This article contains information, results and statistics regarding the Australian national cricket team in the 2009 and 2009-10 cricket seasons. Statisticians class the 2009 season and 2009–10 season as those matches played on tours that started between May 2009 and April 2010.
Player contracts
The 2009-10 list was announced on 14 May 2009.[1] Note that uncontracted players are still available to be selected to play for the national cricket team.
| Player | Age as at 14 May 2009 |
State | Test cap | ODI cap | ODI shirt[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting (captain) | 34 years, 146 days | TAS | 366 | 123 | 14 |
| Michael Clarke (vice-captain) | 28 years, 42 days | NSW | 389 | 149 | 23 |
| Doug Bollinger | 27 years, 294 days | NSW | 405 | 175 | 4 |
| Nathan Bracken | 31 years, 244 days | NSW | 387 | 142 | 59 |
| Stuart Clark | 33 years, 228 days | NSW | 396 | 153 | 8 |
| Callum Ferguson | 24 years, 174 days | SA | - | 171 | 12 |
| Brad Haddin | 31 years, 203 days | NSW | 400 | 144 | 57 |
| Nathan Hauritz | 27 years, 208 days | NSW | 390 | 147 | 43 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 26 years, 60 days | TAS | 407 | 161 | 20 |
| Brad Hodge | 34 years, 136 days | VIC | 394 | 154 | 17 |
| James Hopes | 30 years, 202 days | QLD | - | 151 | 39 |
| Phillip Hughes | 20 years, 165 days | NSW | 408 | - | 2 |
| David Hussey | 31 years, 303 days | VIC | - | 167 | 29 |
| Michael Hussey | 33 years, 352 days | WA | 393 | 150 | 48 |
| Mitchell Johnson | 27 years, 193 days | QLD | 398 | 156 | 25 |
| Simon Katich | 33 years, 266 days | NSW | 384 | 143 | 13 |
| Brett Lee | 32 years, 187 days | NSW | 383 | 140 | 58 |
| Graham Manou | 30 years, 21 days | SA | 411 | 180 | 30 |
| Shaun Marsh | 25 years, 309 days | WA | - | 165 | 9 |
| Andrew McDonald | 27 years, 333 days | VIC | 406 | - | 35 |
| Marcus North | 29 years, 290 days | WA | 409 | 176 | 26 |
| Peter Siddle | 24 years, 170 days | VIC | 403 | 172 | 10 |
| Andrew Symonds | 33 years, 339 days | QLD | 388 | 139 | 63 |
| Shane Watson | 27 years, 331 days | QLD | 391 | 148 | 33 |
| Cameron White | 25 years, 269 days | VIC | 402 | 152 | 7 |
Match summary
| Format | P | W | L | D | T | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 7/8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| One Day International | 26/26 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Twenty20 International | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38/39 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
P = Matches Played/Total Matches, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, T = Tied, NR = No Result
N.B. Result from All-Star match not included as it was only an exhibition match.
2009 season
Pakistan v Australia in UAE
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI Series[3] | ||||||||
| ODI 2845 | 22 April | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | Michael Clarke |  Pakistan | Younis Khan | Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Pakistan by 4 wickets | |
| ODI 2846 | 24 April | Pakistan | Younis Khan | Australia | Michael Clarke | Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Australia by 6 wickets | |
| ODI 2847 | 27 April | Australia | Michael Clarke | Pakistan | Younis Khan | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Australia by 27 runs | |
| ODI 2848 | 1 May | Pakistan | Younis Khan | Australia | Michael Clarke | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Australia by 8 wickets | |
| ODI 2849 | 3 May | Australia | Michael Clarke | Pakistan | Younis Khan | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Pakistan by 7 wickets | |
| Twenty20 Series | ||||||||
| T20I 89 | 7 May | Australia | Brad Haddin | Pakistan | Misbah-ul-Haq | Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai | Pakistan by 7 wickets | |
ICC World Twenty20
| Group Stage | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
| 3rd Match | 6 June | Australia | Ricky Ponting |  West Indies | Chris Gayle | Kennington Oval, London | West Indies by 7 wickets | |
| 8th Match | 8 June | Australia | Ricky Ponting |  Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Sri Lanka by 6 wickets | |
Tour of England
Tour of Scotland
| No. | Date | Home Captain | Away Captain | Venue | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI Series | ||||||||
| ODI 2879 | 28 August | Gavin Hamilton | Michael Clarke | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | Australia by 189 runs | |||
2009–10 Season
2009 ICC Champions Trophy
The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was scheduled to take place in the 2008–09 season in Pakistan, but because of an unstable security situation, it was rescheduled for the 2009–10 season. The hosting rights were also moved from Pakistan to South Africa. Sri Lanka was considered as a potential host, but was discarded due to worries related to the weather during that time of the year in Sri Lanka.[5]
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Stage | ||||||||
| 5th Match | 26 September | Australia | Ricky Ponting | West Indies | Floyd Reifer | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Australia by 50 runs | |
| 9th Match | 28 September | Australia | Ricky Ponting |  India | MS Dhoni | SuperSport Park, Centurion | No result | |
| 11th Match | 30 September | Australia | Ricky Ponting | Pakistan | Younis Khan | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Australia by 2 wickets | |
| Semi-finals | ||||||||
| 1st Semifinal | 2 October | Australia | Ricky Ponting |  England | Andrew Strauss | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Australia by 9 wickets | |
| Final | ||||||||
| Final | 5 October | Australia | Ricky Ponting |  New Zealand | Brendon McCullum | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Australia by 6 wickets | |
Tour of India
The Australian Cricket Team toured India from 25 October to 11 November 2009. The tour consists of 7 ODIs which Australia won 4–2.
