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2008/09 national champions ANNUAL REPORT 2008/09 YEARBOOK

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Mission Statement “NSW – LEADING AUSTRALIA’s FAVOURITE SPORT”

CONTENTS Members of the Association 2 NSW Administration 3 Chairman’s Report 4 Chief Executive’s Report 6 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 Shield 22 First Class Records 33 2008/09 Ford Ranger Cup 39 NSW One Day Records 45 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 47 Cup – Men’s 52 Wolf Blass Breakers Report 54 CRICKET NSW 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 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

Steve Waugh Medallist, , and Medallist, . 1 members of the association

PATRONS 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 CRICKET NSW 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).

2 Cricket NSW Administration

Chief Executive Cricket Operations – Grade and Shires David Gilbert Roy Formica Finance Manager Cricket Operations – Men’s Representative Cricket Ray Power Sam Faulks (appointed 28/07/08) State Coach Cricket Operations – Women’s Cricket Matthew Mott Paul Taylor Women’s State Coach Coaching Administrators Richard Bates Michael Maclennan Trent Woodhill Commercial Operations and Communications Manager Women’s High Performance Coach Cricket Operations Manager Ian Field High Performance Coach Educator David Patterson High Performance Manager Alan Campbell Administration Assistant, High Performance Bronwyn Atkins Community Cricket Manager David Lawson Video and Technology Facilitator Troy Baker Executive Officer, NSW Country Cricket Association John Sullivan Indoor Cricket Centre Manager Jim Robson Executive Officer, NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Peter Hughes (retired 29/08/08) Secretary, NSW Districts Cricket Association (appointed 01/09/08) Eric Myatt Administration Manager Girls Participation Manager Craig Beed Theresa Purtell (appointed 06/04/09) Assistant Finance Manager Community Cricket Coordinator Mark Naprta Donna Little Finance Assistant In2CRICKET Coordinator Alister Galletly Renee Millen (resigned 03/04/09) Administration Assistant Girls Cricket Development Officer Melissa MacKenna Theresa Purtell (promoted 06/04/09) Receptionist Metropolitan Cricket Managers Louise Barclay Matthew Betsey (resigned 30/01/09), Russel Grimson, Steve Mulally, Second XI Coach Olivia Thornton (resigned 22/08/08), David Freedman Craig McLean (appointed 20/10/08), Player Welfare Manager Kurt Gagan (appointed 02/02/09) Tony Lewis (contract expired 30/06/08) Country Cricket Coordinator Player Career and Welfare Manager Bruce Whitehouse (appointed 07/07/08) Cheryl Williams (appointed 10/11/08) Regional Cricket Managers Strength and Conditioning Coach Robbie Mackinlay Tom Reddin Neil McDonald State Squad Administrator Brett Rankin Donna Anderson Max Shepherd State Squad Computer Analyst Jeff Cook Andrew Ware Umpires’ Education and Development Manager Communications Manager Darren Goodger David Townsend Administrator, NSW Cricket Umpires Event Manager Royce McCormack (appointed 01/09/08) Janine Stainer Honorary Librarians Commercial Operations Executive Bob Brenner Brett Richardson Dr Colin Clowes Corporate Communications Coordinator Sudesh Arudpragasam Events and Supporter Club Coordinator Lauren Boyle

2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 3 chairman's report

Again, we were delighted to see our young players take centre stage, with 19-year-old finishing as the equal leading -taker in the competition in her first season of senior cricket. My congratulations to Coach Richard Bates, Lisa Sthalekar and the squad for another amazing season! Like their male counterparts, the Breakers enjoyed tremendous representation in the National team with , , Sarah Andrews, Lisa Sthalekar, , 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! Cricket NSW Chairman, Dr Harry Harinath OAM. 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 summer of 2008/09 brought with it both success and challenges, from which we can look forward with optimism. On the field, NSW The success of our High Performance programs is not just cricket is in a healthy state with success achieved at all levels. measured by National titles but also the number of players who go on to play First Class and International cricket. It is crucial Of course, the most memorable moments were the RTA SpeedBlitz to acknowledge the role that these Programs have played in Blues’ heart stopping victories against , firstly in the last round developing players of the ilk of , Michael Clarke, Phillip of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, then again one week later in the Final. Hughes, , Ellyse Perry and Erin Osborne. My thanks Throughout this tournament the onus was on our young players, go to Alan Campbell and his High Performance staff for their our “Future Heroes”, to perform in the absence of our international continued commitment to the development of our young players.

CRICKET NSW stars. Much to our delight, we saw Phillip Hughes, David Warner, Part of the success of our High Performance programs is due to Aaron Bird, and Stephen O’Keefe deliver match the work done by coaches and administrators in regional areas. winning performances at crucial stages of the tournament. My In recent years we have seen rising stars such as Mark Cameron, congratulations go to the entire squad, Coach Matthew Mott and Burt Cockley, , as well as Phillip Hughes and Erin Captains, and Dominic Thornely, on an outstanding Osborne, emerge from regional areas and I congratulate NSW campaign! Country Cricket Chairman Mike Silver, Executive Officer John Conversely, this triumph was scarred with the disappointment of Sullivan and their team for the crucial role they play in developing finishing last in both the Ford Ranger Cup and Weet-Bix Sheffield State and national players. Shield. It was a testing season for the team in these competitions with NSW is statistically the most successful domestic team in world injuries and representative commitments straining the depth of the cricket, and in October 2009 we will have the opportunity to squad. compete for the first time on the world stage at the Champions In the absence of Simon Katich, Dominic Thornely did a creditable League Twenty20 competition being held in . This tournament job as captain and would have learnt much from the experience. presents us with the rare opportunity of a full strength He showed a strong belief in his young side and this was reflected NSW team boasting a virtual all international line-up. This is a in a number of outstanding individual performances. 20-year-old testament to the quality of cricketers this State has produced Phillip Hughes, in just his second season of First Class cricket, again many years. excelled and his elevation to the Test team was an exciting selection In March 2009, Cricket NSW hosted the ICC Women’s World Cup. for Australian cricket. showed he is heading for The ongoing success of the NSW Breakers and the female High higher honours with two classy centuries late in the season. David Performance Program is a direct reflection of the investment made Warner thrilled crowds with his power hitting in one-day matches in women’s cricket by the NSW Cricket Board and, as such, we for both NSW and Australia, whilst Aaron Bird and Burt Cockley were thrilled to be rewarded with right to stage this international emerged as genuine strike bowlers. tournament. Cricket NSW prides itself on producing “Australia’s Future Heroes”, This was the first Women’s World Cup to be held under the and the fact that 14 NSW players represented Australia during auspices of the ICC, and it was a great success. The matches 2008/09 demonstrates that our ‘production line’ is in excellent working enjoyed excellent crowds with almost 18,000 fans attending order. matches, including 3,000 for the Final between and New The NSW Breakers have long been the benchmark for women’s Zealand. . The 2008/09 season was no exception with The matches were very well presented to both those at the ground the team claiming an 11th National League title in 13 seasons, and and the global television audience through ESPN Star Sports. remaining undefeated for the first time since 2001/02. 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 4 Chairman's Report

and congratulations go to all of the staff from the ICC, Cricket Australia Special mention must go to our Major Sponsor, the Roads and Traffic and Cricket NSW involved in the successful staging of the event, and Authority. Cricket NSW takes great pride in this long-standing especially to the NSW Government for their generous support. 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.” 2009/10 will see the opening of brand-new facilities at Blacktown Olympic Park. Featuring a TV broadcast quality floodlit First Class standard main Sadly, it is with regret that I report that two stalwarts of NSW cricket oval, a First Grade standard Number 2 oval, outdoor and indoor practice have played their final matches for the State – the prolific wicket-taking facilities, Cricket NSW is a major partner in this project alongside the AFL leg-spinner, Stuart MacGill, and the determined wicket-keeper, Leonie and Blacktown City Council. Our investment of $7 million over the next Coleman. 20 years has created a hub for cricketers in the ever-growing western Stuart MacGill played 90 First Class matches for NSW taking 357 region of Sydney, who will now have access to state-of-the-art playing and at 33.09. He is also the State’s leading wicket taker in one-day cricket training facilities and elite level coaching in their own ‘backyard’. with 129 from 69 matches. He was a fiercely determined player who Given the growth of western Sydney, and the quality of cricketers produced displayed great passion for the ‘baggy blue’ . In addition to his mastery in this region, Cricket NSW regards this investment as vital in growing the with the ball, fans will remember his two tense, but memorable, game. Who knows, maybe the next , a Seven Hills junior, will with the bat where he hit the winning runs in the 2004/05 Pura Cup and be discovered at the training fields at Blacktown Olympic Park! 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 While there have been satisfying results on the field, off the field Cricket near future. NSW has faced extremely difficult financial challenges. Unfortunately, we are not immune to the effects of the global financial downturn and a Leonie Coleman was the fifth woman to play 100 games for NSW. deficit of $3.8 million was recorded for the 2008/09 Financial Year. This One of the most respected figures in the game, she overcame career deficit was due largely to three factors – disappointing public ticket sales threatening injuries to return to the Australian side and earn her one for international matches at the SCG, an alarming drop in demand for and only Test cap in 2008. Debuting at just 16 years of age, she was corporate hospitality at these matches and an investment market which a member of the NSW team which won the first Women’s National again did not perform to expectation. 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 Recognising that there are likely to be more tough times ahead, the continues her career in the WNCL with the newly admitted ACT team. 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 I also take this opportunity to express my gratitude to retiring Director, defer payments under our grants, loans and facility upgrade programs Mr Bruce Collins QC. Bruce has served on the NSW Cricket Board with for at least 12 months. However, we are delighted to have been able to distinction for the past six years and was a long serving Chairman of the maintain grants to our affiliates at 2008/09 levels. Sydney Cricket Association’s Committee of Management. We are deeply grateful for Bruce’s contribution to Cricket NSW and hope that he will The forthcoming 2009/10 season is the final year of our current continue his involvement in the game in another capacity. Venue Agreement with the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust. With negotiations on a new agreement to take place over the next Finally, my sincere thanks go to my fellow Directors, and to Chief few months, we will be doing our utmost to ensure the best possible Executive David Gilbert and all the tireless staff at Cricket NSW. I look outcome for cricket in NSW in the coming years. forward to further success in the year ahead. In these tough economic times, I take this opportunity to express my Dr GK Harinath OAM sincerest gratitude to our many sponsors and partners. Your support is Chairman never taken for granted and we look forward to working with you all to grow the game of cricket well into the future.

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 AO. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 5 chief executive's report

Phillip was duly rewarded with selection in touring squad to England alongside Simon Katich, , Michael Clarke, , , Brett Lee and NSW’s new recruit, . 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 Cricket NSW CEO, David Gilbert. Blackwell, Lisa Sthalekar, Ellyse Perry, Sarah Andrews, Erin Osborne, Leonie Coleman and Leah Poulton - gaining national selection in Cricket NSW has enjoyed another successful year with impressive 2008/09 whilst a further two players - and Alyssa individual and team performances complementing its strategic Healy - were selected for the Australian U/21 Shooting Stars squad. vision. Congratulations is also extended to Alex Blackwell who was named The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won its first Twenty20 title, the KFC vice captain of the Southern Stars and also to Lisa Sthalekar who ‘Big Bash’, in a thrilling last-ball win in the Final against reigning was selected as a finalist for the ICC’s Women’s Cricketer of the champions, Victoria. This exciting competition has introduced a new Year award. audience to cricket, no more in evidence than at the Final when the In what was a tremendous showcase for women’s cricket, the first- crowd chants of ‘’ were more reminiscent of a ever ICC Women’s World Cup was staged in NSW and the ACT State of Origin match! in March 2009. , Oval, Drummoyne CRICKET NSW Winning the ‘Big Bash’ has qualified NSW for the inaugural Oval, Bradman Oval (), () and Champions League Twenty20 in India in October 2009 where Newcastle’s No.1 Sportsground were superb venues for the two- the world’s best 12 domestic teams will compete for a $US2.5 week tournament. It represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity million first prize. The tournament will be broadcast worldwide to for our Breakers players to compete in a World Cup in their home hundreds of millions of viewers, thus ensuring an unprecedented State. The ICC were delighted with all aspects of the staging of level of exposure for the team and, indeed, the State of NSW. the World Cup and, on behalf of Cricket NSW, may I convey my With our Australian players declared available to play, we will field sincere thanks to all those involved in the ensuring the success of a virtual international-strength side to compete in this ground the tournament. breaking event. In the National under-age competitions, NSW recorded, for the The performances of the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues in the Weet- third time in the last five years, a clean sweep of all national under- Bix Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup were disappointing. age championships by winning the female U/15, U/17 and U/19 With 14 New South Welshman called up to represent Australia (Invitational) and male U/17 and U/19 Championships. This is an in the various formats of the game throughout the season, our extraordinary achievement and a vindication of the resources depth was severely tested. However this did provide for plentiful allocated each year to the Cricket NSW High Performance program. opportunities for many young players. Players such as Burt Cockley, The Community Cricket Department also enjoyed considerable Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, , Stephen O’Keefe, success over the past year with 114 junior teams playing 200 Steven Smith, Simon Keen and Michell Starc received valuable First matches in the very popular Michael Clarke Twenty20 Cup. Overall, XI experience throughout last summer and will no doubt be better however, total participation decreased by 2% from the previous players for the season ahead. Expect the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues to year to stand at 174,000 registered cricketers statewide. Whilst bounce back strongly in 2009/10. this is of concern, an increase is expected in 2009/10 due to Without question, the most outstanding individual performances the influence of the Ashes Series recently concluded in England. of the year were produced by 20-year-old Phillip Hughes. After For the fourth year running, Cricket NSW invested heavily in its announcing himself in grand style in the 2007/08 Pura Cup Final, recruitment campaign to encourage youngsters to play the game. where he became the youngest player to score a (116) Country Cricket had much to celebrate with the selection of in the Final, Phillip continued his superb form to gain selection in Phillip Hughes (Macksville), Josh Hazlewood (Bendemeer), Burt the Australian team to tour in February 2009. After Cockley, Mark Cameron, Leah Poulton, Sarah Andrews, Corinne making his debut in the First Test in , he peeled off Hall (all from Newcastle), Alex and (Wagga) and twin centuries in the Second Test in (115 and 160), thus Erin Osborne (Tamworth) for State and National representation. becoming the youngest player in history to score This is a tribute to the efforts of thousands of selfless volunteers two centuries in the same match. Phillip soon followed this up by throughout regional NSW. becoming the first Australian-born player to score centuries in his first three First Class innings’ on English soil when he represented In the Sydney Grade competition, St George DCC, led admirably by Middlesex at the start of the 2009 season. former State player Graeme Rummans, were crowned First Grade 6 chief executive's report

champions for the second consecutive year. Penrith DCC captured their We also thank all of our other sponsors and suppliers who help us to first Club Championship for 26 years and had the distinction of fielding provide the best possible variety of cricket programs to all areas. We could teams in the Final Series of four out of five grades. They also finished not possibly achieve the results that we aspire to without this support. second in the First Grade Limited Overs competitions. Congratulations Cricket NSW was very proud to host, in partnership with the Sydney to both clubs for outstanding seasons. Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, “Australia’s Big Bash” on 22 February Tamworth achieved a satisfying milestone by winning the SCG Country 2009. This Twenty20 celebrity event raised $250,000 for the Red Cross Cup last January. After being runners-up for the past two seasons, they Victorian Bushfire Appeal and my thanks go to the staff from both became the first team outside of Newcastle to win the competition since organisations for making this event such a tremendous success in such a its inception in 2001/02. short space of time. Cricket NSW’s partnership with Blacktown Council and the AFL for Special thanks must also go to the celebrity players involved in the the development of $30M state-of-the-art playing and training facilities match, especially the captains Mark Taylor and Steve Waugh, for at Blacktown Olympic Park has been completed and will ready for use providing such an entertaining evening. The two XI’s for the match were: in the 2009/10 season. This most impressive facility will provide an • Taylor XI: Mark Taylor (c), , Lisa Sthalekar, Mick Fanning, outstanding venue for all male and female squads as well as being capable Lote Tuqiri, Joel Parkinson, Barry Hall, Matthew Burke, Anthony of hosting senior elite level matches for decades to come. With the Minichello, Moises Henriques, . demographic heart being in Sydney’s west and a fast growing population to match, Cricket NSW is immensely proud of its contribution in making • Waugh XI: Steve Waugh (c), Shannon Noll, Ellyse Perry, Anthony this facility a reality. Mundine, Peter Garrett, Braith Anasta, Phil Waugh, Robbie Farah, Glenn McGrath, , David Warner, . The new Stand at the SCG was completed in time for the New Year’s Test match. The 12,000 seat stand replaced “The Hill” Thanks also to Sir Michael Parkinson and for officiating the section of the ground and provides excellent facilities and comfort for match. In addition, Tony Squires, Adam Spencer and Billy did spectators. an excellent job as the on ground commentary team. It has been another tough year financially for Cricket NSW, with the May I take this opportunity to thank the NSW Cricket Board and, in global economic crisis taking its toll. Public ticket sales for International particular, Chairman Dr Harry Harinath for their continued support. matches at the SCG were disappointing as were sales for corporate Since becoming Chairman, Harry has been taking Cricket NSW hospitality at these matches. Further, the Association’s investments forward. His efforts in the upgrade of , Raby Oval , continued to be affected by the uncertainty in the financial markets. With Campbelltown and the development of Blacktown Olympic Park are another difficult year ahead, Cricket NSW is committed to meeting this testimony to this and we were all delighted to see him awarded the financial challenge through prudent and responsible management. OAM in the 2009 Queen’s Birthday Honours LIst. The renewal of the RTA’s sponsorship of Cricket NSW was great news In addition, I sincerely thank all the staff at Cricket NSW and the many for cricket in NSW. The of the message: “Speed is great on volunteers throughout the State who have put in so much effort over the the field but not on the road” is a priority that both parties are totally past 12 months. I look forward to another successful year ahead. committed to and we look forward to working closely together again in David Gilbert the next 12 months. Chief Executive

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The 2008/09 Steve Waugh Medal Dinner was held at the Hilton Hotel Cricket NSW Hall of Fame in Sydney on Friday, 3 April 2009. Mark Taylor AO (NSW 1985/86 -1998/99) The premier celebration on the Cricket NSW calendar, this year’s dinner Mark Taylor played 100 First Class matches for NSW, scoring 6997 was the largest ever with over 500 guests attending to acknowledge the runs at 41.40 with 17 centuries. He captained his State on 32 occasions, achievements of the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues and Wolf Blass Breakers. including to victory in the 1989/90 Sheffield Shield Final. The ABC’s Adam Spencer performed the MC duties for the third He is one of only two NSW batsman, along with Rick McCosker, to consecutive year with distinction, while the Mike Whitney Band have twice scored a century in each innings, with one of those times entertained guests at the conclusion of the presentations. coming in the 1989/90 Shield Final. Taylor also holds the record for the The major awards, the Steve Waugh and Belinda Clark Medals, were most First Class catches by a NSW fieldsman (132), and at the time of taken out by Phillip Hughes and Leah Poulton respectively, while Warren his retirement, he was NSW’s second leading scorer behind Bardsley, Mark Taylor and Belinda Clark were inducted into the Cricket . NSW Hall of Fame. TAYLOR, Mark Anthony. Born: October 27, 1964 Leeton (NSW). Left-hand batsman First Class debut: 1985-86 New South Wales v , . Steve Waugh Medal – Phillip Hughes M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avrge BB First Class 253 435 20 17415 334* 97 41 41.96 350 2 38.50 1-4 After a phenomenal season in all forms of the game, Phillip Hughes, was 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 the clear winner of the Steve Waugh Medal this season with 231 votes, Int'l limited-overs 113 110 1 3514 105 28 1 32.24 56 - - - finishing 72 votes clear of one of the success stories in the ranks World Cup 9 9 - 206 74 2 - 22.89 1 - - - in Aaron Bird, with 159 votes. Dom. limited-overs 38 38 - 1218 84 12 - 32.05 24 - - - Hughes was outstanding all summer scoring 891 runs in the Weet-Bix Belinda Clark AM (NSW 1990/91-2000/01) Sheffield Shield at an average of 74.25 with four centuries. He also added Belinda Clark is the first woman inducted into the Cricket NSW 288 runs in the Ford Ranger Cup at 32.00 and 188 in the KFC Twenty20 Hall of Fame. Big Bash with the of 121.29. He seemed to lift his game on the big occasions including the vital clash against Tasmania in Newcastle She represented NSW in 85 matches making 3505 runs at 48.68 with where his scores of 151 and 82 helped him clinch a berth on the four centuries and 28 half centuries. Belinda also captained NSW to Australian tour of South Africa. five consecutive Women’s National Cricket League titles from 1996/97 through to 2000/01. Phillip is the youngest ever winner of this award. CLARK, Belinda Jane. Born: September 10, 1970, Newcastle (NSW). Right hand bat - Right arm off-spin bowler. Belinda Clark Medal – Leah Poulton M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 89 89 13 4074 122* 35 7 53.60 56 - - - Winning her first Belinda Clark Medal, Leah Poulton was part of a Wolf Test 15 25 5 919 136 6 2 50.30 4 1 28.00 1-28 Blass Breakers unit that again dominated the WNCL and claimed an 11th Int’l limited-overs 118 114 12 4844 229* 30 5 47.49 45 3 17.00 1-7 crown in 13 seasons. Int’l 20/20 1 1 - 4 4 - - 4.00 1 - - - She was the competition’s second highest run scorer, making 376 runs at (NSW 1903/04 -1925/26) 41.77 with a strike rate of 71.61 which was the second highest amongst Warren Bardsley represented NSW in 83 matches scoring 6419 runs at the top ten run-scorers in the competition. 53.03 with 20 centuries. At the time of his retirement, he held the record Poulton’s pre-season form and some outstanding results playing County for most First Class runs and matches for NSW. Cricket in England also saw her re-called to the Australian team for the He carried his bat twice for NSW with his 191 not out against South series against India. She then held her place for the subsequent tour to Australia in 1910/11 the fourth highest individual score by a NSW batsman and the ICC Women’s World Cup. at that time. On retirement, Bardsley also held the record for the most First Class centuries (53), a mark which was passed by in 1936. Ford Ranger Cup Player of the Year: Nathan Hauritz BARDSLEY, Warren. Born: December 7, 1882 Warren (NSW). KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Player of the Year: Doug Bollinger Died: January 20, 1954 Collaroy Plateau (NSW). Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: Phillip Hughes Left-hand batsman First Class debut: 1903-04 New South Wales v , . Cricket NSW Rising Star – Male: Josh Hazlewood M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avrge BB Cricket NSW Rising Star – Female: Erin Osborne First Class 250 376 35 17031 264 73 53 49.94 113 - - - Sheffield Shield 47 77 8 4171 235 14 15 60.45 24 - - - 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. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 9 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES – MEN’S

