RECORD BREAKERS Lend Lease Breakers Seven time WNCL Champions 2005/06 - 2011/12

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*Provisional figures as at 1 January 2012. Contents

Members of the Association 2 U18 Female Program 71

Cricket NSW Staff 3 U/17 Male Program 72 From the Chairman 4 U/15 Female Program 73 From the Chief Executive 6 2011/12 Australian Country Retirements 8 Championships 74 Australian Representatives – Men's 10 2012 75 Australian Representatives – Women's 12 Grade – Men’s Competition 76 International Matches in NSW 13 Sydney Grade – The Medal Dinner 14 Women’s Competition 80 NSW SpeedBlitz Blues 15 Sydney Shires 82 2011/12 Bupa Sheffield Shield 16 NSW First Class Records 27 State Cricket Department 84 2011/12 Ryobi One Day Cup 33 Sydney Cricket Association 88

NSW Limited Overs Records 38 NSW Women’s Cricket Committee 90 2011 Champions League T20 40 Commercial Partners 91 NSW T20 Records 43 Commercial Operations 44 and Communication 92 46 NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Lend Lease Breakers 49 Scorers’ Association 94 2011/12 Women's National Game Development 96 Cricket League 50 NSW Women's National Country Cricket NSW 98 Cricket League Records 56 NSW District Cricket Association 101 2011/12 Women's T20 57 NSW Schools Cricket Association 102 NSW Women's T20 Records 65 The Bradman Foundation 105 Futures League - Men's Second XI 66 Women’s Second XI 67 Association Notes 106 U/19 Male Program 69 Summarised Financial Statements 112

2011/12 Cricket NSW Annual Report Photography: Delly Carr / Sports Shoot, Editor: Sudesh Arudpragasam Simon Grimmett / Sports Shoot, Northern Beaches Contributors: David Townsend, Photography and Design, Be Yourself Photography, Dr Harry Harinath OAM, David Gilbert Getty Images Statistics: Adam Morehouse, Dr Colin Clowes, Design and Printing: Proactive Graphics Bob Brenner

Front Cover: The Lend Lease Breakers Contents: 2011/12 Steve Waugh Medallist, celebrated a record breaking seventh WNCL (centre) and joint title in 2011/12. Medallists, (bottom) and (top) Back Cover: Steve Smith claims the inaugural KFC T20 Big Bash League trophy for the Sydney Sixers. Members of the Association

The NSW Cricket Board. Back row (l-r): David Gilbert (Chief Executive), Greg Monaghan, Dr David Dilley, Marshall Rosen, Richard Cook, Ian Field (General Manager, Cricket Operations). Seated (l-r): Doug Cole, AO, Dr Harry Harinath OAM (Chairman), The Hon. Patricia Forsythe, Mike Silver OAM

PATRONS LIFE MEMBERS

Joint Patrons G Atwell (2003); J Benaud (2004); MJ Bennett (2005); Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of NSW NWL Bergin OAM (1986); MG Bevan (2003); BC Booth MBE (1971); Sir Nicholas Shehadie AC OBE D Bourne (2006); R Brenner (2007); R Brewer (2003); Mr AK Davidson AM MBE C Brierley OAM (2003); DJ Broad OAM (1992); RF Burgess (1975); BJ Clark AM (2007); FJ Clark OAM (1995); C Clowes (2007); NSW CRICKET BOARD DIRECTORS DH Cole (2011); M Cornish (2003); ID Craig OAM (1979); AB Crompton OAM (1983); AK Davidson AM MBE (1963); Retire 2012 M Davies (2003); RG Davies (1967); J Dyson (2002); PA Emery (2002); Messrs DH Cole and RF Cook, The Hon. P Forsythe (Appointed) BF Freedman OAM (2000); RA French OAM (1996); and Mr MJ Silver OAM BJ Gainsford OAM (2003); LR Gardner OAM(1988); JW Gleeson (1979); HJ Griffith (2003); RH Guy (1981); DB Hair (2009); Retire 2013 GK Harinath OAM (2010): RG Harris (2000); RN Harvey MBE (1963); Dr DF Dilley, Dr GK Harinath OAM (Appointed), Messrs GK Monaghan, BC Hazell OAM (1977); RG Holland (2009); RA Hore (2005); MF Rosen and MA Taylor AO (Appointed) RE Horsell OAM (2002); AJ Hughes OAM (1984); THJ Iceton OAM (2005); V Jackson (2003); WJ Jocelyn (2003); DELEGATES LM Keightley (2007); NS Laming (1998); L Larsen (2003); GF Lawson OAM (2002); M Lilienthal OAM (1964); NG Marks (2000); Sydney Cricket Association Incorporated K Marshall (2010): GRJ Matthews (2002); RB McCosker OAM (1990); Messrs R Adby (to 07/03/12), DH Cole, A Connolly, RF Cook, GD McGrath AM (2008); JT McMahon OAM (2005); P Meyers (2005); M Ezekiel, I Finlay, BF Freedman OAM, G Gavin, KP Greene, A Mitchell OAM (2003); AR Morris MBE (1967); SM Hamman, J Hanshaw, THJ Iceton OAM, M Langford, GK Monaghan, JT O’Dwyer OAM (2006); MB Pawley OAM (2008); DB O’Neil, M O’Sullivan, J Penrose (from 07/03/12), MF Rosen, PI Philpott OAM (2004); M Picton (2003); SJ Rixon (1996); M Sanders, P Wright, J Warn (Chairman) and M Whybrow WJ Saunders OAM (1977); BA Sellers AM (2009); MJ Silver OAM (2009); NSW Country Cricket Association Incorporated RB Simpson AO (1970); O Smith (2003); SB Smith (2010); Messrs TJ Clayton, DC Cox, PG Creighton, IR Hogg (Chairman), HB Taber (1979); JMA Tait (1999); MA Taylor AO (2002); G Thomas (2011); P Marjoribanks, JG Moriarty, RJ Myatt and MJ Silver OAM L Thomas MBE (2003); RF Tozer (1996); A Turner (1997); KD Walters MBE (1979); ME Waugh AM (2003); SR Waugh AO (2003); NSW Cricket Umpires’ and Scorers’ Association Incorporated W Weir AM (2003); MR Whitney (2002); TH Wholohan OAM (1995); Dr DF Dilley RCA Wotton AM (1990); R Wright OAM (2001). NSW District Cricket Association Incorporated Mr JC Evans

NSW Schools’ Cricket Association Incorporated Mr GK Kightley

NSW Women’s Cricket Committee Ms K Loder AM (to 13/03/12), Ms RA Hore (from 13/03/12)

ACT Cricket Association Incorporated Mr BG Dockrill

2 CRICKET Cricket NSW Staff

ADMINISTRATION GAME DEVELOPMENT Assistant Coach – NSW SpeedBlitz Blues Chief Executive General Manager, Game Development Chandika Hathurusinghe David Gilbert Cameron French State Coach – Lend Lease Breakers General Manager, Administration Leader, Community Engagement Vacant Craig Beed Jane Livesey Player Career and Welfare Manager Administration Assistant Leader, Community Cricket Cheryl Williams Renee Cassell Nick Pryde Strength and Conditioning Coach Receptionist Leader, Participation Paul Chapman Louise Barclay Nick Guinane State Squad Physiotherapist Leader, Emerging Markets Murray Ryan COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATION Sam Almaliki State Cricket Administrator Donna Anderson General Manager, Commercial Development Leader, Greater Western Sydney Operations and Communication Craig McLean State Cricket Administrator Brett Richardson Development Manager, Greater Western Sydney Bronwyn Munday Event Manager Gerard Price Youth Programs Manager - Male Theresa Moody Development Officer, Greater Western Sydney Michael Maclennan Events Executive Nathan Wadds Youth Programs Manager - Female Lauren Boyle Development Officer, Greater Western Sydney Lisa Sthalekar Events and Sponsorship Officer Kane Radford Coach Educator James West Development Officer, Greater Western Sydney David Drew Communications Manager Lauren Hopper Country Programs Coordinator David Townsend Development Leader, Sydney Harbour Bruce Whitehouse Corporate Communications Executive Jason Lawless State Talent Manager Sudesh Arudpragasam Development Manager, Sydney Harbour David Freedman Michael Procajlo Website Administrator NSW CRICKET UMPIRES’ AND Ben Cuevas Development Officer, Sydney Harbour SCORERS’ ASSOCIATION Hospitality and Mark Taylor Club Manager Tom Halliday Executive Officer Renai Manning Development Officer, Sydney Harbour Nick Carson Brad Pettitt Facilities Manager Umpires’ Education and Development Manager Janine Stainer Development Officer, Sydney Harbour Darren Goodger Kezia Okulicz SCG Indoor Centre Manager Administrator Jim Robson Development Manager, Troy Penman Robbie Mackinlay CRICKET OPERATIONS Development Manager, Hunter LIBRARY General Manager, Cricket Operations Neil McDonald Honorary Librarians Ian Field Development Manager, Central Coast Bob Brenner and Dr Colin Clowes Cricket Operations Officer – Frankie Walsh Sydney Cricket Association Sydney Sixers Development Manager, Western Roy Formica General Manager Matthew Tabbernor Cricket Operations Officer - Development Manager, and Southern Representative Cricket Marketing Manager Paul Brockley Kath Koschel Lisa Johanson Cricket Operations Officer - Development Manager, North Coast David Szumowski Website Coordinator Women’s Cricket Kathy Topham Kate Evans Development Manager, Central Northern Kathy Barber Sydney Thunder FINANCE Secretary, NSW District Cricket Association General Manager Chief Financial Officer Eric Myatt John Dyson Michael Dalton Commercial and Media Manager Senior Accountant STATE CRICKET Tony Peters Hari Shan General Manager, State Cricket Event Presentation Manager and Payroll Accountant David Thompson Commercial Assistant Alister Galletly State Coach – NSW SpeedBlitz Blues Taryn Brighten Accounts Officer Anthony Stuart As at 30 June 2012 Tara Cuthbert

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 3 From the Chairman

The majority of States were able to utilise existing infrastructure and resources to launch their sides. As a ‘two team' State, Cricket NSW was presented with the significant challenge of building both the Sixers’ and Thunder’s operations from the ground up and I congratulate the respective General Managers, Stuart Clark and John Dyson, on their efforts in establishing their on and off field teams in such a short period of time. Further congratulations, of course, go to the Sixers as the inaugural BBL Champions. It is very pleasing that Cricket NSW will again be represented at the Champions League, this time by the Sixers. The decision to move an International match to ANZ Stadium at was a bold and innovative one by the NSW Cricket Board which, it must be said, attracted its share of criticism at the time. However, the success of the event, with a record 59,659 fans flocking to the Stadium to watch play in a T20 International, is proof that the decision was the correct one. Despite atrocious weather in the lead up to the game, the attendance broke an 84-year-old record for the largest crowd at a single day of cricket in NSW. Western Sydney is the major population growth area of Australia and an area that Cricket NSW cannot ignore. the past decade, we have invested millions of dollars in infrastructure and ground improvements, including the impressive training and playing facilities built at Blacktown International Sportspark. Now that International cricket has made its debut in Western Sydney, in a format with tremendous to young families, the game of cricket will benefit at all levels. Overall, the 2011/12 season was supported outstandingly in NSW with a total of 371,929 fans attending International and domestic matches staged in NSW during the summer. The 100th Test match at the SCG was a wonderful spectacle with 115,112 spectators attending the four days of the game. Many would In the mid 1970’s, the late pioneered a revolution that have hoped to see India’s reach his 100th International would change the face of International cricket. Though not quite on the in what surely was his final Test at the SCG. Instead, they same scale, the significant changes experienced in Australian cricket over witnessed a history-making from Australian , the past 12 months have been dramatic, from the successful introduction Michael Clarke. Clarke’s phenomenal 329 broke a 108 year old of the KFC T20 Big Bash League, to the popularity of the first ever record for the highest Test score ever made at the SCG. How fitting that International match to be played at ANZ Stadium in Sydney’s west. the record now belongs to a home-grown NSW player! While it is important for cricket to move with the times, it is also equally Michael Clarke was one of 13 NSW players to represent Australia important that our game remains respectful of its traditions. As such, I was during the year, the others being , , delighted to witness the support of fans for the Australia and India Test , , , Phil Hughes, Usman series, especially during the 100th Test match played at the SCG. Khawaja, Steve Smith, Stephen O’Keefe, , and . Put simply, the 2011/12 season was a summer which proved that the ‘old’ can thrive side-by-side with the ‘new’. We were extremely proud to see Trent Copeland, Patrick Cummins, Mitchell Starc and David Warner make their Test debuts over the past Arguably the most anticipated event over the past year’s domestic year. Warner’s brilliant season, which saw him record his maiden Test and calendar was the inception of the KFC T20 Big Bash League. Having One-Day International centuries, resulted in him being the only player to witnessed the development and spectacular growth of the Indian play in every Australian match last summer. Premier League, I was thrilled to see the BBL emphatically embraced by the public via record-breaking attendances and television ratings. This outstanding contribution to the National side made for a tough season at home for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues. Our new Sydney teams, the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder, were right in the thick of it. The Thunder’s opening game against the The team had an encouraging start to the summer by reaching the Semi Stars registered the fourth highest television audience in the Finals of the Champions League T20 in India. They reached the play-offs history of , going all the way back to 1995, while the local with wins over Trinidad, and , however, they ran into a derby at ANZ Stadium drew 31,262 fans, a record for a domestic T20 rampaging and in the Semi Final, with the two match in NSW. combining brilliantly to power Bangalore through to the decider.

4 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES It was at this tournament that David Warner created history, with his On behalf of Cricket NSW, I sincerely thank all of our Commercial consecutive centuries against Chennai and Bangalore making him the Partners for their valued support of cricket in NSW. We look forward first player ever to do so in T20 cricket. to continuing our partnerships well into the future. Back home, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues struggled in both the Ryobi One Financially, Cricket NSW has recorded a financial year-end deficit of Day Cup and Bupa Sheffield Shield competitions, finishing third and $1.46M, with a major factor being the cost of establishing the two new fifth respectively. While the team will be very determined to improve its Big Bash League teams. In budgeting for 2012/13, we have worked results next summer, there were some notable highlights in 2011/12. diligently to reduce costs whilst ensuring that we do not compromise the programs that grow and support cricket in NSW. Early in the season, Daniel Smith blasted 179 not out against , breaking ’ record for the highest individual score by a NSW Sadly, Cricket NSW bid farewell to a number of long-serving players player in One Day cricket. Then, just before Christmas, , at the end of the 2011/12 season. aged 18 years and 236 days, became the youngest NSW player to After joining the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues in 2002 from , score a First Class century on debut with 157 not out against Western announced his retirement from Australian at the SCG. June 2012. Amongst his many career highlights, he was a member Congratulations also to Steve Smith on winning his second Steve Waugh of the Sheffield Shield winning teams of 2002/03 and 2004/05, and Medal as the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues’ Player of the Year. Captain of the winning 2007/08 Sheffield Shield and 2009 Champions League teams. His final campaign as skipper was to lead NSW at the The Lend Lease Breakers continue to set a benchmark for women’s 2011 Champions League. Simon set the highest standards and was an cricket through both their professionalism and skill. 2011/12 saw them inspirational leader and role model to his teammates. In 58 First Class win a record seventh consecutive Women’s National Cricket League matches for NSW, his average of 61.73 is only bettered by (WNCL) title, their 14th in 16 seasons. Sir Donald Bradman, , and . Unfortunately, they fell short in the T20 competition, losing their third Well played Simon – you will be greatly missed. consecutive Final to Victoria after finishing the preliminary rounds as Phil Jaques has retired from the Australian First Class game to pursue Minor Premiers. a career in English as a local player. Phil was a prolific Coupled with their outstanding season as a team, there were plenty opening batsman for NSW over his decade long career. In his prime, of personal milestones. In the WNCL Final, hit 156 to he dominated domestic cricket and would have played more than his become the first player to notch three figures in a WNCL Finals match. 11 Test matches for Australia had it not been for a debilitating back injury. Lisa Sthalekar became the leading taker in WNCL history, while Stuart Clark was a menacing fast bowler whose awkward bounce and also bringing up her 3000th WNCL career . In a T20 match against impeccable often saw him compared to the great the ACT, Leah Poulton struck a off the last ball of the innings Glenn McGrath. Stuart was our leading bowler at the 2011 Champions to record her first ever century for NSW. League and finished his distinguished playing career with a Player of the For the first time, we had joint winners of the Belinda Clark Medal with Match performance for Sydney University in the Sydney First Grade Lisa Sthalekar and Leah Poulton sharing the honour of being named Final. He has made the transition from player to administrator seamlessly. Lend Lease Breakers’ Players of the Year. joined the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues from Western Australia Our women also dominated National selection with , in 2006 and his relaxed and cheerful demeanour quickly made him Leah Poulton, Lisa Sthalekar, , Sharon Millanta, , a popular member of the team. He was extremely unlucky to have Rachael Haynes, and all representing Australia. played just the one Test match, however, he can be very proud of his Additionally, a further seven girls were selected in the Australian achievements particularly as he suffers from a congenital heart condition. Youth team. I also wish to congratulate my predecessor as Chairman, Bob Horsell, Overall, NSW teams won seven of the 14 National titles contested in on his award of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2012 Australia Day 2011/12, those being the BBL, WNCL 50 over, U/18 Female, U/17 Male, Honours List. Bob is thoroughly deserving of this honour having devoted Australian Country Championships and the male and female Imparja over 50 years to cricket at Club, State and National levels. Cup titles. This is a commendable and a tribute to the efforts of My thanks are extended to Chief Executive David Gilbert and his staff, the players and support staff. and to my fellow NSW Cricket Board Directors, for their dedication and Cricket NSW continues to invest heavily in grass roots cricket. However, commitment over the past year. It has been a challenging year and the participation increased by just 0.6% in NSW during 2011/12, with a support shown to me has been unwavering. 10% increase in regional NSW but a decrease of 8% in metropolitan Finally, I offer my heartfelt gratitude to the thousands of volunteers Sydney. We have recently re-structured our Game Development and officials across NSW who give so much to cricket. Your time and Department to ensure that more resources are provided to address devotion to the game is greatly appreciated. player recruitment and retention issues. Commercially, Cricket NSW is in a healthy state with an impressive Dr GK (Harry) Harinath OAM sponsorship portfolio spearheaded by the Roads and Maritime Services. Chairman, Cricket NSW This is now in its 11th year and one of the longest in the history of Australian sport. It also plays an important role in our community, with NSW SpeedBlitz Blues players promoting the message to young drivers that ‘there is no such thing as safe speeding’.

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 5 From the Chief Executive

Rachael became the first player to score a century in a WNCL Final, while Lisa was her typically dogged and reliable self. During the season, Lisa also became the WNCL’s leading wicket-taker and raised 3000 WNCL career runs – milestone achievements for one of the stalwarts of the game. With a new Captain, Coach, Assistant Coach and Chairman of Selectors appointed during the winter of 2011, it was a season of change for the NSW Speedblitz Blues. Despite the creditable performance at the Champions League, the team battled for most of the season finishing a disappointing fifth in the Bupa Sheffield Shield and third in the Ryobi One Day Cup. A comprehensive post-season review has been conducted and the players and coaching staff are determined to bounce back in 2012/13. The launch of the KFC T20 Big Bash League was a tremendous success, with the Sydney Sixers taking out the inaugural title and earning the right to be one of Australia’s two representatives at the Champions League T20 to be held in in October 2012. BBL01 received outstanding support from fans which was reflected in both record attendances and TV ratings. The Big Bash League has rapidly established itself on the sporting calendar and BBL02 is eagerly awaited. My congratulations to the players and support staff of the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder for the role they played in the success of the competition. Cricket NSW hosted two significant International matches in 2011/12, the first being the 100th Test match to be played at the SCG. Of course, the highlight of that match was a record-breaking innings by Australian captain Michael Clarke who, in front of his home crowd, compiled 329 The 2011/12 season was an historic one for NSW and Australian cricket. not out - the highest ever individual Test score at the famous ground. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues campaign started in September 2011 at the A month later, Cricket NSW celebrated the debut of International Champions League T20 in India, the last time NSW would compete in cricket at ANZ Stadium with a T20 match between Australia and India. a T20 competition. Wins over Trinidad and Tobago, and The match attracted a crowd of 59,659, breaking an 84-year-old record ensured the team reached the Semi Finals, only to for the largest attendance at a single day of cricket in NSW! This was be knocked out by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in a thrilling, high a glowing endorsement for the venue by fans and we look forward match. to taking more International matches to Sydney’s west in the The matches against Chennai and Bangalore saw David Warner become coming seasons. the first player to score consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. These were With the implementation of the recommendations of the ‘Argus Review’ two spectacular innings, made in oppressive conditions, underlining what during the 2011/12 season, which resulted in the dramatic improvement a brilliant exponent of this format he is. These innings were the start of of the performance of the Australian team, including a 4-0 Test series a golden summer for David, who went on to make his Test debut, play drubbing of India, the focus turned off-field during 2011/12 and to how in every international match of the 2011/12 season and also score his Australian cricket will be governed and financed into the future. maiden Test and One-Day centuries. has undertaken extensive reviews of its governance David was one of four NSW SpeedBlitz Blues players to make Test and financial model, and the State Associations eagerly await the debuts over the summer, joining Trent Copeland and Patrick Cummins, outcomes of these reviews and the resultant impact they will have who made their debuts on pre-season tours to and South on State operations. Africa respectively, and Mitchell Starc who debuted against During 2011/12, Cricket NSW released its 2012-2015 Strategic Plan, in . which is closely aligned to Cricket Australia’s objectives for the In addition, wicketkeeper was deservedly called into the same period. Australian squad to tour the . Peter was the form batsman Entitled “To Ignite Australia’s Favourite ’s Biggest State”, for NSW in the Bupa Sheffield Shield in 2011/12 and in the process the five pillars of Cricket NSW’s plan are: became the fastest NSW gloveman to reach 1,000 First Class runs. ƒƒ Grow Cricket NSW’s fan base significantly, especially via the BBL The Lend Lease Breakers were again outstanding in collecting a record ƒƒ Be the number one producer of talent in Australian cricket seventh consecutive Women’s National Cricket League crown. The Final against Victoria at the SCG was a wonderful match, which saw NSW ƒƒ Increase participation substantially and inspire the next generations fight back from 2-2 in the second over to make 310, thanks to a crucial of NSW players, fans and volunteers 144 run third wicket stand between Rachael Haynes and Lisa Sthalekar. ƒƒ Energise NSW cricket and be a positive force in Australian cricket at a crucial time of change ƒƒ Significantly grow investment in NSW.

6 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES It has been a difficult year financially for the Association with a deficit During the season, the RTA’s decade long sponsorship of the of $1.46M recorded. The deficit can be attributed to two main SpeedBlitz Blues was transferred to a newly named Government factors – a well below budget result for the Sydney Test match and Department, the Roads and Maritime Services. The outstanding support the cost of establishing the two Sydney BBL teams for the inaugural of the RTA, and now the RMS, is greatly appreciated. Indeed, my thanks season of the Big Bash League. It is anticipated that Cricket Australia’s to all sponsors and commercial partners of Cricket NSW, in particular new broadcasting agreement, coming into effect as of 2013/14, will Lend Lease and Gujarat NRE, for your much valued support. appropriately reflect the State Associations’ investment in the BBL. Finally, my thanks also to the Chairman, Board Directors, staff, players, Cricket NSW continues to invest heavily in the critical area of game volunteers, officials and supporters of the game for making the 2011/12 development. However, an increase of just 0.6% in registered participants season a successful one for cricket in NSW. across NSW in 2011/12 again underlines the challenges confronting the game to encourage children to select cricket as their sport of choice. David Gilbert To address these challenges, Cricket NSW has restructured staff Chief Executive reporting lines so that the Regional Cricket Managers are now a part of the Game Development Department and the Regional Directors of Coaching report to the State Cricket Department. This will ensure a consistency in the of these programs state-wide. Over the past year, Cricket NSW farewelled a number of long-serving members of staff – Ray Power, David Patterson, John Sullivan, Mark Naprta, David Lawson and . Between them they gave nearly 90 years of service to the Association and I sincerely thank them for their immense contributions and wish them well in their future endeavours.

ANZ Stadium hosted its first ever international cricket match on 1 February 2012. A record crowd of 59,659 attended the Australia v India T20 International

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 7 RetirEments

Beau Casson (NSW 2006/07 – 2010/11) Phil Jaques (NSW 2000/01 – 2011/12) One of the true gentlemen in the game of cricket, Beau called time on Attaining the nickname the ‘Pro’ because of his dedication to practise, Phil his career in season 2011/12 after health problems forced him to retire called an end to his First Class career in Australia in 2011/12, although he at just 29. will continue playing for Yorkshire in the English . After making his First Class debut for Western Australia in season Phil had an outstanding career for both the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues and 2002/03, Beau decided to make the move to NSW in 2006, sensing Australia, where he opened the batting against the best bowlers in the greater opportunities in Sydney. His ability to bowl left-arm wrist spin, world and continually scored runs. After making his First Class debut including an excellent wrong’un, had impressed judges around the for NSW in the 2000/01 season, Phil was a model of consistency and country. However, Beau didn’t find things easy in his first season with the showed his appetite for big scores. NSW SpeedBlitz Blues, picking up only seven as he adjusted to a different surface at the SCG. His defining season came in 2004/05, when he was merciless on all , scoring 1269 First Class runs for NSW at an average of 66.78. The following season of 2007/08 was a different story as Beau embarked This led to his Test debut, as a replacement for , in the on a golden period in his career, earning an extended run in the side 2005 against South Africa. Although scores of 2 and 28 with Stuart MacGill away playing for Australia. weren’t the start that he was after, he went on to have an impressive Beau was a vital component of the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues side that won Test career, playing in 11 matches and scoring 902 runs at the excellent the Sheffield Shield that season. His 29 wickets in the competition came average of 47.47, with three centuries. at vital times, and he added depth to the batting, scoring 485 runs at the Phil also had a successful career with NSW. He was a member of two impressive average of 60.62. It was in the Final against Victoria, though, victorious Sheffield Shield teams (2004/05 and 2007/08) and One Day that he shone the brightest, making a valuable 89 in the second innings Cup teams (2000/01 and 2005/06). and adding 4-126 as the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues lifted the trophy. He finished with 5659 First Class runs for NSW at an average of 41.30, The fairy-tale continued as Beau was selected in the Australia Test squad with 14 centuries. In addition, he played in 66 One Day matches scoring to tour the West Indies weeks later, culminating in the moment when 2340 runs at an average of 39.66. he was named to make his Test debut in the third Test of the series in . Having dreamt of this moment his whole life, Beau seized In 2009/10, he showed what a destructive batsman he could be in the his opportunity, taking 3-86 in the second innings as Australia won the shorter form of the game when he broke David Warner’s record for match by 87 runs to clinch the series. the highest-ever One Day score for NSW, with 171 not out against From here, Beau suffered at the hands of inconsistent selection and he at the SCG. was amazingly left out of the squad to tour India later that year, resulting His single-minded determination was his greatest asset. in a loss of confidence that saw him struggle to reach the heights of the previous 12 months. A rare heart condition saw Beau decide to call it quits in November 2011, with a final First Class career analysis of 53 matches that saw him take 123 wickets at an average of 43.04. Liked and respected by everyone, Beau will be missed.

