Australia A cricket team

Australia 'A'
Founded: 1994–95
Official website: Official Website

The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in 2002–03 and Pakistan A in 2009.

In the Australian summer of 1994–95, the (then) Benson and Hedges World Series Cup was expanded to involve four teams instead of the usual three – Australia, England, Zimbabwe and Australia A (though games involving Australia A are not considered official One-day Internationals). In a shock result, the Australia A team (captained by Damien Martyn and featuring up-and-comers such as Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Greg Blewett, as well as veterans – wicket-keeper Phil Emery and pacemen Paul Reiffel and Merv Hughes) ousted England from the series and went into the best-of-3 final against Australia. They were swept 2–0, but it was unquestionably a display of the next generation of Australia's prowess. Many of the 1994–95 A players later played for Australia.

In earlier times, Australia often sent Second XI teams on overseas tour, consisting of players on the fringes of national selection. Instances of this occurred in 1949–50 and 1959–60, to New Zealand.

In One Day Cricket, Australia A's team colours were the same as Australia's, except reversed with Dark Green instead of Bottle Green and Yellow instead of Wattle Gold and featuring a capital letter A.

Season-by-season results summary

Australia A matches Against first-class teams Tour matches against international team List A matches Against international teams
Season Venue W D L W D L W L NR W L NR
1994–95 Australia - - - - - - - - - 3 5 0
1995–96 Australia - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0
1996–97 Australia - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0
1997–98 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - 0 2 0
1998 Scotland 0 2 0 - - - - - - 5 0 3
Ireland - - - - - - - - - 5 2 0
1998–99 Australia - - - - - - - - - 2 1 0
1999 United States - - - - - - 4 1 0 - - -
1999–2000 Australia - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0
2000–01 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - 1 1 0
2001–02 Australia - - - - - - - - - 2 0 0
2002–03 South Africa - - - - - - 5 1 0 - - -
Australia 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0
2003–04 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - 1 1 0
2004–05 Australia - - - - - - - - - 2 2 0
2005–06 Pakistan - - - - - - 1 3 1 - - -
2007–08 Pakistan - - - - - - 1 3 1 - - -
2008–09 India - - - - - - 0 0 2 - - -
2009–10 Australia 1 1 - - - - 2 1 0 - - -
2010 Australia - - - - - - 3 2 1 - - -
2010–11 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - -
2011–12 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - -
2012–13 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - -
2013 Zimbabwe/South Africa 1 1 1 - - - 3 2 0 - - -
2013-14 Australia - - - 0 1 0 - - - - - -
2014 Australia 0 3 1 - - - 4 3 0 - - -
2015 India 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - -

Former Players

Current Squad

Squad selected for series in Queensland in August 2016[1]

Name Role State
Ashton Agar * Spin bowling All-Rounder WA
Cameron Bancroft ^ Opening Batsman WA
Scott Boland ^ Fast Bowler VIC
Cameron Boyce ^ Leg-spin Bowler TAS
Pat Cummins * Fast Bowler NSW
Travis Dean Opening Batsman VIC
Peter Handscomb Batsman/Wicket-keeper VIC
Travis Head ^ Middle-Order Batsmen SA
Sam Heazlett Middle-Order Batsman QLD
Moises Henriques * All-Rounder NSW
Jake Lehmann Middle-Order Batsman SA
Chris Lynn ^ Middle-Order Batsman QLD
Joe Mennie Fast Bowler SA
Kurtis Patterson Middle-Order Batsman NSW
Joel Paris ^ Fast bowler WA
Matt Renshaw Opening Batsman QLD
Kane Richardson ^ Fast bowler SA
Alex Ross Middle-Order Batsman SA
Chadd Sayers Fast bowler SA
Marcus Stoinis ^ Middle-Order Batsman/All-Rounder VIC
Mitchell Swepson Leg-spin Bowler QLD
Chris Tremain Fast Bowler VIC
Daniel Worrall Fast Bowler SA
Sam Whiteman Wicket-keeper WA

* Holds an international test cap

^ Limited overs matches only

References

  1. ↑ Cricinfo Staff. "Cummins set to return in Australia A series". ESPNcricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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