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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 4-48 Int'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 Dom. limited-overs 64 29 9 147 17* - - 7.35 9 79 30.51 5-38 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb First Class 99 127 37 1276 62 1 - 14.18 27 361 27.14 8-58 Sheffield Shield 57 79 22 818 62 1 - 14.35 17 204 28.79 8-58 Test 22 23 7 210 39 - - 13.13 4 90 22.97 5-32 Int'l limited-overs 39 12 7 69 16* - - 13.80 9 53 27.87 4-54 World Cup 1 ------1 19.00 1-19 Dom. limited-overs 70 19 4 77 14 - - 5.13 13 85 30.15 4-24 CRICKET NSW International 20/20 9 ------4 13 18.23 4-20

CLARKE, Michael John. Born: April 2, 1981 (NSW). Right hand batsman – Slow left arm bowler. First Class debut: 1999/00 New South Wales v Indians, Sydney.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct st wkts avge 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 bowler. First Class debut: 2001/02 Queensland v Victoria, Richmond.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 Dom. limited-overs 78 52 19 557 46* - - 16.88 23 97 29.61 4-39 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 10 NSW Dom. ltd-overs 26 21 7 296 46* - - 21.14 8 29 33.62 3-25 AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES – MEN’S

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 , Sydney.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 Dom. limited-overs 20 16 3 242 43* - - 18.62 7 18 39.22 3-29 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

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb First Class 25 45 6 2651 198 14 10 67.97 21 - - - Sheffield Shield 14 25 4 1450 198 9 5 69.05 13 - - - 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 v Queensland, Brisbane.

M Inn no runs hs 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb First Class 201 345 45 16421 306 86 46 54.74 182 92 36.72 7-130 Sheffield Shield 87 151 17 7845 306 40 23 58.54 79 36 34.19 7-130 Test 38 66 5 2649 157 15 7 43.43 26 18 29.61 6-65 Int'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 3-43 International 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 7-114 Test 76 90 18 1451 64 5 - 20.15 23 310 30.82 5-30 Int'l limited-overs 173 85 36 855 57 2 - 17.45 41 303 22.95 5-22 World Cup 10 3 1 23 15* - - 11.50 8 22 17.91 5-42 Dom. limited-overs 20 12 6 117 44* - - 19.50 3 26 31.88 3-30 International 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.

M Inn no runs hs 50’s 100’s avge ct wkts avge bb 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 1-32 International 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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BANGLADESH IN AUSTRALIA CL White 46; 3-94, I Sharma 2-64, A Mishra 2-58). India 295 (V Sehwag 92, M Vijay 41, MS Dhoni 55, Harbhajan Singh Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, 52; JJ Krejza 4-143, SR Watson 4-42). Australia 209 (ML Hayden 77; August 30, 2008. I Sharma 2-31, Harbhajan Singh 4-64, A Mishra 3-27). Australia won by 180 runs. Australia 8-254 (SE Marsh 76, Man of the Match: JJ Krejza. Man of the Series: I Sharma. MEK Hussey 85; 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. NEW ZEALAND IN AUSTRALIA Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, September 3, 2008. First Test Australia won by eight wickets. Bangladesh 117 (Dhiman Ghosh Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, 30; NW Bracken 2-16, SR Clark 2-16, MG Johnson 3-17, CL White November 20,21,22,23, 2008. 2-39). Australia 2-118 (SE Marsh 69no; Shakib Al Hasan 2-38). Australia won by 149 runs. Australia 214 (MEK Hussey 35, MJ Clarke Man of the Match: SE Marsh. 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, Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin, SR Clark 2-46, SR Watson 2-35, MG Johnson 4-30). Australia 268 September 6, 2008. (SM Katich 131no, MG Johnson 31; CS Martin 3-69, IE O’Brien 2-58, Australia won by 73 runs. Australia 5-198 (SE Marsh 30, MEK DL Vettori 2-46). New Zealand 177 (LRPL Taylor 75; SR Clark Hussey 57no). Bangladesh 9-125 (Tamim Iqbal 63; SR Clark 2-12, 4-43, MG Johnson 5-39). Man of the Match: MG Johnson. JR Hopes 3-30, SR Watson 2-8). Man of the Match: Tamim Iqbal. Man of the Series: MEK Hussey. Second Test Oval, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA IN INDIA November 28,29,30, December 1, 2008. Australia won by an innings and 62 runs. New Zealand 270 First Test (AJ Redmond 83, LRPL Taylor 44, BB McCullum 30; B Lee 4-66, M Chinnaswamy Stadium, , MG Johnson 2-56, NM Hauritz 2-63). Australia 535 (RT Ponting 79, October 9,10,11,12,13, 2008. MEK Hussey 70, MJ Clarke 110, BJ Haddin 169; CS Martin 2-110, Match drawn. Australia 430 (SM Katich 66, RT Ponting 123, DL Vettori 2-124, IE O’Brien 3-111, AJ Redmond 2-47). New MEK Hussey 146, BJ Haddin 33; 5-91, I Sharma 4-77). Zealand 203 (BB McCullum 84no; B Lee 5-105, MG Johnson 3-29, India 360 (V Sehwag 45, RS Dravid 51, SC Ganguly 47, Harbhajan NM Hauritz 2-32). Man of the Match: BJ Haddin. Singh 54, Zaheer Khan 57no; MG Johnson 4-70, SR Watson 3-45, Man of the Series: MJ Clarke. CRICKET NSW 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). CHAPPELL-HADLEE TROPHY Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan. WACA Ground, , February 1, 2009. Second Test New Zealand won by two wickets. Australia 181 (MEK Hussey 49, Punjab Cricket Association Ground, Mohali, BJ Haddin 31; KD Mills 4-35, IE O’Brien 2-43). New Zealand 8-182 October 17,18,19,20,21, 2008. (LRPL Taylor 64; SW Tait 2-40, NW Bracken 3-35). India won by 320 runs. India 469 (G Gambhir 67, V Sehwag 35, Man of the Match: KD Mills. 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 Cricket Ground, Melbourne, (SM Katich 33, MEK Hussey 54, SR Watson 78, B Lee 35; I Sharma February 6, 2009. 2-68, Harbhajan Singh 2-60, A Mishra 5-71). India 3 dec 314 New Zealand won by six wickets. Australia 5-225 (MJ Clarke 98, (G Gambhir 104, V Sehwag 90, MS Dhoni 68no). Australia 195 MEK Hussey 75; IE O’Brien 2-48). New Zealand 4-226 (BB McCullum (MJ Clarke 69, BJ Haddin 37; Zaheer Khan 3-71, I Sharma 2-42, 43, LRPL Taylor 47, GD Elliott 61no; JR Hopes 2-30). Harbhajan Singh 3-36, A Mishra 2-35). Man of the Match: MS Man of the Match: MJ Clarke. Dhoni. , Sydney, February 8, 2009. Third Test Australia by 32 runs. Australia 9-301 (BJ Haddin 109, MJ Clarke 64, Feroze Shah Kotla Ground, , MEK Hussey 51; KD Mills 2-59, IE O’Brien 3-68, GD Elliott 2-44). October 29,30,31, November 1,2, 2008. New Zealand 269 (PG Fulton 40, GD Elliott 115, BB McCullum 36; Match drawn. India 7 dec 613 (G Gambhir 206, SR Tendulkar 68, NW Bracken 2-65, BW Hilfenhaus 2-44, JR Hopes 2-49, CL White VVS Laxman 200no, AR Kumble 45; MG Johnson 3-142, SR Watson 2-10). Man of the Match: BJ Haddin. 2-66). Australia 577 (ML Hayden 83, SM Katich 64, RT Ponting 87, , Adelaide, MEK Hussey 53, MJ Clarke 112, SR Watson 36, CL White 44; February 10, 2009. AR Kumble 3-112, A Mishra 2-144, V Sehwag 5-104). India 5-208 Australia won by six wickets. New Zealand 8-244 (BB McCullum 33, (G Gambhir 36, SR Tendulkar 47, VVS Laxman 59no, SC Ganguly MJ Guptill 45, LRPL Taylor 76; MG Johnson 3-51, JR Hopes 2-37). 32no; B Lee 2-48). Australia 0-31. Man of the Match: VVS Laxman. Australia 4 for 247 (BJ Haddin 43, DJ Hussey 79, MEK Hussey 75no; Fourth Test IE O’Brien 2-54). Man of the Match: DJ Hussey. Vidarbha CA Ground, , Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, November 6,7,8,9,10, 2008. February 13, 2009. India won by 173 runs. India 441 (V Sehwag 66, M Vijay 33, No result. Australia 4-168 (BJ Haddin 88no, CJ Ferguson 55no; SR Tendulkar 109, VVS Laxman 64, SC Ganguly 85, MS Dhoni 56; 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 JJ Krejza 8-215). Australia 355 (SM Katich 102, MEK Hussey 90, international cricket – men's

TWENTY/20 INTERNATIONAL Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, January 23, 2009. Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, South Africa won by three wickets. Australia 269 (SE Marsh 43, February 15, 2009. DA Warner 69, DJ Hussey 36, JR Hopes 33; DW Steyn 2-47, M Ntini Australia won by one run. Australia 7-150 (DJ Hussey 41; IE O’Brien 2-46, J Botha 3-32). South Africa 7-270 (HH Gibbs 64, JH Kallis 60, 2-34). New Zealand 5-149 (BB McCullum 61, NT Broom 36; MV Boucher 31no, JA Morkel 40; NM Hauritz 2-60). PM Siddle 2-24). Man of the Match: NW Bracken. Man of the Match: JA Morkel. Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, SOUTH AFRICA IN AUSTRALIA January 26, 2009. South Africa won by eight wickets. Australia 222 (RT Ponting 63, First Test CL White 30, JR Hopes 42; DW Steyn 3-49, M Ntini 3-52, J Botha 2-28). WACA Ground, Perth, South Africa 2-223 (HM Amla 80no, HH Gibbs 38, AB De Villiers 82no). December 17,18,19,20,21, 2008. Man of the Match: AB De Villiers. 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 WACA Ground, Perth, 2-81, M Morkel 2-80, PL Harris 2-70). South Africa 281 (GC Smith 48, January 30, 2009. HM Amla 47, JH Kallis 63, AB De Villiers 63; MG Johnson 8-61). Australia South Africa won by 39 runs. South Africa 6-288 (HM Amla 97, 319 (SM Katich 37, RT Ponting 32, A Symonds 37, BJ Haddin 94, JJ Krejza AB De Villiers 60, JP Duminy 60no; BW Hilfenhaus 2-43, JR Hopes 3-44). 32; DW Steyn 2-81, PL Harris 3-85, JH Kallis 3-24). South Africa 4-414 Australia 249 (MEK Hussey 78, DJ Hussey 32, BJ Haddin 63; M Morkel (GC Smith 108, HM Amla 53, JH Kallis 57, AB De Villiers 106no, 2-45, LL Tsotsobe 4-50). Man of the Match: HM Amla. JP Duminy 50no; MG Johnson 3-98). Man of the Match: AB De Villiers. Man of the Series: JA Morkel.

Second Test TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS , Melbourne, December 26,27,28,29,30, 2008. Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, South Africa won by nine wickets. Australia 394 (SM Katich 54, January 11, 2009. RT Ponting 101, MJ Clarke 88no, BJ Haddin 40; DW Steyn 5-87, M Ntini Australia won by 52 runs. Australia 9-182 (DA Warner 89; M Ntini 2-40, 2-108). South Africa 459 (GC Smith 62, JP Duminy 166, PL Harris 39, DW Steyn 3-38, JA Morkel 2-30). South Africa 130 (JP Duminy 78; DW Steyn 76; PM Siddle 4-81, MG Johnson 2-127, NM Hauritz 3-98). NW Bracken 2-18, SW Tait 2-36, BW Hilfenhaus 2-15, DJ Hussey 3-25). Australia 247 (RT Ponting 99, MG Johnson 43no; DW Steyn 5-67, Man of the Match: DA Warner. M Morkel 2-46, JH Kallis 2-57). South Africa 1-183 (GC Smith 75, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, ND McKenzie 59no, HM Amla 30no). Man of the Match: DW Steyn. January 13, 2009. Australia won by six wickets. South Africa 5-157 (JP Duminy 69no; Third Test JR Hopes 2-29). Australia 4-161 (RT Ponting 38, MEK Hussey 53no, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, CL White 40no; M Morkel 2-32). Man of the Match: MEK Hussey. 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, AUSTRALIA IN SOUTH AFRICA 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; First Test PM Siddle 5-59, MG Johnson 2-69). Australia 4 dec 257 (ML Hayden 39, , Johannesburg, SM Katich 61, RT Ponting 53, MEK Hussey 45no, MJ Clarke 41; M Morkel February 26,27,28, March 1,2, 2009. 2-38). South Africa 272 (HM Amla 59, AB De Villiers 56; PM Siddle 3-54, Australia won by 162 runs. Australia 466 (RT Ponting 83, MJ Clarke 68, DE Bollinger 2-53, MG Johnson 2-49, AB McDonald 2-32). MJ North 117, BJ Haddin 63, MG Johnson 96no; DW Steyn 4-113, Man of the Match: PM Siddle. Man of the Series: GC Smith. 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, COMMONWEALTH BANK SERIES 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, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, PM Siddle 3-46). Man of the Match: MG Johnson. January 16, 2009. South Africa won by three wickets. Australia 8-271 (SE Marsh 79, Second Test RT Ponting 46, DJ Hussey 52; JA Morkel 2-58, M Morkel 2-68, J Botha Kingsmead, Durban, 2-50). South Africa 7 for 272 (JH Kallis 41, JP Duminy 71, ND McKenzie March 6,7,8,9,10, 2009. 63, JA Morkel 40no; SW Tait 2-43, BW Hilfenhaus 2-55). Australia won by 175 runs. Australia 352 (PJ Hughes 115, SM Katich 108, Man of the Match: JA Morkel. MEK Hussey 50, MJ North 38; DW Steyn 3-83, M Ntini 2-58, , Hobart, JH Kallis 2-49, PL Harris 2-66). South Africa 9 dec 138 (JP Duminy 73no; January 18, 2009. MG Johnson 3-37, AB McDonald 3-25, PM Siddle 2-20). Australia 5 dec Australia won by five runs. Australia 9-249 (SE Marsh 78, RT Ponting 64; 331 (PJ Hughes 160, SM Katich 30, RT Ponting 81). South Africa 9 dec DW Steyn 2-36, M Ntini 3-39, JH Kallis 2-57). South Africa 6-244 370 (HM Amla 43, ND McKenzie 31, JH Kallis 93, AB De Villiers 84; (JH Kallis 72, AB De Villiers 44, JP Duminy 35, MV Boucher 37no; PM Siddle 3-61, SM Katich 3-45). Man of the Match: PJ Hughes. BW Hilfenhaus 2-60). Man of the Match: SE Marsh.

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Third Test v AUSTRALIA IN UNITED ARAB Newlands, , EMIRATES March 19,20,21,22, 2009. South Africa won by an innings and 20 runs. Australia 209 (PJ Dubai Sports City Cricket Ground, Dubai, Hughes 33, SM Katich 55, BJ Haddin 42, MG Johnson 35; DW Steyn April 22, 2009. 4-56, Pakistan won by four wickets. Australia 168 (BJ Haddin 40, M Ntini 2-38, PL Harris 3-34). South Africa 651 (AG Prince 150, SR Watson 40, JR Hopes 48no; 6-38, HM Amla 46, JH Kallis 102, AB De Villiers 163, JA Morkel 58; 2-19). Pakistan 6 for 171 ( 48, Misbah-ul-Haq 30no; MG Johnson 4-148, BW Hilfenhaus 2-133, SM Katich 2-9). Australia BW Hilfenhaus 2-42, JR Hopes 2-22). Man of the Match: Shahid 422 (PJ Hughes 32, SM Katich 54, MEK Hussey 39, MJ Clarke 47, Afridi. AB McDonald 68, MG Johnson 123no; DW Steyn 3-96, PL Harris Dubai Sports City Cricket Ground, Dubai, 6-127). Man of the Match: PL Harris. April 24, 2009. Man of the Series: MG Johnson. Australia won by six wickets. Pakistan 207 ( 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. Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, March 27, 2009. April 27, 2009. South Africa won by four wickets. Australia 7-166 (DA Warner 38, Australia won by 27 runs. Australia 7 for 198 (MJ Clarke 66, DJ Hussey 88no; WD Parnell 2-29, RJ Peterson 3-30). South Africa CJ Ferguson 41; 3-38, Shahid Afridi 2-31). Pakistan 171 6-168 (MV Boucher 36no, JA Morkel 37; B Geeves 2-35, DJ Hussey (Salman Butt 48, 40, 30; NM Hauritz 2-21). Man of the Match: DJ Hussey. 2-25, MJ Clarke 3-15). Man of the Match: MJ Clarke. Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, INTERNATIONAL LIMITED OVERS May 1, 2009. Australia won by eight wickets. Pakistan 197 (Ahmed Shehzad 43, Kingsmead, Durban, Misbah-ul-Haq 34, Shahid Afridi 40; DE Bollinger 5-35, NW Bracken April 3, 2009. 2-31). Australia 2 for 200 (SR Watson 85no, MJ Clarke 100no; Australia won by 141 runs. Australia 7-286 (BJ Haddin 53, 2-42). Man of the Match: DE Bollinger. 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; Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi,

CRICKET NSW MG Johnson 2-24, JR Hopes 2-24, NM Hauritz 4-29). May 3, 2009. Man of the Match: MEK Hussey. Pakistan won by seven wickets. Australia 4 for 250 (SR Watson 116no, BJ Haddin 36, CJ Ferguson 41no). Pakistan 3 for 254 , Centurion, (Kamran Akmal 116no, Misbah-ul-Haq 76no; NM Hauritz 2-44). April 5, 2009. Man of the Match: Kamran Akmal. Man of the Series: MJ Clarke. 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 TWENTY20 WORLD CUP 2-47). Man of the Match: WD Parnell. Newlands, Cape Town, AUSTRALIA v April 9, 2009. , , South Africa won by 25 runs. South Africa 6-289 (JH Kallis 70, June 6, 2009. AB De Villiers 80, JP Duminy 32; MG Johnson 4-34). Australia 7-264 West Indies won by seven wickets. Australia 7-169 (DA Warner 63; (MJ Clarke 35, CJ Ferguson 63, JR Hopes 63no; RE Van Der Merwe JE Taylor 2-33, FH Edwards 2-34, DJ Bravo 2-31). West Indies 3-172 3-37). Man of the Match: JH Kallis. (CH Gayle 88, ADS Fletcher 53; MG Johnson 2-36). Man of the Match: CH Gayle. St George’s Park, , April 13, 2009. AUSTRALIA v South Africa won by 61 runs. South Africa 6-317 (HH Gibbs 110, , Nottingham, AB De Villiers 84, JP Duminy 40; MG Johnson 2-59, SM Harwood June 8, 2009. 2-57). Australia 256 (BJ Haddin 78, MJ Clarke 50, RT Ponting 53, Sri Lanka won by six wickets. Australia 9-159 (I Udana 2-47, JR Hopes 31; DW Steyn 4-44, RE Van Der Merwe 3-46). SL Malinga 3-36, BAW Mendis 3-20). Sri Lanka 4-160 (TM Dilshan 53, Man of the Match: HH Gibbs. KC Sangakkara 55no; B Lee 2-39). Man of the Match: KC Sangakkara. 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.