CASSON, Beau  Born 7 December 1982, Subiaco (WA)  JAQUES, Philip Anthony  Born 3 May 1979, (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman - Left Arm Wrist-Spin Left Hand Batsman M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M 1 1 0 10 10 - - 10.00 2 3 43.00 3-86 - - Test 11 19 0 902 150 6 3 47.47 7 - - - - - First Class 53 81 14 1500 99 8 - 22.38 22 123 43.04 6-64 4 1 First Class 163 291 11 14007 244 64 40 50.02 131 - - - - - Sheffield 47 74 12 1441 99 8 - 23.34 17 109 44.56 6-64 4 1 Sheffield 74 136 4 5350 240* 24 13 40.53 58 - - - - - Shield Shield Dom. 20 7 2 41 18 - - 8.20 3 18 27.22 4-31 - - One Day Intl 6 6 0 125 94 1 0 20.83 2 - - - - - Limited Ovrs Dom. 64 63 5 2320 171* 9 5 40.00 13 - - - - - Dom. T20 4 ------1 1 99.00 1-20 - - Limited Ovrs Dom. T20 14 14 2 322 69 2 0 26.83 1 - - - - -

8 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Stuart Clark (NSW 1997/98 – 2011/12) Simon Katich (NSW 2002/03 – 2011/12) Stuart Clark announced his retirement from First Class cricket in After making his First Class debut for Western Australia in season February 2012, bringing the curtain down on a career that had seen him 1996/97, Simon joined NSW in the winter of 2002 and made his debut perform with distinction for both NSW and Australia. for the State the following season. He immediately showed his class as a The man they call ‘Sarfraz’ first came to prominence with the Sutherland superb batsman, an outstanding fielder who could bowl useful wrist spin club, and his form at Grade level saw him selected to make his First and, most importantly, a tremendous team player and natural leader. Class debut for NSW in 1997/98. After some early success in the Test side, that included a debut century in Steve Waugh’s final Test against India at the SCG in January 2004, His overall career with NSW spanned 14 seasons and resulted in Clark Simon was dropped after the first Test against the West Indies in 2005, playing 69 First Class matches, taking 228 wickets at an average of 29.36. resulting in a return to the NSW team. This included nine five wicket hauls and a career-best 8-58, including a hat trick, against Western Australia in in 2007. His response was to score so many runs that the national selectors had to pick him and this effort reached a peak in 2007/08 when he broke Clark was a member of three Sheffield Shield winning sides (2002/03, the record for the most number of runs ever scored in a Sheffield Shield 2004/05, 2007/08) and four successful One Day sides (2000/01, 2001/02, season with 1506, including a career-best 306 against Queensland at the 2002/03, 2005/06), in addition to the successful KFC Big Bash campaign SCG. The result was selection for the Australian side to tour the West of 2008/09. Success in that competition led to victory in the inaugural Indies that winter and, from there, he never looked back. Champions League in India in September 2009, where Stuart played a pivotal role, capturing nine wickets for the tournament at the miserly Quite simply his record for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues was superb. Final economy rate of 4.90 per over. figures of 58 First Class matches, yielding 5309 runs at the outstanding average of 61.73, are only a start, and he was a member of the Sheffield Clark, was given the honour of captaining NSW during 2010/11, Shield winning teams in 2002/03, 2004/05 and 2007/08. a season in which the team contested the Finals of both the KFC T20 His One-Day record was equally impressive, playing 56 matches and Big Bash and Sheffield Shield competitions. averaging 40.13, while being part of the winning One Day Cup sides of He also enjoyed a distinguished International career, representing 2002/03 and 2005/06. Australia in 24 Test matches and taking 94 wickets at the superb average It was in cricket, though, that he had some of his finest of 23.86, which included 20 wickets in his first series against South Africa moments, leading NSW to the domestic Big Bash trophy in 2008/09, in 2006. During that series he experienced a dream Test debut where he followed by victory in the inaugural Champions League in India in 2009. took nine wickets in the match in . Simon’s Test career was no less impressive, playing 56 Test matches for Clark also played in 39 One-Day International matches, taking 53 wickets Australia, where he averaged 45.03 with 10 centuries, while also claiming at an average of 27.86. 21 Test wickets. In addition, Simon played 45 One Day Internationals and Clark’s move into the next stage of his career was no less successful, three T20 Internationals. taking on the role of General Manager of the Sydney Sixers for the There have been few players in the history of this State that have played inaugural KFC T20 Big Bash League. He assembled a formidable squad with such distinction. A natural leader who had the respect of everybody and saw the Sixers take out the title when they defeated the Perth that played with or against him, Simon will be greatly missed. He retires Scorchers in the Final. knowing that he gave his all for NSW. CLARK, Stuart Rupert  Born 28 September 1975, Sutherland (NSW)  KATICH, Simon Matthew  Born 21 August 1975, Middle Swan (WA)  Right Hand Batsman - Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler Left Hand Batsman - Left Arm Wrist-Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M Test 24 26 7 248 39 - - 13.05 4 94 23.86 5-32 2 - Test 56 99 6 4188 157 25 10 45.03 39 21 30.23 6-65 1 - First Class 113 140 38 1434 62 1 - 14.05 29 393 27.52 8-58 13 1 First Class 247 422 50 19667 306 104 54 52.86 218 105 35.09 7-130 3 - Sheffield 67 88 22 926 62 1 - 14.03 20 225 29.20 8-58 13 - Sheffield 104 178 19 8807 306 44 26 55.39 91 46 31.22 7-130 2 - Shield Shield One Day Intl 39 12 7 69 16* - - 13.80 10 53 27.87 4-54 - - One Day Intl 45 42 5 1324 107* 9 1 35.78 13 - - - - - Dom. 84 26 8 144 29 - - 8.00 14 104 29.95 4-24 - - Dom. 103 96 9 3252 136* 26 4 37.38 40 9 41.89 3-43 - - Limited Ovrs Limited Ovrs Dom. T20 17 2 2 4 4* - - - 2 22 16.50 3-12 - - T20 Intl 3 2 - 69 39 - - 34.50 2 - - - - - Dom. T20 23 19 3 436 53 1 - 27.25 15 0 - - - -

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 9 Australian Representatives – Men's

BOLLINGER, Douglas Erwin  Born: July 24, 1981 Baulkham Hills (NSW) Left-Hand Batsman - Left-Arm Fast-Medium M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 77 79 35 326 31* - - 7.40 24 245 28.36 6-47 12 2 Sheffield Shield 44 51 24 200 31* - - 7.41 16 151 28.44 6-47 8 - Test 12 14 7 54 21 - - 7.71 2 50 25.92 5-28 2 - One Day Int'l 39 8 2 50 30 - - 8.33 12 62 23.90 5-35 2 - Dom. Limited Overs 41 13 8 27 6* - - 5.40 8 53 30.71 4-24 - - International Twenty20 12 ------3 12 28.25 3-22 - - Domestic Twenty20 2 ------2 29.50 1-23 - - NSW List A 41 13 8 27 6* - - 5.40 8 53 30.71 4-24 - -

CLARKE, Michael John  Born: April 2, 1981 Liverpool (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman – Slow Left Arm Orthodox M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 145 247 22 10457 329* 38 35 46.47 152 40 42.92 6-9 2 - Sheffield Shield 37 67 5 2791 201* 9 11 45.02 34 34 31.56 3-22 - - Test 83 138 13 6097 329* 22 19 48.78 93 29 35.48 6-9 2 - One Day Int'l 213 195 42 7008 130 52 7 35.23 84 53 37.85 5-35 1 - Dom. Limited Overs 37 35 5 1057 101* 7 1 35.23 11 13 19.54 3-20 - - International Twenty20 34 28 5 488 67 1 - 21.22 13 6 37.50 1-2 - - NSW List A 39 35 5 1057 101* 7 1 35.23 11 13 20.92 3-20 - -

COPELAND, Trent Aaron  Born: March 14, 1986 Gosford (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman – Right Arm Medium Fast M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 29 35 7 364 53 1 - 13.00 22 111 25.85 8-92 5 - Sheffield Shield 22 58 7 291 53 1 - 13.86 15 91 25.52 8-92 5 - Test 3 4 1 39 23* - - 13.00 2 6 37.83 2-24 - - Dom. Limited Overs 10 3 1 1 1* - - 0.50 2 11 46.73 5-44 1 - Domestic Twenty20 2 1 0 1 1 - - 1.00 - 0 - - - - NSW List A 10 3 1 1 1* - - 0.50 2 11 46.73 5-44 1 -

CUMMINS, Patrick James  Born: May 8, 1993 Westmead (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman – Right Arm Fast M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 4 6 3 25 13* - - 8.33 1 16 33.37 6-79 1 - Sheffield Shield 3 4 2 10 6 - - 5.00 - 9 46.33 3-111 - - Test 1 2 1 15 13* - - 15.00 1 7 16.71 6-79 1 - One Day Int'l 5 3 2 21 11* - - 21.00 - 7 30.57 3-28 - - Dom. Limited Overs 2 1 1 0 0* - - 0.00 1 0 - - - - International Twenty20 6 2 0 3 2 - - 1.50 1 11 14.09 4-16 - - Domestic Twenty20 2 ------1 5 10.20 3-25 - - NSW List A 2 1 1 0 0* - - 0.00 1 0 - - - -

HADDIN, Bradley James  Born: October 23, 1977 Cowra (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman - Wicketkeeper M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct First Class 145 238 29 8102 169 44 13 38.76 462 Sheffield Shield 84 144 18 5176 154 31 9 41.08 259 Test 43 71 8 2257 169 10 3 35.83 160 One Day Int'l 91 87 7 2511 110 15 2 31.39 127 Dom. Limited Overs 90 89 6 2876 138* 18 5 34.65 124 International Twenty20 11 11 0 238 76 2 - 21.64 6 Domestic Twenty20 25 23 4 342 47 - - 18.00 12 NSW List A 83 81 7 2508 138* 16 4 33.89 119

HUGHES, Phillip Joel  Born: November 30, 1988 Macksville (NSW)  Left Hand Batsman M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 72 131 7 5810 198 31 31 46.85 46 - - - - - Sheffield Shield 37 67 5 3288 198 19 19 53.03 29 - - - - - Test 17 32 1 1072 160 3 3 34.58 7 - - - - - Dom. Limited Overs 30 30 4 994 96 9 - 38.23 9 - - - - - Domestic Twenty20 11 11 2 324 80* 2 - 36.00 6 - - - - - NSW List A 30 30 4 994 96 9 - 38.23 9 - - - - -

KHAWAJA, Usman Tariq  Born: December 18, 1986 Islamabad ()  Left Hand Batsman – Right Arm Off-Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 46 78 6 3070 214 9 6 42.63 27 1 47.00 1-21 - - Sheffield Shield 29 48 4 2907 214 7 6 49.84 14 1 45.00 1-21 - - Test 6 11 2 263 65 - 1 29.22 3 - - - - - Dom. Limited Overs 12 12 - 497 121 1 - 41.42 4 - - - - - Domestic Twenty20 14 13 1 225 65 - 1 18.75 4 - - - - - NSW List A 12 12 - 497 121 1 - 41.42 4 - - - - -

10 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES LEE, Brett  Born: November 8, 1976 Wollongong (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman – Right Arm Fast M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 116 139 25 2120 97 8 - 18.59 35 487 28.22 7-114 20 2 Sheffield Shield 22 29 4 422 97 2 - 16.88 9 97 26.62 7-114 7 2 Test 76 90 18 1451 64 5 - 20.15 23 310 30.82 5-30 10 - One Day Int'l 219 108 43 1129 59 3 - 17.37 54 380 23.18 5-22 9 - Dom. Limited Overs 28 16 8 137 44* - - 17.12 6 41 30.41 5-47 1 - International Twenty20 10 4 1 15 8 - - 5.00 3 8 29.50 2-17 - - Domestic Twenty20 25 12 6 100 43* - - 16.67 6 28 25.50 3-23 - - NSW List A 29 16 8 137 44* - - 17.12 6 43 30.06 5-47 1 -

O’KEEFE, Stephen Norman  Born: December 9, 1984 Pedang (Malaya)  Right Hand Batsman - Slow Left Arm Orthodox M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 21 29 6 773 91 5 - 33.60 14 61 28.18 7-35 1 - Sheffield Shield 18 25 6 572 91 3 - 30.11 11 48 30.19 4-65 - - Dom. Limited Overs 29 21 7 410 70* 1 - 29.29 13 13 70.00 2-25 - - Domestic Twenty20 12 10 2 147 50 1 - 18.38 5 9 28.89 3-20 - - International Twenty20 7 5 0 32 22 - - 6.40 1 6 24.83 3-29 - - NSW List A 29 21 7 410 70* 1 - 29.29 13 13 70.00 2-25 - -

SMITH, Steven Peter Devereux  Born: June 2, 1989 Sydney (NSW)  Right Hand Batsman – Right Arm Bowler M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 31 55 6 2016 177 9 5 41.14 40 45 55.44 7-64 1 - Sheffield Shield 22 38 4 1561 177 5 5 45.91 35 37 48.97 7-64 1 - Test 5 10 1 259 77 2 - 28.78 3 3 73.33 3-51 - - One Day Int'l 31 20 4 351 46* - - 21.94 14 22 34.32 3-33 - - Dom. Limited Overs 24 22 4 742 92 5 - 41.22 19 16 41.00 3-43 - - International Twenty20 23 21 5 339 51 1 - 21.19 12 22 13.32 4-13 - - Domestic Twenty20 20 15 4 165 34 - - 15.00 16 17 21.94 3-20 - - NSW List A 24 22 4 742 92 5 - 41.22 19 16 41.00 3-43 - -

STARC, Mitchell Aaron  Born: January 30, 1990 Baulkham Hills (NSW)  Left Hand Batsman - Left Arm Fast Medium M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 24 26 13 315 54* 1 - 24.23 10 66 32.33 5-66 2 - Sheffield Shield 15 15 7 119 54* 1 - 14.88 9 40 34.32 5-66 2 - Test 4 6 2 107 35 - - 26.75 1 10 32.50 2-29 - - One Day Int'l 7 2 - 31 17 - - 15.50 1 9 30.89 4-27 - - Dom. Limited Overs 10 4 2 69 34* - - 34.50 2 25 19.84 5-39 1 - International Twenty20 11 4 3 12 8* - - 12.00 1 17 17.76 3-17 - - NSW List A 10 4 2 69 34* - - 34.50 2 25 19.84 5-39 1 -

WARNER, David Andrew  Born: October 27, 1986 Paddington (NSW)  Left Hand Batsman – Right Arm Leg-Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 20 33 3 1550 211 4 5 51.66 17 4 58.50 2-45 - - Sheffield Shield 8 13 1 554 148 1 2 46.17 3 1 111.00 1-0 - - Test 9 16 2 590 180 1 2 42.14 12 3 31.33 2-45 - - One Day Int'l 28 27 - 932 163 5 2 34.52 7 - - - - - Dom. Limited Overs 27 27 2 875 165* 4 1 35.00 5 3 39.33 1-11 - - International Twenty20 24 24 4 797 102* 5 1 39.85 9 - - - - - Domestic Twenty20 33 33 0 866 85 6 - 26.25 19 - - - - - NSW List A 27 27 2 875 165* 4 1 35.00 5 3 39.33 1-11 - -

WATSON, Shane Robert  Born: June 17, 1981 Ipswich (Qld)  Right Hand Batsman – Right Arm Fast-Medium M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M First Class 104 185 18 7431 203* 42 17 44.49 82 193 27.60 7-69 7 1 Sheffield Shield 53 94 9 3562 201 16 9 41.91 40 105 25.90 7-69 4 1 Test 35 64 2 2328 126 18 2 37.55 25 59 28.92 6-33 3 - One Day Int'l 152 132 24 4469 185* 27 6 41.38 52 154 28.77 4-36 - - Dom. Limited Overs 42 40 3 1083 96 8 - 29.27 10 24 43.75 3-42 - - International Twenty20 5 4 1 144 69* 2 - 48.00 2 6 16.33 2-19 - - NSW List A 27 26 2 643 81 7 - 26.79 9 21 23.24 4-15 - -

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 11 Australian Representatives – Women's

BLACKWELL, Alexandra Joy  Born: August 31, 1983 (NSW)  Right Hand Bat M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 8 15 1 3080 74 3 - 22.00 3 0 - - - - One Day Int'l 90 80 16 2123 106* 15 2 33.17 35 6 10.50 2-8 - - WNCL 99 90 21 3102 157 19 6 43.36 33 4 66.00 2-15 - - International Twenty20 44 40 6 705 61 1 - 20.74 19 0 - - - - Domestic Twenty20 32 28 10 767 99* 2 - 42.61 10 - - - - -

COYTE, Sarah Jane  Born: March 30, 1991 Camden (NSW)  Right Hand Bat - Right Arm Medium M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 1 1 - 0 0 - - 0.00 - 1 42.00 1-24 - - One Day Int'l 9 6 2 90 30 - - 22.50 1 17 18.12 1-39 - - WNCL 24 19 8 277 54 1 - 25.18 9 25 19.92 4-25 - - International Twenty20 19 10 4 68 17* - - 11.33 6 23 19.30 4-5 - - Domestic Twenty20 29 21 3 355 55 1 - 19.72 8 28 17.46 3-10 - -

HAYNES, Rachael Louise  Born: December 26, 1986 Carlton (VIC)  Left Hand Bat - Left Arm Medium M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 2 4 - 139 98 1 - 34.75 - 2 19.00 1-0 - - One Day Int'l 21 16 2 406 75* 2 - 29.00 - 4 13.50 3-10 - - WNCL 55 54 2 1953 156 9 4 37.56 15 9 25.56 2-6 - - International Twenty20 19 15 4 159 25 - - 14.45 12 4 7.50 3-19 - - Domestic Twenty20 33 25 8 333 35 - - 19.59 15 10 17.00 3-16 - -

HEALY, Alyssa Jean  Born: March 24, 1990 Gold Coast (QLD)  Right Hand Bat - Wicketkeeper M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct St Test 1 1 - 37 37 - - 37.00 1 - One Day Int'l 9 7 - 36 21 - - 5.14 9 2 WNCL 41 29 3 586 89* 4 - 22.54 24 12 International Twenty20 23 20 6 296 90 2 - 21.14 5 6 Domestic Twenty20 34 30 5 581 68* 2 - 23.24 16 26

MILLANTA, Sharon Anne  Born: 28 May, 1980, Auburn (NSW)  Left Hand Bat - Right Arm Medium Bowler M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M One Day Internationals 3 1 - 6 6 - - 6.00 - 1 127.00 1-40 - - WNCL 45 3 2 9 4* - - 9.00 8 27 32.41 4-24 - - International T20 4 1 - 0 0 - - 0.00 - 1 62.00 1-21 - - Domestic T20 33 2 2 1 1* - - - 1 34 14.97 5-10 1 -

OSBORNE, Erin Alyce  Born: June 27, 1989 Taree (NSW)  Right Hand Bat - Right Arm Off-Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M One Day Int'l 31 13 8 103 27 - - 20.60 11 27 29.52 3-32 - - WNCL 32 12 3 111 21 - - 12.33 18 37 20.27 4-18 - - International Twenty20 21 6 3 13 11* - - 4.33 8 18 22.00 2-15 - - Domestic Twenty20 28 10 3 57 15 - - 8.14 6 23 23.43 4-13 - -

PERRY, Ellyse Alexandra  Born: November 3, 1990 Wahroonga (NSW)  Right Hand Bat – Right Arm Medium Fast M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 3 5 2 68 21 - - 22.67 3 9 24.89 4-56 - - One Day Int'l 47 30 9 409 51 1 - 19.48 15 67 21.97 5-19 2 - WNCL 36 22 8 332 86 1 - 23.71 11 66 15.41 5-11 2 - International Twenty20 36 12 4 96 29* - - 12.00 9 37 19.11 4-20 - - Domestic Twenty20 30 13 3 94 25 - - 9.40 6 28 18.64 3-12 - -

POULTON, Leah Joy  Born: February 27, 1984 Newcastle (NSW)  Right Hand Bat – Right Arm Leg-Break M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 2 3 - 45 23 - - 15.00 1 0 - - - - One Day Int'l 45 42 3 1009 104* 4 2 36.33 12 3 36.33 2-9 - - World Cup 5 5 - 94 47 - - 18.80 1 2 8.50 2-9 - - WNCL 84 81 7 2088 86 14 - 26.38 17 5 32.80 3-10 - - International Twenty20 39 39 2 773 61 2 - 20.89 7 2 10.00 2-20 - - Domestic Twenty20 34 34 4 1159 103* 6 1 38.63 5 1 20.00 1-20 - -

STHALEKAR, Lisa Caprini  Born: August 13, 1979 Pune (India)  Right Hand Bat – Right Arm Off-Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M Test 8 15 2 416 120* 2 1 32.00 3 23 20.96 5-30 1 - One Day Int'l 114 102 21 2572 104* 16 2 31.75 41 135 24.33 5-35 1 - WNCL 139 123 28 3240 108* 16 2 34.11 48 48 20.93 4-7 - - International Twenty20 44 40 11 597 52 1 - 20.59 54 54 17.59 4-18 - - Domestic Twenty20 33 25 7 406 53 1 - 22.56 34 34 15.94 5-11 1 -

12 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES International Matches in NSW

Vodafone Test Series – Australia vs India Women’s International T20 Series, Australia vs New Zealand Third Test, , 3-6 January 2012 Game 1, , 20 January 2012 Australia 4 dec 659 (R Ponting 134, M Clarke 329no, MK Hussey 150no, Z Khan 3-122) defeated India 191 (V Sehwag 30, S Tendulkar 41, Australia 6-148 (J Cameron 59, A Blackwell 35, S Ruck 2-19, MS Dhoni 57no, J Pattinson 4-43, B Hilfenhaus 3-51, P Siddle 3-55) M Nielsen 2-25) defeated New Zealand 7-145 (F Mackay 31, and 400 (G Gambhir 83, R Dravid 29, S Tendulkar 80, VVS Laxman 66, S Bates 33, K Perkins 31, EA Perry 2-27, J Hunter 2-27, R Ashwin 62, Z Khan 35, B Hilfenhaus 5-106, P Siddle 2-88) by an innings J Jonassen 2-28) by 4 wickets and 68 runs Game 2, North Sydney Oval, 21 January 2012 KFC T20 International Series – Australia vs India Australia 5-128 (M Lanning 27, L Sthalekar 52, R Candy 2-24, Game 2, ANZ Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park, 1 February 2012 F Mackay 2-15) defeated New Zealand 69 (J Hunter 2-4, L Sthalekar 3-16, S Coyte 2-15, E Osborne 2-15) by 59 runs Australia 4-171 (D Warner 25, M Wade 72, D Hussey 42) defeated India 6-140 (MS Dhoni 48no, D Christian 2-35, Game 3, North Sydney Oval, 22 January 2012 D Hussey 2-4) by 31 runs Australia 8-134 (L Poulton 35, A Blackwell 41, F Mackay 3-18, K Broadmore 2-22, L Doolan 2-25) defeated New Zealand 8-127 Series – Australia, India, Sri Lanka (A Sattherthwaite 45, L Sthalekar 4-18) by 7 runs

Game 6: Australia vs Sri Lanka, Sydney Cricket Ground, 17 February 2012 Women’s , Australia vs New Zealand Sri Lanka 2-152 (M Jayawaredene 61no, T Dilshan 45, K Sangakkara 30) defeated Australia 158 (D Hussey 58, Game 1, Sydney Cricket Ground, 25 January 2012 M Maharoof 2-18, R Perera 2-29) by 8 wickets (D/L Method) New Zealand 2-100 (F Mackay 25, L Doolan 43) No result due to rain

Game 10: Australia vs India, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26 February 2012 Game 2, Blacktown International Sportspark, 27 January 2012 Australia 9-252 (D Warner 68, M Wade 56, D Hussey 54, Match abandoned due to rain P Kumar 2-37, U Yadav 2-39, V Sehwag 3-43) defeated India 165 (R Ashwin 26, B Hilfenhaus 2-50, S Watson 2-9, X Doherty 2-26) Game 3, Blacktown International Sportspark, 29 January 2012 by 87 runs Australia 1-126 (J Poulton 61no, A Blackwell 50no) defeated New Zealand 125 (EC Perry 27, K Perkins 33, J Hunter 3-31, EA Perry 3-16) by 9 wickets

Michael Clarke scored a memorable, and rare, triple century against India in the New Year’s Vodafone Test match at the SCG

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 13 2011/12 Steve Waugh Medal Dinner

CRICKET NSW HALL OF FAME Denise Annetts (NSW 1983/84 – 1993/94, Australia 1984/85 – 1993) Denise Annetts played 10 Test matches and 43 One Day Internationals. In Test cricket she made 819 runs at an average of 81.90 with a high score of 193 against in 1987, then a world record for the highest individual score in a women’s Test which stood for nine years. Denise also made 1,126 runs in One Day Internationals at an average of 41.70, and in 55 matches for NSW she made 1,744 runs at 41.52 with a top score of 134 not out.

ANNETTS, Denise Audrey  Born 30 January 1964, Sydney, NSW  Right Hand Batter - Right Arm Leg Spin M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M Test 10 13 3 819 193 6 2 81.90 12 - - - - - Dom. 53 51 13 1607 134* 11 1 42.29 25 7 18.43 2-6 - - Limited Overs One Day 43 39 12 1126 100* 8 1 41.70 23 - - - - - International

Fred Spofforth (NSW 1874/75 – 1884/85, Australia 1876/77 – 1886/87) Described by the Wisden Cricket Almanac as “one of the most remarkable players the world has ever known”, played 18 Test for Australia claiming 94 wickets at 18.41. He took five wickets in an innings seven times, Steve Waugh Medallist, Steve Smith, with Hall of Fame Member, with best figures of 7-44, achieved 10 wickets in a match on four occasions and took the first ever Test hat-trick. Fred was part of the famous Test match in 1882 against England from which were born, taking 7-46 and 7-44. 2011/12 STEVE WAUGH MEDALLIST – STEVE SMITH He played 55 First Class matches for NSW, taking 55 wickets at 22.09 with Steve Smith had a terrific season is all three forms of the game with best figures of 6-122, including five, five wicket hauls. 492 First Class runs at 41.00, 189 in the Ryobi One Day Cup at 47.25 and 103 at 34.33 in the Champions League T20. He showed SPOFFORTH, Frederick Robert  Born 9 September, 1853, Balmain, NSW   great maturity at the Champions League against the eventual Died 4 June, 1926, Long Ditton, Surrey, England Right Hand Batsman - Right Arm Fast Bowler winners, Mumbai, scoring 45 not out to help the team to a crucial victory on a pitch where all batsmen struggled. This is Smith’s second M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M Steve Waugh Medal after first receiving the honour in 2009/10. Test 18 29 6 217 50 1 - 9.43 11 94 18.41 7-44 7 4 First Class 155 236 41 1928 56 3 - 9.88 83 853 14.95 9-18 84 32 2011/12 BELINDA CLARK MEDALLISTS – LISA STHALEKAR AND LEAH POULTON MBE (NSW 1962/63 – 1980/81, Australia 1965/66 – 1980/81) This is the first time that the Belinda Clark Medal has been shared. This is the fourth occasion that Lisa Sthalekar has won this award, Arguably the most dynamic batsman of his era, Doug Walters played 74 Tests and the third time for Leah Poulton. scoring 5,537 runs at 48.26 with 15 centuries, including centuries in each of his first two Tests, in addition to 33 half-centuries. He also took 49 wickets at Leah Poulton was the spearhead of the Lend Lease Breakers’ batting 29.08 with best figures of 5-66. Doug played 28 One Day Internationals for in 2011/12. Outstanding in both forms of the game, she made 405 513 runs at 28.50. His decorated First Class career included 103 matches for runs at 50.63 in T20 cricket and 254 at 42.33 in the WNCL. During NSW in which he scored 6,612 runs at 41.82 with 19 centuries, as well as the season Leah also scored her first ever century for NSW, hitting taking 119 wickets. He captained NSW 38 times, was the first New South 103 not out against the ACT in a T20 match. Welshman to play 100 First Class matches and retired as the second leading In a history making season, Lisa Sthalekar became the leading all-time First Class run scorer for the State. wicket taker in the WNCL, and also posted her 3000th career run. WALTERS, Kevin Douglas  Born 21 December, 1945, Dungog, NSW  She made 235 runs at 58.75 in 50 over cricket, with her 74 in the Right Hand Batsman - Right Arm Medium Pace Bowler Final helping swing momentum back NSW’s way after a disastrous start. She was also the leading wicket taker in the 2011/12 WNCL M Inn NO Runs HS 50s 100s Avge Ct Wkts Avge BB 5I 10M with 15, while she made 177 runs in T20 cricket and claimed Test 74 125 14 5357 250 33 15 48.26 43 49 29.08 5-66 1 - First Class 258 426 57 16180 253 81 45 43.84 149 190 35.69 7-63 6 - 10 wickets. Sheffield 91 159 16 5602 253 24 17 39.17 48 110 32.99 7-63 4 - Shield AWARDS One Day 28 24 6 513 59 2 - 28.50 10 4 68.25 2-24 - - Ryobi One Day Cup Player of the Year: Mitchell Starc International Dom. Limited 15 12 3 340 71 4 - 37.78 6 22 21.05 4-28 - - WNCL Player of the Year: Lisa Sthalekar Overs WT20 Player of the Year: Sarah Coyte Bupa Sheffield Shield Player of the Year: Peter Nevill Sydney Thunder Player of the Tournament: Chris Gayle Sydney Sixers Player of the Tournament: Moises Henriques Cricket NSW Rising Stars: Kurtis Patterson and

14 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES 2011/12 NSW SPEEDBLITZ BLUES

The 2011/12 NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

When looking back on the 2011/12 season, it goes without saying Peter Nevill finished the season as our leading run scorer (570 runs at that the results were disappointing. After an excellent Semi Final 51.8) and was deservedly named our Sheffield Shield Player of the Year. performance in the Champions League T20 in September 2011, Peter’s work ethic and attention to detail set a wonderful example for domestically, the team performed below expectations in both the the rest of the squad and it was fantastic to see him rewarded with a Bupa Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One Day Cup competitions. call-up to the Australian tour of the West Indies. However, in terms of adhering to our strategic goal of being the number After winning four and losing four of our eight Ryobi One Day Cup one producer of cricketing talent in Australia, we can again take great pride matches, we finished in third place. This was a disappointing result as we in the elevation of many players to International and First Class cricket. had been in winning positions in each of the matches we lost, however, indiscipline cost us dearly. During 2011/12, thirteen NSW players represented Australia across the three formats with four players, Trent Copeland, Patrick Cummins, David Congratulations to Mitchell Starc who collected our Ryobi One Day Warner and Mitchell Starc making their Test debuts. Cup Player of the Year award. His 5-39 in Brisbane and 4-39 in Perth were outstanding spells of left-arm pace bowling. His desire to play in Given our continued large national representation, there was a high Perth, after being released by the Australian ODI team only the day turnover of players with 27 wearing the ‘Baggy Blue’ cap in 2011/12. We before, speaks volumes for his professionalism and desire. again saw the emergence of some outstanding young talent, none more impressive than the stunning debut of 18-year-old Kurtis Patterson who The winner of the Steve Waugh Medal as the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues scored 157 against Western Australia at the SCG in November. Player of the Year was Steve Smith, and I congratulate him on a fine season. Steve’s all-round ability and enthusiasm for the game make him Along with Kurtis, another seven players, , Tim Cruickshank, an invaluable team member. We look forward to an even bigger year Timm Van Der Gugten, Scott Henry, Josh Lalor and Chris Tremain all from him in season 2012/13. made their First Class debuts, with David Dawson also playing his first Shield match for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues. I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate our retiring players, Phil Jaques, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark and Simon Katich for their The season started with the Champions League T20 in India. Playing all outstanding contribution to NSW cricket. the round robin games in Chennai saw us faced with difficult conditions on a low, slow wicket. After a first up loss to the we Finally, I would like to acknowledge all the hard working support staff produced a ‘Super Over’ victory against Trinidad and Tobago, which within the State Cricket Department. Your efforts are greatly appreciated. featured a Man of the Match performance by Moises Henriques. That gave us great momentum heading into matches against the two Indian Anthony Stuart powerhouses, the Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Head Coach – NSW SpeedBlitz Blues Victories over both these sides, including David Warner’s century against Chennai (135 not out off 69 balls), meant we finished on top of our 2011/12 NSW SpeedBlitz Blues Pool in Points and Net . However, Champions League rules Doug Bollinger, Beau Casson, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Burt Cockley, dictated that we travelled to Bangalore for our Semi Final against the Trent Copeland, Tim Cruickshank, Patrick Cummins, David Dawson, Royal Challengers Bangalore. Brad Haddin, , , Scott Henry, Moises In front of a capacity crowd of 40,000, David Warner scored his second Henriques, , Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, , consecutive century, but it was Chris Gayle and Virat Kohli who stole the Josh Lalor, Brett Lee, , Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, show to knock us out of the tournament. Kurtis Patterson, , Daniel Smith, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Chris Tremain, David Warner, Shane Watson It was a disappointing season in the Bupa Sheffield Shield. One of the major factors was that we chased the game too often after a poor first Rookie Squad: Sean Abbott, Nic Bills, Nathan Brain, day. This included a number of day one injuries which affected Timm Van Der Gugten, our performances.

