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.Bollinger and Marsh receive contracts Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2008 Note that uncontracted players still are available for selection for the national cricket team.

Player Age as at State Test cap ODI cap ODI shirt Ricky Ponting (captain) TAS 366 123 14 Michael Clarke (vice-captain) NSW 389 149 23 Doug Bollinger NSW 18 Nathan Bracken NSW 387 142 59 Beau Casson NSW 401 15 Stuart Clark NSW 396 153 8 Brad Haddin NSW 400 144 57 Matthew Hayden QLD 359 111 28 Ben Hilfenhaus TAS 161 29 Brad Hodge VIC 394 154 17 James Hopes QLD 151 39 David Hussey VIC 29 Michael Hussey WA 393 150 48 Phil Jaques NSW 395 158 5 Mitchell Johnson QLD 398 156 25 Simon Katich NSW 384 143 13 Brett Lee NSW 383 140 58 Shaun Marsh WA 9 Ashley Noffke QLD 164 22 Andrew Symonds QLD 388 139 63 Shaun Tait SA 392 162 32 Adam Voges WA 163 24 Shane Watson QLD 391 148 33 Cameron White VIC 402 152 7

Match summary

Format P W L D T NR Twenty20 International 3 2 1 – – – One Day International 8 8 – – – – Tests 3 2 - 1 – – Total 12 10 1 1 - -

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

Series Summary

Australia retained the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies 2–0 Australia won the ODI series against the West Indies 5–0 Australia won the ODI series against Bangladesh 3–0

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 matches

Tour Match: 16–18 May, Trelawny

Tour Match: 21 June, Bridgetown

Test series

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

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

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

Test debut: Beau Casson

Man of the Series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Twenty20 International

Only Twenty20 International: 20 June, Bridgetown

Twenty20 International debuts: Shaun Marsh, Luke Ronchi

One Day International series

First ODI: 24 June, Kingstown

One Day International debut: Shaun Marsh

Second ODI: 27 June, St George's

One Day International debut: Luke Ronchi

Third ODI: 29 June, St George's

Fourth ODI: 4 July, Basseterre

One Day International debut: David Hussey

Fifth ODI: 6 July, Basseterre

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 matches

Practice match: 28 August, Darwin

One Day International series

First ODI: 30 August, Darwin

One Day International debut: Brett Geeves

Second ODI: 3 September, Darwin

Third ODI: 6 September, Darwin

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. Player T20I ODI Test Total 15 Beau Casson - – 1 1 8 Stuart Clark - – 3 3 23 Michael Clarke 1 - 2 3 57 Brad Haddin - - 3 3 17 Brad Hodge - – 1 1 39 James Hopes 1 – - 1 29 David Hussey 1 - - 1 48 Michael Hussey 1 - 3 4 5 Phil Jaques - – 3 3 25 Mitchell Johnson 1 – 3 4 13 Simon Katich - - 3 3 58 Brett Lee 1 - 3 4 45 Stuart MacGill - - 2 2 20 Shaun Marsh 1 - - 1 14 Ricky Ponting 1 - 3 4 34 Luke Ronchi 1 - - 1 63 Andrew Symonds - - 3 3 33 Shane Watson 1 - - 1 9 Cameron White 1 - - 1

Source: cricinfo.com

Batting

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.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s Luke Ronchi 1 1 – 22 36 36.00 163.63 36 - – Shaun Marsh 1 1 – 22 29 29.00 131.81 29- – Shane Watson 1 1 1 15 17 – 113.33 17* - – Cameron White 1 1 1 6 10 – 166.66 10* - – David Hussey 1 1 – 2 0 0.00 0.00 0 - –

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.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s

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.

Player Mts Inns NO BF Runs Avg S/R HS 50s 100s Ricky Ponting 3 6 - 495 323 53.83 65.25 158 1 1 Simon Katich 3 5 – 685 319 63.80 46.56 157 – 2 Andrew Symonds 3 6 2 398 264 66.00 66.33 79 3 – Phil Jaques 3 6 – 470 245 40.83 52.12 108 1 1 Michael Clarke 2 4 1 321 168 56.00 52.33 110 – 1 Brad Haddin 3 6 1 327 151 30.20 46.17 45* – – Michael Hussey 3 6 – 366 137 22.83 37.43 56 1 – Brett Lee 3 5 2 178 103 34.33 57.86 63* 1 – Brad Hodge 1 2 – 175 94 47.00 53.71 67 1 – Mitchell Johnson 3 4 1 100 55 18.33 55.00 29* – – Beau Casson 1 1 – 44 10 10.00 22.72 10 – – Stuart Clark 3 3 1 24 5 2.50 20.83 3 – – Stuart MacGill 2 2 – 13 2 1.00 15.38 2 – –

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

Bowling

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.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM Shane Watson 1 1 17 17.00 13.0 7.84 1/17 – 2.1 – - Cameron White 1 0 8 – – 8.00 – – 1.0 – - James Hopes 1 0 14 – – 7.00 – – 2.0 – - Brett Lee 1 0 26 – – 13.00 - – 2.0 – - Mitchell Johnson 1 0 30 – – 15.00 – – 2.0 – -

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.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM

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.

Player Mts Wkts Runs Avg S/R Econ BBI BBM Ovrs 5WI 10WM Brett Lee 3 18 427 23.72 44.2 3.21 5/59 8/110 132.4 1 - Stuart Clark 3 13 251 19.30 50.7 2.28 5/32 8/91 110.0 1 - Mitchell Johnson 3 10 347 34.70 62.9 3.31 4/41 5/113 104.5 - - Stuart MacGill 2 5 325 65.00 91.2 4.27 2/43 4/143 76.0 -- Michael Clarke 2 4 77 19.25 40.0 1.92 2/20 2/36 40.0 - - Beau Casson 1 3 129 43.00 64.0 4.03 3/86 3/129 32.0 - - Andrew Symonds 3 1 73 73.00 216.0 2.02 1/17 1/23 36.0 - - Michael Hussey 2 0 14 – – 2.33 – – 6.0 - -

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.

Player T20I ODI Test Total Beau Casson- - 2 2 Stuart Clark- - 1 1 Michael Clarke- - 2 2 Brad Haddin † - - 16 16 Michael Hussey- - 5 5 Phil Jaques- - 4 4 Mitchell Johnson1 - 1 2 Simon Katich- - 3 3 Brett Lee- - 2 2 Ricky Ponting- - 1 1 Andrew Symonds- - 2 2

† Wicketkeeper Source: cricinfo.com

Important events

On 22 May wicketkeeper Brad Haddin became the 400th man to represent Australia in Test match cricket.Understudy Haddin becomes main man Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008 On 30 May Australian captain Ricky Ponting became the seventh man to reach 10,000 Test match runs.Ponting scores 10,000th Test run Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008 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.MacGill decides on hasty retirement Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2008 On 27 June Australian captain Ricky Ponting became the second Australian to reach 300 One Day Internationals.Ponting to notch up 300 ODIs Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 July 2008 On 29 June fast bowler Brett Lee reached 300 One Day International wickets, dismissing Darren Sammy caught and bowled.Australia in West Indies ODI Series – 3rd ODI Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008 This made him the fastest to 300 wickets in One Day International history.Lee as good as Windies greats – Richards Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 July 2008 All-rounder Andrew Symonds was axed from Australia's squad to play Bangladesh after missing a team meeting to go fishing.Symonds axed from Aussie squad Fox Sports. Retrieved 30 August 2008

See also Australia national cricket team International cricket in 2008

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