Since it's inception in 2012, Elite League: Australia (ELA) has been one of the most consistently running Australian leagues on this forum. After a well conducted inaugural season by @Aislabie, the reins of the league were handed over to @VC the slogger in 2013 who has been managing it ever since. The league is run on a yearly basis with one season being conducted every year, usually during the same time as the Australian domestic season which starts from the month of October and ends in late March.
ELA has been known to send powerful Australian sides into the PC Champions League. The best example of this is the all conquering West Coast Fever side, which under the stewardship of Fenil dominated the 12th season of the CL and clinched the title quite convincingly. It was said to be the strongest squad ever assembled in a nation-based cricket league in this section, even stronger than the legendary Basnahira Bears which was also managed by Fenil. Later, they would go on to win the PC Champion of Champions, a tournament featuring only CL-winning sides where they went undefeated to clinch the title.
However, team reshuffles and subsequent retirements of key players has resulted in West Coast's decline and the balance of power has shifted to the Queensland Firebirds and Sydney Roosters. The newly introduced Hobart Tigers also went on to cause the biggest stir in the league's history in Season V, by winning the coveted trophy on their first attempt and later winning Champions League XV. As a new era in Australian and international cricket dawns, ELA looks to provide the best Australian and international players with opportunities to showcase their skills in an intense six-team, ten round cricket tournament.
Hobart Tigers v Canberra Comets at Launceston Melbourne Storm v West Coast Fever at Docklands Stadium Queensland Firebirds v Sydney Roosters at Allan Border Field Bye: Adelaide Crows
Round 4
West Coast Fever v Queensland Firebirds at Perth Stadium Canberra Comets v Melbourne Storm at Manuka Oval Adelaide Crows v Hobart Tigers at Adelaide Bye: Sydney Roosters
Round 5
Melbourne Storm v Adelaide Crows at The MCG Queensland Firebirds v Canberra Comets at Brisbane Sydney Roosters v West Coast Fever at The SCG Bye: Hobart Tigers
Round 6
Canberra Comets v Sydney Roosters at Manuka Oval Adelaide Crows v Queensland Firebirds at Adelaide Hobart Tigers v Melbourne Storm at Blundstone Arena Bye: West Coast Fever
Round 7
Queensland Firebirds v Hobart Tigers at Brisbane Sydney Roosters v Adelaide Crows at The SCG West Coast Fever v Canberra Comets at Perth Stadium Bye: Melbourne Storm
Adelaide Crows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager:@Aislabie Home Ground: Adelaide Oval Coach: Jason Gillespie
Playing squad
Jonny Bairstow
Travis Head
Chris Lynn
Dawid Malan
Sam Robson*
David Warner
Sam Hain*
Aiden Markram
Jos Buttler
Matthew Wade
Hayden Kerr
Harry Manenti*
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Pat Cummins
Matt Henry
Spencer Johnson
Chris Green
Rashid Khan
Code:
ADELAIDE CROWS
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA I 8 2 6 0 0 0.33 25.00 75.00 5th place
ELA II 9 5 3 1 0 1.67 55.56 33.33 Runners-up
ELA III 8 4 4 0 0 1.00 50.00 50.00 3rd place
ELA IV 8 4 4 0 0 1.00 50.00 50.00 3rd place
ELA V 5 2 3 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 6th place
ELA VI 10 4 6 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 4th place
ELA VII 11 7 4 0 0 1.75 63.64 36.36 Runners-up
Overall 59 28 30 1 0 0.93 47.46 50.85
Quinton de Kock
Usman Khawaja
Matthew Short
Josh Brown
Marnus Labuschagne
D'Arcy Short
Max Bryant
Sam Harper
Hardik Pandya
Sean Abbott
Wanindu Hasaranga
Ravindra Jadeja
Scott Boland
Jasprit Bumrah
Jhye Richardson
Gurinder Sandhu
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Nathan Lyon
Code:
HOBART TIGERS
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA V 6 4 2 0 0 2.00 66.67 33.33 Champions
ELA VI 10 4 6 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 5th place
ELA VII 10 3 7 0 0 0.43 30.00 70.00 6th place
Overall 26 11 15 0 0 0.73 42.31 57.69
Melbourne Storm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager:@CremerCurrans & @CerealKiller Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) & Docklands Stadium Coach: Stephen Fleming
Playing squad
Fakhar Zaman
Marcus Harris
Henry Hunt
KL Rahul
Matt Renshaw
Kane Williamson
Azmatullah Omarzai
Moises Henriques
Glenn Maxwell
Ashton Agar
Wes Agar
Jason Behrendorff
Gerald Coetzee
Kagiso Rabada
