The Australia A men's cricket team is a cricket team representing Australia. It is currently used to develop young players and prepare them for the Australian national cricket team, though has seen participation from older, or more established players, as preparation for upcoming series. Originally playing as tour matches alongside the main Australian side, the team has since expanded to participating in their own tours.

History Australia had sent Second XI teams on overseas tours before—such as their tours of New Zealand in 1949–50 and 1959–60. These teams would consist of players on the fringes of national selection.

In 1994, this team was given an official name, when the 1994–95 Australian Tri-Series was expanded to involve four teams instead of three, with the addition of "Australia A" to the pre-established Australia, England and Zimbabwe. This Australia A team was made up of younger players as part of the selection process for the 1996 Cricket World Cup, with Ricky Ponting, Michael Bevan and Paul Reiffel going from the Australia A side in these games to the squad for the World Cup as David Boon, Tim May and Phil Emery missed out. Games involving Australia A are not official One Day Internationals but are included in the List A statistics when that classification was made official by the International Cricket Council in 2006. During this series, players would regularly be swapped between the 'A' team and the national team.

The team originally played 50-over cricket until their first-class debut against the South Africa national team in 1997. They participated in their first solo tour in 1998, touring Scotland and Ireland.

Squad This table lists all players who have played for Australia A since 23 September 2025. Players who were selected in a current squad but have not played are in italics. Players who have international caps are in boldface.

Name Birth date Batting style Bowling style State team Captain Batters Peter Handscomb Right-handed Right-arm off break Victoria India A2026/27 Gloucestershire2019 Mackenzie Harvey Left-handed Right-arm off break South Australia India A2025/26 Lachlan Hearne Left-handed Right-arm off break Queensland India A2025/26 Campbell Kellaway Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Victoria India A2026/27 Sri Lanka A2025 Sam Konstas Right-handed Right-arm off break New South Wales India A2026/27 Jake Fraser-McGurk Right-handed Right-arm leg break South Australia India A2025/26 Nathan McSweeney Right-handed Right-arm off break South Australia India A2026/27 Sri Lanka A2025 Oliver Peake Left-handed Right-arm off break Victoria India A2025/26 Sri Lanka A2025 Matt Renshaw Left-handed Right-arm off break Queensland England Lions2025/26 Sri Lanka A2025 Jason Sangha Right-handed Right-arm leg break South Australia India A2026/27 Sri Lanka A2025 All-rounders Nikhil Chaudhary Right-handed Right-arm off break Tasmania Cooper Connolly Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Western Australia England Lions2025/26 India A2025/26 Harry Dixon Left-handed Right-arm off spin Victoria India A2025/26 Jack Edwards Right-handed Right-arm medium New South Wales India A2025/26 India A2025/26 Aaron Hardie Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Western Australia England Lions2024/25 Sri Lanka A2022 Mitchell Owen Right-handed Right-arm medium Tasmania Liam Scott Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium South Australia India A2026/27 India A2025/26 Will Sutherland Right handed Right-arm medium-fast Victoria India A2025/26 India A2025/26 Beau Webster Right-handed Right-arm medium, off break Tasmania England Lions2025/26 Wicket-keepers Sam Harper Right-handed Victoria Josh Philippe Right-handed New South Wales India A2026/27 Sri Lanka A2025 Lachlan Shaw Right-handed New South Wales India A2025/26 Pace bowlers Xavier Bartlett Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Queensland England Lions2025/26 Mahli Beardman Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Western Australia Brendan Doggett Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium South Australia India A2026/27 Ben Dwarshuis Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium New South Wales New Zealand A2023 Sam Elliott Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Victoria India A2025/26 Ryan Hadley Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast New South Wales England Lions2025/26 Liam Hatcher Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast New South Wales New Zealand A2023 Spencer Johnson Left-handed Left-arm fast South Australia New Zealand A2023 Fergus O'Neill Right-handed Right-arm medium Victoria India A2026/27 Jhye Richardson Right-handed Right-arm fast Western Australia England Lions2025/26 India A2019 Tom Straker Right-handed Right-arm medium Queensland India A2025/26 Henry Thornton Right-handed Right-arm fast South Australia India A2025/26 Sri Lanka A2025 Spin bowlers Todd Murphy Left-handed Right-arm off break Victoria India A2026/27 Sri Lanka A2022 Corey Rocchiccioli Right-handed Right-arm off break Western Australia India A2026/27 Tanveer Sangha Right-handed Right-arm leg break New South Wales Sri Lanka A2025 India A2025/26 Notes