| No. | Date | Home Captain | Away Captain | Venue | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI Series | ||||||||
| ODI 2913 | 25 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara | Australia by 4 runs | |||
| ODI 2915 | 28 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | VCA Stadium, Nagpur | India by 99 runs | |||
| ODI 2918 | 31 October | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | India by 6 wickets | |||
| ODI 2919 | 2 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | PCA Stadium, Mohali | Australia by 24 runs | |||
| ODI 2923 | 5 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad | Australia by 3 runs | |||
| ODI 2925 | 8 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Nehru Stadium, Guwahati | Australia by 6 wickets | |||
| ODI 2928a | 11 November | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Ricky Ponting | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | Match abandoned without a ball bowled | |||
Johnnie Walker All*Star Twenty20 match
The Australian Cricket team played an exhibition Twenty20 match against an all star cricket team featuring up and coming first class cricketers and Australian cricket legends to open the 2009/10 summer of international cricket in Australia. The Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) XI all star team consisted of legends Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Glenn McGrath & Shane Warne who is the captain. They were coached by former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee.
West Indies in Australia
The tour began with a practice match for the West Indians against Queensland starting 18 November. The first test began on 26 November and the tour will conclude on 23 February with a T20I. In all the tour included one First Class match, one List A match, three Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is.[6]
Pakistan in Australia
The tour started on 19 December with a three-day first class match against Tasmania. This was followed on 26 December with the Boxing Day Test match at the MCG. It concluded on 5 February with a T20I at the MCG. In all the tour included three tests, five ODIs and a T20I.[7]
Tour of New Zealand
The Australia Cricket Team toured New Zealand from 26 February to 31 March 2010. The tour consisted of 2 Twenty20s, 5 One Day Internationals and 2 Tests.
| No. | Date | Home Captain | Away Captain | Venue | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty20 Series | ||||||||
| T20I 148 | 26 February | Daniel Vettori | Michael Clarke | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Australia by 6 wickets | |||
| T20I 149 | 28 February | Daniel Vettori | Michael Clarke | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | Match tied. New Zealand won in Super Over | |||
| ODI Series | ||||||||
| ODI 2966 | 3 March | Ross Taylor | Ricky Ponting | McLean Park, Napier | New Zealand won by 2 wickets | |||
| ODI 2969 | 6 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Eden Park, Auckland | Australia by 12 runs (D/L method) | |||
| ODI 2971 | 9 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Seddon Park, Hamilton | Australia by 6 wickets | |||
| ODI 2973 | 11 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Eden Park, Auckland | Australia by 6 wickets (D/L method) | |||
| ODI 2975 | 13 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | New Zealand won by 51 runs | |||
| Test Series | ||||||||
| Test 1955 | 19–23 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Australia by 10 wickets | |||
| Test 1957 | 27–31 March | Daniel Vettori | Ricky Ponting | Seddon Park, Hamilton | | Australia by 176 runs | |||
Important events
See also
References
- ↑ Tait overlooked for Australia contract Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2009
- ↑ ODI/Twenty20 shirt numbers Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2009
- ↑ "Australia v Pakistan ODI Series, 2009". Cricinfo.
- ↑ "Australia and Pakistan to play five ODIs in UAE". cricinfo. 27 February 2009.
- ↑ "South Africa confirmed as Champions Trophy hosts". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ↑ "West Indies tour of Australia Fixtures". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
- ↑ "Pakistan tour of Australia Fixtures". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.