Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
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The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame is a part of the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum in the Australian Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<ref name=official>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This hall of fame commemorates the greatest Australian cricketers of all time, as the "selection philosophy for the hall of fame focuses on the players' status as sporting legends in addition to their outstanding statistical records."<ref name=official/> Inductees must be retired from international cricket for at least five years.<ref name=official/> The Australian Cricket Hall of Fame was an idea conceived by the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) to honour Australia's legendary cricketers. It was opened on 6 December 1996 by the then Prime Minister, John Howard.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The hall of fame opened with ten inaugural members, ranging from Fred Spofforth, a pace bowler who retired from Test cricket in 1887, to Dennis Lillee who played his last Test match in 1984. Template:As of, the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame comprises 61 members.<ref name=official/><ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> All twelve members of the Australian Cricket Board Team of the Century are included, six of them amongst the inaugural members.<ref name=totc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The vast majority are men; Belinda Clark was the first woman admitted to the hall when she was inducted in 2014 (three years after she was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Five female Test captains have been admitted, along with 21 of their male counterparts.<ref name="men's captains">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="women's captains">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In December 2020, Johnny Mullagh became the first Indigenous Australian to be inducted into the hall of fame. Regarded as a standout player of the Aboriginal team which toured England in 1868, Mullagh is also the only member to have not played Test cricket for Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The current<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> selection committee comprises:
- Peter King – ACHOF chairman and current MCC committee member
- Belinda Clark – Former Test captain
- Mark Taylor – Former Test captain
- Paul Sheahan – Former Test batsman and former MCC President
- Todd Greenberg – Australian Cricketers' Association CEO
- Nick Hockley – Cricket Australia CEO
- Greg Baum and Ben Horne – Media representatives
New members are inducted at the annual Australian Cricket Awards night.<ref name="wilson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Members of the Hall of Fame
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Jack Blackham c.1885 | 1996 | 1877–1894 | 35 | 62 | 11 | 800 | 74 | 15.68 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 37 | 24 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Fred Spofforth | 1996 | 1877–1887 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 217 | 50 | 9.43 | 4,185 | 416 | 1,731 | 94 | Template:Sort | 18.41 | 11 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Victor Trumper | 1996 | 1899–1912 | 48 | 89 | 8 | 3,163 | 214* | 39.04 | 546 | 20 | 317 | 8 | Template:Sort | 39.62 | 31 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Clarrie Grimmett in 1932 | 1996 | 1925–1936 | 37 | 50 | 10 | 557 | 50 | 13.92 | 14,513 | 736 | 5,231 | 216 | Template:Sort | 24.21 | 17 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger | Bill Ponsford in 1930 | 1996 | 1924–1934 | 29 | 48 | 4 | 2,122 | 266 | 48.22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 21 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | Don Bradman during his playing career | 1996 | 1928–1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6,996 | 334 | 99.94 | 160 | 3 | 72 | 2 | Template:Sort | 36.00 | 32 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger$ | Bill O'Reilly in 1934 | 1996 | 1932–1946 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 410 | 56* | 12.81 | 10,024 | 585 | 3,254 | 144 | Template:Sort | 22.59 | 7 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger$ | Keith Miller in 1951 | 1996 | 1946–1956 | 55 | 87 | 7 | 2,958 | 147 | 36.97 | 10,461 | 337 | 3,906 | 170 | Template:Sort | 22.97 | 38 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | Ray Lindwall circa 1940s | 1996 | 1946–1960 | 61 | 84 | 13 | 1,502 | 118 | 21.15 | 13,650 | 419 | 5,251 | 228 | Template:Sort | 23.03 | 26 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger$ | Dennis Lillee in 2012 | 1996 | 1971–1984 | 70 | 90 | 24 | 905 | 73* | 13.71 | 18,467 | 652 | 8,493 | 355 | Template:Sort | 23.92 | 23 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Warwick Armstrong during his playing career | 2000 | 1902–1921 | 50 | 84 | 10 | 2,863 | 159* | 38.68 | 8,022 | 407 | 2,923 | 87 | Template:Sort | 33.59 | 44 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | File:Neil Harvey batting 1950b.jpg | 2000 | 1948–1963 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6,149 | 205 | 48.41 | 414 | 23 | 120 | 3 | Template:Sort | 40.00 | 64 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | Allan Border in 1988 | 2000 | 1978–1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11,174 | 205 | 50.56 | 4,009 | 197 | 1,525 | 39 | Template:Sort | 39.10 | 156 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Bill Woodfull during his playing career | 2001 | 1926–1934 | 35 | 54 | 4 | 2,300 | 161 | 46.00 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | Arthur Morris in 1939 | 2001 | 1946–1955 | 46 | 79 | 3 | 3,533 | 206 | 46.48 | 111 | 1 | 50 | 2 | Template:Sort | 25.00 | 15 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger^$ | – | 2002 | 1970–1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7,110 | 247* | 53.86 | 5,327 | 208 | 1,913 | 47 | Template:Sort | 40.70 | 122 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Stan McCabe | 2002 | 1930–1938 | 39 | 62 | 5 | 2,748 | 232 | 48.21 | 3,746 | 127 | 1,543 | 36 | Template:Sort | 42.86 | 41 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Ian Chappell during his playing career | 2003 | 1964–1980 | 75 | 136 | 10 | 5,345 | 196 | 42.42 | 2,873 | 87 | 1,316 | 20 | Template:Sort | 65.80 | 105 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Lindsay Hassett | 2003 | 1938–1953 | 43 | 69 | 3 | 3,073 | 198* | 46.56 | 111 | 2 | 78 | – | – | – | 30 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Hugh Trumble | 2004 | 1890–1904 | 32 | 57 | 14 | 851 | 70 | 19.79 | 8,099 | 452 | 3,072 | 141 | Template:Sort | 21.78 | 45 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Alan Keith Davidson in 2014 | 2004 | 1953–1963 | 44 | 61 | 7 | 1,328 | 80 | 24.59 | 11,587 | 431 | 3,819 | 186 | Template:Sort | 20.53 | 42 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Clem Hill during his playing career | 2005 | 1896–1912 | 49 | 89 | 2 | 3,412 | 191 | 39.21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | – | 2005 | 1970–1984 | 96 | 150 | 13 | 3,633 | 132 | 26.51 | 72 | 1 | 54 | – | – | – | 343 | 12 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Bob Simpson in 1998 | 2006 | 1957–1978 | 62 | 111 | 7 | 4,869 | 311 | 46.81 | 6,881 | 253 | 3,001 | 71 | Template:Sort | 42.27 | 110 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Monty Noble in 1905 | 2006 | 1898–1909 | 42 | 73 | 7 | 1,997 | 133 | 30.25 | 7,159 | 361 | 3,025 | 121 | Template:Sort | 25.00 | 26 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Charlie Macartney circa 1920s | 2007 | 1907–1926 | 35 | 55 | 4 | 2,131 | 170 | 41.78 | 3,561 | 177 | 1,240 | 45 | Template:Sort | 27.55 | 17 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Richie Benaud in 1956 | 2007 | 1952–1964 | 63 | 97 | 7 | 2,201 | 122 | 24.45 | 19,108 | 805 | 6,704 | 248 | Template:Sort | 27.03 | 65 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | George Giffen in 1895 | 2008 | 1881–1896 | 31 | 53 | 0 | 1,238 | 161 | 23.35 | 6,391 | 434 | 2,791 | 103 | Template:Sort | 27.09 | 24 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger | Ian Healy in 2009 | 2008 | 1988–1999 | 119 | 182 | 23 | 4,356 | Template:Sort | 27.39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 366 | 29 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Steve Waugh in 2002 | 2009 | 1985–2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10,927 | 200 | 51.06 | 7,805 | 332 | 3,445 | 92 | Template:Sort | 37.44 | 112 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | – | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 67 | 123 | 12 | 5,234 | 210 | 47.15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | Template:Sort | – | 30 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | – | 2010 | 1961–1971 | 60 | 89 | 12 | 945 | 76 | 12.27 | 17,681 | 547 | 7,328 | 246 | Template:Sort | 29.78 | 34 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Mark Taylor in 2014 | 2011 | 1989–1999 | 104 | 186 | 13 | 7,525 | Template:Sort | 43.49 | 42 | 1 | 26 | 1 | Template:Sort | 26.00 | 157 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | File:Doug Walters 1965.jpg | 2011 | 1965–1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5,357 | 250 | 48.26 | 3,295 | 79 | 1,425 | 49 | Template:Sort | 29.08 | 43 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname Template:Double-dagger$ | Shane Warne in 2011 | 2012 | 1992–2007 | 145 | 199 | 17 | 3,154 | 99 | 17.32 | 40,705 | 1,761 | 17,995 | 708 | Template:Sort | 25.41 | 125 | – | <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Glenn McGrath in 2011 | 2013 | 1993–2007 | 124 | 138 | 51 | 641 | 61 | 7.36 | 29,248 | 1,471 | 12,186 | 563 | Template:Sort | 21.64 | 38 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Charles Turner | 2013 | 1887–1895 | 17 | 35 | 4 | 323 | 29 | 11.53 | 5,179 | 457 | 1,670 | 101 | Template:Sort | 16.53 | 8 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | – | 2014 | 1991–2005 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 919 | 136 | 45.95 | 78 | 5 | 28 | 1 | Template:Sort | 28.00 | 4 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Mark Waugh in 2011 | 2014 | 1991–2002 | 128 | 209 | 17 | 8,029 | 153* | 41.81 | 4,853 | 171 | 2,429 | 59 | Template:Sort | 41.16 | 181 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | Jack Ryder | 2015 | 