Callum James Ferguson (born 21 November 1984) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays Australian Domestic cricket for South Australia.

He represented Australia at Under 19 level and debuted for the Australia one-day side in 2009. He made his first half century for Australia on 13 February 2009.

Early life[link]

Ferguson attended Blackfriars Priory School in Prospect, South Australia before moving to Marryatville High School in Year 9, where he completed his schooling.

Cricketing career[link]

First-class cricket[link]

Ferguson made his first-class debut on 16 October 2004 against Victoria at his home ground, Adelaide Oval.

He had a very strong debut season, top scoring for South Australia with 733 runs at 38.57.^[1]

Ferguson scored his maiden first-class century with an innings of 103 against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 4 December 2004.

His ton came in the second innings after a disastrous yet memorable first innings for South Australia in which they were dismantled for a record low total of 29, mainly due to a devastating spell of 7/4 from Australian representative Nathan Bracken.^[2]

Ferguson's second season also saw him produce solid results, as he scored 503 runs at an average of 36. After a weak 2006-07 season, Ferguson was dropped, however has recently regained his place in the South Australian line up.

On 16 November 2008, Ferguson recorded his first one day domestic century playing the Western Warriors before being eventually run out on 102.

One Day Internationals[link]

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against New Zealand in February 2009 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and was not out for 6 runs off 6 balls.

Ferguson then made 28 runs off 23 balls against New Zealand in his second ODI on Sunday 8 February 2009. In his third ODI on 10 February 2009 he made 13 not out off 11 balls. This was his first international match at his home ground of the Adelaide Oval.

In his fourth match he made a half century off 35 balls in a rain-shortened match,participating in a great partnership with Brad Haddin of over 90 runs.

On 4 September 2009, Ferguson made his current ODI top score of 71 not out (off 75 balls) against England at The Oval (Kennington Oval / The Brit Insurance Oval), London.

Off season[link]

He also played club cricket in the North West of England in the 2008 season for Netherfield CC.

External links[link]

• Cricinfo profile

References[link]

v t e South Australia squad – current squad 3 Blizzard 5 Cassell 7 Manou (†) 9 Bailey 10 Putland 11 O'Brien 12 Ferguson 14 George 16 Lang 18 Klinger (c) 19 Smith 20 Brinsley 21 Haberfield 22 Ludeman (†) 23 Borgas 25 Moffat 26 Cooper 28 Edmondson 29 Harris 32 Tait 35 Cranmer 36 Duval 39 Delaney 41 Davies 43 Dougall 45 Christian 47 Richardson 55 Pollard 95 Rashid Coach: vacant

v t e Australia squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup 7 Cameron White 11 Dirk Nannes 12 Callum Ferguson 14 Ricky Ponting (c) 18 Jason Krejza 23 Michael Clarke 25 Mitchell Johnson 29 David Hussey 32 Shaun Tait 33 Shane Watson 36 Tim Paine (wk) 41 John Hastings 48 Michael Hussey 49 Steven Smith 57 Brad Haddin (wk) 58 Brett Lee Coach: Tim Nielsen Michael Hussey and Nathan Hauritz were replaced due to injury by Callum Ferguson and Jason Krejza respectively. Doug Bollinger was injured and replaced by Michael Hussey. Dirk Nannes joined the squad as a backup bowler.

Sajid Mahmood

Personal information
Full name	Sajid Iqbal Mahmood
Born	(1981-12-21) 21 December 1981 (age 30) Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Nickname	Saj, King
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Batting style	Right-hand
Bowling style	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 633)	11 May 2006 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	5 January 2007 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 182)	4 July 2004 v New Zealand
Last ODI	22 November 2009 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	19
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–present	Lancashire (squad no. 19)
2010/11	Western Warriors
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	8	26	103	139
Runs scored	81	85	1,866	451
Batting average	8.10	7.72	16.51	8.50
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/8	0/0
Top score	34	22*	94	29
Balls bowled	1130	1,197	15,407	6,101
Wickets	20	30	294	198
Bowling average	38.10	38.94	32.23	26.48
5 wickets in innings	0	0	9	1
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	2	n/a
Best bowling	4/22	4/50	6/30	5/16
Catches/stumpings	0/–	1/–	25/–	18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 June 2011

Sajid "Saj" Iqbal Mahmood (Urdu: ساجد اقبال محمود, Sājid Iqbāl Maḥmūd; born 21 December 1981 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricketer of Pakistani descent. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who plays international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire.

