Australian cricket team in 2008

This article contains information, results and statistics regarding the Australian national cricket team in the 2008 season. Statisticians class the 2008 season as matches played on tours that started between May 2008 and August 2008.

Player contracts

The 2008–09 list was announced on 9 April 2008.[1] Note that uncontracted players still are available for selection for the national cricket team.

Player Age as at
11 October 2023
State Test cap ODI cap ODI shirt
Ricky Ponting (captain)48 years, 296 daysTAS36612314
Michael Clarke (vice-captain)42 years, 192 daysNSW38914923
Doug Bollinger42 years, 79 daysNSW18
Nathan Bracken46 years, 29 daysNSW38714259
Beau Casson40 years, 308 daysNSW40115
Stuart Clark48 years, 13 daysNSW3961538
Brad Haddin45 years, 353 daysNSW40014457
Matthew Hayden51 years, 347 daysQLD35911128
Ben Hilfenhaus40 years, 210 daysTAS16129
Brad Hodge48 years, 286 daysVIC39415417
James Hopes44 years, 352 daysQLD15139
David Hussey46 years, 88 daysVIC29
Michael Hussey48 years, 137 daysWA39315048
Phil Jaques44 years, 161 daysNSW3951585
Mitchell Johnson41 years, 343 daysQLD39815625
Simon Katich48 years, 51 daysNSW38414313
Brett Lee46 years, 337 daysNSW38314058
Shaun Marsh40 years, 94 daysWA9
Ashley Noffke46 years, 164 daysQLD16422
Andrew Symonds48 years, 124 daysQLD38813963
Shaun Tait40 years, 231 daysSA39216232
Adam Voges44 years, 7 daysWA16324
Shane Watson42 years, 116 daysQLD39114833
Cameron White40 years, 54 daysVIC4021527

Match summary

FormatPWLDTNR
Twenty20 International321
One Day International88
Tests32-1
Total121011--

M = Matches Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, T = Tied, NR = No Result

Series Summary

Tour of West Indies

Australia's tour of the West Indies commenced on 16 May with a tour match against a Jamaica Select XI in Trelawny and will conclude on 6 July with a One Day International in Basseterre.

Tour Match: 16–18 May, Trelawny

16–18 May
14:00 UTC
Scorecard
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297 (69 overs)
Carlton Baugh 111* (112)
Xavier Marshall 30 (??)

Stuart MacGill 4/79 (21 overs)
396 (113.3 overs)
Simon Katich 97 (193)
Andrew Symonds 86 (104)

Donovan Sinclair 3/14 (6.3 overs)
194 (58.2 overs)
Carlton Baugh 36 (38)
Xavier Marshall 31 (59)

Simon Katich 4/15 (5.2 overs)
1/65 (13.3 overs)
Simon Katich 37* (49)
Ricky Ponting 20* (27)

Andre Russell 1/25 (7 overs)
Match Drawn
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
Umpires: Vivian Johnson & Norman Malcolm
Player of the match: Simon Katich

Tour Match: 21 June, Bridgetown

21 June
14:00 UTC
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Australia 
6/337 (50 overs)
v
Cricket West Indies UWI Vice Chancellor's XI
126 (33.1 overs)
Shane Watson 95 (85)
David Hussey 55 (??)
Kemar Roach 2/47 (8 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 43 (??)
Darren Sammy 12 (??)
Nathan Bracken 3/25 (8 overs)
 Australia won by 211 runs
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Vincent Bullen & Anthony Farrell
Player of the match: Shane Watson

First Test: 22–26 May, Kingston

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill

22–26 May
15:00 UTC
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431 (126.5 overs)
Ricky Ponting 158 (224)
Andrew Symonds 70* (115)

Fidel Edwards 5/104 (26.5 overs)
312 (106 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 118 (276)
Runako Morton 67 (135)

Stuart Clark 3/59 (19 overs)
167 (56.5 overs)
Andrew Symonds 79 (118)
Brad Hodge 27 (53)

Dwayne Bravo 4/47 (18.5 overs)
191 (67 overs)
Denesh Ramdin 36 (61)
Darren Sammy 35 (80)