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South Australia vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

Adelaide Oval, 17-20 October 2011 In a competition that had Bupa as a new sponsor, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues conceded first innings points after a batting collapse saw them follow-on in a rain-affected fixture. Losing the toss and being asked to bowl first at Oval was never going to be the easiest start for the acting skipper, Ben Rohrer, and so it proved. Rohrer was filling in for newly-appointed captain, Stephen O’Keefe, who was away on Australian T20 duties and watched on as took advantage of the conditions to post an impressive 9-478 declared. Of great concern to all was the health scare to Beau Casson on the first day of the game which ruled him out for the remainder of the match. The NSW response showed plenty of rust in the longer format, with several players getting into the 20s before being dismissed. It was left to wicketkeeper, Peter Nevill (82), who top scored batting at number seven in a final total of 217. With the final day to bat out, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues fared much better second time around as Phil Hughes (61), Nic Maddinson (77) and Moises Henriques (65no) all spent valuable time in the middle. However, it was Usman Khawaja who shone, posting his first century of the season before being dismissed for 101. The visitors finished at 5-402 when the game was called off. A highlight of the match was the First Class debut of all-rounder Sean Abbott, who finished with 2-93 in the South Australian innings.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Simon Katich , Adelaide, Close of play: Day 1: South Australia (1) October 17,18,19,20, 2011. Match Drawn. 4-309 (Blizzard 37, Christian 36); Day 2: New Toss: South Australia. South Australia 2 pts. South Wales (1) 7-133 (Nevill 25, Copeland Player of the Match: PR George. 0); Day 3: New South Wales (2) 2-194 Umpires: AJ Barrow & GC Joshua. (Khawaja 28, Katich 19). Referee: DJ Burns South Australia *M Klinger c Katich b Abbott 83 DJ.Harris lbw b Katich 89 CJ Ferguson c Copeland b Katich 9 TLW Cooper c Katich b Henriques 44 AC Blizzard lbw b Starc 46 DT Christian not out 131 +TP Ludeman b Starc 0 KW Richardson c sub (Hazlewood) b Abbott 41 NM Lyon (Starc) 2 GD Putland b Starc 5 PR George not out 10 Extras 4b, 6lb, 4w, 4nb 18 (517 min, 133 overs) (9 wkts dec) 478 Fall: 164 180 216 246 318 318 416 435 445 Bowling: First Innings - Copeland 37-12-89-0; Starc 28-3-126-3; Abbott 19-1-93-2; Henriques 23-3-84-1; Katich 24-2-60-2; Maddinson 2-0-16-0

New South Wales NJ Maddinson b George 16 (2) b Putland 77 PJ Hughes lbw b George 24 (1) lbw b Lyon 61 UT Khawaja lbw b George 24 lbw b Lyon 101 SM Katich c Cooper b George 0 c Klinger b Christian 20 *BJ Rohrer c Cooper b Christian 18 lbw b Putland 29 MC Henriques c Ludeman b George 8 not out 65 +PM Nevill c George b Putland 82 not out 28 SA Abbott lbw b Christian 12 TA Copeland c Richardson b Putland 26 MA Starc not out 0 B Casson absent hurt - Extras 6lb 1nb 7 2b, 16lb, 2w, 1nb (217 min, 82.4 overs) 217 (546 min, 137.4 overs) (5 wkts) 402 Fall: 37 42 42 83 95 97 133 214 217 Fall: 130 160 195 25 330 Bowling: First Innings - Putland 17.4-6-37-2; Christian 21-6-41-2; Richardson 10-1-36-0; George 16-4-36-5; Lyon 14-3-44-0; Harris 3-0-13-0; Cooper 1-0-4-0. Second Innings - Putland 25-10-56-2; Christian 30-10-87-1; George 20.4-3-71-0; Lyon 41-11-107-2; Cooper 3-1-20-0; Richardson 15-2-38-0; Harris 3-0-5-0

16 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Victoria

Sydney Cricket Ground, 25 - 28 October 2011 With Stephen O’Keefe returning to captain the side and Tim Cruickshank and Scott Henry making their First Class debuts, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were hoping to make use of home ground advantage to kick-start their season. Their batting again let them down, however, as they were bundled out for 201 in overcast conditions that were exploited by an excellent Victorian pace attack. Moises Henriques (68) again held the middle order together before becoming one of five victims to lively Victorian paceman, Jayde Herrick. To get back into the match the home side would need to use the new ball well, however, a century to veteran opener (106), and telling contributions from (70) and (92) saw the visitors reach 427 and a lead of 226. Highlights for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were the return to First Class action of Josh Hazlewood, after a year’s absence, and the success of Simon Katich’s wrist spin which saw him return the figures of 3-43 from 15 overs. NSW now needed to avoid an outright defeat and they did this courtesy of battling centuries from Simon Katich (110) and Ben Rohrer (114). They eventually finished on 7-433 as the game petered out on the final afternoon.

NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA Ben Rohrer At the Sydney Cricket Ground, Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) October 25, 26, 27, 28, 2011. Match Drawn. 4-45 (Katich 6, Henriques 1); Day 2: Victoria Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 2 pts. (1) 2-131 (Rogers 67, Hussey 7); Day 3: Player of the Match: BJ Rohrer. New South Wales (2) 2-51 (Henry 18, Umpires: IH Lock & JD Ward. Cruickshank 5). Referee: PL Marshall. New South Wales NJ Maddinson c Hussey b Herrick 8 (2) lbw b Maxwell 26 SO Henry b McKay 5 (1) lbw b Herrick 31 TD Cruickshank c McDonald b Herrick 15 (4) b Herrick 45 SM Katich c Wade b McDonald 29 (5) c Hussey b Holland 110 BJ Rohrer lbw b Herrick 8 (6) c Hussey b McKay 114 MC Henriques lbw b Herrick 68 (7) not out 39 +PM Nevill lbw b Herrick 30 (8) b Holland 43 *SNJ O'Keefe not out 14 (3) b Holland 2 SA Abbott lbw b Holland 17 not out 6 MA Starc c Finch b Holland 0 JR Hazlewood c Quiney b Holland 1 Extras 5lb, 1nb 6 6b 11lb 17 (299 min, 74.2 overs) 201 (427 min, 116 overs) (7 wkts dec) 433 Fall: 8 20 30 44 87 164 173 198 198 201 Fall: 41 44 86 115 331 343 418 Bowling: First Innings - Herrick 24-5-79-5; McKay 21-10-50-1; McDonald 17-9-25-1; Holland 12.2-3-42-3. Second Innings - McKay 17-5-61-1; Herrick 19-1-111-2; Holland 37-5-118-3; Maxwell 31-3-93-1; McDonald 12-4-33-0

Victoria RJ Quiney c Nevill b Abbott 44 CJL Rogers c Henriques b Katich 106 AJ Finch c Cruickshank b Henriques 9 *DJ Hussey b Katich 70 AB McDonald c Nevill b Hazlewood 18 +MS Wade c Rohrer b Katich 1 PSP Handscomb b Henriques 37 GJ Maxwell c Maddinson b Starc 92 CJ McKay c Starc b Henriques 11 JM Holland lbw b Hazlewood 12 JM Herrick not out 20 Extras 1b, 4lb 1w 1nb 7 (485 min, 120.1 overs) 427 Fall: 94 109 227 238 246 264 333 347 380 427 Bowling: First Innings - Starc 23.1-4-104-1; Hazlewood 24-7-71-2; O'Keefe 20-2-56-0; Henriques 22-4-75-3; Abbott 16-2-73-1; Katich 15-0-43-3

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NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs South Australia

Bankstown Oval, 6 – 9 November 2011 In a match played at suburban , on a wicket that could be described as a batsman’s paradise, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues picked up their first points of the season after compiling a massive first innings total of 6-474 declared. Much of this was down to a first wicket partnership of 233 between David Warner (148) and Nic Maddinson (92). Both were superb, with Maddinson taking longer to find his feet while Warner carried on the form that had seen him score back-to-back centuries in the Champions League. From this substantial base, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were able to accelerate courtesy of a Steve Smith century (106), and another valuable middle order innings from Ben Rohrer (83). Bowling South Australia out twice was never going to be easy but a superb all-round effort, where all bowlers picked up wickets, saw the visitors ousted for 266 to leave NSW with a lead of 208 and just over a day to bowl the opposition out again. Things looked promising at 4-79 with Josh Hazlewood picking up two vital wickets, including that of for the second time in the match, before a partnership of 270 between former Blues’ (203 not out) and (96) put paid to any hope of outright points. South Australia finished at 5-373, leaving the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues knowing that they badly needed outright points if they were to mount a serious challenge in the competition.

Nic Maddinson NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA Bankstown Memorial Oval, Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) November 6,7,8,9, 2011. 3-283 (Katich 13, Smith 19); Day 2: South Toss: New South Wales. NSW 2 pts. Australia (1) 2-98 (Klinger 49, Cooper 21); Player of the Match: TLW Cooper Day 3: South Australia (2) 1-59 (Klinger 24, Umpires: RL Parry & AP Ward. Ferguson 16). Referee: DJ Burns New South Wales NJ Maddinson c Christian b George 92 DA Warner c Mennie b George 148 TD Cruickshank c Cooper b George 5 SM Katich b Putland 16 SPD Smith c Cooper b Bailey 106 BJ Rohrer c George b Bailey 83 +PM Nevill not out 6 *SNJ O'Keefe not out 12 MA Starc DE Bollinger JR Hazlewood Extras 1b, 1lb, 4nb 6 (473 min, 117.1 overs) (6 wkts dec) 474 Fall: 233 248 257 307 452 461 Bowling: First Innings - Putland 15.2-1-67-1; Christian 19.5-2-75-0; George 31-6-126-3; Mennie 19-2-81-0; Bailey 29-3-100-2; Cooper 3-0-23-0

South Australia *M Klinger c Smith b Hazlewood 49 b O'Keefe 24 BL Dougall lbw b Starc 6 c Nevill b Starc 14 CJ Ferguson lbw b Hazlewood 20 lbw b Hazlewood 17 TLW Cooper c Hazlewood b Katich 98 not out 203 AC Blizzard lbw b Bollinger 4 c Nevill b Hazlewood 1 DT Christian c&b Smith 25 c Nevill b Starc 96 +TP Ludeman c Smith b Starc 2 not out 4 CB Bailey c Bollinger b O'Keefe 42 JM Mennie not out 8 PR George c Hazlewood b Katich 6 GD Putland b Katich 0 Extras 6lb 6 10lb 3w 1nb 14 (321 min, 86 overs) 266 (455 min, 115 overs) (5 wkts) 373 Fall: 20 52 108 121 179 182 248 254 266 266 Fall: 39 59 77 79 339 Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 17-4-62-1; Starc 14-4-44-2; O'Keefe 21-10-27-1; Hazlewood 11-4-21-2; Smith 13-1-77-1; Katich 10-3-29-3. Second Innings - Bollinger 19-4-66-0; Hazlewood 22-8-44-2; O'Keefe 24-12-46-1; Starc 17-1-72-2; Katich 9-2-27-0; Warner 9-2-34-0; Smith 14-2-69-0; Rohrer 1-0-5-0

18 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Queensland vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

The 'Gabba, 15-18 November 2011 A crucial match ended in crushing disappointment for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues as they went down by just 14 runs against their northern rivals. offers assistance to the pace bowlers, and this game was no different as the home side battled to 282 with Doug Bollinger (4-69) and Mitchell Starc (5-66) the main destroyers. In response, NSW knew that the wicket would not get easier so it was vital to get a first innings lead. Unfortunately, they struggled to 5-99, despite a half century from new opener, Tim Cruickshank (52), before another gritty contribution from Peter Nevill (69) saw them eventually out for 277, leaving a first innings deficit of only five runs. The pitch continued to prove tricky a second time around, although it was spinner Stephen O’Keefe who did the most damage, picking up 4-66. The Bulls were then bowled out for 218, leaving NSW to chase 224 for victory. Low-scoring matches always seem to create tight finishes and this again proved to be the case. NSW looked down and out at 7-85, however, a superb captain’s knock of 82 from O’Keefe took them to the brink of victory. Sadly he was last out with the side only 14 runs short of victory.

Mitchell Starc QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES The 'Gabba, Referee: DJ Burns. November 15,16,17,18, 2011. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales Queensland won by 14 runs. (1) 1-3 (Cruickshank 3, Starc 0); Day 2: Toss: Queensland. Queensland 6 pts Queensland (2) 0-15 (Townsend 4, Broad 7); Player of the Match: BCJ Cutting. Day 3: New South Wales (2) 3-28 Umpires: SD Fry & SJ Nogajski. (Starc 1, Smith 3). Queensland RA Broad c Rohrer b Bollinger 11 (2) c Nevill b Starc 23 WJ Townsend c Nevill b Bollinger 50 (1) c Nevill b Hazlewood 41 JA Burns c Nevill b Henriques 16 c Nevill b Henriques 20 PJ Forrest lbw b Starc 27 c Nevill b O'Keefe 3 CA Lynn c Smith b Bollinger 12 c Maddinson b O'Keefe 0 *JR Hopes lbw b Bollinger 26 lbw b O'Keefe 72 +CD Hartley c Cruickshank b Starc 41 b Starc 20 BCJ Cutting b Starc 58 c Starc b Henriques 15 CR Swan lbw b Starc 1 not out 6 CJ Boyce c Nevill b Starc 4 b O'Keefe 4 LW Feldman not out 13 c Starc b Henriques 0 Extras 9lb 12w 2nb 23 2b, 11lb, 1w 14 (372 min, 85 overs) 282 (332 min, 87.5 overs) 218 Fall: 17 47 105 131 144 159 245 251 265 282 Fall: 66 83 93 95 97 154 207 211 217 218 Bowling: First Innings - Bollinger 19-4-69-4; Starc 18-2-66-5; Hazlewood 15-3-49-0; Henriques 19-5-41-1; O'Keefe 13-0-36-0; Smith 1-0-12-0. Second Innings - Bollinger 1.1-1-0-0; Henriques 19.5-6-50-3; Starc 17.5-3-61-2; Hazlewood 15-7-28-1; O'Keefe 34-12-66-4

New South Wales NJ Maddinson b Swan 0 c Hartley b Feldman 3 TD Cruickshank b Cutting 52 lbw b Cutting 9 MA Starc c Hartley b Swan 8 (4) c Forrest b Swan 5 SM Katich lbw b Cutting 8 (3) c&b Cutting 6 SPD Smith lbw b Swan 47 c Hartley b Hopes 8 BJ Rohrer c Broad b Hopes 8 c Hartley b Swan 7 MC Henriques c Lynn b Boyce 42 c Burns b Cutting 22 +PM Nevill c Boyce b Cutting 69 b Boyce 35 *SNJ O'Keefe lbw b Boyce 13 c Hartley b Cutting 82 DE Bollinger lbw b Boyce 0 (11) not out 0 JR Hazlewood not out 16 (10) b Boyce 13 Extras 9lb 5w 14 8b 9lb 2w 19 (358 min, 90.2 overs) 277 (232 min, 57 overs) 209 Fall: 0 20 71 82 99 142 196 216 224 277 Fall: 5 16 19 35 47 59 85 155 209 209 Bowling: First Innings - Swan 22-4-78-3; Feldman 20-6-68-0; Hopes 21-9-45-1; Cutting 16.2-4-54-3; Boyce 11-2-23-3. Second Innings - Swan 9-2-29-2; Feldman 12-2-45-1; Cutting 12-4-34-4; Boyce 10-1-34-2; Hopes 14-4-50-1

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NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Western Australia

Sydney Cricket Ground, 25-28 November 2011 The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues finally got their season underway with a thumping six wicket victory over the Warriors at the SCG in a match that contained some significant milestones. Australian duty and injury led to Kurtis Patterson, Josh Lalor and Timm Van Der Gugten making their First Class debuts, with both Lalor and Van Der Gugten impressing on day one as Western Australia were bowled out for 150. Lalor picked up 3-34 while Van Der Gugten joined a rare group of players who have taken a wicket with their maiden delivery in First Class cricket. With the early advantage, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues looked to create a big first innings lead and they did this through an excellent early innings from Phil Jaques (67), followed by a vintage Simon Katich century (125). What was to follow was stunning as 18-year-old Kurtis Patterson became the youngest ever debutant to score a First Class century for NSW, plundering the visitors’ attack for 157 while adding 221 for the fifth wicket with Katich. Patterson was superb compiling his record-breaking score from only 189 balls, with 22 fours and three sixes. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues declared at 6-441 with a first innings lead of 291. In reply, the visitors made NSW work hard for victory as they recovered from a poor start to add 188 runs for the last three wickets. Leading the recovery was a maiden First Class hundred to , who posted an unbeaten 102 batting at number nine to force the home side to chase 75 runs for victory in the last session. Despite a few scares, NSW reached the target for the loss of four wickets, with Tim Cruickshank unbeaten on 33 as the winning runs were scored.

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA Kurtis Patterson Sydney Cricket Ground, Close of play: Day 1: Western Australia (1) November 25,26,27,28, 2011. 0-37 (Robinson 22, Harris 13); Day 2: New New South Wales won by 6 wickets. South Wales (1) 2-84 (Jaques 38, Katich 3); Toss: New South Wales. NSW 6 pts. Day 3: Western Australia (2) 1-36 Player of the Match: KR Patterson. (Robinson 17, Birt 4). Umpires: GC Joshua & P Wilson. Referee: PL Marshall. Western Australia MS Harris b Hazlewood 19 (2) c Katich b Hazlewood 11 WM Robinson b Hazlewood 52 (1) c Nevill b Hazlewood 51 TR Birt c Cruickshank b Hazlewood 4 c Nevill b Copeland 5 TM Beaton lbw b Van Der Gugten 3 lbw b Copeland 12 MR Marsh c Katich b Lalor 38 c Katich b Lalor 47 +MA Johnson b Hazlewood 2 c Copeland b Lalor 9 DN Porter c Nevill b Lalor 0 (8) c Jaques b Hazlewood 16 NJ Rimmington c Cruickshank b Lalor 9 (9) not out 102 MG Hogan run out (Rohrer) 17 (10) c Van Der Gugten b Katich 22 JP Behrendorff not out 3 (11) b Hazlewood 10 *MJ North absent hurt (7) lbw b Katich 73 Extras 3nb 3 4b 2lb 1nb 7 (246 min, 60.5 overs) 150 (468 min, 114.4 overs) 365 Fall: 48 58 64 118 121 121 121 135 150 Fall: 24 41 69 120 135 142 177 289 329 365 Bowling: First Innings - Copeland 23-8-46-0; Lalor 12-3-34-3; Hazlewood 19.5-7-51-4; Van Der Gugten 6-2-19-1. Second Innings - Copeland 32-14-62-2; Lalor 16-2-59-2; Hazlewood 31.4-4-111-4; van der Gugten 20-4-79-0; Katich 14-1-46-2; Henry 1-0-2-0 New South Wales PA Jaques c sub (James) b Rimmington 67 c Johnson b Hogan 20 SO Henry c MR Marsh b Rimmington 7 b Rimmington 1 TD Cruickshank c Hogan b Porter 32 not out 33 SM Katich lbw b Rimmington 125 *BJ Rohrer lbw b Hogan 12 (4) c Johnson b Hogan 0 KR Patterson c Marsh b Robinson 157 not out 6 +PM Nevill not out 24 (5) c Johnson b Rimmington 15 TA Copeland JK Lalor T Van Der Gugten JR Hazlewood Extras 2b 1lb 1w 13nb 17 2lb 1w 3 (483 min, 118.5 overs) (6 wkts dec) 441 (55 min, 13.2 overs) (4 wkts) 78 Fall: 16 81 133 164 385 441 Fall: 4 29 29 64 Bowling: First Innings - Hogan 27-12-50-1; Rimmington 29.5-10-75-3; Marsh 5-0-29-0; Behrendorff 19-2-98-0; Porter 22-3-106-1; Birt 5-0-33-0; Robinson 11-0-47-1. Second Innings - Hogan 5-0-29-2; Rimmington 6.2-0-32-2; Robinson 2-0-15-0

20 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs

Manuka Oval , 6 – 9 December 2011 In their final match before players paused for the KFC T20 Big Bash League, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues ventured to the Nation’s Capital to take on Tasmania. On a wicket that offered little help to the bowlers, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues watched on as the visitors painstakingly compiled 392 from 128.3 overs, with all dismissed batsmen reaching double figures. Pure hard work was the order of the day for the bowlers and left-arm paceman, Josh Lalor, showed how quickly he was coming to terms with the demands of First Class cricket with his first five wicket haul. Things looked different, however, when NSW batted as they slumped to 6-77 before a Peter Nevill century (112 no) saw the last four wickets add 187 to create some hope in the game, although an injury to Ben Rohrer looked like sidelining him for the rest of the match. If the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues hoped to bowl Tasmania out cheaply they were sadly mistaken as Ed Cowan and former St George opener Steve Cazzulino, plundered 272 runs for the first wicket in only 54 overs. The two former New South Welshman were determined to remain undefeated and they did this with Cazzulino finishing unbeaten on 118, while Cowan was fluent in making 145 not out. This left the home side chasing 401 to win on the final day and when Simon Katich (76) departed at 5-178, the game looked over. However, injured skipper Ben Rohrer (49 no), batting at number 10, was able to return to the action to partner Josh Lalor (29 no) in an unbeaten ninth wicket partnership of 69 that saved the match.

Josh Lalor NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA , Canberra, Close of play: Day 1: Tasmania (1) 6-276 December 6,7,8,9, 2011. Match Drawn. (Johnston 15, Triffitt 7); Day 2: New South Toss: Tasmania. Tasmania 2 pts. Wales (1) 8-146 (Nevill 47); Day 3: New Player of the Match: GJ Bailey. South Wales (2) 0-13 (Jaques 5, Maddinson 1). Umpires: MD Martell & DB Mealey. Referee: DJ Burns. Tasmania EJM Cowan lbw b Lalor 65 (2) not out 145 SJ Cazzulino c Jaques b Hauritz 24 (1) not out 118 AJ Doolan lbw b Hazlewood 82 - *GJ Bailey c Nevill b Lalor 18 - MJ Cosgrove lbw b Lalor 10 - JP Faulkner lbw b Hazlewood 44 - MJ Johnston b Lalor 17 - +TIF Triffitt c Henriques b Smith 69 - XJ Doherty c Smith b Hauritz 20 - BW Hilfenhaus c Katich b Lalor 31 - JM Bird not out 6 - Extras 3b 3lb 6 5b 2lb 1w 1nb 9 (494 min, 128.3 overs) 392 (200 min, 54 overs) (0 wkts dec) 272 Fall: 67 103 133 145 242 245 272 332 361 392 Bowling: First Innings - Copeland 21-9-48-0; Lalor 31.3-12-97-5; Hazlewood 26-6-66-2; Hauritz 30-7-102-2; Smith 20-2-73-1. Second Innings - Hauritz 19-1-96-0; Lalor 15-3-44-0; Hazlewood 9-0-70-0; Copeland 2-0-3-0; Smith 8-0-44-0; Maddinson 1-0-8-0

New South Wales PA Jaques b Bird 5 c Cowan b Doherty 5 NJ Maddinson lbw b Faulkner 30 c Doolan b Doherty 19 SPD Smith c sub (Drew) b Hilfenhaus 0 c Triffitt b Faulkner 35 SM Katich lbw b Doherty 5 c Cowan b Bird 76 MC Henriques c Bailey b Doherty 0 c Cosgrove b Faulkner 0 +PM Nevill not out 112 b Bird 28 NM Hauritz lbw b Faulkner 9 b Bird 0 TA Copeland c Cosgrove b Hilfenhaus 12 lbw b Hilfenhaus 29 JK Lalor b Bird 24 not out 29 *BJ Rohrer c Cazzulino b Doherty 33 not out 49 JR Hazlewood c Triffitt b Faulkner 14 Extras 10b 5lb 1w 4nb 20 9b 12lb 1nb 22 (375 min, 98.5 overs) 264 (399 min, 100 overs) (8 wkts) 292 Fall: 11 12 29 41 61 77 103 146 236 264 Fall: 19 37 132 134 178 182 189 223 Bowling: First Innings - Hilfenhaus 21-5-74-2; Bird 21-7-56-2; Doherty 39-10-86-3; Faulkner 15.5-10-27-3; Cosgrove 2-0-6-0. Second Innings - Bird 21-5-69-3; Doherty 34-13-58-2; Hilfenhaus 18-4-50-1; Faulkner 20-3-71-2; Johnston 7-2-23-0

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Tasmania vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

Blundstone Arena, 6 – 9 February 2012 In their first match after the BBL, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues posted a competitive 7-341 (declared) in their first innings. Steve Smith led the charge, falling just short of a century on 98, and he was well backed up by the consistent Ben Rohrer (83). Of concern was a blow to the head of Simon Katich, who was forced to retire hurt on 46 and took no further part in the match due to concussion. The Tasmanian response was swift as Ed Cowan (47) and Steve Cazzulino (87) again reminded their former State of their talents. Skipper George Bailey (117) then piled on the pressure, allowing the home side to take the first innings points and declare at 7-345. With rain having affected the first two days, NSW now needed to score quickly to set up a declaration but fell into the trap of being too aggressive. At 5-92 they were in trouble and without the injured Katich they were already a man down. However, 35 valuable runs from Stephen O’Keefe took them to a score of 150, leaving Tasmania to chase 147 for victory on the final afternoon. It wasn’t enough. Consistent contributions from their top order, allowed Tasmania to reach the target for the loss of four wickets. Some consolation was the continued good form of Josh Lalor, who took four wickets in the match. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues however were now out of contention for the Finals.

Steve Smith TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Blundstone Arena, , Referee: DJ Burns. February 6,7,8,9, 2012. Close of play: Day 1: Tasmania (1) 0-24 Tasmania won by 6 wickets. (Cowan 10, Cazzulino 9); Day 2: Tasmania (1) Toss: Tasmania. Tasmania 6 pts. 0-81 (Cowan 37, Cazzulino 36); Player of the Match: GJ Bailey. Day 3: New South Wales (2) 4-75 Umpires: MD Martell & DB Mealey. (Nevill 6, O’Keefe 0). New South Wales PJ Hughes c Jones b Bird 1 (2) c Butterworth b Bird 36 UT Khawaja c Jones b Butterworth 21 (1) c Jones b Faulkner 14 SPD Smith lbw b Butterworth 98 lbw b Faulkner 7 SM Katich retired hurt 46 Absent, hurt BJ Rohrer c Bird b Faulkner 83 (4) c Jones b Faulkner 11 +PM Nevill lbw b Bird 24 (5) c Drew b Faulkner 10 *SNJ O'Keefe c Bird b Krejza 12 (6) c Cosgrove b Bird 35 SJ Coyte c Cazzulino b Krejza 9 (7) lbw b Bird 17 SA Abbott not out 19 (8) b Bird 0 TA Copeland not out 15 (9) c Cosgrove b Drew 17 JK Lalor (10) not out 0 Extras 4lb 9nb 13 2lb 1nb 3 (360 min, 86 overs) (7 wkts dec) 341 (210 min, 51.3 overs) 150 Fall: 4 39 172 250 293 306 306 Fall: 34 58 58 75 92 121 121 146 150 Bowling: First Innings - Butterworth 21-5-55-2; Bird 18-5-56-2; Faulkner 21-2-87-1; Drew 14-1-86-0; Krejza 12-0-53-2. Second Innings - Butterworth 12-5-30-0; Bird 17-5-51-4; Krejza 1-0-1-0; Faulkner 17-4-52-4; Drew 4.3-0-14-1

Tasmania EJM Cowan c Nevill b Coyte 47 (2) b Lalor 39 SJ Cazzulino lbw b Coyte 87 (1) c Smith b O'Keefe 18 AJ Doolan c Smith b Lalor 2 lbw b Coyte 22 *GJ Bailey c Hughes b Lalor 117 b Copeland 27 MJ Cosgrove c O'Keefe b Abbott 44 not out 25 JP Faulkner c Hughes b Lalor 6 not out 8 LR Butterworth c Nevill b O'Keefe 22 JJ Krejza not out 0 +B Jones not out 4 BG Drew JM Bird Extras 12lb 4nb 16 6b 2lb 3w 11 (396 min, 102 overs) (7 wkts dec) 345 (168 min, 43.2 overs) (4 wkts) 150 Fall: 100 110 248 279 295 341 341 Fall: 49 78 110 120 Bowling: First Innings - Copeland 26-8-66-0; Lalor 16-3-73-3; Coyte 22-4-64-2; Abbott 16-2-61-1; O'Keefe 18-4-49-1; Smith 4-0-20-0. Second Innings - Coyte 8-1-45-1; Copeland 12-5-21-1; O'Keefe 9-3-20-1; Lalor 7.2-3-33-1; Abbott 6-1-19-0; Smith 1-0-4-0

22 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Western Australia vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

WACA Ground, 17 – 19 February 2012 In one of the biggest hammerings in the history of the competition, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were thrashed in Perth, losing to the rampant Warriors by an innings and 323 runs. The team's performance was simply embarrassing. Despite the return of Shane Watson and Brad Haddin to a side containing eight players with Australian experience, NSW were bowled out for a dismal 91 in 44.2 overs. A determined bowling effort was required but the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were put to the sword by the Warriors’ batsman, with opener scoring an unbeaten 303, with 41 fours and six sixes. was no less impressive, hammering 178 as he and Davis added 379 for the third wicket, which was the third highest of all time for the Warriors. Declaring at a massive 3-560, with a lead of 469, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were playing for pride but again their batting folded, falling to a dismal 8-90 before some late hitting from Nathan Hauritz (44) saw them reach 146. This was the low point in a disappointing season.

Brad Haddin WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES WACA Ground, Perth, Referee: PL Marshall. February 17,18, 19, 2012. Close of play: Day 1: Western Australia (1) WA won by an innings and 323 runs. 2-158 (Davis 74, Voges 37); Day 2: Western Toss: New South Wales. WA 6 pts. Australia (1) 2-448 (Davis 230, Voges 160) Player of the Match: LM Davis. Umpires: AJ Barrow & AP Ward. New South Wales SR Watson lbw b Coulter-Nile 21 c Voges b Beer 31 PJ Hughes c Ronchi b Coulter-Nile 28 b Hogan 5 UT Khawaja b Hogan 15 c Ronchi b Coulter-Nile 17 SPD Smith c Voges b Rimmington 19 c&b Beer 22 +BJ Haddin c Voges b Coulter-Nile 0 c&b Beer 0 BJ Rohrer c Davis b Coulter-Nile 1 c Marsh b Beer 0 *SNJ O'Keefe c Coulter-Nile b Hogan 4 c Ronchi b Rimmington 1 NM Hauritz b Rimmington 0 c Voges b Beer 44 TA Copeland c Voges b Rimmington 0 c Birt b Beer 0 JK Lalor c Marsh b Rimmington 2 c Davis b Beer 9 T Van Der Gugten not out 0 not out 12 Extras 1lb 1 2lb 2w 1nb 5 (190 min, 44.2 overs) 91 (196 min, 51.3 overs) 146 Fall: 30 60 65 69 85 85 85 85 87 91 Fall: 28 54 54 62 68 73 90 90 112 146 Bowling: First Innings - Rimmington 19-7-31-4; Hogan 12.2-5-29-2; Beer 4-1-10-0; Coulter-Nile 9-3-20-4. Second Innings: Rimmington 12-2-36-1; Hogan 14-5-38-1; Coulter-Nile 9-3-24-1; Beer 16.3-6-46-7.

