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Prime Minister’s XI Matches Trivia

• 280 Players have represented the Prime Minister’s XI; 338 players have played against the PM’s XI • Former Australian Democrats leader Don Chipp played for the Prime Minister’s XI in 1962/63. • holds the record for the most sixes in a Prime Minister’s XI match with 8 sixes in 2009/10 • The most 4s in a Prime Minister’s XI match is 20, held jointly by and who both scored that total in the 2014/15 match. • 6 batsmen have been dismissed in the 90s in a PM’s XI match – Mike Hussey and for the home side and Geoff Boycott, Darren Ganga, Ramanesh Sarwan and for visiting sides. • The longest individual in a Prime Minister’s XI match is by Ian Bell who batted for 213 minutes for his 187 against the PM’s XI in 2014/15. • Ian Bell holds the record for the most balls faced in a Prime Minister’s XI match when he took only 145 balls to make 187 against the PM’s XI in 2014/15. • The most expensive in a PM’s XI match where the of overs have been limited is by of who had 1 for 97 off his 9 overs in 2006/07. • Eight Prime Ministers have been involved in staging the Prime Minister’s XI event – Menzies, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull. • Three PM’s XI matches have been decided through the Duckworth-Lewis rain rule calculator – 2005/06, 2009/10 and 2010/11. • Three PM’s XI matches have been abandoned without a ball being , two matches were against the West Indies – 1988/89 and 1995/96 and one against in 2011/12. • The highest ever total in a Prime Minister’s XI match is 5-399 by the West Indies in 2009/10. • Allan has played in the most PM’s XI matches with 10 matches in total. • A total of 17 individual centuries have been scored in PM’s XI matches – 9 for the home side and 8 for visiting teams. • The PM’s XI side has played matches against all Test nations except for , , Ireland and . • The record for the best bowling in an innings for a PM’s XI bowler is 6-27 by former ACT player Greg Rowell. The record has been held since 1991/92. • Sir is the joint holder of the most dismissals in an innings by a -keeper in a PM’s XI match. He took 1 catch and 4 stumpings against the PM’s XI in 1960/61. He holds the record with Mark Atkinson for the PM’s XI and Steven Rhodes of England. • There have been 25 captains of the PM’s XI side. Only (10), (3) and (2) have been multiple captains of the side. • 40 players have represented the ACT while playing for the PM’s XI. • for whom the scoreboard at is named for, captained the PM’s XI in their first match in 1951/52. He also umpired the match on two occasions. • Former Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt was selected to play in the first PM’s XI match in 1951/52 but was forced to withdraw from it due to influenza. • 4 Members of Parliament have played in the PM’s XI match. Athol Townley, Bill Falkinder, Mac Holten and Don Chipp. • The original Bradman Pavilion was opened during the PM’s XI match in 1962/63 by Sir Donald Bradman who captained the PM’s XI in that season. The new Bradman Pavilion was opened during the PM’s XI match in 2000/01. • There have been 18 partnerships in Prime Minister’s XI matches; 11 for the PM’s XI and only seven for visiting sides. • English sides have played 13 times against the Prime Minister’s XI, the most by any side. The next highest is the West Indies with 10 matches. • Three players have umpired a Prime Minister’s XI match in the modern era after playing in one. in 2005/06, in 2006/07 and Paul Wilson in 2015/16. • The largest crowd for a Prime Minister’s XI match was in 1983/84 where 14,484 people crowded into Manuka Oval. • The youngest player to play for the Prime Minister’s XI is who was 17 years 160 days when he made his debut in 2009/10. 18 year olds to play for the PM’s XI were Alex Keath, , , Cameron White, and . • The oldest player to play for the Prime Minister’s XI was Sir Donald Bradman who was 54 years 162 days when he played in the 1962/63 match. • 13 players have been born overseas who have played for the Prime Minister’s XI. These are , Martin Donnelly, Gamini Goonesena, , , Moises Henriques, Dyson Heydon, Brendon Julian, , , Lega Siaka , and . • Four players have played for nations in ODI cricket other than after playing for the PM’s XI in the modern era. These are for the Netherlands, Stewart Heaney for Canada, Luke Ronchi for and Lega Siaka for Papua New Guinea. • Five sets of brothers have played for the Prime Minister’s XI - Michael and , Brett and , Shaun and Mitchell Marsh, Stephen and , Alister and Ben McDermott. • Three sets of fathers and sons have played for the PM’s XI in the modern era – Rod and Dan Marsh, Craig and Alistair/Ben McDermott, and Peter and James Faulkner. • Four players originally named as of the PM’s XI withdrew due to injury or personal reasons – Shane Lee replaced in 1999/00, replaced in 2001/02, Cameron White replaced in 2006/07 and replaced in 2014/15. • is currently the only player to withdraw due to injury twice for the PM’s XI, in 1984/85 and 1988/89. The 1988/89 ended up being abandoned without a ball being bowled. • Nine players have represented two states or territories while playing for the PM’s XI. Jason Behrendorff for ACT and WA; for ACT and NSW; for ACT and ; for and NSW; Simon Katich for WA and NSW; Usman Khawaja for NSW and , Gavin Robertson for Tasmania and NSW, for WA and Queensland and Chris Rogers for WA and Victoria. • Only two players in the modern era has played for the PM’s XI in their forties, Allan Border was 41 when he last played for the side in 1996/97 and Michael Hussey in 2015/16. • Nine players have played for the PM’s XI side after turning 40 – Sir Donald Bradman, , Jack Fingleton, , Allan Border, Mike Hussey, , Bill O’Reilly and Athol Townley. • The record for the longest time between their first and last Prime Minister’s XI match is 19 years 66 days by , who made his debut in 1994/95 and played his last match in 2014/15. • Three sets of brothers have played together in a Prime Minister’s XI match – Shane and in 1999/00, Alister & Ben McDermott in 2013/14 and Michael and David Hussey in 2015/16. • Only two father son combinations have played against the Prime Minister’s XI. Chris and for England and Ken and Hamish Rutherford for New Zealand. • Luke Ronchi is the only player to play for and against the Prime Minister’s XI in the modern era. He played for the PM’s XI in 2004/05 and 2007/08 and for New Zealand in 2015/16. • Nine Indigenous players have been selected to play for the Prime Minister’s XI – Roger Brown (1985/86), Michael Williams (1988/89), Clinton Dann (2001/02), Matthew Bradley (2002/03, 2003/04), Barry Weare (2004/05), Jason Gillespie (2006/07), Daniel Christian (2008/09, 2010/11) and D’arcy Short (2016/17). Michael Williams (washed out) and Jason Gillespie (injury) did not play in a Prime Minister’s XI after being selected. • Simon Katich is the only player to be dismissed for two ducks for the Prime Minister’s XI. • 309,180 people have attended the Prime Minister’s XI matches since 1951/52. The highest attendance was in 1984/85 with 15,807 people attended. • The first ever ball bowled in the Prime Minister’s XI series of matches saw the dismissal of former Australian Test opener Jack Fingleton who was by off the of John Trim.