Youth and early career[link]

Sajid Mahmood's grandfather, Llal Khan, emigrated from Rawalpindi in Pakistan to England with his family in 1968. The family settled in Halliwell, a residential area of Bolton.^[1] Sajid Mahmood was born on 21 December 1981, the son of Shahid Mahmood, and grew up with his family. He has a sister and two brothers and is first cousin to boxer Amir Khan.^[2] Khan is five years younger than Mahmood and the two cousins stay close, having grown up living near to each other.^[1]

Mahmood began playing club cricket in the Bolton Leagues, and played well enough to be signed by Lancashire in 2002. He made his debut for Lancashire in 2002 whilst on a scholarship with the club.^[3]

Breakthrough[link]

He won the NBC Denis Compton Award in 2003;^[4] in the same year, he inadvertently broke the hands of Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff and England A team-mate Alex Gidman, an early indicator of his pace. In September 2003, Mahmood was one of England 14 cricketers selected to train with the England Cricket Board's National Academy during the winter.^[5]

Despite having taken only six first-class wickets, Mahmood was chosen for England A's tour to India and Malaysia in 2003–04. He made his One Day International debut for England against New Zealand at Bristol in July 2004, but his seven overs proved expensive, conceding 56 runs without a wicket. More recently, he toured India with England in early 2006, playing in the third, sixth and seventh ODIs and taking several wickets.

He was included in the Test squad against Sri Lanka in 2006 following injuries to Steve Harmison, James Anderson and Simon Jones, and earned his first cap on 11 May 2006 in the first Test at Lord's, becoming England's 633rd Test player. England reached an imposing first-innings score of 551, and Mahmood took three wickets in his first four overs in Test cricket at the end of the second day, as the Sri Lankan team disintegrated to 91 for 6 at the close. He was unable to add to his tally before Sri Lanka were forced to follow on early on the third day, but added two further wickets in Sri Lanka's more composed second innings on the fourth day.

Mahmood was replaced by Jon Lewis for the third Test against Sri Lanka. However on 27 July 2006 he was selected ahead of Lewis for the second Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford after Liam Plunkett was ruled out due to injury. Although the pitch at Old Trafford favoured seamers, Mahmood performed relatively poorly. However, he was retained for the Third Test at Headingley. He contributed 34 runs with the bat in England's first innings, but then went for 108 runs over 24 overs, albeit with two wickets, in a high-scoring Pakistan first innings. In the second innings, he took 4 wickets for only 22 runs in 8 overs, contributing significantly to England's series-clinching victory.^[6] He featured in the final match of the series, dubbed Ovalgate. He took 2-101 in Pakistan's first innings before the game was forfeited by Pakistan for refusing to take the field during England's second innings.

England in Australia 2006–07[link]

Sajid Mahmood in the nets during the 2006–07 Ashes series in Australia

Mahmood was selected for England's 2006–07 Ashes squad, but James Anderson was selected ahead of him for the first and second tests. For the third Test in Perth Mahmood and Monty Panesar replaced Anderson and Ashley Giles. He featured sporadically in the test, bowling just 7 overs in Australia's first innings and 10 in their second, taking no wickets. He later expressed his unhappiness about not bowling more during the test.^[7] Mahmood also played in the ODI match against Australia on 2 February 2007 in Sydney, taking 2 wickets for 38 runs, and sharing the new ball with fellow fast bowler Liam Plunkett. He took the wicket of Brad Hodge by bowling him. He also took the wicket of destructive batsman Matthew Hayden after Hayden had scored 51. Hayden hit the ball straight to Jamie Dalrymple. He has appeared in a Bollywood film called Victory.^[8]

2007 World Cup[link]

After his successful performances in the Commonwealth Bank Series victory over Australia, Mahmood was shortlisted for the 15-man England squad for the World Cup. Although he wasn't selected for the first few matches, he came into the side against Canada. Against Sri Lanka in the Super Eight stage he produced his best figures in a ODI match, taking the wickets of Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara in his spell of 4-50.^[9] After his successful bowling figures against Sri Lanka, he was picked for the match against Australia. Despite being England's most expensive bowler in that match,^[10] he was picked for the following match against Bangladesh, in which he took 3 wickets for 27 runs.^[11] England won and Mahmood was awarded Man of the Match.