Western Australia WM Robinson c Copeland b Watson 31 LM Davis not out 303 SE Marsh c Smith b Copeland 14 AC Voges c Haddin b Hauritz 178 TR Birt not out 21 *MJ North +L Ronchi NJ Rimmington NM Coulter-Nile MA Beer MG Hogan Extras 6lb 7w 13 (629 min, 171 overs) (3 wkts dec) 560 Fall: 75 105 484 Bowling: First Innings - Copeland 23-5-90-1; Lalor 27-5-94-0; O'Keefe 46-14-88-0; Van Der Gugten 22-2-111-0; Hauritz 22-6-95-1; Watson 12-6-16-1; Smith 17-1-55-0; Rohrer 2-0-5-0

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NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Queensland

Sydney Cricket Ground, 1 – 4 March 2012 In a match that was ruined by rain, with no play possible at all on day two and most of day three, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were able to claim first innings points in a performance that was a world away from their previous effort against Western Australia. With Scott Coyte brought into the side after some excellent performances in the KFC T20 Big Bash League for the Sydney Thunder, NSW were sent in to bat under grey skies at the SCG, and responded with a gritty effort as they reached a respectable 269. Phillip Hughes (73) showed a return to form, while Simon Katich exhibited no ill-effects after his recent concussion to reach 42 before he was dismissed by Australian opening bowler , returning himself from injury. The pitch was still offering generous seam movement and Trent Copeland, who had struggled all season, took advantage to record season-best figures of 4-69 as the visitors were dismissed for 236, giving the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues first innings points. With the Queensland chase for first innings points taking up most of the final day, all that was left was for openers Maddinson (7no) and Hughes (7no) to see out the final few overs.

Phil Hughes NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND Sydney Cricket Ground, Referee: PL Marshall. March 1,2,3,4, 2012. Match Drawn. Close of play: Day 1: New South Wales (1) Toss: Queensland. New South Wales 2 pts. 4-207 (Smith 40, Haddin 10); Day 2: No Player of the Match: TA Copeland. play; Day 3: Queensland 0-5 (Townsend 5, Umpires: GC Joshua & AP Ward. Kemp 0).

New South Wales NJ Maddinson c Hartley b Harris 13 not out 7 PJ Hughes lbw b Magoffin 73 not out 7 UT Khawaja c Magoffin b Harris 15 SM Katich c Kemp b Harris 42 SPD Smith c Hartley b Magoffin 53 +BJ Haddin c Hartley b Magoffin 16 PM Nevill c Hartley b Magoffin 8 *SNJ O'Keefe not out 15 SJ Coyte b Magoffin 0 MA Starc c Floros b Magoffin 0 TA Copeland b Cutting 13 Extras 1b 11lb 9nb 21 1lb 1 (371 min, 91.1 overs) 269 (22 min, 6 overs) (0 wkts) 15 Fall: 22 90 123 185 218 236 238 238 238 269 Bowling: First Innings - Harris 27-7-98-3; Magoffin 25-10-44-6; Cutting 12.1-0-56-1; Hopes 24-7-56-0; Floros 3-0-3-0. Second Innings - Harris 3-2-6-0; Magoffin 2-0-8-0; Hopes 1-1-0-0

Queensland WJ Townsend c Maddinson b Copeland 31 AR Kemp lbw b Copeland 6 AW Robinson c Maddinson b Copeland 34 JA Burns c Smith b Coyte 90 CA Lynn c Hughes b Smith 10 *JR Hopes c Starc b Smith 1 +CD Hartley c Starc b Coyte 15 JS Floros c Haddin b O'Keefe 10 BCJ Cutting c Nevill b Copeland 5 RJ Harris not out 25 SJ Magoffin b Coyte 0 Extras 3b 1lb 1w 4nb 9 (308 min, 78.3 overs) 236 Fall: 12 58 87 114 118 158 169 177 236 236 Bowling: First Innings - Starc 17-3-44-0; Copeland 20-3-69-4; Coyte 11.3-1-41-3; O'Keefe 16-3-37-1; Smith 14-2-41-2

24 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Victoria vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 8 – 10 March 2012 A disappointing end to the season saw the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues lose by five wickets to Victoria at the MCG. NSW fought hard to tame a disciplined Victorian pace attack. Steven Smith led the way with a well-compiled 86, but no other batsman was able to get to 30, meaning a final score of 208 was well below par. David Dawson (11) missed out in his first match for the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues, but First Class debutant, Chris Tremain, had better luck, taking the early wicket of Chris Rogers (9) before finishing with 3-61 as NSW fought their way back into the game by bowling out Victoria for 185. The highlight of the day, however, was Ben Rohrer being brought on to bowl and picking up his best First Class figures of 4-13 from 4.5 overs as he ran through the tail. With a lead of 23, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues aimed to gain the upper hand, but another top order collapse saw them slump to 7-166 before Peter Nevill again came to the rescue. His unbeaten 56 helped the visitors to a final total of 212, meaning that Victoria faced a chase of 236 for victory. They achieved this for the loss of five wickets after another vital knock from the prolific Chris Rogers (70), and some steady batting from Andrew McDonald (32no) and (36no). Debutant Tremain again showed his promise with another three wickets to take his total for the match to six. The loss saw the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues finish a distant fifth on the final table with plenty of hard work to be done during the winter to rectify matters.

Chris Tremain VICTORIA v NEW SOUTH WALES , Referee: DJ Burns. March 8,9,10, 2012. Victoria won by 5 wkts. Close of play: Day 1: Victoria (1) 1-22 Toss: New South Wales. Victoria 6; NSW 2 pts. (Quiney 7, Holland 2); Day 2: New South Player of the Match: AB McDonald. Wales (2) 6-149 (Nevill 24, O’Keefe 4). Umpires: GC Joshua & P Wilson.

New South Wales NJ Maddinson c Handscomb b Sheridan 19 lbw b Siddle 51 PJ Hughes lbw b Sheridan 22 Maxwell b Herrick 0 UT Khawaja c Handscomb b Herrick 20 Handscomb b McDonald 33 SPD Smith c Rogers b Herrick 86 lbw b Sheridan 11 BJ Rohrer lbw b McDonald 15 st Handscomb b Siddle 17 +PM Nevill c Finch b McDonald 0 not out 56 DG Dawson lbw b Holland 11 lbw b Holland 4 *SNJ O'Keefe not out 26 c White b Siddle 13 SJ Coyte c Quiney b Siddle 6 (10) c&b McDonald 7 TA Copeland c sub b Herrick 0 (9) b McDonald 11 CP Tremain run out (sub) 2 b McDonald 1 Extras 1nb 1 7lb 1nb 8 (325 min, 82.4 overs) 208 (260 min, 60.4 overs) 212 Fall: 40 47 78 137 137 167 195 202 203 208 Fall: 2 61 76 105 138 143 166 186 198 212 Bowling: First Innings - Siddle 18.4-6-35-1; Herrick 18-4-50-3; McDonald 14-9-8-2; Maxwell 3-0-10-0; Sheridan 12-2-53-2; Holland 17-2-52-1. Second Innings - Siddle 17-3-57-3; Herrick 13-0-72-1; McDonald 18.4-6-42-4; Sheridan 5-1-24-1; Holland 7-2-10-1

Victoria RJ Quiney c Nevill b Copeland 8 (2) c Smith b Copeland 31 CJL Rogers c Khawaja b Tremain 9 (1) c Smith b Coyte 70 JM Holland c Nevill b Copeland 12 AJ Finch lbw b Tremain 29 (3) lbw b Tremain 17 *CL White c Hughes b Coyte 39 (4) c Copeland b Tremain 2 AB McDonald c Copeland b Rohrer 23 not out 32 +PSP Handscomb c Smith b Tremain 10 not out 36 GJ Maxwell not out 26 (5) c Nevill b Tremain 43 WD Sheridan c Khawaja b Rohrer 8 PM Siddle c Khawaja b Rohrer 0 JM Herrick b Rohrer 0 Extras 8lb 13nb 21 4lb 1nb 5 (261 min, 59.5 overs) 185 (206 min, 53.5 overs) (5 wkts) 236 Fall: 20 28 33 95 126 143 157 185 185 185 Fall: 60 102 104 149 178 Bowling: First Innings - Coyte 16-3-57-1; Copeland 22-9-38-2; O'Keefe 2-0-8-0; Tremain 15-1-61-3; Rohrer 4.5-0-13-4. Second Innings - Copeland 16-3-64-1; Coyte 10-2-56-1; O'Keefe 12-3-35-0; Tremain 10-0-51-3; Rohrer 3-0-7-0; Smith 2.5-0-19-0

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2011/12 SHEFFIELD SHIELD POINTS TABLE Peter Nevill Team Played Won Wickets Drawn LI LO Points Quotient Queensland 10 6 0 0 2 2 36 1.167 Tasmania 10 5 1 0 1 3 36 1.198 Victoria 10 5 1 0 1 3 36 1.164 Western Australia 10 5 1 0 0 4 24 1.176 New South Wales 10 1 1 0 4 4 12 0.773 South Australia 10 0 0 0 4 6 2 0.624 Outright win 6 points - lead on first innings in a drawn or lost game 2 points. Quotient runs per wicket scored divided by runs per wicket conceded. Queensland defeated Tasmania in the Final by three wickets at the 'Gabba.

2011/12 SHEFFIELD SHIELD AVERAGES BATTING M Inn NO Runs H.S 50 100 Avge Ct St PM Nevill 9 16 5 570 112* 3 1 51.82 22 - SPD Smith 7 12 - 492 106 3 1 41.00 12 - BJ Rohrer 9 17 1 488 114 2 1 30.50 2 - SM Katich 8 12 1 483 125 1 2 43.91 6 - NJ Maddinson 7 13 1 361 92 3 - 30.08 4 - UT Khawaja 5 9 - 260 101 - 1 28.89 3 - PJ Hughes 5 10 1 257 73 2 - 28.56 4 - MC Henriques 4 8 2 244 68 2 - 40.67 2 - SNJ O'Keefe 7 12 4 229 82 1 - 28.62 1 - TD Cruickshank 4 7 1 191 52 1 - 31.83 4 - KR Patterson 1 2 1 163 157 - 1 163.00 - - DA Warner 1 1 - 148 148 - 1 148.00 - - TA Copeland 7 10 1 123 29 - - 13.67 5 - PA Jaques 2 4 - 97 67 1 - 24.25 2 - JK Lalor 4 5 2 64 29* - - 21.33 - - SA Abbott 3 5 2 54 19* - - 18.00 - - NM Hauritz 2 4 - 53 44 - - 13.25 - - SR Watson 1 2 - 52 31 - - 26.00 - - JR Hazlewood 5 4 1 44 16* - - 14.67 2 - SO Henry 2 4 - 44 31 - - 11.00 - - SJ Coyte 3 5 - 39 17 - - 7.80 - - BJ Haddin 2 3 - 16 16 - - 5.33 2 - DG Dawson 1 2 - 15 11 - - 7.50 - - Josh Hazlewood MA Starc 5 5 1 13 8 - - 3.25 5 - T Van Der Gugten 2 2 2 12 12* - - - 1 - CP Tremain 1 2 - 3 2 - - 1.50 - - DE Bollinger 2 2 1 0 0* - - 0.00 1 - B Casson 1 - - 0 ------

BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best 5I 10M JR Hazlewood 5 173.3 46 511 17 30.06 4-51 - - MA Starc 5 135 20 517 15 34.47 5-66 1 - JK Lalor 4 124.5 31 434 14 31.00 5-97 1 - TA Copeland 7 233 76 596 11 54.18 4-69 - - SM Katich 8 72 8 205 10 20.50 3-29 - - SNJ O'Keefe 7 215 63 468 9 52.00 4-66 - - MC Henriques 4 83.5 18 250 8 31.25 3-50 - - SJ Coyte 3 67.3 11 263 8 32.88 3-41 - - CP Tremain 1 25 1 112 6 18.67 3-51 - - DE Bollinger 2 56.1 13 197 5 39.40 4-69 - - BJ Rohrer 9 10.5 - 30 4 7.50 4-13 - - SA Abbott 3 57 6 246 4 61.50 2-93 - - SPD Smith 7 94.5 8 414 4 103.50 2-41 - - NM Hauritz 2 71 14 293 3 97.67 2-102 - - SR Watson 1 12 6 16 1 16.00 1-16 - - T Van Der Gugten 2 48 8 209 1 209.00 1-19 - - DA Warner 1 9 2 34 0 - - - - NJ Maddinson 7 3 0 24 0 - - - - SO Henry 2 1 0 2 0 - - - -

26 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES FIRST CLASS RECORDS

MOST APPEARANCES Sean Abbott 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 - 107 155 26 3229 128 25.09 - - - - 249 49 Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 216 63.33 24 59.50 3-6 54 - Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 253 41.84 119 35.00 7-63 54 - Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 199 41.40 - - - 132 - John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 241 44.27 1 46.00 1-0 78 - 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 33.07 6-64 42 - Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 315* 67.27 13 63.92 4-66 35 - Brad HADDIN 87 148 19 5293 154 41.03 - - - 266 22 Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 158 37.08 322 26.01 7-18 106 - 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 - 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 - Phil JAQUES 77 142 5 5659 240* 41.31 - - - 58 - 76 142 8 4171 127 31.12 1 10.00 1-6 57 - Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 158 39.08 - - - 53 - Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 247* 44.66 82 29.42 5-41 35 - 74 138 4 5257 204 39.23 - - - 45 - 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 - 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 - Stuart CLARK 69 90 24 941 62 14.26 228 29.36 8-58 19 - Simon Katich 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 - Dominic THORNELY 64 110 16 4224 261* 44.94 32 48.25 3-52 38 - Doug FORD 63 65 23 545 36* 12.97 - - - 120 57 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 - 58 76 25 872 63 17.10 190 25.60 7-4 15 - Simon KATICH 58 95 9 5309 306 61.73 35 26.49 7-130 54 - 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 - David FREEDMAN 54 62 17 602 54* 13.38 159 30.28 8-49 17 - James KELLY 53 84 17 1521 108 22.70 - - - 83 45 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 - 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 -

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 27 NSW First Class Records

MOST APPEARANCES (continued) Doug Bollinger Player M Inn NO Runs HS Avge Wkts Avge Best Ct St Arthur MORRIS 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 Batsman M Inn N.O Runs 100s Avge Michael BEVAN 105 183 36 9309 37 63.33 Mark WAUGH 108 182 24 8416 25 53.27 Alan KIPPAX 87 135 16 8005 32 67.27 Mark TAYLOR 100 172 3 6997 17 41.40 Steve WAUGH 93 159 15 6946 22 48.24 John DYSON 94 170 17 6773 14 44.27 Doug WALTERS 103 279 21 6612 19 41.84 Warren BARDSLEY 83 132 11 6419 20 53.04 Greg MATTHEWS 135 200 35 6266 9 37.98 Rick McCOSKER 79 140 17 5998 19 48.76 Victor TRUMPER 73 123 9 5823 15 51.07 41 69 10 5813 21 98.52 Monty NOBLE 77 124 10 5653 19 49.58 Charlie MACARTNEY 81 123 13 5581 22 50.73 Brian BOOTH 93 146 18 5577 11 43.57 Phil JAQUES 77 142 5 5659 14 41.31 Norm O’NEILL 70 115 12 5419 18 52.61 Syd GREGORY 81 136 8 5369 11 41.63 Bob SIMPSON 67 116 16 5317 15 53.17 Simon KATICH 58 95 9 5309 15 61.73 Brad HADDIN 87 148 19 5293 9 41.03 Michael SLATER 74 138 4 5257 13 39.23 Tommy ANDREWS 74 115 6 4869 11 44.66 Sid BARNES 56 91 4 4733 19 54.40 Arthur MORRIS 50 77 4 4660 17 63.83 Steve SMALL 77 131 4 4610 7 36.30 Peter TOOHEY 76 128 11 4572 11 39.08 Stan McCABE 55 89 5 4556 9 54.23 Grahame THOMAS 68 105 7 4351 15 44.39 Usman Khawaja (left) and Phil Hughes Dirk WELLHAM 68 111 14 4297 9 44.30 Alan TURNER 76 142 8 4171 4 31.12 Dominic THORNELY 64 110 16 4224 10 44.94 Richie BENAUD 86 121 10 4116 9 37.08 Jim BURKE 67 105 19 3901 9 45.36 Greg MAIL 65 120 5 3745 8 32.57 Shane LEE 73 123 18 3690 7 35.14 Herbie COLLINS 52 86 5 3622 14 44.71 Keith MILLER 50 68 6 3538 10 57.06 Ian CRAIG 55 83 5 3379 7 43.32 Phil HUGHES 38 69 5 3360 10 52.50 Frank IREDALE 56 95 4 3360 5 35.80 Phil EMERY 120 169 43 3284 1 26.06 Steve RIXON 107 155 26 3229 6 25.03 49 80 6 3178 8 42.94 Mark O’NEILL 58 93 17 3074 8 40.45 Geoff DAVIES 57 101 11 3065 5 34.05 Trevor BAYLISS 58 96 10 3060 5 35.58 Charles KELLAWAY 57 90 10 3031 10 37.88 Harry DONNAN 58 102 10 3026 5 32.89 The highest average for NSW is 118.50 by Harry Rock who in five matches, seven innings, in the season 1924-25 and 1925-26 scored 711 runs.

28 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues celebrate a wicket

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS Score Batsman Opponent Venue Season Score Batsman Opponent Venue Season 452* Don BRADMAN Queensland Sydney 1929-30 220 Jim BURKE South Australia Adelaide 1956-57 383 Charles GREGORY Queensland Brisbane 1906-07 219 Don BRADMAN South Africans Sydney 1931-32 359 Bob SIMPSON Queensland Brisbane 1963-64 218 Albert HOPKINS South Australia Adelaide 1908-09 340* Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1928-29 217* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1926-27 321 Victoria Sydney 1881-82 217* Phil JAQUES South Australia Sydney 2004-05 315* Alan KIPPAX Queensland Sydney 1927-28 216* Roy MINNETT Victoria Sydney 1911-12 306 Simon KATICH Queensland Sydney 2007-08 216* Stephen WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990-91 297* Harry MOSES Victoria Sydney 1887-88 216 Michael BEVAN Tasmania Sydney 2003-04 292* Victor TRUMPER Tasmania Sydney 1898-99 214 Keith MILLER M.C.C. Sydney 1950-51 282 Herbie COLLINS Tasmania Sydney 1912-13 214 Usman KHAWAJA South Australia Adelaide 2010-11 281 Monty NOBLE Victoria Melbourne 1905-06 213 Monty NOBLE South Australia Adelaide 1908-09 277 Bob SIMPSON Queensland Sydney 1967-68 213 Monty NOBLE Victoria Sydney 1908-09 271 Reggie DUFF South Australia Sydney 1903-04 213* Ian CRAIG South Africans Sydney 1952-53 271* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1925-26 212* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Sydney 1924-25 264* Ray FLOCKTON South Australia Sydney 1959-60 211 Steve WAUGH Victoria Melbourne 2002-03 263 Steve SMITH Victoria Melbourne 1982-83 210* Austin DIAMOND Victoria Sydney 1906-07 261* Dominic THORNELY Western Australia Sydney 2004-05 210 Arthur MORRIS Victoria Melbourne 1951-52 260* Alan KIPPAX Victoria Melbourne 1928-29 208 Victor TRUMPER Queensland Sydney 1899-00 258 Don BRADMAN South Australia Adelaide 1930-31 207 Norman CALLAWAY Queensland Sydney 1914-15 253 Victor TRUMPER N.Zealanders Sydney 1898-99 206 Bill WATSON Western Australia Perth 1956-57 253 Don BRADMAN Queensland Sydney 1933-34 206 Steve WAUGH Tasmania Hobart 1994-95 253 Arthur MORRIS Queensland Brisbane 1951-52 205 Victoria Sydney 1933-34 253 Doug WALTERS South Australia Adelaide 1964-65 205 Bob SIMPSON Western Australia Perth 1962-63 248 Alan KIPPAX South Australia Sydney 1923-24 205* Simon KATICH Queensland Sydney 2006-07 247* Tommy ANDREWS Victoria Sydney 1919-20 204 Michael SLATER Western Australia Perth 2002-03 247* Bob SIMPSON Western Australia Sydney 1963-64 203* Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 1993-94 241 John DYSON South Australia Adelaide 1983-84 203* Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 2001-02 240 Phil JAQUES Queensland Bankstown 2004-05 203 Jim MACKAY Queensland Brisbane 1905-06 239 Percy MCDONNELL Victoria Melbourne 1886-87 202* Steve WAUGH Victoria N. Sydney 1997-98 238 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1932-33 202* Michael BEVAN South Australia Sydney 1998-99 235 Warren BARDSLEY South Australia Sydney 1920-21 201 Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907-08 235 Warren BARDSLEY South Australia Adelaide 1920-21 201* Victor TRUMPER South Australia Sydney 1912-13 235 Harry ROCK Victoria Sydney 1924-25 201 Charlie MACARTNEY Victoria Sydney 1913-14 233 Norm O’NEILL Victoria Sydney 1957-58 201 Alec MARKS Queensland Sydney 1935-36 231 South Australia Sydney 1962-63 201* Keith MILLER Queensland Brisbane 1950-51 230 Victor TRUMPER Victoria Sydney 1900-01 201* Doug WALTERS M.C.C. Sydney 1970-71 230 Monty NOBLE South Australia Sydney 1903-04 201* Michael BEVAN Western Australia Sydney 2002-03 229* Stan MCCABE Queensland Brisbane 1931-32 201* Michael CLARKE Queensland Sydney 2005-06 229 Neil HARVEY Queensland Sydney 1960-61 200 Monty NOBLE South Australia Adelaide 1899-00 229 Grahame THOMAS Victoria Melbourne 1965-66 200 James BOGLE South Australia Adelaide 1919-20 229* Mark WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990-91 200 Don BRADMAN Queensland Brisbane 1933-34 224 Tommy ANDREWS M.C.C. Sydney 1924-25 200 Sid BARNES Queensland Brisbane 1945-46 221 Charlie MACARTNEY Canterbury 1923-24 200 Allan Queensland Brisbane 1979-80 220 Don BRADMAN Victoria Sydney 1930-31 200* Mark WAUGH West Indians Sydney 1992-93

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HIGHEST WICKET PARTNERSHIPS LEADING WICKET-TAKERS Wkt Ttl Batsmen Opponent Venue Season Bowler M Wkts Avge 5WI 1st 319 John DYSON & Rick McCOSKER Western Australia Sydney 1980/81 Greg MATTHEWS 135 417 28.65 20 308 Bob SIMPSON & Grahame THOMAS Western Australia Sydney 1963/64 Geoff LAWSON 115 395 23.36 13 298 Victor TRUMPER & Reggie DUFF South Australia Sydney 1902/03 Stuart MacGILL 90 357 33.07 18 2nd 378 Lynn MARKS & Doug WALTERS South Australia Adelaide 1964/65 Arthur MAILEY 67 334 27.66 28 334 & Don BRADMAN South Australia Adelaide 1930/31 Bill O’REILLY 54 325 16.52 26 323 Ian CRAIG & Neil HARVEY Queensland Sydney 1960/61 Richie BENAUD 86 322 26.01 17 3rd 363 Don BRADMAN & Alan KIPPAX Queensland Sydney 1933/34 Mike WHITNEY 94 314 27.33 13 345 Warren BARDSLEY & Johnny TAYLOR South Australia Adelaide 1920/21 Johnny MARTIN 78 291 30.88 12 280 Wendell BILL & Alan KIPPAX Queensland Brisbane 1930/31 Alan DAVIDSON 72 273 21.45 10 4th 325 Norm O’NEILL & Brian BOOTH Victoria Sydney 1957/58 Charles TURNER 43 263 16.18 29 315 Monty NOBLE & Syd GREGORY Victoria Sydney 1907/08 Monty NOBLE 77 230 23.34 13 293 Reggie DUFF & Monty NOBLE South Australia Sydney 1903/04 Bob HOLLAND 68 228 31.64 8 5th 464* Mark WAUGH & Steve WAUGH Western Australia Perth 1990/91 Stuart CLARK 69 228 29.36 9 397 Warren BARDSLEY & Charles KELLEWAY South Australia Sydney 1920/21 Charles KELLEWAY 57 215 23.90 7 334 Simon KATICH & Brad HADDIN Queensland Sydney 2007/08 Kerry O’KEEFFE 65 211 27.06 12 6th 332 Neil MARKS & Grahame THOMAS South Australia Sydney 1958/59 Len PASCOE 54 203 26.07 9 271 Steve WAUGH & Greg MATTHEWS Tasmania Hobart 1989/90 David COLLEY 71 203 32.08 6 258 Victor TRUMPER & Frank IREDALE Tasmania Sydney 1898/99 Ray LINDWALL 50 196 22.71 7 7th 255 Grahame THOMAS & Richie BENAUD Victoria Melbourne 1961/62 Bill HOWELL 48 195 24.07 11 208 Charlie MACARTNEY & Albert HOPKINS Queensland Sydney 1906/07 Dave RENNEBERG 54 190 30.48 8 191 Dominic THORNELY & Brad HADDIN South Australia Sydney 2007/08 Nathan BRACKEN 58 190 25.60 9 8th 270 Victor TRUMPER & Eric BARBOUR Victoria Sydney 1912/13 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 58 188 32.14 10 236 Reggie DUFF & Albert HOPKINS Ld Hawk XI Sydney 1902/03 Tom McKIBBIN 25 181 21.11 17 218 Charlie MACARTNEY & John SCOTT Queensland Sydney 1913/14 Albert COTTER 38 171 23.42 10 9th 226 Charles KELLEWAY & Bert OLDFIELD Victoria Melbourne 1925/26 David HOURN 41 161 27.47 11 221 Ernest WADDY & Bill HOWELL South Australia Adelaide 1904/05 David FREEDMAN 54 159 30.28 7 201 Edward FORSSBERG & Hammy LOVE Queensland Sydney 1920/21 Matthew NICHOLSON 45 155 28.46 3 10th 307+ Alan KIPPAX & Hal HOOKER Victoria Melbourne 1928/29 Peter PHILPOTT 52 153 31.07 7 219 Dominic THORNELY & Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2004/05 Doug BOLLINGER 44 151 28.44 8 169 Roy MINNETT & Cecil McKEW Victoria Sydney 1911/12 John SCOTT 35 150 22.42 9 Note: Jack Fingleton, Bill Brown & Don Bradman shared a first wicket partnership of 340 against Victoria at Charlie MACARTNEY 81 148 23.41 3 Sydney in 1933-34. Fingleton retired hurt on 78 with the total at 0 for 148. He resumed at 4-486 the next 27 145 14.95 15 day.1925-26 scored 711 runs. Hughie CHILVERS 32 142 25.38 11 42 140 33.36 3 MOST WICKETS IN A MATCH Syd CALLAWAY 33 139 17.36 14 Wkts Wickets Bowler Opponent Venue Season Murray BENNETT 52 131 28.72 5 16-79 8-39 & 8-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88 Grahame CORLING 46 129 32.28 5 15-125 7-51 & 8-74 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Adelaide 1896/97 John GLEESON 35 126 25.63 7 15-174 8-74 & 7-100 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890/91 Albert HOPKINS 52 126 25.67 6 15-175 7-77 & 8-98 Syd CALLAWAY New Zealanders Christchurch 1895/96 Tom GARRETT 56 123 23.48 9 14-45 8-23 & 6-22 Bill O’REILLY Queensland Sydney 1939/40 Fred JOHNSON 35 123 29.45 5 14-59 8-32 & 6-27 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886/87 Keith MILLER 50 119 25.36 3 14-65 7-47 & 7-18 Syd CALLAWAY Wellington 1895/96 Doug WALTERS 103 119 35.00 5 14-73 7-48 & 7-25 Charles LAWRENCE Victoria Domain 1862/63 Brad McNAMARA 59 116 26.83 5 14-87 5-19 & 9-68 Tom McKIBBIN Queensland Brisbane 1894/95 David GILBERT 43 113 33.27 3 14-98 9-41 & 5-57 Bill O’REILLY South Australia Adelaide 1937/38 Brett LEE 23 109 25.37 7 14-189 6-123 & 8-66 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Sydney 1894/95 38 105 26.12 4 14-192 8-84 & 6-108 John FERRIS South Australia Adelaide 1890/91 Sam EVERETT 28 103 26.44 8 Shane LEE 73 102 41.05 - MOST WICKETS IN A SEASON John FERRIS 19 101 17.20 7 40 100 26.91 6 Wkts Bowler Season M Balls Mdns Runs Avge Best 63 Charles TURNER 1887/88 7 2513 262 865 13.73 8-39 MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN 62 Stuart MacGILL 2004/05 12 2771 92 1441 23.24 6-65 59 Robert MASSIE 1912/13 10 2261 84 1101 18.68 7-110 Fieldsman Matches Catches 55 Bill O’REILLY 1939/40 7 1974 52 832 15.12 8-23 Mark TAYLOR 100 132 55 Arthur MAILEY 1922/23 9 2384 52 832 21.63 6-45 Mark WAUGH 108 124 53 Charles TURNER 1886/87 5 1425 178 377 7.11 8-32 Greg MATTHEWS 135 118 53 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 1992/93 12 2245 57 1376 25.96 7-41 Richie BENAUD 86 106 52 Greg MATTHEWS 1991/92 12 2896 153 1116 21.46 6-63 Rick McCOSKER 79 105 51 Richie BENAUD 1958/59 8 2611 81 995 19.50 7-32 Bob SIMPSON 67 102 Johnny MARTIN 78 103 ONE HUNDRED RUNS AND TEN WICKETS IN A MATCH Steve WAUGH 93 93 John DYSON 94 78 Player Batting Bowling Opponent Venue Season Arthur MAILEY 67 74 17 & 91 7-18 & 5-49 Queensland Sydney 1932/33 Steve SMALL 77 74 Greg MATTHEWS 85* & 67 6-63 & 5-70 Queensland Sydney 1991/92

