Australian cricket team in 2008–09

This article contains information, results and statistics regarding the Australian national cricket team in the 2008-09 cricket season. Statisticians class the 2008-09 season as those matches played on tours that started between September 2008 and April 2009.

Player contracts

The 2008-09 list was announced on 9 April 2008. Note that uncontracted players still are available for selection for the national cricket team.

Player	Age as at 19 April 2024	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			4
Nathan Bracken		NSW	387	142	59
Beau Casson		NSW			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		167	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		165	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

Match summary

Format	P	W	L	D	T	NR
Twenty20 International	3*	2	-		-	-
One Day International	10*	1	5	-	-	-
Tests	9	3	4	2	-	-
Total	3	-	-	1	-	-

M = Matches Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, T = Tied, NR = No Result * = Not all games played yet

Series Summary

Champions Trophy

Australia were due to play in the 2008 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan between 12 September and 28 September, however due to security concerns from several nations, the tournament was postponed until October 2009.

Tour of India

Australia arrived in India in September for a 4 Test series against the Indian cricket team. A tour match in late September starts the tour and it concludes after the final Test in November.

Tour matches

Tour Match: 27–28 September, Jaipur

27–28 September 04:00 UTC Scorecard Report

Australia	v	RCA Centre of Excellence
218 (77.1 overs) Simon Katich 73 (105) Shane Watson 30 (81) Gajendra Singh 5/58 (22.1 overs)		122 (52.2 overs) Robin Bist 34 (92) Gagan Khoda 33 (63) Doug Bollinger 3/9 (9.2 overs)

Match Drawn Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K Sharma and Vijendra Yadav

Tour Match: 2–5 October, Hyderabad

2–5 October 04:00 UTC

Indian Board President's XI	v	Australia

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Amiesh Saheba & Shavir Tarapore

Test series

First Test

Australian XI: Matthew Hayden, Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Cameron White, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark

9–13 October 04:00 UTC Scorecard Report

Australia	v	India
430 (149.5 overs) Michael Hussey 146 (276) Ricky Ponting 123 (243) Zaheer Khan 5/91 (29.5 overs)		360 (119 overs) Zaheer Khan 57 (121) Harbhajan Singh 54 (110) Mitchell Johnson 4/70 (27 overs)
6/228 dec. (73 overs) Shane Watson 41 (72) Brad Haddin 35 (61) Ishant Sharma 3/40 (14 overs)		4/177 (73 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 49 (126) VVS Laxman 42 (142) Stuart Clark 1/12 (11 overs)

Match Drawn M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Asad Rauf & Rudi Koertzen Player of the match: Zaheer Khan

• Series level 0-0

Test debut: Cameron White

2nd Test

17 October - 21 October Test 1889

India	v	Australia
469 (129 overs) Sourav Ganguly 102 (225) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 92 (124) Mitchell Johnson 3/85 (27)		268 (101.4 overs) Shane Watson 78 (156) Amit Mishra 5/71 (26.4)
314/3 dec (65 overs) Gautam Gambhir 104 (138) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 68* (84) Cameron White 1/48 (8)		195 (64.4 overs) Michael Clarke 69 (152) Harbhajan Singh 3/36 (20)

India won by 320 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (IND)

3rd Test

29 October - 2 November Test 1891

India	v	Australia
613/7 dec (171 overs) Gautam Gambhir 206 (380) V. V. S. Laxman 200* (301) Mitchell Johnson 3/142 (32 overs)		577 (179.3 overs) Michael Clarke 112 (253) Virender Sehwag 5/104 (40 overs)
208/5 dec (77.3 overs) V. V. S. Laxman 59* (130) Brett Lee 2/48 (17 overs)		31/0 (8 overs) Matthew Hayden 16* (29) Amit Mishra 0/2 (2 overs)

Match Drawn Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: V. V. S. Laxman (IND)

4th Test

6 November - 10 November Test 1892

India	v	Australia
441 (124.5 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 109 (188) Jason Krejza 8/215 (43.5 overs)		355 (134.4 overs) Simon Katich 102 (189) Harbhajan Singh 3/94 (37 overs)
295 (82.4 overs) Virender Sehwag 92 (107) Shane Watson 4/42 (15.4 overs)		209 (50.2 overs) Matthew Hayden 77 (93) Harbhajan Singh 4/64 (18.2 overs)

India won by 172 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: Jason Krejza (AUS)

India won the series 2-0-2

New Zealand in Australia (First Leg)

Test series

The first leg comprises two Test match series.