NSW’s newest, Test representatives, Doug Bollinger (no. 405) and Phillip Hughes (no. 408). 14 2009 icc women's world cup

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. INTRODUCTION With no Semi Finals, the loss immediately put Australia on the back The ICC Women’s World Cup was held at venues around Sydney, foot while New Zealand cruised through their remaining and in Canberra, Bowral and Newcastle from 7-22 March 2009. Pool matches against the West Indies and South Africa to reach the This was the first Women’s World Cup to be held under the auspices Super Sixes undefeated. of the ICC and is the only ICC event scheduled to be held in Australia Australia’s first victory of the competition came in an unconvincing until 2015. fashion against South Africa at Newcastle. However they found Eight nations qualified for the tournament. The top six, Australia, the going easier against the West Indies to give themselves some India, New Zealand, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, earned confidence heading into the Super Sixes. their places based on their finishing positions at the 2005 World Cup With New Zealand and Australia already through, the remaining in South Africa. South Africa and Pakistan qualified through an ICC ticket from Pool A through to the Super Sixes was in-effect decided tournament. on the second day of the tournament when the West Indies beat

Pool A (Seeding in Brackets): Australia (1), New Zealand (3), South Africa in Newcastle. To reach the second week was an West Indies (5) South Africa (7) exceptional effort for the young West Indies outfit, while South Pool B (Seeding in Brackets): India (2), England (4), Sri Lanka (6), Africa suffered the disappointment of bowing out at the Pool stage Pakistan (8) for the second World Cup in a row.

The Venues Training Venues (host club in brackets) Ground Managers Six venues were selected to host matches in the Australia: North Sydney Oval No.2 Jennie Devlin Brian Freedman 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup. (North Sydney CC) (North Sydney Oval) () North Sydney Oval/ Bankstown Oval India: (Manly CC) Daryl Chappelow Rina Hore North Sydney Oval No.2 England: Waverley Oval (Eastern Suburbs CC) (Drummoyne Oval) (Bradman Oval) Drummoyne Oval Newcastle New Zealand: Paul Marjoribanks Mark Vergano No.1 Sports Ground (Western Suburbs CC) (Newcastle No.1 Sports (Manuka Oval) Bradman Oval, Bowral Manuka Oval, Canberra Pakistan: Village Green (Universities WCC) Ground) North Sydney Oval hosted the Final on March 22. Sri Lanka: Glenn McGrath Oval, Caringbah Schools Program This was also the main broadcast venue with seven (Sutherland CC) matches beamed to a world- audience by ESPN South Africa: As part of the ICC Women’s World Cup, Cricket Star Sports. (Gordon DCCWD) NSW and Cricket Australia provided a resource West Indies: Rawson Oval (Mosman CC) pack to 1200 schools across the State, with Cricket Bankstown Oval hosted the Third vs Fourth play-off NSW’s Community Cricket department conducting match while the Fifth vs Sixth play-off took place at Tournament Staffing promotional visits for almost 4000 students. Drummoyne Oval. The Seventh vs Eighth play-off was Cricket NSW formed a local organising committee held at North Sydney Oval No.2 as part of a double which worked closely with Cricket Australia staff During the tournament, groups of school children header with the Australia vs India Super Six match. to deliver the World Cup. The Local Organising were bused to matches with 4365 teaches and students attending matches. Several warm-up match and training venues were Committee was: Christina Matthews (Commercial also organised for the tournament with Sydney Grade Operations and Communications), Ian Field, Paul clubs (in brackets) acting as hosts. Taylor (Operations), Sudesh Arudpragasam (Media), Theresa Purtell (Schools Program). Warm Up Matches The tournament is indebted to the Ground Managers Top: New Zealand’s smashed the highest Old Kings Oval (Parramatta DCC) and their staff at each of the competition venues who score of the World Cup, 168 off 105 balls against Pakistan. Village Green (Universities WCC) were responsible for coordinating the preparation of Manly Oval (Manly CC) all facilities. Below: The eight World Cup teams pose on the steps Raby Oval (Campbelltown-Camden CC) of the Sydney Opera House.

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POOL A 50; LE Kaushalya 2-41). Sri Lanka 7-177 (SP De Alwis 37; LA Marsh 3-32). Player of the match: SC Taylor. Australia v New Zealand at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 9, 2009. New Zealand won by 13 runs (D/L method). India v Pakistan at Bradman Oval, Bowral, March 7, 2009. India won New Zealand 205 (HM Tiffen 57, AE Satterthwaite 38; EA Perry by 10 wickets. Pakistan 57 ( 17; R Dhar 3-7, A Sharma 2-9, 3-40, LC Sthalekar 2-35, EA Osborne 2-37). Australia 6-132 P Roy 2-13). India 0-58 (A Deshpande 26no, A Chopra 17no). (S Nitschke 27, JM Fields 26no; KL Pulford 3-32, SFM Devine 2-19). Player of the match: R Dhar. Player of the match: KL Pulford. Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval, Canberra, March 9, 2009. South Africa v West Indies at Newcastle No.1 Sports Ground, Pakistan won by 57 runs. Pakistan 7-161 (Nain Abidi 26, Sana Mir Newcastle, March 8, 2009. West Indies won by two wickets. 22no; SP De Alwis 2-19, LE Kaushalya 2-28, HASD Siriwardene South Africa Women 116 (AE Smith 46; SR Taylor 4-17). West Indies 2-44). Sri Lanka 104 (S Siriwardena 58; Q Jalil 3-33). Women 8-117 (SF Daley 26). Player of the match: SR Taylor. Player of the match: Qanita Jalil. Australia v South Africa at Newcastle No.1 Sports Ground, England v India at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 10, Newcastle, March 10, 2009. Australia won by 61 runs. Australia 2009. England won by nine wickets. India Women 169 (M Raj 59, 4-258 (KL Rolton 96no, S Nitschke 87; AE Smith 3-42). South Africa A Sharma 33, AA Deshpande 32; HL Colvin 3-22, JL Gunn 3-50, Women 197 (T Chetty 58, M Du Preez 37, C Brits 36; S Nitschke IT Guha 2-16). England 1-172 (CMG Atkins 69no, SC Taylor 69no, 3-43, RM Farrell 2-30). Player of the match: S Nitschke. SJ Taylor 27). Player of the match: CMG Atkins. New Zealand v West Indies at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, England v Pakistan at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 12, March 10, 2009. New Zealand won by 56 runs. New Zealand 8-192 2009. England won by eight wickets. Pakistan 78 (Nain Abidi 27; (SJ Tsukigawa 41no, AL Mason 38, AE Satterthwaite 37; SR Taylor LA Marsh 5-15, CM Edwards 2-2, KH Brunt 2-25). England 2 - 82 2-33, KN Alexander 2-37). West Indies 8-136 (PY Lavine 40, (CM Edwards 32no). Player of the match: LA Marsh. SR Taylor 38; LR Doolan 3-21, AL Mason 3-26). India v Sri Lanka at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, March 12, 2009. Player of match: SJ Tsukigawa. India won by 35 runs. India 7-137 (M Raj 75no, J Goswami 24no; Australia v West Indies at Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, PRCS Kumarihami 2-17, KDU Pradodhani 2-20, SP De Alwis 2-34), March 12, 2009. Australia won by 47 runs. Australia 7-211 Sri Lanka 102 (LDVV Silva 21, LE Kaushalya 20; A Sharma 3-19, (AJ Blackwell 46no, S Nitschke 45, JM Fields 42; SC Selman 2-28, R Dhar 2-10, G Sultana 2-16). Player of the match: M Raj. SR Taylor 2-35, A Mohammed 2-45). West Indies 7-164 (DJS Dottin GROUP B POINTS TABLE 51, SR Taylor 32; EA Osborne 2-22, EA Perry 2-28, LC Sthalekar 2-32). Player of the match: EA Perry. Team Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate England 3 3 0 6 +1.921

CRICKET NSW New Zealand v South Africa at Bradman Oval, Bowral, March 12, India 3 2 1 4 +0.922 2009. New Zealand won by 199 runs. New Zealand Women 5-250 Pakistan 3 1 2 2 -0.961 (SJ McGlashan 88no, AE Satterthwaite 73, NJ Browne 51no; Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 -1.280 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). Super Sixes Player of the match: AE Satterthwaite. The top six countries entered the second stage of the tournament POOL A POINTS TABLE with only the points from Pool matches won against fellow Super Six competitors. As such, England and New Zealand (four points) Team Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate held the top two positions followed by Australia, India (two points), New Zealand 3 3 0 6 +2.015 Pakistan and the West Indies (zero points). Australia 3 2 1 4 +0.714 West Indies 3 1 2 2 -0.655 The first matches of the Super Sixes saw the top four nations battle South Africa 3 0 3 0 -1.777 it out, with England playing New Zealand at Bankstown Oval and Australia taking on India at North Sydney Oval. Pool B At Bankstown, England proved they could ground out a tough win if England flexed their muscles early in the tournament with crushing needed. Defending 5-201, they held New Zealand to 170. wins over Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India to book their place in the The other match, however, signaled the end of Australia’s title defence Super Sixes. with India taking the points by 16 runs. India produced their best Their demolition of India at North Sydney Oval showed just what performance with the bat for the tournament in posting 5-234 from awesome form the number four seeds were in and saw them quickly their 50 overs. In turn, the Australians scored their runs quickly but installed as the new tournament favourites. kept losing wickets. In the end the required run rate just got too much. India also started with a bang, beating Pakistan by 10 wickets (before The loss took Australia’s destiny from their hands. To have any hope lunch) in the opening match of the competition at the Bradman Oval. of reaching the Final, they would have to convincingly beat Pakistan They also went through to the Super Six stage with only one loss. and England in their two remaining matches, and hope New Zealand lost at least one of their two games. 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 Now the clear front , England booked their place in the Final win over Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval. 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. GROUP B The last round of Super Six matches saw England play Australia at England v Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval, Canberra, March 7, 2009. North Sydney Oval, a match that many thought would be Final. It England won by 100 runs. England 5-277 (SC Taylor 101, CMG Atkins took until this game for the Australians to fully hit their straps, handing 16 2009 icc women's world cup

England their only defeat of the tournament by eight wickets. However it The Final – 5TH PLACE PLAY-OFF was all in vain as New Zealand smashed Pakistan to move through to the England vs New Zealand Pakistan v West Indies, Drummoyne World Cup Final. The star of the show was all-rounder, Suzie Bates, who North Sydney Oval, 22 March Oval, Drummoyne, March 21, 2009. carted 168 from 105 balls in her side’s mammoth total of 7-373. Captain 2009. turned in one West Indies won by three wickets. Haidee TIffen also “chipped in” with an even 100 as New Zealand romped of the most memorable match Pakistan 131 ( 33, home by 223 runs. winning performances in the 24; SF Daley 4-29). Australia v India at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 14, 2009. history of the competition to help West Indies 7-135 (PY Lavine 26, India won by 16 runs. India Women 5-234 (A Chopra 76, AA Deshpande England take home the World Cup. CO Tait 26no, SR Taylor 24, SF 45, M Raj 44, A Sharma 31no; LC Sthalekar 3-52). Australia 7-218 Called up during the warm-up when Daley 24; Sana Mir 2-12, Sajjida (AJ Blackwell 54, JM Fields 43, LK Ebsary 39no, J Cameron 25, RM Farrell succumbed to a calf Shah 2-26). Player of the match: 20no. R Malhotra 2-32, G Sultana 2-33). Player of the match: A Chopra. injury, Shaw took career best figures SF Daley. of 4-34. She turned the game on 7TH PLACE PLAY-OFF England v New Zealand at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, March 14, its head by removing the dangerous South Africa v Sri Lanka at North 2009. England won by 31 runs. England 5-201 (CM Edwards 57, Suzie Bates and Sydney Oval, March 14, 2009. BL Morgan 37no, CMG Atkins 36, JL Gunn 22no; SFM Devine 2-45). in consecutive deliveries, then picked South Africa Women won by nine New Zealand 170 (HM Tiffen 53, AL Mason 23, SJ Tsukigawa 23no; up Haidee Tiffen to leave New wickets. Sri Lanka Women 75 CM Edwards 4-37, LA Marsh 2-21, KH Brunt 2-25). Zealand reeling at 4-62. (SP De Alwis 24; D Van Niekerk Player of the match: CM Edwards. Thanks to a punching 48 from the 3-11, C Van Der Westhuizen 2-16). Pakistan v West Indies at Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, March 14, tiny Lucy Doolan, New Zealand South Africa Women 1 for 76 2009. Pakistan won by four wickets. West Indies 9-132 (SR Taylor 55, limped to 166 before Shaw ended (T Chetty 41no, C Brits 31no). DJS Dottin 23; Almas Akram 3-7, 2-31). Pakistan 6-134 the innings by trapping Nicola Player of the match: D Van Niekerk. (Armaan Khan 43no, Urooj Mumtaz 22). Browne leg-before-wicket for 25. It Player of the Final: Player of the match: Almas Akram. should have been a relatively simple Nicky Shaw (England) Australia v Pakistan at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown. March 16, 2009. chase for the English and at 2-109 it Player of the Tournament: Australia won by 107 runs. Australia 6-229 (S Nitschke 56, LK Ebsary 51, seemed the World Cup would soon (England) LJ Poulton 47, JM Fields 36; Sana Mir 2-35). Pakistan 122 (Asmavia Iqbal join the women’s Ashes in the ECB Team of the Tournament: 36, Bismah Maroof 24; LJ Poulton 2-9, EA Perry 2-16, RM Farrell 2-23), trophy cabinet. Suzie Bates (New Zealand), Player of the match: S Nitschke. However New Zealand weren’t (Australia), Claire Taylor (England), England v West Indies at Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, March 17, going down with out a fight, (India), 2009. England won by 146 runs. England 8-236 (SJ Taylor 78, SC Taylor claiming the next four wickets for (England - captain), 65, CMG Atkins 50; SF Daley 3-31). West Indies 9-90 (DJS Dottin 23; 38 runs to send a shiver to through Kate Pulford (New Zealand), LA Marsh 3-17). Player of the match: SJ Taylor. the English camp. (England – wicketkeeper), It was a scenario that couldn’t India v New Zealand at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 17, (India), have been better scripted for the 2009. New Zealand won by five wickets. India 207 (R Malhotra 59no, (England), heroine of the day – Nicky Shaw. A Chopra 52, M Raj 21; SFM Devine 2-35, KL Pulford 2-38). New Zealand (India), With a patient 17 not out, Shaw 5-210 (KL Pulford 71, SW Bates 47no, HM Tiffen 23, AL Mason 23; P Roy (England). 2-59). Player of the match: KL Pulford. held her nerve and guided her country home in the 47th over Australia v England at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, March 19, with four wickets to spare. 2009. Australia won by eight wickets. England 161 (SC Taylor 49, FINAL LS Greenway 22, JL Gunn 21; SJ Andrews 3-35, S Nitschke 2-14, England v New Zealand at North LC Sthalekar 2-31). Australia 2-163 (KL Rolton 41no, LJ Poulton 38, Sydney Oval, North Sydney, AJ Blackwell 38no, S Nitschke 37). Player of the match: S Nitschke. March 22, 2009. England won by India v West Indies at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, March 19, 2009. four wickets. New Zealand 166 India won by eight wickets. West Indies 84 (SR Taylor 29, PY Lavine 20; (LR Doolan 48, HM Tiffen 30, P Roy 4-14, A Sharma 2-14). India 2-86 (S Naik 30no, M Raj 34no; NJ Browne 25, SJ McGlashan 21; DA Lewis 2-19). Player of the match: P Roy. NJ Shaw 4-34, LA Marsh 2-34). New Zealand v Pakistan at Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne, March 19, England 6-167 (CMG Atkins 40, 2009. New Zealand won by 223 runs. New Zealand 7-373 (SW Bates SJ Taylor 39, SC Taylor 21; 168, HM Tiffen 100, NJ Browne 33no, KL Pulford 24; 2-48, LR Doolan 3-23, AL Mason 2-28. Sajjida Shah 2-80). Pakistan 150 (Nain Abidi 52, Urooj Mumtaz 27; Player of the match: NJ Shaw. LR Doolan 3-30, SJ Tsukigawa 2-8, NJ Browne 2-24). 3RD PLACE PLAY-OFF Player of the match: SW Bates. Australia v India at Bankstown Oval, Bankstown, March 21, 2009, India SUPER SIX POINTS TABLE won by three wickets. Australia 142 Team Played Won Lost Points Net Run Rate (KL Rolton 52, LC Sthalekar 30; New Zealand 5 4 1 8 +1.180 J Goswami 2-21, P Roy 2-21, England 5 4 1 8 +1.157 R Dhar 2-24, G Sultana 2-27). India India 5 3 2 6 +1.105 7-145 (S Naik 28, R Dhar 24no; Australia 5 3 2 6 +0.850 LC Sthalekar 3-27, EA Osborne Pakistan 5 1 4 2 -2.589 2-21, EA Perry 2-26). England captain, Charlotte Edwards, West Indies 5 0 5 0 -1.559 Player of the match: R Dhar. raises the World Cup.

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ANDREWS, Sarah Joy. Born: December 26, 1981 Moruya (NSW). Right hand bat – Right arm medium bowler.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 72 27 10 212 36 - - 12.47 13 75 22.96 5-16 Test 2 3 1 18 9* - - 9.00 2 2 40.50 2-29 Int’l limited-overs 27 12 5 83 21* - - 11.85 9 36 22.44 4-12 Twenty20 Int’l 11 2 2 11 10* - - - 2 8 31.25 3-18

BLACKWELL, Alexandra Joy. Born: August 31, 1983 (NSW). Right hand bat – Right arm medium bowler.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 75 67 13 1887 130 14 2 34.94 23 2 114.50 1-14 Test 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 2-8 Twenty20 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.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 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 - -

CRICKET NSW Twenty20 Int’l 2 1 - 9 9 - - 9.00 1 1 - -

OSBORNE, Erin Alyce. Born: June 27, 1989, Taree (NSW). Right hand bat – Right arm off-spin bowler.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 9 2 2 16 11* - - - 5 15 14.20 4-18 Int’l limited-overs 10 4 3 17 6 - - 17.00 4 14 22.00 3-32 Twenty20 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.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 16 10 2 90 37 - - 11.25 4 21 24.14 4-23 Test 1 2 - 27 21 - - 13.50 1 3 22.00 2-49 Int’l limited-overs 26 20 5 277 51 1 - 18.46 7 33 24.30 3-21 Twenty20 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 bowler.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 58 55 4 1217 70* 9 - 23.86 9 5 32.80 3-10 Int’l limited-overs 21 19 - 494 101 2 1 26.00 4 3 26.66 2-9 Twenty20 Int’l 10 10 0 149 39 - - 14.90 1 2 10.00 2-20

STHALEKAR, Lisa Caprini. Born: August 13, 1979 Poona (India). Right hand bat – Right arm off-spin bowler.

