Mark Waugh
Mark Edward Waugh AM (born 2 June 1965) is a former
Australian cricketer, who represented
Australia
in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his One-Day
International debut in 1988. Waugh is regarded as one of the most
elegant and gifted stroke makers to ever play the game. His nickname is
"Junior" as he is younger than his twin brother
Steve by a few minutes.
Dean Waugh, another of Mark's brothers, is also a cricketer, having played
first-class and
list A cricket in Australia.
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Glenn McGrath
Fr
Glenn Donald McGrath AM (pronounced
/məˈɡrɑː/; born 9 February 1970 in
Dubbo,
New South Wales), nicknamed "Pigeon"
[1], is a former
Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace
bowlers in
cricketing history,
[2] and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world
cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century.
[3] He holds the world record for the highest number of
Test wickets by a fast bowler and is fourth on the all-time list, with the top three wicket takers
Muttiah Muralitharan,
Shane Warne and
Anil Kumble all being spin bowlers.
[4] McGrath announced his retirement from Test cricket on 23 December 2006.
[5] His Test career came to an end after the 5th Ashes test in Sydney, whilst the
2007 World Cup marked the end of his one-day career.
[6]
Known throughout his career for maintaining a remarkably accurate line
and length, McGrath's consistency enabled him to be one of the most
economical fast bowlers of his time. McGrath also played for the
Indian Premier League team of
Delhi DareDevils and was one of the tournaments most economical bowlers during its first season.
[7] On January 5, the franchise announced that it had bought out the remaining year of his contract.
[8]
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Steve Waugh
Steve Waugh
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Personal information |
Full name |
Stephen Rodger Waugh |
Born |
2 June 1965 (age 46)
Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia |
Nickname |
Tugga, Iceman, Man-O'War |
Batting style |
Right-handed |
Bowling style |
Right-arm medium |
Role |
Batsman |
Relations |
DP Waugh, ME Waugh (brothers) |
International information |
National side |
Australia |
Test debut (cap 335) |
26 December 1985 v India |
Last Test |
2 January 2004 v India |
ODI debut (cap 90) |
9 January 1986 v New Zealand |
Last ODI |
3 February 2002 v South Africa |
ODI shirt no. |
5 |
Domestic team information |
Years |
Team |
1984/85–2003/04 |
New South Wales |
2002 |
Kent |
1998 |
Ireland |
1987–1988 |
Somerset |
Career statistics |
Competition |
Test |
ODI |
FC |
List A |
Matches |
168 |
325 |
356 |
436 |
Runs scored |
10,927 |
7,569 |
24,052 |
11,764 |
Batting average |
51.06 |
32.90 |
51.94 |
37.70 |
100s/50s |
32/50 |
3/45 |
79/97 |
13/67 |
Top score |
200 |
120* |
216* |
140* |
Balls bowled |
7,805 |
8,883 |
17,428 |
11,245 |
Wickets |
92 |
195 |
249 |
257 |
Bowling average |
37.44 |
34.67 |
32.75 |
33.49 |
5 wickets in innings |
3 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
10 wickets in match |
0 |
n/a |
0 |
n/a |
Best bowling |
5/28 |
4/33 |
6/51 |
4/32 |
Catches/stumpings |
112/– |
111/– |
273/– |
150/– |
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2004 |
Stephen Rodger "Steve" Waugh,
AO (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and fraternal twin of cricketer
Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a successful medium-pace bowler. Born in
New South Wales, with whom he began his
first class cricket career in 1984, he
captained the
Australian Test cricket team from 1999 to 2004, and was the most
capped Test cricket player in history, with 168 appearances, until
Sachin Tendulkar of
India
broke this record in 2010. Though thought of in the early stages of his
career as only "a moderately talented player", at one point losing his
Test place to his brother Mark, Waugh went on to become one of the
leading batsmen of his time.
[1]
He is one of only eight players to have scored over 10,000 Test runs,
led Australia to fifteen of their record sixteen consecutive Test wins,
and to victory in the
1999 Cricket World Cup. He was named
Australian of the Year in 2004
[2][3] for his philanthropic work, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the
Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010.
