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Jeff Vaughan
Jeff Vaughan (born 26 March 1974) is an Australian cricketer. He played in twenty-eight first-class cricket, first-class and twenty-four List A cricket, List A matches for South Australia cricket team, South Australia between 1996 and 2003. In July 2021, along with Michael Di Venuto, Vaughan was appointed as the Coach (sport), assistant coach of the Australia national cricket team. He is also the head coach of the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, which won their first title against Sydney Thunder in the 2024–25 Big Bash League season, 2024/25 season. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers References External links * 1974 births Living people Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Cricketers from Sydney {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blacktown
Blacktown is a suburb in New South Wales, Australia, west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Sydney, Greater Sydney. History Before the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, the area of today's Blacktown was inhabited by different groups of the Darug people including the Warmuli, based around what is now Prospect, New South Wales, Prospect, and their neighbours the Gomerigal from the South Creek (New South Wales), South Creek area and the Wawarawarry from the Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Eastern Creek area. It is estimated that fifty to ninety percent of the Darug died of smallpox and other introduced diseases within a few years of the British arrival. Governor Arthur Phillip began granting land in the area to white settlers in 1791. In 1819 Governor Lachlan Macquarie granted land to two Indigenous men, Colebee (Boorooberongal), Colebee and Nurragingy Reserve#Land grant, Nurragingy as payment for their service to The Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Bash League
The Big Bash League (BBL), also known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Australia. Established in 2011 by Cricket Australia, the Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. The competition has been sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC since its inception. It was in 2016/17 one of the two T20 cricket leagues, alongside the Indian Premier League, to feature amongst the top ten domestic sport leagues in average attendance. The winner of BBL 14 (2024/2025) was the Hobart Hurricanes, who beat the Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets in the final. BBL matches are played in Australia during the summer, from December to February. Out of the eight teams in the tournament, only the Melbourne Stars have not won the title at least once. The Perth Scorchers are the most successful tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Cricketers
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Living People
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1974 Births
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as '' The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South Australian Representative Cricketers
This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first limited overs match on 30 November 1969, against Western Australia at the WACA Ground and its first Twenty20 match on 8 January 2006, against Victoria at the St Kilda Cricket Ground. While some of the cricketers mentioned represented other teams the information included is for their career with South Australia. Key * First – Year of debut * Last – Year of latest game * Apps – Number of matches played * – Player has represented Australia in a Test match, Limited Overs International or Twenty20 International match. * – Player has represented a nation other than Australia in a Test match, Limited Overs International or Twenty20 International. Cricketers References External links {{Lists of Australian cricketers Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024–25 Big Bash League Season
The 2024–25 Big Bash League season or BBL, 14 was the fourteenth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 15 December 2024, with the final held on 27 January 2025, where the Hobart Hurricanes defeated the Sydney Thunder by seven wickets to win their maiden BBL title. Brisbane Heat were the defending champions but failed to qualify from the league stage. Background On 10 July 2024, it was announced that Big Bash League would return for a fourteenth season in 2024, being held from 15 December 2024, with the final scheduled to be held on 27 January 2025. The 2025 season clashed with the New Zealand Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League, SA20 and International League T20. Draft The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024. Squads Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian. Venues Standings Points table Win–loss table Below is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder is an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder is the successor to the Speed Blitz Blues, New South Wales Blues which played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The team's home ground is Sydney Showground Stadium. History Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Sydney Thunder is the successor to the Speed Blitz Blues, New South Wales Blues which played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The NSW Cricket board unanimously decided on lime green as the team's colour, though other colours were considered, and rejected as being too close to other Sydney sports teams. Cricket Australia did not allow Cricket NSW to use the sky blue colour traditionally associated with New South Wales sports teams. The team made its debut in the 2011-12 Big Bash League season – the inaugural season of the Big Bash League. The team performed p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart Hurricanes
Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in Australia's domestic Big Bash League. The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at Ninja Stadium in Hobart, with additional home matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston and at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform. History Inaugural season The Hobart Hurricanes' inaugural coach was Allister de Winter and their inaugural captain was Tim Paine. The Hobart Hurricanes made a bright start to the inaugural Big Bash League season in 2011/12, winning their first game at the WACA Ground against the Perth Scorchers, making 140 before bowling out the Scorchers for 109, with the performance of fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus resulting in his selection for the annual Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the Hurricanes' second match they faced fan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cricket), bails (small sticks) balanced on three stump (cricket), stumps. Two players from the Batting (cricket), batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding Cricket bat, bats, while one player from the Fielding (cricket), fielding team, the bowler, Bowling (cricket), bowls the Cricket ball, ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one Run (cricket), run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the Boundary (cricket), boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled Illegal delivery (cricket), illegally. The fielding tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Cricket Team
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in international cricket. Along with England, it is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing and winning the first ever Test match in 1877; the team also plays One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League. Australia are the current ICC Cricket World Cup champions. They are often regarded as the most successful national team in the history of cricket. The national team has played 875 Test matches, winning 419, losing 234, 219 drawn and with 2 tied , Australia is first in the ICC Test Rankings. Australia is the most successful team in T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach (sport)
An athletic coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction, and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''Coach'' is that of a Coach (carriage), horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the Hungarian city of Kocs where such vehicles were first made. Students at the University of Oxford in the early nineteenth century used the slang word to refer to a private tutor who would drive a less able student through his examinations just like horse driving. Britain took the lead in upgrading the status of sports in the 19th century. For sports to become professionalized, "coacher" had to become established. It gradually professionalized in the Victorian era and the role was well established by 1914. In the First World War, military units sought out the coaches to supervise physical conditioning and develop morale-building teams. Effectiveness John Wooden had a philosophy of coaching that encouraged planning, organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
