Almanac Teams: Cairns, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart memory makers

 

For this summer of cricket my theme is of each Australian Test venue with a team of Australians and visitors based on performance(s), moments, and memories. Each side is from 1980 (when I started approx. following) though there maybe the off exception. Feel free to contribute and obviously any from earlier would be great to hear about.

 

The last teams of the series are Hobart, Cairns, Darwin and Canberra

 

There have been 14 Tests in Hobart, two in Cairns, two in Darwin and one in Canberra.

 

 

Australia

 

David Boon

106 v New Zealand at Hobart November 1993

Boon did not have a great record at his home Test match. In his first Test match in Hobart against Sri Lanka in 1989 he made 41 and 0 and in his third and last Test against Pakistan in 1995 he made 34 and 0. Boon’s best moment came against New Zealand in 1993. Australia made 6/544 to defeat New Zealand by an innings and 222 runs. Boon was one of three century makers making 106 runs from 242 balls with nine fours. Boon played 107 Tests for 7,422 runs at 43.65.

 

Martin Love

100* v Bangladesh at Cairns July 2003

For two years in 2003 and 2004 there were Test matches in our winter in the top end of Australia in Cairns and Darwin. Bangladesh was the first opponent, and this was the first time they played Australia ever in a Test series. Bangladesh made 295 and 163 while Australia replied with 4/556 to win by an innings and 98 runs. Love was one of three century makers for the Test. Love made 100* from 154 balls and was in a 174 run unbroken partnership with Steve Waugh. This was Love’s last ever Test as he only ever played when there was an injury and for this Test Damien Martyn was unavailable. Love played five Tests for 233 runs at 46.60.

 

Justin Langer

59 and 127 v Pakistan at Hobart November 1999

Langer’s Test spot was under threat after a lean patch with the bat. Australia were all out for 246 in the first innings after being 1/191 and held a 24 run lead. Pakistan then set Australia 369 to win, and Australia were 5/126 late on Day 4. Langer received great support from Adam Gilchrist in his second Test to put on 238 runs before Langer was dismissed with five runs to win. This would end up being Australia’s second best ever run chase. Langer played 105 Tests for 7,696 runs at 45.27.

 

Adam Voges

269* v West Indies at Hobart December 2015

Voges took until he was 35 to make his Test debut in the West Indies and made 130* on debut. Six months later he made his highest Test score of 269*. Australia made 4/583 which included a 449 run partnership between Voges and Shaun Marsh in 88 overs. Voges’ 269 came from 285 balls and included thirty three fours. Two months later Voges made 239 against New Zealand in New Zealand. Voges played 20 Tests for 1,485 at 61.87.

 

Kurtis Patterson

114* v Sri Lanka at Canberra February 2019

Patterson was called into the Test side for the two Test series against Sri Lanka for Shaun Marsh. Patterson made 30 on debut and in his second Test the tall elegant left hander made a lovely 114* from 192 balls including fourteen fours and one six as Australia made 5/534. Disappointingly Patterson was not selected for the 2019 Ashes tour with Smith, Warner and Bancroft now available. Patterson struggled for runs for NSW and has never played Test cricket again. Patterson has played two Tests for 144 runs at 144.

 

Ricky Ponting

0 and 0 v Pakistan at Hobart November 1999

Local Tassie boy Ponting had a horrible start to his Test matches played at Hobart. During his first Test in 1997, Ponting made four runs. The start of the 1999-2000 was terrible for Ponting he made a duck in Brisbane against Pakistan then in Hobart he made a pair. Two Tests, three innings and four runs for Ponting. Fortunately, in 2001 against New Zealand he made 157* and then 2010 against Pakistan he made 209. In the end he played seven Tests for 581 runs at 64.55 at Hobart. Ponting played 168 Tests for 13,378 runs at 51.85.

 

Adam Gilchrist

6 and 149* and 4 catches v Pakistan at Hobart November 1999

This was just Gilchrist’s second Test, and he showed the great he would become in it. Gilchrist came to the crease at 5/126 and was there when Australia passed the score of 369. His 149* came from 163 balls and included 13 fours and one six. Gilchrist played 96 Tests for 5,570 runs at 47.60 and took 379 catches and 37 stumpings.

 

Matthew Wade

68* and 11, 5 Catches and 0/0 v Sri Lanka at Hobart December 2012

With Sri Lanka 4/186 just before tea on the last day, Michael Clarke bought out his secret weapon to bowl the last over before tea. Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade was given an over with the match still in the balance (though he did pass the gloves to Phil Hughes). Wade reached speeds of 132km/h that baffled Thilan Samaraweera who batted out the maiden over. Wade was not required after tea as Sri Lanka lost the remaining six wickets in the last session with Wade claiming three catches. Wade bowled five overs at Test level for 0/28 but he took eight first class wickets with best bowling of 3/13. Wade played 36 Tests for 1,613 runs at 29.87 and took 74 catches and eleven stumpings.

