.90 1 2 10.00 2-20

sthaLeKaR, Lisa Caprini. Born: August 13, 1979 Poona (India).



WNCL 113 99 21 2470 108 13 1 31.66 38 128 22.16 4-7Test 6 11 1 393 120* 1 2 39.30 3 19 19.21 5-30

Int’l limited-overs 88 81 18 2237 104* 15 2 35.50 30 96 25.73 4-20

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aUstRaLian RePResentatiVes – WoMen's

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tWentY20 inteRnationaL hurstville oval, hurstville, october 28, 2008. Australia won by two runs. Australia 4-142 (S Nitschke 49, KL Rolton 44no; G Sultana 2-30). India 4-140 (S Naik 32, M Raj 51no). Player of the Match: KL Rolton.

LiMiteD-oVeR inteRnationaLs hurstville oval, hurstville, october 31, 2008. Australia won by eight wickets. India 6-183 (S Naik 39, A Chopra 33, R Dhar 35no, J Goswami 46; EM Sampson 2-34, EA Perry 2-37). Australia 2-186 (AJ Blackwell 75, LC Sthalekar 73no).

sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, november 1, 2008. Australia won by 86 runs. Australia 6-215 (LJ Poulton 30, LC Sthalekar 104no, JM Fields 39; N Al Khadeer 2-47). India 129 (M Raj 74; KE Pike 3-29).

north sydney oval, north sydney, november 5, 2008. Australia won by 54 runs. Australia 6-223 (LJ Poulton 32, SJ Edwards 96, JM Fields 54; SL Pujare 2-46). India 7-169 (MDT Kamini 33, A Sharma 34no; LC Sthalekar 4-20).

Manuka oval, Canberra, november 8, 2008. Australia won by 118 runs. Australia 3-281 (LK Ebsary 32, AJ Blackwell 106no, KL Rolton 101). India Women 163 (AA Deshpande 31; EM Sampson 2-24, EA Perry 3-21).

Manuka oval, Canberra, november 9, 2008. Australia won by seven wickets. India Women 9-177 (P Roy 40; DM Kimmince 2-46, EM Sampson 2-31, S Nitschke 2-16). Australia 3 for 178 (AJ Blackwell 65, S Nitschke 94; M Raj 2-18). Player of the series: aJ Blackwell.

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LiMiteD-oVeR inteRnationaLs Cobham oval, Whangarei, February 1, 2009. New Zealand won by two wickets. Australia 8-150 (JM Fields 52; AK Burrows 2-15, SW Bates 2-38). New Zealand 8-151 (AE Satterthwaite 49no, LR Doolan 34; EM Sampson 2-26, RM Farrell 3-26). Player of the Match: ae satterthwaite.

Cobham oval, Whangarei, February 3, 2009. New Zealand won by four runs. New Zealand 7-218 (HM Tiffen 64no; LC Sthalekar 2-40). Australia 9-214 (LC Sthalekar 72, KL Rolton 62; NJ Browne 2-29, SW Bates 3-40). Player of the Match: sW Bates.

seddon Park, hamilton, February 6, 2009. Australia won by 104 runs. Australia 8-258 (AJ Blackwell 59, S Nitschke 73, LK Ebsary 30; NJ Browne 2-51). New Zealand 154 (AL Mason 34, SW Bates 33, HM Tiffen 30; EA Osborne 3-32, LC Sthalekar 3-16). Player of the Match: s nitschke.

seddon Park, hamilton, February 8, 2009. Australia won by 44 runs. Australia 4-307 (S Nitschke 58, LJ Poulton 81, LK Ebsary 86, AJ Blackwell 37; BH McNeill 2-52). New Zealand 263 (LR Doolan 31, AE Satterthwaite 67, AL Mason 30, NJ Browne 45, SJ Tsukigawa 45; EM Sampson 3-34, LC Sthalekar 2-58). Player of the Match: LK ebsary

Basin Reserve, Wellington, February 12, 2009. No result. Washed out.Player of the series: s nitschke.

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tWentY20 inteRnationaLs sydney Cricket Ground, sydney, February 15, 2009. Australia won by nine wickets (D/L method). New Zealand Women 5-91 (S Nitschke 2-16, LC Sthalekar 2-28). Australia 1-83 (S Nitschke 54no). Player of the Match: s nitschke.

allan Border Field, Brisbane, June 1, 2009. New Zealand won by four runs. New Zealand 115 (VJ Lind 20, SW Bates 38; RM Farrell 3-13, LC Sthalekar 3-12). Australia 6-111 (JM Fields 32no, KL Rolton 36; SEA Ruck 2-12).

allan Border Field, Brisbane, June 2, 2009. Australia won by eight wickets (D/L method). New Zealand 7-80 (SJ Tsukigawa 16; LC Sthalekar 3-11, SJ Andrews 2-19). Australia 2-74 (LJ Poulton 33, S Nitschke 25).

allan Border Field, Brisbane, June 3, 2009. Australia won by 32 runs. Australia 6-124 (LJ Poulton 30, LC Sthalekar 34, JM Fields 22no; AL Watkins 2-26). New Zealand Women 92 (SW Bates 16; RM Farrell 2-10, SJ Andrews 3-16, LC Sthalekar 2-25).

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aUstRaLia v neW ZeaLanD taunton, June 12, 2009. New Zealand won by nine wickets. Australia 8-123 (S Nitschke 18, LC Sthalekar 46, AJ Blackwell 19; SEA Ruck 3-12). New Zealand 1-127 (SW Bates 41no, AL Watkins 73no). Player of the Match: sea Ruck.

aUstRaLia v West inDies taunton, June 14, 2009. Australia won by eight wickets. West Indies 8-135 (DJS Dottin 53, CP Jack 24; SJ Andrews 2-19, LC Sthalekar 2-23). Australia 2-136 (S Nitschke 56, LC Sthalekar 34no, RM Farrell 31no). Player of the Match: s nitschke.

aUstRaLia v soUth aFRiCa taunton, June 16, 2009. Australia won by 24 runs. Australia 6-164 (LJ Poulton 22, S Nitschke 19, KL Rolton 43, LK Ebsary 23, AJ Blackwell 40no; S Ismail 3-27). South Africa 7-140 (SA Fritz 39, T Chetty 36, M Kapp 18no; S Nitschke 4-21, LJ Poulton 2-20). Player of the Match: s nitschke.

seMi-FinaL enGLanD v aUstRaLia the oval, London, June 19, 2009. England won by eight wickets. Australia 5-163 (S Nitschke 37, LJ Poulton 39, LC Sthalekar 28, KL Rolton 38). England 2-165 (CM Edwards 25, SC Taylor 76no, BL Morgan 46no). Player of the Match: sC taylor.

Alex Blackwell (left) and Lisa Sthalekar.


inteRnationaL CRiCKet – WoMen 2008/09

2008-09 was a difficult season to assess. In terms of results, NSW finished last in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup (FRC) competitions and won the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Once again, we sit and ponder our inconsistency.

On a positive note, we kept the habit of winning a competition and producing Australian players.

The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was an extremely satisfying tournament, after a concerted focus, given the lure of the Champions’ League.

Given our strong performances in the Big Bash it was hard to comprehend how we finished last in the Ford Ranger Cup. As with last year, we competed in most matches and I strongly believe that we played much better than our results suggest. That said, this does not explain how we have finished bottom in this competition for the last three years following our title win in Adelaide in 2005/06.

A frenetic schedule prior to Christmas exacerbated our weaknesses, playing nine FRC and seven First Class matches prior to the traditional halfway mark. We found it difficult to arrest the losing tide despite some positive signs and spectacular individual performances.

With the focus and prominence of the Big Bash and the congestion that it causes in the schedule either side, we, as a team, must find a method to cope with the continuous playing load if we are going to compete in all competitions.

It was an astonishing statistic this year that 14 NSW players represented Australia. The immediate impact on the International stage of Phillip Hughes and David Warner was heartening in terms of the progression of our young talent.

Clearly, we missed key players who were the backbone of our First Class success in 2007/08. It was optimistic to think that we could cover the loss of Brad Haddin, Simon Katich and Doug Bollinger who were missing for the majority of the summer with Australian commitments. To add insult, we had injuries to key bowlers Mark Cameron and Nathan Bracken at crucial times.

Dominic Thornely took on the role of captain in Simon Katich’s absence. Dominic led the group of young players with great passion and flair and finished with another consistent year with the bat.

David Warner rode the crest of a wave and proved to be a hit at the top of the order. He played some brutal innings and was particularly severe on the high quality Tasmanian attack. His steep rise to the Australian T2O and One-Day International sides was the fairytale story of the year.

Loss of key players provided an extended opportunity for Burt Cockley and Aaron Bird to make their impact in the Sheffield Shield and FRC. While the emergence of both these players was very exciting, it was also reassuring to re-sign Burt on a new three-year contract following his impressive year.

Aaron, who went agonisingly close to winning FRC Player of the Year, showed remarkable improvement meaning he should undertake a significant role in our Champions’ League Campaign. He was a great role model for all squad members with the way in which he adapted in game to the shorter formats and executed his skills under pressure.

The form of Usman Khawaja was of great significance to the group. Usman started the season extremely well in the Second XI by recording back-to-back double centuries. Usman’s First Class centuries in Brisbane and Sydney will thrust him into strong contention for representative honours in the near future.

Phillip Hughes was justly rewarded for an outstanding first two years of First Class cricket. Phillip made an immediate impact at Test level, and it has been a joy to watch his development over the past couple of years. He is a humble and impressive young man who will be a great role model for the youth of Australian Cricket.

Ben Rohrer emerged from the shadows to play some fantastic innings in all forms. Undoubtedly his most satisfying memory will be his match winning contribution in the absorbing Big Bash Final against Victoria.

Another indication of our successful Talent ID and Development programs is the number of players who were invited to attend the Centre Of Excellence in Brisbane during the winter. Burt Cockley, Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Peter Forrest and Steven Smith will all benefit from the expert tutelage of Greg Chappell from April 2009.

Despite the disappointment of the results this season, there is much to look forward to next season. The likelihood of a number of key players being available would certainly ease the burden on our squad depth.

An obvious strategy to counter the issues this year is to bolster our fast bowling ranks in order to better manage the workloads through these heavy workload phases. Fast bowling is an area of focus for our retention and recruitment of players in preparation for next summer.

Thanks to the entire support network around the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues State Squad; Selectors, Specialist Coaches, Assistant Coach David Freedman, Physiotherapist Patrick Farhart, Strength and Conditioner Tom Reddin, Administrator Donna Anderson, Player Career and Welfare Manager Cheryl Williams, Computer Analyst Andrew Ware and Room Attendant Bobby Barter; who have all worked tirelessly over the past year.

Thanks lastly to Chief Executive, David Gilbert, and the NSW Cricket Board for their continued support in a difficult but encouraging year.

Matthew Mott nsW state Cricket Manager head Coach, Rta speedBlitz Blues

State Squad Staff (left to right): Andrew Ware, Tom Reddin, David Freedman, Cheryl Williams, Patrick Farhart, Donna Anderson, Matthew Mott. Right: The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Trophy.

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Cricket australia Contracts

Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Brett Lee.

state Contracts

Aaron Bird, Mark Cameron, Burt Cockley, Ed Cowan, Scott Coyte, Peter Forrest, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Grant Lambert, Greg Mail, Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Daniel Smith, Steven Smith, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.

Rookie Contracts

Daniel Burns, James Crosthwaite, Scott Henry, Simon Keen, Joshua Lalor, Mitchell Starc.

ReMUneRation to state PLaYeRs

Players received the following payments for the season:

2008/09 2007/08

Contract Retainers 1,195,500 1,142,500Prize-money 45,000 145,000Match Payments 789,069 813,800Other 251,605 116,039

$2,281,174 $2,217,339

Prize-money Break-up:

KFC Big Bash 45,000 -Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield - 145,000

$45,000 $145,000

a player participating in all Weet-Bix sheffield shield (10), Ford Ranger Cup (10) and twenty20 (5) matches received match payments and prize-money totalling $57,129.

Top: (left to right); Doug Bollinger, Moises Henriques and Nathan Bracken. Below: (left to right); Burt Cockley, Aaron Bird and Dominic Thornely.


Rta sPeeDBLitZ BLUes Vs WesteRn aUstRaLia

WaCa Ground: 10 – 13 october 2008

In a match where fortunes changed on many occasions, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues went down to Western Australia by eight wickets after being in contention throughout the first three days.

A disappointing first innings total of 177 was highlighted by lower order contributions from Grant Lambert (37), Daniel Smith (28) and Nathan Bracken (63). NSW were then able to haul themselves back into the game through some disciplined bowling that was headed by career-best First Class figures of 5-82 from Grant Lambert as Western Australia were dismissed for 265.

After trailing by only 88 on the first innings, NSW were in a strong position at 4-173 before eventually being dismissed for 310. The patient Greg Mail (77) and Dominic Thornely (97) were the main contributors.

There was a feeling that the pitch, with its even covering of grass, was going to make life difficult for Western Australia in their final innings chase. This wasn’t to be, however, as Shaun Marsh (74no) and Luke Pomersbach (78) led to the home side to victory.

It was a disappointing result but there were enough encouraging performances to offer hope for the rest of the season.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At WACA Ground, Perth, October 10,11,12,13, 2008. Western Australia won by eight wickets. Toss: Western Australia. Western Australia 6 pts. Player of the Match: SJ Magoffin. Umpires: AR Craig and RL Parry. Close of play: First day, Western Australia (1) 3-106 (North 24, Kelly 0); Second day, New South Wales (2) 2-62 (Mail 24, Casson 1); Third day, Western Australia (2) 0-52 (Davis 30, Marsh 10).

neW soUth WaLes

GJ Mail c Marsh b Dorey 10 (2) c Dorey b North 77

PJ Hughes c North b Magoffin 4 (1) c Ronchi b Magoffin 0

PJ Forrest c Ronchi b Doropoulos 16 c Ronchi b North 35

MC Henriques c Pomersbach b Crawford 1 (5) lbw b Kelly 13

*DJ Thornely lbw b Crawford 4 (6) c Voges b Crawford 97

SPD Smith b Magoffin 4 (7) b Magoffin 0

GM Lambert c Ronchi b Magoffin 37 (8) c Ronchi b Magoffin 32

+DLR Smith c Ronchi b Magoffin 28 (9) c Doropoulos b Magoffin 30

B Casson c Kelly b Crawford 0 (4) c Voges b Magoffin 2

NW Bracken b Dorey 63 c Davis b Magoffin 12

MA Cameron not out 5 not out 2

L-b 5 5 B 1, l-b 7, w 1, n-b 1 10

(58.2 overs, 252 mins) 177 (116.1 overs, 474 mins) 310

Fall: 15 17 24 30 36 48 82 97 135 177 Fall: 0 59 64 95 173 175 256 276 300 310

Bowling: First Innings - Magoffin 19-7-36-4; Dorey 15.2-3-42-2; Kelly 10-3-37-0; Crawford 8-0-36-3; Doropoulos 2-0-9-1; North 3-1-11-0; Voges 1-0-1-0.

Second Innings - Magoffin 26.1-9-66-6; Dorey 26-8-73-0; Crawford 20-8-59-1; Kelly 18-6-46-1; North 23-6-48-2; Voges 3-1-10-0.

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SE Marsh c Hughes b Bracken 25 (2) not out 74

LM Davis c SPD Smith b Lambert 30 (1) lbw b Lambert 41

LA Pomersbach lbw b Cameron 23 c Lambert b Cameron 78

*MJ North lbw b Thornely 24 not out 16

TP Kelly c Hughes b SPD Smith 26 97

AC Voges c DLR Smith b Lambert 17 0

TP Doropoulos b Lambert 41 32

+L Ronchi b Bracken 18 30

SJ Magoffin c DLR Smith b Lambert 22 2

BR Dorey b Lambert 15 12

AW Crawford not out 2 2

B 4, l-b 18 22 L-b 8, w 6, n-b 1 15

(92 overs, 379 mins) 265 (54.5 overs, 212 mins) (2 wkts) 224

Fall: 34 63 106 106 128 204 208 244 256 265 Fall: 79 191

Bowling: First Innings - Bracken 30-11-48-2; Cameron 20-6-56-1; Lambert 21-3-82-5; Thornely 9-4-13-1; Casson 5-2-14-0; Mail 4-2-14-0; Smith 3-1-16-1.

Second Innings - Bracken 15-5-35-0; Cameron 16-4-65-1; Lambert 9-0-41-1; Mail 5-0-21-0; Thornely 4-1-22-0; Smith 4.5-0-29-0; Casson 1-0-3-0.

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Rta sPeeDBLitZ BLUes Vs soUth aUstRaLia

adelaide oval: 24 – 27 october 2008

On a superb Adelaide Oval batting strip, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues dominated the match without being able to force the outright result the team desired.

The match saw NSW come up against a changed South Australian outfit that included new recruits Younis Khan and Michael Klinger in their top order. The NSW bowling was extremely disciplined in its execution to dismiss the home team for 313 after starts by many of the batsmen.

Burt Cockley (3-37), Nathan Hauritz (2-67), Grant Lambert (2-62) and Dominic Thornely (2-27) shared the wickets with Thornely dismissing Khan for a first ball duck.

In response, young guns Phillip Hughes and Peter Forrest dominated the innings with a second wicket partnership of 253 that saw some brilliant shot-making. Hughes (198) and Forrest (135) were eventually dismissed but the onslaught continued with Grant Lambert (40), Beau Casson (70) and Nathan Hauritz (66) forming valuable partnerships at the end to take NSW to an unassailable score of 576 and a lead of 263.

Unfortunately the expected deterioration of the wicket never took place. South Australia ground out 5-300 from 117 overs to make the game safe and leave NSW disappointed that they hadn’t been able to secure outright points.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, October 24,25,26,27, 2008. Match drawn. Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 2 pts. Player of the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: JK Brookes and RJ Tucker. Close of play: First day, South Australia all out 313; Second day, New South Wales (1) 5-372 (Hughes 170, Lambert 19); Third day, South Australia (2) 1-53 (Harris 25, Klinger 14).

soUth aUstRaLia

TC Plant run out (Hauritz) 7 (2) lbw b Lambert 6

DJ Harris b Thornely 41 (1) b Hauritz 63

M Klinger c DLR Smith b Hauritz 43 run out (Forrest) 74

Younis Khan c DLR Smith b Thornely 0 not out 71

CJ Ferguson c Forrest b Hauritz 47 c Thornely b Casson 26

*+GA Manou lbw b Lambert 80 c Forrest b Cockley 3

AW O’Brien b Lambert 63 not out 32

MF Cleary c DLR Smith b Cockley 16

DJ Cullen not out 3

SW Tait b Cockley 0

AB Wise c DLR Smith b Cockley 0

L-b 1, w 1, n-b 11 13 B 3, l-b 14, n-b 8 25

(92.4 overs, 382 mins) 313 (117 overs, 463 mins) (5 wkts) 300

Fall: 11 61 61 128 164 273 308 312 313 313 Fall: 18 140 170 245 254

Bowling: First Innings - Cameron 20-7-60-0; Cockley 15.4-6-37-3; Hauritz 23-2-67-2; Lambert 15-1-62-2; Thornely 7-0-27-2; Mail 1-0-9-0; Casson 11-1-50-0.

Second Innings - Cameron 18-4-47-0; Cockley 19-7-39-1; Lambert 22-3-49-1; Hauritz 34-10-61-1; Casson 22-4-76-1; Thornely 2-0-11-0.

neW soUth WaLes

GJ Mail run out (Plant/Wise) 2

PJ Hughes c Manou b Cleary 198

PJ Forrest run out (Cleary/Manou) 135

MC Henriques lbw b Harris 1

*DJ Thornely c Manou b Tait 36

+DLR Smith c Younis Khan b Wise 0

GM Lambert lbw b Cleary 40

B Casson c and b O’Brien 70

NM Hauritz c Manou b Tait 66

MA Cameron c Cleary b Tait 12

BT Cockley not out 0

B 3, l-b 10, w 3 16

(162.4 overs, 620 mins) 576

Fall: 2 255 256 324 325 414 425 555 567 576

Bowling: Tait 29.4-6-104-3; Wise 32-11-74-1; Cleary 31-8-88-2; Cullen 20-0-111-0; O’Brien 38-8-113-1; Harris 10-2-58-1; Ferguson 2-0-15-0.



Rta sPeeDBLitZ BLUes Vs ViCtoRia

sydney Cricket Ground: 4 – 7 november 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues were able to deny Victoria outright points in a match where they simply failed to post a large enough first innings total to be able to push for victory.

Deciding to bat first on a flat SCG wicket, NSW recovered from losing both openers early on to fight hard against a quality Victorian pace line-up. Solid contributions from Usman Khawaja (66), Grant Lambert (48no) and Daniel Smith (56) allowed NSW to reach a useful, but not dominating, 261.

In reply the Victorians started superbly and were 2-323 until some inspired bowling by Burt Cockley produced his first ever five wicket haul in First Class cricket (5-84), as Victoria were eventually dismissed for 440. He was well supported by Nathan Hauritz who bowled a mammoth spell of 46 overs, eventually taking 3-116.

Starting 179 runs in arrears, NSW now had to fight hard to deny Victoria outright points and produced a terrific rear guard action to reach 8-340 from 138 overs at the conclusion of the match.

Phillip Hughes (86), Dominic Thornely (58) and Peter Forrest (55) all contributed well, but it was a consistent display from all batters that boded well for future matches in the competition.

NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 4,5,6,7, 2008. Match drawn. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 2 pts. Player of the Match: CJL Rogers. Umpires: SD Fry and PR Reiffel. Close of play: First day, Victoria (1) 0-3 (Rogers 2, Jewell 0); Second day, Victoria (1) 3-331 (Hussey 59, Pattinson 0); Third day, New South Wales (2) 1-138 (Hughes 81, Forrest 54).

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PJ Hughes c Hussey b McKay 1 (2) c Wade b Nannes 86

GJ Mail lbw b Nannes 0 (1) lbw b McKay 0

PJ Forrest c Wade b McKay 33 b McKay 55

UT Khawaja c Jewell b Pattinson 66 c Hussey b Holland 40

*DJ Thornely c Wade b McDonald 19 c McKay b Nannes 58

MC Henriques c Wade b Nannes 16 c Wade b Holland 30

GM Lambert not out 48 b McDonald 29

+DLR Smith c Jewell b Nannes 56 c Quiney b Holland 8

B Casson c Quiney b Nannes 0 not out 17

NM Hauritz c Wade b McKay 5 not out 3

BT Cockley lbw b McKay 0

L-b 10, w 5, n-b 2 17 B 10, l-b 4 14


Fall: 1 1 99 116 146 158 241 246 255 261 Fall: 1 144 144 240 255 284 300 337

Bowling: First Innings - Nannes 18-2-57-4; McKay 22.1-11-33-4; Pattinson 16-3-56-1; McDonald 17-1-45-1; Holland 14-5-36-0; Hodge 4-0-24-0.

