Australia A cricket team
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| Founded: | 1994–95 |
| Official website: | Official Website |
The Australia A cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia and is the second team of the Australian cricket team. They have also played far more one-day than first-class matches; indeed they have played only three first-class games against equivalent A sides, against South Africa A in 2002–03 and Pakistan A in 2009.
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 Yellow instead of Wattle Gold and featuring a capital letter A.
Season-by-season results summary
| Australia A matches | Against first-class teams | Tour matches against international team | List A matches | Against international teams | |||||||||
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| 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 |
| 1998 | Scotland | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Ireland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | 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 | 0 | - | - | - |
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003–04 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2007–08 | Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2008–09 | India | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 2009–10 | Australia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2010 | Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 2010–11 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2011–12 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012–13 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Zimbabwe/South Africa | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2013-14 | Australia | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 2015 | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Former Players
Current Squad
Australia A captain: Usman Khawaja
Vice-captain: Matthew Wade
| Name | Role | State |
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| Usman Khawaja * (c) | Batsman | QLD |
| Matthew Wade * (vc) | Wicket-keeper | VIC |
| Sean Abbott ^ | Fast bowler | NSW |
| Ashton Agar * | Spin Bowling All-Rounder | WA |
| Cameron Bancroft | Batsman | WA |
| Cameron Boyce ^ | Leg-spin Bowler | QLD |
| Joe Burns * | Batsman | QLD |
| Nathan Coulter-Nile ^ | Fast bowler | WA |
| Pat Cummins * | Fast Bowler | NSW |
| Andrew Fekete | Fast bowler | TAS |
| Callum Ferguson ^ | Middle-Order Batsmen | SA |
| Peter Handscomb | Wicket-keeper | VIC |
| Travis Head | Middle-Order Batsmen | SA |
| Chris Lynn ^ | Middle-Order Batsman | QLD |
| Nic Maddinson | Opening Batsman | NSW |
| Glenn Maxwell * | Middle-Order Batsman | VIC |
| Stephen O'Keefe * | Spin Bowling All-Rounder | NSW |
| Gurinder Sandhu | Fast bowler | NSW |
| Marcus Stoinis | Middle-Order Batsman | VIC |
| Adam Zampa ^ | Leg-spin Bowler | SA |
* Holds an international test cap
^ Limited overs matches only
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