Return to the county circuit[link]

In a County Championship match against Kent, Mahmood suffered a chest injury that threatened to prematurely end his 2008 season.^[12]

On 26 November 2008, Mahmood was drafted into England's squad for the last two ODI matches against India in their seven match tour. He and bowler Amjad Khan were called up as replacements for the injured Stuart Broad and Andrew Flintoff. Mahmood and Khan were in Bangalore with England's Performance Programme Squad.^[13] The final two ODIs were cancelled after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks and the England squad returned home due to safety concerns.^[14] Mahmood was part of the England Lions for the winter tour of New Zealand.^[15] While Khan debuted for England over the winter, Mahmood did not feature in any matches for the full England side. Despite this, he was selected in England's 25-man performance squad, and was identified by national selector Geoff Miller as being close to playing for England.^[16] Although he was part of England's 30-man preliminary squad for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20,^[17] he did not make the final squad of 15.^[18]

In April, Mahmood was selected to represent the England Lions against the West Indies.^[19] Despite being overlooked by England for the first Test of the summer, in May Mahmood secured his career-best bowling figures and his maiden 10-wicket haul. In a Lancashire victory over Worcestershire by six wickets, Mahmood took 6/75 and finished with match figures of 10/140.^[20] Mahmood was one of several Lancashire bowlers unable to play in August 2009. He, Glen Chapple, Steven Cheetham, and Tom Smith were injured and Andrew Flintoff and James Anderson were on England duty. As a stop-gap measure, Tom Lungley was loaned by Lancashire from Derbyshire County Cricket Club.^[21] After he finished the season with 41 first-class wickets at an average of 34.00,^[22] and 24 list A wickets at an average of 23.33,^[23] Mahmood was recalled to the England One Day International squad for their tour of South Africa in the winter of 2009.^[24]

Although Mahmood emphasised the work he put into improving his consistency in his two years out of the international squad,^[25] he was expensive on his come back and conceded 92 runs and took 2 wickets from the 7 overs he bowled in England's two Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa,^[26] and played in just one of the ODIs, in which he took 1/41.^[27] Mahmood joined Western Australia as an overseas player for the domestic T20 competition during the 2010/11 season.^[28] He played in five matches for them, taking five wickets at an average of 30.2.^[29]

In June 2011, in a match against Durham, Mahmood took his second ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.^[30] Mahmood attributed his bowling success in 2011 to being more focused on playing for Lancashire; he said that before he had been distracted by trying to earn selection for England and that he performs better when relaxed.^[31]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sajid Mahmood

• Sajid Mahmood at Cricinfo

v t e England squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 5 Collingwood 7 Bell 9 Anderson 11 Flintoff 14 Strauss 17 Plunkett 18 Lewis 19 Mahmood 24 Pietersen 34 Dalrymple 36 Joyce 39 Broad 42 Bopara 46 Panesar 47 Nixon 99 Vaughan Coach: Fletcher Stuart Broad was called up to replace Jon Lewis, who had to return home due to family problems

Michael Klinger

Personal information
Full name	Michael Klinger
Born	(1980-07-04) 4 July 1980 (age 31) Kew, Victoria, Australia
Nickname	Maxy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Batting style	Right-hand
Role	Opening Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/2000–2007/08	Victoria
2008/09 –	South Australia
FC debut	27 March 1999 Australian Cricket Academy v Matebeleland Invitational XI
List-A debut	24 March 1999 Australian Cricket Academy v Matebeleland Invitational XI
Career statistics
Competition	FC	LA	T20
Matches	82	94	41
Runs scored	5,006	3,471	949
Batting average	38.21	41.32	27.11
100s/50s	10/23	9/22	0/5
Top score	255	133*	78
Balls bowled	6	–	–
Wickets	0	–	–
Bowling average	–	–	–
5 wickets in innings	0	–	–
10 wickets in match	0	–	–
Best bowling	0/3	–	–
Catches/stumpings	74/–	31/–	15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 April 2012