Second Innings - Nannes 20-7-86-2; McKay 27-11-48-2; Pattinson 13-4-25-0; Holland 38-13-96-3; McDonald 17-5-41-1; Hussey 13-6-18-0; Quiney 4-0-9-0; Rogers 2-0-3-0.

ViCtoRia

CJL Rogers c Forrest b Hauritz 159

N Jewell c Hughes b Hauritz 38

BJ Hodge run out (Forrest) 66

*DJ Hussey c Forrest b Cockley 63

DJ Pattinson lbw b Cockley 2

AB McDonald c DLR Smith b Cockley 53

RJ Quiney c Hughes b Cockley 4

+MS Wade c DLR Smith b Cockley 4

CJ McKay b Lambert 7

JM Holland lbw b Hauritz 25

DP Nannes not out 0

B 4, l-b 7, w 1, n-b 7 19

(143.2 overs, 561 mins) 440

Fall: 85 201 323 335 339 345 355 371 440 440

Bowling: First Innings - Cockley 19.2-2-84-5; Hauritz 46-10-116-3; Henriques 19-5-49-0; Lambert 26-4-84-1; Thornely 6-0-17-0; Casson 27-3-79-0.

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sydney Cricket Ground: 21 – 24 november 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues suffered a 10 wicket defeat at the hands of Queensland after again failing to make the most of good batting conditions to post a big first innings total.

With first use of the wicket after winning the toss, NSW were bowled out for 210 with the last two wickets putting on 80 runs. The rear-guard action was led by Beau Casson who top scored with 63 to remind everyone of his capabilities with the bat.

In reply Queensland reached 2-159 and were looking at recording a large first innings lead when NSW recovered to take the last eight wickets for 195 and keep themselves in the match. Burt Cockley spearheaded the revival by taking his second consecutive five wicket haul (5-76). He was well supported by Doug Bollinger who had worked his way back into top form with 3-78 after spending so much time on the sidelines with the Australian team.

With a deficit of 144, NSW needed a concerted effort to force Queensland to chase a big target however despite a number of starts from Moises Henriques (45), Daniel Smith (70) and Dominic Thornely (33), they were eventually bowled out for 262 leaving Queensland to chase 119 on the final day which they did without losing a wicket.

NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 21,22,23,24, 2008. Queensland won by 10 wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 6 pts. Player of the Match: ML Love. Umpires: GA Abood and SJA Taufel. Close of play: First day, Queensland (1) 1-72 (Kruger 40, Love 29); Second day, New South Wales (2) 0-27 (Khawaja 14, Hughes 11); Third day, New South Wales (2) 3-138 (Henriques 36, DLR Smith 24).

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PJ Hughes c Perren b Swan 9 (2) lbw b Swan 22

UT Khawaja c Hartley b Hopes 6 (1) c Love b Harris 28

EJM Cowan run out (Carseldine) 20 c Hartley b Simpson 21

MC Henriques c Love b Swan 32 b Hopes 45

*DJ Thornely c Hartley b Swan 9 (6) st Hartley b Simpson 33

SPD Smith c Harris b Doran 32 (7) c Hartley b Hopes 11

GM Lambert c Hartley b Harris 0 (8) st Hartley b Simpson 8

+DLR Smith c Perren b Swan 0 (5) c Hartley b Harris 70

B Casson c Swan b Hopes 63 c Hartley b Simpson 1

DE Bollinger c Hartley b Hopes 20 c Kruger b Simpson 10

BT Cockley not out 8 not out 3

L-b 10, n-b 1 11 L-b 10 10


Fall: 15 21 69 70 97 97 97 130 161 21 Fall: 54 58 104 178 203 235 241 245 253 262

Bowling: First Innings - Harris 19-6-59-1; Swan 16-9-21-4; Hopes 18.5-2-54-3; Simpson 12-1-25-0; Carseldine 4-0-15-0; Doran 9-1-26-1.

Second Innings - Harris 23-4-66-2; Swan 21-8-26-1; Hopes 22-10-42-2; Simpson 24.1-5-68-5; Doran 9-0-50-0.

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NJ Kruger lbw b Cockley 78 (2) not out 61

RA Broad b Cockley 0 (1) not out 51

ML Love c Lambert b Bollinger 110

CT Perren lbw b Cockley 2

LA Carseldine b Bollinger 36

JR Hopes run out (Casson) 14

*CP Simpson c Hughes b Cockley 16

+CD Hartley lbw b Cockley 6

RJ Harris c Casson b Bollinger 27

CR Swan b Lambert 35

DJ Doran not out 2

B 9, l-b 7, n-b 12 28 L-b 2, n-b 5 7

(101.3 overs, 417 mins) 354 (29 overs, 107 mins) (0 wkt) 119

Fall: 7 159 163 237 248 275 281 299 331 354 Fall:

Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 23-5-78-3; Cockley 19-1-76-5; Lambert 16.3-2-61-1; Henriques 15-3-59-0; Casson 12-2-25-0; SPD Smith 16-2-39-0.

Second Innings - Bollinger 4-1-20-0; Cockley 3-0-12-0; Casson 3.3-0-16-0; Lambert 2-0-9-0; SPD Smith 9.3-1-41-0; Thornely 3-1-3-0; Henriques 4-1-16-0.



Rta sPeeDBLitZ BLUes Vs tasMania

Bellerive oval: 2 – 4 December 2008

In a pulsating match at Bellerive Oval on a wicket that offered extravagant seam movement throughout the match, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues went down by three wickets.

Sent into bat on a perfect day for bowling, NSW were almost entirely indebted to Phillip Hughes for their final total of 172. His ability to defend late and then take advantage of anything loose was a lesson to others and his final score of 93 contained 13 sweetly struck fours.

NSW brought themselves back into the game straightaway by reducing Tasmania to 7-41 before a late partnership saw them bowled out for 127. Nathan Bracken was the destroyer with the excellent figures of 5-28 from 20 overs, while Doug Bollinger and Moises Henriques picked up two wickets each.

A second collapse saw NSW bowled out for 173, with Phillip Hughes again holding firm to score a brilliant counter attacking 108 that included 15 boundaries. His two combined innings in the match contributed the highest percentage of runs for a First Class team in the history of NSW cricket. He was well supported by Steven Smith who added 42 with no-one else reaching double figures.

Tasmania required 219 to win the match and at 5-90 NSW looked like pulling off a miraculous win. However an 82 run sixth wicket stand took Tasmania closer to victory and they eventually triumphed by three wickets in a game that NSW felt had slipped away.

TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, December 2,3,4, 2008. Tasmania won by three wickets. Toss: Tasmania. Tasmania 6 and New South Wales 2 pts. Player of the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: SD Fry and RL Parry. Close of play: First day, Tasmania (1) 7-87 (Marsh 21, Denton 23); Second day, Tasmania (2) 1-7 (Wells 2, Macdonald 0).

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes lbw b Geeves 93 (2) c Anderson b Marsh 108

UT Khawaja c Paine b Geeves 1 (1) c Marsh b Hilfenhaus 0

PJ Forrest run out (Paine) 0 c Paine b Geeves 3

EJM Cowan c Paine b Denton 11 c Paine b Macdonald 1

*DJ Thornely c Marsh b Denton 0 c Paine b Geeves 0

SPD Smith c Paine b Hilfenhaus 13 b Hilfenhaus 42

MC Henriques c Butterworth b Marsh 38 c Lockyear b Hilfenhaus 0

GM Lambert c Paine b Denton 2 run out (Marsh) 1

+DLR Smith not out 6 c Denton b Marsh 0

NW Bracken c Paine b Denton 0 c Denton b Marsh 7

DE Bollinger c Anderson b Denton 1 not out 0

L-b 1, w 5, n-b 1 7 L-b 6, n-b 5 11


Fall: 13 15 51 51 92 163 163 166 166 172 Fall: 8 24 40 51 152 152 166 166 167 173

Bowling: First Innings - Geeves 16-5-38-2; Hilfenhaus 16-7-40-1; Denton 9.2-4-18-5; Marsh 5-1-10-1; Macdonald 11-2-40-0; Butterworth 8-2-25-0.

Second Innings - Geeves 11-4-35-2; Hilfenhaus 14-5-35-3; Macdonald 7-3-15-1; Denton 5-1-21-0; Butterworth 5-1-28-0; Marsh 8.5-1-33-3.

tasMania

RJG Lockyear lbw b Bollinger 0 (2) b Bracken 0

JW Wells run out (Thornely) 4 (1) c DLR Smith b Bracken 46

DJ Anderson b Bracken 25 (4) c DLR Smith b Bollinger 0

GJ Bailey lbw b Bracken 5 (5) c Forrest b Bracken 8

*DJ Marsh c SPD Smith b Bollinger 21 (6) c Thornely b SPD Smith 58

+TD Paine c Cowan b Bracken 2 (7) not out 59

LR Butterworth c DLR Smith b Bracken 0 (8) lbw b Bollinger 16

B Geeves c Khawaja b Bracken 0 (9) not out 5

GJ Denton c DLR Smith b Henriques 48

BW Hilfenhaus b Henriques 13

TP Macdonald not out 1 (3) lbw b Henriques 6

L-b 4, n-b 4 8 L-b 11, W 5, n-b 7 23


Fall: 2 24 36 39 41 41 41 87 122 127 Fall: 6 29 31 55 90 172 200

Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 14-2-49-2; Bracken 20-9-28-5; Lambert 6-0-38-0; Henriques 6.4-5-8-2.

Second Innings - Bollinger 20-10-38-2; Bracken 22-9-41-3; Henriques 19-2-62-1; SPD Smith 10-3-29-1; Lambert 8-0-40-0; Thornely 1-1-0-0.

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sydney Cricket Ground: 18 – 21 December 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues returned to form with a hard fought victory at the SCG by 75 runs.

Batting first and looking for a substantial score to allow their bowlers the freedom to operate, NSW were indebted to a third wicket stand of 170 between Phillip Hughes and Ben Rohrer that gave them an excellent base. Both batsmen posted centuries with Rohrer’s 109 being his first century for the season.

From here the lower order piled on the agony with Dominic Thornely (87no), Usman Khawaja (41) and Daniel Smith (96) all contributing heavily. Smith was agonisingly caught at mid-on looking to hit the four that would have brought him his first maiden First Class century.

A final total of 483 was matched in effort by South Australia who laboured to 3-304 from 113.1 overs. At this point the only hope of a result was a declaration and this occurred with NSW then racing to 2-120 to set South Australia 300 to win in a minimum of 90 overs on the final day.

At 5-193, and with the game in the balance, Nathan Hauritz then took the vital wicket of Younis Khan for 90, which allowed the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues to finally bowl South Australia out for 224 to win a tough match. Doug Bollinger impressed with some hostile bowling and was rewarded with season-best figures of 6-47 from 16.2 overs.

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 18,19,20,21, 2008. New South Wales won by 75 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 6 pts. Player of the Match: DE Bollinger. Umpires: GA Abood and RJ Tucker. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 4-278 (Thornely 29, Khawaja 10); Second day, South Australia (1) 2-88 (Klinger 20, Borgas 0); Third day, New South Wales (2) 2-106 (Forrest 29, Rohrer 51).

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c Borgas b Christian 114 (2) c Christian b Cullen 23

GJ Mail run out (Ferguson/Wise) 4 (1) c Klinger b Cleary 2

PJ Forrest c Manou b Cullen 1 not out 34

BJ Rohrer c Manou b Cleary 109 not out 57

*DJ Thornely not out 87

UT Khawaja c Manou b Christian 41

+DLR Smith c Wise b Harris 96

NM Hauritz not out 0

NW Bracken

MA Cameron

DE Bollinger

B 12, l-b 10, w 6, n-b 3 31 L-b 4 4

(150.5 overs, 567 mins) (6 wkts dec) 483 (20.4 overs, 87 mins) (2 wkts dec) 120

Fall: 13 46 216 251 331 482 Fall: 24 26

Bowling: First Innings - Wise 24-8-61-0; Cleary 29-6-77-1; Christian 35.5-10-122-2; Cullen 34-8-102-1; O’Brien 14-1-54-0; Harris 14-3-45-1.

Second Innings - Christian 5-0-49-0; Cleary 10.4-2-41-1; Cullen 4-0-23-1; Harris 1-0-3-0.

soUth aUstRaLia

DJ Harris b Cameron 20 (2) c Smith b Bollinger 13

Younis Khan c Forrest b Bollinger 49 (1) b Hauritz 90

M Klinger c (sub) J Edwards b Hauritz 125 c Smith b Bollinger 6

CJ Borgas not out 90 c Khawaja b Bollinger 32

CJ Ferguson not out 4 c Khawaja b Hauritz 35

*+GA Manou lbw b Cameron 5

AW O’Brien lbw b Hauritz 11

DT Christian c Bracken b Bollinger 17

MF Cleary b Bollinger 1

DJ Cullen lbw b Bollinger 2

AB Wise not out 0

B 8, l-b 7, n-b 1 16 B 9, l-b 2, n-b 1 12

(113.1 overs, 422 mins) (3 wkts dec) 304 (74.2 overs, 302 mins) 224

Fall: 52 97 283 Fall: 24 34 78 152 183 193 200 201 205 224

Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 22-3-78-1; Bracken 29-12-52-0; Cameron 21-3-61-1; Hauritz 38.1-11-91-1; Thornely 3-0-7-0.

Second Innings - Bollinger 16.2-5-47-6; Bracken 14-5-29-0; Cameron 16-5-52-1; Hauritz 24-4-72-3; Thornely 4-0-13-0.




newcastle no.1 sports Ground: 30 January – 2 February 2009

In heatwave conditions at a resplendent Newcastle Sports Ground, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues fought to the very end to secure victory on a wicket that was a batsman’s paradise.

Welcoming back Phil Jaques for his first Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield game of the summer, NSW piled up the runs in the oppressive conditions. Phillip Hughes (151), Simon Katich (143) and Dominic Thornely (110no) all contributed handsomely towards a final total of 4 declared 521. In reply Tasmania proved hard to dislodge and a final total of 328 took 120.5 overs of pure effort. Nathan Hauritz, with a marathon spell of 4-86 from 43 overs and Doug Bollinger (3-61) provided the backbone of a concerted team performance.

From here the game required a NSW declaration to push for victory on day four. The declaration was led by another superb effort from Phillip Hughes who added 82 not out to his first innings century in front of the interested eyes of National selector Jamie Cox. It was to be Hughes’ last First Class innings of the summer for NSW as he was selected for the Australian Test squad that toured South Africa that month. A final total of 5 declared 157 left Tasmania chasing 351 runs for victory on the final day.

After reaching 1-92 they lost their last nine wickets for 144 runs to lose the match by 114. The performance of all the bowlers in the heat was outstanding with Bollinger, Hauritz and Cockley all contributing wickets. But the supreme effort came from Mark Cameron who got off the physio’s bench after suffering severe back pains to finish off Tasmania with 4-51 from 16 overs.

NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA

At Newcastle Sports Ground, Newcastle, January 30,31, February 1,2, 2009. New South Wales won by 114 runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 6 pts. Player of the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: JK Brookes and RJ Tucker. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 3-356 (Katich 102, Thornely 42); Second day, Tasmania (1) 5-147 (Paine 24, Butterworth 5); Third day, New South Wales (2) 5-157 (Hughes 82, Smith 0).

neW soUth WaLes

PA Jaques b Denton 9 (2) c Paine b Denton 12

PJ Hughes c Doolan b Krejza 151 (1) not out 82

PJ Forrest c Paine b Geeves 39 b Butterworth 2

*SM Katich c Denton b Macdonald 143 b Lockyear 22

DJ Thornely not out 110 c Denton b Krejza 28

BJ Rohrer not out 53 lbw b Denton 1

+DLR Smith not out 0

NM Hauritz

MA Cameron

DE Bollinger

BT Cockley

L-b 5, w 1, n-b 10 16 B 7, l-b 3 10

(128 overs, 509 mins) (4 wkts dec) 521 (39 overs, 157 mins) (5 wkts dec) 157

Fall: 23 139 243 437 Fall: 15 21 70 144 149

Bowling: First Innings - Geeves 20-2-96-1; Denton 22-4-74-1; Macdonald 18-2-69-1; Krejza 35-4-153-1; Butterworth 23-7-74-0; Marsh 8-0-44-0; Wells 1-0-3-0; Lockyear 1-0-3-0.

Second Innings - Denton 10-1-28-2; Butterworth 9-2-22-1; Krejza 9-1-52-1; Lockyear 2-0-9-1; Macdonald 5-0-13-0; Marsh 4-0-23-0.

tasMania

RJG Lockyear c and b Hauritz 52 (2) c Forrest b Thornely 26

JW Wells c Rohrer b Hauritz 4 (1) c Smith b Cockley 85

AJ Doolan c Smith b Bollinger 25 c Smith b Cockley 8

GJ Bailey c Bollinger b Hauritz 23 lbw b Cameron 0

*DJ Marsh c Katich b Cockley 0 b Bollinger 15

+TD Paine c Smith b Bollinger 63 c Smith b Cameron 14

LR Butterworth run out (Rohrer) 17 c Hughes b Cameron 47

JJ Krejza c Rohrer b Bollinger 5 c Smith b Hauritz 4

B Geeves not out 99 b Hauritz 1

GJ Denton c and b Hauritz 6 b Cameron 30

TP Macdonald c Smith b Cameron 3 not out 0

B 12, l-b 12, w 1, n-b 6 31 B 5, W 1 6

(120.5 overs, 490 mins) 328 (87 overs, 346 mins) 236

Fall: 16 86 93 94 125 170 186 254 273 328 Fall: 62 92 93 128 143 162 167 173 234 236

Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 26-5-61-3; Cameron 24.5-5-85-1; Cockley 19-4-54-1; Hauritz 43-14-86-4; Thornely 4-0-9-0; Katich 4-0-9-0.

Second Innings - Bollinger 20-3-56-1; Cameron 16-3-51-4; Hauritz 31-9-71-2; Cockley 9-2-29-2; Thornely 4-0-9-1; Rohrer 1-0-2-0; Katich 6-1-13-0.

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MCG: 15 – 17 February 2009

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues came back down to earth with a bump after a loss to Victoria at the MCG where they were unable to withstand the opposition pace attack.

A first innings score of 227 after winning the toss and batting first was always going to place NSW on the back foot, despite an excellent century from Greg Mail that held the top order together. His 101 from 210 balls contained nine boundaries and showed the hallmarks of concentration and grit that Mail has become known for over the years.

In reply Victoria shared the workload on the way to a first innings total of 447 and a lead of 220. All but one batsman made double figures while the NSW bowlers toiled hard to get their team back in the contest. Aaron Bird, playing in his first Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield match of the season, contributed three wickets as did Beau Casson. But the bowling honours went to Burt Cockley with 4-65 from 19.2 overs.

Cockley’s development as a strike bowler over the course of the season was one of the big plus points for NSW this year.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues now had to bat superbly to give themselves a chance on the final day but after solid contributions from Greg Mail (49) and Phil Jaques (41) the innings fell away resulting in a final total of 218 and defeat by an innings and two runs.

Despite the defeat, the match marked the First Class debut of wicketkeeper Peter Nevill who had performed so consistently in the Second XI all season.

VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, February 15,16,17, 2009. Victoria won by an innings and two runs. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 6 pts. Player of the Match: CJ McKay. Umpires: SD Fry and JD Ward. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 227; Second day, Victoria (1) 9-379 (McKay 16).

neW soUth WaLes

PA Jaques c Wade b McKay 29 (2) b McKay 41

GJ Mail lbw b Hastings 101 (1) c Wade b Hastings 49

PJ Forrest c Wade b Nannes 4 c Rogers b Hodge 20

BJ Rohrer lbw b Nannes 4 c Jewell b Hastings 30

*DJ Thornely c Wade b McKay 24 c Rogers b McKay 0

UT Khawaja c Hodge b Nannes 17 c Wade b McKay 1

GM Lambert c Jewell b Hodge 16 c Wade b Hastings 12

B Casson c Wade b Hastings 0 c Wright b Hastings 25

+PM Nevill c Wade b McKay 18 lbw b McKay 0

AC Bird lbw b Wright 12 c Wade b Hastings 29

BT Cockley not out 0 not out 4

W 1, n-b 1 2 B 1, l-b 5, n-b 1 7


Fall: 57 75 80 123 170 185 185 199 225 227 Fall: 81 114 114 114 118 143 164 169 197 218

Bowling: First Innings - Nannes 12-4-34-3; Wright 15.4-1-49-1; Harwood 9-2-26-0; McKay 23-11-29-3; Hastings 17-6-40-2; Hodge 17-4-49-1.

Second Innings - McKay 19-3-56-4; Wright 17-6-39-0; Hodge 19-2-56-1; Hastings 18.5-4-61-5.

ViCtoRia

CJL Rogers b Casson 61

*N Jewell c Lambert b Casson 23

BJ Hodge b Bird 98

LR Mash lbw b Casson 10

AJ Crosthwaite c Nevill b Bird 29

+MS Wade c Lambert b Cockley 62

JW Hastings c Rohrer b Cockley 10

DG Wright b Bird 38

CJ McKay c Mail b Cockley 47

DP Nannes c Casson b Cockley 6

SM Harwood not out 28

B 4, l-b 12, w 2, n-b 17 35

(112.2 overs, 465 mins) 447

Fall: 44 126 183 228 247 263 350 364 379 447

Bowling: Cockley 19.2-2-65-4; Bird 24-3-116-3; Casson 32-5-125-3; Lambert 22-4-82-0; Thornely 15-3-43-0.




the ‘Gabba: 26 February – 1 March 2009

Another disappointing display with the bat saw the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues suffer a second consecutive innings defeat at the hands of an experienced Queensland outfit at The Gabba.

Against a team containing Martin Love, Andrew Symonds, James Hopes and Shane Watson, NSW were relying on their younger players to adapt quickly to a typical seaming wicket, but a first innings score of 269 represented a total that was not going to be enough.

The highlight was the maiden First Class century for middle order batsman Usman Khawaja. The left hander batted with great application to score 112 with 15 boundaries, with Moises Henriques (39) the next top scorer.

In reply Queensland ran up an enormous 7 declared 547. Martin Love, in his final match at The Gabba after announcing his retirement, hit an unbeaten double century while the bowlers toiled hard. Grant Lambert was rewarded after a marathon effort by finishing with the innings best figures of 3-143 from 31 overs.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues were now batting for pride but could not contain the Queensland attack and after falling to 4-21 they were eventually dismissed for 149.

Amid the disappointment, the rear-guard action of Usman Khawaja (41) and Moises Henriques (39) helped extend the game into day four. However it was all over by lunch with NSW bowled out for 149 to lose by an innings and 129 runs.

QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, February 26,27,28, March 1, 2009. Queensland won by an innings and 129 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 6 pts. Player of the Match: ML Love. Umpires: BG Jerling and IH Lock. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 9-266 (Khawaja 109); Second day, Queensland (1) 5-366 (Love 118, Hartley 82); Third day, New South Wales (2) 5-86 (Khawaja 39, Henriques 5).

neW soUth WaLes

PA Jaques c Love b Hopes 7 (2) lbw b Hopes 4

GJ Mail c Hartley b Hopes 6 (1) c Love b Hopes 30

PJ Forrest c Hartley b Laughlin 18 c Hartley b Hopes 0

BJ Rohrer c Hopes b Swan 33 c Hartley b Hopes 1

*DJ Thornely c Hartley b Laughlin 27 c Hartley b Hopes 7

UT Khawaja c Hartley b Cutting 112 c Hartley b Swan 41

MC Henriques c Hartley b Hopes 39 b Laughlin 39

+DLR Smith c Love b Hopes 7 c Swan b Cutting 16

GM Lambert c Hartley b Cutting 10 b Cutting 9

B Casson c Watson b Cutting 2 not out 2

BT Cockley not out 0 c Watson b Cutting 0

L-b 5, w 2, n-b 1 8 0


Fall: 7 20 39 88 134 219 247 264 266 269 Fall: 7 7 9 21 68 94 133 139 147 149

Bowling: First Innings - Swan 21-9-38-1; Hopes 27-3-80-4; Cutting 21.2-5-51-3; Laughlin 23-3-80-2; Simpson 7-0-15-0.

Second Innings - Hopes 22-9-34-5; Swan 16-5-43-1; Cutting 7.1-3-29-3; Laughlin 10-0-27-1; Simpson 7-2-16-0.

QUeensLanD

NJ Kruger b Mail 44

RA Broad c Smith b Cockley 0

ML Love not out 219

SR Watson c Forrest b Lambert 0

A Symonds c Henriques b Lambert 52

JR Hopes c Smith b Thornely 55

+CD Hartley c Lambert b Casson 121

*CP Simpson b Lambert 0

CR Swan not out 35

BCJ Cutting

B Laughlin

L-b 6, w 6, n-b 9 21

(140 overs, 564 mins) (7 wkts dec) 547

Fall: 10 78 81 141 229 462 467

Bowling: Cockley 28-7-106-1; Henriques 29-4-138-0; Lambert 31-0-143-3; Mail 18-1-54-1; Thornely 22.3-9-44-1; Casson 10.3-0-54-1; Rohrer 1-0-2-0.

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sydney Cricket Ground: 5 – 8 March 2009

Rain ruined the final match of the season as the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues pushed for victory in a game that they dominated throughout. After dismissing Western Australia for 210 on a lifeless SCG pitch, NSW had put themselves in the box seat.

Another superb effort from Burt Cockley (4-37) led the way, coming up one short of a third consecutive five wicket haul at the SCG. He was backed up well by debutant left arm pace bowler, Mitchell Starc, who bowled with lively pace and no sign of nerves to pick up the first Sheffield Shield wicket of his career.

A large first innings lead was required and the batsmen responded in style with contributions from all of the top order. At the pinnacle though was a second consecutive hundred from Usman Khawaja (172no), who showed great class in putting together another outstanding innings.

A lead of 316 meant that Western Australia would have to bat out the final day with nine wickets in hand to save the match. The game was beautifully poised with the visitors 4-248 when the heavens opened in the middle of the afternoon to wash out any hope of a result.

It was a disappointing finish to a season that had promised much but failed to deliver the results.

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, March 5,6,7,8, 2009. Match drawn. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 2 pts. Player of the Match: UT Khawaja. Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and JD Ward. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 0-49 (Cowan 28, Mail 18); Second day, New South Wales (1) 5-346 (Khawaja 77, Smith 4); Third day, Western Australia (2) 1-87 (Towers 33, Robinson 48).

WesteRn aUstRaLia

LM Davis c DLR Smith b Cockley 25 (2) c DLR Smith b Bracken 3

LJC Towers c DLR Smith b Cockley 3 (1) lbw b Starc 48

WM Robinson run out (Thornely) 1 run out (Rohrer) 51

DC Bandy b Starc 11 not out 87

*AC Voges c Rohrer b Cockley 20 b Cockley 27

LA Pomersbach c Warner b Casson 9 not out 22

+MA Johnson c Khawaja b Cockley 5

AK Heal c Warner b Bracken 66

JP Mangan c Cowan b Casson 38

BR Dorey c Mail b Thornely 21

BA Knowles not out 0

L-b 3, n-b 8 11 B 3, l-b 2, PR 5 10

(75.1 overs, 325 mins) 210 (103.2 overs, 404 mins) (4 wkts) 248

Fall: 29 30 36 48 69 76 85 175 201 210 Fall: 3 90 131 194

Bowling: First Innings - Bracken 17-7-33-1; Cockley 18-7-37-4; Starc 17-3-60-1; Casson 13-2-65-2; Thornely 10.1-5-12-1.

Second Innings - Bracken 22-10-35-1; Cockley 22-5-60-1; Starc 21-6-32-1; Casson 25-3-89-0; Thornely 11-5-15-0; Warner 2-0-7-0; Mail 0.2-0-0-0.

neW soUth WaLes

EJM Cowan lbw b Bandy 58

GJ Mail st Johnson b Heal 59

BJ Rohrer c Dorey b Bandy 34

*DJ Thornely lbw b Knowles 56

UT Khawaja not out 172

DA Warner c Pomersbach b Mangan 42

+DLR Smith c Voges b Mangan 41

B Casson c Bandy b Heal 12

NW Bracken c Johnson b Knowles 27

MA Starc not out 8

BT Cockley

B 4, l-b 7, n-b 6 17

(156 overs, 605 mins) (8 wkts dec) 526

Fall: 119 139 174 258 338 398 450 509

Bowling: Dorey 33-10-108-0; Knowles 30-9-85-2; Mangan 27-5-102-2; Heal 43-8-157-2; Bandy 17-5-36-2; Voges 3-0-13-0; Pomersbach 2-0-13-0; Robinson 1-0-1-0.



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BattinG M inn no RUns hs 50’s 100’s aVGe Ct st

SM Katich 1 2 - 165 143 - 1 82.50 1 -

PJ Hughes 7 13 1 891 198 3 4 74.25 6 -

UT Khawaja 7 12 1 525 172* 1 2 47.73 4 -

BJ Rohrer 5 9 2 322 109 2 1 46.00 4 -

DA Warner 1 1 - 42 42 - - 42.00 2 -

DJ Thornely 10 17 2 595 110* 4 1 39.67 2 -

NM Hauritz 4 4 2 74 66 1 - 37.00 2 -

DLR Smith 9 14 2 358 96 3 - 29.83 26 -

GJ Mail 7 12 - 340 101 2 1 28.33 2 -

PJ Forrest 8 15 1 395 135 1 1 28.21 8 -

MC Henriques 6 11 - 254 45 - - 23.09 1 -

EJM Cowan 3 5 - 111 58 1 - 22.20 2 -

NW Bracken 4 5 - 109 63 1 - 21.80 1 -

AC Bird 1 2 - 41 29 - - 20.50 - -

GM Lambert 7 13 1 244 48* - - 20.33 5 -

B Casson 7 12 2 194 70 2 - 19.40 2 -

MA Cameron 4 3 2 19 12 - - 19.00 - -

SPD Smith 3 6 - 102 42 - - 17.00 2 -

PA Jaques 3 6 - 102 41 - - 17.00 - -

DE Bollinger 4 4 1 31 20 - - 10.33 1 -

PM Nevill 1 2 - 18 18 - - 9.00 1 -

BT Cockley 7 8 6 15 8* - - 7.50 - -

MA Starc 1 1 1 8 8* - - - - -

2008/09 WEET-BIX SHEFFIELD SHIELD POINTS TABLEteaM P Wo Wi Li Lo t Points QUotient

Victoria 10 6 4 - - - 44 1.520

Queensland 10 4 - 1 5 - 28 0.950

South Australia 10 4 1 2 3 - 26 1.064

Tasmania 10 4 - 1 5 - 26 0.881

Western Australia 10 3 - 2 5 - 20 0.836

New South Wales 10 2 2 1 5 - 18 0.878

Outright win 6 points; lead on first innings in a drawn or lost game 2 points.

Quotient runs per wicket scored divided by runs per wicket conceded

Victoria (510 & 2 dec 282) drew with Queensland (200 & 1-221) in the Final. Victoria declared champions.

Phillip Hughes.

BoWLinG M oVeRs MDns RUns WKts aVGe 5Wi 10WM Best

BT Cockley 7 191.2 43 599 27 22.19 2 - 5-76

DE Bollinger 4 145.2 34 427 18 23.72 1 - 6-47

NW Bracken 4 169 68 301 12 25.08 1 - 5-28

NM Hauritz 4 239.1 60 564 16 35.25 - - 4-86

AC Bird 1 24 3 116 3 38.67 - -

DJ Thornely 10 105.4 29 245 6 40.83 - - 2-27

MA Starc 1 38 9 92 2 46.00 - - 1-32

GM Lambert 7 178.3 17 691 14 49.36 1 - 5-82

MA Cameron 4 151.5 37 477 9 53.00 - - 4-51

SPD Smith 3 42.5 7 154 2 77.00 - - 1-16

B Casson 7 162.3 22 596 7 85.14 - -

GJ Mail 7 28.2 3 98 1 98.00 - - 1-54

MC Henriques 6 92.4 20 332 3 - - 2-8

BJ Rohrer 5 2 - 4 - - - - -

SM Katich 1 10 1 22 - - - - -

DA Warner 1 2 - 7 - - - - -

2008/09 TOUR MATcH: RTA SPEEDBLITz BLUES vS NEW zEALANDERS At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 13,14,15,16, 2008. New South Wales won by six wickets. Toss: New Zealanders. Umpires: GA Abood and PR Reiffel. Close of play: First day, New South Wales (1) 0-15 (Hughes 10, Khawaja 5); Second day, New South Wales (1) 6-309 (SPD Smith 47, DLR Smith 5); Third day, New Zealanders (2) 5-157 (Vettori 61, McCullum 5)

neW ZeaLanDeRsFirst innings second innings

AJ Redmond c DLR Smith b Hazlewood

5 c DLR Smith b Henriques 13

JM How c Thornely b Lambert 170 lbw b Henriques 0

JD Ryder c DLR Smith b Lambert 16 (8) c Hazlewood b SPD Smith 10

LRPL Taylor c Forrest b Hazlewood 31 (3) c DLR Smith b Henriques 18

+BB McCullum run out (Khawaja) 4 (7) c Henriques b Lambert 54

DR Flynn c DLR Smith b Lambert 2 (4) c Forrest b Henriques 55

*DL Vettori c SPD Smith b Lambert 3 (6) b Hazlewood 73

KD Mills c and b SPD Smith 17 (5) c DLR Smith b Henriques 0

TG Southee b SPD Smith 13 run out (Thornely) 3

IE O'Brien b Lambert 2 lbw b Hazlewood 14

CS Martin not out 0 not out 0

L-b 1, n-b 2 3 B 7, l-b 8, w 1 16


Fall: 10 57 121 127 157 167 217

233 237 266

Fall: 2 30 33 35 148 171 196

215 251 256

Bowling: First Innings - Hazlewood 18-4-53-2; Henriques 8-5-9-0; Lambert 16.3-

5-74-5; Hauritz 16-2-44-0; SPD Smith 27-4-85-2. Second Innings - Hazlewood

11.1-4-23-2; Henriques 19-4-51-5; Casson 18-4-41-0; Hauritz 7-2-15-0; Lambert

14-1-46-1; SPD Smith 17-3-65-1.

neW soUth WaLesFirst innings second innings

PJ Hughes c McCullum b O'Brien 64 (2) lbw b Martin 8

UT Khawaja c McCullum b Martin 5 (1) b Martin 24

PJ Forrest c Taylor b O'Brien 26 c Ryder b O'Brien 26

MC Henriques c Taylor b Vettori 55 c Redmond b Martin 18

*DJ Thornely c Martin b Southee 85

SPD Smith c Redmond b Vettori 68 (5) not out 37

GM Lambert c Redmond b Martin 10

+DLR Smith c (sub) Gillespie b O'Brien

7 (6) not out 42

B Casson lbw b Vettori 15

NM Hauritz b Vettori 10

JR Hazlewood not out 2

B 8, l-b 2, w 1, n-b 3 14 B 4, l-b 2, n-b 1 7

(115.1 overs, 459 mins) 361 (52.2 overs, 217 mins) (4 wkts) 162

Fall: 16 92 103 175 276 301 312 338

352 361

Fall: 9 50 72 79

Bowling: First Innings - Mills 17-2-64-0; Southee 23-4-71-1; Vettori 29.1-4-71-4;

Martin 24-8-72-2; O’Brien 22-4-73-3. Second Innings - Martin 11-5-16-3; Mills 12-6-

22-0; Southee 8.2-1-40-0; O’Brien 9-0-52-1; Vettori 9-1-20-0; Ryder 3-1-6-0.

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MOST APPEARANCES

Player M Inn nO runs Hs avge Wkts avge Best Ct st

Greg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 184 37.98 417 28.65 8-52 118 -

Phil EMERY 120 169 43 3284 100* 26.06 - - - 332 46

Geoff LAWSON 115 132 25 1523 74 14.23 395 23.37 6-31 51 -

Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 229* 53.27 60 41.10 4-130 124 -

Steve RIXON 107 155 26 3229 128 25.09 - - - 249 49

Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 216 63.33 24 59.50 3-6 54 -

Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 253 41.84 119 35.00 7-63 54 -

Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 199 41.40 - - - 132 -

John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 241 44.27 1 46.00 1-0 78 -

Mike WHITNEY 94 86 31 321 28* 5.84 314 27.33 7-75 41 -

Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 177 43.57 6 72.16 2-53 63 -

Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 216* 48.24 87 31.54 6-51 93 -

Stuart MacGILL 90 113 32 789 56* 9.74 357 33.09 6-64 42 -

Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 315* 67.27 13 63.92 4-66 35 -

Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 158 37.08 322 26.01 7-18 106 -

Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 235 53.04 - - - 48 -

Bert OLDFIELD 82 115 12 2393 129 23.23 - - - 165 106

Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 221 50.73 148 23.41 7-85 32 -

Brad HADDIN 81 137 16 5057 154 41.79 - - - 248 21

Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5329 201 41.63 - - - 50 -

Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 168 48.76 2 72.00 2-28 105 -

Johnny MARTIN 78 111 14 2582 101 26.61 293 30.67 8-97 83 -

Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 281 49.58 230 23.38 7-44 67 -

Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 184 36.30 - - - 73 -

Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 127 31.12 1 10.00 1-6 57 -

Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 158 39.08 - - - 53 -

Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 247* 44.66 82 29.42 5-41 35 -

Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 204 39.23 - - - 45 -

Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 292* 51.07 33 34.96 4-32 51 -

Brian TABER 73 111 21 1489 109 16.54 - - - 207 35

Shane LEE 73 123 18 3690 183* 35.14 102 41.05 4-20 59 -

Alan DAVIDSON 72 100 17 2753 122* 33.16 273 21.45 7-31 54 -

Greg MAIL 72 132 5 4085 176 32.17 14 40.29 4-18 63 -

David COLLEY 71 107 20 2106 101 24.20 203 32.08 6-30 39 -

Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 233 52.61 46 35.15 4-40 40 -

Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 229 44.39 - - - 61 -

Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 166 44.30 - - - 33 -

Bob HOLLAND 68 73 19 618 53 11.44 228 31.64 9-83 42 -

Arthur MAILEY 67 89 32 835 66 14.64 334 27.68 8-81 74 -

Jim BURKE 67 105 19 3901 220 45.36 60 32.46 6-60 27 -

Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 359 53.17 79 42.46 5-37 102 -

Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 99 30 1880 81* 27.24 211 27.05 6-49 53 -

Doug FORD 63 65 23 545 36* 12.97 - - - 120 57

Dominic THORNELY 61 105 14 4128 261* 45.36 30 45.87 3-52 36 -

Brad McNAMARA 59 93 14 2195 137* 27.78 116 26.83 6-43 35 -

Harry DONNAN 58 102 10 3026 160* 32.89 24 34.07 3-14 21 -

Mark O’NEILL 58 93 17 3074 178* 40.45 34 49.44 3-47 25 -

Trevor BAYLISS 58 96 10 3060 163 35.58 8 26.50 4-64 41 -

Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 63 16 375 34 7.98 188 32.14 7-41 26 -

Stuart CLARK 58 80 23 821 62 14.40 204 29.03 8-58 17 -

Nathan BRACKEN 58 76 25 872 63 17.10 190 25.60 7-4 15 -

Charles KELLEWAY 57 90 10 3031 168 37.88 215 23.89 7-35 43 -

Geoff DAVIES 57 101 11 3065 127 34.05 86 33.81 6-43 59 -

Tom GARRETT 56 98 8 1952 163 21.68 125 23.48 6-55 38 -

Frank IREDALE 56 95 4 3360 196 35.80 5 35.80 3-1 41 -

Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 200 54.40 39 31.76 3-20 32 -

Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 229* 54.23 60 28.86 5-36 38 -

Ian CRAIG 55 83 5 3379 213* 43.32 - - - 22 -

Bill O’REILLY 54 81 20 746 47 12.22 325 16.52 9-41 38 -

Dave RENNEBERG 54 71 26 380 26 8.44 190 30.48 7-33 23 -

Len PASCOE 54 54 14 366 51* 9.15 203 26.07 8-41 20 -

Phillip Hughes.


FiRst CLass ReCoRDs

MOST APPEARANCES

Player M Inn nO runs Hs avge Wkts avge Best Ct st

David FREEDMAN 54 62 17 602 54* 13.38 159 30.28 8-49 17 -

Phil JAQUES 54 100 3 4252 240* 43.84 - - - 39 -

Nathan BRACKEN 54 71 25 763 38* 16.59 178 25.63 7-4 14 -

James KELLY 53 84 17 1521 108 22.70 - - - 126 81

Albert HOPKINS 52 85 5 2437 218 30.46 126 25.67 5-17 30 -

Herbie COLLINS 52 86 5 3622 282 44.71 16 34.37 2-21 36 -

Peter PHILPOTT 52 79 12 2309 156 34.46 153 31.07 7-53 42 -

Murray BENNETT 52 70 20 1215 59* 24.30 131 28.72 6-32 37 -

Corey RICHARDS 52 95 4 2606 164 28.64 - - - 23 -

Trevor CHAPPELL 51 89 9 2681 150 33.51 58 22.74 4-12 30 -

Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 253 63.83 1 200.00 1-5 30 -

Ray LINDWALL 50 61 7 1140 134* 21.11 196 22.70 7-45 32 –

Jim deCOURCY 50 74 8 2362 114 35.78 - - - 36 –

Keith MILLER 50 68 6 3538 214 57.06 119 25.36 7-12 29 –

LEADING RUN SCORERS

BatsMan M Inn nO runs 100’s avge

Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 37 63.33

Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 25 53.27

Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 32 67.27

Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 17 41.40

Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 22 48.24

John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 14 44.27

Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 19 41.84

Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 20 53.04

Greg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 9 37.98

Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 19 48.76

Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 15 51.07

Don BRADMAN 41 69 10 5813 21 98.52

Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 19 49.58

Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 22 50.73

Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 11 43.57

Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 18 52.61

Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5369 11 41.63

Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 15 53.17

Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 13 39.23

Brad HADDIN 81 137 16 5057 9 41.79

Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 11 44.66

Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 19 54.40

Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 17 63.83

Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 7 36.30

Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 11 39.08

Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 9 54.23

Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 15 44.39

Simon KATICH 41 68 7 4347 12 71.26

Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 9 44.30

Phil JAQUES 54 100 3 4252 11 43.84

Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 4 31.12

Dominic THORNELY 61 105 14 4128 10 45.36

Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 9 37.08

The highest average for NSW is 118.50 by Harry Rock who in five matches, seven

innings, in the season 1924-25 and 1925-26 scored 711 runs.

