CRICKET |
Cricket is an outdoor game played with a ball, bats, and wickets, by two sides of twelve players each. Cricket can be played professionally to compete for trophies such as The Ashes, The Mercantile Mutual Cup, The Sheffield Shield. There are other games played such as The Ansett Test Matches and The One Day Internationals. Women also have a competition.
-Sheffield Shield
The Sheffield Shield is a four day game played between seven teams. The teams names are the Queensland Bulls, Tasmanian Tigers, Southern Redbacks, New South Wales Blues, Western Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers and the Canberra Comets.
The Ashes is a series of games played between Australia and England. A long time ago England had always been classed a better team than Australia. One year Australia went over to England and beat them in most games! One person burnt some bails and put them in a urn and it became a yearly match between the two countries.
The Mercantile Mutual Cup is a one day game played between seven teams. The teams are Queensland Bulls, Western Warriors, New South Wales Blues, Southern Redbacks, Victorian Bushrangers, Tasmainian Tigers and the Canberra Comets.
Ansett Test Matches are played beteen Australia and wichever team is visiting that season. This season England is visiting. Australia and England will have five test matches against England and the best out of five wins.
- Andrew Bichel
Right Hand-Bat, Right-Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Nickname- "Bic"
Born-27 August, 1970
Best Figures- 6/56
- Matthew Hayden
Left-Hand Bat
Nickname- "Haydos" "Jurassic"
Born-29 October, 1971
Best Figures- 3 consecutive seasons scored over 1000 runs
- Ian Healy
Right-hand bat, Wicketkeeper
Nickname- "Sav", "Heals"
Born-30 April, 1964
Best Figures- 161 runs, not out
Queensland got their 2nd Sheild with a win in the final at the WACA. The successful season resulted from an exellent team effort with good contributions by the pace bowlers and different batsmen producing scores at important times. Stuart Law has the satisfaction of Leading Queensland to 2 Shield victories.
Western Australia have been a consistently good side since Tom Moody took over the captaincy. However, they have been runners up the last 2 sheild seasons, when they narrowly failed to finish off South Australia and then lost at home to Queensland. Nevertheless, they did claim the Mercantile Mutual Cup after beating Queensland in the final.
Under the captiancy of Greg Matthews N.S.W inproved after a couple of lean years. However the batting was inconsistent and there were to many collapses to alow a callenge for the Sheild. The young batsmen need to stand up and be counted if N.S.W are going to get back up to the top.
Under David Boon's captaincy Tasmainia remain a difficult side to beat, strong in batting, but with insufficient bowling power to force enough outright victories. They Badly need a fast bowler and a good wrist spinner to become a real force.
Victoria showed some inprovment in a couple of spectacular chases against rivals N.S.W to win one and a very close incounter. They are very strong in pace bowling, especially if Brad Williams is fit for a full season, but the batting lacks consistency and they won't be serious callengers until this problem is overcome.
After a couple of good years when they won the sheild and played off in a final, South Australia experienced a slump in fortunes. The retirement of senior players Paul Nobes and Tim May, plus fast bowling injuries and Jason Gillespie's elevation to the Australian side proved a drain on resources.
Mercantile Mutual Cup One Day Series
1999-15th,Jan-Western Warriors Vs. Brisbane Bulls
Perth D/N
-27th,Jan-Brisbane Bulls Vs. Southern Redbacks Brisbane D/N
-30th,Jan-Victorian Bushrangers Vs. Brisbane Bulls Melbourne
-20th,21st,Jan-Semi-Final To Be Advised
-28th,Jan-Final To Be Advised
Sheffield Shield
1998 -26th,27th,28th,29th-Nov- Tasmanian Tigers Vs. Brisbane Bulls Hobart
-11th,12th,13th,14th-Dec-Victorian Bushrangers Vs. Bulls Melbourne
-19th,20th,21st,22nd-Dec-Bulls Vs. Tasmainian Tigers Brisbane
1999 -16th,17th,18th,20th-Jan- Western Warriors Vs. Bulls Perth D/N
-23rd,24th,25th,26th-Jan- Bulls Vs.
Southern Redbacks Brisbane
-4th,5th,6th,7th-Feb- Bulls Vs.
NSW Blues Brisbane
-4th,5th,6th,7th-Mar- /Bulls Vs.
Victorian Bushrangers Brisbane
-11th,12th,13th,14th-Mar- Southern Redbacks Vs. Bulls Adelaide
-19th,20th,21st,22nd-Mar - Final to be Advised.
ANSETT TEST MATCHES
Nov 20,21,22,23,24 - Australia vs England
Brisbane 1st Ansett test.
Nov 28,29,30 Dec 1,2 - Australia vs England
Perth 2nd Ansett test.
Dec 11,12,13,14,15 - Australia vs England
Adelaide 3rd Ansett test.
Dec 26,27,28,29,30 - Australia vs England
Melbourne 4th Ansett test.
Jan 2/3/4/5/6 1999 - Australia vs England
Sydney 5th Ansett test.
ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS
1999 Jan 10th Australia vs England
Brisbane D/N
1999 Jan 11th England vs Sri Lanka
Brisbane D/N
1999 Jan 13th Sri Lanka vs Australia
Sydney D/N
1999 Jan 15th Australia vs England
Melbourne D/N
1999 Jan 17th England vs Australia
Sydney D/N
1999 Jan 19th England vs Sri Lanka
Melbourne D/N
1999 Jan 21st Sri Lanka vs Australia
Hobart
1999 Jan 23rd England vs Sri Lanka
Adelaide D/N
1999 Jan 24th Sri Lanka vs Australia
Adelaide D/N
1999 Jan 26th England vs Australia
Adelaide D/N
1999 Jan 28th Sri Lanka vs Australia
Sydney D/N
1999 Jan 31st England vs Australia
Melbourne D/N
1999 Feb 2nd England vs Sri Lanka
Sydney D/N
1999 Feb 5th England vs Sri Lanka
Perth D/N
1999 7th Sri Lanka vs Australia
Perth D/N
1999 Feb 10th First Final Sydney D/N
1999 Feb 12th Second Final Melbourne D/N
1999 Feb 14th Third Final Melbourne D/N
OTHER INTERNATIONALS
1998 Nov 13,14,15,16 - England Vs Bulls
Cairns
1999 Jan 8th Bulls vs England
Brisbane D/N
WOMEN'S DRAW
1998 14th,15th,Nov Queensland Fire Vs. South Australian Scorpions
Allan Border Field
1998 21st,22nd, Nov Victorian Spirit Vs. Queensland Fire
Melbourne
1998 5th,6th, Dec Western Fury Vs. Queensland Fire
Perth
1999 2nd,3rd, Dec Queensland Fire Vs. N.S.W. Blues
Allan Border Field
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