Sydney Thunder
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The Sydney Thunder are a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20
cricket competition, the Big Bash League
.
Along with the Sydney Sixers
they are be the successors of the New South Wales Blues
who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
. The Thunder will play out of ANZ Stadium in Sydney's west. Their team uniform will be electric green.
Cricket Australia
did not allow Cricket NSW to use the sky blue colour traditionally associated with New South Wales sports teams. The Cricket NSW board unanimously decided on electric green as the team's colour, though other colours were considered, and rejected as being too close to other Sydney sports teams.
Their General Manager is John Dyson
, their coach is Shane Duff, with Daniel Smith
given the role of assistant coach and player. Their inaugural captain
is David Warner
.
The Thunder team has been described as the real Sydney team and will represent the hard-working families from the heartland of Australia. They’ll play with the same spirit as their local community – determined and hard-working with a never give in attitude.
, but they have spent almost half of the salary cap on the explosive opening combination of Chris Gayle
and David Warner
. Gayle was pursued by Perth Scorchers
but he rejected an offer of $250,000 to stay with the Western Australia team.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
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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 competition, the Big Bash League
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...
.
Along with the Sydney Sixers
Sydney Sixers
The Sydney Sixers are a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers will be the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.The Sixers will represent eastern...
they are be the successors of the New South Wales Blues
New South Wales Blues
The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11...
. The Thunder will play out of ANZ Stadium in Sydney's west. Their team uniform will be electric green.
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...
did not allow Cricket NSW to use the sky blue colour traditionally associated with New South Wales sports teams. The Cricket NSW board unanimously decided on electric green as the team's colour, though other colours were considered, and rejected as being too close to other Sydney sports teams.
Their General Manager is John Dyson
John Dyson
John Dyson is a former international cricketer who is now a cricket coach, most recently in charge of the West Indies....
, their coach is Shane Duff, with Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith (cricketer)
Daniel Smith is an Australian first-class cricketer. He plays for New South Wales in the Pura Cup and Ford Ranger Cup competitions...
given the role of assistant coach and player. Their 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 David Warner
David Warner (cricketer)
David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket...
.
The Thunder team has been described as the real Sydney team and will represent the hard-working families from the heartland of Australia. They’ll play with the same spirit as their local community – determined and hard-working with a never give in attitude.
Squad
Sydney Thunder, like every other team, has a salary cap of $1 million for the first season of the Big Bash LeagueBig 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...
, but they have spent almost half of the salary cap on the explosive opening combination of Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...
and David Warner
David Warner (cricketer)
David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket...
. Gayle was pursued by Perth Scorchers
Perth Scorchers
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...
but he rejected an offer of $250,000 to stay with the Western Australia team.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| | Tim Cruickshank Tim Cruickshank Tim Cruickshank is a New South Wales cricketer. He is a right hand batsman and rarely bowls. He is a regular in the Manly-Warringah Waratahs and made his debut for New South Wales in the 2010/11 Ryobi One Day Cup - a provincial cricket tournament in Australia... |
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19 May 1982 (age 29) | Right-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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| | Chris Gayle Chris Gayle Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight... |
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21 September 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.... |
Overseas player | |
| | Phillip Hughes | |
30 November 1988 (age 23) | Left-handed | – | 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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| | Usman Khawaja Usman Khawaja Usman Khawaja is an Australian cricketer. He was awarded player of the Australian Under 19 Championship in 2005 and also played for Australia in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka as an opening batsman. His club side is Randwick-Petersham.... |
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18 December 1986 (age 25) | Left-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... |
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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| | Craig Philipson Craig Philipson Craig Andrew Philipson is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian domestic cricket. He is an attacking right-handed batsman.... |
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18 November 1982 (age 29) | 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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| | David Warner David Warner (cricketer) David Andrew Warner is an Australian cricketer. A quick-scoring left-handed opening batsman, Warner is the first Australian cricketer in 132 years to be selected for a national team in any format without experience in first-class cricket... |
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27 October 1986 (age 25) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break Leg break A leg break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. A delivery of a right-handed leg spin bowler. Leg breaks are also colloquially known as leggies or wrist spinners, as the wrist is the body part which is primarily used to impart spin on the ball, as opposed to the fingers in the case of... |
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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| All-rounders | ||||||
| | Luke Butterworth Luke Butterworth Luke Rex Butterworth in Hobart, Tasmania is an Australian cricket player, who plays for the Tasmanian Tigers and plays club cricket for Glenorchy Cricket Club.... |
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28 October 1983 (age 28) | 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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| | Jason Floros Jason Floros Jason Scott Floros is an Australian cricketer. He currently plays for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One Day Cup, and for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.... |
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24 November 1990 (age 21) | 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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| | Sean Abbott Sean Abbott Sean Abbott is a New South Wales cricketer originally from Windsor in New South Wales. Abbott is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right hand medium pacers. He made his List A debut for New South Wales against Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 17 October 2010... |
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29 February 1992 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | ||
| | Tim Armstrong Tim Armstrong Timothy Lockwood Armstrong is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work with punk rock bands Rancid, Operation Ivy, Downfall, and the Transplants. He is also the owner and operator of Hellcat Records.-Personal life:Armstrong was born November 25, 1965 and was... |
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26 September 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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| | Matthew Day | |
22 September 1987 (age 24) | 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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| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| | Ben Dunk Ben Dunk Ben Robert Dunk is an Australian professional cricket player. He plays for the Queensland Bulls in Australian interstate cricket as a left-handed batsman. He can also play as a wicket-keeper.-Early career:... |
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11 March 1987 (age 24) | Left-handed | – | ||
| | Daniel Smith Daniel Smith (cricketer) Daniel Smith is an Australian first-class cricketer. He plays for New South Wales in the Pura Cup and Ford Ranger Cup competitions... |
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17 March 1982 (age 29) | Right-handed | - | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| | Doug Bollinger Doug Bollinger Douglas Erwin Bollinger is a professional Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler... |
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24 July 1981 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-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... |
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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| | Scott Coyte Scott Coyte Scott James Coyte is an Australian cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for New South Wales and has represented the Australian Under-19 team. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler and a left-hand bat.... |
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7 March 1985 (age 26) | 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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| |Fidel Edwards Fidel Edwards Fidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for... |
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6 February 1982 (age 29) | 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... |
Overseas Player | |
| | Nicholas Bills Nicholas Bills Nicholas David Bills is a New South Wales cricket player. Bills made his first-class cricket debut on March 10-13 2011 against Western Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In his debut match, the right-arm medium pacer took 2 wickets for 95 runs. Major teams he has played for include New South... |
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16 February 1992 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-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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| | Luke Doran | |
14 August 1991 (age 20) | Right-handed | 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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See also
- New South Wales Cricket AssociationNew South Wales Cricket AssociationThe New South Wales Cricket Association is a sporting club who administer cricket in New South Wales, based at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Their trading name is Cricket NSW....
- New South Wales BluesNew South Wales BluesThe New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales...
- Big Bash LeagueBig Bash LeagueThe 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...
- Sydney SixersSydney SixersThe Sydney Sixers are a franchise in Australia's newly announced Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League.Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers will be the successors of the New South Wales Blues who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.The Sixers will represent eastern...