M Inn NO Runs HS 50’s 100’s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB WNCL 113 99 21 2470 108 13 1 31.66 38 128 22.16 4-7 Test 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 Twenty20 Int’l 14 14 3 232 46* - - 21.90 4 18 15.72 3-11 18 international cricket – women 2008/09

INDIA IN AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND IN AUSTRALIA

TWENTY20 INTERNATIONAL TWENTY20 INTERNATIONALS , Hurstville, October 28, 2008. Australia won by two Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, February 15, 2009. Australia won by runs. Australia 4-142 (S Nitschke 49, KL Rolton 44no; G Sultana 2-30). nine wickets (D/L method). New Zealand Women 5-91 (S Nitschke India 4-140 (S Naik 32, M Raj 51no). Player of the Match: KL Rolton. 2-16, LC Sthalekar 2-28). Australia 1-83 (S Nitschke 54no). Player of the Match: S Nitschke. LIMITED-OVER INTERNATIONALS Allan Field, Brisbane, June 1, 2009. New Zealand won by four Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, October 31, 2008. Australia won by eight runs. New Zealand 115 (VJ Lind 20, SW Bates 38; RM Farrell 3-13, wickets. India 6-183 (S Naik 39, A Chopra 33, R Dhar 35no, J Goswami LC Sthalekar 3-12). Australia 6-111 (JM Fields 32no, KL Rolton 36; 46; EM Sampson 2-34, EA Perry 2-37). Australia 2-186 (AJ Blackwell 75, SEA Ruck 2-12). LC Sthalekar 73no). Field, Brisbane, June 2, 2009. Australia won by eight Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 1, 2008. Australia won by wickets (D/L method). New Zealand 7-80 (SJ Tsukigawa 16; LC Sthalekar 86 runs. Australia 6-215 (LJ Poulton 30, LC Sthalekar 104no, JM Fields 39; 3-11, SJ Andrews 2-19). Australia 2-74 (LJ Poulton 33, S Nitschke 25). N Al Khadeer 2-47). India 129 (M Raj 74; KE Pike 3-29). , Brisbane, June 3, 2009. Australia won by 32 runs. North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, November 5, 2008. Australia won by Australia 6-124 (LJ Poulton 30, LC Sthalekar 34, JM Fields 22no; 54 runs. Australia 6-223 (LJ Poulton 32, SJ Edwards 96, JM Fields 54; SL Pujare AL Watkins 2-26). New Zealand Women 92 (SW Bates 16; RM Farrell 2-46). India 7-169 (MDT Kamini 33, A Sharma 34no; LC Sthalekar 4-20). 2-10, SJ Andrews 3-16, LC Sthalekar 2-25). 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). ICC WOMEN’S TWENTY20 WORLD CUP Manuka Oval, Canberra, November 9, 2008. Australia won by seven AUSTRALIA v NEW ZEALAND wickets. India Women 9-177 (P Roy 40; DM Kimmince 2-46, Taunton, June 12, 2009. New Zealand won by nine wickets. Australia EM Sampson 2-31, S Nitschke 2-16). Australia 3 for 178 (AJ Blackwell 65, 8-123 (S Nitschke 18, LC Sthalekar 46, AJ Blackwell 19; SEA Ruck 3-12). S Nitschke 94; M Raj 2-18). Player of the Series: AJ Blackwell. New Zealand 1-127 (SW Bates 41no, AL Watkins 73no). Player of the Match: SEA Ruck. AUSTRALIA IN NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES LIMITED-OVER INTERNATIONALS 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). Cobham Oval, Whangarei, February 1, 2009. New Zealand won by two Australia 2-136 (S Nitschke 56, LC Sthalekar 34no, RM Farrell 31no). wickets. Australia 8-150 (JM Fields 52; AK Burrows 2-15, SW Bates 2-38). Player of the Match: S Nitschke. New Zealand 8-151 (AE Satterthwaite 49no, LR Doolan 34; EM Sampson 2-26, RM Farrell 3-26). Player of the Match: AE Satterthwaite. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA Cobham Oval, Whangarei, February 3, 2009. New Zealand won by four Taunton, June 16, 2009. Australia won by 24 runs. Australia 6-164 runs. New Zealand 7-218 (HM Tiffen 64no; LC Sthalekar 2-40). Australia (LJ Poulton 22, S Nitschke 19, KL Rolton 43, LK Ebsary 23, AJ Blackwell 9-214 (LC Sthalekar 72, KL Rolton 62; NJ Browne 2-29, SW Bates 3-40). 40no; S Ismail 3-27). South Africa 7-140 (SA Fritz 39, T Chetty 36, Player of the Match: SW Bates. M Kapp 18no; S Nitschke 4-21, LJ Poulton 2-20). , Hamilton, February 6, 2009. Australia won by 104 runs. Player of the Match: S Nitschke. Australia 8-258 (AJ Blackwell 59, S Nitschke 73, LK Ebsary 30; NJ Browne SEMI-FINAL 2-51). New Zealand 154 (AL Mason 34, SW Bates 33, HM Tiffen 30; ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA EA Osborne 3-32, LC Sthalekar 3-16). Player of the Match: S Nitschke. The Oval, London, June 19, 2009. England won by eight wickets. Seddon Park, Hamilton, February 8, 2009. Australia won by 44 runs. Australia 5-163 (S Nitschke 37, LJ Poulton 39, LC Sthalekar 28, KL Rolton Australia 4-307 (S Nitschke 58, LJ Poulton 81, LK Ebsary 86, 38). England 2-165 (CM Edwards 25, SC Taylor 76no, BL Morgan 46no). AJ Blackwell 37; BH McNeill 2-52). New Zealand 263 (LR Doolan 31, Player of the Match: SC Taylor. 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 , , February 12, 2009. No result. Washed out. Player of the Series: S Nitschke.

Alex Blackwell (left) and Lisa Sthalekar. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 19 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. 2008-09 was a difficult season to assess. In terms of results, NSW Aaron, who went agonisingly close to winning FRC Player of the Year, finished last in the Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield and Ford Ranger Cup showed remarkable improvement meaning he should undertake a (FRC) competitions and won the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Once significant role in our Champions’ League Campaign. He was a great again, we sit and ponder our inconsistency. 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. On a positive note, we kept the habit of winning a competition and producing Australian players. The form of Usman Khawaja was of great significance to the group. Usman started the season extremely well in the Second The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was an extremely satisfying tournament, XI by recording back-to-back double centuries. Usman’s First after a concerted focus, given the lure of the Champions’ League. Class centuries in Brisbane and Sydney will thrust him into strong Given our strong performances in the Big Bash it was hard to contention for representative honours in the near future. comprehend how we finished last in the Ford Ranger Cup. As with Phillip Hughes was justly rewarded for an outstanding first two last year, we competed in most matches and I strongly believe that years of First Class cricket. Phillip made an immediate impact at Test we played much better than our results suggest. That said, this does level, and it has been a joy to watch his development over the past not explain how we have finished bottom in this competition for couple of years. He is a humble and impressive young man who will the last three years following our title win in Adelaide in 2005/06. be a great role model for the youth of Australian Cricket. CRICKET NSW A frenetic schedule prior to Christmas exacerbated our Ben Rohrer emerged from the shadows to play some fantastic innings weaknesses, playing nine FRC and seven First Class matches prior in all forms. Undoubtedly his most satisfying memory will be his to the traditional halfway mark. We found it difficult to arrest the match winning contribution in the absorbing Big Bash Final against losing tide despite some positive signs and spectacular individual Victoria. performances. Another indication of our successful Talent ID and Development With the focus and prominence of the Big Bash and the congestion programs is the number of players who were invited to attend the that it causes in the schedule either side, we, as a team, must find a Centre Of Excellence in Brisbane during the winter. Burt Cockley, method to cope with the continuous playing load if we are going to Moises Henriques, Usman Khawaja, , Josh Hazlewood, compete in all competitions. and Steven Smith will all benefit from the expert It was an astonishing statistic this year that 14 NSW players tutelage of from April 2009. represented Australia. The immediate impact on the International Despite the disappointment of the results this season, there is much stage of Phillip Hughes and David Warner was heartening in terms to look forward to next season. The likelihood of a number of key of the progression of our young talent. players being available would certainly ease the burden on our squad Clearly, we missed key players who were the backbone of our First depth. Class success in 2007/08. It was optimistic to think that we could An obvious strategy to counter the issues this year is to bolster our cover the loss of Brad Haddin, Simon Katich and Doug Bollinger ranks in order to better manage the workloads through who were missing for the majority of the summer with Australian these heavy workload phases. Fast bowling is an area of focus for commitments. To add insult, we had injuries to key bowlers Mark our retention and recruitment of players in preparation for next Cameron and Nathan Bracken at crucial times. summer. Dominic Thornely took on the role of captain in Simon Katich’s Thanks to the entire support network around the RTA SpeedBlitz absence. Dominic led the group of young players with great passion Blues State Squad; Selectors, Specialist Coaches, Assistant Coach and flair and finished with another consistent year with the bat. David Freedman, Physiotherapist Patrick Farhart, Strength and David Warner rode the crest of a wave and proved to be a hit Conditioner Tom Reddin, Administrator Donna Anderson, Player at the top of the order. He played some brutal innings and was Career and Welfare Manager Cheryl Williams, Computer Analyst particularly severe on the high quality Tasmanian attack. His steep Andrew Ware and Room Attendant Bobby Barter; who have all rise to the Australian T2O and One-Day International sides was the worked tirelessly over the past year. fairytale story of the year. Thanks lastly to Chief Executive, David Gilbert, and the NSW Cricket Loss of key players provided an extended opportunity for Burt Board for their continued support in a difficult but encouraging year. Cockley and Aaron Bird to make their impact in the Sheffield Shield Matthew Mott and FRC. While the emergence of both these players was very NSW State Cricket Manager exciting, it was also reassuring to re-sign Burt on a new three-year Head Coach, RTA SpeedBlitz Blues contract following his impressive year. 20 RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES

Cricket Australia Contracts REMUNERATION TO STATE PLAYERS Doug Bollinger, Nathan Bracken, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Players received the following payments for the season: Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, , Simon Katich, Brett Lee. 2008/09 2007/08 Contract Retainers 1,195,500 1,142,500 State Contracts Prize-money 45,000 145,000 Match Payments 789,069 813,800 Aaron Bird, Mark Cameron, Burt Cockley, Ed Cowan, Scott Coyte, Other 251,605 116 , 039 Peter Forrest, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, $2,281,174 $2,217,339 Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Grant Lambert, Greg Mail, Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Daniel Smith, Steven Smith, Prize-money Break-up: Dominic Thornely, David Warner. KFC Big Bash 45,000 - Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield - 145,000 Rookie Contracts $45,000 $145,000 Daniel Burns, James Crosthwaite, Scott Henry, Simon Keen, Joshua A player participating in all Weet-Bix Sheffield Shield (10), Ford Lalor, Mitchell Starc. 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.

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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 (74no) and (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 CRICKET NSW 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.

Western Australia 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 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 and 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 . 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 (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.

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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 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).

New South Wales 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 CRICKET NSW *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 (91.1 overs, 367 mins) 261 (134 overs, 490 mins) (8 wkts) 340 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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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS QUEENSLAND

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).

New South Wales 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 (78.5 overs, 305 mins) 210 (99.1 overs, 385 mins) 262 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.

Queensland 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.

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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 CRICKET NSW 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 (65.2 overs, 258 mins) 172 (50.5 overs, 205 mins) 173 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 (46.4 overs, 200 mins) 127 (80 overs, 337 mins) (7 wkts) 221 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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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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 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.

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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS TASMANIA

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 . 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

CRICKET NSW 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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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS VICTORIA

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 (93.4 overs, 380 mins) 227 (73.5 overs, 318 mins) 218 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.

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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS QUEENSLAND

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 . Against a team containing , , 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

CRICKET NSW 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 (99.2 overs, 398 mins) 269 (62.1 overs, 241 mins) 149 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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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS WESTERN AUSTRALIA

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.

2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 31 32 2008/09 WEET-BIX SHEFFIELDSHIELDa 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) 61, McCullum 5-157 (2) (Vettori Zealanders day, New Third 5); 47, Smith DLR Smith (SPD (1) Wales 6-309 South day, New Second 5); 10, Khawaja (1) Wales 0-15 (Hughes South day, New First play: of Close Reiffel. PR and Abood GA Umpires: Zealanders. New Toss: wickets. six by won Wales 13,14,15,16, South November New Sydney, 2008. Ground, Cricket Sydney At 2008/09 TourMatch: RTA SpeedBlitzluesvsNewZealanders CRICKET2008/09 WEET-BIX SHEFFIELDSHIELDPOINTSTABLE NSW 233 237266 Fall: 1057121127157167217 (85.3 overs, 332mins) L-b 1, n-b2 notout CS Martin bLambert IE O'Brien TG SoutheebSPDSmith KD MillscandbSPDSmith *DL Vettori cSPDSmithbLambert DR Flynn cDLRSmithbLambert out(Khawaja) +BB McCullumrun LRPL Taylor bHazlewood cForrest JD RydercDLRSmithbLambert JM How c b Lambert Thornely Hazlewood AJ RedmondcDLRSmithb First Innings New zealandrs MA Starc BT Cockley PM Nevill DE Bollinger PA Jaques SPD Smith MA Cameron B Casson GM Lambert AC Bird NW Bracken EJM Cowan MC Henriques PJ Forrest GJ Mail DLR Smith NM Hauritz DJ Thornely DA Warner BJ Rohrer UT Khawaja PJ Hughes SM Katich B Team 14-1-46-1; SPDSmith17-3-65-1. 11.1-4-23-2; 19-4-51-5; Henriques Casson18-4-41-0; 7-2-15-0; Hauritz Lambert 5-74-5; 16-2-44-0; Hauritz SPDSmith27-4-85-2. SecondInnings-Hazlewood Bowling: Innings-Hazlewood 18-4-53-2; First 8-5-9-0;16.3- Henriques Lambert Victoria Queensland South Australia Tasmania Western Australia New South Wales Victoria (510&2dec282)drewwithQueensland(2001-221)intheFinal.Victoria declaredchampions. Victoria perwicket conceded perwicket scoreddividedby runs Quotient runs win6points;Outright orlostgame2points. inningsinadrawn leadonfirst ATTING 10 M 1 7 1 4 3 3 4 7 7 1 4 3 6 8 7 9 4 1 5 7 7 1 Inn 12 13 11 15 12 14 17 12 13 1 8 2 4 6 6 3 2 5 5 4 1 9 2 10 10 10 10 10 10 P NO 2008/09 W 2008/09 1 6 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 ------266 170 WO R 13 17 31 16 102 102 194 244 109 111 254 395 340 358 595 322 525 891 165 uns 3 0 2 3 2 4 5 15 18 31 19 41 74 42 6 4 4 4 3 2 8 135 101 109 198 143 110* 172* 18 20 41 42 12 70 29 63 58 45 96 66 42 48* HS 8* 8* WI (86.1 overs, 350mins) B 7, l-b8, w1 not out lbw bHazlewood out(Thornely) run (5) cDLRSmithbHenriques (6) bHazlewood bHenriques (4) cForrest b Lambert (7) cHenriques (3) cDLRSmithbHenriques (8) cHazlewood bSPD Smith lbw bHenriques 215 251256 Fall: 2303335148171196 c DLRSmithbHenriques Second Innings 4 1 2 - - - 50’s 2 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 2 1 3 ------100’s LI 1 2 1 2 1 - 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 ------EET Avge 10.33 17.00 17.00 19.00 19.40 20.33 20.50 21.80 22.20 28.21 23.09 28.33 29.83 37.00 39.67 46.00 42.00 47.73 74.25 82.50 7.50 9.00 LO verages - 5 3 5 5 5 - Ct -B 26 1 1 2 2 5 1 2 8 1 2 2 2 4 2 4 6 1 - - - - - T 256 I ------St 16 14 73 55 54 18 10 13 X SHE 0 3 0 0 ------Points PJ HughescMcCullumbO'Brien 352 361 Fall: 16 92 103 175 276 301 312 338 (115.1 overs, 459mins) B 8, l-b2, w1, n-b3 JR Hazlewood notout b NM Hauritz Vettori B Cassonlbwb Vettori Gillespie bO'Brien +DLR Smithc(sub) cRedmondbMartin GM Lambert SPD SmithcRedmondb Vettori *DJ bSouthee cMartin Thornely c MC Henriques Taylor b Vettori c PJ Forrest Taylor bO'Brien UT Khawaja cMcCullum bMartin First Innings New South Wales 22-0; Southee8.2-1-40-0; 9-0-52-1; O’Brien Vettori 9-1-20-0; Ryder3-1-6-0. 24-8-72-2; 22-4-73-3. 11-5-16-3;Martin O’Brien SecondInnings -Martin Mills12-6- Bowling: Innings-Mills17-2-64-0; First Southee23-4-71-1; Vettori 29.1-4-71-4; BT Cockley BO DE Bollinger NW Bracken NW Bracken NM Hauritz NM Hauritz AC Bird DJ Thornely MA Starc GM Lambert GM Lambert MA Cameron SPD Smith B Casson GJ Mail MC Henriques MC Henriques BJ Rohrer SM Katich DA Warner 44 28 26 26 20 18 WLING Quotient FF 1.520 0.950 1.064 0.881 0.836 0.878 IE 10 M 7 4 4 4 1 1 7 4 3 7 7 6 5 1 1 LD SHIE O 191.2 145.2 239.1 105.4 178.3 151.5 162.3 VERS 42.5 28.2 92.4 169 24 38 10 2 2 MDNS 43 34 68 60 29 17 37 22 20 3 9 7 3 1 361 - - 64 14 10 15 10 68 85 55 26 2 7 5 RUNS 599 427 301 564 116 245 691 477 154 596 332 92 98 22 LD 4 7 (2) lbwbMartin (52.2 overs, 217mins) B 4, l-b2, n-b1 (6) notout (5) notout c RedmondbMartin c RyderbO'Brien (1) bMartin WKTS Second Innings Fall: 9507279 27 18 12 16 14 3 6 2 9 2 7 1 3 - - - A 22.19 23.72 25.08 35.25 38.67 40.83 46.00 49.36 53.00 77.00 85.14 98.00 VGE - - - 5WI 2 1 1 1 ------Phillip Hughes. Phillip 10WM ------(4 wkts) - - BEST 5-76 6-47 5-28 4-86 2-27 1-32 5-82 4-51 1-16 1-54 162 2-8 42 37 18 26 24 8 7 - - - first class records

MOST APPEARANCES Player M Inn NO Runs HS Avge Wkts Avge Best Ct St 135 200 35 6266 184 37.98 417 28.65 8-52 118 - 120 169 43 3284 100* 26.06 - - - 332 46 115 132 25 1523 74 14.23 395 23.37 6-31 51 - 108 182 24 8416 229* 53.27 60 41.10 4-130 124 - Steve RIXON 107 155 26 3229 128 25.09 - - - 249 49 105 183 36 9309 216 63.33 24 59.50 3-6 54 - 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 - 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 - 86 121 10 4116 158 37.08 322 26.01 7-18 106 - Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 235 53.04 - - - 48 - 82 115 12 2393 129 23.23 - - - 165 106 81 123 13 5581 221 50.73 148 23.41 7-85 32 - Brad HADDIN 81 137 16 5057 154 41.79 - - - 248 21 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 - 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 - Phillip Hughes. 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 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 - 68 73 19 618 53 11.44 228 31.64 9-83 42 - 67 89 32 835 66 14.64 334 27.68 8-81 74 - 67 105 19 3901 220 45.36 60 32.46 6-60 27 - 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 - 58 96 10 3060 163 35.58 8 26.50 4-64 41 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 54 54 14 366 51* 9.15 203 26.07 8-41 20 -

2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 33 first class records

MOST APPEARANCES (cont’d) 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 - 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 - 52 70 20 1215 59* 24.30 131 28.72 6-32 37 - Corey RICHARDS 52 95 4 2606 164 28.64 - - - 23 - 51 89 9 2681 150 33.51 58 22.74 4-12 30 - 50 77 4 4660 253 63.83 1 200.00 1-5 30 - 50 61 7 1140 134* 21.11 196 22.70 7-45 32 – Jim deCOURCY 50 74 8 2362 114 35.78 - - - 36 – 50 68 6 3538 214 57.06 119 25.36 7-12 29 –

LEADING RUN SCORERS LEADING WICKET-TAKERS (cont’d) Batsman M Inn NO Runs 100’s Avge Bowler M Wkts Avge 5WI Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 37 63.33 Alan DAVIDSON 72 273 21.45 10 Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 25 53.27 Charles TURNER 43 263 16.18 29 Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 32 67.27 Monty NOBLE 77 230 23.34 13 Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 17 41.40 Bob HOLLAND 68 228 31.64 8 Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 22 48.24 Charles KELLEWAY 57 215 23.90 7 John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 14 44.27 Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 211 27.06 12 Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 19 41.84 Stuart CLARK 58 204 29.03 9 Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 20 53.04 Len PASCOE 54 203 26.07 9 Greg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 9 37.98 David COLLEY 71 203 32.08 6 Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 19 48.76 Ray LINDWALL 50 196 22.71 7 Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 15 51.07 Bill HOWELL 48 195 24.07 11