LEADING WICKET-TAKERS

BOWler M Wkts avge 5WI

Greg MATTHEWS 135 417 28.65 20

Geoff LAWSON 115 395 23.36 13

Stuart MacGILL 90 357 33.07 18

Arthur MAILEY 67 334 27.66 28

Bill O’REILLY 54 325 16.52 26

Richie BENAUD 86 322 26.01 17

Mike WHITNEY 94 314 27.33 13

Johnny MARTIN 78 293 30.67 12

LEADING WICKET-TAKERS

BOWler M Wkts avge 5WI

Alan DAVIDSON 72 273 21.45 10

Charles TURNER 43 263 16.18 29

Monty NOBLE 77 230 23.34 13

Bob HOLLAND 68 228 31.64 8

Charles KELLEWAY 57 215 23.90 7

Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 211 27.06 12

Stuart CLARK 58 204 29.03 9

Len PASCOE 54 203 26.07 9

David COLLEY 71 203 32.08 6

Ray LINDWALL 50 196 22.71 7

Bill HOWELL 48 195 24.07 11

Dave RENNEBERG 54 190 30.48 8

Nathan BRACKEN 58 190 25.60 9

Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 188 32.14 10

Tom McKIBBIN 25 182 21.00 17

Albert COTTER 38 171 23.42 10

David HOURN 44 164 28.71 11

David FREEDMAN 54 159 30.28 7

Matthew NICHOLSON 45 155 28.46 3

Peter PHILPOTT 52 153 31.07 7

John SCOTT 35 150 22.42 9

Charlie MACARTNEY 81 148 23.41 3

Edwin EVANS 27 145 14.95 15

Hughie CHILVERS 32 142 25.38 11

Gary GILMOUR 42 140 33.36 3

Syd CALLAWAY 33 139 17.36 14

Murray BENNETT 52 131 28.72 5

Grahame CORLING 46 129 32.28 5

John GLEESON 35 126 25.63 7

Albert HOPKINS 52 126 25.67 6

Doug BOLLINGER 37 125 29.65 7

Tom GARRETT 56 125 23.48 9

Fred JOHNSTON 35 123 29.45 5

Keith MILLER 50 119 25.36 3

Doug WALTERS 103 119 35.00 5

Brad McNAMARA 59 116 26.83 5

David GILBERT 43 113 33.27 3

Brett LEE 23 109 25.37 7

Hunter HENDRY 38 105 26.12 4

Sam EVERETT 28 103 26.44 8

Shane LEE 73 102 41.05 –

John FERRIS 19 101 17.20 7

Graeme BEARD 40 100 26.91 6

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FiRst CLass ReCoRDs

MOST RUNS IN A SEASON

runs BatsMan seasOn M Inn nO Hs 100’s avge

1506 Simon

KATICH

2007/08 11 17 1 306 5 94.12

1312 Michael

BEVAN

1993/94 12 22 5 203* 5 77.17

1269 Phil

JAQUES

2004/05 12 21 2 240* 3 66.78

1205 Dirk

WELLHAM

1982/83 13 23 5 136* 2 66.94

1186 Steve

SMALL

1990/91 13 23 - 126 4 51.56

1174 Mark

TAYLOR

1988/89 12 22 1 152* 3 55.90

1153 Rick

McCOSKER

1982/83 13 25 4 124 3 54.90

1127 Don

BRADMAN

1928/29 7 12 4 340* 5 140.87

1065 Dominic

THORNELY

2004/05 12 20 3 261* 4 62.64

1052 Rick

McCOSKER

1974/75 10 19 1 164 4 58.44

1051 Don

BRADMAN

1929/30 7 11 2 452* 2 116.77

1036 Don

BRADMAN

1933/34 6 9 2 253 4 148.00

1024 Grahame

THOMAS

1965/66 9 16 - 229 4 64.00

1019 Michael

SLATER

1992/93 10 19 2 143 3 59.94

1015 John

DYSON

1983/84 11 19 3 241 3 63.43

1009 Mark

WAUGH

1989/90 12 17 4 198* 5 77.61

1005 Norm

O’NEILL

1957/58 8 14 2 233 4 83.75

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS

sCOre BatsMan OPPOnent venue seasOn

452* Don BRADMAN Q’land Sydney 1929/30

383 Charles GREGORY Q’land Brisbane 1906/07

359 Bob SIMPSON Q’land Brisbane 1963/64

340* Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1928/29

321 Billy MURDOCH Victoria Sydney 1881/82

315* Alan KIPPAX Q’land Sydney 1927/28

306 Simon KATICH Q’land Sydney 2007/08

297* Harry MOSES Victoria Sydney 1887/88

292* Victor TRUMPER Tasmania Sydney 1898/99

282 Herbie COLLINS Tasmania Sydney 1912/13

281 Monty NOBLE Victoria Melbourne 1905/06

277 Bob SIMPSON Q’land Sydney 1967/68

271 Reggie DUFF S.Aust Sydney 1903/04

271* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1925/26

264* Ray FLOCKTON S.Aust Sydney 1959/60

263 Steve SMITH Victoria Melbourne 1982/83

261* Dominic THORNELY W.Aust Sydney 2004/05

260* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Melbourne 1928/29

258 Don BRADMAN S.Aust Adelaide 1930/31

253 Victor TRUMPER N.Zealanders Sydney 1898/99

253 Don BRADMAN Q’land Sydney 1933/34

253 Arthur MORRIS Q’land Brisbane 1951/52

253 Doug WALTERS S.Aust Adelaide 1964/65

248 Alan KIPPAX S.Aust Sydney 1923/24

247* Tommy ANDREWS Victoria Sydney 1919/20

247* Bob SIMPSON W.Aust Sydney 1963/64

241 John DYSON S.Aust Adelaide 1983/84

240 Phil JAQUES Q’land Bankstown 2004/05

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS

sCOre BatsMan OPPOnent venue seasOn

239 Percy McDONNELL Victoria Melbourne 1886/87

238 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1932/33

235 Warren BARDSLEY S.Aust Sydney 1920/21

235 Warren BARDSLEY S.Aust Adelaide 1920/21

235 Harry ROCK Victoria Sydney 1924/25

233 Norm O’NEILL Victoria Sydney 1957/58

231 Neil HARVEY S.Aust Sydney 1962/63

230 Victor TRUMPER Victoria Sydney 1900/01

230 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Sydney 1903/04

229* Stan McCABE Q’land Brisbane 1931/32

229 Neil HARVEY Q’land Sydney 1960/61

229 Grahame THOMAS Victoria Melbourne 1965/66

229* Mark WAUGH W.Aust Perth 1990/91

224 Tommy ANDREWS M.C.C. Sydney 1924/25

221 Charlie MACARTNEY Canterbury Christchurch 1923/24

220 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1930/31

220 Jim BURKE S.Aust Adelaide 1956/57

219 Don BRADMAN South Africans Sydney 1931/32

218 Albert HOPKINS S.Aust Adelaide 1908/09


217* Phil JAQUES S.Aust Sydney 2004/05

216* Roy MINNETT Victoria Sydney 1911/12

216* Steve WAUGH W.Aust Perth 1990/91

216 Michael BEVAN Tasmania Sydney 2003/04

214 Keith MILLER M.C.C. Sydney 1950/51

213 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Adelaide 1908/09

213 Monty NOBLE Victoria Sydney 1908/09

213* Ian CRAIG South Africans Sydney 1952/53


211 Steve WAUGH Victoria Melbourne 2002/03

210* Austin DIAMOND Victoria Sydney 1906/07

210 Arthur MORRIS Victoria Melbourne 1951/52

208 Victor TRUMPER Q’land Sydney 1899/00

207 Norman CALLAWAY Q’land Sydney 1914/15

206 Bill WATSON W.Aust Perth 1956/57

206 Steve WAUGH Tasmania Hobart 1994/95

205 Bill BROWN Victoria Sydney 1933/34

205 Bob SIMPSON W.Aust Perth 1962/63

205* Simon KATICH Queensland Sydney 2006/07

204 Michael SLATER W.Aust Perth 2002/03

203* Michael BEVAN W.Aust Sydney 1993/94


203 Jim MACKAY Q’land Brisbane 1905/06

202* Steve WAUGH Victoria N. Sydney 1997/98

202* Michael BEVAN S.Aust Sydney 1998/99

201 Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907/08

201* Victor TRUMPER S.Aust Sydney 1912/13

201 Charlie MACARTNEY Victoria Sydney 1913/14

201 Alec MARKS Q’land Sydney 1935/36

201* Keith MILLER Q’land Brisbane 1950/51

201* Doug WALTERS M.C.C. Sydney 1970/71


201* Michael CLARKE Q’land Sydney 2005/06

200 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Adelaide 1899/00

200 James BOGLE S.Aust Adelaide 1919/20

200 Don BRADMAN Q’land Brisbane 1933/34

200 Sid BARNES Q’land Brisbane 1945/46

200 Allan BORDER Q’land Brisbane 1979/80

200* Warren BARDSLEY Auckland Auckland 1923/23

200* Mark WAUGH West Indies Sydney 1992/93

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FiRst CLass ReCoRDs

HAT-TRICKS

BOWler OPPOnent venue seasOn

George GILBERT Victoria Melbourne 1857/58

Charles TURNER Victoria Melbourne 1886/87

Monty NOBLE Tasmania Sydney 1898/99

Tom HOWARD Q’land Sydney 1902/03

Albert HOPKINS S.Aust Sydney 1903/04

Charles KELLAWAY Q’land Brisbane 1913/14

Hal HOOKER * Victoria Sydney 1928/29

Alan WALKER Q’land Sydney 1948/49

John TREANOR ** Q’land Brisbane 1954/55

Gordon RORKE Q’land Sydney 1958/59

Alan DAVIDSON W.Aust Perth 1962/63

Len PASCOE S.Aust Adelaide 1980/81

David GILBERT Victoria Sydney 1984/85

Stuart MacGILL N.Zealanders Newcastle 1997/98

Stuart CLARK W.Aust Perth 2006/07

Doug BOLLINGER W Aust Perth 2007/08

* Hal Hooker took four wickets in four balls, three in the 1st innings, one in the

2nd innings.

** John Treanor took his hat-trick on debut.

CENTURIES IN BOTH INNINGS OF A MATCH

BatsMan runs OPPOnent venue seasOn

Jim MACKAY 105 & 102* S.Aust Sydney 1905/06

Monty NOBLE 176 & 123 Victoria Sydney 1907/08

Charlie MACARTNEY 119 & 126 South Africans Sydney 1910/11

Alan KIPPAX 127 & 131 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27

Archie JACKSON 131 & 122 S.Aust Sydney 1927/28

Don BRADMAN 131 & 133* Q’land Brisbane 1928/29

Stan McCABE 106 & 103* Victoria Sydney 1931/32

Arthur MORRIS * 148 & 111 Q’land Sydney 1940/41

Bob SIMPSON 121 & 142* S.Aust Sydney 1964/65

Rick McCOSKER 138 & 136* W.Aust Sydney 1974/75

Rick McCOSKER 123* & 118* Victoria Sydney 1981/82

Mark TAYLOR 107 & 152* W.Aust Perth 1988/89

Mark TAYLOR 127 & 100 Q’land Sydney 1989/90

Steve SMALL 115 & 126 Wellington Nth

Sydney

1990/91

Greg MAIL 128 & 152* S.Aust Sydney 2003/04

* Arthur Morris became the first player in world cricket to register a century in

each innings on First Class debut (not a Sheffield Shield fixture).

CENTURY ON FIRST CLASS DEBUT

BatsMan runs OPPOnent venue seasOn

Leslie PYE 166 Q’land Brisbane 1896/97

Norman CALLAWAY * 207 Q’land Sydney 1914/15

Jim BOGLE ** 145 Victoria Sydney 1918/19

Edward FORSSBERG 143 Q’land Sydney 1920/21

Des MULLARKEY ** 130 Q’land Brisbane 1923/24

Harry ROCK 127 S.Aust Sydney 1924/25

Harry STEELE ** 130 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27

Don BRADMAN 118 S.Aust Adelaide 1927/28

Arthur ALLSOPP 117 M.C.C. Sydney 1929/30

Wendell BILL 115 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30

Len LEABEATER 128 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30

Richard NUTT 102 S.Aust Adelaide 1931/32

Arthur MORRIS 148 Q’land Sydney 1940/41

Eric LUKEMAN 118 S.Aust Adelaide 1946/47

Ron BRIGGS ** 121 W.Aust Perth 1952/53

Neil MARKS 180* S.Aust Sydney 1958/59

Gary GILMOUR ** 122 S.Aust Sydney 1971/72

Dirk WELLHAM 100 Victoria Melbourne 1980/81

Wayne SEABROOK 165 Victoria Melbourne 1984/85

Rodney DAVISON ** 133* Tasmania Sydney 1993/94

Ben ROHRER ** 163 Tasmania Hobart 2006/07

* This was Callaway’s only First Class innings. It was made in New South Wales’s

last First Class match until after World War 1. Callaway was killed at the 2nd

Battle of Bullecourt, in France, on May 3, 1917.

** Century scored in the second innings.

ONE HUNDRED RUNS AND TEN WICKETS IN A MATCH

Player BattIng BOWlIng OPPOnent venue seasOn

Clem

HILL

17 & 91 7-18 & 5-49 Q’land Sydney 1932/33

Greg

MATTHEWS

85* & 67 6-63 & 5-70 Q’land Sydney 1991/92

HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS

Wkt ttl BatsMen OPPOnent venue seasOn

1st 319 John DYSON & Rick McCOSKER W.Aust Sydney 1980/81

308 Bob SIMPSON & Grahame THOMAS W.Aust Sydney 1963/64

298 Victor TRUMPER & Reggie DUFF S.Aust Sydney 1902/03

2nd 378 Lynn MARKS & Doug WALTERS S.Aust Adelaide 1964/65

334 Archie JACKSON & Don BRADMAN S.Aust Adelaide 1930/31

323 Ian CRAIG & Neil HARVEY Q’land Sydney 1960/61

3rd 363 Don BRADMAN & Alan KIPPAX Q’land Sydney 1933/34

345 Warren BARDSLEY & Johnny TAYLOR S.Aust Adelaide 1920/21

280 Wendell BILL & Alan KIPPAX Q’land Brisbane 1930/31

4th 325 Norm O’NEILL & Brian BOOTH Victoria Sydney 1957/58

315 Monty NOBLE & Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907/08

293 Reggie DUFF & Monty NOBLE S.Aust Sydney 1903/04

5th 464*+ Mark WAUGH & Steve WAUGH W.Aust Perth 1990/91

397 Warren BARDSLEY & Charles KELLEWAY S.Aust Sydney 1920/21

334 Simon KATICH & Brad HADDIN Q’land Sydney 2007/08

6th 332 Neil MARKS & Grahame THOMAS S.Aust Sydney 1958/59

271 Steve WAUGH & Greg MATTHEWS Tasmania Hobart 1989/90

258 Victor TRUMPER & Frank IREDALE Tasmania Sydney 1898/99

7th 255 Grahame THOMAS & Richie BENAUD Victoria Melbourne 1961/62

208 Charlie MACARTNEY & Albert HOPKINS Q’land Sydney 1906/07

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MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

Wkts BOWler OPPOnent venue seasOn

9-41 Bill O’REILLY S.Aust Adelaide 1937/38

9-50 Bill O’REILLY Victoria Melbourne 1933/34

9-52 Bill HOWELL Victoria Melbourne 1902/03

9-68 Tom McKIBBIN Q’land Brisbane 1894/95

9-77 David HOURN Victoria Sydney 1978/79

9-83 Bob HOLLAND S.Aust Sydney 1984/85

8-14 Sydney AUSTIN Hawke’s Bay Napier 1893/94

8-23 Bill O’REILLY Q’land Sydney 1939/40

8-31 Edward WHITE S.Aust Sydney 1935/36

8-32 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886/87

8-33 Hunter HENDRY N.Zealanders Wellington 1923/24

8-33 Bob HOLLAND N.Zealanders Sydney 1985/86



8-41 Len PASCOE Tasmania Hobart 1981/82

8-49 David FREEDMAN W.Indians Newcastle 1995/96

8-50 Roy MINNETT Victoria Melbourne 1914/15

8-52 Greg MATTHEWS W.Aust Sydney 1992/93

8-56 Andrew NEWELL Victoria Sydney 1897/98

8-58 Stuart CLARK W.Aust Perth 2006/07

8-66 Tom McKIBBIN S.Aust Sydney 1894/95

8-74 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890/91

8-74 Tom McKIBBIN S.Aust Adelaide 1896/97

8-81 Herbert HORDERN Q’land Sydney 1905/06

8-81 Arthur MAILEY S.Aust Sydney 1920/21

8-84 John FERRIS S.Aust Adelaide 1890/91

8-93 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Melbourne 1895/96

8-97 Johnny MARTIN Victoria Sydney 1962/63

8-98 Syd CALLAWAY N.Zealanders Christchurch 1895/96

8-109 Sam COSSTICK Victoria Melbourne 1865/66

8-111 Michael PIERCE S.Aust Adelaide 1892/93

8-111 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Sydney 1896/97

MOST WICKETS IN A MATCH

Wkts 1st Inns 2nd Inns BOWler OPPOnent venue seasOn

16-79 8-39 8-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88

15-125 7-51 8-74 Tom McKIBBIN S.Aust Adelaide 1896/97

15-174 8-74 7-100 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890/91

15-175 7-77 8-98 Syd CALLAWAY N.Zealanders Christchurch 1895/96

14-45 8-23 6-22 Bill O’REILLY Q’land Sydney 1939/40

14-59 8-32 6-27 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886/87

14-65 7-47 7-18 Syd CALLAWAY Wellington Wellington 1895/96

14-73 7-48 7-25 Charles LAWRENCE Victoria Domain 1862/63

14-87 5-19 9-68 Tom McKIBBIN Q’land Brisbane 1894/95

14-98 9-41 5-57 Bill O’REILLY S.Aust Adelaide 1937/38

14-189 6-123 8-66 Tom McKIBBIN S.Aust Sydney 1894/95

14-192 8-84 6-108 John FERRIS S.Aust Adelaide 1890/91

HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS

Wkt ttl BatsMen OPPOnent venue seasOn

191 Dominic THORNELY & Beau CASSON S.Aust Sydney 2007/08

8th 270 Victor TRUMPER & Eric BARBOUR Victoria Sydney 1912/13

236 Reggie DUFF & Albert HOPKINS Ld Hawke XI Sydney 1902/03

218 Charlie MACARTNEY & John SCOTT Q’land Sydney 1913/14

9th 226 Charles KELLEWAY & Bert OLDFIELD Victoria Melbourne 1925/26

221 Ernest WADDY & Bill HOWELL S.Aust Adelaide 1904/05

201 Edward FORSSBERG & Hammy LOVE Q’land Sydney 1920/21

10th 307+ Alan KIPPAX & Hal HOOKER Victoria Melbourne 1928/29

219 Dominic THORNELY & Stuart MacGILL W.Aust Sydney 2004/05

169 Roy MINNETT & Cecil McKEW Victoria Sydney 1911/12

(+ Signifies world record)

Note: Jack Fingleton, Bill Brown & Don Bradman shared a first wicket partnership of 340 against Victoria at Sydney in 1933-34. Fingleton retired hurt on 78

with the total at 0 for 148 and resumed at 4/486.

(cont’d)


FiRst CLass ReCoRDs

CENTURY AND FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

Player runs Wkts OPPOnent venue seasOn

Monty NOBLE 100 5-128 Victoria Sydney 1898/99

Monty NOBLE 155 6-91 Victoria Sydney 1899/00

Monty NOBLE 147 5-67 S.Aust Adelaide 1903/04

Tommy ANDREWS 111* 5-41 Canterbury Christchurch 1923/24

Colin McCOOL 100 5-65 S.Aust Adelaide 1940/41

Richie BENAUD 158 5-88 Q’land Brisbane 1953/54

Alan DAVIDSON 108 7-31 W.Aust Perth 1961/62

Johnny MARTIN 101 5-126 W.Aust Perth 1963/64

Peter PHILPOTT 125 6-65 W.Aust Sydney 1964/65

Doug WALTERS 253 7-63 S.Aust Adelaide 1964/65

Geoff DAVIES 112 6-43 Q’land Sydney 1967/68

Doug WALTERS 176 6-51 Victoria Sydney 1972/73

MOST DISMISSALS BY A WICKET-KEEPER

WICket-keePer M tOtal Ct st runs avge Hs

Phil EMERY 120 378 332 46 3284 26.06 100*

Steve RIXON 107 298 249 49 3229 25.03 128

Bert OLDFIELD 82 272 166 106 2393 23.23 129

Brad HADDIN 81 269 248 21 5057 41.79 154

Brian TABER 73 242 207 35 1489 16.54 109

Doug FORD 63 177 120 57 545 12.97 36*

James KELLY 53 128 83 45 1521 22.70 108

Hanson CARTER 44 121 81 40 1262 23.37 149

Ron SAGGERS 40 115 84 31 1427 25.94 90

Greg DYER 42 114 98 16 1332 27.18 88*

The highest score by a ‘keeper for NSW is 321 by Billy Murdoch.

YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE A CENTURY

Player years days OPPOnent venue seasOn

Archie JACKSON

(100)

17 97 Q’land Sydney 1926/27

Ian CRAIG

(213*)

17 204 S.Africans Sydney 1952/53

Doug WALTERS

(109*)

18 9 Victoria Melbourne 1963/64

Norm CALLAWAY

(207)

18 320 Q’land Sydney 1914/15

Eric BARBOUR

(124*)

18 341 Q’land Sydney 1909/10

Arthur MORRIS

(148)

18 342 Q’land Sydney 1940/41

Bob SIMPSON

(104)

18 347 Victoria Sydney 1954/55

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS ON FIRST-CLASS DEBUT

BOWler Wkts OPPOnent venue seasOn

John McKONE 5-25 Victoria Melbourne 1855/56

Edward WARD 5-15 Victoria Domain 1856/57

George RICHARDSON 6-42 Victoria Melbourne 1859/60

Edwin EVANS 6-25 Victoria Albert 1874/75

James CLEEVE 6-95 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83

Michael PIERCE 8-111 S.Aust Adelaide 1892/93

Bill HOWELL 5-44 England XI Sydney 1894/95

David NOONAN 7-95 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96

Tom HOWARD 6-59 Q’land Sydney 1899/00

Jack MARSH 5-181 S.Aust Sydney 1900/01

Herbert HORDERN 8-81 Q’land Sydney 1905/06

Cyril DOCKER 5-67 Q’land Sydney 1909/10

Bernard FOLKARD 6-37 S.Africans Sydney 1910/11

Arthur MAILEY 5-46 W.Aust Sydney 1912/13

Charles MORRISSEY 6-30 Q’land Brisbane 1924/25

Hal HOOKER 5-81 Q’land Sydney 1924/25

Ernest O’BRIEN 5-99 S.Aust Sydney 1926/27

Francois DUPAIN 5-44 Tasmania Sydney 1927/28

Robert ROXBY 5-84 S.Aust Adelaide 1953/54

John TREANOR 5-146 Q’land Brisbane 1954/55

Wally WELLHAM 6-43 Q’land Brisbane 1959/60

Wayne HOLDSWORTH 6-55 Victoria Melbourne 1988/89

Glenn McGRATH 5-79 Tasmania Sydney 1992/93

YOUNGEST PLAYER TO TAKE FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

Player years days OPPOnent venue seasOn

Bob SIMPSON (5-37)

18 6 W.Aust Sydney 1953/54

Jim CAMPBELL

(6-118)18 66 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27

James CLEEVE

(6-95)18 317 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83

David NOONAN

(7-98)18 343 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96

Doug WALTERS

(6-66)18 355 Pakistanis Sydney 1964/65

Andrew NEWELL

(5-53)19 107 Auckland Auckland 1889/90

Stan McCABE

(5-36)19 172 Q’land Sydney 1929/30

John FERRIS (5-28) 19 249 Victoria Sydney 1886/87Allan COOPER

(6-128)19 269 Victoria Melbourne 1935/36

Moises HENRIQUES

(5-17)

19 270 Q’land Brisbane 2006/07

YOUNGEST FIRST-CLASS PLAYERS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES

Player years days OPPOnent venue seasOn BattIng BOWlIng

Ian CRAIG 16 249 S.Aust Sydney 1951/52 91 -

Bob SIMPSON 16 355 Victoria Sydney 1952/53 44* & 8* 1/24 & 0/11

Doug WALTERS 17 8 Q’land Sydney 1961/62 1 & 50 0/7

Victor TRUMPER 17 64 S.Aust Adelaide 1894/95 11 & 0 -

Archie JACKSON 17 82 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27 5 & 86 -

Josh HAZLEWOOD 17 110 New Zealand Sydney 2008/09 2* 2/53 & 2/23

Edgar WADDY 17 134 Q’land Brisbane 1896/97 1 -

Francis DOWNES 17 196 Victoria Melbourne 1881/82 1 & 4* 2/75 & 0/26

Charles OLIVER 17 246 Victoria Melbourne 1865/66 6* & 29 -

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN

FIeldsMan MatCHes CatCHes

Mark TAYLOR 100 132

Mark WAUGH 108 124

Greg MATTHEWS 135 118

Richie BENAUD 86 106

Rick McCOSKER 79 105

Bob SIMPSON 67 102

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN

FIeldsMan MatCHes CatCHes

Steve WAUGH 93 93

Johnny MARTIN 78 83

John DYSON 94 78

Arthur MAILEY 67 74

Steve SMALL 77 74

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FiRst CLass ReCoRDs


WaCa Ground: 8 october 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues recorded an excellent victory in their opening Ford Ranger Cup match in Perth, winning a tight contest by six runs.

