Queensland cricket team

Australian cricket team

Queensland Bulls

Personnel
Captain|  Marnus Labuschagne
Coach|  Johan Botha
Team information
Colors|  Maroon  Gold
Founded| 1882; 143 years ago (1882)
Home ground| The Gabba
Capacity| 42,000
History
First-class debut| NSW
in 1892
at The Gabba
Sheffield Shield wins| 9 (1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2018, 2021).
One Day Cup wins| 10 (1976, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2013, 2014)
Twenty20 Cup wins| 0
Official website| Queensland Bulls

First-class

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The Queensland men's cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:

* Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season
* Marsh One-Day Cup: a one-day (fifty over per side) tournament with List-A status, since its inception in 1969/70
* KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: a twenty overs per side tournament from 2005/06 to 2010/11.

## History

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### 1824 to 1926/27

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The first European settlement in Queensland was a penal colony established at Redcliffe in 1824, which moved to Brisbane the following year. Free settlers first arrived in 1842.

The earliest evidence of cricket being played in Queensland is in 1857, two years prior to separation from New South Wales and statehood. A match between Brisbane and Ipswich was held in 1859 while in 1860 a Toowoomba team played Dalby. By 1862 there were also teams in Warwick, Maryborough, Gayndah, Gympie, Rockhampton and the Lockyer Valley.[1]

Queensland's first inter-colonial (i.e. representative) match was in 1864 when their XXII was beaten by a New South Wales XI.[2] In 1875, Queensland recorded their first victory when their XVIII beat the NSW XI. That victory was a catalyst for the formation of the Queensland Cricket Association in 1876.[1] Queensland was finally granted first-class status in 1892/93, winning its inaugural first-class match against NSW in that season by 14 runs.[3] Queensland rarely played more than two inter-colonial matches per season from 1892 to 1893, with generally one match (and often both) against New South Wales. The tyranny of distance and non-professional status of the players severely limited opportunities for more first-class competition during this period.

The Sheffield Shield competition commenced in 1892/93 but Queensland's initial applications for admission were refused.[2] Despite their minimal first-class exposure, Queensland still produced four Australian Test players prior to their Sheffield Shield debut, though none played more than six Tests. The first was the colourful Arthur Coningham who played his only Test in 1895. Remarkably, he took a wicket with his very first delivery[4] (it was also the first ball of the Test). He also scored Queensland's initial first-class century, 151 against NSW.[5]

1910/11 was a very successful season as Queensland recorded three first-class wins for the first time, beating NSW home and away and Victoria in Melbourne in their only three games of the summer.[6]

### 1926/27 to 1963/64

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Queensland was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield in 1926/27[7] and had a successful debut year, defeating NSW in their first-ever Shield match and also eventual winners South Australia in their only meeting. Like most new teams, the side struggled to maintain that level of performance and finished last in the (then) four-team competition 15 times in its first 19 seasons. However, the decision to include Queensland quickly paid off with the emergence of regular Test players such as Bill Brown, Don Tallon, Percy Hornibrook and Ron Oxenham. Brisbane hosted its first Test match in 1928/29 when Australia met England at the Exhibition Ground.

By the early 1950s, Queensland had a very competitive side and was regularly finishing in the top three of the (now) five-team Shield following Western Australia's admission in 1946/47. In 1956/57, they finished an agonising one point behind winners NSW.[8] More Australian players were produced, including Ron Archer, Wally Grout, Ken 'Slasher' Mackay and Peter Burge. Another highlight of this period was the dramatic Tied Test between Australia and the West Indies at the Gabba in 1960/61.

### 1964/65 to 1972/73

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This period was undoubtedly Queensland's worst era, finishing last eight times in nine Shield seasons. Rock bottom was reached in 1967–68 when the side failed to win a single game. The QCA decided to recruit high-profile interstate players to revive the team's fortunes. Greg Chappell was vice-captain of South Australia under brother Ian and was lured north for the 1973/74 season with the promise of the Queensland captaincy. Emerging pace bowler Jeff Thomson followed the next year.

### 1973/74 to 1993/94

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The addition of Chappell and Thomson to a side containing players such as Sam Trimble, Martin Kent, Tony Dell and Geoff Dymock had an immediate impact. Queensland gained four seconds and a third over the next five seasons, as well as winning the domestic one day cup in 1975/76, Queensland's first piece of silverware.

