Almanac Teams: Only T20s for Australia

Following on from the Test and ODI versions, this team is made up of those who only pulled on the green and gold in the shortest form of the men’s game.

 

 

Ben Dunk – QLD/TAS

5 games, 2014-2017, 99 runs, average 20, HS 32, 5 catches, 2 stumpings

 

Dunk was 27 when he debuted for Australia and played all of his games in Australia. He’s played for the Thunder, Hurricane, Strikers, and Stars in the Big Bash and has also played T20 franchise cricket in India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, USA, and Canada. Dunk has played 177 T20 matches at an average of 24 with a strike rate of 129 and top score of 99*. Dunk has been the top scorer of the BBL twice.

 

 

 

Michael Klinger – VIC/SA/WA

3 games, 2017, 143 runs, average 47, HS 62

 

Klinger made his T20 debut for Australia at age 36 having made his Victorian debut aged 19 in the Sheffield Shield. Klinger played three T20 matches against Sri Lanka in February 2017 where he made 38, 43 and 62 but did not earn a further game, maybe due to his age. His strike rate was 127 in these games. Klinger played T20 for the Strikers and Scorchers and internationally in Pakistan and Bangladesh. In total he played 206 T20 matches at an average of 34 with a strike rate of 123 and eight centuries. Klinger also became a better first class player once he left South Australia; he averaged 39 in Australia and England with 30 centuries to his name.

 

 

 

Travis Birt – TAS

4 games, 2010-2012, 31 runs, average 10, HS 17

 

Birt was 28 when he debuted for Australia and was able to play one of his T20 games overseas in New Zealand. He played all of his domestic T20 games with Tasmania and the Hurricanes. Birt also played T20 franchise cricket in Sri Lanka, India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh. He played a total of 109 T20 matches at an average of 28 and strike rate of 129 with top score of 94*.

 

 

 

Ben Rohrer – NSW

1 game, 2013, 16 Runs

 

Rohrer was 31 when he debuted for Australia against the West Indies in Brisbane and made 16 from 14 balls. Rohrer also played T20 cricket for the Sixers, Renegades and Thunder as well as franchises in India and the West Indies. He played 103 T20 matches at an average of 26 with a strike rate of 133 and a top score of 64*.

 

 

 

Nathan Reardon – QLD

2 games, 2014, 4 runs, average 4, HS 4

 

Reardon was 30 when he played two T20 matches against South Africa in Adelaide and Melbourne. He played for Queensland, the Renegades, Strikers, and Heat domestically as well as in India and New Zealand. Reardon played 75 T20 matches at an average of 21 and a strike rate of 123 with a top score of 56; he also took three wickets.

 

 

 

 

Daniel Sams – NSW

10 games, 2020- , 106 runs, average 27, HS 41, 7 wickets, best bowling 2/33

 

Sams was 28 when he debuted against India in Sydney. He earned a call up for tours to New Zealand in 2021 and India in 2022. Sams has scored 106 international runs at a strike rate of 171. Domestically he has played for the Sixers and Thunder and franchise cricket in New Zealand, UAE, India, Canada, and USA. Sams has played 166 T20 matches at an average of 17 with strike rate of 151 and top score of 98*. With the ball he has taken 203 wickets with best figures of 5/30. Sams has also played five first class matches.

 

 

 

Chris Green – NSW

1 game, 2023- , 2 runs, 4-0-36

 

Green was 30 when he made his debut against India in Raipur last December. Green was born in South Africa, his father is South African and mother is British. He has also played for the Thunder and T20 franchise cricket in England, the West Indies, India, Pakistan, and Canada. Green has played 200 T20 matches at an average of 16 and strike rate of 132 with a top score of 50. He has taken 164 wickets with best bowling of 5/32.

 

 

 

 

Jack Wildermuth – QLD

2 games, 2018, 1 run, 1 wicket, best bowling 1/16

 

Wildermuth was 24 when he debuted against Zimbabwe in Harare. Initially a Brisbane Heat player, he went to the Renegades before returning to Queensland. Wildermuth has played T20 franchise cricket in Pakistan too. All up he has played 56 T20 matches, taken 42 wickets with best bowling of 3/16 and scored 308 runs at an average of 11 with strike rate of 118 and highest score of 31.

 

 

 

Cameron Boyce – QLD/TAS

7 games 2014-2016, 4 runs, HS 3, 8 wickets, best bowling 2/10

 

Boyce was 25 on debut against Pakistan in Dubai and took 2/10 from four overs. Boyce was man of the match in his third ever game against South Africa in Melbourne; he had figures of 2/15 from four overs. He earned a trip to England and played one game in Cardiff; his last game was against India in Sydney in January 2016 where he took 2/28 with his wickets being Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli (bowled). Boyce has played for the Strikers, Hurricanes and Renegades and is now back at the Strikers. His total T20 matches are 105 and during those he has taked 116 wickets with best bowling of 5/21 and scored 301 runs at an average of nine and highest score of 51*. Boyce has also played 48 first class matches where he has taken 96 wickets.

 

 

 

Ben Dwarhuis – NSW

3 games, 2022- , 1 run, 5 wickets, best bowling 3/40

 

Dwarhuis was 27 when he debuted for Australia against Pakistan in Lahore. He played in a recent series in India for two games. Dwarhuis has played for the Sixers since 2014-2015 and also T20 franchise cricket in India and England. Dwarhuis has played 123 T20 matches, taken 154 wickets with best bowling of 5/21 and scored 509 runs with an average of 14, strike rate of 129 and highest score of 66.

 

 

 

James Muirhead – VIC

5 games, 2014, 4 runs, HS 3, 6 wickets, best bowling 2/13

 

Muirhead was 20 on debut for Australia against England at Hobart; he played three matches in close succession and took four wickets. He played in the 2014 T20 World Cup in Pakistan against the West Indies where he claimed Chris Gayle’s wicket and also against India where he took the wicket of Virat Kohli. Muirhead has played for the Strikers, Stars and Scorchers domestically and has played a total of 15 T20 matches and taken 17 wickets with best bowling of 3/25. Muirhead last played January 2018.

 

 

12^th Luke Pomersbach – WA

1 game, 2007, 15 runs

 

Pomersbach debuted for Australia aged 23 against New Zealand in Perth. He was suspended from the WA side for drinking alcohol at the time. Pomersbach was at the ground as a spectator when he was called into the team due to an injury to Brad Hodge in the warm up. Pomersbach played for WA, Brisbane Heat and various T20 franchises in India. He played 56 T20 matches for 1,228 runs at an average of 28 and strike rate of 129 with a top score of 112*.

 

 

 

 

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