[4]
A popular figure in the eyes of the public, Waugh has been included in a list of one hundred
Australian Living Treasures by the
National Trust of Australia, awarded the
Order of Australia and the
Australian Sports Medal. Known as an attacking and sometimes ruthlessly efficient captain,
[5]
Waugh rebuffed criticism over "manipulation of the points system"
during the Cricket World Cup to ensure his team's progression, and was
often critical of the media.
[5] Described in 2003 as a "cold-blooded, scientific" leader, cricket columnist of
The Times Simon Barnes noted that "Waugh wants to defeat you personally."
[6] At the end of his final Test match, Waugh was carried by his team mates in a lap of honour around the Sydney Cricket Ground.
[7]
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Shane Warne
Shane Warne
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Personal information |
Full name |
Shane Keith Warne |
Born |
13 September 1969 (age 42)
Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia |
Nickname |
Warnie, King of Spin, Sheik of Tweak |
Height |
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Batting style |
Right-handed |
Bowling style |
Right-arm leg break |
Role |
Leg spin bowler, Lower order batsman |
International information |
National side |
Australia |
Test debut (cap 350) |
2 January 1992 v India |
Last Test |
2 January 2007 v England |
ODI debut (cap 110) |
24 March 1993 v New Zealand |
Last ODI |
10 January 2005 World XI v Asia XI |
ODI shirt no. |
23 |
Domestic team information |
Years |
Team |
1990/91–2006/07 |
Victoria (squad no. 23) |
2000–2007 |
Hampshire (squad no. 23) |
2008–2011 |
Rajasthan Royals (squad no. 23) |
Career statistics |
Competition |
Tests |
ODIs |
FC |
LA |
Matches |
145 |
194 |
301 |
311 |
Runs scored |
3,154 |
1,018 |
6,919 |
1,879 |
Batting average |
17.32 |
13.05 |
19.43 |
11.81 |
100s/50s |
0/12 |
0/1 |
2/26 |
0/1 |
Top score |
99 |
55 |
107* |
55 |
Balls bowled |
40,704 |
10,642 |
74,830 |
16,419 |
Wickets |
708 |
293 |
1,319 |
473 |
Bowling average |
25.41 |
25.73 |
26.11 |
24.61 |
5 wickets in innings |
37 |
1 |
69 |
3 |
10 wickets in match |
10 |
n/a |
12 |
n/a |
Best bowling |
8/71 |
5/33 |
8/71 |
6/42 |
Catches/stumpings |
125/– |
80/– |
264/– |
126/– |
Source: cricketarchive.com, 29 March 2008 |
Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.[1] In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century,
the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet and the only one
still playing at the time. He is also a cricket commentator and a
professional poker player.
Warne played his first Test match in 1992, and his 708 wickets was the record for the most wickets taken by any bowler in Test cricket, until it was broken by Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan
on 3 December 2007. He took over 1000 international wickets (in Tests
and One-Day Internationals)—he was the second bowler to reach this
milestone after Muttiah Muralitharan.[2]
A useful lower-order batsman, Warne also scored over 3000 Test runs,
and he holds the record for most Test runs without a century. His career
was plagued by scandals
off the field; these included a ban from cricket for testing positive
for a prohibited substance, charges of bringing the game into disrepute
through accepting money from bookmakers and marital infidelities.
As well as Australia, he also played Australian domestic cricket for his home state of Victoria, and English domestic cricket for Hampshire. He was captain of Hampshire for three seasons, from 2005 to 2007.
He retired from international cricket in January 2007, at the end of Australia's 5–0 Ashes series victory over England. Three other players integral to the Australian team at the time, Glenn McGrath, Damien Martyn and Justin Langer, also retired from Tests at the same time which led some, including the Australian captain, Ricky Ponting, to declare it the "end of an era".[3]
Following his retirement from international cricket, Warne played a
full season at Hampshire in 2007. He had been scheduled to appear in the
2008 English cricket season, but in late March 2008 he announced his
retirement from playing first-class cricket in order to be able to spend more time pursuing interests outside of cricket.[4] In March 2008, Warne signed to play in the Indian Premier League for the Jaipur team, Rajasthan Royals
in the first edition of the tournament, where he played the roles of
both captain and coach. He led his team to victory against the Chennai Super Kings in a cliffhanger of a final match on 1 June 2008.