CRICKET NSW Don BRADMAN 41 69 10 5813 21 98.52 Dave RENNEBERG 54 190 30.48 8 Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 19 49.58 Nathan BRACKEN 58 190 25.60 9 Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 22 50.73 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 188 32.14 10 Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 11 43.57 Tom McKIBBIN 25 182 21.00 17 Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 18 52.61 Albert COTTER 38 171 23.42 10 Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5369 11 41.63 David HOURN 44 164 28.71 11 Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 15 53.17 David FREEDMAN 54 159 30.28 7 Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 13 39.23 Matthew NICHOLSON 45 155 28.46 3 Brad HADDIN 81 137 16 5057 9 41.79 Peter PHILPOTT 52 153 31.07 7 Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 11 44.66 John SCOTT 35 150 22.42 9 Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 19 54.40 Charlie MACARTNEY 81 148 23.41 3 Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 17 63.83 27 145 14.95 15 Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 7 36.30 Hughie CHILVERS 32 142 25.38 11 Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 11 39.08 42 140 33.36 3 Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 9 54.23 Syd CALLAWAY 33 139 17.36 14 Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 15 44.39 Murray BENNETT 52 131 28.72 5 Simon KATICH 41 68 7 4347 12 71.26 Grahame CORLING 46 129 32.28 5 Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 9 44.30 John GLEESON 35 126 25.63 7 Phil JAQUES 54 100 3 4252 11 43.84 Albert HOPKINS 52 126 25.67 6 Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 4 31.12 Doug BOLLINGER 37 125 29.65 7 Dominic THORNELY 61 105 14 4128 10 45.36 Tom GARRETT 56 125 23.48 9 Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 9 37.08 Fred JOHNSTON 35 123 29.45 5 The highest average for NSW is 118.50 by Harry Rock who in five matches, seven Keith MILLER 50 119 25.36 3 innings, in the season 1924-25 and 1925-26 scored 711 runs. Doug WALTERS 103 119 35.00 5 LEADING WICKET-TAKERS Brad McNAMARA 59 116 26.83 5 David GILBERT 43 113 33.27 3 Bowler M Wkts Avge 5WI Brett LEE 23 109 25.37 7 Greg MATTHEWS 135 417 28.65 20 38 105 26.12 4 Geoff LAWSON 115 395 23.36 13 Sam EVERETT 28 103 26.44 8 Stuart MacGILL 90 357 33.07 18 Shane LEE 73 102 41.05 – Arthur MAILEY 67 334 27.66 28 John FERRIS 19 101 17.20 7 Bill O’REILLY 54 325 16.52 26 Graeme BEARD 40 100 26.91 6 Richie BENAUD 86 322 26.01 17 Mike WHITNEY 94 314 27.33 13 Johnny MARTIN 78 293 30.67 12 34 first class records

MOST RUNS IN A SEASON HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS (cont’d) Runs Batsman Season M Inn NO HS 100’s Avge Score Batsman Opponent Venue Season 1506 Simon 2007/08 11 17 1 306 5 94.12 239 Percy McDONNELL Victoria Melbourne 1886/87 KATICH 238 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1932/33 1312 Michael 1993/94 12 22 5 203* 5 77.17 235 Warren BARDSLEY S.Aust Sydney 1920/21 BEVAN 235 S.Aust Adelaide 1920/21 1269 Phil 2004/05 12 21 2 240* 3 66.78 Warren BARDSLEY 235 Victoria Sydney 1924/25 JAQUES Harry ROCK 1205 Dirk 1982/83 13 23 5 136* 2 66.94 233 Norm O’NEILL Victoria Sydney 1957/58 WELLHAM 231 S.Aust Sydney 1962/63 1186 Steve 1990/91 13 23 - 126 4 51.56 230 Victor TRUMPER Victoria Sydney 1900/01 SMALL 230 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Sydney 1903/04 1174 Mark 1988/89 12 22 1 152* 3 55.90 229* Stan McCABE Q’land Brisbane 1931/32 TAYLOR 229 Neil HARVEY Q’land Sydney 1960/61 1153 Rick 1982/83 13 25 4 124 3 54.90 229 Grahame THOMAS Victoria Melbourne 1965/66 McCOSKER 1127 Don 1928/29 7 12 4 340* 5 140.87 229* Mark WAUGH W.Aust Perth 1990/91 BRADMAN 224 Tommy ANDREWS M.C.C. Sydney 1924/25 1065 Dominic 2004/05 12 20 3 261* 4 62.64 221 Charlie MACARTNEY Canterbury 1923/24 THORNELY 220 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1930/31 1052 Rick 1974/75 10 19 1 164 4 58.44 220 Jim BURKE S.Aust Adelaide 1956/57 McCOSKER 1051 Don 1929/30 7 11 2 452* 2 116 .7 7 219 Don BRADMAN South Africans Sydney 1931/32 BRADMAN 218 Albert HOPKINS S.Aust Adelaide 1908/09 1036 Don 1933/34 6 9 2 253 4 148.00 217* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1926/27 BRADMAN 217* Phil JAQUES S.Aust Sydney 2004/05 1024 Grahame 1965/66 9 16 - 229 4 64.00 216* Roy MINNETT Victoria Sydney 1911/12 THOMAS 216* W.Aust Perth 1990/91 1019 Michael 1992/93 10 19 2 143 3 59.94 Steve WAUGH 216 Tasmania Sydney 2003/04 SLATER Michael BEVAN 1015 John 1983/84 11 19 3 241 3 63.43 214 Keith MILLER M.C.C. Sydney 1950/51 DYSON 213 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Adelaide 1908/09 1009 Mark 1989/90 12 17 4 198* 5 77.61 213 Monty NOBLE Victoria Sydney 1908/09 WAUGH 1005 Norm 1957/58 8 14 2 233 4 83.75 213* Ian CRAIG South Africans Sydney 1952/53 O’NEILL 212* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1924/25 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS 211 Steve WAUGH Victoria Melbourne 2002/03 210* Austin DIAMOND Victoria Sydney 1906/07 Score Batsman Opponent Venue Season 210 Arthur MORRIS Victoria Melbourne 1951/52 452* Don BRADMAN Q’land Sydney 1929/30 208 Victor TRUMPER Q’land Sydney 1899/00 383 Charles GREGORY Q’land Brisbane 1906/07 207 Norman CALLAWAY Q’land Sydney 1914/15 359 Bob SIMPSON Q’land Brisbane 1963/64 206 Bill WATSON W.Aust Perth 1956/57 340* Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1928/29 206 Steve WAUGH Tasmania Hobart 1994/95 321 Victoria Sydney 1881/82 205 Victoria Sydney 1933/34 315* Alan KIPPAX Q’land Sydney 1927/28 205 Bob SIMPSON W.Aust Perth 1962/63 306 Simon KATICH Q’land Sydney 2007/08 205* Simon Katich Queensland Sydney 2006/07 297* Harry MOSES Victoria Sydney 1887/88 204 Michael SLATER W.Aust Perth 2002/03 292* Victor TRUMPER Tasmania Sydney 1898/99 203* Michael BEVAN W.Aust Sydney 1993/94 282 Herbie COLLINS Tasmania Sydney 1912/13 203* Michael BEVAN W.Aust Sydney 2001/02 281 Monty NOBLE Victoria Melbourne 1905/06 203 Jim MACKAY Q’land Brisbane 1905/06 277 Bob SIMPSON Q’land Sydney 1967/68 202* Steve WAUGH Victoria N. Sydney 1997/98 271 Reggie DUFF S.Aust Sydney 1903/04 202* Michael BEVAN S.Aust Sydney 1998/99 271* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1925/26 201 Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907/08 264* Ray FLOCKTON S.Aust Sydney 1959/60 201* Victor TRUMPER S.Aust Sydney 1912/13 263 Victoria Melbourne 1982/83 201 Charlie MACARTNEY Victoria Sydney 1913/14 261* Dominic THORNELY W.Aust Sydney 2004/05 201 Alec MARKS Q’land Sydney 1935/36 260* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Melbourne 1928/29 201* Keith MILLER Q’land Brisbane 1950/51 258 Don BRADMAN S.Aust Adelaide 1930/31 201* Doug WALTERS M.C.C. Sydney 1970/71 253 Victor TRUMPER N.Zealanders Sydney 1898/99 201* Michael BEVAN W.Aust Sydney 2002/03 253 Don BRADMAN Q’land Sydney 1933/34 201* Michael CLARKE Q’land Sydney 2005/06 253 Arthur MORRIS Q’land Brisbane 1951/52 200 Monty NOBLE S.Aust Adelaide 1899/00 253 Doug WALTERS S.Aust Adelaide 1964/65 200 James BOGLE S.Aust Adelaide 1919/20 248 Alan KIPPAX S.Aust Sydney 1923/24 200 Don BRADMAN Q’land Brisbane 1933/34 247* Tommy ANDREWS Victoria Sydney 1919/20 200 Sid BARNES Q’land Brisbane 1945/46 247* Bob SIMPSON W.Aust Sydney 1963/64 200 Allan BORDER Q’land Brisbane 1979/80 241 John DYSON S.Aust Adelaide 1983/84 200* Warren BARDSLEY Auckland 1923/23 240 Phil JAQUES Q’land Bankstown 2004/05 200* Mark WAUGH West Indies Sydney 1992/93 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 35 first class records

HAT-TRICKS CENTURY ON FIRST CLASS DEBUT Bowler Opponent Venue Season Batsman Runs Opponent Venue Season George GILBERT Victoria Melbourne 1857/58 Leslie PYE 166 Q’land Brisbane 1896/97 Charles TURNER Victoria Melbourne 1886/87 Norman CALLAWAY * 207 Q’land Sydney 1914/15 Monty NOBLE Tasmania Sydney 1898/99 Jim BOGLE ** 145 Victoria Sydney 1918/19 Tom HOWARD Q’land Sydney 1902/03 Edward FORSSBERG 143 Q’land Sydney 1920/21 Albert HOPKINS S.Aust Sydney 1903/04 Des MULLARKEY ** 130 Q’land Brisbane 1923/24 Charles KELLAWAY Q’land Brisbane 1913/14 Harry ROCK 127 S.Aust Sydney 1924/25 Hal HOOKER * Victoria Sydney 1928/29 Harry STEELE ** 130 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27 Alan WALKER Q’land Sydney 1948/49 Don BRADMAN 118 S.Aust Adelaide 1927/28 John TREANOR ** Q’land Brisbane 1954/55 Arthur ALLSOPP 117 M.C.C. Sydney 1929/30 Gordon RORKE Q’land Sydney 1958/59 Wendell BILL 115 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30 Alan DAVIDSON W.Aust Perth 1962/63 Len LEABEATER 128 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30 Len PASCOE S.Aust Adelaide 1980/81 Richard NUTT 102 S.Aust Adelaide 1931/32 David GILBERT Victoria Sydney 1984/85 Arthur MORRIS 148 Q’land Sydney 1940/41 Stuart MacGILL N.Zealanders Newcastle 1997/98 Eric LUKEMAN 118 S.Aust Adelaide 1946/47 Stuart CLARK W.Aust Perth 2006/07 Ron BRIGGS ** 121 W.Aust Perth 1952/53 Doug BOLLINGER W Aust Perth 2007/08 Neil MARKS 180* S.Aust Sydney 1958/59 * Hal Hooker took four wickets in four balls, three in the 1st innings, one in the Gary GILMOUR ** 122 S.Aust Sydney 1971/72 2nd innings. Dirk WELLHAM 100 Victoria Melbourne 1980/81 ** John Treanor took his hat-trick on debut. Wayne SEABROOK 165 Victoria Melbourne 1984/85 Rodney DAVISON ** 133* Tasmania Sydney 1993/94 CENTURIES IN BOTH INNINGS OF A MATCH Ben ROHRER ** 163 Tasmania Hobart 2006/07 Batsman Runs Opponent Venue Season * This was Callaway’s only First Class innings. It was made in New South Wales’s Jim MACKAY 105 & 102* S.Aust Sydney 1905/06 last First Class match until after World War 1. Callaway was killed at the 2nd Monty NOBLE 176 & 123 Victoria Sydney 1907/08 Battle of Bullecourt, in , on May 3, 1917. Charlie MACARTNEY 119 & 126 South Africans Sydney 1910/11 ** Century scored in the second innings. Alan KIPPAX 127 & 131 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27 131 & 122 S.Aust Sydney 1927/28 ONE HUNDRED RUNS AND TEN WICKETS IN A MATCH Don BRADMAN 131 & 133* Q’land Brisbane 1928/29 Player Batting Bowling Opponent Venue Season Stan McCABE 106 & 103* Victoria Sydney 1931/32 CRICKET NSW Clem 17 & 91 7-18 & 5-49 Q’land Sydney 1932/33 Arthur MORRIS * 148 & 111 Q’land Sydney 1940/41 HILL Bob SIMPSON 121 & 142* S.Aust Sydney 1964/65 Greg 85* & 67 6-63 & 5-70 Q’land Sydney 1991/92 Rick McCOSKER 138 & 136* W.Aust Sydney 1974/75 MATTHEWS 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 1990/91 Sydney 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).

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 36 first class records

HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS (cont’d) 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: , 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.

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 8-39 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88 8-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88 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 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 37 first class records

CENTURY AND FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS ON FIRST-CLASS DEBUT Player Runs Wkts Opponent Venue Season Bowler Wkts Opponent Venue Season Monty NOBLE 100 5-128 Victoria Sydney 1898/99 John McKONE 5-25 Victoria Melbourne 1855/56 Monty NOBLE 155 6-91 Victoria Sydney 1899/00 Edward WARD 5-15 Victoria Domain 1856/57 Monty NOBLE 147 5-67 S.Aust Adelaide 1903/04 George RICHARDSON 6-42 Victoria Melbourne 1859/60 Tommy ANDREWS 111* 5-41 Canterbury Christchurch 1923/24 Edwin EVANS 6-25 Victoria Albert 1874/75 Colin McCOOL 100 5-65 S.Aust Adelaide 1940/41 James CLEEVE 6-95 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83 Richie BENAUD 158 5-88 Q’land Brisbane 1953/54 Michael PIERCE 8-111 S.Aust Adelaide 1892/93 Alan DAVIDSON 108 7-31 W.Aust Perth 1961/62 Bill HOWELL 5-44 England XI Sydney 1894/95 Johnny MARTIN 101 5-126 W.Aust Perth 1963/64 David NOONAN 7-95 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96 Peter PHILPOTT 125 6-65 W.Aust Sydney 1964/65 Tom HOWARD 6-59 Q’land Sydney 1899/00 Doug WALTERS 253 7-63 S.Aust Adelaide 1964/65 5-181 S.Aust Sydney 1900/01 Geoff DAVIES 112 6-43 Q’land Sydney 1967/68 Herbert HORDERN 8-81 Q’land Sydney 1905/06 Doug WALTERS 176 6-51 Victoria Sydney 1972/73 Cyril DOCKER 5-67 Q’land Sydney 1909/10 Bernard FOLKARD 6-37 S.Africans Sydney 1910/11 MOST DISMISSALS BY A WICKET-KEEPER Arthur MAILEY 5-46 W.Aust Sydney 1912/13 Wicket-keeper M Total Ct St Runs Avge HS Charles MORRISSEY 6-30 Q’land Brisbane 1924/25 Phil EMERY 120 378 332 46 3284 26.06 100* Hal HOOKER 5-81 Q’land Sydney 1924/25 Steve RIXON 107 298 249 49 3229 25.03 128 Ernest O’BRIEN 5-99 S.Aust Sydney 1926/27 Bert OLDFIELD 82 272 166 106 2393 23.23 129 Francois DUPAIN 5-44 Tasmania Sydney 1927/28 Brad HADDIN 81 269 248 21 5057 41.79 154 Robert ROXBY 5-84 S.Aust Adelaide 1953/54 Brian TABER 73 242 207 35 1489 16.54 109 John TREANOR 5-146 Q’land Brisbane 1954/55 Doug FORD 63 177 120 57 545 12.97 36* Wally WELLHAM 6-43 Q’land Brisbane 1959/60 James KELLY 53 128 83 45 1521 22.70 108 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 6-55 Victoria Melbourne 1988/89 Hanson CARTER 44 121 81 40 1262 23.37 149 Glenn McGRATH 5-79 Tasmania Sydney 1992/93 Ron SAGGERS 40 115 84 31 1427 25.94 90 42 114 98 16 1332 27.18 88* YOUNGEST PLAYER TO TAKE FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS The highest score by a ‘keeper for NSW is 321 by Billy Murdoch. Player Years Days Opponent Venue Season Bob SIMPSON 18 6 W.Aust Sydney 1953/54 YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE A CENTURY (5-37) Jim CAMPBELL 18 66 Q’land Brisbane 1926/27 Player Years Days Opponent Venue Season CRICKET NSW (6-118) Archie JACKSON 17 97 Q’land Sydney 1926/27 James CLEEVE 18 317 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83 (100) (6-95) Ian CRAIG 17 204 S.Africans Sydney 1952/53 David NOONAN 18 343 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96 (213*) (7-98) Doug WALTERS Doug WALTERS 18 9 Victoria Melbourne 1963/64 18 355 Pakistanis Sydney 1964/65 (6-66) (109*) Andrew NEWELL 19 107 Auckland Auckland 1889/90 Norm CALLAWAY 18 320 Q’land Sydney 1914/15 (5-53) (207) Stan McCABE 19 172 Q’land Sydney 1929/30 Eric BARBOUR 18 341 Q’land Sydney 1909/10 (5-36) (124*) John FERRIS (5-28) 19 249 Victoria Sydney 1886/87 Arthur MORRIS 18 342 Q’land Sydney 1940/41 Allan COOPER 19 269 Victoria Melbourne 1935/36 (148) (6-128) Bob SIMPSON 18 347 Victoria Sydney 1954/55 Moises Henriques 19 270 Q’land Brisbane 2006/07 (104) (5-17)

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 MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN(cont’d) Fieldsman MAtches catches Fieldsman MAtches catches Mark TAYLOR 100 132 Steve WAUGH 93 93 Mark WAUGH 108 124 Johnny MARTIN 78 83 Greg MATTHEWS 135 118 John DYSON 94 78 Richie BENAUD 86 106 Arthur MAILEY 67 74 Rick McCOSKER 79 105 Steve SMALL 77 74 38 Bob SIMPSON 67 102 2008/09 ford ranger cup

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS WESTERN AUSTRALIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS QUEENSLAND

WACA Ground: 8 October 2008 Cazaly’s Stadium, : 18 October 2008 The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues recorded an excellent victory in their opening In a major disappointment after the superb win in Perth, the RTA Ford Ranger Cup match in Perth, winning a tight contest by six runs. SpeedBlitz Blues went down by 147 runs to Queensland. Batting first Batting first, consistent contributions from the top order were highlighted Queensland amassed a sizeable 6-287 from their 50 overs, with the by 48 from 49 balls by Grant Lambert in an overall total of 9-220. major contributions coming from Lee Carseldine (126) and Andrew Symonds (73). In response NSW bowled superbly to reduce the to 8-123, however victory did not come until the last over when Mark Cameron NSW tried a different tactic with left arm spinner Stephen O’Keefe castled the dangerous Marcus North for 95. 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 The pick of the bowlers were Nathan Hauritz with 3-29 from 10 overs by Aaron Bird who began a great season in the competition by picking and Mark Cameron who picked up 3-48. up 3-48. The win was an exciting boost for a team that had put major emphasis on In reply NSW were never really in the hunt falling to 6-90 in the 31st starting well in the one-day format. 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 QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES

At WACA Ground, Perth, October 8, 2008 Day/night game. At Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns, October 18, 2008. New South Wales won by six runs. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts. Queensland won by 147 runs (d/l method). Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 6 pts. Player of the Match: MJ North. Umpires: JK Brookes and RL Parry. TV Umpire: AR Craig. Player of the Match: LA Carseldine. Umpires: TP Laycock and BNJ Oxenford.

New South Wales Queensland PJ Hughes c Ronchi b Dorey 14 (16) CT Perren lbw b Cockley 1 (7) PJ Forrest st Ronchi b Heal 26 (57) JR Hopes b O’Keefe 11 (17) +DLR Smith c Ronchi b Edmondson 13 (23) LA Carseldine c O’Keefe b Bird 126 (134) SPD Smith c and b Doropoulos 11 (26) A Symonds c Hauritz b Lambert 73 (94) SNJ O’Keefe c Ronchi b Dorey 29 (36) GD Moller c (sub) UT Khawaja b Bird 17 (22) *DJ Thornely c Ronchi b Bandy 16 (38) NJ Reardon c Forrest b Bird 24 (17) DA Warner c Bandy b Heal 31 (35) *CP Simpson not out 18 (11) GM Lambert not out 48 (49) AA Noffke not out 1 (2) NM Hauritz c Ronchi b Magoffin 0 (3) +CD Hartley NW Bracken c Pomersbach b Dorey 13 (13) RJ Harris MA Cameron not out 4 (5) B Laughlin L-b 9, w 5, n-b 1 15 L-b 7, w 4, n-b 5 16 (50 overs, 203 mins) (9 wkts) 220 (50 overs, 212 mins) (6 wkts) 287 Fall: 23 42 62 86 114 124 164 166 192 Fall: 1 15 202 243 243 271 Bowling: Magoffin 10-1-37-1; Dorey 10-1-48-3; Edmondson 10-0-54-1; Bowling: O’Keefe 10-0-33-1; Cockley 10-0-59-1; Lambert 8-0-61-1; Heal 10-0-35-2; Doropoulos 4-0-14-1; Bandy 6-0-23-1. Hauritz 10-0-58-0; Bird 10-1-48-3; SPD Smith 2-0-21-0.