30 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Most runs in Season HAT-TRICKS Runs Batsman Season M Inn NO HS 100s Avge Bowler Opponent Venue Season 1506 Simon KATICH 2007/08 11 17 1 306 5 94.12 George GILBERT Victoria Melbourne 1857/58 1312 Michael BEVAN 1993/94 12 22 5 203* 5 77.17 Charles TURNER Victoria Melbourne 1886/87 1269 Phil JAQUES 2004/05 12 21 2 240* 3 66.78 Monty NOBLE Tasmania Sydney 1898/99 1205 Dirk WELLHAM 1982/83 13 23 5 136* 2 66.94 Tom HOWARD Queensland Sydney 1902/03 1186 Steve SMALL 1990/91 13 23 - 126 4 51.56 Albert HOPKINS South Australia Sydney 1903/04 1174 Mark TAYLOR 1988/89 12 22 1 152* 3 55.90 Charles KELLEWAY Queensland Brisbane 1913/14 1153 Rick McCOSKER 1982/83 13 25 4 124 3 54.90 Hal HOOKER* Victoria Sydney 1928/29 1127 Don BRADMAN 1928/29 7 12 4 340* 5 140.87 Alan WALKER Queensland Sydney 1948/49 1065 Dominic THORNELY 2004/05 12 20 3 261* 4 62.64 John TREANOR** Queensland Brisbane 1954/55 1052 Rick McCOSKER 1974/75 10 19 1 164 4 58.44 Gordon RORKE Queensland Sydney 1958/59 1051 Don BRADMAN 1929/30 7 11 2 452* 2 116.77 Alan DAVIDSON Western Australia Perth 1962/63 1036 Don BRADMAN 1933/34 6 9 2 253 4 148.00 Len PASCOE South Australia Adelaide 1980/81 1024 Grahame THOMAS 1965/66 9 16 - 229 4 64.00 David GILBERT Victoria Sydney 1984/85 1019 Michael SLATER 1992/93 10 19 2 143 3 59.94 Stuart MacGILL New Zealanders Newcastle 1997/98 1015 John DYSON 1983/84 11 19 3 241 3 63.43 Stuart CLARK Western Australia Perth 2006/07 1009 Mark WAUGH 1989/90 12 17 4 198* 5 77.61 Doug BOLLINGER Western Australia Perth 2007/08 1005 Norm O’NEILL 1957/58 8 14 2 233 4 83.75 Scott COYTE Queensland Brisbane 2010/11 * Hal Hooker took four wickets in four balls, three in the 1st innings, one in the 2nd innings. ** John Treanor took his hat-trick on debut. MOST WICKETS IN AN INNINGS CENTURY ON FIRST-CLASS DEBUT Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season Batsman Opponent Venue Season 9-41 Bill O’REILLY South Australia Adelaide 1937/38 Leslie PYE 166 Queensland Brisbane 1896/97 9-50 Bill O’REILLY Victoria Melbourne 1933/34 Norman CALLAWAY* 207 Queensland Brisbane 1914/15 9-52 Bill HOWELL Victoria Melbourne 1902/03 Jim BOGLE 145 Victoria Sydney 1918/19 9-68 Tom McKIBBIN Queensland Brisbane 1894/95 Edward FORSSBERG 143 Queensland Sydney 1920/21 9-77 David HOURN Victoria Sydney 1978/79 Des MULLARKEY 130 Queensland Brisbane 1923/24 9-83 Bob HOLLAND South Australia Sydney 1984/85 Harry ROCK 127 South Australia Sydney 1924/25 8-14 Sydney AUSTIN Hawks Bay Napier 1893/94 Harry STEELE 130 Queensland Brisbane 1926/27 8-23 Bill O’REILLY Queensland Sydney 1939/40 Don BRADMAN 118 South Australia Adelaide 1927/28 8-31 Edward WHITE South Australia Sydney 1935/36 Arthur ALLSOPP 117 M.C.C. Sydney 1929/30 8-32 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1886/87 Wendell BILL 115 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30 8-33 Hunter HENDRY New Zealanders Wellington 1923/24 Len LEABEATER 128 Tasmania Sydney 1929/30 8-33 Bob HOLLAND New Zealanders Sydney 1985/86 Richard NUTT 102 South Australia Adelaide 1931/32 8-39 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88 Arthur MORRIS** 148 Queensland Sydney 1940/41 8-40 Charles TURNER England XI Sydney 1887/88 Eric LUKEMAN 118 South Australia Adelaide 1946/47 8-41 Len PASCOE Tasmania Hobart 1981/82 Ron BRIGGS 121 Western Australia Perth 1952/53 8-49 David FREEDMAN West Indians Newcastle 1995/96 Neil MARKS 180* South Australia Sydney 1958/59 8-50 Roy MINNETT Victoria Melbourne 1914/15 Gary GILMOUR 122 South Australia Sydney 1971/72 8-52 Greg MATTHEWS Western Australia Sydney 1992/93 Dirk WELLHAM 100 Victoria Melbourne 1980/81 8-56 Andrew NEWELL Victoria Sydney 1897/98 Wayne SEABROOK 165 Victoria Melbourne 1984/85 8-58 Stuart CLARK Western Australia Perth 2006/07 Rodney DAVISON 133* Tasmania Sydney 1993/94 8-66 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Sydney 1894/95 Ben ROHRER 163 Tasmania Hobart 2006/07 8-74 Charles TURNER Victoria Sydney 1890/91 Nic MADDINSON 113 South Australia Adelaide 2010/11 8-74 Tom McKIBBIN South Australia Adelaide 1896/97 Kurtis PATTERSON*** 157 Western Australia Sydney 2011/12 8-81 Herbert HORDERN Queensland Sydney 1905/06 * This was Callaway’s only first-class innings. It was made in New Wales’s last First-Class match until 8-81 Arthur MAILEY South Australia Sydney 1920/21 after World War 1. Callaway was killed at the 2nd Battle of Bullecourt, in , on May 3, 1917. 8-84 John FERRIS South Australia Adelaide 1890/91 ** Also scored a century (111) in the second innings. 8-92 Trent COPELAND Queensland Sydney 2009/10 *** Youngest to do so. 8-93 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Melbourne 1895/96 8-97 Johnny MARTIN Victoria Sydney 1962/63 CENTURIES IN BOTH INNINGS OF A MATCH 8-98 Syd CALLAWAY New Zealanders Christchurch 1895/96 Batsman Runs Opponent Venue Season 8-109 Sam COSSTICK Victoria Melbourne 1865/66 Jim MACKAY 105 & 102* South Australia Sydney 1905/06 8-111 Michael PIERCE South Australia Adelaide 1892/93 Monty NOBLE 176 & 123 Victoria Sydney 1907/08 8-111 Tom McKIBBIN Victoria Sydney 1896/97 Charlie MACARTNEY 119 & 126 South Africans Sydney 1910/11 Alan KIPPAX 127 & 131 Queensland Brisbane 1926/27 MOST DISMISSALS BY A WICKET-KEEPER Archie JACKSON 131 & 122 South Australia Sydney 1927/28 Don BRADMAN 131 & 133* Queensland Brisbane 1928/29 Wicket-keeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Runs Avge H.S Stan McCABE 106 & 103* Victoria Sydney 1931/32 * Phil EMERY 120 378 332 46 3284 26.06 100 Arthur MORRIS* 148 & 111 Queensland Sydney 1940/41 Steve RIXON 107 298 249 49 3229 25.03 128 Bob SIMPSON 121 & 142* South Australia Sydney 1964/65 Brad HADDIN 87 288 266 22 5293 41.03 154 Rick McCOSKER 138 & 136* Western Australia Sydney 1974/75 Bert OLDFIELD 82 271 165 106 2393 2323 129 Rick McCOSKER 123* & 118* Victoria Sydney 1981/82 Brian TABER 73 242 207 35 1489 16.54 109 Mark TAYLOR 107 & 152* Western Australia Perth 1988/89 * Doug FORD 63 177 120 57 545 12.97 36 Mark TAYLOR 127 & 100 Queensland Sydney 1989/90 James KELLY 53 126 81 45 1521 22.70 128 Steve SMALL 115 & 126 Wellington Nth Sydney 1990/91 Hanson CARTER 44 121 81 40 1262 23.37 149 Greg MAIL 128 & 152* South Australia Sydney 2003/04 40 115 85 30 1427 25.94 90 Phil JAQUES 129 & 125 Victoria Melbourne 2010/11 42 114 99 15 1332 27.18 88* * Arthur Morris became the first player in world cricket to register a century in each innings The highest score by a ‘keeper for NSW is 321 by Billy Murdoch. on First-Class debut scoring 148 and 111 against Queensland at the S.C.G. in 1940-41 (not a Sheffield Shield fixture).

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CENTURY AND FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS ON FIRST-CLASS DEBUT Player Runs Wkts Opponent Venue Season Bowler 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 South Australia 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 South Australia Adelaide 1940/41 James CLEEVE 6-95 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83 Richie BENAUD 158 5-88 Queensland Brisbane 1953/54 Michael PIERCE 8-111 South Australia Adelaide 1892/93 Alan DAVIDSON 108 7-31 Western Australia Perth 1961/62 Bill HOWELL 5-44 AE Stoddart’s XI Sydney 1894/95 Johnny MARTIN 101 5-126 Western Australia Perth 1963/64 Dave NOONAN 7-95 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96 Peter PHILPOTT 125 6-65 Western Australia Sydney 1964/65 Tom HOWARD 6-59 Queensland Sydney 1899/00 Doug WALTERS 253 7-63 South Australia Adelaide 1964/65 5-181 South Australia Adelaide 1900/01 Geoff DAVIES 112 6-43 Queensland Sydney 1967/68 Herbert HORDERN 8-81 Queensland Sydney 1905/06 Doug WALTERS 176 6-51 Victoria Sydney 1972/73 Leslie MINNETT 7-131 M.C.C. Sydney 1907/08 Steve SMITH 100 7-64 South Australia Sydney 2009/10 Cyril DOCKER 5-67 Queensland Brisbane 1909/10 Bernard FOLKARD 6-37 South Africans Sydney 1910/11 YOUNGEST PLAYER TO TAKE FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS Arthur MAILEY 5-46 Western Australia Sydney 1912/13 Player Years Days Opponent Venue Season Charles MORRISSEY 6-30 Queensland Brisbane 1924/25 Bob SIMPSON (5-37) 18 6 West. Aust Sydney 1953/54 Hal HOOKER 5-81 Queensland Sydney 1924/25 Jim CAMPBELL (6-118) 18 66 Queensland Brisbane 1926/27 Jim CAMPBELL 6-118 Queensland Brisbane 1926/27 James CLEEVE (6-95) 18 316 Victoria Melbourne 1882/83 Ernest O’BRIEN 5-99 South Australia Sydney 1926/27 Dave NOONAN (7-98) 18 340 Canterbury Christchurch 1895/96 Francois DUPAIN 5-44 Tasmania Sydney 1927/28 Doug WALTERS (6-66) 18 355 Pakistanis Sydney 1964/65 Robert ROXBY 5-84 South Australia Adelaide 1953/54 Andrew NEWELL (5-53) 19 107 Auckland 1889/90 John TREANOR 5-146 Queensland Brisbane 1954/55 Stan McCABE (5-36) 19 171 Queensland Sydney 1929/30 Wally WELLHAM 6-43 Queensland Brisbane 1959/60 John FERRIS (5-28) 19 248 Victoria Sydney 1886/87 Wayne HOLDSWORTH 6-55 Victoria Melbourne 1988/89 Allan COOPER (6-128) 19 269 Victoria Melbourne 1935/36 Greg McLAY 5-55 Western Australia Sydney 1990/91 Moises HENRIQUES (5-17) 19 270 Queensland Brisbane 2006/07 Glenn McGRATH 5-79 Tasmania Sydney 1992/93 Mitchell STARC (5-74) 19 334 Queensland Brisbane 2009/10 Trent COPELAND 8-92 Queensland Sydney 2009/10

YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE A CENTURY Trent Copeland Player Years Days Opponent Venue Season Archie JACKSON (100) 17 97 Queensland Sydney 1926/27 Ian CRAIG (213*) 17 205 South Africans Sydney 1952/53 Doug WALTERS (109*) 18 9 Victoria Melbourne 1963/64 Kurtis PATTERSON (157) 18 236 W.Australia Sydney 2011/12 Nic MADDINSON (113) 18 294 South Australia Adelaide 2010/11 Norm CALLAWAY (207) 18 320 Queensland Sydney 1914/15 Eric BARBOUR (124*) 18 339 Queensland Sydney 1909/10 Arthur MORRIS (148) 18 342 Queensland Sydney 1940/41 Bob SIMPSON (104) 18 345 Victoria Sydney 1954/55

YOUNGEST FIRST-CLASS PLAYERS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES Player Years Days Opponent Venue Season Batting Bowling Ian CRAIG 16 249 South Australia Sydney 1951/52 91 - Bob SIMPSON 16 355 Victoria Sydney 1952/53 44* & 8* 1-24 & 0-11 Doug WALTERS 17 8 Queensland Sydney 1961/62 1 & 50 0-7 Victor TRUMPER 17 64 South Australia Adelaide 1894/95 11 & 0 - Archie JACKSON 17 82 Queensland Brisbane 1926/27 5 & 86 - Edgar WADDY 17 134 Queensland Brisbane 1896/97 1 - Francis DOWNES 17 196 Victoria Melbourne 1881/82 1 & 4* 2-75 & 0-26 John VAUGHAN 17 242 Western Australia Sydney 1925/26 3 - Charles OLIVER 17 246 Victoria Melbourne 1865/66 6* & 29 - Patrick CUMMINS 17 299 Tasmania Hobart 2010/11 0* & 0* 2-80 Eric BARBOUR 17 339 Queensland Sydney 1908/09 40 & 0 2-58 & 1-22

32 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES 2011/12 ryobi one day cup

Round 1: South Australia vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues Round 2: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Victoria

Adelaide Oval, 15 October 2011 North Sydney Oval, 30 October 2011 The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues lost a tight first contest in a competition that In a thrilling match that saw both teams score over 300, the NSW had been reduced to eight matches from10 the previous season. SpeedBlitz Blues were able to triumph courtesy of a record-breaking innings from Daniel Smith. Fewer games made it vital that teams got off to a good start, and both teams produced excellent performances in this opening fixture before North Sydney Oval is renowned for producing big scores and this game South Australia prevailed with six balls to spare. was no different as a superb 144 from powered the visitors to 7-317 from their reduced 49 overs. On an excellent batting strip at Adelaide Oval the visitors made a superb start with Phillip Hughes (96) and Usman Khawaja (116) putting The chase would require an all-out attack from the start and after the on 212 for the first wicket. A score of over 300 looked achievable, but early loss of Nic Maddinson (2), Daniel Smith and Tim Cruickshank South Australia fought back well to limit the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues to settled into a superb partnership of 167 before Cruickshank departed 3-261 from their 49 overs, reduced due to a delayed start. for an excellent 75. From here it was the Daniel Smith show as he smashed boundaries at will, with good support from Ben Rohrer (38no). It would be a tough chase, but strong contributions from (75) and Callum Ferguson (53) opened up the opportunity for former Smith was merciless on all the bowlers and his final score of 179 not out New South Welshman, Tom Cooper, to score an unbeaten 100 from 99 contained an incredible 13 fours and 11 sixes! It was also the record for balls to guide the home side to victory by seven wickets. the most number of sixes hit in an Australian Domestic Limited Overs match and broke Phil Jaques’ record of 171 not out, as the highest ever Luke Doran, on his Ryobi Cup debut for NSW, was the pick of the score by a NSW player in a Domestic Limited Overs match. bowlers with figures of 1-37 from 10 overs. The run chase was so brutal that the Victorian total was run down in the 41st over for the loss of only three wickets.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA Adelaide Oval, Player of the Match: TLW Cooper. North Sydney Oval, Player of the Match: DLR Smith. 15 October, 2011 Umpires: AJ Barrow & P Wilson. 30 October, 2011 Umpires: IH Lock & JD Ward. South Australia won by 7 wickets. TV : GC Joshua. New South Wales won by 7 wickets. TV Umpire: MG Kumutat. Toss: New South Wales. South Australia 4 pts Referee: DJ Burns. Toss: Queensland. New South Wales 4 pts. Referee: PL Marshall.

New South Wales Victoria PJ Hughes c Klinger b Lyon 96 (129) +MS Wade c Rohrer b Henriques 21 (40) UT Khawaja c Lyon b Putland 116 (137) AJ Finch lbw b Starc 2 (3) MC Henriques b Putland 26 (25) BJ Hodge c Henriques b Starc 144 (123) PA Jaques not out 2 (2) DJ Hussey c Maddinson b Henriques 6 (5) SM Katich *CL White c Maddinson b Henriques 15 (26) *BJ Rohrer AB McDonald c Katich b Abbott 27 (38) +PM Nevill RJ Quiney c Henriques b Abbott 91 (57) TA Copeland GJ Maxwell not out 2 (2) MA Starc CJ McKay LA Doran MF Cleary JR Hazlewood JM Herrick Extras 7lb 14w 21 Extras 4lb 5w 9 (190 min, 49 overs) (3 wkts) 261 (202 min, 49 overs) (7 wkts) 317 Fall: 212 254 261 Fall: 12 39 51 78 148 297 317 Bowling - Putland 9-0-64-2; Richardson 12-1-55-0; Lyon 11-1-44-1; Christian 10-0-57-0; Bowling: Hazlewood 11-1-75-0; Starc 12-0-70-2; O'Keefe 6-0-42-0; Henriques 13-0-68-3; Mennie 7-0-34-0 Abbott 7-0-58-2

South Australia New South Wales *M Klinger lbw b Doran 75 (97) DLR Smith not out 179 (122) DJ Harris lbw b Starc 0 (1) NJ Maddinson c Hussey b Herrick 2 (8) CJ Ferguson c Jaques b Henriques 53 (51) TD Cruickshank lbw b White 75 (68) TLW Cooper not out 100 (99) SM Katich st Wade b McKay 13 (15) CJ Borgas not out 30 (40) BJ Rohrer not out 38 (31) DT Christian MC Henriques +TP Ludeman +PM Nevill KW Richardson *SNJ O'Keefe JM Mennie SA Abbott NM Lyon MA Starc GD Putland JR Hazlewood Extras 2lb 1w 1nb 4 Extras 2lb 8w 1nb 11 (189 min, 48 overs) (3 wkts) 262 (173 min, 40.3 overs) (3 wkts) 318 Fall: 0 90 160 Fall: 7 174 220 Bowling: Copeland 12-1-57-0; Starc 8-0-64-1; Hazlewood 10-0-68-0; Doran 10-1-37-1; Bowling: Herrick 10-0-76-1; McKay 9-0-55-1; Maxwell 3-0-26-0; Cleary 5-0-41-0; Henriques 8-1-34-1 McDonald 7-0-61-0; White 3-0-24-1; Hodge 3-0-25-0; Finch 0.3-0-8-0.

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Round 3: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs South Australia Round 4: Queensland vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

Sydney Cricket Ground, 4 November 2011 The 'Gabba, 20 November 2011 The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues carried on their form from North Sydney by The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues had their momentum halted at the Gabba producing an efficient display to account for South Australia at the SCG. with Queensland winning the fixture convincingly after a poor run-chase from the visitors. On a wicket that offered some movement for the seam bowlers, David Warner (86) was the mainstay of the home side’s total of 8-261 from After losing the toss and being asked to bowl, NSW were superb early their 50 overs, although he received good support from Steve Smith on, reducing the home side to 4-57, including the wicket of former (39) and Simon Katich (61). team-mate, , for 17. Warner showed new found composure to battle through a tough However, Queensland recovered thanks to solid knocks from early period before accelerating as the innings progressed. His innings (61) and Nathan Reardon (50), to finish at 221. The star with the ball contained five fours and six sixes, and took 98 balls, as the NSW was Mitchell Starc, who had returned from Australian Test duty with bags SpeedBlitz Blues realised the need to post a score of 250 plus to give of confidence to finish with the superb figures of 5-39 from 12.5vers. o their bowlers a good chance. The victory target would require a solid start, however, the NSW In reply, Doug Bollinger (4-62) and Mitchell Starc (3-54) were superb. SpeedBlitz Blues were in early trouble and reduced to 4-32 after They reduced the visitors to 6-172, before some belligerent late hitting 12 overs. from Dan Christian (39 off 22 balls) brought South Australia back into Despite a cameo from Moises Henriques (38), the wickets continued the game. When Christian departed, however, the tail was unable to wag to fall and at 8-124, it looked like a rout before some late hitting and the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were able to close out the match and by Mitchell Starc (34no) saw NSW all out for 171, with over 16 emerge victors by 23 runs. overs remaining.

NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA QUEENSLAND v NEW SOUTH WALES Sydney Cricket Ground, Player of the Match: DA Warner. The 'Gabba, 20 November, 2011 (Day/Night) Umpires: SD Fry & SJ Nogajski. November 4, 2011 (Day/Night) Umpires: MG Kumutat & RL Parry. Queensland won by 50 runs. TV Umpire: PR Reiffel. New South Wales won by 23 runs. TV Umpire: AP Ward. Toss: Queensland. Queensland 5 pts. Referee: DJ Burns. Toss: New South Wales. NSW 4 pts. Referee: DJ Burns. Player of the Match: MA Starc.

New South Wales Queensland DLR Smith c Crosthwaite b Richardson 12 (24) RA Broad c Nevill b Lalor 9 (16) DA Warner c O'Brien b Bailey 86 (98) +BR Dunk c SPD Smith b Starc 6 (7) SPD Smith run out (Klinger) 39 (53) *JR Hopes b Starc 13 (15) SM Katich b O'Brien 61 (62) PJ Forrest lbw b Henriques 17 (33) BJ Rohrer c&b Christian 13 (16) CA Lynn c SPD Smith b Hazlewood 61 (71) MC Henriques c Ludeman b Christian 3 (4) NJ Reardon c Henriques b SPD Smith 50 (77) +PM Nevill lbw b Christian 0 (1) GI Skennar run out 6 (18) *SNJ O'Keefe not out 26 (33) BK Ipson b Starc 23 (23) MA Starc b Putland 2 (6) BCJ Cutting c SPD Smith b Starc 3 (5) DE Bollinger not out 3 (4) CJ Gannon not out 12 (20) JR Hazlewood AC McDermott b Starc 6 (8) Extras 2lb 13w 1nb 16 Extras 2b 5lb 8w 15 (50 overs) (8 wkts) 261 (206 min, 48.5 overs) 221 Fall: 32 140 140 184 193 193 247 252 Fall: 19 24 38 57 150 171 172 186 209 221 Bowling: Putland 11-1-55-1; Richardson 12-1-61-1; Christian 13-0-59-3; O'Brien 10-0-55-1; Bowling: Starc 12.5-3-39-5; Lalor 9-0-65-1; O'Keefe 4-0-14-0; Henriques 7-0-30-1; Bailey 4-0-29-1 Hazlewood 9-0-37-1; SPD Smith 7-0-29-1

South Australia New South Wales *M Klinger c Katich b Starc 7 (11) DLR Smith c Gannon b Ipson 1 (4) AJ Crosthwaite b Starc 72 (104) TD Cruickshank b McDermott 3 (16) CJ Ferguson c Nevill b Hazlewood 15 (21) SPD Smith c Forrest b Gannon 34 (60) TLW Cooper c Rohrer b SPD Smith 48 (71) SM Katich c Dunk b Cutting 1 (7) CJ Borgas c SPD Smith b Starc 18 (28) BJ Rohrer run out 14 (18) DT Christian b Bollinger 39 (22) MC Henriques c&b Ipson 38 (58) +TP Ludeman c Bollinger b SPD Smith 1 (4) +PM Nevill c&b Hopes 16 (17) AW O'Brien c Henriques b Bollinger 7 (14) *SNJ O'Keefe b Hopes 5 (17) KW Richardson c DLR Smith b Bollinger 7 (8) JK Lalor lbw b Gannon 13 (28) CB Bailey not out 11 (11) MA Starc not out 34 (32) GD Putland c Starc b Bollinger 2 (7) JR Hazlewood b Cutting 0 (6) Extras 5lb 5w 1nb 11 Extras 5lb 7w 12 (50 overs) 238 (180 min, 43.5 overs) 171 Fall: 13 51 131 162 171 172 215 216 224 238 Fall: 1 8 11 32 80 108 117 124 166 171 Bowling: Bollinger 13-0-62-4; Starc 11-0-54-3; O'Keefe 3-0-13-0; Hazlewood 6-0-27-1; Bowling: McDermott 10-1-33-1; Ipson 10-1-36-2; Cutting 8.5-0-42-2; Gannon 7-0-26-2; Henriques 7-0-25-0; SPD Smith 10-0-52-2 Hopes 8-1-29-2

34 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES ROUND 5: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs ROUND 6: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Tasmania Western Australia Manuka Oval, 4 December 2011 Sydney Cricket Ground, 30 November 2011 In a must-win match, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues went down by a The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues rediscovered winning ways, beating nail biting four runs at Manuka Oval, Canberra, to a well-disciplined Western Australia by five wickets in a rain-affected match. Tasmanian side. On a green wicket that offered plenty of movement to the seam On a slow wicket that made boundary-hitting difficult, NSW were bowlers, Western Australia were in early trouble, being reduced able to strangle the run-rate of the visitors as the spin threat of Nathan to 4-14, with Trent Copeland claiming three wickets. Hauritz (1-44) and Luke Doran (4-40), gave little away. Josh Hazlewood also showed the form that had seen him represent Australia, bowling Whilst opener Wes Robinson (87) held the innings together, NSW with excellent control to pick up three wickets. contained the middle order and progress was slow before a cameo of 46 from Nathan Rimmington saw the visitors reach an under-par 199. A final total of 188, which included a crucial 39 run last wicket partnership, should not have been enough to defend, but Tasmania knew Copeland showed a welcome return to form with 5-44 from that by bowling straight and setting a ring field, scoring would be difficult. 12.1 overs, while Nathan Hauritz chipped in with two wickets. This proved true as the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues’ progress towards the With rain causing the match to be reduced by four overs, the NSW target kept derailing. SpeedBlitz Blues had the chase under control, however, it was a decisive At 6-126, requiring 63 from just over 12 overs, the game was in the partnership of 95 between Steve Smith (57no) and Peter Nevill (55no) balance, but when Hauritz (15) was dismissed with 13 runs required that saw the team home with 16 balls to spare. from 15 balls, Henriques (65 not out) was unable to steer the side home with the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues finishing agonisingly short.

NEW SOUTH WALES v WESTERN AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES v TASMANIA Sydney Cricket Ground, Player of the Match: TA Copeland. Manuka Oval, Canberra, Player of the Match: B Laughlin. 30 November, 2011 (Day/Night) Umpires: GC Joshua & P Wilson. 4 December, 2011 Umpires: MG Kumutat & MD Martell. NSW won by 5 wickets. (D/L Method) Referee: PL Marshall. Tasmania won by 4 runs. Referee: DJ Burns. Toss: Western Australia. New South Wales 4 pts. Toss: Tasmania. Tasmania 4 pts.

Western Australia Tasmania WM Robinson st Nevill b Hauritz 87 (130) RJG Lockyear c Jaques b Copeland 11 (26) MS Harris c Nevill b Copeland 0 (1) MJ Cosgrove st Nevill b Doran 25 (39) TR Birt c SPD Smith b Copeland 6 (10) EJM Cowan c Jaques b Hazlewood 10 (30) TM Beaton c Katich b Copeland 0 (2) *GJ Bailey b Doran 35 (54) C Bancroft lbw b Lalor 1 (5) MJ Johnston c Jaques b Doran 4 (8) *+L Ronchi c SPD Smith b van der Gugten 16 (24) JP Faulkner run out (Rohrer-Nevill) 14 (29) DJM Short c Nevill b Hauritz 3 (15) +TIF Triffitt b Hazlewood 23 (34) NJ Rimmington c SPD Smith b Copeland 46 (60) JJ Krejza c Hazlewood b Doran 11 (21) MA Beer run out (Rohrer) 13 (22) XJ Doherty not out 32 (41) JP Behrendorff c Jaques b Copeland 7 (11) BW Hilfenhaus lbw b Hauritz 0 (4) BM Edmondson not out 5 (10) B Laughlin c Cruickshank b Hazlewood 16 (13) Extras 3lb 11w 1nb 15 Extras 3lb 3w 1nb 7 (198min, 48.1 overs) 199 (49.4 overs) 188 Fall: 1 13 13 14 43 50 139 179 193 199 Fall: 22 44 53 58 104 104 121 148 149 188 Bowling: Copeland 12.1-0-44-5; Lalor 10-1-55-1; Hauritz 13-1-42-2; van der Gugten 10-0-42- Bowling: Copeland 11-0-50-1; Hauritz 13-1-44-1; Doran 13-0-40-4; Hazlewood 9.4-1-34-3; 1; SPD Smith 3-0-13-0 Maddinson 3-0-17-0

New South Wales New South Wales PA Jaques c Birt b Rimmington 2 (8) PA Jaques lbw b Doherty 8 (12) DLR Smith c Beaton b Beer 30 (54) DLR Smith run out (Johnston-Triffitt) 18 (58) TD Cruickshank c Behrendorff b Short 20 (27) NJ Maddinson c Doherty b Laughlin 26 (46) SM Katich c Ronchi b Short 10 (16) TD Cruickshank c Cowan b Laughlin 10 (28) SPD Smith not out 57 (84) *BJ Rohrer b Laughlin 24 (46) *BJ Rohrer c Ronchi b Beer 16 (21) MC Henriques not out 65 (71) +PM Nevill not out 55 (50) +PM Nevill lbw b Laughlin 2 (5) NM Hauritz NM Hauritz c Faulkner b Laughlin 15 (30) TA Copeland TA Copeland lbw b Laughlin 0 (1) JK Lalor JR Hazlewood run out (Triffitt-Hilfenhaus) 0 (2) T van der Gugten LA Doran not out 0 (1) Extras 6lb 2w 8 Extras 1b 9lb 6w 16 (193 min, 43.2 overs) (5 wkts) 198 (50 overs) (9 wkts) 184 Fall: 2 38 50 71 103 Fall: 13 59 59 77 122 126 176 177 178 Bowling: Rimmington 9-1-40-1; Behrendorff 10-0-37-0; Short 4-0-14-2; Edmondson 8.2-0-53- Bowling: Doherty 13-1-41-1; Hilfenhaus 11-0-38-0; Krejza 12-1-39-0; Laughlin 13-0-53-6; 0 Beer 12-0-48-2; Lockyear 1-0-3-0

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ROUND 7: Tasmania vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues ROUND 8: Western Australia vs NSW SpeedBlitz Blues

Blundstone Arena, 4 February 2012 The WACA, 22 February 2012 After a break of two months, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues returned to Victory in the final match of the season saw the NSW SpeedBlitz action in the Ryobi Cup knowing that nothing less than victory in each Blues finish third in the competition, edging out Queensland on of their last two matches would be good enough to qualify for the Final. points difference after being thrashed in the Shield match three days earlier. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, NSW were shattered to see Moises Henriques (0) depart first ball of the innings, but hope was With pride on the line, NSW blooded University of NSW paceman, revived with an 84 run partnership between Nic Maddinson (31) and Chris Tremain,and he responded by picking up Travis Burt for a , Usman Khawaja. before finishing with the impressive figures of 2-32 from 10 overs. A further contribution from Steve Smith (45) suggested that a 280 plus All the bowlers dominated as Western Australia were reduced to 8-107, total was achievable, but the loss of Khawaja for an even 100 saw a before some late hitting from Coulter-Nile (53 not out) saw them all out collapse that caused NSW to from 4-212 in the 42nd over, to 230 for 151 with 7.2 overs remaining. all out after 47.5 overs. Mitchell Starc was again superb. Returning from Australian One Day duty, An 82 run second wicket partnership between (52) and he swung the ball prodigiously to take 4-39 from 11.4 overs. He finished George Bailey (94) then set the home side up. the season as the second highest wicket-taker in the competition, with 15 scalps from only five matches. Despite a superb spell of bowling from Scott Coyte (6-60 from 12.5 overs) resulting in late wickets and creating some panic in the The small target posed little difficulty, with NSW polishing off the runs Tigers’ ranks, (42 not out) guided them to victory for the loss of six wickets with over 14 overs to spare. Brad Haddin got by three wickets with 5.1 overs to spare. the innings off to a flyer with 32 from 39 balls, before an unbeaten 58 from Phillip Hughes saw the team home. The result ended the chances of the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues making the Final of the competition.

TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES Blundstone Arena, Hobart, Player of the Match: JJ Krejza. The WACA Ground, Perth, Player of the Match: NM Coulter-Nile. 4 February, 2012 Umpires: AJ Barrow & DB Mealey. 22 February, 2012 (Day/Night) Umpires: AJ Barrow & AP Ward. Tasmania won by 3 wickets. TV Umpire: MD Martell. New South Wales won by 4 wickets. TV Umpire: NR Johnstone. Toss: New South Wales. Tasmania 4 pts. Referee: DJ Burns. Toss: New South Wales. Referee: PL Marshall. New South Wales 5 pts. New South Wales Western Australia MC Henriques lbw b Butterworth 0 (1) WM Robinson c Rohrer b Abbott 17 (55) UT Khawaja c Laughlin b Butterworth 100 (106) *SE Marsh c Smith b Starc 5 (5) NJ Maddinson c Butterworth b Krejza 31 (46) TR Birt lbw b Tremain 0 (4) SPD Smith c Wells b Krejza 45 (64) LM Davis c Haddin b O'Keefe 10 (27) SM Katich c May b Laughlin 15 (14) CJ Simmons c Maddinson b Starc 14 (30) BJ Rohrer c Bird b Krejza 21 (27) TJ Armstrong c Rohrer b Abbott 0 (1) +PM Nevill b Krejza 3 (5) +L Ronchi c Haddin b Tremain 12 (21) *SNJ O'Keefe not out 6 (11) NM Coulter-Nile not out 53 (70) NM Hauritz c Butterworth b Krejza 4 (7) MA Beer c Khawaja b O'Keefe 3 (7) SJ Coyte c Krejza b Laughlin 1 (3) JP Behrendorff b Starc 13 (33) TA Copeland lbw b Krejza 0 (4) MW Dixon c Hughes b Starc 1 (4) Extras 1b 2lb 1nb 4 Extras 7lb 15w 1nb 23 (197 min, 47.5 overs) 230 (183 min, 42.4 overs) 151 Fall: 0 84 157 181 212 218 218 224 228 230 Fall: 9 12 35 57 57 62 96 107 135 151 Bowling: Butterworth 9-2-46-2; Bird 4-1-20-0; Faulkner 9-1-52-0; Krejza 11.5-0-55-6; Bowling: Starc 11.4-0-39-4; Tremain 10-2-32-2; Abbott 11-0-48-2; O'Keefe 10-1-25-2. Laughlin 12-0-43-2; Wells 2-0-11-0

Tasmania New South Wales JW Wells b Coyte 1 (2) UT Khawaja c Ronchi b Behrendorff 4 (15) MJ Cosgrove lbw b Hauritz 52 (63) +BJ Haddin b Beer 32 (39) EJM Cowan c Nevill b Coyte 6 (6) PJ Hughes not out 58 (81) *GJ Bailey c Smith b Coyte 94 (99) SM Katich c Dixon b Coulter-Nile 0 (8) JP Faulkner c Henriques b Coyte 9 (12) SPD Smith c Ronchi b Coulter-Nile 14 (16) AEP May c Maddinson b Coyte 0 (11) NJ Maddinson b Coulter-Nile 2 (6) LR Butterworth not out 42 (57) BJ Rohrer c Coulter-Nile b Armstrong 5 (18) JJ Krejza c Smith b Coyte 0 (2) *SNJ O'Keefe not out 18 (33) +B Jones not out 16 (17) SA Abbott JM Bird MA Starc B Laughlin CP Tremain Extras 5lb 6w 11 Extras 18w 1nb 19 (187 min, 44.5 overs) (7 wkts) 231 (163 min, 35.5 overs) (6 wkts) 152 Fall: 2 8 90 123 140 199 199 Fall: 9 64 79 104 109 119 Bowling: Coyte 12.5-0-60-6; O'Keefe 10-2-52-0; Copeland 4-0-18-0; Hauritz 10-0-42-1; Bowling: Coulter-Nile 12-1-44-3; Behrendorff 4.5-0-35-1; Beer 6-1-18-1; Dixon 6-0-40-0; Smith 2-0-25-0; Henriques 6-0-29-0 Armstrong 7-0-15-1

36 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES 2011/12 ryobi one day cup STATISTICS

2011/12 RYOBI ONE DAY CUP POINTS TABLE Daniel Smith Team Played Won Lost No Result BP Points N/R/R South Australia 8 6 2 - 3 27 0.470 Tasmania 8 6 2 - 2 26 0.211 New South Wales 8 4 4 - 1 17 0.171 Queensland 8 4 4 - 1 17 0.018 Victoria 8 3 5 - 1 13 -0.144 Western Australia 8 1 7 - 0 4 -0.741 Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over. South Australia tied with Tasmania in the Final. South Australia was awarded the trophy as the higher placed team.

2011/12 RYOBI One Day CUP AVERAGES BATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-Rt DLR Smith 5 5 1 240 179* 60.00 - 1 1 - 91.60 UT Khawaja 3 3 - 220 116 73.33 - 2 1 - 85.27 SPD Smith 5 5 1 189 57* 47.25 1 - 10 - 68.23 PJ Hughes 2 2 1 154 96 154.00 2 - 1 - 73.33 MC Henriques 6 5 1 132 65* 33.00 1 - 5 - 83.02 BJ Rohrer 8 7 1 131 38* 21.83 - - 4 - 74.01 TD Cruickshank 4 4 - 108 75 27.00 1 - 1 - 77.70 SM Katich 7 6 - 100 61 16.67 1 - 3 - 80.65 DA Warner 1 1 - 86 86 86.00 1 - - - 87.76 PM Nevill 7 5 1 76 55* 19.00 1 - 5 2 97.44 NJ Maddinson 4 4 - 61 31 15.25 - - 4 - 57.55 SNJ O'Keefe 5 4 3 55 26* 55.00 - - - - 58.51 MA Starc 5 2 1 36 34* 36.00 - - 1 - 94.74 BJ Haddin 1 1 - 32 32 32.00 - - 2 - 82.05 NM Hauritz 3 2 - 19 15 9.50 - - - - 51.35 JK Lalor 2 1 - 13 13 13.00 - - - - 46.43 PA Jaques 3 3 1 12 8 6.00 - - 5 - 54.55 DE Bollinger 1 1 1 3 3* - - - 1 - 75.00 SJ Coyte 1 1 - 1 1 1.00 - - - - 33.33 LA Doran 2 1 1 0 0* 0.00 - - - - 0.00 TA Copeland 4 2 - 0 0 0.00 - - - - 0.00 JR Hazlewood 5 2 - 0 0 - - - 1 - 0.00 SA Abbott 2 ------CP Tremain 1 ------Mitchell Starc T Van Der Gugten 1 ------

BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO MA Starc 5 55.3 3 266 15 17.73 5-39 4.81 SJ Coyte 1 12.5 - 60 6 10.00 6-60 4.80 TA Copeland 4 39.1 1 169 6 28.17 5-44 4.32 LA Doran 2 23 1 77 5 15.40 4-40 3.35 MC Henriques 6 41 1 186 5 37.20 3-68 4.54 JR Hazlewood 5 45.4 2 241 5 48.20 3-34 5.31 DE Bollinger 1 13 - 62 4 15.50 4-62 4.77 SA Abbott 2 18 - 106 4 26.50 2-48 5.89 NM Hauritz 3 36 2 128 4 32.00 2-42 3.56 SPD Smith 5 22 - 119 3 39.67 2-52 5.41 CP Tremain 1 10 2 32 2 16.00 2-32 3.20 JK Lalor 2 19 1 120 2 60.00 1-55 6.32 SNJ O'Keefe 5 33 3 146 2 73.00 2-25 4.42 T Van Der Gugten 1 10 - 42 1 42.00 1-42 4.20 NJ Maddinson 4 3 - 17 0 - - 5.67

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 37 NSW One Day Records

Major Opponents First Game M W L NR T Records Queensland 1969/70 48 24 23 1 - Highest total for: 4-397 v Tasmania at Bankstown 2000/01 Western Australia 1971/72 51 28 22 - 1 Highest total against: 8-352 by Victoria at Sydney 2007/08 Victoria 1972/73 46 21 23 1 1 Lowest total for: 92 v Queensland at Brisbane 1972/73 Tasmania 1973/74 39 25 12 - 2 Lowest total against: 80 by Tasmania at Devonport 1984/85 South Australia 1975/76 39 20 19 - - Highest score for: 179* DLR Smith v Victoria at North Sydney 2011/12 Others 1969/70 29 19 9 2 - Highest score against: 165 MW Goodwin(Western Australia) at Perth 2000/01 Total 252 136 108 4 4 Best bowling for: 6-25 BE McNamara v Tasmania at Sydney 1996/97 Best bowling against: 6-23 B Laughlin (Queensland) at 2008/09

MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKET-KEEPERS LEADING RUN SCORERS Wicketkeeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Batsman M Inn NO Runs HS 50 100 Avg Brad HADDIN 83 152 119 33 Michael BEVAN 62 62 20 2571 135* 23 1 61.21 Phil EMERY 65 90 76 14 Brad HADDIN 83 81 7 2508 138* 16 4 33.89 Steve RIXON 28 38 29 9 Mark WAUGH 77 73 7 2412 123 13 3 36.55 Peter NEVILL 18 26 23 3 Phil JAQUES 66 64 5 2341 171* 9 5 39.68 Daniel SMITH 23 22 19 3 Steve WAUGH 58 57 11 2315 131 13 5 50.33 Greg DYER 22 20 15 5 Dominic THORNELY 78 71 6 1864 108 11 1 28.67 Simon KATICH 56 50 4 1846 136* 16 2 40.13 MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN Shane LEE 63 56 7 1545 115 7 3 31.53 Fieldsman Matches Catches Corey RICHARDS 60 56 6 1501 151 9 2 30.02 Mark WAUGH 77 47 Mark TAYLOR 49 49 - 1499 84 15 - 30.59 * Shane LEE 63 34 Trevor BAYLISS 50 47 7 1196 104 6 1 29.90 Mark TAYLOR 49 32 Michael SLATER 53 49 2 1139 115 7 1 24.23 * Dominic THORNELY 78 27 Michael CLARKE 39 35 5 1057 101 7 1 35.23 Simon KATICH 56 26 Steve SMALL 35 35 0 1008 101 4 1 28.80 Corey RICHARDS 60 24 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE Score (Balls) Batsman Opponent Venue Season Daniel Smith 179* (122) Daniel SMITH Victoria N.Sydney 2011/12 171* (143) Phil JAQUES Queensland Sydney 2009/10 165* (139) 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 2003/04 136 (140) Matthew PHELPS South Australia Drummoyne 2003/04 FASTEST FIFTIES Balls Batsman Opponent Venue Season 24 Don NASH Western Australia North Sydney 2000/01 25 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09 30 Michael BEVAN Victoria Sydney 1992/93 31 Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2001/02 31 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Sydney 2004/05 31 David WARNER South Australia Wollongong 2009/10 33 Steve SMALL South Australia Adelaide 1992/93 35 Brad HADDIN Queensland Brisbane 2001/02 35 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Hobart 2006/07 38 Brad HADDIN A.C.T. Canberra 2000/01 38 Simon KATICH Tasmania Hobart 2003/04 38 Dominic THORNELY Western Australia North Sydney 2004/05 38 Brad HADDIN Victoria Sydney 2004/05

FASTEST CENTURIES Balls Bowler Opponent Venue Season 74 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02 76 David WARNER Tasmania Hurstville 2008/09 77 Daniel SMITH Victoria North Sydney 2011/12 82 Brad HADDIN Tasmania Hobart 2007/08 87 Dominic THORNELY Victoria North Sydney 2008/09 88 Brad HADDIN Western Australia Sydney 2006/07 88 Usman KHAWAJA South Australia Adelaide 2010/11 90 Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999/00 92 Mark WAUGH Tasmania Bankstown 2001/02 93 Steve WAUGH Western Australia North Sydney 2003/04 94 Brad HADDIN Western Australia North Sydney 2004/05

38 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES LEADING WICKET TAKERS Phil Jaques Bowlers M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg 5 Best RPO Stuart MacGILL 64 538.5 25 2812 127 22.14 4- 5-40 5.22 Stuart CLARK 85 752.2 58 3165 105 30.14 - 4-24 4.20 Nathan BRACKEN 70 619.0 60 2655 91 29.18 1 5-38 4.29 Shane LEE 63 385.1 13 1812 61 29.70 - 4-35 4.70 Mark 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 Doug BOLLINGER 41 348.1 21 1628 53 30.72 - 4-24 4.68 Shaun BRADSTREET 50 303.4 20 1496 47 31.83 - 4-23 4.93 Brett LEE 29 283.5 22 1293 43 30.06 1 5-47 4.55 Dominic THORNELY 78 262.1 12 1288 40 32.20 - 3-20 4.91 Nathan HAURITZ 34 299.4 13 1327 40 33.18 - 3-25 4.43 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 33 252.5 19 1035 34 30.44 - 4-46 4.09 Aaron BIRD 25 187.0 7 1051 34 30.91 1 5-26 5.62 Moises HENRIQUES 42 257.1 10 1371 34 40.32 - 3-29 5.33 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 Trevor CHAPPELL 24 185.0 12 715 27 26.48 - 4-35 3.86 Anthony STUART 16 138.4 11 612 25 24.48 - 4-22 4.41 Mitchell STARC 20 155.1 15 683 25 29.70 - 4-26 4.40

BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season 6-25 Brad McNAMARA Tasmania Sydney 1996-97 6-60 Scott COYTE Tasmania Hobart 2011-12 5-11 Scott THOMPSON Canterbury Christchurch 1993-94 5-21 Zimbabweans Bulawayo 1985-86 5-26 Aaron BIRD Queensland Sydney 2008-09 5-28 Wayne HOLDSWORTH Queensland Brisbane 1990-91 5-28 Bob HOLLAND Wellington Wellington 1984-85 5-28 Len PASCOE Western Australia Sydney 1979-80 5-38 Nathan BRACKEN Victoria Melbourne 2001-02 Scott Coyte 5-39 Mitchell STARC Queensland Brisbane 2011-12 5-40 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1998-99 5-44 Trent COPELAND Western Australia Sydney 2011-12 5-47 Brett LEE Western Australia Perth 2010-11 5-50 Stuart MacGILL Western Australia Sydney 2001-02

MOST ECONOMICAL BOWLING (MINIMUM 10 OVERS) Runs Wkts Batsman Opponent Venue Season 12 1 Nathan BRACKEN Queensland Sydney 2006-07 14 0 Graham SPRING South Australia Sydney 1982-83 15 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1986-87 16 2 Stuart MacGILL A.C.T. Canberra 1997-98 17 4 Glenn McGRATH Queensland Brisbane 1993-94 17 0 Greg MATTHEWS Victoria Sydney 1996-97 18 1 Geoff LAWSON Tasmania Launceston 1983-84 19 2 Len PASCOE Victoria Melbourne 1980-81 19 2 Mike WHITNEY Western Australia Perth 1991-92 20 2 Warwick ADLAM England A Bowral 1991-92

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET 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 North Sydney 1991/92 4th 180 Graeme RUMMANS & Shane LEE Queensland Brisbane 1999/92 5th 171* Phil JAQUES & Dominic THORNELY South Australia Adelaide 1999/00 6th 105 Michael BEVAN & Greg MATTHEWS Western Australia Perth 2005/06 6th 105* Steve WAUGH & Mark HIGGS Queensland Sydney 2000/01 6th 105* Peter FORREST & Stephen O’KEEFE Western Australia Hurstville 2001/02 7th 116 Corey RICHARDS & Brad HADDIN South Australia North Sydney 2000/01 8th 93 Stephen O’Keefe & Nathan HAURITZ Victoria Sydney 2010/11 9th 96* Scott THOMPSON & Shawn BRADSTREET Queensland North Sydney 1998/99 10th 54 Brad McNAMARA & Gavin ROBERTSON South Australia Adelaide 1996/97

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Round 1: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Cape Cobras Round 2: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Trinidad & Tobago

Chennai, 24 September 2011 Chennai, 28 September 2011 The first match against the under-rated Cape Cobras did not start On a night of high drama, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues snatched a win well. Batting first on the spin-friendly wicket in Chennai, NSW faltered from the jaws of defeat in a match that they looked to have let slip from after an early onslaught from David Warner (20 off 13 balls) and their grasp. Shane Watson (34 off 29 balls) to plummet from 3-82 in the 11th over No-one at the ground could have predicted the bizarre series of events to 6-123 by the 19th. that was about to unfold when Trinidad and Tobago won the toss and Only some persistence from Steven Smith (16) and Moises Henriques decided to bat, posting a reasonable 6-139 with opener (18) helped them reach a below par 8-135 after their 20 overs and (41 off 39), holding things together with a patient innings. there was a feeling that they were 25 runs short of a par total. The response was rapid with David Warner (38) and Shane Watson The feeling was justified when Richard Levi, and the ever-dangerous (14) putting on 48 in the first seven overs, before the of the , smashed 88 from the first nine overs before Levi latter triggered a major collapse. holed out off Henriques for 43 from 27 balls. Despite Owais Shah (3) Moises Henriques and Pat Cummins faced the task of scoring 17 from the going cheaply, Gibbs continued on his merry way before departing final over for victory. Three fours to Henriques and a boundary to Cummins for 55 with the job almost complete. led to two runs being required from the last ball. A scrambled single meant The Cobras reached the target only three wickets down with 16 balls a tie and the first time that NSW would take part in a ‘Super Over’. to spare to complete a tough opening night for NSW. Henriques was sent back out and proceeded to hit the crushed for four consecutive boundaries to reach a massive 18 runs from the over. The game should have been dead, but with 15 runs needed from three deliveries, Simmons hoisted O’Keefe for six, which was followed by a wide and then a boundary, to leave four required from the final ball. Simmons connected again, but hit it straight to long off to see NSW celebrate wildly as they realised they had produced a miracle victory!

CAPE COBRAS v NEW SOUTH WALES TRINIDAD & TOBAGO v NEW SOUTH WALES At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Umpires: BF Bowden & SK Tarapore. At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Player of the Match: MC Henriques. 24 September, 2011 TV Umpire: JD Cloete. 28 September, 2011 Match Tied – Umpires: JD Cloete & SK Tarapore. Cape Cobras won by 7 wickets. Player of the Match: HH Gibbs. New South Wales won in the super over. TV Umpire: BF Bowden. Toss: New South Wales. Cape Cobras 2 pts. Referee: RS Madugalle. Toss: : Trinidad & Tobago. Referee: RS Madugalle. New South Wales 2 pts. New South Wales Trinidad and Tobago DA Warner c Ontong b Langeveldt 20 (13) LMP Simmons lbw b Henriques 41 (39) SR Watson b Peterson 34 (29) AB Barath b O'Keefe 15 (15) +DLR Smith b Philander 24 (16) DM Bravo c Rohrer b Henriques 6 (10) *SM Katich c Duminy b Kemp 7 (9) *D Ganga c Warner b Cummins 21 (23) SPD Smith c Gibbs b Langeveldt 16 (19) +D Ramdin c O'Keefe b Starc 19 (16) BJ Rohrer b Philander 8 (9) K Cooper run out (DLR Smith) 12 (9) MC Henriques run out (Vilas-Steyn) 18 (23) R Rampaul not out 15 (7) SNJ O'Keefe c Shah b Steyn 1 (3) JN Mohammed not out 2 (2) NM Hauritz not out 0 (0) S Ganga MA Starc SP Narine PJ Cummins S Badree Extras 6w 1nb 7 Extras 3lb 4w 1nb 8 (87 min, 20 overs) (8 wkts) 135 (92 min, 20 overs) (6 wkts) 139 Fall: 41 65 82 90 102 123 135 135 Fall: 41 54 69 106 112 137 Bowling: Peterson 4-0-20-1; Steyn 4-0-26-1; Langeveldt 4-0-38-2; Philander 4-0-21-2; Bowling: SPD Smith 2-0-20-0; Cummins 4-0-29-1; Starc 4-0-30-1; Clark 2-0-16-0; Ontong 1-0-12-0; Kemp 3-0-18-1. O'Keefe 4-0-14-1; Henriques 4-0-27-2.

Cape Cobras New South Wales RE Levi c Warner b Henriques 43 (27) DA Warner b S Ganga 38 (36) HH Gibbs c Henriques b Cummins 55 (47) SR Watson c Simmons b Narine 14 (15) OA Shah c Warner b SPD Smith 3 (5) +DLR Smith b S Ganga 11 (17) JP Duminy not out 14 (16) *SM Katich c Badree b Rampaul 23 (21) JL Ontong not out 11 (11) SPD Smith c Simmons b S Ganga 11 (12) *JM Kemp BJ Rohrer c Bravo b Cooper 3 (5) +DJ Vilas MC Henriques not out 18 (9) VD Philander SNJ O'Keefe c S Ganga b Narine 3 (3) RJ Peterson MA Starc run out (Rampaul-Ramdin) 1 (2) DW Steyn PJ Cummins not out 7 (3) CK Langeveldt SR Clark Extras 1b 7w 2nb 10 Extras 1lb 6w 3nb 10 (71 min, 17.2 overs) (3 wkts) 136 (84 min, 20 overs) (8 wkts) 139 Fall: 88 93 112 Fall: 48 65 72 90 102 110 115 123 Bowling: Hauritz 2-0-25-0; Starc 3-0-22-0; Cummins 4-1-27-1; O'Keefe 1-0-14-0; Bowling: Badree 4-1-26-0; Rampaul 4-0-42-1; Narine 4-0-26-2; S Ganga 4-0-26-3; Henriques 3.2-0-20-1; SPD Smith 4-0-27-1. Cooper 4-0-18-1.

40 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Round 3: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs Mumbai Indians Round 4: NSW Blues vs Chennai Super Kings

Chennai, 2 October 2011 Chennai, 4 October 2011 After the drama of the previous match, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues After beating the Mumbai Indians, a win over the reigning IPL champions were able to achieve a slightly more comfortable victory over the highly would guarantee a Semi Final spot. This brought out the best in NSW. fancied Mumbai Indians, despite another batting collapse. It was as if all the tension of previous matches was released as the side produced their most decisive victory of the tournament. Mumbai posed a big threat in their top order with the likes of , and , but the NSW Winning the toss and batting, the night turned into the David Warner bowling was unrelenting with Stuart Clark leading the way with the show. He produced one of the greatest T20 innings of all time, smashing a impressive figures of 2-15 from four overs. stunning century which was the first in the history of the Champions League. Clark was preferred in the starting line-up to Nathan Hauritz, and complemented the pace of Patrick Cummins and Mitchell Starc superbly. Warner’s display was brutal, with his 135 not out from 69 balls containing Spinner Stephen O’Keefe again proved difficult to score off as he bogged not only 11 fours and eight sixes, but a series of ‘switch hits’ that all seemed down the Mumbai middle order to record figures of 2-18 off four. to find their way to the boundary. He was well supported by Shane Watson (21) and Steven Smith (31) as NSW racked up an imposing 2-201. With Mumbai only reaching 7-100 from their 20 overs, the target looked relatively easy, but a clatter of wickets early on reduced NSW Chasing 10 an over would require an enormous effort, and the Super to a measly 5-28 in the seventh over. Kings went hard and reached 55 in the seventh over before Mike Hussey perished for an adventurous 37 from 27 balls. From here the chase Enter Steven Smith and Ben Rohrer, who both started slowly but got fizzled out as the middle order failed to keep up with a climbing rate and a partnership going that was to prove a match winning one. Rohrer eventually Chennai were bowled out for 155 after 18.5 overs. (26no) was content to scamper ones and twos, while Smith (45no) played the more attacking role to guide his team to victory by five The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues bowling had proved up to the challenge, led wickets with three overs to spare. by the ever-reliable Stuart Clark (2-34) and the equally effective Stephen O’Keefe (3-28). Victory meant finishing first in Group A and a Semi Final three days later.

MUMBAI INDIANS v NEW SOUTH WALES CHENNAI SUPER KINGS v NEW SOUTH WALES At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Player of the Match: SPD Smith. At MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, Player of the Match: DA Warner. 2 October, 2011 Umpires: JD Cloete & SK Tarapore. 4 October, 2011 Umpires: BF Bowden & JD Cloete. New South Wales won by 5 wickets. TV Umpire: BF Bowden. New South Wales won by 46 runs. TV Umpire: SK Tarapore. Toss: Mumbai Indians. Referee: RS Madugalle. Toss: New South Wales. Referee: RS Madugalle New South Wales 2 pts. New South Wales 2 pts. Mumbai Indians New South Wales AC Blizzard b Clark 1 (4) DA Warner not out 135 (69) S Kanwar c O'Keefe b Starc 5 (4) SR Watson c Dhoni b Ashwin 21 (19) +AT Rayudu c Watson b Clark 2 (5) SPD Smith c Saha b Kulasekara 31 (29) JEC Franklin not out 42 (51) MC Henriques not out 9 (4) KA Pollard b Cummins 8 (9) +DLR Smith A Symonds b O'Keefe 9 (17) *SM Katich R Sathish c SPD Smith b O'Keefe 14 (16) BJ Rohrer * run out (Cummins) 15 (14) SNJ O'Keefe SL Malinga not out 0 (0) MA Starc AN Ahmed PJ Cummins YS Chahal SR Clark Extras 3lb 1w 4 Extras 2lb 2w 1nb 5 (84 min, 20 overs) (7 wkts) 100 (83 min, 20 overs) (2 wkts) 201 Fall: 2 9 9 27 50 70 98 Fall: 54 155 Bowling: Clark 4-0-15-2; Starc 4-0-28-1; Cummins 4-1-13-1; Henriques 4-0-23-0; Bowling: Kulasekara 4-0-23-1; Bollinger 3-0-48-0; Ashwin 4-0-32-1; Bravo 4-0-43-0; O'Keefe 4-0-18-2. Raina 3-0-32-0; Jakati 2-0-21-0

New South Wales Chennai Super Kings SR Watson b Ahmed 3 (6) MEK Hussey lbw b Clark 37 (27) DA Warner c Harbhajan Singh b Ahmed 12 (4) M Vijay b O'Keefe 17 (16) +DLR Smith c Rayudu b Ahmed 8 (8) SK Raina c Clark b O'Keefe 28 (14) * SM Katich lbw b Malinga 0 (4) *+MS Dhoni c SPD Smith b Henriques 2 (4) SPD Smith not out 45 (47) DJ Bravo c Warner b O'Keefe 16 (11) MC Henriques lbw b Chahal 0 (5) S Badrinath b Clark 13 (14) BJ Rohrer not out 26 (28) WP Saha run out (Warner-O'Keefe) 0 (0) SNJ O'Keefe KMDN Kulasekara c Warner b Starc 18 (12) MA Starc R Ashwin c Henriques b SPD Smith 1 (4) PJ Cummins DE Bollinger c&b Starc 17 (11) SR Clark SB Jakati not out 0 (0) Extras 2lb 5w 7 Extras 3lb 3w 6 (76 min,17 overs) (5 wkts) 101 (80 min, 18.5 overs) 155 Fall: 7 16 17 27 28 Fall: 55 67 88 88 111 112 119 124 151 155 Bowling: Malinga 4-0-23-1; Ahmed 4-0-23-3; Chahal 3-0-17-1; Harbhajan Singh 3-0-14-0; Bowling: Clark 4-0-34-2; Starc 2.5-0-21-2; Cummins 3-0-22-0; O'Keefe 4-0-28-3; Pollard 2-0-14-0; Franklin 1-0-8-0 Henriques 4-0-39-1; SPD Smith 1-0-8-1

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Semi Final: NSW SpeedBlitz Blues vs ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE v NEW SOUTH WALES Royal Challengers Bangalore At M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, Player of the Match: V Kohli. 7 October, 2011 Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena & M Erasmus. Bangalore, 7 October 2011 Royal Challengers Bangalore won by TV Umpire: S Ravi. 6 wickets. Referee: RS Mahanama. With the vagaries of the rules of the competition meaning that Toss: Royal Challengers Bangalore. Bangalore had a guaranteed home Semi Final whether they finished first New South Wales or second in their group, the NSW SpeedBlitz Blues were forced to SR Watson c Kaif b Dilshan 3 (4) leave Chennai for this knock-out match despite topping their group. DA Warner not out 123 (68) Momentum was with them, however, and after being sent in to bat, +DLR Smith b Aravind 62 (42) BJ Rohrer not out 7 (6) David Warner picked up from where he had left off in Chennai to *SM Katich record back-to-back centuries. His unbeaten 123 was again a masterclass SPD Smith in brutal hitting as he smashed six fours and 11 sixes from only 68 balls MC Henriques to become the first player to hit consecutive centuries in T20 cricket. SNJ O'Keefe MA Starc Warner was supported by Daniel Smith, who was impressive in PJ Cummins hammering 62 from 42 balls in a partnership worth 146 in only 14.3 overs. SR Clark The final total of 2-203 was imposing, but the Royal Challengers had Extras 1b 2lb 5w 8 (91 min, 20 overs) (2 wkts) 203 chased down 200 in their previous match and had the dangerous Fall: 17 163 Chris Gayle and opening the batting. Bowling: Dilshan 4-0-10-1; Nannes 4-0-51-0; Vettori 3-0-29-0; Gayle 1-0-14-0; Aravind 4-0-55-1; Bhatkal 4-0-41-0 Dilshan (4) went early but what followed was an exhilarating partnership between Gayle and Virat Kohli that cancelled out the efforts Royal Challengers Bangalore of Warner and Smith earlier in the night. The pair added 141 in 11 overs CH Gayle lbw b Cummins 92 (41) as the bowlers were despatched to all parts of the ground. TM Dilshan c Henriques b Cummins 4 (9) V Kohli not out 84 (49) Gayle was the most dominating, smashing 92 from 41 balls in an innings SS Tiwary b Cummins 0 (1) of carnage that included eight enormous sixes. After he departed, MA Agarwal c DLR Smith b Cummins 7 (4) Kohli continued the destruction, making the most of two dropped M Kaif not out 13 (8) chances, to guide his side to victory by six wickets with nine balls to RR Bhatkal spare. His unbeaten 84 had come from 49 balls and contained 10 +KB * fours and three sixes. It was an innings of the highest quality, performed DL Vettori DP Nannes under enormous pressure. S Aravind The NSW bowling figures did not make for good reading with five of Extras 3w 1nb 4 the seven bowlers going for more than 10 an over. Amidst the carnage, (86 min, 18.3 overs) (4 wkts) 204 Fall: 21 162 162 172 speedster Patrick Cummins showed admirable courage, taking 4-45. Bowling: Clark 4-0-31-0; Starc 3-0-41-0; Cummins 4-0-45-4; O'Keefe 2-0-26-0; It was a dispirited side that left the field knowing that they had Henriques 2-0-24-0; SPD Smith 2.3-0-24-0; Warner 1-0-13-0 represented their State for the last time in this form of the game. It was a good overall effort by the team to reach the Semi Finals after a slow start to the tournament, but there was an underlying feeling of what might have been.