Batting first, consistent contributions from the top order were highlighted by 48 from 49 balls by Grant Lambert in an overall total of 9-220.

In response NSW bowled superbly to reduce the Warriors to 8-123, however victory did not come until the last over when Mark Cameron castled the dangerous Marcus North for 95.

The pick of the bowlers were Nathan Hauritz with 3-29 from 10 overs and Mark Cameron who picked up 3-48.

The win was an exciting boost for a team that had put major emphasis on starting well in the one-day format.


Cazaly’s stadium, Cairns: 18 october 2008

In a major disappointment after the superb win in Perth, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues went down by 147 runs to Queensland. Batting first Queensland amassed a sizeable 6-287 from their 50 overs, with the major contributions coming from Lee Carseldine (126) and Andrew Symonds (73).

NSW tried a different tactic with left arm spinner Stephen O’Keefe opening the bowling and were rewarded when he produced the best figures of the innings with 1-33 from his 10 overs. He was well backed up by Aaron Bird who began a great season in the competition by picking up 3-48.

In reply NSW were never really in the hunt falling to 6-90 in the 31st over and eventually scrambling to 136 all out in 39.3 overs. Peter Forrest was the mainstay of the batting with a patient 41 from 88 balls.

The young average age of the side the match was a sharp reminder of what would be required if the team was to challenge for the Final later in the year.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At WACA Ground, Perth, October 8, 2008 Day/night game.

New South Wales won by six runs. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts.

Player of the Match: MJ North. Umpires: JK Brookes and RL Parry. TV Umpire: AR Craig.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c Ronchi b Dorey 14 (16)

PJ Forrest st Ronchi b Heal 26 (57)

+DLR Smith c Ronchi b Edmondson 13 (23)

SPD Smith c and b Doropoulos 11 (26)

SNJ O’Keefe c Ronchi b Dorey 29 (36)

*DJ Thornely c Ronchi b Bandy 16 (38)

DA Warner c Bandy b Heal 31 (35)

GM Lambert not out 48 (49)

NM Hauritz c Ronchi b Magoffin 0 (3)

NW Bracken c Pomersbach b Dorey 13 (13)

MA Cameron not out 4 (5)

L-b 9, w 5, n-b 1 15

(50 overs, 203 mins) (9 wkts) 220

Fall: 23 42 62 86 114 124 164 166 192

Bowling: Magoffin 10-1-37-1; Dorey 10-1-48-3; Edmondson 10-0-54-1;

Heal 10-0-35-2; Doropoulos 4-0-14-1; Bandy 6-0-23-1.

WesteRn aUstRaLia

+L Ronchi c DLR Smith b Bracken 0 (3)

SE Marsh b Cameron 1 (8)

LA Pomersbach c O’Keefe b Hauritz 15 (26)

*MJ North b Cameron 95 (114)

AC Voges c SPD Smith b Cameron 13 (35)

TP Doropoulos c DLR Smith b Lambert 5 (4)

DC Bandy c and b O’Keefe 24 (36)

SJ Magoffin c DLR Smith b Hauritz 9 (19)

AK Heal c and b Hauritz 0 (3)

BR Dorey b Bracken 45 (47)

BM Edmondson not out 0 (1)

L-b 3, w 4 7

(49.2 overs, 201 mins) 214

Fall: 0 8 24 56 62 105 123 123 210 214

Bowling: Bracken 10-1-41-2; Cameron 9.2-2-48-3; Hauritz 10-2-29-3;

Lambert 10-0-46-1; O’Keefe 5-0-27-1; SPD Smith 5-0-20-0.


At Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns, October 18, 2008.

Queensland won by 147 runs (d/l method). Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 6 pts.

Player of the Match: LA Carseldine. Umpires: TP Laycock and BNJ Oxenford.

QUeensLanD

CT Perren lbw b Cockley 1 (7)

JR Hopes b O’Keefe 11 (17)

LA Carseldine c O’Keefe b Bird 126 (134)

A Symonds c Hauritz b Lambert 73 (94)

GD Moller c (sub) UT Khawaja b Bird 17 (22)

NJ Reardon c Forrest b Bird 24 (17)

*CP Simpson not out 18 (11)

AA Noffke not out 1 (2)

+CD Hartley

RJ Harris

B Laughlin

L-b 7, w 4, n-b 5 16

(50 overs, 212 mins) (6 wkts) 287

Fall: 1 15 202 243 243 271

Bowling: O’Keefe 10-0-33-1; Cockley 10-0-59-1; Lambert 8-0-61-1;

Hauritz 10-0-58-0; Bird 10-1-48-3; SPD Smith 2-0-21-0.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c Hartley b Noffke 6 (19)

PJ Forrest b Laughlin 41 (88)

+DLR Smith c Hartley b Harris 20 (38)

SPD Smith lbw b Laughlin 19 (35)

*DJ Thornely c Harris b Laughlin 1 (5)

DA Warner c Hopes b Harris 0 (2)

SNJ O’Keefe c Moller b Laughlin 14 (12)

GM Lambert not out 25 (23)

NM Hauritz c Perren b Laughlin 6 (8)

AC Bird c Symonds b Laughlin 0 (4)

BT Cockley c Hartley b Noffke 0 (3)

B 1, w 3 4

(39.3 overs, 154 mins) 136

Fall: 14 51 88 90 90 90 119 132 136 136

Bowling: Hopes 5-1-11-0; Noffke 7.3-3-12-2; Harris 10-0-54-2; Symonds 8-0-28-0;

Simpson 1-0-4-0; Reardon 1-0-3-0; Laughlin 7-2-23-6.


2008/09 FoRD RanGeR CUP


adelaide oval – 22 october 2008

In a thrilling finish to a high scoring match, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues lost by four wickets from the penultimate ball of the match.

Batting first on a classic Adelaide batting strip, NSW included in-form batsman Usman Khawaja after consecutive double hundreds in the Second X1 competition.

Their final total of 9-261 from 50 overs was seen as slightly above par and was a result of strong contributions from Peter Forrest (57 from 94 balls), Moises Henriques (41 from 37) and skipper Dominic Thornely (82 from 92). In response South Australia got off to an excellent start reaching 2-176 before an inspired spell by Aaron Bird (4-48 from 10 overs) got NSW back into the match. One of his victims was Pakistani batsman Younis Khan, who received a vicious in-swinging yorker to be bowled for three.

With two balls to go South Australia scrambled the winning single to deny NSW a victory that had looked likely for most of the night.


north sydney oval – 2 november 2008

Returning to the picturesque North Sydney Oval, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues suffered a third consecutive loss in a game where they simply failed to score enough runs batting first.

Choosing to take first use of an excellent batting surface, NSW were never quite able to break the shackles and post a score of over 300, although their final total of 6-275 from their 50 overs was defendable if they bowled well. The innings was held together beautifully by skipper Dominic Thornely who scored 108 from 90 balls and accelerated nicely towards the end, hitting seven sixes in total. He was well backed up by Phillip Hughes (55 from 64 balls) and Usman Khawaja (45 from 65) who both looked capable of batting through the innings.

In response Quiney and Rogers got off to a flying start and had posted a partnership of 150 by the 23rd over. A late stumble during which Grant Lambert (2-54 from 10) and Aaron Bird (2-57 from 10) caused some anxious moments had NSW looking to snatch an unexpected victory, but Victoria eventually passed the total five wickets down with four overs to spare.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues were now desperately seeking the victory that would keep their season alive.


At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, October 22, 2008 Day/night game.

South Australia won by four wickets. Toss: New South Wales. South Australia 4 pts.

Player of the Match: SW Tait. Umpires: SD Fry and RJ Tucker. TV Umpire: AR Collins.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c Manou b Tait 0 (3)

PJ Forrest c Borgas b Cullen 57 (93)

UT Khawaja c O’Brien b Tait 9 (15)

MC Henriques c Tait b Cullen 41 (37)

*DJ Thornely lbw b Tait 82 (92)

+DLR Smith c Harris b Cullen 31 (36)

SNJ O’Keefe not out 13 (9)

GM Lambert b Tait 4 (6)

NM Hauritz b Tait 0 (2)

AC Bird c Klinger b Cleary 4 (7)

MA Cameron (did not bat).

B 1, l-b 5, w 13, n-b 1 20

(50 overs, 201 mins) (9 wkts) 261

Fall: 0 12 82 146 227 238 253 253 261

Bowling: Tait 10-2-27-5; Wise 9-1-44-0; Cleary 8-0-62-1; O’Brien 7-0-23-0;

Cullen 10-0-62-3; Harris 6-0-37-0.

soUth aUstRaLia

M Klinger b Bird 79 (120)

DJ Harris lbw b Bird 56 (73)

CJ Ferguson lbw b Bird 46 (49)

Younis Khan b Bird 3 (8)

CJ Borgas c Hauritz b Cameron 39 (35)

*+GA Manou lbw b Cameron 7 (9)

AW O’Brien not out 9 (7)

MF Cleary not out 2 (1)

DJ Cullen

SW Tait

AB Wise

B 1, l-b 8, w 9, n-b 3 21

(49.5 overs, 201 mins) (6 wkts) 262

Fall: 92 176 184 224 240 257

Bowling: O’Keefe 8-0-44-0; Cameron 9.5-0-54-2; Lambert 10-0-49-0;

Hauritz 10-0-47-0; Bird 10-1-48-4; Thornely 2-0-11-0.


At North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, November 2, 2008.

Victoria won by five wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 5 pts.

Player of the Match: RJ Quiney. Umpires: GA Abood and SD Fry. TV Umpire: TM Donahoo.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Forrest c Quiney b Wright 12 (28)

PJ Hughes c and b McDonald 55 (64)

UT Khawaja c McKay b McDonald 45 (65)

MC Henriques run out (McDonald) 2 (7)

*DJ Thornely c Blizzard b Hussey 108 (90)

+DLR Smith c Rogers b McKay 23 (24)

SNJ O’Keefe not out 11 (16)

NM Hauritz not out 4 (5)

GM Lambert

AC Bird

BT Cockley

B 1, l-b 11, w 3 15

(50 overs, 198 mins) (6 wkts) 275

Fall: 26 81 86 152 215 265

Bowling: Nannes 10-1-42-0; Wright 10-2-42-1; McKay 10-0-62-1;

McDonald 10-0-57-2; Holland 9-0-48-0; Hussey 1-0-12-1.

ViCtoRia

RJ Quiney c and b Bird 92 (85)

CJL Rogers lbw b Lambert 74 (88)

BJ Hodge b Bird 7 (4)

*DJ Hussey not out 51 (61)

AB McDonald b Lambert 9 (17)

AC Blizzard st Smith b Thornely 1 (5)

+AJ Crosthwaite not out 29 (17)

DG Wright

CJ McKay

JM Holland

DP Nannes

B 1, l-b 3, w 9, n-b 1 14

(46 overs, 195 mins) (5 wkts) 277

Fall: 150 160 204 233 236

Bowling: Cockley 5-0-51-0; Henriques 4-0-38-0; Hauritz 10-0-35-0;

Lambert 10-0-54-2; Bird 10-1-57-2; O’Keefe 1-0-10-0; Thornely 6-0-28-1.

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sydney Cricket Ground – 19 november 2008

In probably their worst performance of the season so far the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues lost by 24 runs when chasing the lowly total of 177.

After an excellent bowling performance that knocked over the visitors for 177 in the 47th over, NSW were rightly satisfied with their efforts. With Doug Bollinger returning for his first game of the summer after touring India with the Australian team, all bowlers returned excellent figures, but the stand out performer was Aaron Bird who finished with 5-26 from his nine overs to become the leading wicket taker in the competition.

After an opening partnership of 40 in nine overs between the explosive David Warner and Phillip Hughes, the opportunity seemed to exist for bonus points but a major collapse that saw NSW lose 10 wickets for 113 runs in 35 overs handed the match to Queensland.

Amongst the wreckage, Steven Smith stood tall and his 48 from 66 balls looked capable of seeing NSW home until a lower order collapse saw them bowled out in 44.3 overs to lose by 24 runs.

A very disappointed camp were now going to need to win all remaining matches to make the Final.


hurstville oval – 29 november 2008

In the first ever FRC match at the picturesque Hurstville Oval, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won a game that was dominated by an amazing innings from big hitting sensation David Warner.

After a delayed start due to rain, NSW bowled consistently to contain Tasmania to 246 from 43 overs. NSW could be happy with their work on a ground with small boundaries. Aaron Bird continued his superb form in this competition with 4-61 from his eight overs while Doug Bollinger returned to form with 2-32 from nine.

What came next will not be forgotten by anyone at the ground. Both David Warner and Phillip Hughes flayed the Tasmanian attack to all parts of the Oval, putting on 152 in 21 overs. When Hughes departed for an excellent 55 from 57 balls, all eyes turned to Warner.

He lifted his stroke play to another level and after reaching his hundred from 76 balls he continued to accelerate and finally finished with an unbeaten 165 from 112 balls. He hit an amazing nine sixes and 19 fours during the innings and in doing so broke Rick McCosker’s State one-day record of 164 set in 1981/82. Warner ended the match with consecutive sixes and NSW won by nine wickets in the 34th over to pick up a bonus point and re-ignite their season.

NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 19, 2008 Day/night game.

Queensland won by 24 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 4 pts.

Player of the Match: AC Bird. Umpires: TJ Keel and BNJ Oxenford. TV Umpire: PJ Tate.

QUeensLanD

CT Perren b Bird 17 (28)

JR Hopes b Bird 21 (24)

LA Carseldine c DLR Smith b Thornely 42 (74)

AJ Nye c DLR Smith b Thornely 19 (47)

GC Batticciotto lbw b Hauritz 3 (8)

*CP Simpson lbw b SPD Smith 8 (12)

NJ Reardon c O’Keefe b Henriques 42 (50)

+CD Hartley b Bird 12 (27)

RJ Harris b Bird 3 (9)

CR Swan lbw b Bird 0 (1)

B Laughlin not out 0 (6)

B 1, l-b 1, w 6, n-b 2 10

(47.2 overs, 197 mins) 177

Fall: 34 42 86 91 102 130 158 164 164 177

Bowling: Bollinger 5-0-28-0; Henriques 8.2-0-34-1; Bird 9-1-26-5; Thornely 10-2-33-2;

Hauritz 10-1-25-1; SPD Smith 5-0-29-1.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c and b Simpson 38 (71)

DA Warner c Hopes b Swan 18 (27)

PJ Forrest b Swan 0 (9)

MC Henriques c Reardon b Swan 3 (13)

*DJ Thornely lbw b Harris 0 (3)

SPD Smith run out (Laughlin) 48 (66)

+DLR Smith c(sub)NJ Rimmington b Simpson 20 (43)

SNJ O’Keefe lbw b Laughlin 8 (18)

NM Hauritz c Hartley b Hopes 2 (10)

AC Bird not out 2 (5)

DE Bollinger c Nye b Hopes 0 (2)

B 9, w 5 14

(44.3 overs, 174 mins) 153

Fall: 40 42 52 52 89 131 145 149 153 153

Bowling: Harris 10-2-32-1; Swan 10-2-28-3; Hopes 9.3-0-33-2; Simpson 10-0-32-2;

Laughlin 5-0-19-1.


At Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, November 29, 2008.

New South Wales won by nine wickets. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts.

Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: GA Abood and RJ Tucker.

tasMania

MG Dighton c Nevill b Bollinger 69 (80)

+TD Paine c Hughes b Bracken 4 (12)

DJ Anderson b Henriques 20 (40)

*DJ Marsh c Bird b Smith 6 (10)

GJ Bailey c Warner b Bollinger 32 (28)

TR Birt c Henriques b Bird 34 (38)

MA Divin b Bird 38 (31)

B Geeves run out (Thornely) 0 (1)

BG Drew b Bird 14 (9)

XJ Doherty not out 3 (5)

BW Hilfenhaus b Bird 5 (4)

L-b 5, w 16 21

(43 overs, 181 mins) 246

Fall: 6 61 92 134 151 211 214 225 239 246

Bowling: Bracken 8-1-40-1; Bollinger 9-0-32-2; Henriques 9-0-58-1; Bird 8-0-61-4; Smith

5-0-23-1; Thornely 4-0-27-0.

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner not out 165 (112)

PJ Hughes lbw b Anderson 55 (57)

EJM Cowan not out 28 (41)

*DJ Thornely

BJ Rohrer

SPD Smith

MC Henriques

+PM Nevill

AC Bird

NW Bracken

DE Bollinger

N-b 2 2

(34.4 overs, 139 mins) (1 wkt) 250

Fall: 150

Bowling: Geeves 6-0-51-0; Hilfenhaus 6-0-53-0; Drew 4.4-1-40-0; Divin 7-0-30-0;

Doherty 6-1-29-0; Marsh 2-0-25-0; Anderson 3-0-22-1.




Bellerive oval – 7 December 2008

In an amazing finish, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues tied with Tasmania after needing a four from the final ball of the match for victory.

After winning the toss and choosing to field, NSW found it hard to contain the likes of Michael Dighton (87) and Travis Burt (67) as Tasmania put together an imposing 8-291 from their 50 overs. Doug Bollinger continued his return to top pace with an excellent spell of 3-39 from nine overs, while Moises Henriques also impressed with 3-56 from 10.

The crowd then witnessed another savage attack from David Warner. He put on 51 in seven overs with Phillip Hughes (17) and then another 75 in nine overs with Ed Cowan (64). At this stage NSW were cruising but having scored 97 from 54 balls and being in-line for the fastest domestic one-day century of all time, Warner was controversially given out lbw. From here the momentum changed and despite 46 from Dominic Thornely, NSW needed 12 from the last over and were elated when Aaron Bird squeezed three from the last ball to clinch the tie.

It was an outstanding match where all results were possible at various stages.


sydney Cricket Ground – 16 December 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues produced a disappointing performance as they were soundly beaten by an enthusiastic South Australian side at the SCG. Batting first South Australia amassed a formidable total of 5-285 from their 50 overs, mainly thanks to former New South Welshman, Tom Cooper, who scored his maiden century in this competition.

The NSW bowlers toiled hard with the ever consistent Nathan Hauritz (2-49 from 10) and Nathan Bracken (2-55 from 10) the most effective. Special mention must also go to Steven Smith (1-42) who produced his most economical figures of the innings and continued the excellent all-round form he had shown all season in the limited-overs game.

In pursuit of this target NSW lost wickets regularly, slumping to 5-55. The only bright point of the innings was David Warner’s 31 from 20 balls that included one enormous pull shot for six from Shaun Tait that landed 20 rows back in the O’Reilly Stand!

It was all downhill as the innings folded to 112 all out in 30.3 overs and defeat by 173 runs. It was a definite low point of the year and the players hoped it would provide a catalyst for change in the coming matches.

TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, December 7, 2008.

Match tied. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 2 and New South Wales 2 pts.

Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: SG John and RL Parry. TV Umpire: BJ Muir.

tasMania

+TD Paine c Nevill b Henriques 17 (41)

MG Dighton lbw b Henriques 87 (76)

GJ Bailey lbw b Smith 33 (29)

*DJ Marsh c Hauritz b Bracken 52 (68)

TR Birt b Henriques 67 (56)

MA Divin c Nevill b Bollinger 10 (12)

LR Butterworth c Bird b Bollinger 1 (5)

B Geeves not out 5 (5)

BG Drew c Warner b Bollinger 9 (9)

BW Hilfenhaus not out 0 (0)

XJ Doherty

L-b 4, w 5, n-b 1 10

(50 overs, 217 mins) (8 wkts) 291

Fall: 48 109 169 247 270 276 279 290

Bowling: Bracken 9-1-48-1; Bollinger 9-1-39-3; Henriques 10-0-56-3;

Bird 10-0-77-0; Hauritz 7-0-37-0; Smith 5-0-30-1.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes c Paine b Geeves 17 (24)

DA Warner lbw b Doherty 97 (54)

EJM Cowan c Drew b Doherty 64 (92)

*DJ Thornely b Drew 46 (74)

SPD Smith not out 28 (26)

MC Henriques c Doherty b Butterworth 5 (12)

+PM Nevill b Drew 9 (12)

NM Hauritz run out (Bailey) 0 (1)


NW Bracken

DE Bollinger

B 1, l-b 3, w 9 13

(50 overs, 210 mins) (7 wkts) 291

Fall: 51 125 224 244 254 274 274

Bowling: Hilfenhaus 10-0-74-0; Geeves 6-0-52-1; Doherty 10-0-57-2;

Divin 3-0-25-0; Drew 10-1-36-2; Butterworth 10-0-41-1; Bailey 1-0-2-0.

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 16, 2008 Day/night game.

South Australia won by 173 runs. Toss: South Australia. South Australia 6 pts.

Player of the Match: TLW Cooper. Umpires: RJ Tucker and JD Ward. TV Umpire: GA Abood.

soUth aUstRaLia

M Klinger c Nevill b Bracken 4 (10)

TLW Cooper lbw b Smith 101 (108)

Younis Khan b Hauritz 29 (58)

CJ Ferguson c Smith b Bracken 51 (57)

AW O’Brien c Henriques b Hauritz 6 (11)

*+GA Manou not out 48 (39)

DT Christian not out 32 (17)

MF Cleary

SW Tait

DJ Cullen

JA Haberfield

B 2, l-b 3, w 9 14

(50 overs, 200 mins) (5 wkts) 285

Fall: 7 135 166 183 223


Bird 9-0-60-0; Smith 8-1-42-1; Hauritz 10-0-49-2

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner c Younis Khan b Tait 31 (20)

PJ Hughes c Manou b Tait 2 (3)

EJM Cowan b Cleary 7 (17)

*DJ Thornely run out (Younis Khan) 4 (14)

SPD Smith lbw b Cleary 5 (17)

MC Henriques c Manou b Christian 11 (21)

+PM Nevill lbw b Cleary 0 (7)

NM Hauritz c Manou b Cullen 24 (51)

AC Bird b Haberfield 12 (21)

NW Bracken b Haberfield 0 (11)

DE Bollinger not out 1 (2)

L-b 3, w 11, n-b 1 15

(30.3 overs, 128 mins) 112

Fall: 18 39 43 51 55 64 64 103 110 112

Bowling: Tait 8-0-40-2; Cleary 10-0-29-3; Christian 5-0-13-1; Haberfield 5-2-16-2;

Cullen 2.3-0-11-1.

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sydney Cricket Ground – 23 December 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues bounced back after the disappointment of the South Australian defeat to record a tight victory against Western Australia in a match that helped restore much needed confidence.

With rain affecting their innings, Western Australia struggled to find any continuity due to superb bowling efforts from Moises Henriques (3-29 from 10), Aaron Bird (2-38 from eight) and Steven Smith (2-25 from six). They eventually spluttered to 177 from 44 overs.

