Cricket Australia Contracts 2008-09
Cricket Australia has released its contracted list for the 2008-09 season. David Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Beau Casson and Shaun Marsh were included onto the list for their first contracts with Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke regaining their contracts after missing out in 07-08.
The retirements of Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg and Jason Gillespie see them off the list as well as Cullen Bailey and Dan Cullen who have been axed and also Chris Rogers who was surprisingly axed also despite playing his first test for Australia at the WACA ground earlier this year. Rogers recently announced that he was leaving Western Australia for a fresh start at another state. With Rogers losing his CA contract, his new state will have to fund his entire salary which is rumoured to be about $A110,000.
2008-2009 Cricket Australia Contracted Players
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Thoughts on this? Tait still there despite battling depression, it looks likely that he will play for South Australia next season, they will need him badly too. Bailey and Cullen's omissions are not surprising, both had pretty poor seasons, Bailey's was attrocious, one wicket in two games for a bowling average of over 250 while Cullen's almost reached the 50 mark.
Rogers' omission is rather interesting though. He would easily be Australia's best opener behind Hayden and Jaques so his dropping makes no sense. The selectors may have other plans or perhaps they aren't happy with him changing states.
The inclusions are pretty straightforward. Katich had a stellar season and his sheer weight of runs sees him gain a spot. David Hussey too had a great season with the bat in all forms of the game which is a testament to his versatility. Doug Bollinger's great bowling form sees him pick up a contract, Doug took 45 wickets for the Blues last season in the Pura Cup and had a few good one-day games. Noffke is back on the list after carrying Queensland all year, Casson is now Australia's second spinner so him getting a contract is a no-brainer. Shaun Marsh is the son of former Australian opener Geoff Marsh and this is a sweet reward for Marsh who was suspended by WA early in the season for disciplinary reasons. That suspension has most certainly turned him around and his form has skyrocketed since. However, Marsh will only be a limited-overs option.
Pretty good list, the majority of the squad is either 30 or younger so definitely something for Australian cricket in the future.
Cricket Australia has released its contracted list for the 2008-09 season. David Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Beau Casson and Shaun Marsh were included onto the list for their first contracts with Simon Katich and Ashley Noffke regaining their contracts after missing out in 07-08.
The retirements of Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg and Jason Gillespie see them off the list as well as Cullen Bailey and Dan Cullen who have been axed and also Chris Rogers who was surprisingly axed also despite playing his first test for Australia at the WACA ground earlier this year. Rogers recently announced that he was leaving Western Australia for a fresh start at another state. With Rogers losing his CA contract, his new state will have to fund his entire salary which is rumoured to be about $A110,000.
2008-2009 Cricket Australia Contracted Players
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Name State Age
Doug Bollinger NSW 26
Nathan Bracken NSW 30
Beau Casson NSW 25
Stuart Clark NSW 32
Michael Clarke NSW 27
Brad Haddin NSW 30
Matthew Hayden Qld 36
Ben Hilfenhaus Tas 25
Brad Hodge Vic 33
James Hopes Qld 29
David Hussey Vic 30
Mike Hussey WA 32
Phil Jaques NSW 28
Mitchell Johnson Qld 26
Simon Katich NSW 32
Brett Lee NSW 31
Stuart MacGill NSW 37
Shaun Marsh WA 24
Ashley Noffke Qld 30
Ricky Ponting Tas 33
Andrew Symonds Qld 32
Shaun Tait SA 25
Adam Voges WA 28
Shane Watson Qld 26
Cameron White Vic 24http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/345640.html
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Thoughts on this? Tait still there despite battling depression, it looks likely that he will play for South Australia next season, they will need him badly too. Bailey and Cullen's omissions are not surprising, both had pretty poor seasons, Bailey's was attrocious, one wicket in two games for a bowling average of over 250 while Cullen's almost reached the 50 mark.
Rogers' omission is rather interesting though. He would easily be Australia's best opener behind Hayden and Jaques so his dropping makes no sense. The selectors may have other plans or perhaps they aren't happy with him changing states.
The inclusions are pretty straightforward. Katich had a stellar season and his sheer weight of runs sees him gain a spot. David Hussey too had a great season with the bat in all forms of the game which is a testament to his versatility. Doug Bollinger's great bowling form sees him pick up a contract, Doug took 45 wickets for the Blues last season in the Pura Cup and had a few good one-day games. Noffke is back on the list after carrying Queensland all year, Casson is now Australia's second spinner so him getting a contract is a no-brainer. Shaun Marsh is the son of former Australian opener Geoff Marsh and this is a sweet reward for Marsh who was suspended by WA early in the season for disciplinary reasons. That suspension has most certainly turned him around and his form has skyrocketed since. However, Marsh will only be a limited-overs option.
Pretty good list, the majority of the squad is either 30 or younger so definitely something for Australian cricket in the future.
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