Stuart Clark 5/32 (20 overs)
 Australia won by 95 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Aleem Dar & Russell Tiffin
Player of the match: Stuart Clark
  • Australia led the series 1–0

Test debut: Brad Haddin

Second Test: 30 May-3 June, North Sound

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill

30 May – 3 June
14:00 UTC
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7/479 dec. (136 overs)
Simon Katich 113 (248)
Michael Clarke 110 (187)

Jerome Taylor 3/95 (27 overs)
352 (107 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 107* (236)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 65 (146)

Brett Lee 5/59 (21 overs)
6/244 dec. (61.5 overs)
Phil Jaques 76 (136)
Andrew Symonds 43* (53)

Fidel Edwards 2/28 (7.5 overs)
5/266 (93 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 (241)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 77* (180)

Brett Lee 3/51 (21 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

Third Test: 12–16 June, Bridgetown

Australian XI: Phil Jaques, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Brad Haddin (wk), Beau Casson, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark

12–16 June
14:00 UTC
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251 (68 overs)
Andrew Symonds 52 (84)
Simon Katich 36 (72)

Jerome Taylor 3/46 (12 overs)
216 (58.5 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 79* (142)
Xavier Marshall 39 (61)

Mitchell Johnson 4/41 (11.5 overs)
5/439 dec. (145 overs)
Simon Katich 157 (332)
Phil Jaques 108 (224)

Sulieman Benn 3/154 (47 overs)
387 (105.4 overs)
Xavier Marshall 85 (146)
Dwayne Bravo 69 (133)

Stuart Clark 3/58 (24 overs)
 Australia won by 87 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Mark Benson & Aleem Dar
Player of the match: Simon Katich
  • Australia won the series 2–0 and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy

Test debut: Beau Casson

Man of the Series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Only Twenty20 International: 20 June, Bridgetown

20 June
18:00 UTC
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Australia 
3/97 (11 overs)
v
 West Indies
3/102 (9.1 overs)
Luke Ronchi 36 (22)
Shaun Marsh 29 (22)
Kemar Roach 2/29 (3 overs)
Xavier Marshall 36 (15)
Dwayne Bravo 28 (15)
Shane Watson 1/17 (2.1 overs)
 West Indies won by 7 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Billy Doctrove & Clyde Duncan
Player of the match: Xavier Marshall

Twenty20 International debuts: Shaun Marsh, Luke Ronchi

First ODI: 24 June, Kingstown

24 June
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
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Australia 
8/273 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
189 (39.5 overs)
Shaun Marsh 81 (97)
Brad Haddin 50 (52)
Darren Sammy 2/31 (7 overs)
Darren Sammy 33 (35)
Dwayne Bravo 33 (37)
Nathan Bracken 4/31 (5.5 overs)
  • Australia led the series 1–0

One Day International debut: Shaun Marsh

Second ODI: 27 June, St George's

27 June
13:30 UTC
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Australia 
5/213 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
8/140 (41 overs)
Michael Hussey 62 (105)
Michael Clarke 56 (98)
Jerome Taylor 2/47 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 45* (77)
Sulieman Benn 23* (26)
Michael Clarke 3/26 (6 overs)
  • Australia led the series 2–0

One Day International debut: Luke Ronchi

Third ODI: 29 June, St George's

29 June
13:30 UTC
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West Indies 
223 (48 overs)
v
 Australia
3/227 (40.3 overs)
Chris Gayle 53 (54)
Xavier Marshall 35 (65)
Nathan Bracken 3/26 (9 overs)
Shane Watson 126 (122)
Ricky Ponting 69 (83)
Darren Sammy 1/20 (4 overs)
  • Australia led the series 3–0

Fourth ODI: 4 July, Basseterre

4 July
13:30 UTC
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Australia 
8/282 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
6/281 (50 overs)
Andrew Symonds 87 (78)
David Hussey 50 (51)
Fidel Edwards 2/53 (10 overs)
Chris Gayle 92 (92)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 63 (79)
Brett Lee 3/64 (10 overs)
  • Australia led the series 4–0

One Day International debut: David Hussey

Fifth ODI: 6 July, Basseterre

6 July
13:30 UTC
Scorecard
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Australia 
8/341 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
172 (39.5 overs)
Andrew Symonds 66 (80)
Luke Ronchi 64 (28)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 3/57 (9 overs)
Shawn Findlay 59 (74)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 38 (49)
Mitchell Johnson 5/29 (7.5 overs)
 Australia won by 169 runs
Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Asad Rauf & Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi
  • Australia won the series 5–0

Man of the Series: Shane Watson

Bangladesh in Australia

Bangladesh will travel to Australia for a 3 match One Day International series at the end of August.