2011/12 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AVERAGES BATTING M Inn NO Runs HS Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-Rt DA Warner 5 5 2 328 135* 109.33 - 2 5 - 172.63 DLR Smith 5 4 - 105 62 26.25 1 - 1 - 126.51 SPD Smith 5 4 1 103 45* 34.33 - - 2 - 96.26 SR Watson 5 5 - 75 34 15.00 - - 1 - 102.74 MC Henriques 5 4 2 45 18* 22.50 - - 3 - 109.76 BJ Rohrer 5 4 2 44 26* 22.00 - - 1 - 91.67 SM Katich 5 3 - 30 23 10.00 - - - - 88.24 PJ Cummins 5 1 1 7 7* - - - - - 233.33 SNJ O'Keefe 5 2 - 4 3 2.00 - - 2 - 66.67 MA Starc 5 1 - 1 1 1.00 - - 1 - 50.00 NM Hauritz 1 1 1 0 0* - - - - - 0.00 SR Clark 4 ------1 - -

BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO PJ Cummins 5 19 2 136 7 19.43 4-45 7.16 SNJ O'Keefe 5 15 0 100 6 16.67 3-28 6.67 SR Clark 4 14 0 96 4 24.00 2-15 6.86 MC Henriques 5 17.2 0 133 4 33.25 2-27 7.73 MA Starc 5 16.5 0 142 4 35.50 2-21 8.61 SPD Smith 5 9.3 0 79 2 39.50 1-8 8.49 NM Hauritz 1 2 0 25 0 - - 12.50 DA Warner 5 1 0 13 0 - - 13.00 David Warner

42 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES NSW T20 RECORDS

Opponents First Game M Won Lost Records Queensland 2005/06 7 4 3 Highest total for: 2-203 v RC Bangalore at Bangalore 2011/12 South Australia 2006/07 6 4 2 Highest total against: 7-233 by Victoria at North Sydney Oval 2005/06 Tasmania 2005/06 7 3 4 Lowest total for: 71 v Western Australia at WACA 2009/10 Victoria 2005/06 7 4 3 Lowest total against: 81 by South Australia at ANZ Stadium 2009/10 Western Australia 2006/07 5 - 5 Highest score for: 135* DA Warner v Chennai SK at Chennai 2011/12 Others 2009/10 10 7 4 Highest score against: 111 MG Dighton (Tasmania) at ANZ Stadium 2006/07 Total 42 22 20 Best bowling for: 4-13 SPD Smith v Tasmania at 2009/10 Best bowling against: 4-6 MR Marsh (Western Australia) at WACA 2009/10

FASTEST FIFTIES LEADING RUN SCORERS Balls Batsman Opponent Venue Season Batsman M Inn NO Runs H.S 50 100 Avge Stk-Rt 18 David WARNER Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2009/10 David WARNER 34 34 5 1230 135* 6 2 42.41 152.99 20 David WARNER South Australia ANZ Stadium 2009/10 Moises HENRIQUES 38 34 6 544 51* 1 - 19.43 120.62 21 Phil JAQUES Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2005/06 Phillip HUGHES 17 17 3 526 83 4 - 37.57 111.68 27 David WARNER South Australia Adelaide Oval 2008/09 Daniel SMITH 38 34 6 478 62 1 - 17.07 121.94 28 Phil JAQUES Western Australia WACA 2006/07 Simon KATICH 23 19 3 436 53 1 - 27.25 128.61 Dominic THORNELY 24 22 4 405 57* 1 - 22.50 117.05 HIGHEST STRIKE-RATES (MINIMUM 300 runs) Ben ROHRER 27 21 6 362 47* - - 24.13 135.58 Steve SMITH 25 21 6 329 45* - - 21.93 109.30 Stk-Rt Batsman M Inns Runs Phil JAQUES 14 14 2 322 69 2 - 26.83 131.97 152.99 David WARNER 34 34 1230 Brad HADDIN 9 9 - 162 54 1 - 18.00 113.29 135.58 Ben ROHRER 27 21 362 Usman KHAWAJA 7 6 - 119 65 1 - 19.83 127.96 132.97 Phil JAQUES 14 14 322 BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season Score (Balls) Batsman Opponent Venue Season 4-13 Steve SMITH Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2009/10 135* (69) David WARNER Chennai SK Chennai 2011/12 4-15 Steve SMITH Queensland ANZ Stadium 2007/08 123* (68) David WARNER RC Bangalore Bangalore 2011/12 4-16 Pat CUMMINS Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2010/11 83* (64) Phillip HUGHES Trinidad & Tobago 2009/10 4-45 Pat CUMMINS RC Bangalore Bangalore 2011/12 80* (60) Phillip HUGHES Queensland The Gabba 2008/09 3-11 Moises HENRIQUES Victoria 2009/10 73* (58) David WARNER South Australia Adelaide Oval 2010/11 3-12 Stuart CLARK Eagles Delhi 2009/10 71* (50) Phillip HUGHES Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2009/10 3-15 Stuart CLARK Somerset Hyderabad 2009/10 70 (49) David WARNER Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2010/11 3-18 Steve SMITH Western Australia ANZ Stadium 2007/08 69 (38) Phil JAQUES Western Australia WACA 2006/07 3-20 Grant LAMBERT South Australia ANZ Stadium 2009/10 67 (24) David WARNER Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2009/10 3-21 Queensland North Sydney Oval 2005/06 65 (35) David WARNER South Australia Adelaide Oval 2008/09 3-21 Aaron BIRD Victoria ANZ Stadium 2008/09 65 (43) Usman KHAWAJA Victoria MCG 2010/11 3-21 Stuart CLARK Trinidad & Tobago Hyderabad 2009/10 63 (41) David WARNER Trinidad & Tobago Hyderabad 2009/10 62* (64) Phillip HUGHES Sussex Delhi 2009/10 MOST ECONOMICAL BOWLING (4 overs) 62 (42) Daniel SMITH RC Bangalore Bangalore 2011/12 Runs Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season 61 (210) Phil JAQUES Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2005/06 8 1 Brett LEE Sussex Delhi 2009/10 11 1 Glenn McGRATH Queensland ANZ Stadium 2007/08 LEADING WICKET TAKERS 12 0 Doug BOLLINGER Victoria ANZ Stadium 2008/09 Bowler M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO 12 3 Stuart CLARK Eagles Delhi 2009/10 Moises HENRIQUES 38 106.4 - 894 31 28.84 3-11 8.38 13 1 Nathan HAURITZ Eagles Delhi 2009/10 Stuart Clark 17 62.5 - 363 22 16.50 3-12 5.78 13 1 Doug BOLLINGER Sussex Delhi 2009/10 Steve SMITH 25 48.0 - 349 22 15.86 4-13 7.27 13 4 Steve SMITH Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2009/10 Aaron BIRD 12 39.4 - 366 21 17.43 3-21 9.23 14 1 Brett LEE Eagles Delhi 2009/10 Pat CUMMINS 11 42.3 2 291 18 16.17 4-16 6.85 14 1 Doug BOLLINGER Victoria Delhi 2009/10 Nathan HAURITZ 16 51.2 - 335 17 19.71 3-21 6.53 15 1 Brett LEE Somerset Hyderabad 2009/10 Doug BOLLINGER 16 56.1 - 420 14 30.00 3-22 7.48 15 3 Stuart CLARK Somerset Hyderabad 2009/10 Stephen O’KEEFE 13 39.0 - 283 12 23.58 3-23 7.26 15 2 Brett LEE Victoria Delhi 2009/10 Nathan BRACKEN 8 30.5 1 252 11 22.91 3-38 8.17 Aaron O'BRIEN 10 32.3 - 258 11 23.45 2-7 7.94 MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKET-KEEPERS Dominic THORNELY 24 45.0 - 346 10 34.60 2-21 7.69 Wicketkeeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Daniel SMITH 30 16 10 6 HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET Brad HADDIN 9 12 6 6 1st 121 David WARNER & Phillip HUGHES Trinidad & Tobago Hyderabad 2009/10 Peter NEVILL 3 4 3 1 2nd 146* David WARNER & Daniel SMITH RC Bangalore Bangalore 2011/12 3rd 90* Phillip HUGHES & Moises HENRIQUES Sussex Delhi 2009/10 MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN 4th 53 Brad HADDIN & Moises HENRIQUES Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2007/08 Fieldsman Matches Catches 5th 73 Dominic THORNELY & Ben ROHRER Victoria ANZ Stadium 2008/09 Moises HENRIQUES 38 22 6th 73* Stephen SMITH & Ben ROHRER Mumbai Indians Chennai 2011/12 Simon KATICH 23 15 7th 58 Dominic THORNELY & Nathan HAURITZ Queensland ANZ Stadium 2007/08 David WARNER 34 13 8th 40* David WARNER & Scott COYTE Western Australia ANZ Stadium 2007/08 Phillip HUGHES 17 10 9th 30* Aaron BIRD & Mark CAMERON Tasmania ANZ Stadium 2008/09 Steve SMITH 25 8 10th 11 Dominic THORNELY & Stuart CLARK Queensland ANZ Stadium 2010/11 Dominic THORNELY 24 7

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 43 Sydney sixers

The 2011/12 Sydney Sixers Squad

What a season the summer of 2011/12 was for cricket in Australia! It While injuries forced two of the Sixers’ star players, Pat Cummins and was the year of the first KFC T20 Big Bash League and what a fantastic Shane Watson, out of the tournament, it was the success of the Sixers’ series it proved to be. After a matter of only a few months, the Sydney NSW and Grade players, combined with the experience provided by the Sixers emerged from the realm of sporting unknowns to become a team likes of Brett Lee, Stuart MacGill, Steve Smith and Brad Haddin, that made supported by thousands of fans – both here and overseas. the Sixers a force to be reckoned with. In just 12 months we have gained many keen supporters and followers The Sixers second home game against the was one who have taken the Sydney Sixers on board as their team – the team they of the showdowns of the season, with two of Australia’s best ever want to support for many years to come. With an average home crowd leg-spinners, and Stuart MacGill, up against each other. The of 20,000 and 800 inaugural members, a lot has been achieved in one very match certainly lived up to the hype surrounding it. With the Stars needing busy year and everyone is looking forward to the years ahead. four runs to win off the final ball, Brett Lee held his nerve to secure the The Sixers hosted the first game of the tournament at the Sydney Cricket Sixers a two-run victory in front of 27,000 fans. Ground, and everyone involved was keen to put on a fantastic night of From then on it only got better, winning all but one of our remaining cricketing entertainment and show Australia what the KFC T20 matches in a run that would take the team to Hobart for the Semi Final, Big Bash League was all about. The night ran in the best way possible. then to Perth, the home of the , for the Final. From the moment the first fans burst through the turnstiles at 6pm on The Final got off to the best of starts for the Sixers with Brett Lee taking 16 December 2011, to the moment Moises Henriques hit the winning two wickets in the first over of the game. The Scorchers recovered, runs, it was a night to remember. however, to post a competitive score of 6-156. A blistering opening T20 is a fast and frenetic game and a team’s fortunes can change in an partnership of 110 runs by Moises Henriques and Stephen O’Keefe then over. However, it’s not always about hitting the ball out of the ground or set the tone, with Captain Steve Smith hitting the winning runs with seven bowling the ball as fast as possible – it does involve strategy and teamwork balls to spare. The Sixers goal, to bring the big flashing BBL trophy back to and the Sixers excelled in this department. Sydney, had been achieved. One of the most significant successes of BBL01 was that it gave lesser Our next stop is the Champions League in South Africa in October 2012, known names the chance to shine in front of tens of thousands of fans where the Sixers will be looking forward to showing their credentials or record-breaking TV audiences. Players such as Dominic Thornely, against the best provincial T20 teams in the world, including winners Ben Rohrer, Peter Nevill, Nic Maddinson and Ian Moran got the chance of the 2012 , the Knight Riders. to show Australia what they are made of and became integral and The Sixers started off the Big Bash League in the best possible way with influential contributors to the Sixers’ success. a title in their first season and thousands of eager new fans. We will be For some of the young players getting their first break through the BBL, hoping to back it up again in October and when the eight BBL teams there will be higher representative honours to come, but for others, like in their brightly-coloured strips meet again next summer. 32-year-old Sydney school teacher and Grade cricketer Ian Moran, playing at this level shows the opportunities that now exist for those who are Stuart Clark willing to work hard at their game. General Manager – Sydney Sixers

44 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES 2011/12 Sydney Sixers Moises Henriques Brad Haddin (captain), , Ed Cowan, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Moises Henriques, Brett Lee, , Stuart MacGill, Nic Maddinson, Nathan McCullum, Ian Moran, Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Dominic Thornely, Shane Watson, Scott Henry, Cameron Merchant Head Coach: Trevor Bayliss Assistant Coach: Corey Richards Manager: Steve Bernard Physiotherapist: Pat Farhart Strength and Conditioning Coach: Matthew Dwyer

Results Round 1: Sydney Sixers 3-140 (B Haddin 76, N Maddinson 28) defeated Brisbane Heat 8-139 (S MacGill 2-21, J Hazlewood 2-24, M Starc 2-28) by 7 wickets Round 2: 3-169 (M Starc 2-35) defeated Sydney Sixers 9-127 (N Maddinson 33, SPD Smith 28) by 42 runs Round 3: Sydney Sixers 9-166 (D Bravo 51, B Rohrer 29, D Thornely 29) defeated Melbourne Stars 8-164 (S Smith 2-27) by 2 runs Round 4: 2-164 defeated Sydney Sixers 6-161 (M Henriques 41, N Maddinson 29, M Lumb 25, S Smith 25) by 8 wickets Round 5: Sydney Sixers 7-117 (B Rohrer 38) defeated Sydney Thunder 4-29 (M Starc 3-17) by 17 runs on Duckworth/Lewis Method Round 6: Sydney Sixers 8-151 (M Henriques 42, N Maddinson 35) defeated 87 (S O’Keefe 3-20, N McCullum 2-8, S MacGill 2-12, B Lee 2-17) by 64 runs Round 7: Sydney Sixers 176 (S Smith 51, N Maddinson 49, M Henriques 31) defeated Perth Scorchers 5-175 (M Starc 3-28) by 1 run Semi Final: Sydney Sixers 6-153 (N Maddinson 68, S O’Keefe 30) defeated Hobart Hurricanes 7-146 (B Lee 2-22, S Smith 2-22) by 7 runs Final: Sydney Sixers 3-158 (MC Henriques 70, S O’Keefe 48) defeated Perth Scorchers 5-156 (B Lee 2-21, M Starc 2-40) by 7 wickets 2011/12 BATTING AVERAGES Mts Inn NO HS Runs Avg 50 100 Ct St St/Rt NJ Maddinson 9 9 - 68 275 30.56 1 - 3 - 125.57 MC Henriques 9 9 1 70 232 29.00 1 - 5 - 122.75 SPD Smith 9 9 2 51 166 23.71 1 - 9 - 130.71 BJ Rohrer 7 7 1 38 116 19.33 - - - - 141.46 MJ Lumb 7 7 - 25 90 12.86 - - 3 - 111.11 DJ Thornely 8 7 2 29 81 16.20 - - 3 - 168.75 SNJ O'Keefe 4 4 - 48 78 19.50 - - 3 - 108.33 BJ Haddin 2 2 - 76 76 38.00 1 - - - 124.59 DJ Bravo 4 3 - 51 61 20.33 1 - - - 112.96 PM Nevill 7 6 3 24* 59 19.67 - - 2 2 128.26 NL McCullum 3 3 1 20 23 11.50 - - - - 95.83 B Lee 9 4 1 8 15 5.00 - - 2 - 93.75 MA Starc 6 3 3 8* 10 - - - 1 - 100.00 SCG MacGill 8 1 1 6* 6 - - - 1 - 120.00 JR Hazlewood 3 1 - 2 2 2.00 - - - - 33.33 IA Moran 3 1 - 1 1 1.00 - - - - 33.33 EJM Cowan 1 ------

2011/12 BOWLING AVERAGES Mts Ovrs M Runs Wkt Avg BB RpO St/Rt MA Starc 6 21.3 0 176 13 13.54 3-17 8.26 9.92 B Lee 9 33.2 1 216 8 27.00 2-17 6.51 25.00 SCG MacGill 8 25 0 166 7 23.71 2-12 6.64 21.43 SPD Smith 9 16 0 129 6 21.50 2-22 8.06 16.00 NL McCullum 3 8 0 52 3 17.33 2-8 6.50 16.00 JR Hazlewood 3 10 0 72 3 24.00 2-24 7.20 20.00 SNJ O'Keefe 4 13 0 77 3 25.67 3-20 5.92 26.00 DJ Thornely 8 13 0 102 3 34.00 1-13 7.85 26.00 IA Moran 3 6 0 47 1 47.00 1-25 7.83 36.00 DJ Bravo 4 6 0 55 1 55.00 1-20 9.17 36.00 MC Henriques 9 10 0 112 1 112.00 1-38 11.20 60.00

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 45 Sydney THUNDER

The 2011/12 Sydney Thunder Squad

The inaugural KFC T20 Big Bash League was, by all accounts, a huge This made the next task against the Hurricanes even more difficult as success. there was a very short turn around against a team in great form, and the Thunder were now under more pressure to win. The Sixers match, due Mike McKenna, General Manager, Cricket Marketing Services, Cricket to wet weather, was difficult for all concerned and did not provide the Australia said: opportunity for a recovery after a poor start to our innings. We were “An awful lot has been achieved since the CA Board called for the BBL to simply not good enough against the Scorchers and the Heat. be developed and launched for the 2011/12 season. To create a competition The recruitment strategy was different to others and the loss of three and eight new teams from scratch, as well as pulling together new squads of our bigger names, Doug Bollinger (injury), David Warner (Australian and staging 31 well presented matches, is a massive achievement. selection) and Philip Hughes (released), had a significant impact on our Despite the challenges and distractions along the way, it is clear that from results. It meant that fringe players were required to step up and play a a public perspective that the season has been successful and the BBL greater role than they were capable of at this stage of their careers. competition is a winner. Everyone who played a part in the process has a Off the field, Sydney Thunder’s performance was excellent. Fans enjoyed right to feel pleased and proud of the accomplishment.” the “Thunder Dancers”, “Thunder Live Band”, sideline hosts Rob and Fox Sport ratings demonstrate the potential of the BBL. To see an average of Tahir and activities for the kids like face painting, cricket nets to have a 280,000 people watching each match in its entirety, and close to 800,000 “bash” in, and many giveaway items to enhance their experience. watching some part of each match, are sensational results. The biggest crowd of 32,000 was for the local derby against the Attracting crowds averaging 17,752 across the season compares very ultimate tournament winners, the Sydney Sixers, and the average crowd favourably with most of other major club codes in Australia. With more than attendance was 18,000, which for a wet summer, was an excellent result. 550,000 fans coming through the gate, we doubled attendances at domestic Membership was offered for the first time and 1150 people enjoyed T20 matches compared with 2010/11. Most importantly, observations at the benefits of being an inaugural Sydney Thunder Member. These fans match and early research results indicate that we achieved our primary goal received member pack, the best seats in the house behind the bowler’s of attracting kids and females to the game.” arm close to the players’ dugouts, discounts on food and beverage, Whilst winning two matches from seven was disappointing from a merchandise, parking, and access to the Members Bar, which featured playing results viewpoint, there were a number of positives to come out pre-match functions hosted by former Test fast bowler, Len Pascoe. of the Sydney Thunder’s inaugural year in the BBL. Of course our congratulations go to the winners, the Sydney Sixers. The Sydney Thunder were a young and inexperienced team, who They “hung in there” all tournament and played excellent T20 cricket bowled and fielded extremely well throughout the competition, with when it really counted. The Sydney Thunder eagerly looks forward to the Luke Doran, Scott Coyte and Sean Abbott being our most consistent day when the BBL Final is contested between the Sydney cross city rivals. performers in both of these facets. Clearly our batting, outside of Chris BBL02 will be amazing! Gayle and David Warner, was not up to the standard required to win more matches. John Dyson After winning the first two games against the Stars and Strikers, the General Manager - Sydney Thunder match against the Renegades proved to be a major turning point. The Thunder were in a strong position to win this match, but unfortunately, were not able to finish things off in deteriorating conditions for batting.

46 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES 2011/12 SQUAD Chris Gayle David Warner (captain), Sean Abbott, Tim Armstrong, Nic Bills, Doug Bollinger, Luke Butterworth, Trent Copeland, Scott Coyte, Tim Cruickshank, Matthew Day, Luke Doran, , , Jason Floros, Chris Gayle, Phillip Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Craig Philipson, Daniel Smith Coach: Shane Duff Assistant Coach: Daniel Smith Manager: Mark Gilbert Physiotherapist: Danny Redrup

RESULTS Round 1: Sydney Thunder 4-154 (D Warner 102no) defeated Melbourne Stars 7-153 (D Bollinger 2-22, S Coyte 2-26) by 6 wickets Round 2: Sydney Thunder 4-156 (C Gayle 100no) defeated Adelaide Strikers 8-155 (S Abbott 2-20, F Edwards 2-35) by 6 wickets Round 3: Melbourne Renegades 8-140 (S Abbott 2-21, L Doran 2-26, L Butterworth 2-27) defeated Sydney Thunder 7-134 (C Gayle 75) by 6 runs Round 4: Hobart Hurricanes 5-139 (S Coyte 2-14, F Edwards 2-33) defeated Sydney Thunder 8-138 (C Gayle 53, S Abbott 39) by 5 wickets Round 5: Sydney Sixers 7-117 (S Abbott 2-17) defeated Sydney Thunder 4-29 by 17 runs (D/L Method) Round 6: Perth Scorchers 1-103 defeated Sydney Thunder 99 (T Armstrong 25) by 9 wickets Round 7: Brisbane Heat 4-195 (N Bills 2-44) defeated Sydney Thunder 6-104 (U Khawaja 37, M Day 29no) by 91 runs

2011/12 BATTING AVERAGES M Inn NO HS Runs Avg 50 100 Ct St St/Rt CH Gayle 7 7 1 100* 252 42.00 2 1 1 - 150.00 UT Khawaja 7 7 1 37 106 17.67 - - 3 - 88.33 DA Warner 1 1 1 102* 102 - - 1 2 - 200.00 SA Abbott 7 4 1 39 65 21.67 - - 6 - 101.56 BR Dunk 7 7 1 19* 59 9.83 - - 2 - 70.24 DLR Smith 7 7 - 21 44 6.29 - - - - 65.67 JS Floros 5 5 2 17* 43 14.33 - - 4 - 97.73 TJ Armstrong 3 2 1 25 29 14.50 - - - - 74.36 MR Day 1 1 1 29* 29 - - - 1 - 145.00 TD Cruickshank 3 3 - 15 17 5.67 - 56.67 SJ Coyte 7 2 - 12 13 6.50 - - 3 - 100.00 LR Butterworth 4 3 1 5 7 3.50 - - 2 - 50.00 CA Philipson 2 2 - 2 4 2.00 - - - - 26.67 TA Copeland 1 1 - 1 1 1.00 - - - - 33.33 LA Doran 7 1 1 1* 1 - - - 1 - 50.00 FH Edwards 5 1 1 0* 0 - - - 1 - 0.00 ND Bills 1 ------DE Bollinger 2 ------

2011/12 BOWLING AVERAGES M Ovrs M Runs Wkt Avg BB RpO St/Rt SJ Coyte 7 25.1 0 159 8 19.88 2-14 6.33 18.88 SA Abbott 7 21 0 179 7 25.57 2-17 8.52 18.00 FH Edwards 5 20 0 153 6 25.50 2-33 7.65 20.00 LA Doran 7 21 0 127 5 25.40 2-26 6.05 25.20 LR Butterworth 4 11.4 0 93 4 23.25 2-27 8.16 17.50 ND Bills 1 4 0 44 2 22.00 2-44 11.00 12.00 DE Bollinger 2 6 0 49 2 24.50 2-22 8.17 18.00 CH Gayle 7 14 0 110 1 110.00 1-18 7.86 84.00 TA Copeland 1 2 0 20 0 - - 10.00 - MR Day 1 2 0 25 0 - - 12.50 - JS Floros 5 2 0 22 0 - - 11.50 -

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 47 RECOGNISING AND RESPECTING ALL THE WAYS IN WHICH WE DIFFER

Diversity of experience, diversity of thought and a collaborative environment leads to innovation. We are committed to growing and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Where people can bring their whole self to work and where we can tap into the varied experiences, unique value and diverse thinking of our people. Pushing boundaries and embracing the value of difference lies at the heart of our past achievements, and our success in the future. At Lend Lease we are committed to building strong relationships of mutual respect with our communities. It delivers better outcomes for our people, ensures our business delivers on our vision to create the best places, and helps our communities to grow and prosper.

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www.lendlease.com 2011/12 LEND LEASE BREAKERS

The 2011/12 Lend Lease Breakers Squad

The 2011/12 season was another outstanding one for the Lend Lease Leah Poulton made her first ever century for NSW, hitting 103 not out Breakers. In addition to winning a record breaking seventh consecutive against the ACT in a T20 match in Canberra. That was just the second Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) title, the team also finished ever century scored in Australian women’s domestic T20 cricket, while runners up in the WT20 after a narrow loss to Victoria in the Final, in the same game, Sharon Millanta claimed 5-10 to secure her first ever the only match lost all summer. five wicket haul at this level. There was very little change in the Lend Lease Breakers squad from the The Lend Lease Breakers Program is a true team effort on and off previous summer. We were fortunate to add former Victoria captain and the field and appreciation is extended to our Support Staff for their Australian representative, Rachael Haynes, to our ranks which provided expertise and commitment to player development. Those directly even more depth to an already powerful batting line-up. involved included Michael Maclennan (Assistant Coach), Kate Leslie (Physio/Manager), Matt Dwyer (Strength and Conditioner), We did, however, lose two talented young players in Lisa Griffiths and Corey Richards (Specialist Batting Coach) and Kate Waetford after both elected to withdraw from the Program, (Specialist Bowling Coach). Cheryl Williams (Human Resources and pre-season, to focus on life away from the game. Both were outstanding Player Development Manager) and Emilie Isles (Nutritionist) should juniors and I hope they will not be away from cricket for long. also be recognised for their support during the season. The Lend Lease Breakers Program continued to evolve during Thanks are also extended to David Drew, Hamish Solomons, 2011/12 both on and off the field. Skills training was integrated with Drew Renkert and Richie Lynch for their assistance during the season, the pre-season fitness block, training sessions were staggered to and to the Women’s Selection Panel of Kerry Marshall (Chair), accommodate availability and specialist coaches were on hand to Janine Stainer and Martha Webb for their time and selection assist with squad and individual sessions. considerations. The strength and depth of NSW women’s cricket was again reflected Finally, on behalf of all involved in the Lend Lease Breakers, I would in National teams with an outstanding nine players selected in the like to thank Cricket NSW Chief Executive, David Gilbert, the NSW Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, and a further seven chosen Cricket Board and our program sponsor, Lend Lease, for their support. in the Australian Youth team. The resources afforded to the squad are second to none and are To help prepare these players for their end of season tours, two sincerely appreciated. intra-squad matches were introduced to the calendar. These fixtures I have been fortunate to be involved with such a talented and dedicated also involved a number of Australian representatives from interstate, group of athletes during the past two seasons which has resulted in 35 including , Jess Cameron and from Victoria, and wins from 38 games and two National titles. I wish the players every and Jessica Jonassen from Queensland. success in maintaining the Lend Lease Breakers’ dominance of Australian For the first time, there were joint winners of the Belinda Clark Medal domestic cricket in the seasons ahead. with Lisa Sthalekar and Leah Poulton sharing the honour. Lisa was also voted our WNCL Player of the Year with Sarah Coyte the WT20 Player of Neil McDonald the Year. Angela Reakes was named the Cricket NSW Female Rising Star. Head Coach, Lend Lease Breakers Lisa Sthalekar became the leading wicket taker in the history of the WNCL after starting the season equal with Cathyrn Fitzpatrick on 2011/12 Lend Lease Breakers 148 wickets. She made the mark her own in Round One against Alex Blackwell (captain), Erin Osborne (vice-captain), , Western Australia, then raised her 3000th career run two weeks later , Sarah Coyte, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, , against South Australia. , Sharon Millanta, Ellyse Perry, Leah Poulton, Angela Reakes, Lisa Sthalekar, Kara Sutherland, Hannah Trollip, Keeghan Tucker Rachael Haynes played an extraordinary knock in the WNCL Final against her former State. Opening the batting, she was at the non-striker’s end when we lost two wickets in the first two overs. She went on to make 156, the first ever century in a WNCL Finals match.