Western Australia New South Wales +L Ronchi c DLR Smith b Bracken 0 (3) PJ Hughes c Hartley b Noffke 6 (19) SE Marsh b Cameron 1 (8) PJ Forrest b Laughlin 41 (88) LA Pomersbach c O’Keefe b Hauritz 15 (26) +DLR Smith c Hartley b Harris 20 (38) *MJ North b Cameron 95 (114) SPD Smith lbw b Laughlin 19 (35) AC Voges c SPD Smith b Cameron 13 (35) *DJ Thornely c Harris b Laughlin 1 (5) TP Doropoulos c DLR Smith b Lambert 5 (4) DA Warner c Hopes b Harris 0 (2) DC Bandy c and b O’Keefe 24 (36) SNJ O’Keefe c Moller b Laughlin 14 (12) SJ Magoffin c DLR Smith b Hauritz 9 (19) GM Lambert not out 25 (23) AK Heal c and b Hauritz 0 (3) NM Hauritz c Perren b Laughlin 6 (8) BR Dorey b Bracken 45 (47) AC Bird c Symonds b Laughlin 0 (4) BM Edmondson not out 0 (1) BT Cockley c Hartley b Noffke 0 (3) L-b 3, w 4 7 B 1, w 3 4 (49.2 overs, 201 mins) 214 (39.3 overs, 154 mins) 136 Fall: 0 8 24 56 62 105 123 123 210 214 Fall: 14 51 88 90 90 90 119 132 136 136 Bowling: Bracken 10-1-41-2; Cameron 9.2-2-48-3; Hauritz 10-2-29-3; Bowling: Hopes 5-1-11-0; Noffke 7.3-3-12-2; Harris 10-0-54-2; Symonds 8-0-28-0; Lambert 10-0-46-1; O’Keefe 5-0-27-1; SPD Smith 5-0-20-0. Simpson 1-0-4-0; Reardon 1-0-3-0; Laughlin 7-2-23-6. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 39 2008/09 ford ranger cup

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS SOUTH AUSTRALIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS VICTORIA

Adelaide Oval – 22 October 2008 North Sydney Oval – 2 November 2008 In a thrilling finish to a high scoring match, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Returning to the picturesque North Sydney Oval, the RTA lost by four wickets from the penultimate ball of the match. SpeedBlitz Blues suffered a third consecutive loss in a game where Batting first on a classic Adelaide batting strip, NSW included they simply failed to score enough runs batting first. in-form batsman Usman Khawaja after consecutive double hundreds Choosing to take first use of an excellent batting surface, NSW in the Second X1 competition. were never quite able to break the shackles and post a score of Their final total of 9-261 from 50 overs was seen as slightly above over 300, although their final total of 6-275 from their 50 overs par and was a result of strong contributions from Peter Forrest was defendable if they bowled well. The innings was held together (57 from 94 balls), Moises Henriques (41 from 37) and skipper beautifully by skipper Dominic Thornely who scored 108 from 90 Dominic Thornely (82 from 92). In response South Australia got balls and accelerated nicely towards the end, hitting seven sixes in off to an excellent start reaching 2-176 before an inspired spell by total. He was well backed up by Phillip Hughes (55 from 64 balls) Aaron Bird (4-48 from 10 overs) got NSW back into the match. and Usman Khawaja (45 from 65) who both looked capable of One of his victims was Pakistani batsman Younis Khan, who batting through the innings. received a vicious in-swinging to be bowled for three. In response Quiney and Rogers got off to a flying start and had With two balls to go South Australia scrambled the winning single posted a partnership of 150 by the 23rd over. A late stumble during to deny NSW a victory that had looked likely for most of the night. 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.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA

At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, October 22, 2008 Day/night game. At North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, November 2, 2008. South Australia won by four wickets. Toss: New South Wales. South Australia 4 pts. Victoria won by five wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 5 pts. Player of the Match: SW Tait. Umpires: SD Fry and RJ Tucker. TV Umpire: AR Collins. Player of the Match: RJ Quiney. Umpires: GA Abood and SD Fry. TV Umpire: TM Donahoo.

CRICKET NSW New South Wales New South Wales PJ Hughes c Manou b Tait 0 (3) PJ Forrest c Quiney b Wright 12 (28) PJ Forrest c Borgas b Cullen 57 (93) PJ Hughes c and b McDonald 55 (64) UT Khawaja c O’Brien b Tait 9 (15) UT Khawaja c McKay b McDonald 45 (65) MC Henriques c Tait b Cullen 41 (37) MC Henriques run out (McDonald) 2 (7) *DJ Thornely lbw b Tait 82 (92) *DJ Thornely c Blizzard b Hussey 108 (90) +DLR Smith c Harris b Cullen 31 (36) +DLR Smith c Rogers b McKay 23 (24) SNJ O’Keefe not out 13 (9) SNJ O’Keefe not out 11 (16) GM Lambert b Tait 4 (6) NM Hauritz not out 4 (5) NM Hauritz b Tait 0 (2) GM Lambert AC Bird c Klinger b Cleary 4 (7) AC Bird MA Cameron (did not bat). BT Cockley B 1, l-b 5, w 13, n-b 1 20 B 1, l-b 11, w 3 15 (50 overs, 201 mins) (9 wkts) 261 (50 overs, 198 mins) (6 wkts) 275 Fall: 0 12 82 146 227 238 253 253 261 Fall: 26 81 86 152 215 265 Bowling: Tait 10-2-27-5; Wise 9-1-44-0; Cleary 8-0-62-1; O’Brien 7-0-23-0; Bowling: Nannes 10-1-42-0; Wright 10-2-42-1; McKay 10-0-62-1; Cullen 10-0-62-3; Harris 6-0-37-0. McDonald 10-0-57-2; Holland 9-0-48-0; Hussey 1-0-12-1.

South Australia Victoria M Klinger b Bird 79 (120) RJ Quiney c and b Bird 92 (85) DJ Harris lbw b Bird 56 (73) CJL Rogers lbw b Lambert 74 (88) CJ Ferguson lbw b Bird 46 (49) BJ Hodge b Bird 7 (4) Younis Khan b Bird 3 (8) *DJ Hussey not out 51 (61) CJ Borgas c Hauritz b Cameron 39 (35) AB McDonald b Lambert 9 (17) *+GA Manou lbw b Cameron 7 (9) AC Blizzard st Smith b Thornely 1 (5) AW O’Brien not out 9 (7) +AJ Crosthwaite not out 29 (17) MF Cleary not out 2 (1) DG Wright DJ Cullen CJ McKay SW Tait JM Holland AB Wise DP Nannes B 1, l-b 8, w 9, n-b 3 21 B 1, l-b 3, w 9, n-b 1 14 (49.5 overs, 201 mins) (6 wkts) 262 (46 overs, 195 mins) (5 wkts) 277 Fall: 92 176 184 224 240 257 Fall: 150 160 204 233 236 Bowling: O’Keefe 8-0-44-0; Cameron 9.5-0-54-2; Lambert 10-0-49-0; Bowling: Cockley 5-0-51-0; Henriques 4-0-38-0; Hauritz 10-0-35-0; Hauritz 10-0-47-0; Bird 10-1-48-4; Thornely 2-0-11-0. Lambert 10-0-54-2; Bird 10-1-57-2; O’Keefe 1-0-10-0; Thornely 6-0-28-1. 40 2008/09 ford ranger cup

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS QUEENSLAND RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS TASMANIA

Sydney Cricket Ground – 19 November 2008 Hurstville Oval – 29 November 2008 In probably their worst performance of the season so far the RTA In the first ever FRC match at the picturesque Hurstville Oval, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues lost by 24 runs when chasing the lowly total of 177. SpeedBlitz Blues won a game that was dominated by an amazing innings After an excellent bowling performance that knocked over the visitors from big hitting sensation David Warner. for 177 in the 47th over, NSW were rightly satisfied with their efforts. After a delayed start due to rain, NSW bowled consistently to contain With Doug Bollinger returning for his first game of the summer after Tasmania to 246 from 43 overs. NSW could be happy with their work on touring India with the Australian team, all bowlers returned excellent a ground with small boundaries. Aaron Bird continued his superb form figures, but the stand out performer was Aaron Bird who finished with in this competition with 4-61 from his eight overs while Doug Bollinger 5-26 from his nine overs to become the leading wicket taker in the returned to form with 2-32 from nine. competition. What came next will not be forgotten by anyone at the ground. Both After an opening partnership of 40 in nine overs between the explosive David Warner and Phillip Hughes flayed the Tasmanian attack to all parts David Warner and Phillip Hughes, the opportunity seemed to exist for of the Oval, putting on 152 in 21 overs. When Hughes departed for an bonus points but a major collapse that saw NSW lose 10 wickets for 113 excellent 55 from 57 balls, all eyes turned to Warner. runs in 35 overs handed the match to Queensland. He lifted his stroke play to another level and after reaching his hundred Amongst the wreckage, Steven Smith stood tall and his 48 from 66 balls from 76 balls he continued to accelerate and finally finished with an looked capable of seeing NSW home until a lower order collapse saw unbeaten 165 from 112 balls. He hit an amazing nine sixes and 19 fours them bowled out in 44.3 overs to lose by 24 runs. during the innings and in doing so broke Rick McCosker’s State one-day A very disappointed camp were now going to need to win all remaining record of 164 set in 1981/82. Warner ended the match with consecutive matches to make the Final. 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 NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, November 19, 2008 Day/night game. At Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, November 29, 2008. Queensland won by 24 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Queensland 4 pts. New South Wales won by nine wickets. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 5 pts. Player of the Match: AC Bird. Umpires: TJ Keel and BNJ Oxenford. TV Umpire: PJ Tate. Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: GA Abood and RJ Tucker.

Queensland Tasmania CT Perren b Bird 17 (28) MG Dighton c Nevill b Bollinger 69 (80) JR Hopes b Bird 21 (24) +TD Paine c Hughes b Bracken 4 (12) LA Carseldine c DLR Smith b Thornely 42 (74) DJ Anderson b Henriques 20 (40) AJ Nye c DLR Smith b Thornely 19 (47) *DJ Marsh c Bird b Smith 6 (10) GC Batticciotto lbw b Hauritz 3 (8) GJ Bailey c Warner b Bollinger 32 (28) *CP Simpson lbw b SPD Smith 8 (12) TR Birt c Henriques b Bird 34 (38) NJ Reardon c O’Keefe b Henriques 42 (50) MA Divin b Bird 38 (31) +CD Hartley b Bird 12 (27) B Geeves run out (Thornely) 0 (1) RJ Harris b Bird 3 (9) BG Drew b Bird 14 (9) CR Swan lbw b Bird 0 (1) XJ Doherty not out 3 (5) B Laughlin not out 0 (6) BW Hilfenhaus b Bird 5 (4) B 1, l-b 1, w 6, n-b 2 10 L-b 5, w 16 21 (47.2 overs, 197 mins) 177 (43 overs, 181 mins) 246 Fall: 34 42 86 91 102 130 158 164 164 177 Fall: 6 61 92 134 151 211 214 225 239 246 Bowling: Bollinger 5-0-28-0; Henriques 8.2-0-34-1; Bird 9-1-26-5; Thornely 10-2-33-2; Bowling: Bracken 8-1-40-1; Bollinger 9-0-32-2; Henriques 9-0-58-1; Bird 8-0-61-4; Smith Hauritz 10-1-25-1; SPD Smith 5-0-29-1. 5-0-23-1; Thornely 4-0-27-0.

New South Wales New South Wales PJ Hughes c and b Simpson 38 (71) DA Warner not out 165 (112) DA Warner c Hopes b Swan 18 (27) PJ Hughes lbw b Anderson 55 (57) PJ Forrest b Swan 0 (9) EJM Cowan not out 28 (41) MC Henriques c Reardon b Swan 3 (13) *DJ Thornely *DJ Thornely lbw b Harris 0 (3) BJ Rohrer SPD Smith run out (Laughlin) 48 (66) SPD Smith +DLR Smith c(sub)NJ Rimmington b Simpson 20 (43) MC Henriques SNJ O’Keefe lbw b Laughlin 8 (18) +PM Nevill NM Hauritz c Hartley b Hopes 2 (10) AC Bird AC Bird not out 2 (5) NW Bracken DE Bollinger c Nye b Hopes 0 (2) DE Bollinger B 9, w 5 14 N-b 2 2 (44.3 overs, 174 mins) 153 (34.4 overs, 139 mins) (1 wkt) 250 Fall: 40 42 52 52 89 131 145 149 153 153 Fall: 150 Bowling: Harris 10-2-32-1; Swan 10-2-28-3; Hopes 9.3-0-33-2; Simpson 10-0-32-2; Bowling: Geeves 6-0-51-0; Hilfenhaus 6-0-53-0; Drew 4.4-1-40-0; Divin 7-0-30-0; Laughlin 5-0-19-1. Doherty 6-1-29-0; Marsh 2-0-25-0; Anderson 3-0-22-1. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 41 2008/09 ford ranger cup

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS TASMANIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Bellerive Oval – 7 December 2008 Sydney Cricket Ground – 16 December 2008 In an amazing finish, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues tied with Tasmania The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues produced a disappointing performance as after needing a four from the final ball of the match for victory. they were soundly beaten by an enthusiastic South Australian side After winning the toss and choosing to field, NSW found it hard to at the SCG. Batting first South Australia amassed a formidable total contain the likes of Michael Dighton (87) and Travis Burt (67) as of 5-285 from their 50 overs, mainly thanks to former New South Tasmania put together an imposing 8-291 from their 50 overs. Doug Welshman, , who scored his maiden century in this Bollinger continued his return to top pace with an excellent spell of competition. 3-39 from nine overs, while Moises Henriques also impressed with The NSW bowlers toiled hard with the ever consistent Nathan 3-56 from 10. Hauritz (2-49 from 10) and Nathan Bracken (2-55 from 10) the The crowd then witnessed another savage attack from David most effective. Special mention must also go to Steven Smith Warner. He put on 51 in seven overs with Phillip Hughes (17) and (1-42) who produced his most economical figures of the innings and then another 75 in nine overs with Ed Cowan (64). At this stage continued the excellent all-round form he had shown all season in NSW were cruising but having scored 97 from 54 balls and being the limited-overs game. in-line for the fastest domestic one-day century of all time, Warner In pursuit of this target NSW lost wickets regularly, slumping to was controversially given out lbw. From here the momentum 5-55. The only bright point of the innings was David Warner’s 31 changed and despite 46 from Dominic Thornely, NSW needed from 20 balls that included one enormous pull shot for six from 12 from the last over and were elated when Aaron Bird squeezed that landed 20 rows back in the O’Reilly Stand! three from the last ball to clinch the tie. It was all downhill as the innings folded to 112 all out in 30.3 overs It was an outstanding match where all results were possible at and defeat by 173 runs. It was a definite low point of the year and various stages. the players hoped it would provide a catalyst for change in the coming matches.

TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA

At Bellerive Oval, Hobart, December 7, 2008. At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 16, 2008 Day/night game. Match tied. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 2 and New South Wales 2 pts. South Australia won by 173 runs. Toss: South Australia. South Australia 6 pts. Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: SG John and RL Parry. TV Umpire: BJ Muir. Player of the Match: TLW Cooper. Umpires: RJ Tucker and JD Ward. TV Umpire: GA Abood.

CRICKET NSW Tasmania South Australia +TD Paine c Nevill b Henriques 17 (41) M Klinger c Nevill b Bracken 4 (10) MG Dighton lbw b Henriques 87 (76) TLW Cooper lbw b Smith 101 (108) GJ Bailey lbw b Smith 33 (29) Younis Khan b Hauritz 29 (58) *DJ Marsh c Hauritz b Bracken 52 (68) CJ Ferguson c Smith b Bracken 51 (57) TR Birt b Henriques 67 (56) AW O’Brien c Henriques b Hauritz 6 (11) MA Divin c Nevill b Bollinger 10 (12) *+GA Manou not out 48 (39) LR Butterworth c Bird b Bollinger 1 (5) DT Christian not out 32 (17) B Geeves not out 5 (5) MF Cleary BG Drew c Warner b Bollinger 9 (9) SW Tait BW Hilfenhaus not out 0 (0) DJ Cullen XJ Doherty JA Haberfield L-b 4, w 5, n-b 1 10 B 2, l-b 3, w 9 14 (50 overs, 217 mins) (8 wkts) 291 (50 overs, 200 mins) (5 wkts) 285 Fall: 48 109 169 247 270 276 279 290 Fall: 7 135 166 183 223 Bowling: Bracken 9-1-48-1; Bollinger 9-1-39-3; Henriques 10-0-56-3; Bowling: Bracken 10-1-55-2; Bollinger 10-1-53-0; Henriques 3-0-21-0; Bird 10-0-77-0; Hauritz 7-0-37-0; Smith 5-0-30-1. Bird 9-0-60-0; Smith 8-1-42-1; Hauritz 10-0-49-2

New South Wales New South Wales PJ Hughes c Paine b Geeves 17 (24) DA Warner c Younis Khan b Tait 31 (20) DA Warner lbw b Doherty 97 (54) PJ Hughes c Manou b Tait 2 (3) EJM Cowan c Drew b Doherty 64 (92) EJM Cowan b Cleary 7 (17) *DJ Thornely b Drew 46 (74) *DJ Thornely run out (Younis Khan) 4 (14) SPD Smith not out 28 (26) SPD Smith lbw b Cleary 5 (17) MC Henriques c Doherty b Butterworth 5 (12) MC Henriques c Manou b Christian 11 (21) +PM Nevill b Drew 9 (12) +PM Nevill lbw b Cleary 0 (7) NM Hauritz run out (Bailey) 0 (1) NM Hauritz c Manou b Cullen 24 (51) AC Bird not out 12 (5) AC Bird b Haberfield 12 (21) NW Bracken NW Bracken b Haberfield 0 (11) DE Bollinger DE Bollinger not out 1 (2) B 1, l-b 3, w 9 13 L-b 3, w 11, n-b 1 15 (50 overs, 210 mins) (7 wkts) 291 (30.3 overs, 128 mins) 112 Fall: 51 125 224 244 254 274 274 Fall: 18 39 43 51 55 64 64 103 110 112 Bowling: Hilfenhaus 10-0-74-0; Geeves 6-0-52-1; Doherty 10-0-57-2; Bowling: Tait 8-0-40-2; Cleary 10-0-29-3; Christian 5-0-13-1; Haberfield 5-2-16-2; Divin 3-0-25-0; Drew 10-1-36-2; Butterworth 10-0-41-1; Bailey 1-0-2-0. Cullen 2.3-0-11-1. 42 2008/09 ford ranger cup

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS WESTERN AUSTRALIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS VICTORIA

Sydney Cricket Ground – 23 December 2008 Melbourne Cricket Ground – 13 February 2009 The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues bounced back after the disappointment of Looking to finish their season on a high, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues lost the South Australian defeat to record a tight victory against Western a thriller to arch rivals Victoria by four wickets with three balls to spare. Australia in a match that helped restore much needed confidence. Winning the toss and batting on a wicket that had provided plenty of runs With rain affecting their innings, Western Australia struggled to find any during the season, NSW produced a par score of 7-245 from their 50 overs. continuity due to superb bowling efforts from Moises Henriques The exciting opening pair of David Warner (47 from 45 balls) and Phillip (3-29 from 10), Aaron Bird (2-38 from eight) and Steven Smith Hughes (48 from 84) added 79 in 15 overs, and NSW were hoping for a (2-25 from six). They eventually spluttered to 177 from 44 overs. 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), In response NSW started poorly but were held together by a Moises Henriques (38 from 35) and Daniel Smith (36 from 35) all helped determined innings from Phillip Hughes, who was both watchful and boost a total that was defendable, without being totally secure. adventurous at the right times as he saw others fall around him. The Victorian innings followed a similar path with a good start by Quiney When further rain reduced the target to 137 from 29 overs, NSW were and Rogers followed by a middle order collapse. 29 runs were needed from in trouble but a superb cameo from Daniel Smith of 29 from 13 balls, 25 balls with four wickets in hand but Victoria eventually passed the total including an enormous six off Aaron Heal into the O’Reilly Stand, saw with three balls to spare. Nathan Hauritz confirmed his reputation as one them home with two overs to spare. of the best one-day bowlers in the country with 2-35 from 10 overs, while Phillip Hughes remained unbeaten on 53 from 78 balls, providing a Moises Henriques produced identical figures to confirm his excellent end of further reminder of his ability to perform well in all forms of the game. 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.

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 23, 2008 Day/night game. New South Wales At Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, February 13, 2009 Day/night game. won by five wickets (D/L method). Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts. Player of Victoria won by four wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 4 pts. the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: GA Abood and SJA Taufel. TV Umpire: AP Ward. Player of the Match: CJL Rogers. Umpires: GC Joshua and JD Ward.