Practice match: 28 August, Darwin

28 August
Scorecard
Report
Australia 
177 (49.4 overs)
v
Australia AIS
123 (33.5 overs)
Michael Hussey 69 (95)
Cameron White 31 (40)
Grant Sullivan 3/37 (8.4 overs)
Michael Hill 34 (67)
Moises Henriques 16 (19)
Mitchell Johnson 3/5 (4 overs)
 Australia won by 54 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Rod Tucker

First ODI: 30 August, Darwin

30 August
00:00 UTC
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Australia 
8/254 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
74 (27.4 overs)
Michael Hussey 85 (87)
Shaun Marsh 76 (105)
Shahadat Hossain 3/42 (6 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 21 (31)
Raqibul Hasan 14 (50)
Cameron White 3/5 (1.4 overs)
 Australia won by 180 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Peter Parker & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Michael Hussey
  • Australia led the series 1–0

One Day International debut: Brett Geeves

Second ODI: 3 September, Darwin

3 September
00:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report
Bangladesh 
117 (36.1 overs)
v
 Australia
2/118 (22.4 overs)
Dhiman Ghosh 30 (36)
Junaid Siddique 21 (44)
Mitchell Johnson 3/17 (6.1 overs)
Shaun Marsh 69 (81)
Shane Watson 29 (33)
Shakib Al Hasan 2/38 (6.4 overs)
 Australia won by 8 wickets
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh
  • Australia led the series 2–0

Third ODI: 6 September, Darwin

6 September
00:00 UTC
Scorecard
Report
Australia 
5/198 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
125 (29.5 overs)
Michael Hussey 57 (72)
Shaun Marsh 30 (36)
Abdur Razzak 1/22 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 63 (69)
Shakib Al Hasan 27 (29)
James Hopes 3/30 (5 overs)
 Australia won by 73 runs
TIO Stadium, Darwin
Umpires: Peter Parker & Amiesh Saheba
Player of the match: Tamim Iqbal
  • Australia won the series 3–0

Man of the Series: Michael Hussey

Statistics

Matches Played

The following is a table of statistics charting appearances by Australian cricketers in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one match played. The players will be arranged in alphabetical order.

No.PlayerT20IODITestTotal
15Beau Casson-11
8Stuart Clark-33
23Michael Clarke1-23
57Brad Haddin--33
17Brad Hodge-11
39James Hopes1-1
29David Hussey1--1
48Michael Hussey1-34
5Phil Jaques-33
25Mitchell Johnson134
13Simon Katich--33
58Brett Lee1-34
45Stuart MacGill--22
20Shaun Marsh1--1
14Ricky Ponting1-34
34Luke Ronchi1--1
63Andrew Symonds--33
33Shane Watson1--1
9Cameron White1--1

Source: cricinfo.com

Twenty20 Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in Twenty20 International cricket in the 2007–08 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

PlayerMtsInnsNOBFRunsAvgS/RHS50s100s
Luke Ronchi11223636.00163.6336-
Shaun Marsh11222929.00131.8129-
Shane Watson1111517113.3317*-
Cameron White111610166.6610*-
David Hussey11200.000.000-

One Day Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in One Day International cricket in the 2007–08 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

PlayerMtsInnsNOBFRunsAvgS/RHS50s100s

Tests

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian batsmen in Test cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one innings played. The players will be arranged by most runs scored.

