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Posted: Wednesday May 12, 1999 01:31 AM
Full name: Stephen Rodger Waugh (captain) Born: June 2, 1965.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Ireland, Somerset, New South Wales
One-Day Debut: vs. New Zealand at Melbourne, World Series Cup, 1985/86
Total Runs: 5,841
Total Wickets: 187 Steve Waugh is only member of the Australian team that won the World Cup final in 1987. In 1989 he was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year. On February 12, 1999, Waugh was appointed captain of the Australian test team after the departure of Mark Taylor, Waugh had already assumed duties as the one-day captain. A determined middle-order batsman, he never gives his wicket away cheaply and is a handy medium pace bowler.
Full name: Shane Keith Warne (vice-captain) Born: Sept. 13, 1969.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Victoria
One-Day Debut: vs. New Zealand at Wellington, Third ODI, 1992/93
Total Runs: 596
Total Wickets: 182 Warne is almost unquestionably recognized as the best slow bowler of his generation, after re-writing the record books. In 1995 took his 200th test wicket in only his 42nd test match. In 1994 he was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Captain of the Victoria state squad in Australia’s domestic competition, Warne also captained the one-day team in the 1999 Carlton & United Series in Steve Waugh’s absence. 1998 was a difficult year with revelations of a cover-up by the Australian Cricket Board of him and Mark Waugh accepting money from a bookie. He has struggled to recapture his form since undergoing surgery on his bowling shoulder. Even now he still possesses the ability to take crucial wickets and his mere presence on the field has been known to psyche out opponents.
Full name: Mark Edward Waugh Born: June 2, 1965.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Essex, New South Wales
One-Day Debut: vs. Pakistan at Adelaide, World Series, 1988/89
Total Runs: 6,261
Total Wickets: 81 One of the veterans of the Australian team and twin brother of Steve. Mark was named the Wisden Cricketer of the year in 1991. Great stroke-player who successfully moved up to opener for the one-day game, scoring 11 centuries. He enjoyed a successful 1996 World Cup when he scored three centuries as an opener and finished second in the batting standings with 484 runs. A deceptive off-spin bowler, he is a useful back-up for Warne.
Full name: Adam Craig Gilchrist (wicketkeeper) Born: Nov. 14, 1971
Bats: Left-handed Played for: Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales
One-Day Debut: vs. South Africa at Faridabad, Titan Cup, 1996/97
Total Runs: 1,861
Catches: 66 An enterprising batsman, Gilchrist partners Mark Waugh as the opening pair in one-day cricket. He also holds the record (154) for the highest score by an Australian in one-day cricket,. Gilchrist has long been touted as Ian Healy’s replacement wicketkeeper. Healy’s lack of form over the past six months saw Gilchrist take over the honors more often in one-day matches, though he has yet to represent Australia at test level.
Full name: Thomas Masson Moody Born: Oct. 2, 1965.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Western Australia
One-Day Debut: vs. India at Madras, World Cup, 1987/88
Total Runs: 1,071
Total Wickets: 38 A veteran all-rounder, this is Moody’s third World Cup. Although he was a member of the title-winning squad at the World Cup in 1987, he did not play in the final. Was left out of the preliminary squad for this year's tournament but earned last-minute callup after a man of the match performance in Western Australia's Sheffield Shield final win.
Full name: Ricky Thomas Ponting Born: Dec. 19, 1974.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Tasmania
One-Day Debut: vs. South Africa at Wellington, NZ Centenary Tournament, 1994/95
Total Runs: 2,566
Total Wickets: 1 Ponting made his first-class debut for his home state of Tasmania at the tender age of 17, in which he made 56 against South Australia. A gutsy middle-order batsman and brilliant fielder. With five centuries and 14 50s, is one of the world's top one-day batsmen. Ponting is also more than capable of stepping in as a replacement wicketkeeper for Gilchrist. For all his brilliance on the field, Ponting is almost better known for his ability to attract trouble off the field. He was involved in infamous incidents - a complaint by a woman that he groped her at a nightclub in Calcutta in 1998 and a fight outside a Sydney bar in 1999. The second incident resulted in Ponting briefly losing his place on the squad.
Full name: Michael Gwyl Bevan Born: May 8, 1970.
Bats: Left-handed Played for: Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Yorkshire, Sussex.
One-Day Debut: vs. Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Australasia Cup, 1993/94
Total Runs: 3,484
Total Wickets: 31 A product of the Australian Cricket Academy, Bevan has become one of the cornerstones of Australia’s one-day batting line-up. A middle-order batsman Bevan has turned several close games in Australia’s direction. In 93 one-day innings Bevan has not been dismissed 37 times. His slow left-arm bowling also makes him invaluable in one-dayers.
Full name: Darren Scott Lehmann Born: Feb. 5, 1970.