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Cameron White
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Personal information |
Full name |
Cameron Leon White |
Born |
18 August 1983 (age 28)
Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia |
Nickname |
Whitey, Bear, Bundy |
Height |
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Batting style |
Right-hand |
Bowling style |
Legbreak googly |
Role |
Batsman |
International information |
National side |
Australia |
Test debut (cap 402) |
9 October 2008 v India |
Last Test |
10 November 2008 v India |
ODI debut (cap 152) |
5 October 2005 v ICC World XI |
Last ODI |
9 April 2011 v Bangladesh |
ODI shirt no. |
7 |
T20I debut (cap 22) |
9 January 2007 v England |
Last T20I |
16 October 2011 v South Africa |
Domestic team information |
Years |
Team |
1999–present |
Victoria (squad no. 9) |
2007–2010 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (squad no. 18) |
2006–2007 |
Somerset |
2011–present |
Deccan Chargers (squad no. 7) |
2011–present |
Melbourne Stars |
Career statistics |
Competition |
Test |
ODI |
FC |
List A |
Matches |
4 |
87 |
116 |
205 |
Runs scored |
146 |
2,037 |
7,038 |
5,201 |
Batting average |
29.20 |
35.12 |
41.64 |
34.67 |
100s/50s |
0/0 |
2/11 |
16/32 |
6/31 |
Top score |
46 |
105 |
260* |
126* |
Balls bowled |
558 |
331 |
12,144 |
3,754 |
Wickets |
5 |
12 |
179 |
93 |
Bowling average |
68.40 |
29.25 |
39.77 |
36.00 |
5 wickets in innings |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
10 wickets in match |
0 |
n/a |
1 |
n/a |
Best bowling |
2/71 |
3/5 |
6/66 |
4/15 |
Catches/stumpings |
1/– |
37/– |
113/– |
89/– |
Source: Cricinfo, 06 December 2011 |
Cameron Leon White (born 18 August 1983) is an
Australian cricketer and current Australian
Twenty20 captain. A powerful middle order
batsman and right-arm
leg-spin bowler, White made his
first-class cricket debut as a teenager in the
2000–01 season for the
Victorian Bushrangers as a bowling all-rounder. Early comparisons with Victoria team-mate
Shane Warne faded as White took on a role closer to that of
Andrew Symonds, a batsman who bowled occasionally.
In 2003–04, he became Victoria's youngest ever captain at the age of
20 when he took over leadership of their one-day side, and the
first-class captaincy followed the season after. International
recognition came for the first time in 2005, but White found himself in
and out of the side as the selectors and national captain
Ricky Ponting looked for White to improve his bowling to play as a front-line spinner. Two successful winters with English county side
Somerset
helped to propel White back into the selectors' minds. After a couple
of further unfruitful international spells, including four
Test matches in 2008, White finally secured a regular place in the one-day squads after a string of good performances in 2009.
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Michael Hussey
Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian
cricketer, a left-handed specialist
batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the
one-day international and
Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective formats, with 15,313 first-class runs before making his Test debut.
[1] However, he has had a highly successful international career, being the top-ranked
ODI batsman in the world in 2006.
[2] He plays
first-class cricket as vice-captain of the
Western Warriors in Australia and has played for three counties in England. He also plays in the
Indian Premier League for the
Chennai Super Kings,
although he opted out of the 2009 season. He was retained by Chennai
Super Kings in the 2011–2012 season of Indian Premier League for
$425,000 at auctions held in January 2011.