The Queensland teams of the 1980s were even stronger, featuring many outstanding cricketers, both "home-grown" like Craig McDermott, Carl Rackemann and Ian Healy and others attracted from interstate or overseas such as Vivian Richards, Allan Border, Kepler Wessels and Ian Botham. Queensland were runners up five times in seven seasons[9] in the 1980s (including a heartbreaking one wicket loss to NSW in 1984/85), and won the one-day trophy three more times in this period, but their first Shield win still proved elusive.

### 1994/95 to date

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The 68-year wait finally came to an end in the 1994/95 season when Stuart Law led Queensland to their inaugural Sheffield Shield win after finishing last the previous year.

Since their breakthrough win, Queensland has enjoyed a golden era, winning the competition a further eight times (including three consecutive seasons from 1999/2000 to 2001/02) and also finishing as runners-up seven times. Since Tasmania were admitted in 1977/78, the Bulls have finished in sixth (i.e. last) place just twice.

## Colours and mascot

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The primary club colour of Queensland Bulls is Maroon which represents the state colour of Queensland. The secondary club colour is Gold, with additional contrasting colour of white.

The "Bulls" mascot and nickname were adopted at the commencement of the 1993/94 season.

## Home grounds

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The side plays most of its home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, generally referred to as "the Gabba", a contraction of the suburb name of Woolloongabba in which it is located. Matches are occasionally played at Allan Border Field in Albion, Brisbane and Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns. 28 first-class games and two Tests were played at the Exhibition Ground between 1893 and 1931.

## Current squad

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Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.  | Name  | Nationality  | Birth date  | Batting style  | Bowling style  | Notes

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Batters
17 | Max Bryant |  Australia |  (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
29 | Hugo Burdon |  Australia |  (2001-11-29) 29 November 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
21 | Jack Clayton |  Australia |  (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm wrist spin |
22 | Lachlan Hearne |  Australia |  (2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 (age 24) | Left-handed | — |
18 | Usman Khawaja |  Australia |  (1986-12-18) 18 December 1986 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Cricket Australia contract
33 | Marnus Labuschagne |  Australia |  (1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain & Cricket Australia contract
48 | Angus Lovell |  Australia |  (1999-09-12) 12 September 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | — |
77 | Matt Renshaw |  Australia |  (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break |
25 | Bryce Street |  Australia |  (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium |
- | Hugh Weibgen |  Australia |  (2004-10-28) 28 October 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
All-rounders
12 | James Bazley |  Australia |  (1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
20 | Michael Neser |  Australia |  (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | Cricket Australia contract
24 | Jack Wildermuth |  Australia |  (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Wicket-keeper
- | Lachlan Aitken |  Australia |  (2005-02-02) 2 February 2005 (age 20) | Right-handed | — |
43 | Ben McDermott |  Australia |  (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
59 | Jimmy Peirson |  Australia |  (1992-10-13) 13 October 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | — |
Spin bowlers
27 | Jack Sinfield |  Australia |  (2003-04-27) 27 April 2003 (age 21) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Rookie contract
4 | Mitch Swepson |  Australia |  (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Vice-captain
Pace bowlers
32 | Thomas Balkin |  Australia |  (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
19 | Xavier Bartlett |  Australia |  (1998-12-17) 17 December 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Cricket Australia contract
6 | Liam Guthrie |  Australia |  (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997 (age 27) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast |
9 | Jem Ryan |  Australia |  (2004-05-31) 31 May 2004 (age 20) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | Rookie contract
14 | Gurinder Sandhu |  Australia |  (1993-06-14) 14 June 1993 (age 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
16 | Mark Steketee |  Australia |  (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
45 | Tom Straker |  Australia |  (2005-03-19) 19 March 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
42 | Connor Sully |  Australia |  (2000-10-24) 24 October 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium |
98 | Callum Vidler |  Australia |  (2005-10-14) 14 October 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
31 | Tom Whitney |  Australia |  (2002-11-07) 7 November 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Rookie contract

Source(s): QLD Bulls – Players

## Test players

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Queensland versus South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match at the 'Gabba, during the mid-1980s Queensland Bulls versus Victorian Bushrangers in a limited overs one-day cricket match at the 'Gabba during the mid-1980s

Queensland has produced more than 50 players who have represented Australia in Test matches,[10] while a number of Test players from other countries have played for the team. For a fuller list of players, see Queensland cricketers.

