State cricket 2011/12

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he opening batsman Phil Jaques, who played 11 Tests for Australia before a serious back injury ended his international career, will retire from first-class cricket in Australia at the end of this summer. Jaques, 32, will continue his career with Yorkshire, where he will be classified as a local player due to his British passport.

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Brad Knowles and Mark Cameron from WA have both announced their retirements due to injury

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also a Central District supporter!

Didn't last too long before he saw the light .

http://www.westadelaidefc.com.au/NEWS/L ... RIKER.aspx

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The opening batsman Liam Davis won the Lawrie Sawle Medal as Western Australia's Player of the Year at the state's awards night in Perth on Thursday. Davis won the prize for a breakthrough year in which he scored 921 runs in the Sheffield Shield, finishing third on the tournament tally, and his unbeaten 303 against New South Wales was the highest score in the competition since Simon Katich made 306 in 2007-08.
Davis finished on 25 votes, ahead of the vice-captain Adam Voges on 23 and the fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile on 20.

Herschelle Gibbs was named the Perth Scorchers Player of the Year for a BBL campaign in which he made 302 runs at 43.14 with a strike-rate of 151.75. Michael Hussey won the Gold Cup, awarded to Western Australia's most outstanding cricket across all levels, for the sixth time in the past seven years.

Other awards handed out on the night included the Players' Choice Award, which went to Nathan Rimmington, and the Excalibur Award for the player who best upholds the spirit of the Warriors, which was given to Michael Beer. The Future Legend Award, given to the player adjudged the rising star of Western Australian cricket, went to the fast bowler Jason Behrendorff.

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The fast bowler Brendan Drew and the batsman Nick Kruger are among eight players who will be axed from Tasmania's contract list for next summer. A fortnight ago, Drew and Kruger were playing in the Sheffield Shield final but neither man did enough to encourage the selectors to retain them on the contract list.

The wicketkeeper Brady Jones, the opening batsman Jon Wells, the seamer Ben Laughlin, the batsman Ashton May, the allrounder Matthew Day and the rookie spinner Marc Simonds will also be delisted.

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The batsman Rob Quiney has won his second successive Bill Lawry Medal as Victoria's best first-class player of the season. Quiney also picked up the Dean Jones Medal as the state's one-day player of the year at the Cricket Victoria awards night in Melbourne on Wednesday.

David Hussey was named the Melbourne Stars Player of the Year and Aaron Finch won the Melbourne Renegades award.