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Michael Clarke (cricketer)
Michael Clarke
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Personal information |
Full name |
Michael John Clarke |
Born |
2 April 1981 (age 30)
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia |
Nickname |
Pup, Clarkey |
Height |
1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Batting style |
Right-hand |
Bowling style |
Slow left-arm orthodox |
Role |
Batsman, Australian Captain |
International information |
National side |
Australia |
Test debut (cap 389) |
6 October 2004 v India |
Last Test |
17 November 2011 v South Africa |
ODI debut (cap 149) |
19 January 2003 v England |
Last ODI |
28 October 2011 v South Africa |
ODI shirt no. |
23 |
Domestic team information |
Years |
Team |
2000– |
New South Wales |
2004 |
Hampshire |
Career statistics |
Competition |
Test |
ODI |
FC |
List A |
Matches |
76 |
206 |
138 |
271 |
Runs scored |
5,283 |
6,622 |
9,643 |
8,440 |
Batting average |
46.34 |
45.35 |
45.06 |
42.84 |
100s/50s |
18/21 |
6/49 |
33/37 |
7/63 |
Top score |
168 |
130 |
201* |
130 |
Balls bowled |
1,794 |
2,314 |
2,974 |
3,010 |
Wickets |
23 |
52 |
34 |
77 |
Bowling average |
37.47 |
37.67 |
45.58 |
32.40 |
5 wickets in innings |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 wickets in match |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Best bowling |
6/9 |
5/35 |
6/9 |
5/35 |
Catches/stumpings |
83/– |
80/– |
142/– |
104/– |
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2011 |
Michael John Clarke (born 2 April 1981) is a professional Australian
cricketer and captain of the
Australian cricket team for both
test and
ODI cricket. Nicknamed 'Pup', he is a right-handed middle-order
batsman, and an occasional
left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He represents
New South Wales at a domestic level.
In January 2011, Clarke stood down as captain of the Australian
Twenty20 cricket team to concentrate on his test and ODI performance.
[1] He was succeeded by
Cameron White.
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Ricky Ponting
Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed
Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the
Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in
Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in
One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed
batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional
bowler. He is regarded as one of Australia's finest cricketers in the modern era. He represents the
Tasmanian Tigers in
Australian domestic cricket and played in the
Indian Premier League with the
Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
Ponting made his
first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a
Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his
One Day International (ODI) debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against
South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against
Sri Lanka
in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team
several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and
discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002
and Test captain in early-2004.
After being involved in 156 Tests and 352 ODIs, Ponting is
Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket, with more than
26,000 international runs as of November 2011. He has scored 39 Test
centuries—behind only Indian
Sachin Tendulkar (51), and South African
Jacques Kallis (40)
[1]—and second for most runs in ODIs behind Tendulkar.
[2]
Ricky Ponting is the most successful captain of all time, with 48
victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010, while as a
player he is also the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100
Test victories.
[3]
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Adam Gilchrist
Adam Craig Gilchrist AM[1] (born 14 November 1971),
nicknamed "
Gilly" or "
Churchy",
[2] is an
Australian international
cricketer who currently captains
Kings XI Punjab and recently captained
Middlesex.
[3] He is an attacking left-handed
batsman and record-breaking
wicket-keeper,
who redefined the role for the Australian national team through his
aggressive batting. He is considered to be one of the greatest
wicket-keeper-batsmen in the history of the game.
[4] He holds the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket keeper in
One Day International cricket and the most by an Australian in
Test cricket.
[5][6] His
strike rate
is amongst the highest in the history of both One-day and Test cricket;
his century against England at Perth in December 2006 is the second
fastest
century in all Test cricket.
[7] He is the only player to have hit 100
sixes in Test cricket.
[8] His 17 Test and 16 ODI
centuries are the most by a wicket-keeper.
[9][10] He holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007)
[11] and is one of only three players to have won three titles.
[12]
Gilchrist is renowned for
walking when he considers himself to be
out, sometimes contrary to the decision of the
umpire.
[13][14] He made his
first-class debut in 1992, his first One-Day International appearance in 1996 in India and his Test debut in 1999.
[3] During his career, he played for Australia in 96 Test matches and over 270 One-day internationals. He was
Australia's vice-captain in both forms of the game,
captaining the team when regular captains
Steve Waugh and
Ricky Ponting were unavailable.
[15][16] He retired from international cricket in March 2008.
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Greg Chappell
Gregory Stephen Chappell MBE (born 7 August 1948 in
Unley, South Australia) is a former cricketer who captained Australia between 1975 and 1977 and then joined the breakaway
World Series Cricket (WSC) organisation, before returning to the Australian captaincy in 1979, a position he held until his retirement 1983.
[1]
The second of three brothers to play Test cricket, Chappell was the
pre-eminent Australian batsman of his time who allied elegant stroke
making to fierce concentration.
