Perth Scorchers
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The Perth Scorchers is a franchise in the Big Bash League
, the domestic Twenty20
cricket
of Australia.. The Scorchers will wear an orange kit. The Scorchers' inaugural captain
is Marcus North
. Mickey Arthur
was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season
after he was appointed coach of the Australian cricket team
. He was replaced by his former assistant, Lachlan Stevens
.
Source(s): First 4 Players signed by Perth Scorchers
Big Bash League
The KFC t20 Big Bash League is the Australian domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament. The Big Bash League replaces the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash and will feature city-based franchises instead of the state teams which had participated previously. The inaugural season will begin...
, the domestic Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
of Australia.. The Scorchers will wear an orange kit. The Scorchers' inaugural captain
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player...
is Marcus North
Marcus North
Marcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm...
. Mickey Arthur
Mickey Arthur
John Michael "Mickey" Arthur is a South African cricketer who played South African domestic cricket from 1986 to 2001. He coached the South African national team from 2005 to 2010, and has been recently appointed coach of the Australia national cricket team.-Biography:Arthur was born in...
was originally appointed coach, but quit before the beginning of the 2011–12 season
2011–12 Big Bash League season
The 2011–12 Big Bash League season will be the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaces the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which was run every season from 2005–06 to 2010–11.-Teams:...
after he was appointed coach of the Australian cricket team
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
. He was replaced by his former assistant, Lachlan Stevens
Lachlan Stevens
Lachlan McRae Stevens , is a former player for the Queensland cricket team and current coach of the Western Australia cricket team and the Perth Scorchers.-Career:...
.
Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| | Tom Beaton Tom Beaton Thomas Michael Beaton is an Australia cricketer for the Western Warriors who plays as an batsman.... |
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28 November 1990 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Liam Davis Liam Davis (cricketer) Liam Murray Davis is an Australian cricketer. He is currently listed with the Western Australian cricket team and the Perth Scorchers.-Career:... |
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2 August 1984 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Herman Gibbs is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman.Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch... |
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23 February 1974 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm slow Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Michael Hussey Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey is an Australian cricketer, a left-handed specialist batsman. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname Mr Cricket. Hussey was a relative latecomer to both the one-day international and Test Australian teams, debuting at 28 and 30 years of age in the respective... |
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27 May 1975 (age 36) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket... contract |
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| | Simon Katich Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club... |
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21 August 1975 (age 36) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm chinaman Left-arm unorthodox spin Left-arm unorthodox spin, or chinaman, is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket using the hand wrist. Left-arm unorthodox spin bowlers use a wrist hand action to spin the ball which turns from off to leg side of the cricket pitch... |
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| | Shaun Marsh Shaun Marsh Shaun Edward Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket and has represented Australia at One Day International and Twenty20 International levels... |
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9 July 1983 (age 28) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket... contract |
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| | Luke Pomersbach Luke Pomersbach Luke Anthony Pomersbach is an Australian cricketer who is currently listed with Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League... |
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28 September 1984 (age 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
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| All-rounders | ||||||
| | Paul Collingwood Paul Collingwood Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting... |
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26 May 1976 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Seam bowling Seam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers.... |
Overseas player | |
| | Brad Hogg Brad Hogg George Bradley "Brad" Hogg , is an Australian cricketer currently listed with the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League. He is a left-arm chinaman bowler, and a capable lower-order left-handed batsman, as well as an excellent fielder.... |
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6 February 1971 (age 40) | Left-handed | Left-arm chinaman | ||
| | Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Johnson (cricketer) Mitchell Guy Johnson is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He was awarded the International Cricket Council's 2009 "Cricketer of the Year" award, the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy.-Career:... |
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2 November 1981 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Marsh Mitchell Ross 'Mitch' Marsh is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors& Sahara Pune Warriors in the IPL. He is a Wesley College Old Boy and holds the record for most runs in one Darlot Season, while Shaun Marsh, his brother, holds the highest Darlot average... |
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20 October 1991 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Marcus North Marcus North Marcus James North is an Australian cricketer, who scored centuries on both his Test and Ashes debuts. He has also played for the Australian Cricket Academy, Western Australia, Australia A, Durham, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire and Hampshire.He is a left-handed batsman and right arm... |
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28 July 1979 (age 32) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break Off break Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners.... |
Captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
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| | Luke Ronchi Luke Ronchi Luke Ronchi is an Australian professional cricketer who currently plays for Australia and Western Australia... |
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23 April 1981 (age 30) | Right-hand | – | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| | Michael Beer Michael Beer Michael Anthony Beer is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors. He is a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler. He made his Test debut in the final match of the 2010–11 Ashes series.-Early life:... |
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9 June 1984 (age 27) | Right-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch... |
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| | Mark Cameron Mark Cameron (cricketer) Mark Cameron is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Mark was drafted into the squad for the Australia A tour of India in September 2008.... |
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31 January 1981 (age 31) | Right-hand | Right arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Nathan Coulter-Nile Nathan Coulter-Nile Nathan Mitchell Coulter-Nile is an Australian cricketer, currently playing for the Western Warriors.-Early career:Coulter-Nile was born in Perth, Western Australia... |
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11 October 1987 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Nathan Rimmington Nathan Rimmington Nathan John Rimmington in Redcliffe, Queensland, is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Western Warriors in Australian domestic cricket. He is an attacking right-arm fast-medium bowler.... |
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11 November 1982 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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| | Ben Edmondson Ben Edmondson Ben Matthew Edmondson is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Western Warriors, Southern Redbacks and Gloucestershire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler.... |
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28 September 1978 (age 33) | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium Fast bowling Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling... |
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Source(s): First 4 Players signed by Perth Scorchers