Queensland Bulls

Infobox cricket team
county=Queensland


oneday=Queensland Bulls
coach=flagicon|Australia Trevor Barsby
captain=flagicon|Australia Chris Simpson
founded=1882
ground=The Gabba
capacity=42,000
fcdebutvs=New South Wales
fcdebutyr=1882
fcdebutvenue=The Gabba
title1 = Sheffield Shield
title1wins = 6
title2 = Ford Ranger Cup
title2wins = 7
title3 = KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
title3wins = 0
website= [http://www.qldcricket.com.au Queensland Cricket] The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:

*Sheffield Shield (formerly Pura Cup), 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season
*Ford Ranger One Day Cup, 1-day (50 over per side) tournament with List-A status, since its inception in 1969/70
*KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, a 20 overs per side tournament, since its inception in 2005/06

History

Despite having produced many outstanding cricketers and attracting others from interstate or overseas (see below), Queensland failed for 68 years to win the four-day national tournament (known at the time as the Sheffield Shield) until Stuart Law led them to success in the 1994-95 season.

Since their breakthrough win, Queensland has enjoyed a golden era winning the competition a further five times (including three consecutive seasons from 1999/2000 to 2001/02) and making the final every year but three. Their most recent title, a victory over the Victorian Bushrangers in 2005-06 saw the Bulls post a first innings score of 6-900 and eventually win by a record margin of an innings and 354 runs. Since a final was introduced to the Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup competitions in the 1982/83 cricket season the Queensland Bulls have contested 16 out of 25 finals.

The Queensland Bulls have also enjoyed reasonable success in the domestic one-day limited overs tournament having won that title seven times since the competition's commencement in the 1969-70 season.

Home Ground

The side plays (most of) its home games at the "The Gabba", a contraction of the suburb name of Woolloongabba in which it is located. Matches are also played at Allan Border Field in Albion, Brisbane.

Famous Players

For a fuller list of players, see

*Allan Border
*Ian Botham
*Bill Brown
*Peter Burge
*Greg Chappell
*Wally Grout
*Wes Hall
*Matthew Hayden
*Ian Healy
*Michael Kasprowicz
*Ray Lindwall
*Colin McCool
*Craig McDermott
*Ken Mackay
*Viv Richards
*Don Tallon
*Jeff Thomson
*Kepler Wessels

Current Squad

*83. Chris Simpson
*34. Andy Bichel
*1. Matthew Hayden
*3. Martin Love
*17. Andrew Symonds
*33. Shane Watson
*39. James Hopes
*29. Ashley Noffke
*26. Clinton Perren
*18. Chris Hartley
*24. Daniel Doran
*30. Ryan Broad
*32. Nick Kruger
*37. Grant Sullivan
*45. Nathan Rimmington
*27. Craig Philipson
*77. Lee Carsledine
*14. Greg Moller
*30. Ryan Broad
*38. Michael Buchanan
*28. Chris Swan
*99. Scott Brant
*23. Aaron Nye
* Ryan Harris
* Glen Batticotto

Rookie Players
*31. Ben Cutting
*42. Ryan Le Loux
*36. Nathan Reardon
*43. Worrin Williams
*25. Lachlan Stevens
*41. Wade Townsend
* Cameron Boyce
* Michael Johnson
* Dominic O'Brien
*N/A.Murray Bragg
*N/A.Steve Paulsen
*N/A.Daniel Payne

First-class Records

Most runs for Queensland [cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Queensland/Records/Firstclass/Batting_Records/Most_Career_Runs.html| title=Most Runs for Queensland| publisher=Cricket Archive]

Highest individual score:
* Martin Love 300* vs Victoria in 2003/04Most centuries:
* Martin Love 28Most runs in a season:
* Stuart Law 1204 runs in 1990/91Highest partnership:
* Kepler Wessels and Robbie Kerr 388 vs in 1982/83 Highest team score:
* 900-6d vs Victoria in 2005/06Most wickets for Queensland [cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Queensland/Records/Firstclass/Bowling_Records/Most_Career_Wickets.html| title=Most Wickets for Queensland| publisher=Cricket Archive] Most wickets in a season:
* Michael Kasprowicz 64 wickets in 1995/96Most wickets in an innings:
* Peter Allan 10-61 vs Victoria in 1965/66Most wickets in a match:
* Peter Allan 13-110 vs NSW in 1968/69

References

ee also

*Queensland Cricket

External links

*The Homepage of [http://www.qldcricket.com.au Queensland Cricket]
*The Homepage of the [http://www.thegabba.org.au Brisbane Cricket Ground]