Coaching staff The following coaching panel was named ahead of Sri Lanka A's tour of Australia in 2025, . PositionName Head coach Tim Paine Batting coach Scott Prestwidge Bowling coach Adam Griffith Development coach Trent Keep

Results summary

Date Opponent(s) Location First-class List A T20 Dec 1994–Jan 1995 Australia, England & Zimbabwe(Quad-Series) Australia — 3 5 0 0 — Jan 1996 West Indies Australia — 1 0 0 0 — Dec 1996 West Indies Australia — 1 0 0 0 — Dec 1996 Pakistan Australia — 0 1 0 0 — Dec 1997 South Africa Australia 0 0 1 — — Jan 1998 New Zealand Australia — 0 1 0 0 — Jul–Aug 1998 Scotland Scotland 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 — Scotland XI — 1 0 0 0 — Ireland Ireland 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 — Sep 1999 India A United States — 4 1 0 0 — Jan 2000 Pakistan Australia — 2 0 0 0 — Dec 2000–Jan 2001 West Indies Australia 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 — Jan 2001 Zimbabwe Australia — 1 0 0 0 — Jan 2002 New Zealand Australia — 1 0 0 0 — Jan 2002 South Africa Australia — 1 0 0 0 — Sep 2002 South Africa A South Africa — 5 1 0 1 — Nov–Dec 2002 England XI Australia 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 — Dec 2002–Jan 2003 Sri Lanka Australia — 4 1 0 0 — Apr 2003 South Africa A Australia 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 — Dec 2003 India Australia 0 0 1 — — Jan 2004 Zimbabwe Australia — 1 1 0 0 — Jan 2005 West Indies Australia — 1 1 0 0 — Jan 2005 Pakistan Australia — 1 1 0 0 — Sep 2005 Pakistan A Pakistan 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 — Sep 2007 Pakistan A Pakistan 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 — Sep 2008 India A India 0 0 2 — — Sep 2008 India A & New Zealand A(Tri-Series) India — 3 2 0 0 — Jun–Jul 2010 Sri Lanka A Australia 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Nov 2010 England XI Australia 0 1 0 — — Nov 2011 New Zealand Australia 0 0 1 — — Jul–Aug 2012 Derbyshire England 0 0 1 — — Durham 0 1 0 — — England Lions 0 0 2 — — Nov 2012 South Africa Australia 0 0 1 — — Feb–Mar 2013 England Lions Australia — 4 0 0 1 — Jun 2013 Scotland Scotland 1 0 0 — — Ireland Ireland 1 0 0 — — Gloucestershire England 1 0 0 — — Jul–Aug 2013 Zimbabwe Select XI Zimbabwe 1 0 0 — — South Africa A South Africa 0 1 1 — — Aug 2013 South Africa A & India A(Tri-Series) South Africa — 3 2 0 0 — Nov 2013 England XI Australia 0 0 1 — — Jul 2014 India A Australia 0 0 2 — — Jul–Aug 2014 India A, South Africa A & National Performance Squad(Quad-Series) Australia — 4 3 0 0 — Aug 2014 South Africa A Australia 0 1 1 — — Jul–Aug 2015 India A India 1 0 1 — — Aug 2015 India A & South Africa A(Tri-Series) India — 4 1 0 0 — Jul–Aug 2016 South Africa A Australia 2 0 0 — — Aug–Sep 2016 India A, South Africa A & National Performance Squad(Quad-Series) Australia — 3 3 0 1 — Sep 2016 India A Australia 1 0 1 — — Aug 2018 India A, India B & South Africa A(Quad-Series) India — 2 2 0 2 — Sep 2018 India A India 1 1 0 — — Jun 2019 Northamptonshire England — 1 0 0 0 — Derbyshire — 1 0 0 0 — Worcestershire — 0 0 0 1 — Gloucestershire — 2 0 0 0 — Sussex 1 0 0 — — England Lions 0 0 1 — — Nov 2019 Pakistan Australia 0 0 1 — — Feb 2020 England Lions Australia 0 1 0 — — Dec 2020 India Australia 0 0 2 — — Dec 2021 England Lions Australia 1 0 0 — — June 2022 Sri Lanka A Sri Lanka 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 — Apr 2023 New Zealand A New Zealand 0 1 1 — — Aug–Sep 2023 New Zealand A Australia 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 — Oct–Nov 2024 India A Australia 2 0 0 — — Jan–Feb 2025 England Lions Australia 1 0 0 — — Jul 2025 Sri Lanka A Australia 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 — Sep–Oct 2025 India A India 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 — Dec 2025 England Lions Australia 1 0 0 — — Sep–Oct 2026 India A India 2 3 —

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