Australia A cricket team

Australia A
Team information
Founded	1994–95
Official website	Official Website
First-class	One-day

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

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

Current squad

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 31)	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 27)	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

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

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

[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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