In response NSW started poorly but were held together by a determined innings from Phillip Hughes, who was both watchful and adventurous at the right times as he saw others fall around him.

When further rain reduced the target to 137 from 29 overs, NSW were in trouble but a superb cameo from Daniel Smith of 29 from 13 balls, including an enormous six off Aaron Heal into the O’Reilly Stand, saw them home with two overs to spare.

Phillip Hughes remained unbeaten on 53 from 78 balls, providing a further reminder of his ability to perform well in all forms of the game.


Melbourne Cricket Ground – 13 February 2009

Looking to finish their season on a high, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues lost a thriller to arch rivals Victoria by four wickets with three balls to spare. Winning the toss and batting on a wicket that had provided plenty of runs during the season, NSW produced a par score of 7-245 from their 50 overs. The exciting opening pair of David Warner (47 from 45 balls) and Phillip Hughes (48 from 84) added 79 in 15 overs, and NSW were hoping for a total in excess of 300. However the middle order was kept in check by an experienced Victorian bowling line-up. Dominic Thornely (43 from 61), Moises Henriques (38 from 35) and Daniel Smith (36 from 35) all helped boost a total that was defendable, without being totally secure.

The Victorian innings followed a similar path with a good start by Quiney and Rogers followed by a middle order collapse. 29 runs were needed from 25 balls with four wickets in hand but Victoria eventually passed the total with three balls to spare. Nathan Hauritz confirmed his reputation as one of the best one-day bowlers in the country with 2-35 from 10 overs, while Moises Henriques produced identical figures to confirm his excellent end of season form. The wicket taken by Aaron Bird took him to a final total of 21 for the season to place him third in the overall wicket takers. It was a superb season for the paceman in which his ability to take wickets at vital times was a major success story for the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues.


At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 23, 2008 Day/night game. New South Wales

won by five wickets (D/L method). Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts. Player of

the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: GA Abood and SJA Taufel. TV Umpire: AP Ward.

WesteRn aUstRaLia

SE Marsh c DLR Smith b SPD Smith 71 (123)

LM Davis c Thornely b Henriques 14 (25)

CJ Simmons b Henriques 1 (6)

*AC Voges c Rohrer b Henriques 5 (8)

MJ Johnston c Henriques b Bracken 43 (59)

TP Doropoulos c and b SPD Smith 1 (6)

+MA Johnson lbw b Bird 14 (16)

AK Heal not out 12 (14)

BR Dorey c Thornely b Bird 8 (7)

SJ Magoffin not out 1 (1)

PJ Davis

W 6, n-b 1 7

(44 overs, 186 mins) (8 wkts) 177

Fall: 41 43 51 135 137 143 165 175


SPD Smith 6-2-25-2; Bird 8-0-38-2; Casson 1-0-7-0; Thornely 1-0-6-0.

neW soUth WaLes

PJ Hughes not out 53 (78)

DA Warner c (sub) LA Pomersbach b PJ Davis 1 (6)

BJ Rohrer c Johnson b PJ Davis 5 (5)

*DJ Thornely c (sub) LA Pomersbach b Heal 22 (42)

SPD Smith run out (Voges/Heal) 6 (9)

MC Henriques c (sub) LA Pomersbach b Dorey 15 (11)

+DLR Smith not out 29 (13)

B Casson

AC Bird

NW Bracken

DE Bollinger

B 1, l-b 1, w 2, n-b 2 6

(27 overs, 116 mins) (5 wkts) 137

Fall: 4 10 51 81 102

Bowling: Magoffin 6-2-14-0; PJ Davis 7-1-21-2; Dorey 5-0-33-1; Heal

6-0-43-1; Doropoulos 3-0-24-0.

VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, February 13, 2009 Day/night game.

Victoria won by four wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 4 pts.

Player of the Match: CJL Rogers. Umpires: GC Joshua and JD Ward.

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner b McGain 47 (45)

PJ Hughes c and b Wright 48 (84)

*SM Katich b Harwood 0 (6)

BJ Rohrer c Crosthwaite b McGain 8 (11)

DJ Thornely c McGain b Harwood 43 (61)

MC Henriques c Quiney b Hastings 38 (45)

+DLR Smith run out (Nannes) 36 (35)

NM Hauritz not out 12 (14)


DE Bollinger

BT Cockley

L-b 4, w 8, n-b 1 13

(50 overs, 216 mins) (7 wkts) 245

Fall: 79 80 89 130 179 209 244

Bowling: Nannes 10-0-45-0; Harwood 10-0-57-2; Wright 10-0-39-1;

McGain 10-0-33-2; Hodge 2-0-17-0; Hastings 8-0-50-1.

ViCtoRia

RJ Quiney b Hauritz 50 (50)

*CJL Rogers b Bird 74 (109)

BJ Hodge b Hauritz 0 (2)

MS Wade c Rohrer b Henriques 10 (17)

AJ Finch c Rohrer b Henriques 33 (53)

+AJ Crosthwaite c (sub) UT Khawaja b Bollinger 22 (41)

JW Hastings not out 8 (16)

DG Wright not out 21 (15)

SM Harwood

BE McGain

DP Nannes

B 1, l-b 12, w 8, n-b 7 28

(49.3 overs, 210 mins) (6 wkts) 246

Fall: 77 77 99 154 206 217

Bowling: Bollinger 10-0-43-1; Cockley 5.3-0-48-0; Hauritz 10-1-35-2;

Bird 10-0-51-1; Henriques 10-0-35-2; Katich 4-0-21-0.



Most WiCKets M oVeRs MDns RUns WKts aVRGe Best RPo

AC Bird 9 84.0 4 466 21 22.19 5-26 5.55

MC Henriques 8 54.2 0 271 10 27.10 3-29 4.99

NM Hauritz 8 77.0 4 315 8 39.38 3-29 4.09

NW Bracken 5 46.0 5 223 7 31.86 2-41 4.85

SPD Smith 7 36.0 3 190 6 31.67 2-25 5.28

DE Bollinger 6 52.0 2 228 6 38.00 3-39 4.38

MA Cameron 2 19.1 2 102 5 20.40 3-48 5.32

GM Lambert 4 38.0 0 210 4 52.50 2-54 5.53

DJ Thornely 10 23.0 2 105 3 35.00 2-33 4.75

SNJ O’Keefe 5 24.0 0 114 2 57.00 1-27 4.75

BT Cockley 3 20.3 0 158 1 158.00 1-59 7.71

SM Katich 1 4.0 0 21 0 - - 5.25

B Casson 1 1.0 0 7 0 - - 7.00

RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Ford Ranger Cup Player of the Year – Nathan Hauritz.

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2008/09 FORD RANgER cUP POINTS TABLEteaM PLaYeD Won Lost tieD BonUs Points Points n/R/R

Victoria 10 7 3 - 2 30 +0.100

Queensland 10 6 4 - 6 30 +0.838

South Australia 10 5 5 - 3 23 +0.048

Tasmania 10 4 5 1 2 20 +0.078

Western Australia 10 4 6 - 0 16 -0.341

New South Wales 10 3 6 1 1 15 -0.646

Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.

Queensland 8-187 defeated Victoria 175 in the Final.

2008/09 FORD RANgER cUP AvERAgESMost RUns M inn no RUns hs 50 100 aVRGe Ct st stK-Rt

DA Warner 8 8 1 390 165* 1 1 55.71 2 0 129.57

DJ Thornely 10 9 0 322 108 1 1 35.78 3 0 76.85

PJ Hughes 10 10 1 288 55 3 0 32.00 1 0 68.74

DLR Smith 7 7 1 172 36 0 0 28.67 6 1 81.13

PJ Forrest 5 5 0 136 57 1 0 27.20 1 0 49.45

SPD Smith 7 6 1 117 48 0 0 23.40 3 0 65.36

MC Henriques 8 7 0 115 41 0 0 16.43 3 0 78.77

EJM Cowan 3 3 1 99 64 1 0 49.50 0 0 66.00

GM Lambert 4 3 2 77 48* 0 0 77.00 0 0 98.72

SNJ O’Keefe 5 5 2 75 29 0 0 25.00 4 0 82.42

UT Khawaja 2 2 0 54 45 0 0 27.00 0 0 67.50

NM Hauritz 8 8 2 48 24 0 0 8.00 4 0 51.61

AC Bird 9 6 3 30 12* 0 0 10.00 3 0 71.26

NW Bracken 5 2 0 13 13 0 0 6.50 0 0 54.17

BJ Rohrer 3 2 0 13 8 0 0 6.50 2 0 81.25

PM Nevill 3 2 0 9 9 0 0 4.50 4 0 47.37

MA Cameron 2 1 1 4 4* 0 0 - 0 0 80.00

DE Bollinger 6 2 1 1 1* 0 0 1.00 0 0 25.00

BT Cockley 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00

SM Katich 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00

B Casson 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 -

Dominic Thornely (left) scored his first hundred for NSW while David Warner set a new mark for the highest individual score by a New South Welshman in a Domestic One-Day match.

LEADINg RUN ScORERSBatsMan M inn n.o RUns h.s 50 100 aVRGe stK/Rt Ct st

Michael BEVAN 62 62 20 2571 135* 23 1 61.21 73.16 15 -

Mark WAUGH 77 73 7 2412 123 13 3 36.55 80.75 47 -

Steve WAUGH 58 57 11 2315 131 13 5 50.33 84.64 20 -

Brad HADDIN 77 75 7 2310 138* 14 4 33.97 95.85 110 33

Dominic THORNELY 72 65 5 1707 108 10 1 28.45 73.67 26 -

Phil JAQUES 44 42 3 1657 158* 6 4 42.49 89.04 8 -

Simon KATICH 42 38 4 1611 136* 14 2 47.38 78.32 20 -

Shane LEE 63 56 7 1545 115 7 3 31.53 87.93 34 -

Corey RICHARDS 60 56 6 1501 151 9 2 30.02 68.88 24 -

Mark TAYLOR 49 49 - 1499 84 15 - 30.59 59.02 32 -

Trevor BAYLISS 50 47 7 1196 104* 6 1 29.90 66.53 15 -

Michael SLATER 53 49 2 1139 115 7 1 24.23 68.29 11 -

Michael CLARKE 38 34 5 1049 101* 7 1 36.17 72.34 11 -

Steve SMALL 35 35 - 1008 101 4 1 28.80 68.29 6 -

HIgHEST INDIvIDUAL ScOREsCoRe BaLLs BatsMan oPPonent VenUe season

165* (112) DAVID WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09

164 (144) RICK McCOSKER South Australia Sydney 1981/82

158* (141) Phil JAQUES South Australia Adelaide 2005/06

152* (141) Phil JAQUES Queensland Sydney 2005/06

151 (149) Corey RICHARDS Western Australia Perth 2001/02

138 (137) Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2005/06

138* (116) Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007/08

136* (129) Simon KATICH Victoria Bowral 2003/04

136 (140) Matthew PHELPS South Australia Drummoyne 2003/04

135* (137) Michael BEVAN Western Australia Perth 2000/01

MaJoR oPPonents FiRst GaMe M W L nR t

Queensland 1969/70 43 21 21 1 -

Western Australia 1971/72 45 23 21 - 1

Victoria 1972/73 41 19 20 1 1

Tasmania 1973/74 33 24 7 - 2

South Australia 1975/76 33 17 16 - -

Others 1969/70 30 19 9 2 -

Total 225 123 94 4 4

REcORDSHighest total for : 4-397 v Tasmania at Bankstown 2000/01

Highest total against: 8-352 by Victoria at Sydney 2007/08

Lowest total for : 92 v Queensland at Brisbane 1972/73

Lowest total against: 80 by Tasmania at Devonport 1984/85

Highest score for : 165* DA Warner v Tasmania at Hurstville 2008/09

Highest score against: 165 MW Goodwin(Western Australia) at Perth 2000/01

Best bowling for : 6-25 BE McNamara v Tasmania at Sydney 1996/97

Best bowling against: 6-23 B Laughlin (Queensland) at Cairns 2008/09

FASTEST FIFTIESBaLLs BatsMan oPPonent VenUe season

24 Don NASH Western Australia Nth Sydney 2000/01

25 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09

30 Michael BEVAN Victoria Sydney 1992/93

31 Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001/02

31 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Sydney 2004/05

33 Steve SMALL South Australia Adelaide 1992/93

35 Brad HADDIN Queensland Brisbane 2001/02

35 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2006/07

38 Brad HADDIN A.C.T. Canberra 2000/01

38 Simon KATICH Tasmania Hobart 2003/04

38 Dominic THORNELY Western Australia Nth Sydney 2004/05

38 Brad HADDIN Victoria Sydney 2004/05

FASTEST cENTURIESBaLLs BatsMan oPPonent VenUe season

74 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02

76 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09

82 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007/08

87 Dominic THORNELY Victoria Nth Sydney 2008/09

88 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Sydney 2006/07

90 Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999/00

92 Mark WAUGH Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02

93 Steve WAUGH Western Australia Nth Sydney 2003/04

94 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Nth Sydney 2004/05

98 Ed COWAN Victoria Canberra 2006/07


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LEADINg WIckET TAkERS BoWLeR M oVeRs MDns RUns WKts aVRGe 5 Best RPo

Stuart MacGILL 64 538.5 25 2812 127 22.14 4 5-40 5.22

Stuart CLARK 71 624.2 48 2575 86 29.94 - 4-24 4.12

Nathan BRACKEN 66 580.0 57 2474 83 29.81 1 5-38 4.27

Shane LEE 63 385.1 13 1812 61 29.70 - 4-35 4.70

Mike WHITNEY 49 438.0 49 1625 59 27.54 - 4-13 3.71

Greg MATTHEWS 60 441.4 31 1720 59 29.15 - 4-22 3.89

Brad McNAMARA 46 353.4 23 1365 58 23.53 1 6-25 3.86

Geoff LAWSON 44 381.3 49 1340 53 25.28 - 4-31 3.51

Shawn BRADSTREET 50 303.4 20 1496 47 31.83 - 4-23 4.93

Doug BOLLINGER 38 317.1 21 1463 45 32.51 - 4-24 4.61

Dominic THORNELY 72 234.3 11 1180 38 31.05 - 3-20 5.03

Wayne HOLDSWORTH 31 247.5 17 1040 36 28.89 1 5-28 4.20

Steve WAUGH 58 199.0 21 937 35 26.77 - 4-32 4.71

Aaron BIRD 25 187.0 7 1051 34 30.91 1 5-26 5.62

Gavin ROBERTSON 29 224.5 17 898 32 28.06 - 4-46 3.99

Mark WAUGH 77 202.2 10 1027 31 33.13 - 4-52 5.08

Glenn McGRATH 23 208.0 26 736 30 24.53 - 4-17 3.54

Matthew NICHOLSON 25 209.2 9 1174 30 39.13 - 3-34 5.61

MOST DISMISSALS By A WIckET-kEEPERWiCKet-KeePeR M DisMissaLs CatChes stUMPinGs

Brad HADDIN 77 143 110 33

Phil EMERY 65 90 76 14

Steve RIXON 28 38 29 9

Greg DYER 22 20 15 5

Daniel SMITH 16 15 13 2

MOST cATcHES By A FIELDSMANFieLDsMan MatChes CatChes

Mark WAUGH 77 47

Shane LEE 63 34

Mark TAYLOR 49 32

Dominic THORNELY 72 26

Corey RICHARDS 60 24

MOST EcONOMIcAL BOWLINg (10 OvERS)RUns WKts BoWLeR oPPonent VenUe season

12 1 Nathan BRACKEN Queensland Sydney 2006/07

14 0 Graham SPRING South Australia Sydney 1982/83

15 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1986/87

16 2 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1997/98

17 4 Glenn McGRATH Queensland Brisbane 1993/94

17 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1996/97

18 1 Geoff LAWSON Tasmania Launceston 1983/84

19 2 Len PASCOE Victoria Melbourne 1980/81

19 2 Mike WHITNEY Western Australia Perth 1991/92

BEST BOWLINg IN AN INNINgSWKts BoWLeR oPPonent VenUe season

6-25 Brad McNAMARA Tasmania Sydney 1996/97

5-11 Scott THOMPSON Canterbury Christchurch 1993/94

5-21 Richard DONE Zimbabweans Bulawayo 1985/86

5-26 Aaron BIRD Queensland Sydney 2008/09

5-28 Wayne HOLDSWORTH Queensland Brisbane 1990/91

5-28 Bob HOLLAND Wellington Wellington 1984/85

5-28 Len PASCOE Western Australia Sydney 1979/80

5-38 Nathan BRACKEN Victoria Melbourne 2001/02

5-40 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1998/99

5-50 Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2001/02

HIgHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EAcH WIckETWKts RUns BoWLeR oPPonent VenUe season

1st 253 Rick McCOSKER & John DYSON South Australia Sydney 1981/82

2nd 199 Richard CHEE QUEE & Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 1993/94

3rd 240 Steve WAUGH & Mark WAUGH Victoria Nth Sydney 1991/92

4th 180 Graeme RUMMANS & Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999/00

5th 171* Phil JAQUES & Dominic THORNELY South Australia Adelaide 2005/06

6th 105 Michael BEVAN & Greg MATTHEWS Western Australia Perth 1990/91

6th 105* Steve WAUGH & Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001/02

7th 116 Corey RICHARDS & Brad HADDIN South Australia Nth Sydney 2000/01

8th 90 Brad McNAMARA & Phil EMERY Tasmania Sydney 1992/93

9th 96* Scott THOMPSON & Shawn BRADSTREET Victoria Nth Sydney 1998/99

10th 54 Brad McNAMARA & Gavin ROBERTSON South Australia Adelaide 1996/97

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the ‘Gabba: 26 December 2008

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won their first match in dramatic fashion, chasing down Queensland’s total of 161 with two balls to spare.

After Queensland won the toss and chose to bat first, NSW were indebted to some outstanding bowling from Doug Bollinger (3-22), Moises Henriques (2-26) and Aaron Bird (2-36) who each bowled superb four over spells.

Bollinger bowled with both hostility and accuracy which were a feature of his performances during this competition and led to him being named as the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Twenty20 Player of the Year.

In response the power hitting combination of David Warner and Phillip Hughes didn’t get going when Warner was out early to a sensational catch at mid-on, but Hughes showed how adaptable his game is by steering NSW home with a polished 80 not out from 60 balls.

With four needed from the last five balls of the game, Hughes and Daniel Smith were able to get the job done. It was to be a sign of things to come for NSW in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.


At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, December 26, 2008 Night game.

New South Wales won by five wickets. Toss: Queensland. New South Wales 2 pts.

Player of the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: NS McNamara and RL Parry.

QUeensLanD

JR Hopes c Bird b Bollinger 6 (5)

GC Batticciotto c Casson b Bollinger 11 (11)

LA Carseldine c Warner b Bollinger 6 (5)

NJ Reardon b Henriques 27 (15)

CA Philipson b Bird 23 (18)

*CP Simpson c Bollinger b Henriques 39 (25)

+CD Hartley not out 27 (31)

RJ Harris b Bird 7 (6)

BCJ Cutting not out 8 (4)

NJ Rimmington

B Laughlin

L-b 6, w 1 7

(20 overs, 79 mins) (7 wkts) 161

Fall: 6 15 41 62 88 135 147

Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-22-3; Cameron 4-0-34-0; Henriques 4-0-26-2; Bird 4-0-36-2;

Casson 4-0-37-0.

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner c Batticciotto b Rimmington 8 (5)

PJ Hughes not out 80 (60)

BJ Rohrer run out (Phillipson/Hartley) 24 (17)

*DJ Thornely c Harris b Cutting 20 (19)

SPD Smith b Harris 12 (13)

MC Henriques c Hartley b Rimmington 3 (4)


B Casson

AC Bird

DE Bollinger

MA Cameron

B 2, w 10, n-b 2 14

(19.4 overs, 82 mins) (5 wkts) 162

Fall: 8 67 113 152 158

Bowling: Rimmington 3.4-0-28-2; Harris 4-0-33-1; Hopes 4-0-30-0;

Laughlin 4-0-30-0; Simpson 2-0-17-0; Cutting 2-0-22-1.


anZ stadium: 30 December 2008

Back at ANZ Stadium for the first of three home games, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues were disappointed to only post 5-148 from their 20 overs on a pitch that was flat, but lacking in pace.

Batting against the new ball was the best time to hit boundaries, and both Warner (28 from 22) and Hughes (35 from 34) profited in an opening stand of 38 in 4.5 overs. From here it became more of a struggle as the boundary became harder to find and ones and twos became the order of the day.

The main exception was Steven Smith who made 34 from 21 balls with a series of improvised strokes that stood him out as a player with a perfect repertoire of shots for Twenty20 cricket.

With 148 to defend, the game swung in favour of both teams several times before a 65 run partnership between Voges (39) and North (45no) saw Western Australia take control. Quick wickets to Nathan Bracken and Aaron Bird then changed the situation but late sixes to Marcus North saw the visitors home with five balls to spare.

Nathan Bracken, with 2-24 from his four overs, confirmed his status as the premier limited overs bowler in the world.


At ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park December 30, 2008 Night game.

Western Australia won by five wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Western Australia 2 pts.

Player of the Match: MJ North. Umpires: GA Abood and RJ Tucker.

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner c Pomersbach b Dorey 28 (22)

PJ Hughes c Umar Gul b North 35 (34)

BJ Rohrer run out (Dorey) 1 (2)

*DJ Thornely c Heal b Voges 23 (24)

+DLR Smith c Marsh b Umar Gul 12 (12)

SPD Smith not out 34 (21)

MC Henriques not out 9 (5)

B Casson

NW Bracken

AC Bird

DE Bollinger

L-b 1, w 5 6


Fall: 38 40 86 91 112

Bowling: Umar Gul 4-0-41-1; Magoffin 2-0-16-0; Dorey 4-0-28-1; North 4-0-27-1; Heal

4-0-22-0; Voges 2-0-13-1.

WesteRn aUstRaLia

SE Marsh c Bollinger b Thornely 31 (19)

LA Pomersbach c Henriques b Bracken 3 (5)

TP Doropoulos c Bird b Bollinger 11 (10)

*MJ North not out 45 (37)

AC Voges lbw b Bird 39 (31)

CJ Simmons b Bracken 4 (2)

+MA Johnson not out 8 (11)

AK Heal

Umar Gul

BR Dorey

SJ Magoffin

L-b 1, w 7 8

(19.1 overs, 73 mins) (5 wkts) 149

Fall: 27 41 45 110 118

Bowling: Bracken 4-0-24-2; Bollinger 3.1-0-27-1; Thornely 3-0-19-1;

Henriques 2-0-14-0; SPD Smith 2-0-12-0; Casson 2-0-26-0; Bird 3-0-26-1.