1920–1929 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1,394 | 201* | 51.62 | 1,897 | 71 | 743 | 17 | Template:Sort | 43.70 | 17 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Adam Gilchrist in 2010 | 2015 | 1999–2008 | 96 | 137 | 20 | 5,570 | 204* | 47.60 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 379 | 37 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | File:Wally Grout 1957.jpg | 2016 | 1957–1966 | 51 | 67 | 8 | 890 | 74 | 15.08 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 163 | 24 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | – | 2016 | 1972–1985 | 51 | 73 | 20 | 679 | 49 | 12.81 | 10,535 | 300 | 5,601 | 200 | Template:Sort | 28.00 | 20 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | David Boon in 2006 | 2017 | 1984–1996 | 107 | 190 | 20 | 7,422 | 200 | 43.65 | 36 | 3 | 14 | 0 | Template:Sort | – | 99 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Matthew Hayden in 2012 | 2017 | 1994–2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8,625 | 380 | 50.73 | 54 | 0 | 40 | 0 | Template:Sort | 128.00 | 128 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Betty Wilson in 1951 | 2017 | 1948–1958 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 862 | 127 | 57.46 | 2,885 | 172 | 803 | 68 | Template:Sort | 11.80 | 10 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | – | 2018 | 1958–1965 | 42 | 69 | 8 | 2,779 | 181 | 45.55 | 1,392 | 48 | 667 | 17 | Template:Sort | 39.23 | 21 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Ricky Ponting in 2015 | 2018 | 1995–2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13,378 | 257 | 51.85 | 587 | 24 | 276 | 5 | Template:Sort | 55.20 | 196 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^$ | Karen Rolton in 2009 | 2018 | 1995–2009 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1,002 | 209* | 55.66 | 1,104 | 79 | 327 | 14 | Template:Sort | 23.35 | 9 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | – | 2019 | 1991–2006 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 152 | 53 | 16.88 | 3,603 | 1,147 | 60 | Template:Sort | 19.11 | 5 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | – | 2019 | 1984–1994 | 52 | 89 | 11 | 3,631 | 216 | 46.55 | 198 | 64 | 1 | Template:Sort | 64.00 | 34 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Billy Murdoch sitting holding a bat | 2019 | 1875–1904 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 908 | 211 | 31.31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | – | 2020 | 1975–1984 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 346 | 63 | 31.45 | 2,455 | – | 784 | 30 | 4/22 | 26.13 | 8 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Template:CSS image crop | 2020 | 1984–1996 | 71 | 90 | 13 | 940 | 42* | 12.20 | 16,586 | 579 | 8,332 | 291 | 8/97 | 28.63 | 19 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | File:Johnny Mullagh.jpg | 2020 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | File:Merv Hughes.png | 2021 | 1985–1994 | 53 | 70 | 8 | 1,032 | 72* | 16.64 | 12,285 | 499 | 6,017 | 212 | 8/87 | 28.38 | 23 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname $ | Template:CSS image crop | 2021 | 2003–2011 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 416 | 120* | 32.00 | 1,745 | 117 | 482 | 23 | 5/30 | 20.95 | 3 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | Template:CSS image crop | 2022 | 1993–2007 | 105 | 182 | 12 | 7,696 | 250 | 45.27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | – | 73 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | – | 2022 | 1972–1985 | 16 | 22 | 8 | 162 | 25 | 11.57 | 4,304 | 276 | 1,040 | 57 | 8/31 | 18.24 | 12 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname ^ | – | 2023 | 1972–1977 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 341 | 104 | 28.41 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 10 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | – | 2023 | 1964–1976 | 66 | 120 | 11 | 4,737 | 171 | 43.45 | 64 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0/0 | – | 83 | – | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | 2024 | 2005-2013 | 79 | 137 | 16 | 6235 | 195 | 51.52 | 588 | 11 | 306 | 7 | 1/0 | 43.71 | 85 | 0 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | - | 2024 | 1984-1992 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 410 | 86 | 41.00 | 2124 | 169 | 487 | 26 | 4/33 | 18.73 | 11 | 0 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname^ | File:Pm cricket shots09 5995.jpg | 2025 | 2004-2015 | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* | 49.10 | 2435 | 62 | 1184 | 31 | 6/9 | 38.19 | 134 | 0 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Template:Sortname | - | 2025 | 1994-1998 | 18 | 30 | 3 | 785 | 91 | 29.07 | 1285 | 30 | 703 | 29 | 6/82 | 24.24 | 8 | 0 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| Christina Matthews | 2025 | 1984-1995 | 20 | 22 | 5 | 180 | 34 | 10.58 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0/4 | 4.00 | 46 | 12 | citation | CitationClass=web
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See also
- Allan Border Medal
- Australia national cricket team
- Australia women's national cricket team
- Cricket Australia
References
External links
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