 

Mitchell Starc

1/104 and 5/63 v Sri Lanka at Hobart December 2012

While Matthew Wade made a cameo at the bowling crease it was left to Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle (4/50) to win the Test for the Australians on the last day. Starc claimed the last four wickets in six overs as Sri Lanka went from 6/235 to 255 all out. Starc was dropped for the next test at the MCG as part of the rotation policy. Starc has played 105 Tests and taken 433 wickets at 26.51.

 

Stuart MacGill

5/77 and 5/56 v Bangladesh at Cairns July 2003

MacGill enjoyed his Australian winter of 2003, winning Man of the Match in Cairns and Man of the Series for his 17 wickets at 12.89. Unfortunately for MacGill, Warne was back from suspension in 2004 for the Sri Lanka winter series in Darwin and Cairns. MacGill played 44 Tests for 208 wickets at 29.02.

 

 

Scott Muller

3/68 and 1/63 v Pakistan November 1999

Muller debut in the previous Test with Gilchrist and claimed three wickets. In Hobart he claimed 3/68 from 12 overs in the first innings, where his wickets included Mohammad Wasim and Inzamam-Ul-Haq bowled for 12. Muller’s papers were marked in the second innings by selector Joe the cameraman who told everybody on TV that Muller can’t bowl, can’t throw and as he batted Number 11, it was assumed who couldn’t bat. Muller played two Tests for 7 wickets at 36.85.

 

 

 

Other moments

 

Steve Waugh

100* v Bangladesh at Darwin July 2003

With his hundred here, Waugh became the first player to make a Test hundred against all current Test nations at the time. In the next Test Waugh would get hundred in Cairns, however he never made a hundred at every ground in Australia as he missed out in Perth, with his best 99*.

 

Michael Kasprowicz

0/15 and 7/39 v Sri Lanka at Darwin July 2004

Kasprowicz was great workhorse for Australia who generally exceeded in subcontinent conditions. Kasprowicz’s form was so good at this time it was keeping Brett Lee out of the Test team.

 

Phil Jaques

150 and 68 v Sri Lanka at Hobart November 2007

Jaques’s stay as an Australian Test cricketer was brief due to injury with his last Test aged 29. After making his Test debut with Langer unavailable. Jaques from his second Test would make six consecutive fifties including two Test hundreds. In the 2007-2008 Test summer Jaques made 561 runs at 56.10 against Sri Lanka and India.

 

Simon Katich

11 and 100, 3/34 and 0/10 v Pakistan at Hobart January 2010

Katich had a role in the Pakistani collapse as they went from 4/213 to 8/227. Katich took 3/34 from ten overs including top scorer Salman Butt for 102. His 100 came from 138 balls and involved a 191-run partnership with Ricky Ponting.

 

James Pattinson

5/51 and 3/54 v New Zealand at Hobart December 2011

This was Pattinson’s second ever Test after he took six wickets in his first Test in Brisbane. Pattinson’s five wickets included Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Dean Brownlie in New Zealand’s score of 150. Pattinson would claim Ross Taylor and then McCullum in the second innings.

 

Peter Siddle

5/54 and 4/50 v Sri Lanka at Hobart December 2012

Siddle was Man of the Match as he went through the top order in both innings including Kumar Sangakkara in both innings.

 

Shaun Marsh

182 v West Indies at Hobart December 2015

This was Marsh’s highest Test score where he was involved in a 449 run partnership with Adam Voges which came from 525 balls.

 

 

Visitors

 

Hannan Sarkar (Bangladesh)

76 and 55 at Cairns July 2003

Sarkar was Bangladesh’s highest run getter in their Australia Test tour in 2003 and made the highest score of any player in Australia, a record he still holds today. Sarkar was out for 0 in the first innings of the first Test but improved from there with scores of 35, 76 and 55 making 166 runs at 41.50. Sarkar played 17 Tests for 662 runs at 20.06.

 

 

Matthew Horne (New Zealand)

133 and 31 at Hobart November 1997

In the fourth ever Test at Hobart, Horne was the first opposition player to make a century there. Opening the batting in reply to Australia’s 400 all out, Horne made 133 from 259 balls in a rain affected Test. To try and invent a result, New Zealand declared at 6/251 and Australia followed suit with 2/138 setting New Zealand 288 from 61 overs. Horne made 31 from 27 balls in the second innings as New Zealand chased to 9/223 with the match ending in a draw. Horne played 35 Tests for 1,788 runs at 28.38.