MOST cATcHES By A FIELDSMANFieLDsMan MatChes CatChes

Mark WAUGH 77 47

Shane LEE 63 34

Mark TAYLOR 49 32

Dominic THORNELY 72 26

Corey RICHARDS 60 24


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adelaide oval: 6 January 2009

In a game dominated by an unbelievable exhibition of strokeplay by David Warner, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won a tight battle by four wickets after chasing down 161 for victory.

On a typical Adelaide pitch the score of 160 by the home team seemed only par for the night. Consistent bowling by both Nathan Bracken (3-38) and Aaron Bird (3-35) was backed up by excellent ground fielding.

In reply, an incredible opening stand of 88 in 8.3 overs between Phillip Hughes (30) and David Warner (65) set a remarkable platform. Warner was superb, hoisting Shaun Tait on to the roof of the Giffen Stand with a tremendous pull shot, as well as driving boundaries at will. His final tally of 65 came off just 35 balls and contained seven fours and four sixes.

After this the NSW middle order stumbled before Peter Forrest steadied the ship in his first Twenty20 game for the year, seeing the visitors home by four wickets with 10 balls to spare.


At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, January 6, 2009 Night game.

New South Wales won by four wickets. Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 2 pts.

Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: AR Collins and DJ Harper.

soUth aUstRaLia

DJ Harris c Cameron b Bird 24 (17)

M Klinger lbw b Thornely 24 (19)

TLW Cooper c Cameron b Bird 46 (41)

CJ Ferguson c Hughes b Cameron 13 (11)

DT Christian c Thornely b Bird 31 (26)

*+GA Manou c Forrest b Bracken 1 (2)

Sohail Tanvir c Hughes b Bracken 6 (3)

MF Cleary c Henriques b Bracken 0 (1)

GD Putland not out 3 (2)

SW Tait

DJ Cullen

L-b 2, w 8, n-b 2 12


Fall: 39 59 86 148 148 149 156 160

Bowling: Cameron 4-0-22-1; Bracken 4-0-38-3; Thornely 4-0-27-1;

Henriques 3-0-27-0; Bird 4-0-35-3; SPD Smith 1-0-9-0.

neW soUth WaLes

DA Warner c Manou b Cleary 65 (35)

PJ Hughes c Sohail Tanvir b Tait 30 (29)

*DJ Thornely b Tait 28 (18)

MC Henriques c and b Tait 6 (6)

PJ Forrest not out 13 (12)

BJ Rohrer c Harris b Cullen 9 (8)

SPD Smith run out (Christian) 0 (1)


AC Bird

NW Bracken

MA Cameron

L-b 1, w 4, n-b 2 7


Fall: 88 127 135 136 150 150

Bowling: Tait 4-0-30-3; Sohail Tanvir 3-0-24-0; Cleary 3-0-36-1; Putland 3-0-30-0;

Cullen 2.2-0-14-1; Christian 3-0-26-0.


anZ stadium: 12 January 2009

After looking at the wicket and being unsure of what a par score might be, skipper Simon Katich invited Tasmania to bat under the blue skies of a hot early evening at ANZ Stadium.

Tasmania took advantage of this opportunity with both hands, blasting away at the top of the order to reach 3-139 in 12.3 overs. Rhett Lockyear (51 from 29) and Travis Birt (44 from 17) were particularly severe as NSW desperately tried to stem the run flow. This they did with both Bollinger (2-32) and Thornely (0-22) bowling accurately at the death to limit Tasmania to 7-194.

NSW were missing their star opening pair of David Warner (Australian duties) and Phillip Hughes (injury), but skipper Simon Katich and Moises Henriques filled in well, adding 40 for the first wicket until the fall of Katich sparked a collapse which saw NSW fall to 8-136.

The ninth wicket partnership between Aaron Bird (17no) and Mark Cameron (14no) was to prove vital to the NSW run rate later in the competition as they added 30 from the last 19 balls. The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues finished on 8-166 from their 20 overs and a loss by 28 runs.


At ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, January 12, 2009 Night game.

Tasmania won by 28 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 2 pts.

Player of the Match: JJ Krejza. Umpires: GA Abood and RL Parry.

tasMania

RJG Lockyear c Forrest b Bird 51 (29)

MG Dighton c Henriques b Bollinger 43 (29)

TR Birt c Henriques b Bollinger 44 (17)

GJ Bailey c Henriques b Cameron 1 (3)

*DJ Marsh c DLR Smith b Cameron 5 (4)

JJ Krejza not out 33 (24)

+TD Paine c O’Keefe b Bird 3 (4)

CJ Duval c Katich b Henriques 2 (4)

MA Divin not out 6 (7)

XJ Doherty

GJ Denton

W 5, n-b 1 6


Fall: 73 139 139 147 149 165 169

Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-32-2; Cameron 4-0-45-2; Thornely 4-0-22-0;

O’Keefe 1-0-8-0; Bird 4-0-40-2; SPD Smith 1-0-23-0; Henriques 2-0-24-1.

neW soUth WaLes

MC Henriques c Lockyear b Doherty 42 (25)

*SM Katich c Doherty b Duval 18 (12)

PJ Forrest c Bailey b Krejza 8 (8)

DJ Thornely b Krejza 12 (14)

BJ Rohrer c Birt b Divin 30 (23)

+DLR Smith c and b Doherty 8 (4)

SPD Smith st Paine b Krejza 2 (5)

SNJ O’Keefe b Marsh 6 (8)



DE Bollinger

B 1, l-b 5, w 3 9


Fall: 40 64 74 99 108 120 131 136

Bowling: Doherty 4-0-26-2; Denton 2-0-17-0; Duval 2-0-17-1; Divin 4-0-51-1;

Marsh 4-0-26-1; Krejza 4-0-23-3.

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This was a crucial match where victory would see the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues finish on top of the table and host the Final, while defeat would see them finish last. It resulted in one of the most exciting contests in the short history of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.

Deciding to bat first after winning the toss, to get runs on the board and create pressure, NSW found themselves deep in trouble at 4-39 from six overs with only skipper Simon Katich (35) holding the innings together. When he departed it was a case of the lower order scrambling together a total that could be defended. This was achieved through a run-a-ball 36 from Dominic Thornely and 19 from Daniel Smith. However a final total of 8-128 was still way below what was hoped for.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues needed a good start and they got it thanks to some inspired bowling from Mark Cameron and Doug Bollinger. Both conceded few runs early on but a middle order surge from Victoria left them at 4-102 in the 14th over requiring only another 27 runs. At this stage Aaron Bird made the vital breakthrough by bowling wicketkeeper Adam Crosthwaite, resulting in a collapse which left Victoria needing 16 from the last over. This was bowled by young spinner Stephen O’Keefe who saw his first ball sail over long-on for six!

He held his nerve, however, and with four needed from the last ball Holland was run out going for a second to leave NSW victors by three runs.

A superb fielding display had resulted in five run outs and the victory said a great deal about the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues’ never-say-die attitude. The team had also guaranteed themselves a place in the lucrative Champions League in India later in the year.

2008/009 kFc TWENTy20 BIg BASH POINTS TABLEteaM P W L nR Points net RUn Rate

New South Wales 5 3 2 0 6 -0.160

Victoria 5 3 2 0 6 +1.099

Queensland 5 3 2 0 6 +0.625

South Australia 5 2 3 0 4 +0.546

Western Australia 5 2 3 0 4 -1.684

Tasmania 5 2 3 0 4 -0.464

Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.



New South Wales won by two runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 2 pts.

Player of the Match: DP Nannes. Umpires: SD Fry and AR Craig.

neW soUth WaLes

MC Henriques c and b Nannes 1 (4)

*SM Katich b Harwood 35 (26)

SPD Smith b Nannes 4 (5)

BJ Rohrer c Crosthwaite b Nannes 7 (8)

SNJ O’Keefe run out (Wright) 6 (6)

DJ Thornely not out 36 (36)

SJC Keen c Quiney b Holland 4 (9)

+DLR Smith c Finch b McDonald 19 (16)

AC Bird b Nannes 6 (7)


DE Bollinger

L-b 4, w 5 9


Fall: 2 16 28 39 67 79 106 124

Bowling: Nannes 4-0-11-4; Wright 1-0-11-0; Harwood 4-0-33-1; Holland 4-0-21-1;

McDonald 4-0-30-1; McGain 3-0-18-0.

ViCtoRia

*BJ Hodge run out (Cameron) 8 (6)

AC Blizzard lbw b Cameron 5 (13)

RJ Quiney run out (O’Keefe) 21 (19)

AJ Finch b Bird 43 (46)

AB McDonald run out (Rohrer/Smith) 0 (0)

+AJ Crosthwaite b Bird 20 (14)

DG Wright run out (Bollinger/Smith) 7 (14)

SM Harwood st DLR Smith b O’Keefe 13 (6)

JM Holland run out (Henriques/Smith) 0 (1)

DP Nannes not out 1 (1)

BE McGain

L-b 3, w 5 8


Fall: 11 17 61 61 102 109 113 125 126

Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-12-0; Cameron 4-0-17-1; Thornely 4-0-38-0; Bird 4-0-25-2;

O’Keefe 4-0-31-1.

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In a match that even exceeded the excitement of the previous week, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash in a thrilling last ball finish. The build up to the match had started in the preceding week with NSW unveiling the big hitting New Zealander Brendon McCullum as their overseas signing for the match.

The stakes were high and Victoria decided to bat first and turn the pressure around from the previous week. Despite losing early wickets, their innings was held together by a superb knock from opener Rob Quiney who hammered 91 from 56 balls, including eight sixes. This was the backbone to a Victorian total of 4-166 during which Aaron Bird had again bowled superbly to collect 3-21 from his four overs.

NSW needed an aggressive start and got it despite the early loss of McCullum (10), with Phillip Hughes (43) and Simon Katich (37) creating a superb partnership. The loss of these two, however, saw the side lose momentum until Ben Rohrer hit consecutive sixes off Bryce McGain to seize back control for the home team.

With two needed from three balls, Dominic Thornely (27) was bowled to leave a thrilling finish. Daniel Smith scampered a single next ball to leave Ben Rohrer requiring a single from the final Shane Harwood delivery. A swing and a miss then a desperate dive at the bowler’s end saw him squeeze home despite a third umpire review. His innings of 44 not out with four sixes rightly won him the Man-of-the-Match award and produced celebrations that lasted all night!

FINALNEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA


New South Wales won by five wickets. Toss: Victoria.

Player of the Match: BJ Rohrer. Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and RJ Tucker. TV Umpire: PR Reiffel.

ViCtoRia

RJ Quiney c Bollinger b Bird 91 (56)

AC Blizzard c Katich b Bollinger 7 (8)

MS Wade c Henriques b Bird 8 (12)

CJL Rogers c Rohrer b Bird 4 (8)

*AB McDonald not out 30 (29)

+AJ Crosthwaite not out 13 (7)

AJ Finch

SM Harwood

BE McGain

JM Holland

DP Nannes

B 4, l-b 6, w 3 13


Fall: 15 40 53 151

Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-31-1; Cameron 4-0-34-0; Bird 4-0-21-3; Thornely 2-0-12-0;

O’Keefe 3-0-28-0; Henriques 3-0-30-0.

neW soUth WaLes

BB McCullum c Crosthwaite b Harwood 10 (11)

PJ Hughes b Nannes 43 (32)

*SM Katich c Quiney b McGain 37 (24)

MC Henriques c Blizzard b McGain 1 (9)

DJ Thornely b Harwood 27 (24)

BJ Rohrer not out 45 (20)


SNJ O’Keefe

AC Bird

MA Cameron

DE Bollinger

L-b 1, w 1, n-b 1 3


Fall: 25 85 92 92 165

Bowling: Nannes 4-0-34-1; Harwood 4-0-28-2; McDonald 4-0-28-0;

McGain 4-0-32-2; Holland 3-0-31-0; Quiney 1-0-13-0.


2008/09 KFC tWentY20 BiG Bash FinaL

2008/09 kFc TWENTy20 BIg BASH AvERAgESMost RUns M inn no RUns hs 50 100 aVRGe Ct st stK-Rt

PJ Hughes 4 4 1 188 80* 1 0 62.67 2 0 121.29DJ Thornely 6 6 1 146 36* 0 0 29.20 1 0 108.15BJ Rohrer 6 6 1 116 45* 0 0 23.20 1 0 148.72DA Warner 3 3 0 101 65 1 0 33.67 1 0 162.90SM Katich 3 3 0 90 37 0 0 30.00 2 0 145.16MC Henriques 6 6 1 62 42 0 0 12.40 6 0 116.98SPD Smith 5 5 1 52 34* 0 0 13.00 0 0 115.56DLR Smith 6 6 3 44 19 0 0 14.67 1 1 115.79AC Bird 6 2 1 23 17* 0 0 23.00 2 0 135.29PJ Forrest 2 2 1 21 13* 0 0 21.00 2 0 105.00MA Cameron 5 2 2 15 14* 0 0 - 2 0 107.14SNJ O’Keefe 3 2 0 12 6 0 0 6.00 1 0 85.71BB McCullum 1 1 0 10 10 0 0 10.00 0 0 90.91SJC Keen 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 4.00 0 0 44.44NW Bracken 2 0 0 - - 0 0 - 0 0 -

DE Bollinger 5 0 0 - - 0 0 - 3 0 - B Casson 2 0 0 - - 0 0 - 1 0 -

Most WiCKets M oVeRs MDns RUns WKts BBi aVe eCon sR

AC Bird 6 23 0 183 13 3/21 14.07 7.95 10.6DE Bollinger 5 19.1 0 124 7 3/22 17.71 6.46 16.4NW Bracken 2 8 0 62 5 3/38 12.4 7.75 9.6MA Cameron 5 20 0 152 4 2/45 38.0 7.6 30MC Henriques 6 14 0 121 3 2/26 40.33 8.64 28DJ Thornely 6 17 0 118 2 1/19 59.0 6.94 51SNJ O'Keefe 3 8 0 67 1 1/31 67.0 8.37 48B Casson 2 6 0 63 0 - - 10.5 -SPD Smith 5 4 0 44 0 - - 11 -

CRIC

KET

NSW

the nsW Cricket australia Cup / Second XI teams enjoyed an exceptional season in 2008/09 winning outright in six of its seven four day matches. In doing so, NSW won the Cricket Australia Cup and retained the Syd Gregory Cup.

During the season 36 players were used over four Cricket Australia Cup matches (restricted to six U/23 players), three Second XI matches (two with no age restriction, one U/23) and a three match Limited Over series against South Australia.

The nature of these fixtures provided the selectors with the opportunity to give several players from outside the State squad, as well as our Rookie contracted players, regular exposure to both four day and limited over cricket.

The team was fortunate to have several established First Class players involved in various matches throughout the season. The opportunity to play alongside the likes of Greg Mail, Ed Cowan, Grant Lambert, Nathan Hauritz and Mark Cameron provided a wonderful learning environment for the younger, less experienced, players within the group.

There were several memorable victories during the season.

The last day run chase of 317 on a •turning Adelaide Oval pitch in the Second XI match against South Australia with captain, Greg Mail, scoring a century in each innings

The amazing 10 wicket victory over •Tasmania in the Cricket Australia Cup match at Bankstown Oval. The match was one of the shortest in memory with the winning runs hit before lunch on the second day and Mark Cameron taking match figures of 9-39

The five wicket victory in a Twenty20 •match in Adelaide against a virtually full strength South Australian side containing the likes of Shaun Tait, Graham Manou, Michael Klinger and Dan Cullen

The emphatic eight wicket victory over •Queensland at Glenn McGrath Oval to retain the SE Gregory Cup with several members of the NSW side playing their first four day match

In addition to the excellent efforts of the playing group, there were some outstanding individual performances throughout the season. The absolute stand out was undoubtedly left handed opening bat, Usman Khawaja, whose back-to-back double centuries during October re-wrote the Cricket NSW record books.

His 210 not out in the Cricket Australia Cup match against South Australia at Hurstville Oval was followed up with 228 against Victoria in the Second XI match at Howell Oval only eight days later. In doing so he becomes the first batsman in the history of NSW Second XI cricket to score a double century in consecutive matches. He was also the first Second XI player to achieve the feat in a season. The only player to have achieved the feat of consecutive double centuries for NSW previously was Bob Simpson in the Sheffield Shield of 1963/64, with scores of 359 vs Queensland and 247 not out vs Western Australia.

A further century on a grassy day one WACA surface in the Cricket Australia Cup match in January was another excellent example of Usman’s technique and composure. His knowledge of his own game and his appetite to make big scores is rare in a player so young. He finished the Second XI season with 709 runs at an average of 88.62.

His consecutive Shield hundreds in Brisbane and Sydney to end the First Class season left no one in any doubt he is a Test player of the future.

Greg Mail’s performance with the bat in the Second XI match against South Australia was another highlight. His 172 not out to win the game on a turning last day Adelaide Oval track was a delight to watch. This innings followed up his brilliant 104 off only 137 balls in the first innings. His footwork, placement and inventiveness against the turning ball, coupled with his ability to bat through tough periods, was another great lesson to our young players.

2008/09 cRIckET AUSTRALIA cUP POINTS TABLEteaM P Wo Wi D Li Lo Points QUotient

New South Wales Second XI 4 3 - - - 1 20 +1.406

Western Australia Second XI 4 3 1 - - - 20 +1.396

Victoria Second XI 4 2 1 - - 1 14 +1.199

South Australia Second XI 4 2 - - - 2 14 +1.130

Tasmania Second XI 4 1 1 - 1 1 8 +1.144

Australian Capital Territory 4 - - - 2 2 0 +0.708

Queensland Academy of Sport 4 - - - - 4 0 +0.46

Outright win 6 points; lead on first innings in a drawn or lost game 2 points.

Quotient runs per wicket scored divided by runs per wicket conceded.

seConD Xi MatChes

nsW second Xi vs Victoria second Xi,

howell oval, Penrith, 20-23 october 2008

nsW second Xi won by an innings and 35 runs

nsW second Xi 5 dec 554 (U Khawaja 228 B Rohrer 98

e Cowan 65 s henry 50) def Victoria 132 (i Moran 5-34

M hogan 2-11 a Lindsay 2-39) and 387 (i Moran 2-29

a Lindsay 2-44 a Maher 2-82)

nsW second Xi vs south australia second Xi,

adelaide oval, 12-15 January 2009

nsW second Xi won by five wickets

nsW second Xi 4 dec 399 (G Lambert 107no G Mail 104

P Forrest 68 U Khawaja 58) and 5 for 321 (G Mail 172no

P nevill 41no) def sa second Xi 8 dec 541 (J Lalor 2-69

D Burns 2-81) and 6 dec 175 (G Lambert 3-37 D Burns 2-50)

sydney Gregory CupnsW second Xi vs Queensland second Xi,

Glenn McGrath oval, Caringbah, 23-26 February 2009

nsW second Xi won by eight wickets

nsW second Xi 360 (s Keen 85 n Maddinson 66 s henry

52) and 2-144 (n Maddinson 69 M Gowland 44no) def

Queensland second Xi 8 dec 290 (M starc 3-41 D Burns

2-72) and 213 (J Lalor 4-53 t Copeland 3-41)

Usman Khawaja.

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The development and improvement of many of these younger players during the year, plus the re-emergence of some older players, emphasised the value of the Second XI Program. It was a great pleasure to witness Josh Hazlewood, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc and Simon Keen all make their First Class / domestic debuts this year and to see the successful return to First Class cricket of Ben Rohrer and Ed Cowan.

All these players were integral members of the Second XI throughout 2008/09.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank Ben Rohrer, Greg Mail, Peter Nevill and Ed Cowan for their leadership roles during the

season, and to all players who took part in Second XI matches in 2008/09 for their professionalism, support and commitment.

Thanks also to Ben Romalis (Performance Analyst), Tom Reddin (Strength & Conditioning Coach), Murray Ryan and Andrew Hreszczuk (Physiotherapists), and to Brian Taber and the State Selection Panel for their efforts in helping to make the 2008/09 Second XI season such an enjoyable and successful one.

Finally, I would like thank the NSW Cricket Board for their continued support of the Second XI Program.

David Freedman Rta speedBlitz Blues assistant Coach

2008/09 CRiCKet aUstRaLia CUP

neW soUth WaLes seConD Xi v soUth aUstRaLia seConD Xi hurstville oval, hurstville, october 13, 14 (np), 15,16, 2008. New South Wales Second XI won by 215 runs. New South Wales Second XI 5 dec 417 (UT Khawaja 210*, EJM Cowan 45, BJ Rohrer 61, DA Warner 35; MJ Cosgrove 2-43, CB Bailey 2-59). South Australia Second XI 3 dec 368 (TLW Cooper 55, JD Smith 159*, AH Delmont 80, MJ Cosgrove 57; MA Starc 2-61). New South Wales Second XI 6 dec 334 (EJM Cowan 85, BJ Rohrer 50, SO Henry 73, SNJ O’Keefe 58*; DT Christian 2-48, J Donnelly 2-77). South Australia Second XI 168 (NM Hauritz 2-59, SNJ O’Keefe 4-60).

neW soUth WaLes seConD Xi v tasMania seConD XiBankstown Memorial oval, Bankstown, December 1,2, 2008. New South Wales Second XI won by ten wickets. Tasmania Second XI 111 (MA Divin 30; MA Cameron 3-27, JR Hazlewood 3-16, AC Bird 2-25). New South Wales Second XI 138 (AC Bird 35; CJ Duval 2-50, BG Drew 6-25, JS Smith 2-26). Tasmania Second XI 41 (MA Cameron 6-12, MA Starc 3-24). New South Wales Second XI 0 for 15.

WesteRn aUstRaLia seConD Xi v neW soUth WaLes seConD XiWaCa Ground, Perth, January 6,7,8,9, 2009. Western Australia won by five wickets. New South Wales Second XI 372 (UT Khawaja 126, EJM Cowan 37, TD Cruickshank 53, B Casson 30, PM Nevill 30; DN Porter 4-81, CL Rosario 3-66, LA Pomersbach 2-33). West Australia Second XI 278 (WM Robinson 59, CJ Heron 51, MJ Johnston 51; GM Lambert 5-71, JK Lalor 2-47). New South Wales Second XI 242 (EJM Cowan 73, SJC Keen 67; TP Kelly 3-43, CL Rosario 3-43, DN Porter 3-33). West Australia Second XI 5 for 338 (MP Stoinis 75, CJ Heron 30, MA Johnson 62*, DN Porter 86*; B McDonald 2-77).

ViCtoRia seConD Xi v neW soUth WaLes seConD XiJunction oval, st Kilda, February 9,10,11,12, 2009. New South Wales Second XI won by four wickets. Victoria Second XI 354 (AJ Finch 30, MW Hill 54, JW Hastings 125, MR King 53; GM Lambert 2-50, SPD Smith 2-63). New South Wales Second XI 7 for 355 (EJM Cowan 41, GM Lambert 43, MC Henriques 39, UT Khawaja 53, SPD Smith 85, SNJ O’Keefe 39*; SP Seymour 2-55). Victoria Second XI 194 (AJ Kent 58, AC Blizzard 34; GM Lambert 3-34, SPD Smith 5-57). New South Wales Second XI 6 for 195 (EJM Cowan 55, SPD Smith 31, SJC Keen 48; GJ Maxwell 2-45).

