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Australia A
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Founded1994–95
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The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team.

In the Australian summer of 1994–95, the (then) Benson and Hedges World Series Cup was expanded to involve four teams instead of the usual three – Australia, England, Zimbabwe and Australia A (though games involving Australia A are not considered official One-Day Internationals). In a shock result, the Australia A team (captained by Damien Martyn and featuring up-and-comers such as Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden and Greg Blewett, as well as veterans – wicket-keeper Phil Emery and pacemen Paul Reiffel and Merv Hughes) ousted England from the series and went into the best-of-3 final against Australia. They were swept 2–0, but it was unquestionably a display of the next generation of Australia's prowess. Many of the 1994–95 A players later played for Australia.

In earlier times, Australia often sent Second XI teams on overseas tour, consisting of players on the fringes of national selection. Instances of this occurred in 1949–50 and 1959–60, to New Zealand.

In one-day cricket, Australia A's team colours were the same as Australia's, except reversed with dark green instead of bottle green and canary yellow instead of wattle gold.

Results summary

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Australia A matches First-Class matches List A matches T20 matches
Date Opponent W L D W L NR/T W L NR/T
Dec 1994–Jan 1995 Quad Series in Australia

vs Australia, England & Zimbabwe

- - - 3 5 0 - - -
Jan 1996 vs West Indies - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Dec 1996 vs West Indies - - - 1 - - - - -
Dec 1996 vs Pakistan - - - - 1 - - - -
Dec 1997 vs South Africa 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Jan 1998 vs New Zealand - - - 0 1 0 - - -
Jul-Aug 1998 @ Scotland 0 0 2 2 0 3 - - -
Aug 1998 @ Ireland 1 0 0 - - - - - -
Sep 1999 in United States vs India A - - - 4 1 0 - - -
Jan 2000 vs Pakistan - - - 2 0 0 - - -
Dec 2000-Jan 2001 vs West Indies 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - -
Jan 2001 vs Zimbabwe - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Jan 2002 vs New Zealand - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Jan 2002 vs South Africa - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Sep 2002 @ South Africa A - - - 5 1 1 - - -
Nov-Dec 2002 vs England XI - - 1 1 - - - - -
Dec 2002-Jan 2003 vs Sri Lanka - - - 4 1 - - - -
Apr 2003 vs South Africa A - - 2 3 1 1 - - -
Dec 2003 vs India 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Jan 2004 vs Zimbabwe 0 0 1 1 1 - - - -
Jan 2005 vs West Indies - - - 1 1 0 - - -
Jan 2005 vs Pakistan - - - 1 1 0 - - -
Sep 2005 @ Pakistan A 0 1 1 2 1 0 - - -
2007–08 @ Pakistan A 1 0 1 0 3 0 - - -
Sep 2008 @ India A 0 0 2 - - - - - -
Sep 2008 Tri-Series in India

vs India A & New Zealand

- - - 3 2 - - - -
Jun-Jul 2010 vs Sri Lanka A 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0
Nov 2010 vs England XI 0 1 0 - - - - - -
Nov 2011 vs New Zealand 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Jul 2012 @ Derbyshire 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Aug 2012 @ Durham 0 1 0 - - - - - -
Aug 2012 @ England Lions 0 0 2 - - - - - -
Nov 2012 vs South Africa 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Feb-Mar 2013 vs England Lions - - - 4 0 1 - - -
Jun 2013 @ Scotland 1 0 0 - - - - - -
Jun 2013 @ Ireland 1 0 0 - - - - - -
Jun 2013 @ Gloucestershire 1 0 0 - - - - - -
Jul 2013 Zimbabwe Select XI 1 0 0 - - - - - -
Jul-Aug 2013 @ South Africa A 0 1 1 - - - - - -
Aug 2013 Tri-Series in South Africa

vs South Africa A & India A

- - - 3 2 0 - - -
Nov 2013 vs England XI 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Jul 2014 vs India A 0 0 2 - - - - - -
Jul-Aug 2014 Quad Series vs India A, South Africa A

& National Performance Squad

- - - 4 3 - - - -
Aug 2014 vs South Africa A 0 1 1 - - - - - -
Jul-Aug 2015 @ India A 1 0 1 - - - - - -
Aug 2015 Tri Series in India

vs India A & South Africa A

- - - 4 1 0 - - -
Jul-Aug 2016 vs South Africa A 2 0 0 - - - - - -
Aug 2016 Quad Series vs India A, South Africa A

& National Performance Squad

- - - 3 3 1 - - -
Sep 2016 vs India A 1 0 1 - - - - - -
Aug 2018 Quad-Series in India

vs India A, India B & South Africa A

- - - 2 2 2 - - -
Sep 2018 @ India A 1 1 0 - - - - - -
Jun 2019 @ Northamptonshire - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Jun 2019 @ Derbyshire - - - 1 0 0 - - -
Jun 2019 @ Worcestershire - - - 0 0 1 - - -
Jun - Jul 2019 @ Gloucestershire - - - 2 0 0 - - -
Nov 2019 vs Pakistan 0 0 1 - - - - - -
Feb 2020 vs England Lions - - - - - - - - -
June 2022 @ Sri Lanka A 2 0 0 1 1 0 - - -

Former players

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Current squad

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Australia A squad for Australian tour of Sri Lanka 2022[1]

No. Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style State
Batsmen
14 Marcus Harris (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm off break Victoria
27 Henry Hunt (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium South Australia
34 Travis Head (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Right-arm off break South Australia
53 Nic Maddinson (1991-12-21) 21 December 1991 (age 32) Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Victoria
72 Matthew Renshaw (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break Queensland
All-rounders
0 Nathan McAndrew (1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium South Australia
20 Aaron Hardie (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Western Australia
Wicket-keepers
22 Josh Philippe (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Western Australia
48 Josh Inglis (1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed — Western Australia
59 Jimmy Peirson (1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 32) Right-handed — Queensland
Bowlers
16 Mark Steketee (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Queensland
19 Scott Boland (1989-04-11) 11 April 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Victoria
26 Tanveer Sangha (2001-11-26) 26 November 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm leg break New South Wales
28 Todd Murphy (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break Victoria
30 Matthew Kuhnemann (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Queensland
41 Jon Holland (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Victoria

Coaching staff

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The following coaching panel was named ahead of Australia A's tour to New Zealand in April 2023.[2]

Position Name
Head coach Adam Voges
Batting coach Thilan Samaraweera
Bowling coach Scott Prestwidge

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Martin. "Boland shines as seamers lead the way for Australia A". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Spencer Johnson on Ashes radar after being named in Australia A squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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