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.
The 2008–09 list was announced on 9 April 2008. [1] Note that uncontracted players still are available for selection for the national cricket team.
Player | Age as at 4 May 2023 | State | Test cap | ODI cap | ODI shirt |
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Ricky Ponting (captain) | 48 years, 136 days | TAS | 366 | 123 | 14 |
Michael Clarke (vice-captain) | 42 years, 32 days | NSW | 389 | 149 | 23 |
Doug Bollinger | 41 years, 284 days | NSW | 18 | ||
Nathan Bracken | 45 years, 234 days | NSW | 387 | 142 | 59 |
Beau Casson | 40 years, 148 days | NSW | 401 | 15 | |
Stuart Clark | 47 years, 218 days | NSW | 396 | 153 | 8 |
Brad Haddin | 45 years, 193 days | NSW | 400 | 144 | 57 |
Matthew Hayden | 51 years, 187 days | QLD | 359 | 111 | 28 |
Ben Hilfenhaus | 40 years, 50 days | TAS | 161 | 29 | |
Brad Hodge | 48 years, 126 days | VIC | 394 | 154 | 17 |
James Hopes | 44 years, 192 days | QLD | 151 | 39 | |
David Hussey | 45 years, 293 days | VIC | 29 | ||
Michael Hussey | 47 years, 342 days | WA | 393 | 150 | 48 |
Phil Jaques | 44 years, 1 day | NSW | 395 | 158 | 5 |
Mitchell Johnson | 41 years, 183 days | QLD | 398 | 156 | 25 |
Simon Katich | 47 years, 256 days | NSW | 384 | 143 | 13 |
Brett Lee | 46 years, 177 days | NSW | 383 | 140 | 58 |
Shaun Marsh | 39 years, 299 days | WA | 9 | ||
Ashley Noffke | 46 years, 4 days | QLD | 164 | 22 | |
Andrew Symonds | 47 years, 329 days | QLD | 388 | 139 | 63 |
Shaun Tait | 40 years, 71 days | SA | 392 | 162 | 32 |
Adam Voges | 43 years, 212 days | WA | 163 | 24 | |
Shane Watson | 41 years, 321 days | QLD | 391 | 148 | 33 |
Cameron White | 39 years, 259 days | VIC | 402 | 152 | 7 |
Format | P | W | L | D | T | NR |
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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'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.
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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
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312 (106 overs) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 118 (276) Runako Morton 67 (135) Stuart Clark 3/59 (19 overs) | ||
Test debut: Brad Haddin
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
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7/479 dec. (136 overs) Simon Katich 113 (248) Michael Clarke 110 (187) Jerome Taylor 3/95 (27 overs) | 352 (107 overs) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 107* (236) Ramnaresh Sarwan 65 (146) Brett Lee 5/59 (21 overs) | |
5/266 (93 overs) Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 (241) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 77* (180) Brett Lee 3/51 (21 overs) |
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
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216 (58.5 overs) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 79* (142) Xavier Marshall 39 (61) Mitchell Johnson 4/41 (11.5 overs) | ||
Test debut: Beau Casson
Man of the Series: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
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Twenty20 International debuts: Shaun Marsh, Luke Ronchi
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One Day International debut: Shaun Marsh
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One Day International debut: Luke Ronchi
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One Day International debut: David Hussey
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Man of the Series: Shane Watson
Bangladesh will travel to Australia for a 3 match One Day International series at the end of August.
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One Day International debut: Brett Geeves
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Man of the Series: Michael Hussey
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 |
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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
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 |
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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 | - | – |
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 |
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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 |
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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
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 |
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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 | – | - |
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 |
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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 |
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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
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 |
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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 Johnson | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
Simon Katich | - | - | 3 | 3 |
Brett Lee | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Ricky Ponting | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Andrew Symonds | - | - | 2 | 2 |
† Wicketkeeper
Source: cricinfo.com
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