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Queensland Bulls

First Match:	QLD vs NSW, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, 1892/93. QLD won by 14 runs.
Captain:	Jimmy Maher
Coach:	Terry Oliver
Home Ground:	The Gabba Ground
Honours:	Pura Cup: 6 Ford Ranger Cup: 7 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: 0
Overall record:	Pura Cup: P:113, W:57, D:31, L:25, NR:0 Ford Ranger Cup: P:100, W:59, T:0, D:0, L: 40, NR:1 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: P:6, W:2, L:3, NR:1
2006/07 Position:	Pura Cup: equal 2nd (18pts) Ford Ranger Cup: Winner KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: 5th (4 pts) Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Queensland. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... James Patrick Maher (born February 27, 1974 in Innisfail, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. ... The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. ... The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... The Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the most recent name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ... For the 2006/2007 series, see Twenty-20 cricket in Australia in 2006-07 The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. ... The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... The Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the most recent name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ... For the 2006/2007 series, see Twenty-20 cricket in Australia in 2006-07 The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. ... The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... The Ford Ranger One Day Cup is the most recent name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ... For the 2006/2007 series, see Twenty-20 cricket in Australia in 2006-07 The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. ...
Most recent game:	Pura Cup vs Victorian Bushrangers, The GABBA, Brisbane, March 8-10, 2007. Queensland won by 101 runs.
Current as of:	March 23, 2007 [1]

The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments: The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ... March 23 is the 82nd day of the year (83rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  4,070,400 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ...

• Pura Cup (formerly Sheffield Shield), 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season
• Ford Ranger One Day Cup, 1-day (50 over per side) tournament with List-A status, since its inception in 1969/70
• KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, a 20 overs per side tournament, since its inception in 2005/06

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History

Despite having produced many outstanding cricketers and attracting others from interstate or overseas (see below), Queensland failed for 68 years to win the four-day national tournament (known at the time as the Sheffield Shield) until Stuart Law led them to success in the 1994-95 season. The Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first class cricket competition in Australia. ... Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968 in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer, although he now has British citizenship and has settled in England. ...

Since their breakthrough win, Queensland has enjoyed a golden era winning the competition a further five times (including three consecutive seasons from 1999/2000 to 2001/02) and making the final every year but three. Their most recent title, a victory over the Victorian Bushrangers in 2005-06 saw the Bulls post a first innings score of 6-900 and eventually win by a record margin of an innings and 354 runs. Since a final was introduced to the Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup competitions in the 1982/83 cricket season the Queensland Bulls have contested 16 out of 25 finals. The Victorian Bushrangers are an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. ...

The Queensland Bulls have also enjoyed reasonable success in the domestic one-day limited overs tournament having won that title seven times since the competition's commencement in the 1969-70 season. The ING Cup is the current name of the domestic List A cricket (One-day/limited overs cricket) competition in Australia. ...

Home Ground

The side plays (most of) its home games at the "The Gabba", a contraction of the suburb name of Woolloongabba in which it is located. Matches are also played at Allan Border Field in Albion, Brisbane. The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. ... Woolloongabba is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 1km south of the Brisbane CBD. Experts are divided regarding the Aboriginal meaning of the name, preferring either whirling waters (woolloon and capemm) or fight talk place (woolloon and gabba). ... Allan Border Field is a small cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. ... Albion is a suburb in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of 1. ...

Famous Players

Queensland versus South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match at the 'Gabba, during the mid-1980s

Queensland Bulls versus Victorian Bushrangers in a limited overs one-day cricket match at the 'Gabba during the mid-1980s

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• Andy Bichel
• Allan Border
• Ian Botham
• Peter Burge
• Greg Chappell
• Wally Grout
• Wes Hall
• Matthew Hayden
• Ian Healy
• Michael Kasprowicz
• Stuart Law
• Ray Lindwall
• Craig McDermott
• Ken Mackay
• Carl Rackemann
• Viv Richards
• Wade Seccombe
• Andrew Symonds
• Don Tallon
• Jeff Thomson
• Kepler Wessels

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Current Players

• Andy Bichel
• Matthew Hayden
• Mitchell Johnson
• Michael Kasprowicz
• Martin Love
• Jimmy Maher
• Andrew Symonds
• Shane Watson
• James Hopes
• Shane Jurgensen
• Ashley Noffke
• Clinton Perren
• Chris Hartley
• Daniel Doran
• Ryan Broad
• Nick Kruger
• Grant Sullivan
• Nathan Rimmington
• Chris Simpson
• Craig Philipson

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External links

• The Homepage of Queensland Cricket
• The Homepage of the Brisbane Cricket Ground