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Round 1: Western Fury vs Lend Lease Breakers Round 2: Lend Lease Breakers vs SA Scorpions

WACA Ground, 22 October 2011 Manly Oval, 30 October 2011 The first outing for the defending champions resulted in a The Lend Lease Breakers piled on the runs to demolish South Australia comprehensive eight wicket victory and a little piece of history for at Manly Oval. veteran, Lisa Sthalekar. The foundations for the massive score of 4-300 were laid by openers Western Australia batted first to post 162 in 49.2 overs. The home side Leah Poulton and Rachael Haynes, with the first 100 runs on the board was 1-100 at one stage but scored their runs too slowly, leading to a in no time at all. The partnership was only broken when a mix up saw flurry of wickets at the back end of the innings as they chased quick runs. Haynes run out for an even 50, while Poulton unfortunately fell a few overs later for 78. A memorable moment in the match came at the fall of the third wicket when NSW off-spinner, Lisa Sthalekar, claimed the wicket of her opposite Lisa Sthalekar hit 22 off 24 balls, going past 3000 WNCL career runs in number and the woman she had replaced in the Australian team almost the process, before Alex Blackwell (68no off 76) and Alyssa Healy 10 years earlier, Avril Fahey. (51 off 40) added the finishing touches to a fine batting effort. This scalp took her WNCL wicket tally to 149, surpassing With Ellyse Perry on W-League duty, Sarah Coyte took the new ball and , to become the leading wicket taker in the history with immediate effect, removing the dangerous just as of the WNCL. Before the end of the innings, Sthalekar took her second the former Australian opener looked to have settled. The spinners then wicket to be the first player to 150 WNCL wickets. took control of the innings with Lisa Sthalekar taking three of the next four wickets to fall, with Angela Reakes picking up the other. With the work done in the field, the Lend Lease Breakers made light work of the chase with victory coming inside 24 overs. Leah Poulton led At 5-81, South Australia’s chase was as good as over. Things only got the way with an entertaining 83 not out off 71 balls, while new Breaker, worse with a couple of run outs followed by wickets to Nic Carey and Rachael Haynes, compiled a smart 55 off 41 balls. Reakes. Sthalekar finally put an end of the match in the 35th over, picking up her fourth wicket for just 12 runs as the Lend Lease Breakers ran out victors by 167 runs, with two bonus points.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v SOUTH AUSTRALIA WACA Ground, 22 October, 2011 Player of the Match: LJ Poulton. Manly Oval, 30 October, 2011 Player of the Match: LC Sthalekar. New South Wales won by 8 wickets. Non-Batters: AR Reakes (NSW) & New South Wales won by 167 runs. Non-Batters: SA Millanta (NSW) & Toss: New South Wales. NSW 6 pts. GL Triscari (WA). Toss: New South Wales. NSW 6 pts. SC Morrison (South Australia) Umpires: M Hall & TR Rann. Umpires: AR Hamilton & NJ Wennerbom. Referee: T Prue Referee: PJ Tate Western Australia New South Wales +JCL Wallace c Coyte b Millanta 12 (29) RL Haynes run out (Nitschke) 50 (57) LM Kasperek c&b Perry 43 (108) LJ Poulton c Schutt b Silva 78 (86) EL King c Perry b Coyte 42 (75) *AJ Blackwell not out 68 (76) *AJ Fahey c Osborne b Sthalekar 1 (8) LC Sthalekar c Schutt b Clapton 22 (24) C Hunter b Coyte 23 (38) +AJ Healy run out (Doolan) 51 (40) RK Chappell c Carey b Perry 8 (14) SJ Coyte not out 12 (17) NJ Shaw run out (Carey-Healy) 7 (13) CJ Koski B Wimbush run out (Reakes-Healy) 0 (3) EA Osborne ML Holmes c Blackwell b Sthalekar 0 (3) N Carey S Fragomeni run out (Poulton-Healy) 0 (0) K Sutherland KAD Burns not out 1 (6) AR Reakes Extras 6b 6lb 12w 1nb 25 Extras 3b 3lb 13w 16 (49.2 overs) 162 (183 min, 50 overs) (4 wkts) 300 Fall: 26 100 111 124 144 158 159 159 161 162 Fall: 107 145 184 274 Bowling: Perry 10-1-27-2; Millanta 7.2-2-14-1; Coyte 9-0-38-2; Carey 2-0-4-0; Bowling: Schutt 7-0-43-0; Morrison 8-0-52-0; Iles 9-0-57-0; Nitschke 7-0-37-0; Osborne 8-0-34-0; Sthalekar 10-0-17-2; Reakes 3-0-16-0 Doolan 7-0-38-0; Silva 4-0-20-1; Clapton 3-0-16-1; Ebsary 5-0-31-0

New South Wales South Australia LJ Poulton not out 83 (71) S Nitschke c Healy b Coyte 17 (27) RL Haynes c Wimbush b Kasperek 55 (41) JL Woerner lbw b Sthalekar 27 (30) CJ Koski c Fahey b Chappell 4 (6) KGE Oakenfold c Osborne b Reakes 23 (37) *AJ Blackwell not out 19 (24) *LK Ebsary c Carey b Sthalekar 2 (6) LC Sthalekar LR Doolan c Blackwell b Sthalekar 3 (9) EA Perry AC Moritz run out (Haynes) 2 (5) SA Millanta AJ Silva run out (Koski) 14 (30) +AJ Healy TL Clapton c Sthalekar b Reakes 5 (12) N Carey +AZ Dean c Sutherland b Carey 11 (21) SJ Coyte ML Schutt not out 9 (24) EA Osborne NK Iles lbw b Sthalekar 0 (8) Extras 2lb 3w 5 Extras 4b 2lb 13w 1nb 20 (23.4 overs) (2 wkts) 166 (118 min, 34.4 overs) 133 Fall: 120 124 Fall: 34 54 64 81 81 84 103 104 123 133 Bowling: Wimbush 2-0-11-0; Fragomeni 3.4-0-31-0; King 2-0-15-0; Kasperek 2-0-18-1; Bowling: Millanta 5-0-26-0; Coyte 7-1-29-1; Sthalekar 6.4-2-12-4; Reakes 8-0-34-2; Triscari 5-0-32-0; Holmes 1-0-14-0; Chappell 4-0-23-1; Shaw 4-0-20-0 Osborne 6-1-18-0; Carey 2-0-8-1.

50 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Round 3: ACT Meteors vs Lend Lease Breakers Round 4: Lend Lease Breakers vs Vic Spirit

Manuka Oval, 26 November 2011 Blacktown International Sportspark, 3 December 2011 The Lend Lease Breakers’ bowlers dominated this match, bowling the In a game with 15 internationals on show, it was the most senior ACT out for 116 in just 26.1 overs. Australian players, and one of youngest, who stood out with brilliant batting displays. Ellyse Perry set the tone for the innings, bowling six overs for just three runs, while at the other end, off-spinner Lisa Sthalekar claimed The Lend Lease Breakers made an outstanding 8-275 from their 2-20 from four overs with the new ball. Angela Reakes (3-13) and 50 overs. The match was evenly placed early on with the score at 4-92, Sarah Coyte (1-22) were also amongst the wickets, while left-arm quick however, a 122 run fifth wicket stand between Lisa Sthalekar and Keeghan Tucker finished with 2-10 on debut. Sarah Coyte dramatically turned the game in the home side’s favour. With many of their players a product of the NSW Youth and Grade Sthalekar led the way with 94 from 83 balls while Coyte, who was system, the ACT would have been hoping for a big result against the only six-years-old when Sthalekar made her State debut, hit a valuable Lend Lease Breakers. Instead they produced their worst performance 54 from 57 deliveries. Rachael Haynes also hit an important 43 runs, of the year with the bat, with only three players reaching double figures. anchoring the innings when scoring was tough early on. Proving there were no demons in the pitch, the Lend Lease Breakers In the field, Ellyse Perry made two crucial early breakthroughs with cruised to victory inside 20 overs with Leah Poulton (28 off 42), Danni Wyatt (0) and Jessica Cameron (5) out cheaply. Sarah Elliott Rachael Haynes (34 off 32), Alex Blackwell (19 off 26) and Lisa Sthalekar (60 off 61), Emma Inglis (46 off 41) and Meg Lanning (34 of 58) all (22no off 14) amongst the runs. made runs for the visitors, however, NSW were consistently able to pick up wickets just as a partnership looked threatening. The team was certainly on a roll with three big wins from as many matches, and collecting a swag of bonus points along the way. With wet They eventually succumbed for 238 in the 47th over with Ellyse Perry weather plaguing the 2011/12 season, these extra points were crucial to finishing with 3-39 from nine overs and Lisa Sthalekar 2-31 from seven. staying ahead of the chasing pack. Angela Reakes (1-45), Erin Osborne (1-28) and Keeghan Tucker (1-11) were the other wicket takers.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY v NEW SOUTH WALES NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA Manuka Oval, Canberra, Umpires: SI Bushell & AI Shelley Blacktown International Sportspark No.1, Player of the Match: LC Sthalekar. 26 November, 2011 Referee: JF Torpey 3 December, 2011 Non-Batters: K Tucker (NSW) & New South Wales won by 7 wickets Non-Batters: K Tucker (NSW) & NSW won by 37 runs. AR Maloney. (Vic) Toss: Australian Capital Territory. NSW 6 pts. Z Cooke (ACT) Toss: Victoria. New South Wales 4 pts Referee: GE Reed Umpires: A Santhanam & AK Wilds ACT New South Wales +L Wright run out (Millanta-Healy) 0 (6) RL Haynes b Wyatt 43 (63) A Smith c Perry b Sthalekar 8 (8) LJ Poulton run out (Binch-Inglis) 1 (12) *KL Britt c Haynes b Coyte 7 (20) *AJ Blackwell c Lanning b Smith 17 (26) CA Anneveld c Millanta b Sthalekar 9 (17) LC Sthalekar lbw b Elliott 94 (83) SL Hungerford st Healy b Reakes 29 (28) +AJ Healy c Lanning b Wyatt 0 (5) LRF Askew b Tucker 32 (25) SJ Coyte c Lanning b Elliott 54 (59) SEA Ruck c Blackwell b Reakes 1 (6) CJ Koski lbw b Smith 1 (5) KA Owen c Poulton b Tucker 2 (5) EA Perry not out 27 (30) A Harris c Tucker b Reakes 0 (2) EA Osborne c Lanning b Hunter 18 (16) S Moylan not out 13 (16) AR Reakes not out 3 (2) S Bates run out (Koski) 6 (26) SA Millanta - Extras 7w 2nb 9 Extras 2lb 14w 1nb 17 (26.1 overs) 116 (178 min, 50 overs) (8 wkts) 275 Fall: 0 10 22 32 82 87 97 97 97 116 Fall: 12 42 86 92 214 220 234 270 Bowling: Perry 6-3-3-0; Sthalekar 4.1-0-20-2; Millanta 3-0-23-0; Coyte 2-0-22-1; Bowling: Wyatt 8-1-29-2; Hunter 9-2-34-1; Maloney 2-0-7-0; Beams 8-0-51-0; Osborne 4-0-25-0; Tucker 4-0-10-2; Reakes 3-0-13-3. Smith 9-0-52-2; Hempenstall 5-0-33-0; Binch 2-0-16-0; Lanning 2-0-26-0; Elliott 5-0-25-2

New South Wales Victoria LJ Poulton st Wright b Anneveld 28 (42) DN Wyatt lbw b Perry 0 (11) RL Haynes c Anneveld b Cooke 34 (32) MM Lanning c Coyte b Sthalekar 34 (58) *AJ Blackwell c Askew b Cooke 19 (26) JE Cameron lbw b Perry 5 (8) LC Sthalekar not out 22 (14) SJ Elliott run out (Coyte) 60 (61) +AJ Healy not out 9 (3) KM Applebee c&b Sthalekar 22 (21) CJ Koski *+EJ Inglis b Tucker 46 (41) SJ Coyte JL Hunter c&b Reakes 18 (20) EA Osborne CR Smith b Osborne 4 (10) EA Perry BC Binch lbw b Perry 9 (22) AR Reakes KM Beams run out (Sthalekar) 8 (10) SA Millanta KM Hempenstall not out 11 (16) Extras 4b 3w 1nb 8 Extras 8b 5lb 7w 1nb 21 (19.2 overs) (3 wkts) 120 (173 min, 46.1 overs) 238 Fall: 54 75 111 Fall: 8 26 79 123 138 167 192 215 225 238 Bowling: Ruck 3-0-14-0; Harris 2-0-8-0; Askew 3-0-17-0; Anneveld 4-0-26-1; Bates 4-0-28-0; Bowling: Perry 9-2-39-3; Millanta 8-1-26-0; Coyte 8.1-0-45-0; Reakes 7-0-45-1; Cooke 3-0-15-2; Owen 0.2-0-8-0 Sthalekar 7-0-31-2; Osborne 5-0-28-1; Tucker 2-0-11-1

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Round 5: Lend Lease Breakers vs Round 6: Tasmania Roar vs Lend Lease Breakers

Drummoyne Oval, 17 December 2011 Blundstone Arena, 7 January 2012 The Lend Lease Breakers secured a home Final with a commanding With the WNCL Final just a week away and their place in the decider eight wicket victory over Queensland with 26 overs to spare. already secure, the Lend Lease Breakers looked to fine tune their game in their last preliminary round match against the Tasmania Roar. Queensland had improved significantly from the previous summer, however, an off day against the defending champions would prove costly The last meeting between these sides in the WNCL resulted in a NSW to their aspirations of reaching the decider. Winning the toss and batting, run-fest, and today was no different as the Breakers smashed 6-335 from their top order failed as they were reduced to 5-29 with 50 overs, the third largest team score in the history of the competition. Ellyse Perry (1-14), Keeghan Tucker (2-13) and Player of the Match, Alex Blackwell continued her dominance of the Tasmanian bowlers, hitting Sharon Millanta (2-18), the destroyers. 132 not out off 125 balls to take her average against the Roar to a stunning Australian and Queensland captain, Jodie Fields, fought hard in difficult 289! Leah Poulton (62 off 66) and Alyssa Healy (33 off 29) provided circumstances to top score with 41 runs from 82 balls. Jude Coleman excellent support to the skipper, while Claire Koski (24 off 19) and Ellyse (27 off 45) was the only other player to reach double figures as the Fire Perry (20 not out off 20) both enjoyed valuable time in the middle. were bowled out for just 109 in 41.5 overs. In reply, Tasmania batted out their overs to make 8-201. The majority Leah Poulton was out early, however, that was the only blemish of the resistance was provided by (53 off 82) and on the Lend Lease Breakers’ chase. Rachael Haynes (49 off 55) and (56 off 66), with the former NSW Youth players putting on 102 for the Alex Blackwell (54 off 76) ensured victory with an 85 run second wicket fifth wicket. stand, helping themselves to two bonus points in the process. For the Lend Lease Breakers, the wickets where shared by Ellyse Perry Undefeated with one round remaining, and with plenty of bonus points, (2-30), Sharon Millanta (1-26), Sarah Coyte (2-28), Lisa Sthalekar (1-34), the Lend Lease Breakers were firmly entrenched at the top of the Erin Osborne (1-24) and Angela Reakes (1-28). WNCL competition ladder and could now lock in a home Final at the With six wins from as many starts, there was now just one obstacle SCG, while the remainder of the pack battled amongst themselves for standing between the Lend Lease Breakers and the perfect WNCL season the right to play them. – arch rivals Victoria. NEW SOUTH WALES v QUEENSLAND TASMANIA v NEW SOUTH WALES , 17 December, 2011 Player of the Match: SA Millanta Blundstone Arena, Hobart, 7 January, 2012 Player of the Match: AJ Blackwell New South Wales won by 8 wickets. Non-Batters: K Tucker (NSW) & New South Wales won by 134 runs. Non-Batters: K Tucker (NSW) & Toss: Queensland. NSW 6 pts. SJ Johnson (Queensland) Toss: New South Wales. NSW 5pts. K Fryett (Tasmania). Umpires: AR Hamilton and NWennerbom Umpires: B Jones & W Stewart Referee: GE Reed Referee: RT Widows Queensland New South Wales MJ Bulow lbw b Perry 4 (3) RL Haynes c Ryan b Fryett 15 (16) BL Mooney c Sthalekar b Millanta 7 (56) LJ Poulton c Hall b Da Costa 62 (66) J Jonassen c Coyte b Millanta 0 (8) *AJ Blackwell not out 132 (125) *+JM Fields b Sthalekar 41 (82) LC Sthalekar lbw b Da Costa 19 (22) L Daley b Tucker 0 (1) +AJ Healy c Hall b Hepburn 33 (29) G Harris c Poulton b Tucker 0 (5) SJ Coyte b Pyke 3 (5) JC Coleman st Healy b Reakes 27 (45) CJ Koski c Pyke b Fryett 24 (19) J Barsby run out (Coyte-Healy) 3 (16) EA Perry not out 20 (20) SE Tainton run out (Poulton) 7 (18) EA Osborne HV Pattison not out 8 (16) AR Reakes KE Pike b Coyte 0 (2) SA Millanta Extras 2lb 9w 1nb 12 Extras 1b 7lb 17w 2nb 27 (152 min, 41.5 overs) 109 (191 min, 50 overs) (6 wkts) 335 Fall: 4 5 28 29 29 84 92 94 106 109 Fall: 23 141 175 238 243 289 Bowling: Perry 7-2-14-1; Millanta 10-5-18-2; Tucker 5-0-13-2; Osborne 5-0-22-0; Bowling: Fryett 9-0-57-2; Pyke 10-0-51-1; Hepburn 9-0-64-1; Da Costa 10-0-62-0; Coyte 5.5-0-19-1; Sthalekar 5-1-13-1; Reakes 4-1-8-1. Thompson 1-0-9-0; Burns 9-0-64-0; Hepburn 1-0-12-0; Price 1-0-8-0

New South Wales Tasmania LJ Poulton c Mooney b Coleman 2 (8) B Page c Healy b Perry 2 (12) RL Haynes c Coleman b Jonassen 49 (55) C Ryan c Blackwell b Millanta 15 (24) *AJ Blackwell not out 54 (76) JC Price b Coyte 30 (32) LC Sthalekar not out 4 (3) L Da Costa c Healy b Perry 7 (7) +AJ Healy CL Hall c Koski b Reakes 53 (82) SJ Coyte E Burns c Osborne b Sthalekar 56 (66) CJ Koski L Hepburn not out 25 (48) EA Perry E Thompson c Healy b Osborne 0 (7) EA Osborne *V Pyke b Coyte 1 (20) SA Millanta +K Jones not out 1 (2) AR Reakes B Hepburn Extras 1lb 1 Extras 3b 1lb 7w 11 (78 min, 23.4 overs) (2 wkts) 110 (170 min, 50 overs) (8 wkts) 201 Fall: 10 95 Fall: 3 25 34 63 165 177 189 196 Bowling: Coleman 10-0-29-1; Johnson 3-0-18-0; Harris 1-0-6-0; Jonassen 5-1-22-1; Bowling: Perry 9-1-30-2; Millanta 8-0-26-1; Coyte 7-0-28-2; Tucker 6-0-27-0; Barsby 3.4-0-24-0; Pike 1-0-10-0. Sthalekar 8-1-34-1; Osborne 7-2-24-1; Reakes 5-0-28-1

52 CRICKET NEW SOUTH WALES Final: Lend Lease Breakers vs Victoria Spirit then raced to the 150 mark, the onslaught finally ending on 156 off 139 balls, with 20 fours and two sixes. Sydney Cricket Ground, 14 January 2012 Chasing 311 to win, Victorian opener Meg Lanning set a good pace This was a history making day with the Lend Lease Breakers winning as she raced to 24 off 27 balls before being . A century stand a record breaking seventh consecutive WNCL title, which was their 14th between (75 off 84) and Jess Cameron (46 off 46), followed crown in 16 summers, while Rachael Haynes became the first player by a 45 run partnership between Villani and Sarah Elliott (28 off 32), to score a century in a WNCL Finals match. ensured the crowd remained on edge. The Lend Lease Breakers arrived at the SCG desperate to make up With excellent batting conditions, it took some inspired pieces of for their loss to the Victorians in the WT20 Final just a couple of days earlier. to swing the game back in NSW’s favour. First, Ellyse Perry covered However, they couldn’t have experienced a worse start when Leah Poulton close to 30 metres on the deep cover boundary to remove Villani, then, was out lbw on the first ball of the match. When Alex Blackwell was caught Rachael Haynes performed a similar miracle at long-on to catch Elliott in the slips, the home side was reeling at 2-2. just inches off the ground. Blackwell’s dismissal brought Lisa Sthalekar to the . Rumour has More classic catches to Poulton and Sthalekar finally ended Victoria’s it her first words to Rachael Haynes when the pair met in the middle charge and they were bowled out for 240. were “Right, let’s make 300!" The duo were made to fight hard for the next 10 overs but the longer they batted the better they, and NSW’s It was a wonderful effort by the Lend Lease Breakers who had the chances, looked. honour of raising the trophy and singing the team song on the SCG, surrounded by almost 50 past players. The current and former players Their 144 run third wicket stand dramatically altered the mood of NSW were all presented with 'Baggy Blue' caps to recognise their contribution players and fans alike. When Sthalekar finally fell for 74 from 85 balls, to NSW cricket over the years. the Lend Lease Breakers were 3-146 and the remaining batters had the perfect foundation from which to attack. It was also apt that several retired players, like Sarah Andrews, , , and Martha Webb, The loss of Sthalekar saw Haynes launch a stunning and belligerent who had been part of the seven season winning streak, were there attack on her former team mates. 12 months early Haynes had been the to share the moment with their former team mates. Victorian captain but today they felt her wrath. She raised her century

FINAL - NEW SOUTH WALES v VICTORIA Rachael Haynes Sydney Cricket Ground, 14 January, 2012 Referee: PJ Tate. New South Wales won by 70 runs. Player of the Match: RL Haynes Toss: Victoria. Non-Batters: K Tucker (NSW) & Umpires: MG Kumutat and AF Wilds KM Hempenstall (Victoria)

New South Wales LJ Poulton lbw b Hunter 0 (1) RL Haynes c Hunter b Hempenstall 156 (139) *AJ Blackwell c Beams b Wyatt 1 (9) LC Sthalekar c McIntyre b Hunte 74 (85) +AJ Healy c Hunter b Wyatt 39 (46) SJ Coyte st Inglis b Hempenstall 8 (8) CJ Koski not out 10 (10) EA Perry run out (Wyatt - Inglis) 1 (1) EA Osborne not out 3 (1) AR Reakes SA Millanta Extras 2b 7lb 9w 18 (183 min, 50 overs) (7 wkts) 310 Fall: 0 2 146 241 268 303 306 Bowling: Hunter 8-0-39-2; Wyatt 10-0-54-2; McIntyre 5-0-43-0; Beams 10-0-39-0; Hempenstall 8-0-60-2; Elliott 9-0-66-0.

Victoria MM Lanning c Poulton b Perry 24 (27) EJ Villani c Perry b Coyte 75 (83) JE Cameron c Healy b Sthalekar 46 (46) SJ Elliott c Haynes b Sthalekar 28 (32) KM Applebee c Blackwell b Osborne 3 (7) *+EJ Inglis b Coyte 7 (11) DN Wyatt c Poulton b Sthalekar 2 (4) JL Hunter c Poulton b Coyte 10 (11) KM Beams not out 6 (9) E McIntyre c Sthalekar b Perry 22 (16) M Strano lbw b Coyte 6 (4) Extras 4lb 7w 11 (167 min, 41.1 overs) 240 Fall: 27 130 175 183 186 189 197 230 230 240 Bowling: Perry 10-0-43-2; Millanta 4-0-25-0; Tucker 3-0-26-0; Sthalekar 8-0-51-3; Coyte 9.4-1-53-4; Reakes 2-0-17-0; Osborne 5-0-21-1.

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2011/12 WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE POINTS TABLE Alex Blackwell Team Played Won NR Lost BP Points NRR New South Wales 6 6 0 0 8 32 2.5655 Victoria 6 4 1 1 5 23 1.4451 Australian Capital Territory 6 3 0 3 3 15 -0.2391 South Australia 6 3 0 3 2 14 -0.3071 Queensland 6 2 0 4 2 10 -0.7627 Tasmania 6 1 1 4 0 6 -1.3589 Western Australia 6 1 0 5 1 5 -0.9174 Net run-rate was calculated by subtracting runs conceded per over from runs scored per over.

2011/12 WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE AVERAGES

BATTING M Inn NO HS Runs Avge 50 100 Ct St Stk-Rt RL Haynes 7 7 - 156 402 57.43 2 1 2 - 99.75 AJ Blackwell 7 7 4 132* 310 103.33 2 1 5 - 85.64 LJ Poulton 7 7 1 83* 254 42.33 3 - 5 - 88.81 LC Sthalekar 7 6 2 94 235 58.75 2 - 4 - 101.73 AJ Healy 7 5 1 51 132 33.00 1 - 5 2 107.32 SJ Coyte 7 4 1 54 77 25.67 1 - 3 - 88.51 EA Perry 7 3 2 27* 48 48.00 - - 4 - 92.31 CJ Koski 6 4 1 24 39 13.00 - - 1 - 97.50 EA Osborne 7 2 1 18 21 21.0 - - 3 - 116.67 AR Reakes 7 1 1 3* 3 - - - 1 - 150.00 N Carey 2 ------2 - - SA Millanta 7 ------1 - - K Sutherland 1 ------1 - - K Tucker 5 ------1 - -

BOWLING M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best RPO LC Sthalekar 7 48.5 4 178 15 11.87 4-12 3.67 SJ Coyte 7 48.4 2 234 11 21.27 4-53 4.83 EA Perry 6 51 9 156 10 15.60 3-39 3.06 AR Reakes 7 32 1 161 8 20.12 3-13 5.03 K Tucker 5 20 0 87 5 17.40 2-10 4.35 SA Millanta 7 45.2 8 158 4 39.50 2-18 3.50 EA Osborne 7 40 3 172 3 57.33 1-21 4.30 N Carey 2 4 0 12 1 12.00 1-8 3.00

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Belinda Clark (left) presents the Ruth Preddey Trophy to Alex Blackwell

ANNUAL REPORT 2011/2012 55 WNCL RECORDS

Opponents First Game M W L NR Records ACT 2009/10 4 3 1 - - Highest total for: 5-395 v Tasmania at North Sydney Oval 2010/11 Queensland 1996/97 32 28 4 - - Highest total against: 4-265 by Queensland at Field 2006/07 South Australia 1996/97 33 27 6 - - Lowest total for: 71 v Victoria at Bankstown Oval 2004/05 Tasmania 2010/11 2 2 - - - Lowest total against: 45 by South Australia at Bankstown Oval 2009/10 Victoria 1996/97 52 34 16 1 1 Highest score for: 157 Alex Blackwell v Tasmania at N.Sydney Oval 2010/11 Western Australia 1996/97 32 31 1 - - Highest score against: 141* by (S.Australia) at Newcastle 2005/06 Total 155 125 28 1 1 Best bowling for: 5-11 Ellyse Perry v ACT at Drummoyne Oval 2010/11 Best bowling against: 6-22 Catherine Fitzpatrick (Vic) at Glen Waverley 2006/07 MOST APPEARANCES LEADING RUN SCORERS Matches Batter M Inn NO Runs HS 50 100 Avg Lisa STHALEKAR 137 Lisa STHALEKAR 137 121 28 3214 108* 16 2 34.56 111 91 91 8 3081 144* 21 3 37.12 Michelle GOSZKO 101 Alex BLACKWELL 98 89 20 2962 157 19 6 42.93 Alex BLACKWELL 98 Michelle GOSZKO 101 98 8 2416 85 14 - 26.84 Belinda CLARK 47 47 8 2170 122* 22 2 55.64 Leonie COLEMAN 98 Leah POULTON 82 79 7 1948 86 14 - 27.06 Lisa KEIGHTLEY 91 Kate BLACKWELL 76 65 22 1448 102 10 1 33.67 Sarah ANDREWS 83 Martha WINCH 66 62 13 1155 101* 4 1 23.57 Leah POULTON 82 Shannon CUNNEEN 41 38 6 911 72 5 - 28.47 80 30 28 2 665 95 6 - 25.58 80 Alyssa HEALY 41 29 3 586 89* 4 - 22.54 Kate BLACKWELL 76 Julie HAYES 111 73 21 578 58* 1 - 11.12 Martha WINCH 66 Bronwyn CALVER 80 43 16 509 61* 2 - 18.85 Sarah ALEY 66 Rachael HAYNES 7 7 - 402 156 2 1 57.43 Sarah ALEY 66 37 7 400 69 1 - 13.33 MOST DISMISSALS BY WICKETKEEPERS HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE Wicketkeeper M Dismissals Catches Stumpings Score (Balls) Batter Opponent Venue Season Leonie COLEMAN 98 97 61 37 157 (111) Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania N.Sydney Oval 2010/11 Alyssa HEALY 41 25 21 12 156 (139) Rachael HAYNES Victoria SCG 2011/12 Jenny WALLACE 28 24 18 4 144* (158) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Queensland Beenleigh 1996/97 138 (143) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia Trinity College Perth 2009/10 MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER 132* (125) Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania Bellerive Oval 2011/12 130 (133) Alex BLACKWELL Western Australia WACA 2005/06 Fielder Matches Catches 122* (153) Belinda CLARK Western Australia Hurstville 2000/01 Lisa STHALEKAR 137 48 121* (107) Alex BLACKWELL ACT Manuka 2009/10 Belinda CLARK 47 35 112 (156) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Western Australia Floreat 1999/00 Alex BLACKWELL 98 33 108* (126) Belinda CLARK Western Australia Waitara 1998/99 Julie HAYES 111 33 108* (93) Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Trinity College 2009/10 Sarah ALEY 66 26 108 (111) Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Perth 2003/04 Lisa KEIGHTLEY 91 26 102* (138) Lisa KEIGHTLEY Western Australia Waitara 1996/97 Bronwyn CALVER 80 24 102 (114) Kate BLACKWELL South Australia Newcastle 2005/06 Michelle GOSZKO 101 24 101* (77) Martha WINCH Western Australia N.Sydney 2 2004/05 Martha WINCH 66 23 101* (116) Alex BLACKWELL South Australia Adelaide 2 2008/09 BEST BOWLING IN AN INNINGS LEADING WICKET TAKERS Wkts Bowler Opponent Venue Season Bowlers M Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg 5 Best RPO 5-11 Ellyse PERRY ACT Drummoyne 2010/11 Lisa STHALEKAR 137 1138 182 3374 163 20.70 - 4-7 2.96 5-16 Sarah ANDREWS Victoria Glen Waverley 2005/06 Julie HAYES 111 955.1 163 3030 112 27.05 - 4-12 3.17 5-19 Ellyse PERRY South Australia Bankstown 2009/10 Emma LIDDELL 80 678.5 117 2109 100 21.09 - 4-33 3.11 4-7 Nicole GOODWIN Victoria Glen Waverley 2005/06 Bronwyn CALVER 80 697 134 2172 94 23.11 - 3-18 3.12 4-10 Ellyse PERRY Tasmania North Sydney 2010/11 Sarah ANDREWS 83 599.5 89 1992 89 22.38 1 5-16 3.32 4-12 Julie HAYES Queensland Allan Border 2002/03 Ellyse PERRY 36 296.3 36 1017 66 15.41 2 5-11 3.43 4-12 Lisa STHALEKAR South Australia Manly 2011/12 Therese MCGREGOR 46 398 76 1224 63 19.43 - 4-15 3.08 4-13 Jo GAREY South Australia Park 25 1996/97 Sarah ALEY 66 267.5 27 1016 39 26.05 - 3-10 3.79 4-14 Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Aquinas 2009/10 Erin OSBORNE 31 227.1 27 726 36 20.17 - 4-18 3.20 4-15 Therese MCGREGOR Western Australia Scotch College 1997/98 Charlotte ANNEVELD 29 194 22 712 34 20.94 - 4-29 3.67 4-18 Erin OSBORNE Victoria Hurstville 2008/09 Debbie NELSON 32 181.4 24 692 29 23.86 - 3-9 3.81 Sharon MILLANTA 45 240.2 30 875 27 32.41 - 4-24 3.64 Sarah COYTE 24 115.2 8 498 25 19.92 - 4-25 4.32 Nicole GOODWIN 30 172 20 638 22 29.00 1 5-31 3.71 Jo GAREY 15 118 24 393 21 18.71 - 4-13 3.33 HIGHEST PARTNERSHIP FOR EACH WICKET 1st 170 Leah POULTON & Alex BLACKWELL Tasmania North Sydney Oval 2010/11 2nd 165 Belinda CLARK & Sally GRIFFITHS Victoria SCG 1996/97 3rd 228 Alex BLACKWELL & Lisa STHALEKAR Western Australia Trinity College 2009/10 4th 125 Lisa KEIGHTLEY & Sally GRIFFITHS Western Australia Floreat Oval 1999/00 5th 122 Lisa STHALEKAR & Sarah COYTE Victoria Blacktown 2011/12 6th 72 Julie HAYES & Bronwyn CALVER South Australia Wollongong 2001/02 7th 80 Kate BLACKWELL & Sarah ALEY Queensland Brisbane 2006/07 8th 51 Therese MCGREGOR & Leonie COLEMAN Victoria Hurstville 2002/03 9th 54 Ellyse PERRY & Sarah ANDREWS Queensland North Sydney 2009/10 10th 38 Leonie COLEMAN & South Australia Bankstown 2007/08

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