* Andy Bichel
* Allan Border
* Ian Botham
* Bill Brown
* Peter Burge
* Joe Burns
* Greg Chappell
* Tony Dell
* Peter George
* Wally Grout
* Wes Hall
* Ryan Harris
* Matthew Hayden
* Ian Healy
* Graeme Hick
* Trevor Hohns
* Alec Hurwood
* Mitchell Johnson
* Michael Kasprowicz
* Usman Khawaja
* Marnus Labuschagne
* Stuart Law
* Ray Lindwall
* Martin Love
* Colin McCool
* Craig McDermott
* Ken Mackay
* Michael Neser
* Carl Rackemann
* Matt Renshaw
* Viv Richards
* Greg Ritchie
* Andrew Symonds
* Don Tallon
* Jeff Thomson
* Shane Watson

## Titles

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### Sheffield Shield

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9 titles:

* 1994/95
* 1996/97
* 1999/2000
* 2000/01
* 2001/02
* 2005/06
* 2011/12
* 2017/18
* 2020/21

### Domestic One-Day Cup

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10 titles:

* 1975/76
* 1980/81
* 1981/82
* 1988/89
* 1995/96
* 1997/98
* 2006/07
* 2008/09
* 2012/13
* 2013/14

## First-class records

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Matthew Hayden

### Batting records

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Most runs for Queensland[11]

Player | Runs | Career

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Martin Love | 10297 | 1992/93 – 2008/09
Stuart Law | 9920 | 1988/89 – 2003/04
Jimmy Maher | 9889 | 1993/94 – 2007/08
Sam Trimble | 9465 | 1959/60 – 1975/76
Matthew Hayden | 8831 | 1991/92 – 2007/08
Allan Border | 7661 | 1980/81 – 1995/96

Highest individual score:

* Martin Love 300* vs Victoria in 2003/04

Most centuries:

* Martin Love 28

Most runs in a season:

* Stuart Law 1204 runs in 1990/91

Highest partnership:

* Kepler Wessels and Robbie Kerr 388 vs Victoria in 1982/83

Highest team score:

* 900/6d vs Victoria in 2005/06

Andy Bichel

### Bowling records

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Most wickets for Queensland[12]

Player | Wickets | Average

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Michael Kasprowicz | 498 | 1989/90 – 2007/08
Andy Bichel | 463 | 1992/93 – 2007/08
Carl Rackemann | 425 | 1979/80 – 1995/96
Jeff Thomson | 349 | 1974/75 – 1985/86
Craig McDermott | 329 | 1983/84 – 1995/96
Geoff Dymock | 309 | 1971/72 – 1981/82

Most wickets in a season:

* Michael Kasprowicz 64 wickets in 1995/96

Most wickets in an innings:

* Peter Allan 10/61 vs Victoria in 1965/66

Most wickets in a match:

* Peter Allan 13/110 vs NSW in 1968/69

## See also

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* Queensland portal
* Cricket portal

* Queensland Cricket
* List of Queensland first-class cricketers
* Cricket in Queensland

## References

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1. ^ a b Pramberg, Bernie (27 January 2009). "From North Quay to the Gabba". The Courier-Mail.
2. ^ a b "A brief history of Queensland". Cricinfo. 10 October 2006.
3. ^ "Queensland v New South Wales, 1892–93". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
4. ^ "Records - Test matches - Bowling records - Wicket with first ball in career - ESPNcricinfo". cricinfo.com.
5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. ^ "Other First-Class Matches, 1910-11". aus.cricinfo.com.
7. ^ "Fallen and forgotten: Tragic tale of a boyhood batting star". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
8. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1956-57 - Points Table". aus.cricinfo.com.
9. ^ "Sports 123: Cricket: Men: Australia: Pura Cup". Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
10. ^ "Queensland Cricket - Queensland Test Players". Archived from the original on 28 December 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
11. ^ "Most Runs for Queensland". Cricket Archive.
12. ^ "Most Wickets for Queensland". Cricket Archive.

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