First Test: 20–24 November, Brisbane

20–24 November 00:00 UTC

Australia	v	New Zealand
214 Clarke 98, Hussey 35, Symonds 26 Southee 4-63, O'Brien 2-44, Ryder 2-7		156 Taylor 40, Flynn 39, Ryder 30 Johnson 4-30, Clark 2-46, Lee 2-38, Watson 2-35
268 Katich 131, Johnson 31, Symonds 20 Martin 3-69, O'Brien 2-58, Vettori 2-46		177 Taylor 75, Flynn 29, Ryder 24 Johnson 5-39, Clark 4-43, Lee 1-53

Australia won by 149 Runs GABBA, Brisbane Attendances - Day 1 - 12,498 Day 2 - 11,886 Day 3 - 11,347 Day 4 - 3022 Total - 38,753 Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) & Billy Doctrove Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Australia)

Second Test: 28 November-2 December, Adelaide

28 November - 2 December 00:00 UTC

New Zealand	v	Australia
270 Redmond 83, Taylor 44, McCullum 30 Lee 4-66, Johnson 2-56, Hauritz 2-63		535 Haddin 169, Clarke 110, Ponting 79 O'Brien 3-111, Martin 2-110, Vettori 2-124, Redmond 2-47
203 McCullum 84, How 28, Extras 28, Redmond 19 Lee 5-105, Johnson 3-29, Hauritz 2-32

Australia won by an innings and 62 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendances - Day 1 - 15,829 Day 2 - 18,116 Day 3 - 16,127 Day 4 - 6705 Total - 56,777 Umpires: Billy Doctrove & Rudi Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Australia)

Australia won the series 2-0-0. New Zealand then goes home for a series against the West Indies and Australia will host the South African team. New Zealand returns to Australia on 29 January 2009 for the second leg.

South Africa in Australia

Main article: South African cricket team in Australia in 2008-09

South Africa arrived in Australia for a 3 Tests, 2 Twenty20's and 5 ODI's against the Australian cricket team.

Test series

First Test

17 December - 21 December Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
375 (98.5 overs) Simon Katich 83 (151) Makhaya Ntini 4/72 (19.5 overs)		281 (89.5 overs) Jacques Kallis 63 (111) Mitchell Johnson 8/61 (24 overs)
319 (97 overs) Brad Haddin 94 (136) Jacques Kallis 3/24 (14 overs)		414/4 (119.2 overs) Graeme Smith 108 (147) AB de Villiers 106* (186) Mitchell Johnson 3/98 (34.2 overs)

South Africa won by six wickets WACA, Perth, Australia Att: Day 1 - 13,679. Day 2 - 10,515. Day 3 - 15,268. Day 4 - 10,550. Day 5 - 5301. Total - 55,313. Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asoka de Silva Player of the match: AB de Villiers

Second Test

26 December - 30 December Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
394 (113.4 overs) Ricky Ponting 101 (126) Dale Steyn 5/87 (29 overs)		459 (153 overs) Jean-Paul Duminy 166 (340) Peter Siddle 4/81 (34 overs)
247 (84.2 overs) Ricky Ponting 99 (169) Dale Steyn 5/67 (20.2 overs)		183/1 (48 overs) Graeme Smith 75 (94) Nathan Hauritz 1/41 (10 overs)

South Africa won by nine wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Att: Day 1 - 63,263. Day 2 - 42,814. Day 3 - 42,079. Day 4 - 19,847. Day 5 - 6343. Total - 174,246. Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove Player of the match: Dale Steyn

Third Test

3 January - 7 January Scorecard

Australia	v	South Africa
445 (136.2 overs) Michael Clarke 138 (250) Mitchell Johnson 64 (125) Paul Harris 3/84 (29.2 overs) Dale Steyn 3/95 (27 overs)		327 (120.5 overs) Mark Boucher 89 (171) Peter Siddle 5/59 (27.5 overs)
257-4d (67.3 overs) Simon Katich 61 (136) Ricky Ponting 53 (57) Morné Morkel 2/38 (12 overs)		272 (114.2 overs) Hashim Amla 59 (112) AB de Villiers 56 (144) Peter Siddle 3/54 (27 overs)

Australia won by 103 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Billy Bowden and Asoka de Silva Player of the match: Peter Siddle

South Africa won the series 2-1-0

Twenty20 Series

1st Twenty20

11 January (scorecard)

Australia 182/9 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 130 (18 overs)
David Warner 89 (43) Dale Steyn 3/38 (4 overs)		Jean-Paul Duminy 78 (48) David Hussey 3/25 (4 overs)

Australia won by 52 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Att: 62,155 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Rod Tucker (both AUS) Player of the match: David Warner