 

Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka)

75 and 72, 2/65 at Hobart December 1989

De Silva was player of the series as he was Man of the Match in both Tests of the series. While Australia won by 173 runs, it was de Silva that impressed that most. De Silva’s two wickets were Mark Taylor and Allan Border. De Silva’s finest moment against Australia was in the 1996 World Cup Final making 107* and then taking 3/42. De Silva played 93 Tests for 6,361 runs at 42.97 and took 29 wickets at 41.65.

 

Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

57 and 192 at Hobart November 2007

In the first innings Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene made 161 runs between them. In the second innings Sri Lanka were set 507 to win in over two sessions. At the end of Day 3 Sri Lanka were 3/247 with Sangakkara on 109. Sri Lanka would make 410 with Sangakkara 192 off 282 balls; this was his highest score against Australia. Sangakkara played 134 Tests for 12,400 runs at 57.40.

 

 

Inzamam Ul-Haq (Pakistan)

12 and 118 at Hobart November 1999

Inzamam’s 118 came from 191 balls and included twelve fours and a 136 run partnership with Ijaz Ahmed. Inzamam’s knock put Pakistan towards 392 and what looked to be a match winning lead of 369. Unfortunately for Pakistan they won after having Australia 5/126. Inzamam played 120 Tests for 8,830 runs at 49.60

 

Dwayne Bravo (West Indies)

3 and 113, 2/96 and 0/21 at Hobart November 2005

All-rounder Bravo had a good record in Australia with two centuries in five Tests in Australia in 2005 and 2009. Bravo’s 113 came from 202 balls and included 15 fours and he was involved in a 182 run partnership with Denesh Ramdin for the seventh wicket. Bravo played 40 Tests for 2,200 runs at 31.42 and he took 86 wickets at 39.83.

 

Rumesh Ratnayake (Sri Lanka)

6/66 and 2/123 at Hobart December 1989

Rumesh often opened the bowling with Ravi Ratnayake however they were not related. Rumesh removed five of the first six bats as Sri Lanka rolled Australia for 224. His victims included David Boon 41, Mark Taylor 23, Tom Moody 6, Allan Border 24 and Dean Jones 3. The 6/66 was Rumesh’s best ever Test match bowling figures. Ratnayake played 23 Tests for 73 wickets at 35.10.

 

Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)

5/31 and 2/41 at Darwin July 2004

In Darwin’s second ever Test, Vaas went through the top order of Matthew Hayden, Matthew Elliott and Simon Katich to roll Australia for 207. In the second innings Vaas claimed Elliott again along with Justin Langer to have Australia at 3/14, however the Sri Lankan batting failed, they made just 97 and 162 to lose by 149 runs. Vaas played 111 Tests for 355 wickets at 29.58

 

 

 

Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan)

5/115 and 4/83 at Hobart November 1995

Australia batted first in Hobart and were all out for 267 as Mushtaq claimed the middle order wickets of the Waugh twins, Greg Blewett and Ian Healy. Mushtaq’s wickets in the second innings would include Michael Slater and David Boon but Pakistan’s batting was poor even with Shane Warne unable to bowl due to a foot injury. Pakistan lost by 155 runs with scores of 198 and 220. Mushtaq played 52 Tests for 185 wickets at 32.97

 

Doug Bracewell (New Zealand)

3/20 and 6/40 at Hobart December 2011

Bracewell is the nephew of John and son of Brendan Bracewell who was quick bowler who toured Australia in 19801-1981 but did not play a Test. Bracewell had just made his Test debut a month prior in Zimbabwe with the Tests against Australia in Brisbane and Hobart his second and third. After New Zealand were all out for 150, New Zealand skittled Australia for 135 with Bracewell claiming Michael Clarke and top scorer Peter Siddle who made 36. New Zealand made 226 and set Australia 241 to win. Bracewell and New Zealand bowled out Australia for 233 to give New Zealand a memorable seven-run win. Bracewell claimed Ricky Ponting 16, Michael Clarke zero and Michael Hussey also for zero and then the last three wickets of James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon where Australia went from 7/199 to 233 all out. Bracewell played 28 Tests and took 74 wickets at 38.82

 

Vernon Philander (South Africa)

5/21 and 0/31 at Hobart November 2016

Having won the first Test in Perth, this was a big moment for South Africa in the three-Test series.  South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. After 33 overs Australia were all out for 85 with Philander claiming 5/21 from ten overs. After Philander had Warner for 1, Khawaja for 4 and Voges for zero, Australia was 4/8. South Africa made 326 and in the second innings Australia were all out for 161 as Kyle Abbott took 6/77. Philander played 64 Tests and took 224 wickets at 22.32

 

 

Others

 

Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan)

6/46 and 2/130 at Hobart November 1999

Saqlain put Pakistan in a strong position in the first innings claiming Slater, Langer and Gilchrist among his wickets.

 

 

 

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