Western Australia New South Wales SE Marsh c DLR Smith b SPD Smith 71 (123) DA Warner b McGain 47 (45) LM Davis c Thornely b Henriques 14 (25) PJ Hughes c and b Wright 48 (84) CJ Simmons b Henriques 1 (6) *SM Katich b Harwood 0 (6) *AC Voges c Rohrer b Henriques 5 (8) BJ Rohrer c Crosthwaite b McGain 8 (11) MJ Johnston c Henriques b Bracken 43 (59) DJ Thornely c McGain b Harwood 43 (61) TP Doropoulos c and b SPD Smith 1 (6) MC Henriques c Quiney b Hastings 38 (45) +MA Johnson lbw b Bird 14 (16) +DLR Smith run out (Nannes) 36 (35) AK Heal not out 12 (14) NM Hauritz not out 12 (14) BR Dorey c Thornely b Bird 8 (7) AC Bird not out 0 (0) SJ Magoffin not out 1 (1) DE Bollinger PJ Davis BT Cockley W 6, n-b 1 7 L-b 4, w 8, n-b 1 13 (44 overs, 186 mins) (8 wkts) 177 (50 overs, 216 mins) (7 wkts) 245 Fall: 41 43 51 135 137 143 165 175 Fall: 79 80 89 130 179 209 244 Bowling: Bracken 9-1-39-1; Bollinger 9-0-33-0; Henriques 10-0-29-3; Bowling: Nannes 10-0-45-0; Harwood 10-0-57-2; Wright 10-0-39-1; SPD Smith 6-2-25-2; Bird 8-0-38-2; Casson 1-0-7-0; Thornely 1-0-6-0. McGain 10-0-33-2; Hodge 2-0-17-0; Hastings 8-0-50-1.

New South Wales Victoria PJ Hughes not out 53 (78) RJ Quiney b Hauritz 50 (50) DA Warner c (sub) LA Pomersbach b PJ Davis 1 (6) *CJL Rogers b Bird 74 (109) BJ Rohrer c Johnson b PJ Davis 5 (5) BJ Hodge b Hauritz 0 (2) *DJ Thornely c (sub) LA Pomersbach b Heal 22 (42) MS Wade c Rohrer b Henriques 10 (17) SPD Smith run out (Voges/Heal) 6 (9) AJ Finch c Rohrer b Henriques 33 (53) MC Henriques c (sub) LA Pomersbach b Dorey 15 (11) +AJ Crosthwaite c (sub) UT Khawaja b Bollinger 22 (41) +DLR Smith not out 29 (13) JW Hastings not out 8 (16) B Casson DG Wright not out 21 (15) AC Bird SM Harwood NW Bracken BE McGain DE Bollinger DP Nannes B 1, l-b 1, w 2, n-b 2 6 B 1, l-b 12, w 8, n-b 7 28 (27 overs, 116 mins) (5 wkts) 137 (49.3 overs, 210 mins) (6 wkts) 246 Fall: 4 10 51 81 102 Fall: 77 77 99 154 206 217 Bowling: Magoffin 6-2-14-0; PJ Davis 7-1-21-2; Dorey 5-0-33-1; Heal Bowling: Bollinger 10-0-43-1; Cockley 5.3-0-48-0; Hauritz 10-1-35-2; 6-0-43-1; Doropoulos 3-0-24-0. Bird 10-0-51-1; Henriques 10-0-35-2; Katich 4-0-21-0. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 43 ford ranger cup statistics

2008/09 ford ranger cup POINTS TABLE Team 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 averages MOST 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

CRICKET NSW 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 -

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.

44 NSW ONE DAY RECORDS

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 records Highest 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 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 SCORErS Batsman 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 score score 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 fastest fifties Fastest centuries balls batsmAn opponent venue season balls batsmAn opponent venue season 24 Don NASH Western Australia Nth Sydney 2000/01 74 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02 25 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09 76 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09 30 Michael BEVAN Victoria Sydney 1992/93 82 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007/08 31 Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001/02 87 Dominic THORNELY Victoria Nth Sydney 2008/09 31 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Sydney 2004/05 88 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Sydney 2006/07 33 Steve SMALL South Australia Adelaide 1992/93 90 Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999/00 35 Brad HADDIN Queensland Brisbane 2001/02 92 Mark WAUGH Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02 35 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2006/07 93 Steve WAUGH Western Australia Nth Sydney 2003/04 38 Brad HADDIN A.C.T. Canberra 2000/01 94 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Nth Sydney 2004/05 38 Simon KATICH Tasmania Hobart 2003/04 98 Ed COWAN Victoria Canberra 2006/07 38 Dominic THORNELY Western Australia Nth Sydney 2004/05 38 Brad HADDIN Victoria Sydney 2004/05 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 45 NSW ONE DAY RECORDS

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 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 Best bowling in an innings most economical bowling (10 overs) WKTS Bowler Opponent Venue Season Runs Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season 6-25 Brad McNAMARA Tasmania Sydney 1996/97 12 1 Nathan BRACKEN Queensland Sydney 2006/07 5-11 Scott THOMPSON Canterbury Christchurch 1993/94 14 0 Graham SPRING South Australia Sydney 1982/83 5-21 Richard DONE Zimbabweans Bulawayo 1985/86 15 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1986/87 5-26 Aaron BIRD Queensland Sydney 2008/09 16 2 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1997/98 5-28 Wayne HOLDSWORTH Queensland Brisbane 1990/91 17 4 Glenn McGRATH Queensland Brisbane 1993/94 5-28 Bob HOLLAND Wellington Wellington 1984/85 17 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1996/97 5-28 Len PASCOE Western Australia Sydney 1979/80 18 1 Geoff LAWSON Tasmania Launceston 1983/84

CRICKET NSW 5-38 Nathan BRACKEN Victoria Melbourne 2001/02 19 2 Len PASCOE Victoria Melbourne 1980/81 5-40 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1998/99 19 2 Mike WHITNEY Western Australia Perth 1991/92 5-50 Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2001/02

most dismissals by a wicket-keeper most catches by a fieldsman Wicket-keeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Fieldsman MATCHES CatCHES Brad HADDIN 77 143 110 33 Mark WAUGH 77 47 Phil EMERY 65 90 76 14 Shane LEE 63 34 Steve RIXON 28 38 29 9 Mark TAYLOR 49 32 Greg DYER 22 20 15 5 Dominic THORNELY 72 26 Daniel SMITH 16 15 13 2 Corey RICHARDS 60 24

highest partnership for each wicket wkts 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

46 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS QUEENSLAND RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The ‘Gabba: 26 December 2008 ANZ Stadium: 30 December 2008 The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won their first match in dramatic fashion, Back at ANZ Stadium for the first of three home games, the RTA chasing down Queensland’s total of 161 with two balls to spare. SpeedBlitz Blues were disappointed to only post 5-148 from their 20 After Queensland won the toss and chose to bat first, NSW were overs on a pitch that was flat, but lacking in pace. indebted to some outstanding bowling from Doug Bollinger (3-22), Batting against the new ball was the best time to hit boundaries, and Moises Henriques (2-26) and Aaron Bird (2-36) who each bowled both Warner (28 from 22) and Hughes (35 from 34) profited in an superb four over spells. opening stand of 38 in 4.5 overs. From here it became more of a Bollinger bowled with both hostility and accuracy which were a feature struggle as the became harder to find and ones and twos of his performances during this competition and led to him being named became the order of the day. as the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Twenty20 Player of the Year. The main exception was Steven Smith who made 34 from 21 balls with a In response the power hitting combination of David Warner and Phillip series of improvised strokes that stood him out as a player with a perfect Hughes didn’t get going when Warner was out early to a sensational repertoire of shots for Twenty20 cricket. catch at mid-on, but Hughes showed how adaptable his game is by With 148 to defend, the game swung in favour of both teams several steering NSW home with a polished 80 not out from 60 balls. times before a 65 run partnership between Voges (39) and North With four needed from the last five balls of the game, Hughes and (45no) saw Western Australia take control. Quick wickets to Nathan Daniel Smith were able to get the job done. It was to be a sign of things Bracken and Aaron Bird then changed the situation but late sixes to to come for NSW in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. 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. QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA

At Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, December 26, 2008 Night game. At ANZ Stadium, December 30, 2008 Night game. New South Wales won by five wickets. Toss: Queensland. New South Wales 2 pts. Western Australia won by five wickets. Toss: New South Wales. Western Australia 2 pts. Player of the Match: PJ Hughes. Umpires: NS McNamara and RL Parry. Player of the Match: MJ North. Umpires: GA Abood and RJ Tucker.

Queensland New South Wales JR Hopes c Bird b Bollinger 6 (5) DA Warner c Pomersbach b Dorey 28 (22) GC Batticciotto c Casson b Bollinger 11 (11) PJ Hughes c Umar Gul b North 35 (34) LA Carseldine c Warner b Bollinger 6 (5) BJ Rohrer run out (Dorey) 1 (2) NJ Reardon b Henriques 27 (15) *DJ Thornely c Heal b Voges 23 (24) CA Philipson b Bird 23 (18) +DLR Smith c Marsh b Umar Gul 12 (12) most catches by a fieldsman *CP Simpson c Bollinger b Henriques 39 (25) SPD Smith not out 34 (21) Fieldsman MATCHES CatCHES +CD Hartley not out 27 (31) MC Henriques not out 9 (5) Mark WAUGH 77 47 RJ Harris b Bird 7 (6) B Casson Shane LEE 63 34 BCJ Cutting not out 8 (4) NW Bracken Mark TAYLOR 49 32 NJ Rimmington AC Bird Dominic THORNELY 72 26 B Laughlin DE Bollinger Corey RICHARDS 60 24 L-b 6, w 1 7 L-b 1, w 5 6 (20 overs, 79 mins) (7 wkts) 161 (20 overs, 87 mins) (5 wkts) 148 Fall: 6 15 41 62 88 135 147 Fall: 38 40 86 91 112 Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-22-3; Cameron 4-0-34-0; Henriques 4-0-26-2; Bird 4-0-36-2; Bowling: Umar Gul 4-0-41-1; Magoffin 2-0-16-0; Dorey 4-0-28-1; North 4-0-27-1; Heal Casson 4-0-37-0. 4-0-22-0; Voges 2-0-13-1.

New South Wales Western Australia DA Warner c Batticciotto b Rimmington 8 (5) SE Marsh c Bollinger b Thornely 31 (19) PJ Hughes not out 80 (60) LA Pomersbach c Henriques b Bracken 3 (5) BJ Rohrer run out (Phillipson/Hartley) 24 (17) TP Doropoulos c Bird b Bollinger 11 (10) *DJ Thornely c Harris b Cutting 20 (19) *MJ North not out 45 (37) SPD Smith b Harris 12 (13) AC Voges lbw b Bird 39 (31) MC Henriques c Hartley b Rimmington 3 (4) CJ Simmons b Bracken 4 (2) +DLR Smith not out 1 (2) +MA Johnson not out 8 (11) B Casson AK Heal AC Bird Umar Gul DE Bollinger BR Dorey MA Cameron SJ Magoffin B 2, w 10, n-b 2 14 L-b 1, w 7 8 (19.4 overs, 82 mins) (5 wkts) 162 (19.1 overs, 73 mins) (5 wkts) 149 Fall: 8 67 113 152 158 Fall: 27 41 45 110 118 Bowling: Rimmington 3.4-0-28-2; Harris 4-0-33-1; Hopes 4-0-30-0; Bowling: Bracken 4-0-24-2; Bollinger 3.1-0-27-1; Thornely 3-0-19-1; Laughlin 4-0-30-0; Simpson 2-0-17-0; Cutting 2-0-22-1. Henriques 2-0-14-0; SPD Smith 2-0-12-0; Casson 2-0-26-0; Bird 3-0-26-1.

2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 47 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS SOUTH AUSTRALIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS TASMANIA

Adelaide Oval: 6 January 2009 ANZ Stadium: 12 January 2009 In a game dominated by an unbelievable exhibition of strokeplay by After looking at the wicket and being unsure of what a par score David Warner, the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won a tight battle by four might be, skipper Simon Katich invited Tasmania to bat under the wickets after chasing down 161 for victory. blue skies of a hot early evening at ANZ Stadium. On a typical Adelaide pitch the score of 160 by the home team Tasmania took advantage of this opportunity with both hands, seemed only par for the night. Consistent bowling by both Nathan blasting away at the top of the order to reach 3-139 in 12.3 overs. Bracken (3-38) and Aaron Bird (3-35) was backed up by excellent Rhett Lockyear (51 from 29) and (44 from 17) were ground fielding. particularly severe as NSW desperately tried to stem the run flow. In reply, an incredible opening stand of 88 in 8.3 overs between This they did with both Bollinger (2-32) and Thornely (0-22) bowling Phillip Hughes (30) and David Warner (65) set a remarkable accurately at the death to limit Tasmania to 7-194. platform. Warner was superb, hoisting Shaun Tait on to the roof NSW were missing their star opening pair of David Warner of the Giffen Stand with a tremendous pull shot, as well as driving (Australian duties) and Phillip Hughes (injury), but skipper Simon boundaries at will. His final tally of 65 came off just 35 balls and Katich and Moises Henriques filled in well, adding 40 for the first contained seven fours and four sixes. wicket until the fall of Katich sparked a collapse which saw NSW fall After this the NSW middle order stumbled before Peter Forrest to 8-136. steadied the ship in his first Twenty20 game for the year, seeing the The ninth wicket partnership between Aaron Bird (17no) and Mark visitors home by four wickets with 10 balls to spare. 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.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA

At Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, January 6, 2009 Night game. At ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, January 12, 2009 Night game. New South Wales won by four wickets. Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 2 pts. Tasmania won by 28 runs. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 2 pts. Player of the Match: DA Warner. Umpires: AR Collins and DJ Harper. Player of the Match: JJ Krejza. Umpires: GA Abood and RL Parry.

South Australia Tasmania CRICKET NSW DJ Harris c Cameron b Bird 24 (17) RJG Lockyear c Forrest b Bird 51 (29) M Klinger lbw b Thornely 24 (19) MG Dighton c Henriques b Bollinger 43 (29) TLW Cooper c Cameron b Bird 46 (41) TR Birt c Henriques b Bollinger 44 (17) CJ Ferguson c Hughes b Cameron 13 (11) GJ Bailey c Henriques b Cameron 1 (3) DT Christian c Thornely b Bird 31 (26) *DJ Marsh c DLR Smith b Cameron 5 (4) *+GA Manou c Forrest b Bracken 1 (2) JJ Krejza not out 33 (24) c Hughes b Bracken 6 (3) +TD Paine c O’Keefe b Bird 3 (4) MF Cleary c Henriques b Bracken 0 (1) CJ Duval c Katich b Henriques 2 (4) GD Putland not out 3 (2) MA Divin not out 6 (7) SW Tait XJ Doherty DJ Cullen GJ Denton L-b 2, w 8, n-b 2 12 W 5, n-b 1 6 (20 overs, 80 mins) (8 wkts) 160 (20 overs, 76 mins) (7 wkts) 194 Fall: 39 59 86 148 148 149 156 160 Fall: 73 139 139 147 149 165 169 Bowling: Cameron 4-0-22-1; Bracken 4-0-38-3; Thornely 4-0-27-1; Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-32-2; Cameron 4-0-45-2; Thornely 4-0-22-0; Henriques 3-0-27-0; Bird 4-0-35-3; SPD Smith 1-0-9-0. 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 New South Wales DA Warner c Manou b Cleary 65 (35) MC Henriques c Lockyear b Doherty 42 (25) PJ Hughes c Sohail Tanvir b Tait 30 (29) *SM Katich c Doherty b Duval 18 (12) *DJ Thornely b Tait 28 (18) PJ Forrest c Bailey b Krejza 8 (8) MC Henriques c and b Tait 6 (6) DJ Thornely b Krejza 12 (14) PJ Forrest not out 13 (12) BJ Rohrer c Birt b Divin 30 (23) BJ Rohrer c Harris b Cullen 9 (8) +DLR Smith c and b Doherty 8 (4) SPD Smith run out (Christian) 0 (1) SPD Smith st Paine b Krejza 2 (5) +DLR Smith not out 3 (3) SNJ O’Keefe b Marsh 6 (8) AC Bird AC Bird not out 17 (10) NW Bracken MA Cameron not out 14 (11) MA Cameron DE Bollinger L-b 1, w 4, n-b 2 7 B 1, l-b 5, w 3 9 (20 overs, 75 mins) (6 wkts) 161 (20 overs, 75 mins) (8 wkts) 166 Fall: 88 127 135 136 150 150 Fall: 40 64 74 99 108 120 131 136 Bowling: Tait 4-0-30-3; Sohail Tanvir 3-0-24-0; Cleary 3-0-36-1; Putland 3-0-30-0; Bowling: Doherty 4-0-26-2; Denton 2-0-17-0; Duval 2-0-17-1; Divin 4-0-51-1; Cullen 2.2-0-14-1; Christian 3-0-26-0. Marsh 4-0-26-1; Krejza 4-0-23-3. 48 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS VICTORIA At ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, January 17, 2009 Night game. ANZ Stadium: 17 January 2009 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. 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 New South Wales them finish last. It resulted in one of the most exciting contests in the short MC Henriques c and b Nannes 1 (4) history of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. *SM Katich b Harwood 35 (26) Deciding to bat first after winning the toss, to get runs on the board and SPD Smith b Nannes 4 (5) create pressure, NSW found themselves deep in trouble at 4-39 from six BJ Rohrer c Crosthwaite b Nannes 7 (8) overs with only skipper Simon Katich (35) holding the innings together. SNJ O’Keefe run out (Wright) 6 (6) DJ Thornely not out 36 (36) When he departed it was a case of the lower order scrambling together SJC Keen c Quiney b Holland 4 (9) a total that could be defended. This was achieved through a run-a-ball 36 +DLR Smith c Finch b McDonald 19 (16) from Dominic Thornely and 19 from Daniel Smith. However a final total of AC Bird b Nannes 6 (7) 8-128 was still way below what was hoped for. MA Cameron not out 1 (3) The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues needed a good start and they got it thanks to DE Bollinger some inspired bowling from Mark Cameron and Doug Bollinger. Both L-b 4, w 5 9 conceded few runs early on but a middle order surge from Victoria left (20 overs, 73 mins) (8 wkts) 128 them at 4-102 in the 14th over requiring only another 27 runs. At this Fall: 2 16 28 39 67 79 106 124 stage Aaron Bird made the vital breakthrough by bowling wicketkeeper Bowling: Nannes 4-0-11-4; Wright 1-0-11-0; Harwood 4-0-33-1; Holland 4-0-21-1; Adam Crosthwaite, resulting in a collapse which left Victoria needing 16 McDonald 4-0-30-1; McGain 3-0-18-0. from the last over. This was bowled by young spinner Stephen O’Keefe Victoria who saw his first ball sail over long-on for six! *BJ Hodge run out (Cameron) 8 (6) He held his nerve, however, and with four needed from the last ball Holland AC Blizzard lbw b Cameron 5 (13) was run out going for a second to leave NSW victors by three runs. RJ Quiney run out (O’Keefe) 21 (19) A superb fielding display had resulted in five run outs and the victory said AJ Finch b Bird 43 (46) a great deal about the RTA SpeedBlitz Blues’ never-say-die attitude. The AB McDonald run out (Rohrer/Smith) 0 (0) team had also guaranteed themselves a place in the lucrative Champions +AJ Crosthwaite b Bird 20 (14) League in India later in the year. 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 (20 overs, 76 mins) (9 wkts) 126 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.

2008/009 kfc twenty20 big bash POINTS TABLE Team 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.

The RTA SpeedBlitz Blues celebrate qualifying for the Final of the 2008/09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash and 2009 Champions League Twenty20 tournament.

