Australia A cricket team

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The Australia A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Australia, and is the "second tier" of international Australian cricket below the full Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only two first-class games against equivalent A sides, both against South Africa A in 2002-03.

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.

[edit] Season-by-season results summary

Australia A matches		First-class v A team			Other first-class			List A v A team			Other List A
Season	Venue	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	NR	W	L	NR
1994-95	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	0
1995-96	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
1996-97	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	0
1997-98	Australia	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	0	2	0
19981	Scotland	-	-	-	0	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Ireland	-	-	-	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	0
1999	United States	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	0	-	-	-
1999-2000	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0	-	-	-
2000-01	Australia	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	1	1	0
2001-02	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	0	0
2002-03	South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	02	-	-	-
	Australia	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	02	3	1	0
2003-04	Australia	-	-	-	0	1	0	-	-	-	1	1	0
2004-05	Australia3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	0

[edit] Players

The most recent games played by the team were in 2005-06, when they played a 5-game List A one-day series against Pakistan A. The 15-man squad consisted of:

• Nathan Bracken
• Stuart Clark
• Dan Cullen
• Brad Haddin
• Chris Hartley
• Brad Hodge
• James Hopes
• Mike Hussey
• Phil Jaques
• Mitchell Johnson
• Mick Lewis
• Marcus North
• Dominic Thornely
• Shane Watson
• Cameron White

[edit] Notes

1. Two first-class matches scheduled to be played in England were cancelled.

2. One further match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

3. One Twenty20 game was also played, which was won by Australia A.