PlayerMtsInnsNOBFRunsAvgS/RHS50s100s
Ricky Ponting36-49532353.8365.2515811
Simon Katich3568531963.8046.561572
Andrew Symonds36239826466.0066.33793
Phil Jaques3647024540.8352.1210811
Michael Clarke24132116856.0052.331101
Brad Haddin36132715130.2046.1745*
Michael Hussey3636613722.8337.43561
Brett Lee35217810334.3357.8663*1
Brad Hodge121759447.0053.71671
Mitchell Johnson3411005518.3355.0029*
Beau Casson11441010.0022.7210
Stuart Clark3312452.5020.833
Stuart MacGill221321.0015.382

Mts = Matches, Inns = Innings, NO = Not Outs, BF = Balls Faced, Avg = Batting Average, S/R = Batting Strike Rate, HS = Highest Score
Source: cricinfo.com

Twenty20 Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in Twenty20 International cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

PlayerMtsWktsRunsAvgS/REconBBIBBMOvrs5WI10WM
Shane Watson111717.0013.07.841/172.1-
Cameron White1088.001.0-
James Hopes10147.002.0-
Brett Lee102613.00-2.0-
Mitchell Johnson103015.002.0-

One Day Internationals

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in One Day International cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

PlayerMtsWktsRunsAvgS/REconBBIBBMOvrs5WI10WM

Tests

The following is a table of statistics charting Australian bowlers in Test cricket in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one ball bowled. The players will be arranged by most wickets taken.

PlayerMtsWktsRunsAvgS/REconBBIBBMOvrs5WI10WM
Brett Lee31842723.7244.23.215/598/110132.41-
Stuart Clark31325119.3050.72.285/328/91110.01-
Mitchell Johnson31034734.7062.93.314/415/113104.5--
Stuart MacGill2532565.0091.24.272/434/14376.0--
Michael Clarke247719.2540.01.922/202/3640.0--
Beau Casson1312943.0064.04.033/863/12932.0--
Andrew Symonds317373.00216.02.021/171/2336.0--
Michael Hussey20142.336.0--

Mts = Matches, Wkts = Wickets, Runs = Runs scored off bowler, Avg = Bowling Average, S/R = Bowling Strike Rate, BBI = Best Bowling Innings, Econ = Economy Rate, BBM = Best Bowling Match, Ovrs = Overs Bowled, 5WI = 5 Wickets Innings, 10WM = 10 Wickets Match
Source: cricinfo.com

Catches

The following is a table of statistics charting catches taken by Australian fieldsmen in the 2008 season. The minimum requirement for inclusion is one catch. The players will be arranged in alphabetical order.

PlayerT20IODITestTotal
Beau Casson--22
Stuart Clark--11
Michael Clarke--22
Brad Haddin--1616
Michael Hussey--55
Phil Jaques--44
Mitchell Johnson1-12
Simon Katich--33
Brett Lee--22
Ricky Ponting--11
Andrew Symonds--22

Wicketkeeper
Source: cricinfo.com

Important events

  • On 22 May wicketkeeper Brad Haddin became the 400th man to represent Australia in Test match cricket.[2]
  • On 30 May Australian captain Ricky Ponting became the seventh man to reach 10,000 Test match runs.[3]
  • On 1 June leg-spinner Stuart MacGill announced his retirement from international cricket effective at the end of the Second Test in Antigua, ending his ten-year international career.[4]
  • On 27 June Australian captain Ricky Ponting became the second Australian to reach 300 One Day Internationals.[5]
  • On 29 June fast bowler Brett Lee reached 300 One Day International wickets, dismissing Darren Sammy caught and bowled.[6] This made him the fastest to 300 wickets in One Day International history.[7]
  • All-rounder Andrew Symonds was axed from Australia's squad to play Bangladesh after missing a team meeting to go fishing.[8]

See also

References

  1. Bollinger and Marsh receive contracts Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2008
  2. Understudy Haddin becomes main man Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  3. Ponting scores 10,000th Test run Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  4. MacGill decides on hasty retirement Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008
  5. Ponting to notch up 300 ODIs Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2008
  6. Australia in West Indies ODI Series – 3rd ODI Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008
  7. Lee as good as Windies greats – Richards Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008
  8. Symonds axed from Aussie squad Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2008
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