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RTA SPEEDBLITZ BLUES VS VICTORIA FINAL NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA ANZ Stadium: 24 January 2009 At ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, January 24, 2009 Night game. In a match that even exceeded the excitement of the previous week, the New South Wales won by five wickets. Toss: Victoria. RTA SpeedBlitz Blues won the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash in a thrilling Player of the Match: BJ Rohrer. Umpires: BNJ Oxenford and RJ Tucker. TV Umpire: PR Reiffel. last ball finish. The build up to the match had started in the preceding week with NSW unveiling the big hitting New Zealander Brendon Victoria McCullum as their overseas signing for the match. RJ Quiney c Bollinger b Bird 91 (56) The stakes were high and Victoria decided to bat first and turn the AC Blizzard c Katich b Bollinger 7 (8) pressure around from the previous week. Despite losing early wickets, MS Wade c Henriques b Bird 8 (12) CJL Rogers c Rohrer b Bird 4 (8) their innings was held together by a superb knock from opener Rob *AB McDonald not out 30 (29) Quiney who hammered 91 from 56 balls, including eight sixes. This was +AJ Crosthwaite not out 13 (7) the backbone to a Victorian total of 4-166 during which Aaron Bird had AJ Finch again bowled superbly to collect 3-21 from his four overs. SM Harwood NSW needed an aggressive start and got it despite the early loss of BE McGain McCullum (10), with Phillip Hughes (43) and Simon Katich (37) creating JM Holland a superb partnership. The loss of these two, however, saw the side lose DP Nannes momentum until Ben Rohrer hit consecutive sixes off Bryce McGain to B 4, l-b 6, w 3 13 seize back control for the home team. (20 overs, 75 mins) (4 wkts) 166 Fall: 15 40 53 151 With two needed from three balls, Dominic Thornely (27) was bowled Bowling: Bollinger 4-0-31-1; Cameron 4-0-34-0; Bird 4-0-21-3; Thornely 2-0-12-0; to leave a thrilling finish. Daniel Smith scampered a single next ball O’Keefe 3-0-28-0; Henriques 3-0-30-0. to leave Ben Rohrer requiring a single from the final delivery. A swing and a miss then a desperate dive at the bowler’s end New South Wales saw him squeeze home despite a third umpire review. His innings of 44 BB McCullum c Crosthwaite b Harwood 10 (11) not out with four sixes rightly won him the Man-of-the-Match award and PJ Hughes b Nannes 43 (32) produced celebrations that lasted all night! *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) +DLR Smith not out 1 (1) SNJ O’Keefe AC Bird MA Cameron DE Bollinger L-b 1, w 1, n-b 1 3 (20 overs, 77 mins) (5 wkts) 167 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 Averages

MOST 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 0 121.29 DJ Thornely 6 6 1 146 36* 0 0 29.20 1 0 108.15 BJ Rohrer 6 6 1 116 45* 0 0 23.20 1 0 148.72 DA Warner 3 3 0 101 65 1 0 33.67 1 0 162.90 SM Katich 3 3 0 90 37 0 0 30.00 2 0 145.16 MC Henriques 6 6 1 62 42 0 0 12.40 6 0 116.98 SPD Smith 5 5 1 52 34* 0 0 13.00 0 0 115.56 DLR Smith 6 6 3 44 19 0 0 14.67 1 1 115.79 AC Bird 6 2 1 23 17* 0 0 23.00 2 0 135.29 PJ Forrest 2 2 1 21 13* 0 0 21.00 2 0 105.00 MA Cameron 5 2 2 15 14* 0 0 - 2 0 107.14 SNJ O’Keefe 3 2 0 12 6 0 0 6.00 1 0 85.71 BB McCullum 1 1 0 10 10 0 0 10.00 0 0 90.91 SJC Keen 1 1 0 4 4 0 0 4.00 0 0 44.44 NW 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 10.6 DE Bollinger 5 19.1 0 124 7 3/22 17.71 6.46 16.4 NW Bracken 2 8 0 62 5 3/38 12.4 7.75 9.6 MA Cameron 5 20 0 152 4 2/45 38.0 7.6 30 MC Henriques 6 14 0 121 3 2/26 40.33 8.64 28 DJ Thornely 6 17 0 118 2 1/19 59.0 6.94 51 SNJ O'Keefe 3 8 0 67 1 1/31 67.0 8.37 48 B Casson 2 6 0 63 0 - - 10.5 - SPD Smith 5 4 0 44 0 - - 11 - 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 51 52 Usman Khawaja. Usman

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The development and improvement of many season, and to all players who took part 2008/09 CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP of these younger players during the year, plus in Second XI matches in 2008/09 for their NEW SOUTH WALES SECOND XI v the re-emergence of some older players, professionalism, support and commitment. SOUTH AUSTRALIA SECOND XI emphasised the value of the Second XI Thanks also to Ben Romalis (Performance Hurstville Oval, Hurstville, October 13, 14 (np), Program. It was a great pleasure to witness Analyst), Tom Reddin (Strength & Conditioning 15,16, 2008. Josh Hazlewood, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Starc Coach), Murray Ryan and Andrew Hreszczuk New South Wales Second XI won by 215 runs. and Simon Keen all make their First Class (Physiotherapists), and to Brian Taber and New South Wales Second XI 5 dec 417 / domestic debuts this year and to see the the State Selection Panel for their efforts in (UT Khawaja 210*, EJM Cowan 45, BJ Rohrer 61, successful return to First Class cricket of Ben helping to make the 2008/09 Second XI season DA Warner 35; MJ Cosgrove 2-43, CB Bailey Rohrer and Ed Cowan. such an enjoyable and successful one. 2-59). South Australia Second XI 3 dec 368 All these players were integral members of the Finally, I would like thank the NSW Cricket (TLW Cooper 55, JD Smith 159*, AH Delmont Second XI throughout 2008/09. Board for their continued support of the 80, MJ Cosgrove 57; MA Starc 2-61). New South I would like to take the opportunity to thank Second XI Program. Wales Second XI 6 dec 334 (EJM Cowan 85, BJ Rohrer 50, SO Henry 73, SNJ O’Keefe 58*; Ben Rohrer, Greg Mail, Peter Nevill and Ed David Freedman Cowan for their leadership roles during the DT Christian 2-48, J Donnelly 2-77). RTA SpeedBlitz Blues Assistant Coach South Australia Second XI 168 (NM Hauritz 2-59, SNJ O’Keefe 4-60). 2008/09 CRICKET AUSTRALIA CUP AVERAGES NEW SOUTH WALES SECOND XI v TASMANIA SECOND XI BATTING M Inn NO Runs H.S 50 100 Avrge Ct St Bankstown Memorial Oval, Bankstown, UT Khawaja 3 6 1 419 210* 1 2 83.80 0 0 December 1,2, 2008. SPD Smith 1 2 0 116 85 1 0 58.00 1 0 New South Wales Second XI won by ten EJM Cowan 3 6 0 336 85 3 0 56.00 1 0 wickets. Tasmania Second XI 111 (MA Divin 30; SNJ O’Keefe 3 5 2 136 58* 1 0 45.33 2 0 MA Cameron 3-27, JR Hazlewood 3-16, SO Henry 2 3 0 114 73 1 0 38.00 2 0 AC Bird 2-25). New South Wales Second XI BJ Rohrer 2 3 0 111 61 2 0 37.00 2 0 138 (AC Bird 35; CJ Duval 2-50, BG Drew 6-25, AC Bird 2 1 0 35 35 0 0 35.00 1 0 JS Smith 2-26). Tasmania Second XI 41 B Casson 2 1 0 30 30 0 0 30.00 1 0 (MA Cameron 6-12, MA Starc 3-24). GJ Mail 2 4 1 83 28 0 0 27.67 3 0 New South Wales Second XI 0 for 15. 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 WESTERN AUSTRALIA SECOND XI v NEW SOUTH WALES SECOND XI MC Henriques 1 2 0 49 39 0 0 24.50 0 0 WACA Ground, Perth, January 6,7,8,9, 2009. GM Lambert 2 3 0 71 43 0 0 23.67 1 0 Western Australia won by five wickets. New BT Cockley 1 2 1 22 17 0 0 22.00 0 0 South Wales Second XI 372 (UT Khawaja 126, PM Nevill 4 6 2 86 30 0 0 21.50 10 2 EJM Cowan 37, TD Cruickshank 53, B Casson DA Warner 2 3 0 63 35 0 0 21.00 0 0 30, PM Nevill 30; DN Porter 4-81, CL Rosario M Gowland 1 2 1 20 11* 0 0 20.00 1 0 3-66, LA Pomersbach 2-33). West Australia B McDonald 1 2 0 37 25 0 0 18.50 1 0 Second XI 278 (WM Robinson 59, CJ Heron 51, JK Lalor 2 2 1 8 8* 0 0 8.00 0 0 MJ Johnston 51; GM Lambert 5-71, JK Lalor MA Starc 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 4.00 0 0 2-47). New South Wales Second XI 242 IA Moran 1 2 1 1 1* 0 0 1.00 1 0 (EJM Cowan 73, SJC Keen 67; TP Kelly 3-43, JR Hazlewood 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 CL Rosario 3-43, DN Porter 3-33). West MA Cameron 1 1 1 18 18* 0 0 - 0 0 Australia Second XI 5 for 338 (MP Stoinis 75, NM Hauritz 1 0 0 - - 0 0 - 1 0 CJ Heron 30, MA Johnson 62*, DN Porter 86*; BOWLING M OVERS MDNS RUNS WKTS AVRGE 5WI 10WM BEST B McDonald 2-77). MA Cameron 1 21 8 39 9 4.33 1 0 6-12 VICTORIA SECOND XI v JR Hazlewood 2 19 6 42 4 10.50 0 0 3-16 NEW SOUTH WALES SECOND XI GJ Mail 2 10 1 31 2 15.50 0 0 1-1 , St Kilda, February 9,10,11,12, 2009. SO Henry 2 3 0 17 1 17.00 0 0 1-17 New South Wales Second XI won by four SPD Smith 1 34 9 120 7 17.14 1 0 5-57 wickets. Victoria Second XI 354 (AJ Finch 30, GM Lambert 2 65 7 242 11 22.00 1 0 5-71 MW Hill 54, JW Hastings 125, MR King 53; B Casson 2 12.3 6 22 1 22.00 0 0 1-16 GM Lambert 2-50, SPD Smith 2-63). New BT Cockley 1 11.1 3 24 1 24.00 0 0 1-24 South Wales Second XI 7 for 355 (EJM Cowan AC Bird 2 23 3 81 3 27.00 0 0 2-25 41, GM Lambert 43, MC Henriques 39, SNJ O’Keefe 3 62.1 14 181 6 30.17 0 0 4-60 UT Khawaja 53, SPD Smith 85, SNJ O’Keefe MA Starc 4 90.5 16 298 9 33.11 0 0 3-24 39*; SP Seymour 2-55). Victoria Second XI 194 JK Lalor 2 42 8 150 3 50.00 0 0 2-47 (AJ Kent 58, AC Blizzard 34; GM Lambert 3-34, SJC Keen 4 65 22 160 3 53.33 0 0 1-5 SPD Smith 5-57). New South Wales Second XI B McDonald 1 30.3 6 111 2 55.50 0 0 2-77 6 for 195 (EJM Cowan 55, SPD Smith 31, NM Hauritz 1 54 12 138 2 69.00 0 0 2-59 SJC Keen 48; GJ Maxwell 2-45). 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 - 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 53 54

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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.

QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Allan Border Field, Albion, November 29, 2008. At Allan Border Field, Albion, November 30, 2008. New South Wales won by eight wickets. New South Wales won by nine runs. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 6 Pts. Toss: New South Wales. New South Wales 4 Pts. Player of the Match: LJ Poulton. Umpires: AR Curran and TP Laycock. Player of the Match: SE Aley. Umpires: NC McNamara and D Mealey. Queensland New South Wales MJ Bulow b Sthalekar 14 (67) AJ Blackwell c Kimmince b Broadfoot 12 (29) C Reibelt c and b Andrews 7 (15) LJ Poulton c Hollis b Kimmince 8 (18) LC Broadfoot c AJ Blackwell b Osborne 17 (52) KA Blackwell lbw b Tainton 35 (60) *+JM Fields c Anneveld b Osborne 0 (7) *LC Sthalekar c Coleman b Jonassen 40 (60) L Daley st Coleman b Anneveld 13 (42) EA Perry c Hollis b Jonassen 8 (32) DL Hollis b Sthalekar 7 (27) C Hall c Kimmince b Tainton 6 (12) JC Coleman c KA Blackwell b Anneveld 18 (38) +LA Coleman c Broadfood b Pike 31 (31) KE Pike c Sthalekar b Perry 0 (4) AJ Healy c Fields b Pike 9 (15) J Verrall b Andrews 1 (21) EA Osborne not out 11 (17) DM Kimmince not out 10 (14) SE Aley c Pike b Kimmince 15 (14) J Jonassen not out 12 (16) SJ Andrews c Fields b Pike 0 (6) L-b 3, w 3, n-b 3 9 B 1, l-b 4, w 5 10 (50 overs, 179 mins) (9 wkts) 108 (49 overs, 184 mins) 185 Fall: 10 42 43 43 58 65 66 83 85 Fall: 13 23 91 103 114 115 156 158 182 185 Bowling: Perry 8-1-25-1; Andrews 8-0-26-2; Anneveld 10-2-21-2; Aley 6-3-10-0; Bowling: Kimmince 9-4-19-2; Verrall 4-0-19-0; Broadfoot 4-0-24-1; Osborne 10-3-13-2; Sthalekar 8-4-10-2. Coleman 10-1-31-0; Pike 10-0-46-3; Jonassen 8-1-21-2; Tainton 4-0-20-2.

New South Wales Queensland LJ Poulton c Tainton b Broadfoot 62 (72) LC Broadfoot c and b Aley 33 (57) AJ Blackwell c Jonassen b Coleman 22 (27) C Reibelt c Poulton b Sthalekar 22 (68) KA Blackwell not out 17 (32) DL Hollis c Coleman b Aley 4 (14) *LC Sthalekar not out 4 (4) *+JM Fields run out (Andrews) 9 (24) EA Perry MJ Bulow c AJ Blackwell b Sthalekar 38 (53) C Hall L Daley b Osborne 12 (29) +LA Coleman J Jonassen b Anneveld 9 (21) AJ Healy JC Coleman lbw b Osborne 0 (3) EA Osborne DM Kimmince c AJ Blackwell b Osborne 9 (14) SJ Andrews KE Pike not out 28 (17) SE Aley J Verrall not out 3 (3) W 4, n-b 1 5 W 6, n-b 3 9 (22.2 overs, 89 mins) (2 wkts) 110 (50 overs, 184 mins) (9 wkts) 176 Fall: 44 95 Fall: 49 57 75 78 126 128 130 144 154 Bowling: Kimmince 4-0-22-0; Verrall 3-0-10-0; Coleman 6-0-30-1; Pike 3-0-11-0; Bowling: Perry 5-1-19-0; Andrews 7-2-30-0; Aley 10-0-22-2; Anneveld 8-0-49-1; Jonassen 3-0-21-0; Broadfoot 2-1-10-1; Tainton 1.2-0-6-0. Sthalekar 10-1-28-2; Osborne 10-1-28-3.

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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 (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.

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA

At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 6, 2008. At Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, December 7, 2008. New South Wales won by seven wickets. New South Wales won by eight wickets. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts. Player of the Match: EA Osborne. Umpires: TJ Keel and GD Redman. Player of Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: TJ Keel and MAW Nickl.

Western Australia Western Australia A Gray run out (Hall) 3 (13) A Gray c Coleman b Perry 2 (5)

CRICKET NSW LK Ebsary c Anneveld b Osborne 40 (59) LK Ebsary lbw b Andrews 0 (6) PA Merrilees b Osborne 22 (54) PA Merrilees lbw b Anneveld 16 (34) +JCL Wallace c Sthalekar b Andrews 20 (70) +JCL Wallace c Anneveld b Aley 40 (111) LN Stammers lbw b Osborne 0 (2) LN Stammers c Osborne b Sthalekar 0 (7) RK Chappell c Anneveld b Sthalekar 4 (19) RK Chappell b Sthalekar 6 (10) JL Gunn run out (KA Blackwell) 8 (31) JL Gunn c and b Andrews 35 (71) RM Farrell b Andrews 8 (21) RM Farrell run out (Hall) 28 (35) *AJ Fahey c Aley b Perry 7 (14) *AJ Fahey b Perry 6 (18) DK Brown st Coleman b Andrews 1 (5) DK Brown not out 3 (3) AL Williams not out 0 (5) AL Williams not out 0 (0) B 1, l-b 2, w 11, n-b 2 16 L-b 4, w 5 9 (48.3 overs, 185 mins) 129 (50 overs, 184 mins) (9 wkts) 145 Fall: 9 68 72 72 88 109 112 123 127 129 Fall: 2 2 33 38 46 99 105 132 144 Bowling: Andrews 9.3-1-23-3; Sthalekar 10-1-30-1; Perry 9-2-19-1; Aley 2-0-18-0; Bowling: Perry 8-0-36-2; Andrews 9-1-12-2; Sthalekar 9-2-23-2; Anneveld 6-2- Osborne 10-4-20-3; Anneveld 8-1-16-0. 21-1; Osborne 8-0-24-0; Poulton 3-0-9-0; Aley 7-0-16-1.

New South Wales New South Wales LJ Poulton run out (Chappell) 43 (59) AJ Blackwell not out 50 (78) AJ Blackwell lbw b Gunn 17 (46) LJ Poulton c Wallace b Gunn 50 (71) KA Blackwell c Gunn b Farrell 14 (26) KA Blackwell c Wallace b Farrell 16 (30) *LC Sthalekar not out 32 (43) *LC Sthalekar not out 7 (15) EA Perry not out 12 (21) EA Perry CL Hall CL Hall +LA Coleman +LA Coleman EA Osborne SE Aley AJ Healy EA Osborne SE Aley AJ Healy SJ Andrews SJ Andrews W 13 13 B 1, l-b 4, w 18 23 (32.3 overs, 124 mins) (3 wkts) 131 (32.2 overs, 122 mins) (2 wkts) 146 Fall: 50 71 92 Fall: 81 133 Bowling: Farrell 8.3-0-28-1; Ebsary 6-1-17-0; Gunn 4-0-16-1; Stammers 3-0-18-0; Bowling: Farrell 10-1-33-1; Ebsary 3-0-17-0; Hyder 1-0-12-0; Fahey 2-0-11-0; Chappell 4-0-18-0; Fahey 3-0-13-0; Williams 3-0-16-0; Hyder 1-0-5-0. 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 (52) and (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.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES

At Adelaide Oval No 2, December 20, 2008. At Adelaide Oval, December 21, 2008 Day/night game. New South Wales won by nine wickets. New South Wales won by six wickets. (D/L method) Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 5 Pts. Toss: South Australia. New South Wales 4 Pts. Player of the Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: K Chanrakumar and AD Willoughby. Player of Match: AJ Blackwell. Umpires: AR Collins and L Uthenwoldt.

South Australia South Australia JL Woerner c Aley b Osborne 44 (70) S Nitschke b Osborne 62 (64) S Nitschke c Aley b Andrews 6 (17) JL Woerner c Coleman b Perry 5 (9) *KL Rolton lbw b Anneveld 52 (119) *KL Rolton c Coleman b Andrews 71 (118) KL Britt not out 58 (79) KL Britt st Coleman b Andrews 87 (80) AR Jason-Jones b Anneveld 3 (9) EM Sampson st Coleman b Sthalekar 1 (7) EM Sampson c Perry b Andrews 2 (4) AR Jason-Jones c Coleman b Andrews 0 (2) +AZ Dean not out 2 (6) +AZ Dean run out (Aley) 3 (3) LC Davis A Moritz not out 1 (3) TJ McPharlin LC Davis NK Iles NK Iles A Moritz SC Morrison SJ Jameson SJ Jameson B 2, w 2, n-b 4 8 L-b 5, w 10, n-b 5 20 (50 overs) (5 wkts) 175 (50 overs) (7 wkts) 250 Fall: 18 71 143 159 162 Fall: 22 105 236 240 241 246 250 Bowling: Andrews 9-1-26-2; Perry 10-2-38-0; Aley 4-0-26-0; Sthalekar 10-2-24-0; Bowling: Andrews 9-2-43-3; Perry 9-0-62-1; Anneveld 6-0-42-0; Sthalekar 10-2-28-1; Osborne 10-2-22-1; Anneveld 7-0-37-2. Osborne 10-1-38-1; Poulton 6-0-32-0.

New South Wales New South Wales LJ Poulton c Jameson b Iles 4 (17) AJ Blackwell c Britt b Sampson 75 (90) AJ Blackwell not out 101 (116) LJ Poulton c Jason-Jones b Sampson 53 (71) KA Blackwell not out 64 (86) KA Blackwell b Morrison 23 (27) *LC Sthalekar *LC Sthalekar not out 35 (30) EA Perry EA Perry b Iles 3 (8) CL Hall CL Hall not out 4 (7) AJ Healy AJ Healy EA Osborne EA Osborne +LA Coleman +LA Coleman SE Aley SE Aley SJ Andrews SJ Andrews CA Anneveld CA Anneveld W 7 7 B 4, l-b 3, w 10, n-b 1 18 (36.3 overs, 144 mins) (1 wkt) 176 (38.4 overs) (4 wkts) 211 Fall: 14 Fall: 131 133 186 202 Bowling: Sampson 10-2-36-0; Iles 9-0-35-1; Nitschke 6-1-31-0; Jameson 3-0-17-0; Bowling: Sampson 9-2-26-2; Iles 9-1-48-1; Jameson 2-0-16-0; Nitschke 7-0-42-0; Britt 3-0-25-0; Davis 5.3-0-32-0. Davis 4-0-23-0; Britt 5-0-34-0; Morrison 2.4-0-14-1. 2008/09 ANNUAL REPORT 57