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Twenty20

13 January (scorecard)

Australia 161/4 (18.5 overs)	v	South Africa 157/5 (20 overs)
Michael Hussey 53 (33) James Hopes 2/29 (4 overs)		Jean-Paul Duminy 69 (41) Morné Morkel 2/32 (3.5 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia Att: 37,457 Umpires: Paul Reiffel & Rod Tucker (both AUS) Player of the match: Michael Hussey

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia won the series 2-0-0

ODI Series

1st ODI

16 January (scorecard)

Australia 271/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 272/7 (49.3 overs)
Shaun Marsh 79 (97) Shaun Tait 2/43 (10 overs)		Jean-Paul Duminy 71 (93) Johan Botha 2/50 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Att: 39,731 Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Bruce Oxenford (AUS) Player of the match: Albie Morkel

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI

18 January (scorecard)

Australia 249/9 (50.0 overs)	v	South Africa 244/6 (50.0 overs)
Shaun Marsh 78 (103) Ben Hilfenhaus 2/60 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 72 (102) Makhaya Ntini 3/39 (9 overs)

Australia won by 5 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia Att: 15,671 Umpires: Ian Gould (ENG) & Rod Tucker (AUS) Player of the match: Shaun Marsh

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

23 January (scorecard)

Australia 269/10 (49.2 overs)	v	South Africa 270/7 (46.3 overs)
David Warner 69 (60 balls) Nathan Hauritz 2/60 (9 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 64 (52 balls) Johan Botha 3/32 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 27 balls remaining) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Att: 36,740 Umpires: Ian Gould & Rod Tucker Player of the match: Albie Morkel

4th ODI

26 January (scorecard)

Australia 222/10 (48 overs)	v	South Africa 223/2 (38.1 overs)
Ricky Ponting 63 (70 balls) James Hopes 1/28 (7.1 overs)		AB de Villiers 82 (85 balls) Dale Steyn 3/49 (10 overs) Makhaya Ntini 3/52 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 71 balls remaining) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Att: 25,419 Umpires: Ian Gould & Daryl Harper Player of the match: AB de Villiers

5th ODI

30 January (scorecard)

Australia 249/10 (48 overs)	v	South Africa 288/6 (50 overs)
Michael Hussey 78 (96 balls) James Hopes 3/44 (9 overs)		Hashim Amla 97 (117 balls) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/50 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 39 runs WACA, Perth, Australia Att: 18,002 Umpires: Ian Gould & Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Hashim Amla

South Africa won the series 4-1-0

New Zealand in Australia (Second Leg)

New Zealand returns for the second leg, consisting of a tour match against the Prime Minister's XI, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Australia and a Twenty20 International also against Australia.

ODI Series

1st ODI

1 February 2009 Scorecard

Australia 181 (48.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 182/8 (50 overs)
Michael Hussey 49 (65 balls) Kyle Mills 4/35 (9.4 overs)		Ross Taylor 64 (97 balls) Nathan Bracken 3/35 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 2 wickets on the last ball WACA, Perth, Australia Att: 14,571 Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Kyle Mills

2nd ODI

6 February 2009

Australia 225/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 226/4 (48.5 overs)
Michael Clarke 98 (133 Balls) Iain O'Brien 2/48 (10 overs)		Grant Elliott 61 (75 Balls) James Hopes 2/30 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets with 7 balls remaining Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia att: (28, 251) Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Paul Reiffel Player of the match: Michael Clarke

3rd ODI

8 February 2009 Scorecard

Australia 9/301 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 269 (47.3 overs)
Brad Haddin 109 (114 balls) Iain O'Brien 3/68 (10 overs)		Grant Elliott 115 (124 balls) Ben Hilfenhaus 2/44 (9 overs)

Australia won by 32 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufell Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Aus)

4th ODI

10 February 2009

Australia 4/247 (48.2 Overs)	v	New Zealand 8/244 (50.0 Overs)
Michael Hussey 75(71)* David Hussey 79(96) Iain O' Brien 2/54		Ross Taylor 76(71) James Hopes 2/37

Australia wins by 6 wickets with 10 balls remaining Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor, Steve Davis, Paul Reiffel Player of the match: David Hussey(Australia)

5th ODI

13 February 2009

Australia	v	New Zealand

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia

Match was a washout

Twenty20

Twenty20

15 February 2009

Australia 7/150 (20.0 overs)	v	New Zealand 5/149 (20.0 overs)
David Hussey 41(39), Adam Voges 26(24), David Warner 23(15) Iain O'Brien 2/34		Brendon McCullum 61(47), Neil Broom 36(26) Peter Siddle 2/24, Nathan Bracken 0/16

Australia won by 1 run Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Bruce Oxenford, Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker Player of the match: Nathan Bracken

See also

• Australia national cricket team
• International cricket in 2008-09