Michael Klinger (born 4 July 1980) is a first-class cricketer with the South Australia Redbacks. His nickname is "Maxy", after the M*A*S*H character Maxwell Klinger.^[1]

Before the 2008–09 season, Klinger played for Victoria and for St Kilda Cricket Club in Premier Cricket. He joined the South Australia Redbacks for the 2008–09 season, was named their Captain in 2010, and won the Allan Border Medal as Cricket Player of the Year in both 2009 and 2010. He was one of the 350 players under the hammer for the IPL Auction 2011, and was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala.

Career[link]

Victoria[link]

He attended Mount Scopus Memorial College, of which he graduated in 1998. As a young batsman, Klinger was named Captain of the Australia Under 19's Mens Cricket team – his deputy being Michael Clarke latterly Australia Vice Captain and as of 2011 Captain of the Test and ODI teams.^[2]

Klinger began as an 18-year old youngster in the 1998–99 season. His career lowlight was the 2000–01 season when he made a famous 99 not out, with captain Paul Reiffel declaring the innings closed, a move which brought great controversy.^{[citation needed]} This move caused Klinger some great upset, and following it Klinger had several less successful years, but returned to contention for a spot in the Victorian Bushrangers side for the 2005–06 season. He quickly made his first first-class cricket century, and then followed it up with his first List A one-day century, but his first class form soon dropped, and he was replaced in the side by Lloyd Mash, not to return in the Pura Cup all season. In 2003 he was the club professional for Walkden in the Bolton Cricket League.

In Season 2006–07 he started off in the outer from the Pura Cup side, but started off his Ford Ranger Cup season in style, nearly getting a century early on, and then following it up with one. He led the runs scoring in the competition for much of the season, eventuall finishing 3rd. Klinger's rise to the Pura Cup team came only when Brad Hodge was called up by Australia for their ODI Series, and Klinger's recent form had been wavy, with his last game for the 2nd XI yielding a first innings duck, but second innings century. Klinger was soon to do the same for the 1st XI, but the century ensured that when Hodge returned, Klinger survived. He finished the season as a regular fixture of the Bushrangers side, and was part of a great partnership with David Hussey in a match against NSW, in which the Vics defied all odds to chase down a massive total of 360 on an extremely poor 4th day pitch (it was later described as a 3rd day pitch on day 1 by Hussey), scoring 102.

South Australia[link]

Klinger joined the South Australia Redbacks for the 2008–09 season in order to get more opportunities at state level, where he began batting at number 3 rather than opening, and saw immediate success, scoring a maiden 150 against old state Victoria in his first game. Then, against Western Australia on 11 November, Klinger scored his maiden double century, finishing on 255, and he continued to score heavily in both the Sheffield Shield and the Ford Ranger Cup, and hit his third century for the season against Queensland at the Gabba, and his first away from the traditionally batting friendly Adelaide Oval.

On 11 December 2008, Klinger posted his highest individual score in one day cricket, with an unbeaten 133 off just 128 balls. This guided South Australia to victory in their high-scoring match against the Tasmania Tigers at the Adelaide Oval. This was Klinger's fourth one-day century. He won the Australian Cricketers' Association's December 2008 Johnnie Walker player-of-the-month award.^[3]

In 2010, Klinger was named Captain of the Redbacks.^[4]

Indian Premier League[link]

Klinger was one of the 350 players under the hammer for the IPL Auction 2011, and was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for US$ 75,000.^[5]

Awards[link]

• State Cricket Players of the Year: 2009
• State Cricket Players of the Year: 2010

See also[link]

• List of select Jewish cricketers

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michael Klinger

• Michael Klinger 133 not out against Tasmania
• Michael Klinger Cricinfo Profile

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