2008/09 cRIckET AUSTRALIA cUP AvERAgESBattinG M inn no RUns h.s 50 100 aVRGe Ct st

UT Khawaja 3 6 1 419 210* 1 2 83.80 0 0

SPD Smith 1 2 0 116 85 1 0 58.00 1 0

EJM Cowan 3 6 0 336 85 3 0 56.00 1 0

SNJ O’Keefe 3 5 2 136 58* 1 0 45.33 2 0

SO Henry 2 3 0 114 73 1 0 38.00 2 0

BJ Rohrer 2 3 0 111 61 2 0 37.00 2 0

AC Bird 2 1 0 35 35 0 0 35.00 1 0

B Casson 2 1 0 30 30 0 0 30.00 1 0

GJ Mail 2 4 1 83 28 0 0 27.67 3 0

SJC Keen 4 5 0 138 67 1 0 27.60 0 0

TD Cruickshank 1 2 0 54 53 1 0 27.00 1 0

MC Henriques 1 2 0 49 39 0 0 24.50 0 0

GM Lambert 2 3 0 71 43 0 0 23.67 1 0

BT Cockley 1 2 1 22 17 0 0 22.00 0 0

PM Nevill 4 6 2 86 30 0 0 21.50 10 2

DA Warner 2 3 0 63 35 0 0 21.00 0 0

M Gowland 1 2 1 20 11* 0 0 20.00 1 0

B McDonald 1 2 0 37 25 0 0 18.50 1 0

JK Lalor 2 2 1 8 8* 0 0 8.00 0 0

MA Starc 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 4.00 0 0

IA Moran 1 2 1 1 1* 0 0 1.00 1 0

JR Hazlewood 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0

MA Cameron 1 1 1 18 18* 0 0 - 0 0

NM Hauritz 1 0 0 - - 0 0 - 1 0

BoWLinG M oVeRs MDns RUns WKts aVRGe 5Wi 10WM Best

MA Cameron 1 21 8 39 9 4.33 1 0 6-12

JR Hazlewood 2 19 6 42 4 10.50 0 0 3-16

GJ Mail 2 10 1 31 2 15.50 0 0 1-1

SO Henry 2 3 0 17 1 17.00 0 0 1-17

SPD Smith 1 34 9 120 7 17.14 1 0 5-57

GM Lambert 2 65 7 242 11 22.00 1 0 5-71

B Casson 2 12.3 6 22 1 22.00 0 0 1-16

BT Cockley 1 11.1 3 24 1 24.00 0 0 1-24

AC Bird 2 23 3 81 3 27.00 0 0 2-25

SNJ O’Keefe 3 62.1 14 181 6 30.17 0 0 4-60

MA Starc 4 90.5 16 298 9 33.11 0 0 3-24

JK Lalor 2 42 8 150 3 50.00 0 0 2-47

SJC Keen 4 65 22 160 3 53.33 0 0 1-5

B McDonald 1 30.3 6 111 2 55.50 0 0 2-77

NM Hauritz 1 54 12 138 2 69.00 0 0 2-59

MC Henriques 1 31 5 73 1 73.00 0 0 1-62

DA Warner 2 2 0 19 0 - 0 0 -

IA Moran 1 4 0 15 0 - 0 0 -

BJ Rohrer 2 2 0 15 0 - 0 0 -


seConD Xi / CRiCKet aUstRaLia CUP – Men's

CRIC

KET

NSW

the Wolf Blass Breakers successfully defended their Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title in 2008/09 by beating Victoria in the Final at the SCG. It was the side’s fourth consecutive title, 11th in 13 seasons and the first time since 2001/02 that the team had gone through the competition undefeated.

Despite the successes in recent years, the players showed that their hunger was as strong as ever. The commitment and hard work shown by them throughout the pre-season and the season was rewarded by consistent individual and team performances on the field.

Areas identified for improvement from the 2007/08 season were addressed and, as a result, the girls showed more consistency, courage and ruthlessness at critical moments. They developed more of a killer instinct which was complemented by disciplined and professional performances.

Erin Osborne and Corinne Hall made their debuts this season with Erin making an immediate impact with the ball with some very impressive performances. She finished the season as the competition’s equal leading wicket taker and was rewarded with a place in the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars squad for the 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup.

Alex Blackwell followed up on her successful 2007/08 campaign with some solid knocks and was voted the WNCL Player of the Year. Leah Poulton meanwhile was equally as productive with the bat and was deservedly awarded the Belinda Clark Medal as the Wolf Blass Breakers Player of the Year. Leonie Coleman played her 100th match for NSW - a feat only previously achieved by four other players. Congratulations to Leonie on a great achievement.

Eight NSW players represented the Southern Stars in series against India and New Zealand, as well as the World Cup. Congratulations to Sarah Andrews, Alex Blackwell, Kate Blackwell, Leonie Coleman Leah Poulton, Erin Osborne, Ellyse Perry and Lisa Sthalekar for their selection and their performances across these Series.

In addition, four NSW players represented the Australian U/21 team, the Shooting Stars. Congratulations to Sarah Coyte, Ashleigh Endacott, Corinne Hall and Alyssa Healy who all earned a call up to play matches against India and the Southern Stars.

The NSW Second XI competed in the Women’s Cricket Australia Cup in Hobart in December. Led by Erin Osborne and coached by Neil McDonald, the team remained unbeaten during the tournament to retain the trophy. A ‘nail biting’ finish to the final match versus Victoria and some heroics from Sara Hungerford and

Alison Parkin ensured the girls came home with the silverware. Congratulations to all involved!

We were fortunate this year to have been able to arrange fixtures against India, England, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. With several of our players being unavailable due to Australian commitments, this provided other players with the opportunity to play against quality opposition. The girls put in some good performances in all four matches and we came away with two impressive wins.

The success, or otherwise, of the Wolf Blass Breakers is very much dependant on the quality of our Program. The girls are very appreciative of the fantastic support from all at Cricket NSW and the tireless work of our support staff. This year, again, was no exception. The resources made available and the support received from Cricket NSW really underpins our Program and provides us with the opportunity to develop our cricketers further and, in so doing, hopefully bringing more success in the future.

Credit for the success this season must of course go to the players for a job well done but I’m sure the girls would like me to thank all the support staff on their behalf for all the hard work they put in behind the scenes and at our training sessions.

Thanks goes to Martha Webb (Manager), Kate Leslie (Physiotherapist), Ash Radford (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Trent Woodhill (Batting/Fielding Coach), David Patterson (Fast Bowling Coach), David Freedman (Spin Bowling Coach), Christina Matthews (Wicket Keeping Coach), Alan Campbell (Wicket Keeping/Batting Coach), Troy Baker (Performance Psychologist) and Jo Turner (Nutritionist) for all their hard work and commitment to the Program throughout the year.

It was great to be part of another successful Wolf Blass Breakers and Second XI season. To also see NSW complete another clean sweep of the underage National Championships shows that the Cricket NSW High Performance Programs are in great shape and remain the envy of the cricket world.

I look forward to some of these players coming through and competing for places in the Wolf Blass Breakers team in the next few years.

Richard Bates head Coach – Wolf Blass Breakers

The Wolf Blass Breakers celebrate an 11th WNCL title.

Back Row (from left): Kate Leslie (Physio), Martha Webb (Manager), Kate Blackwell, Sarah Aley, Sharon Millanta, Corinne Hall, Alyssa Healy, David Patterson (Specialist Coach), Ellyse Perry, Richard Bates (Head Coach).

Front Row (from left): Bob Barter (Room Attendant), Trent Woodhill (Specialist Coach), Sarah Andrews, Leah Poulton, Leonie Coleman, Lisa Sthalekar, Alex Blackwell, Erin Osborne, Ash Radford (Strength & Conditioning Coach).

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WoLF BLass BReaKeRs Vs QUeensLanD FiRe

allan Border Field: 29 – 30 november 2008

The Wolf Blass Breakers dominated their opening match of the summer against Queensland, winning by eight wickets with 166 balls to spare, and picking up two bonus points.

Winning the toss and bowling, the Breakers restricted Queensland to just 9/108 from their 50 overs. Charlotte Anneveld, Sarah Andrews, Lisa Sthalekar and Erin Osborne took two wickets each.

Thanks to some free flowing batting from Leah Poulton (62), the Breakers brought up the winning runs in the 23rd over.

The second match of the double header was a much closer affair with the Breakers bowled out for 185 batting first. Lisa Sthalekar made a streaky 40 while Kate Blackwell batted well for her 35. The crucial contribution came in the lower order where wicketkeeper Leonie Coleman hit 31 after coming to the wicket at 5-114.

The Breakers needed a big effort from their bowlers who delivered, restricting Queensland to 9-176 from their 50 overs. Off-spinners Lisa Sthalekar (2-28) and Erin Osborne (3-28) bowled well in tandem, while Sarah Aley was named Player of the Match for her return of 2-22 from 10 overs.


At Allan Border Field, Albion, November 29, 2008.

New South Wales won by eight wickets.

Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 6 Pts.

Player of the Match: LJ Poulton. Umpires: AR Curran and TP Laycock.

QUeensLanD

MJ Bulow b Sthalekar 14 (67)

C Reibelt c and b Andrews 7 (15)

LC Broadfoot c AJ Blackwell b Osborne 17 (52)

*+JM Fields c Anneveld b Osborne 0 (7)

L Daley st Coleman b Anneveld 13 (42)

DL Hollis b Sthalekar 7 (27)

JC Coleman c KA Blackwell b Anneveld 18 (38)

KE Pike c Sthalekar b Perry 0 (4)

J Verrall b Andrews 1 (21)

DM Kimmince not out 10 (14)

J Jonassen not out 12 (16)

L-b 3, w 3, n-b 3 9

(50 overs, 179 mins) (9 wkts) 108

Fall: 10 42 43 43 58 65 66 83 85

Bowling: Perry 8-1-25-1; Andrews 8-0-26-2; Anneveld 10-2-21-2; Aley 6-3-10-0;

Osborne 10-3-13-2; Sthalekar 8-4-10-2.

neW soUth WaLes

LJ Poulton c Tainton b Broadfoot 62 (72)

AJ Blackwell c Jonassen b Coleman 22 (27)

KA Blackwell not out 17 (32)

*LC Sthalekar not out 4 (4)

EA Perry

C Hall

+LA Coleman

AJ Healy

EA Osborne

SJ Andrews

SE Aley

W 4, n-b 1 5

(22.2 overs, 89 mins) (2 wkts) 110

Fall: 44 95

Bowling: Kimmince 4-0-22-0; Verrall 3-0-10-0; Coleman 6-0-30-1; Pike 3-0-11-0;

Jonassen 3-0-21-0; Broadfoot 2-1-10-1; Tainton 1.2-0-6-0.


At Allan Border Field, Albion, November 30, 2008.

New South Wales won by nine runs.

Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 4 Pts.

Player of the Match: SE Aley. Umpires: NC McNamara and D Mealey.

neW soUth WaLes

AJ Blackwell c Kimmince b Broadfoot 12 (29)

LJ Poulton c Hollis b Kimmince 8 (18)

KA Blackwell lbw b Tainton 35 (60)

*LC Sthalekar c Coleman b Jonassen 40 (60)

EA Perry c Hollis b Jonassen 8 (32)

C Hall c Kimmince b Tainton 6 (12)

+LA Coleman c Broadfood b Pike 31 (31)

AJ Healy c Fields b Pike 9 (15)

EA Osborne not out 11 (17)

SE Aley c Pike b Kimmince 15 (14)

SJ Andrews c Fields b Pike 0 (6)

B 1, l-b 4, w 5 10

(49 overs, 184 mins) 185

Fall: 13 23 91 103 114 115 156 158 182 185

Bowling: Kimmince 9-4-19-2; Verrall 4-0-19-0; Broadfoot 4-0-24-1;

Coleman 10-1-31-0; Pike 10-0-46-3; Jonassen 8-1-21-2; Tainton 4-0-20-2.

QUeensLanD

LC Broadfoot c and b Aley 33 (57)

C Reibelt c Poulton b Sthalekar 22 (68)

DL Hollis c Coleman b Aley 4 (14)

*+JM Fields run out (Andrews) 9 (24)

MJ Bulow c AJ Blackwell b Sthalekar 38 (53)

L Daley b Osborne 12 (29)

J Jonassen b Anneveld 9 (21)

JC Coleman lbw b Osborne 0 (3)

DM Kimmince c AJ Blackwell b Osborne 9 (14)

KE Pike not out 28 (17)

J Verrall not out 3 (3)

W 6, n-b 3 9

(50 overs, 184 mins) (9 wkts) 176

Fall: 49 57 75 78 126 128 130 144 154

Bowling: Perry 5-1-19-0; Andrews 7-2-30-0; Aley 10-0-22-2; Anneveld 8-0-49-1;

Sthalekar 10-1-28-2; Osborne 10-1-28-3.


2008/09 WoMen's nationaL CRiCKet LeaGUe

WoLF BLass BReaKeRs Vs WesteRn FURY

sydney Cricket Ground: 6 – 7 December 2008

The Breakers and Fury went into this clash as equal competition leaders. However by the end of the weekend NSW were the clear title favourites after two bonus point wins.

Western Australia batted first in game one. They scored steadily thanks to 59 run second wicket partnership between Australian all-rounder Lauren Ebsary (40) and Peta Merrilees (22), but then lost 9-68 to be bowled out for 129 in the 49th over.

Sarah Andrews was starting to show the form that would see her return to the Australian side for the World Cup, finishing with 3-23, while Erin Osborne continued her impressive debut season with 3-20.

The Breakers won with seven wickets and 105 balls to spare. Leah Poulton top scored with 43 while Lisa Sthalekar made 32.

Game two was played in front of almost 1000 fans attending the opening of the new Victor Trumper Stand. Batting first, Western Australia managed 9-145 from their 50 overs with Ellyse Perry, Sarah Andrews and Lisa Sthalekar taking two wickets each.

Openers Leah Poulton and Alex Blackwell again led the way with the bat, putting on 81 for the first wicket before Poulton was out for 50. Blackwell brought up her own half-century by hitting with winning run with eight wickets and 106 balls to spare.


At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 6, 2008.

New South Wales won by seven wickets.

Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts.

Player of the Match: EA Osborne. Umpires: TJ Keel and GD Redman.

WesteRn aUstRaLia

A Gray run out (Hall) 3 (13)

LK Ebsary c Anneveld b Osborne 40 (59)

PA Merrilees b Osborne 22 (54)

+JCL Wallace c Sthalekar b Andrews 20 (70)

LN Stammers lbw b Osborne 0 (2)

RK Chappell c Anneveld b Sthalekar 4 (19)

JL Gunn run out (KA Blackwell) 8 (31)

RM Farrell b Andrews 8 (21)

*AJ Fahey c Aley b Perry 7 (14)

DK Brown st Coleman b Andrews 1 (5)

AL Williams not out 0 (5)

B 1, l-b 2, w 11, n-b 2 16

(48.3 overs, 185 mins) 129

Fall: 9 68 72 72 88 109 112 123 127 129

Bowling: Andrews 9.3-1-23-3; Sthalekar 10-1-30-1; Perry 9-2-19-1; Aley 2-0-18-0;

Osborne 10-4-20-3; Anneveld 8-1-16-0.

neW soUth WaLes

LJ Poulton run out (Chappell) 43 (59)

AJ Blackwell lbw b Gunn 17 (46)

KA Blackwell c Gunn b Farrell 14 (26)


EA Perry not out 12 (21)

CL Hall

+LA Coleman

EA Osborne

AJ Healy

SE Aley

SJ Andrews

W 13 13

(32.3 overs, 124 mins) (3 wkts) 131

Fall: 50 71 92

Bowling: Farrell 8.3-0-28-1; Ebsary 6-1-17-0; Gunn 4-0-16-1; Stammers 3-0-18-0;

Chappell 4-0-18-0; Fahey 3-0-13-0; Williams 3-0-16-0; Hyder 1-0-5-0.


At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 7, 2008.

New South Wales won by eight wickets.

Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts.

Player of Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: TJ Keel and MAW Nickl.

WesteRn aUstRaLia

A Gray c Coleman b Perry 2 (5)

LK Ebsary lbw b Andrews 0 (6)

PA Merrilees lbw b Anneveld 16 (34)

+JCL Wallace c Anneveld b Aley 40 (111)

LN Stammers c Osborne b Sthalekar 0 (7)

RK Chappell b Sthalekar 6 (10)

JL Gunn c and b Andrews 35 (71)

RM Farrell run out (Hall) 28 (35)

*AJ Fahey b Perry 6 (18)

DK Brown not out 3 (3)

AL Williams not out 0 (0)

L-b 4, w 5 9

(50 overs, 184 mins) (9 wkts) 145

Fall: 2 2 33 38 46 99 105 132 144

Bowling: Perry 8-0-36-2; Andrews 9-1-12-2; Sthalekar 9-2-23-2; Anneveld 6-2-

21-1; Osborne 8-0-24-0; Poulton 3-0-9-0; Aley 7-0-16-1.

neW soUth WaLes

AJ Blackwell not out 50 (78)

LJ Poulton c Wallace b Gunn 50 (71)

KA Blackwell c Wallace b Farrell 16 (30)


EA Perry

CL Hall

+LA Coleman

SE Aley

EA Osborne

AJ Healy

SJ Andrews

B 1, l-b 4, w 18 23

(32.2 overs, 122 mins) (2 wkts) 146

Fall: 81 133

Bowling: Farrell 10-1-33-1; Ebsary 3-0-17-0; Hyder 1-0-12-0; Fahey 2-0-11-0;

Gunn 6.2-0-20-1; Williams 6-1-26-0; Chappell 4-0-22-0.

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WoLF BLass BReaKeRs Vs sa sCoRPions

adelaide oval no.2 and adelaide oval: 20 – 21 December 2008

Two more wins against last summer’s runners-up had the Wolf Blass Breakers sitting comfortably on top of the ladder heading into Christmas.

South Australia batted first in game one at Adelaide Oval No.2, making 5-175 with half centuries to Karen Rolton (52) and Kris Britt (58). Fast bowler, Sarah Andrews, again impressed with 2-26, while off-spinner, Erin Osborne, was beginning to loom as a dark horse for the Australian World Cup squad, returning an economical 1-22 from her 10 overs.

The highlight of the chase was unbroken 162 run second wicket partnership between twins Alex and Kate Blackwell. Alex recorded her second WNCL century, 101 not out from 116 balls, while Kate finished not out on 64 in the nine wicket bonus point victory.

Game two of the double header took place at the Adelaide Oval and was the Breakers’ first ever day-night match.

Winning the toss, South Australia made the most of the flat pitch and lightening fast outfield. Thanks to half-centuries from Shelley Nitschke (62), Karen Rolton (71) and Kris Britt (87), the Scorpions finished their 50 overs at 7-250.

The Breakers’ batters relished the challenge of a sizeable chase with Alex Blackwell and Leah Poulton putting on a rapid-fire 131 for the first wicket. Blackwell was first to fall for 75. Two runs later Poulton lost her wicket for 53.

Kate Blackwell and Lisa Sthalekar maintained the rage until a rain delay resulted in a revised target of 210 from 43 overs. The Breakers reached this easily with almost four overs and six wickets to spare.


At Adelaide Oval No 2, December 20, 2008.

New South Wales won by nine wickets.

Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts.

Player of the Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: K Chanrakumar and AD Willoughby.

soUth aUstRaLia

JL Woerner c Aley b Osborne 44 (70)

S Nitschke c Aley b Andrews 6 (17)

*KL Rolton lbw b Anneveld 52 (119)

KL Britt not out 58 (79)

AR Jason-Jones b Anneveld 3 (9)

EM Sampson c Perry b Andrews 2 (4)

+AZ Dean not out 2 (6)

LC Davis

TJ McPharlin

NK Iles

A Moritz

SJ Jameson

B 2, w 2, n-b 4 8

(50 overs) (5 wkts) 175

Fall: 18 71 143 159 162

Bowling: Andrews 9-1-26-2; Perry 10-2-38-0; Aley 4-0-26-0; Sthalekar 10-2-24-0;

Osborne 10-2-22-1; Anneveld 7-0-37-2.

neW soUth WaLes

LJ Poulton c Jameson b Iles 4 (17)

AJ Blackwell not out 101 (116)

KA Blackwell not out 64 (86)

*LC Sthalekar

EA Perry

CL Hall

AJ Healy

EA Osborne

+LA Coleman

SE Aley

SJ Andrews

CA Anneveld

W 7 7

(36.3 overs, 144 mins) (1 wkt) 176

Fall: 14

Bowling: Sampson 10-2-36-0; Iles 9-0-35-1; Nitschke 6-1-31-0; Jameson 3-0-17-0;

Britt 3-0-25-0; Davis 5.3-0-32-0.


At Adelaide Oval, December 21, 2008 Day/night game.

New South Wales won by six wickets. (D/L method)

Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 4 Pts.

Player of Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: AR Collins and L Uthenwoldt.

soUth aUstRaLia

S Nitschke b Osborne 62 (64)

JL Woerner c Coleman b Perry 5 (9)

*KL Rolton c Coleman b Andrews 71 (118)

KL Britt st Coleman b Andrews 87 (80)

EM Sampson st Coleman b Sthalekar 1 (7)

AR Jason-Jones c Coleman b Andrews 0 (2)

+AZ Dean run out (Aley) 3 (3)

A Moritz not out 1 (3)

LC Davis

NK Iles

SC Morrison

SJ Jameson

L-b 5, w 10, n-b 5 20

(50 overs) (7 wkts) 250

Fall: 22 105 236 240 241 246 250

Bowling: Andrews 9-2-43-3; Perry 9-0-62-1; Anneveld 6-0-42-0; Sthalekar 10-2-28-1;

Osborne 10-1-38-1; Poulton 6-0-32-0.

neW soUth WaLes

AJ Blackwell c Britt b Sampson 75 (90)

LJ Poulton c Jason-Jones b Sampson 53 (71)

KA Blackwell b Morrison 23 (27)


EA Perry b Iles 3 (8)

CL Hall not out 4 (7)

AJ Healy

EA Osborne

+LA Coleman

SE Aley

SJ Andrews

CA Anneveld

B 4, l-b 3, w 10, n-b 1 18

(38.4 overs) (4 wkts) 211

Fall: 131 133 186 202

Bowling: Sampson 9-2-26-2; Iles 9-1-48-1; Jameson 2-0-16-0; Nitschke 7-0-42-0;

Davis 4-0-23-0; Britt 5-0-34-0; Morrison 2.4-0-14-1.



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