FIRST-CLASS CENTURIES
FOR QUEENSLAND
Greg Moller ended a three-year absence from the first-class arena in magnificent style when he posted his maiden century for the Queensland Bulls in the BUPA Sheffield Shield against the WA Warriors at the Gabba in February 2013. Having scored 417 runs at 21.9 in 11 first-class matches between February 2007 and December 2009, the 30-year-old made a comeback that dreams are made of. After a neat 44 in the first innings in what was easily the Bulls' highest opening partnertship of the season, he made 120 in the second innings to etch his name onto the Queensland Honour Board. Moller, in blistering form in grade cricket, looked right at home in his second coming at interstate level and looked destined for a prolonged stay at the top of the Queensalnd order;
Peter Forrest posted his first century of the 2012-13 summer and his fourth overall for Queensland when he made 119 against Victoria at the MCG in February 2013, while earlier in the campaign Ben Cutting blastred his way onto the Queensland Cricket batting Honour Board with his maiden first-class century in the first game of the 2012-13 season. Batting at No.8, the power-hitting pace spearhead reached triple figures off 70 balls, having hit 11 fours and four sixes, and finished with 109 off 78 balls (12 fours, four sixes). Wicket-keeper Chris Hartley posted his seventh first-class century for Queensland in the same match as the Bulls took outright points to get their sumnmer off to a flying start. In game three against SA at Adelaide Oval, Wade Townsend posted his fifth first-class century and Joe Burns his fourth as the Bulls took first innings points from the Redlacks in Adelaide. In game five against Tasmania in Hobart NSW import Usman Khawaja posted his first triple-figure score for Queensland in an innings which underlined his Test class. And inn game nine Burns posted his second century of the season and his fifth overall against Tasmania.
| Most First-Class Centuries for Queensland | |
| 31 | Martin Love |
| 27 | Matthew Hayden |
| 25 | Stuart Law |
| 24 | Peter Burge, Sam Trimble |
| 21 | Greg Chappell |
| 19 | Jimmy Maher |
| 18 | Allan Border |
| 17 | Greg Chappell, Greg Ritchie |
| 16 | Robert Kerr, Ken Mackay, Kepler Wessels |
| 15 | Trevor Barsby |
| 14 | Andrew Symonds |
| 12 | Ray Reynolds |
| 10 | Cecil Thompson, Clinton Perren |
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Other 2012-13 Players | |
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7 |
Chris Hartley |
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5 |
Joe Burns, Wade Townsend |
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4 |
Peter Forrest |
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3 |
James Hopes |
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2 |
Chris Lynn |
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1 |
Ben Cutting, Usman Khawaja, Greg Moller, Nathan Reardon |
ONE-DAY CENTURIES
FOR QUEENSLAND
Ben Dunk wrote his name into the record books when he posted his maiden one-day century against WA in Perth in November 2011, batting through the innings to finish with 115no from 124 balls after finishing the match with a brutal 4-4-6 onslaught against ex-Queensland teammate Nathan Rimmington. Dunk was Queensland's first one-day century-maker since Lee Carseldine posted 105 against Victoria in February 2010.
Jimmy Maher's man of the match century in the Ford Ranger Cup final against Victoria at the MCG on 25 February 2007 saw him become Queensland's leading one-day century-maker. It was his 9th one-day 'ton' for the Bulls and put him one triple-figure score ahead of Matthew Hayden. He followed with another 'ton' against Tasmania in January 2008 on the same day as James Hopes blasted his second three-figure score for the Bulls in one-day cricket.
Lee Carseldine scored the first one-day century of the 2008-09 season when he took 126 off NSW in the Ford Ranger Cup in Cairns on 18 October '08, and became just the seventh played to score multiple one-day tons for Queensland when he followed up with 122 against WA in the FRC at the Gabba in January '09. Craig Philipson posted his maiden one-day ton and the Bulls first of the 2009-10 summer when he took a neat 100 off 112 balls from NSW in Sydney on 3 February 2010, and Carseldine registered No.3 in the Bulls' final game of the 2009-10 FRC campaign against Victoria on 20 February at the Gabba (above).
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One-Day Centuries for Queensland | |
|
10 |
Jimmy Maher |
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8 |
Matthew Hayden |
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6 |
Stuart Law |
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4 |
Martin Love |
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3 |
Lee Carseldine |
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2 |
Clinton Perren, James Hopes |
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1 |
Trevor Barsby, Peter Cantrell, Andrew Courtice, Ben Dunk, Majid Khan, Craig Philipson, Greg Ritchie. |
Updated 10 March 2013