Bats: Left-handed Played for: Australia, Yorkshire, Victoria, South Australia
One-Day Debut: vs. Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), Singer World Series, 1996/97
Total Runs: 1,311
Total Wickets: 8 Lehmann although at times a brutal batsman, occasional spin bowler and rather good at slip is often underestimated. He currently is vice captain of South Australia. Particularly strong against slow bowling, he does have the tendency of throwing away his wicket. Lehmann first played on the first-class scene in 1987/88 at age 17. By the end of 1997 he had over 10,000 first class runs, however, Australian test selectors continued to overlook him. He eventually debuted for the test squad against India in Bangalore in 1997/98. He has since lost his place in the test squad but remains an integral part of the limited-overs side.
Full name: Damien Richard Martyn Born: Oct. 21, 1971.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Western Australia
One-Day Debut: vs. West Indies at Sydney, World Series, 1992/93
Total Runs: 629
Total Wickets: 1 A graduate of the Australian Cricket Academy and a previous Australian under-19 captain, Martyn is an aggressive middle-order batsman. An exciting stroke maker who always looks to punish the loose ball, Martyn has been in and out of the Australian team for the past seven seasons. He was dropped in 1994 but fought his way back last year with a string of solid performances in domestic competition and a consistent performance in the World Series. He is unfortunately remembered for an horribly timed swipe at Allan Donald that led to his downfall at the end of the Sydney Test against South Africa in January 1994. This -- followed by his decision to give up his position as captain of the Western Australian squad early in the 1995-96 domestic season -- resulted in Martyn being somewhat forgotten.
Full name: Adam Dale Born: Dec. 30, 1968.
Bats: Left-handed Played for: Australia, Queensland
One-Day Debut: vs. South Africa at East London, 1st ODI, 1996/97
Total Runs: 56
Total Wickets: 27 Regarded originally as an economical medium pacer but has come on to take new ball duties for Australia. Earned his callup against South Africa in the 1996/97 season when he took about 40 wickets at 21 runs each, including a spell of 6-43. Possesses a lethal outswinger that he combines with a nagging length and has been one of most improved players of the past year.
Full name: Damien William Fleming Born: April 24, 1970.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Victoria
One-Day Debut: vs. South Africa at Perth, World Series, 1993/94
Total Runs: 32
Total Wickets: 82 Fleming is a quality seam bowler who has the ability to take wickets against any opposition. In his debut test against Pakistan in 1994/95 he took a hat trick. However, Fleming has struggled with a series of injuries over the last few years and largely awarded a position on the squad because of his record on English pitches.
Full name: Brendon Julian Born: Aug. 10, 1970.
Bats: Right-handed Played for:
One-Day Debut:
Total Runs: 215
Total Wickets: 22 Julian made his international one-day and test debuts against England in 1993 but played only two more matches in the next five years before being recalled during Australia's tour of the subcontinent last year. Cemented his place in the side since then with a series of strong all-round performances. A big striker of the ball and a more than capable lower-order batsman but used more often as a pinch-hitter.
Full name: Shane Lee Born: Aug. 8, 1973.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, New South Wales, Somerset
One-Day Debut: vs. West Indies at Adelaide, World Series, 1995/96
Total Runs: 286
Total Wickets: 21 A hard-hitting batsman and aggressive bowler, Lee has been touted as Australia's next great all-rounder. Thus far he has failed to produce his very best on the international stage. Even so, Lee has shown enough to convince selectors he is potential match winner, claiming a five-wicket haul against Sri Lanka this year and smashing England paceman Alan Mullally for successive sixes in the final of this year's World Series. In his recent off-season, he played with the English county Somerset made a total of 1,300 runs averaging 61.90.
Full name: Paul Ronald Reiffel Born: April 19, 1966.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, Victoria
One-Day Debut: vs. India at Sydney, World Series, 1991/92
Total Runs: 502
Total Wickets: 99 After he was omitted from the 1997 Ashes squad, Reiffel considered retirement. However after he was recalled when Jason Gillespie broke down he has played some of the best cricket of his career. A reliable opening bowler who is nicknamed "Pistol" by his teammates, Reiffel’s batting prowess is fairly considerable -- almost making him an all-rounder. Reiffel does suffer from persistent injuries and does tend to have problems with no-balling.
Full name: Glenn McGrath Born: Feb. 9, 1970.
Bats: Right-handed Played for: Australia, New South Wales
One-Day Debut: vs. South Africa at Melbourne, World Series, 1993/94
Total Runs: 49
Total Wickets: 122 Australia's main fast bowler and at 29 seems to get even better with age. Missed most of 1998 season because of a groin injury but was the leading wicket-taker in the recent the Ashes series and most recently in the West Indies. Dangerous with the new ball and cannot only limit teams in the dying overs but take wickets as well. | |
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