[2]
An exceptional all round player who bowled medium pace and, at his
retirement, held the world record for the most catches in Test cricket,
[3] Chappell's career straddled two eras as the game moved toward a greater level of professionalism after the WSC schism.
[4]
Since his retirement as a player in 1984, Chappell has pursued
various business and media interests as well as maintaining connections
to professional cricket; he has been a
selector for national and
Queensland teams, a member of the
Australian Cricket Board, and a coach. He was appointed coach of the
India national cricket team
on a 2 year contract in 2005. However, a series of controversies and
personality clashes, combined with India's poor performance at the
2007 Cricket World Cup led to his resignation from the position on 4 April 2007.
[5][6]
Chappell has served as an academy coach for the Rajasthan Royals, and
was hired as the All Stars Coach for the 2008 Twenty20 match against
Australia.
[7] He also serves as the executive coach for a series of Cricket Summer Camps in the United States as part of Chappell Way.
[8]
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Ian Chappell
Ian Chappell
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Personal information |
Full name |
Ian Michael Chappell |
Born |
26 September 1943 (age 68)
Unley, South Australia, Australia |
Nickname |
Chappelli |
Height |
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Batting style |
Right-handed |
Bowling style |
Right arm leg spin |
Role |
Top-order batsman |
International information |
National side |
Australia |
Test debut (cap 231) |
4 December 1964 v Pakistan |
Last Test |
6 February 1980 v England |
ODI debut (cap 2) |
5 January 1971 v England |
Last ODI |
14 January 1980 v England |
Domestic team information |
Years |
Team |
1962–1980 |
South Australia |
1963 |
Lancashire |
Career statistics |
Competition |
Test |
ODI |
FC |
LA |
Matches |
75 |
16 |
262 |
37 |
Runs scored |
5345 |
673 |
19680 |
1277 |
Batting average |
42.42 |
48.07 |
48.35 |
39.90 |
100s/50s |
14/26 |
0/8 |
59/96 |
0/13 |
Top score |
196 |
86 |
209 |
93* |
Balls bowled |
2873 |
42 |
13143 |
202 |
Wickets |
20 |
2 |
176 |
5 |
Bowling average |
65.80 |
11.50 |
37.57 |
28.40 |
5 wickets in innings |
0 |
– |
2 |
0 |
10 wickets in match |
0 |
n/a |
0 |
n/a |
Best bowling |
2/21 |
2/14 |
5/29 |
2/14 |
Catches/stumpings |
105/– |
5/– |
312/1 |
20/– |
Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2007 |
Ian Michael Chappell (born 26 September 1943) is a former
cricketer who played for
South Australia and
Australia. He captained Australia between 1971 and 1975 before taking a central role in the breakaway
World Series Cricket
organisation. Born into a cricketing family—his grandfather and brother
also captained Australia—Chappell made a hesitant start to
international cricket playing as a right-hand middle-order
batsman and
spin bowler. He found his niche when promoted to bat at
number three. Known as “Chappelli”, he earned a reputation as one of the greatest captains the game has seen.
[1][2][3][4]
Chappell's blunt verbal manner led to a series of confrontations with
opposition players and cricket administrators; the issue of
sledging
first arose during his tenure as captain and he was a driving force
behind the professionalisation of Australian cricket in the 1970s.
[5]
John Arlott called him, “a cricketer of effect rather than the graces”.
[6]
An animated presence at the batting crease, he constantly adjusted his
equipment and clothing, and restlessly tapped his bat on the ground as
the bowler ran in. Basing his game on a sound defence learned during
many hours of childhood lessons, Chappell employed the drive and square
cut to full effect.
[5] He had an idiosyncratic method of playing back and across to a ball of full length and driving wide of
mid on,
[7] but his trademark shot was the
hook, famously saying "three bouncers an over should be worth 12 runs to me".
[8] A specialist slip fielder, he was the fourth player to take one hundred Test catches.
Since his retirement in 1980, he has pursued a high-profile career as
a sports journalist and cricket commentator, predominately with
Channel Nine.
[4] He remains a major figure in Australian cricket: in 2006,
Shane Warne called Chappell the biggest influence on his career.
On 9 July 2009, Ian Chappell was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
[10]
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