The 2018 JLT One-Day Cup was the 50th season of the official List A domestic cricket competition in Australia. It was played over a four-week period at the start of the domestic season to separate its schedule from the Sheffield Shield season. The tournament was held in Townsville, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. Fox Cricket broadcast 13 matches from the tournament. The tournament was sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
Points table
RESULT POINTS:
Win – 4 Tie – 2 each No Result – 2 each Loss – 0 Bonus Point – 1 (Run rate 1.25 times that of opposition.) Additional Bonus Point – 1 (Run rate twice that of opposition.)
Squads The following squads were named:
New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Kurtis Patterson (c) Sean Abbott Harry Conway Trent Copeland Pat Cummins Ben Dwarshuis Jack Edwards Mickey Edwards Ryan Gibson Chris Green Moises Henriques Daniel Hughes Nick Larkin Jay Lenton Peter Nevill Steve O'Keefe Daniel Sams Jason Sangha Jimmy Peirson (c) Chris Lynn (c) Xavier Bartlett Max Bryant Joe Burns Luke Feldman Sam Heazlett Charlie Hemphrey Lachlan Pfeffer Jack Prestwidge Billy Stanlake Mark Steketee Mitchell Swepson Sam Truloff Jack Wildermuth Jake Lehmann (c) Alex Carey Tom Cooper Callum Ferguson Spencer Johnson Joe Mennie Harry Nielsen Kane Richardson Luke Robins Alex Ross Chadd Sayers Cameron Valente Jake Weatherald Daniel Worrall Adam Zampa George Bailey (c) Jackson Bird Nicholas Buchanan Jake Doran James Faulkner Ben McDermott Riley Meredith Simon Milenko Tom Rogers Clive Rose Gurinder Sandhu Jordan Silk Aaron Summers Matthew Wade Beau Webster Peter Handscomb (c) Wes Agar Scott Boland Jackson Coleman Travis Dean Seb Gotch Marcus Harris Mackenzie Harvey Nic Maddinson Glenn Maxwell Tom O'Connell Matthew Short Will Sutherland Chris Tremain Cameron White Ashton Turner (c) Ashton Agar Will Bosisto Hilton Cartwright Nathan Coulter-Nile Cameron Green Josh Inglis Matt Kelly Simon Mackin Joel Paris Josh Philippe Jhye Richardson D'Arcy Short Marcus Stoinis Andrew Tye Usman Qadir Jonathan Wells Sam Whiteman
New South Wales captain Peter Nevill was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a broken thumb while batting in the nets at the WACA Ground prior to the start of the Blues' campaign. He was replaced in the squad by Jay Lenton, while Kurtis Patterson assumed captaincy duties.
Tasmanian all-rounder James Faulkner sustained a calf injury whilst playing for Lancashire Lightning in the semi-final of England's domestic T20 competition. He was replaced in the squad by Gurinder Sandhu.
South Australia's Daniel Worrall sustained a back injury and was replaced by allrounder Luke Robins in the squad prior to the tournament.
Simon Mackin, Will Bosisto and Sam Whiteman were added to the Western Australian squad after D'Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis and Matt Kelly were ruled out for the start of the tournament through injury.
Queenslander Jimmy Peirson made an early recovery from his injury and joined their squad prior to the match against Tasmania.
Chris Green and Ben Dwarshuis were added to the New South Wales squad in place of Jason Sangha and Trent Copeland prior to their clash with Tasmania, to allow the latter two to play Grade Cricket.
Wicket keeper Peter Nevill returned to the New South Wales squad after making a quick recovery from a broken thumb. He replaced fellow wicket keeper Jay Lenton.
Pat Cummins was added to the New South Wales squad after recovering from a back injury.
Debutants The following players made their List A debuts throughout the competition. Date Name Role Batting Bowling Team Against Scores 16 September 2018 Tom O’Connell All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm leg-break 12, 2/42 18 September 2018 Jack Edwards All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 32, 0/1 18 September 2018 Jay Lenton Wicket-keeper Left-handed Right-arm medium 0, 3c 18 September 2018 Daniel Sams All-rounder Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 62, 3/46 18 September 2018 Josh Philippe Wicket-keeper batsman Right-handed Right-arm medium 59
League stage
Play-offs
Bracket
Qualifying Finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Most Runs PlayerTeamChris Lynn77145275.3313523Ben McDermott77142771.1611722D'Arcy Short55040480.8025711Sam Heazlett77038054.2810712Peter Handscomb87036151.578904
Most wickets PlayerTeamAndrew Tye654.32911816.166/4618.11Gurinder Sandhu656.33001816.667/5618.12 Mark Steketee766.24241430.284/3528.42Adam Zampa660.03051225.413/3730.00Sean Abbott641.03061225.505/4320.52
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