Mitchell Starc
Chris Tremain
Matthew Kuhnemann
Mitchell Swepson
Code:
MELBOURNE STORM
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA I 9 5 4 0 0 1.25 55.56 44.44 Runners-up
ELA II 8 4 4 0 0 1.00 50.00 50.00 3rd place
ELA III 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 4th place
ELA IV 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 5th place
ELA V 5 3 2 0 0 1.50 60.00 40.00 3rd place
ELA VI 10 3 7 0 0 0.42 30.00 70.00 6th place
ELA VII 11 6 5 0 0 1.20 54.55 45.45 3rd place
Overall 59 27 32 0 0 0.84 45.76 54.24
Queensland Firebirds
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager:@Aravind. Home Ground: The Gabba & Tony Ireland Stadium Coach: Adam Voges
Playing squad
Cameron Bancroft
Shubman Gill
Josh Philippe
Peter Handscomb
Shreyas Iyer
Rassie van der Dussen
Tim David
Shakib Al Hasan
Marcus Stoinis
Alex Carey
James Faulkner
Daniel Sams
Riley Meredith
Mohammed Siraj
Naseem Shah
Peter Siddle
Kane Richardson
Ruwan Kellepotha*
Code:
QUEENSLAND FIREBIRDS
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA I 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 4th place
ELA II 8 2 6 0 0 0.33 25.00 75.00 5th place
ELA III 9 5 4 0 0 1.25 55.56 44.44 Runners-up
ELA IV 9 6 3 0 0 2.00 66.67 33.33 Champions
ELA V 6 3 3 0 0 1.00 50.00 50.00 Runners-up
ELA VI 11 7 4 0 0 1.75 63.64 36.36 Runners-up
ELA VII 10 4 6 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 5th place
Overall 61 30 31 0 0 0.97 49.18 50.82
Sydney Roosters
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager:@Umair7 & @Gaurav_7/@TSPrathik Home Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) & Stadium Australia Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Playing squad
Stevie Eskinazi*
Shai Hope
Daniel Hughes
Caleb Jewell
Virat Kohli
Nathan McSweeney
Steven Smith
Oliver Davies
Daryl Mitchell
Sikandar Raza
Ian Holland*
Marco Jansen
Will Sutherland
Dilshan Madushanka
Lance Morris
Fergus O'Neill
Joel Paris
Adam Zampa
Code:
SYDNEY ROOSTERS
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA I 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 3rd place
ELA II 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 4th place
ELA III 9 6 3 0 0 2.00 66.67 33.33 Champions
ELA IV 8 4 4 0 0 1.00 50.00 50.00 4th place
ELA V 5 2 3 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 5th place
ELA VI 12 9 3 0 0 3.00 75.00 25.00 Champions
ELA VII 12 7 5 0 0 1.40 58.33 41.67 Champions
Overall 62 34 28 0 0 1.21 54.84 45.16
West Coast Fever
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manager:@Na Maloom Afraad & @Ohm Home Ground: Perth Stadium Coach: Justin Langer
Playing squad
Abdullah Shafique
Rachin Ravindra
Rohit Sharma
Babar Azam
Mitchell Marsh
Sam Whiteman
Jack Edwards
Scott Edwards*
James Seymour
Ashton Turner
Ben Cutting
Josh Hazlewood
Mohammed Shami
Tom Rogers
Henry Thornton
Andrew Tye
Peter Hatzoglou
Kuldeep Yadav
Code:
WEST COAST FEVER
Season Mat Won Lost Tie NR W/L Win% Loss% Result
ELA I 9 8 1 0 0 8.00 88.89 11.11 Champions
ELA II 9 6 2 1 0 3.00 66.67 22.22 Champions
ELA III 8 3 5 0 0 0.60 37.50 62.50 5th place
ELA IV 9 4 5 0 0 0.80 44.44 55.56 Runners-up
ELA V 5 2 3 0 0 0.67 40.00 60.00 4th place
ELA VI 11 5 6 0 0 0.83 45.45 54.55 3rd place
ELA VII 10 4 5 1 0 0.80 40.00 50.00 4th place
Overall 61 32 27 2 0 1.19 52.46 44.26
Jack Attenborough Cameron Bancroft
Nicholas Bertus
Josh Brown
Joe Burns
Ashley Chandrasinghe
Travis Dean
Harry Dixon
Aaron Finch Jake Fraser-McGurk
Ryan Gibson Marcus Harris Travis Head
Lachlan Hearne Daniel Hughes Henry Hunt Caleb Jewell Usman Khawaja
Sam Konstas Chris Lynn
Blake Macdonald
Nic Maddinson Ben McDermott
Conor McInerney
Solomon Mire* Josh Philippe
Will Pucovski Sam Robson*
Thomas Rogers D'Arcy Short Matthew Short
Kelvin Smith
Bryce Street David Warner
Jake Weatherald
Justin Avedano
Jack Clayton
Tom Cooper*
Brad Davis
Jake Doran
Daniel Drew Stevie Eskinazi*
Matthew Gilkes
Jayden Goodwin
Ryan Hackney Sam Hain* Peter Handscomb
Sam Heazlett
Aryan Jain
Nick Kelly* Marnus Labuschagne
Nick Larkin Mitchell Marsh
Shaun Marsh Nathan McSweeney
Dom Michael
Blake Nikitaras
Kurtis Patterson Matt Renshaw Steven Smith
Matthew Spoors*
Sean Terry*
Sam Truloff
Charlie Wakim
Tim Ward Sam Whiteman
Teague Wylie
Aidan Cahill
Jake Carder
Hilton Cartwright
Cooper Connolly
Nathan Doyle
Will Bosisto Max Bryant Tim David Oliver Davies
Sam Fanning Sam Harper
Harjas Singh
Mackenzie Harvey Moises Henriques
Isaac Higgins
Nick Hobson
Campbell Kellaway
Thomas Kelly
Jake Lehmann
Simon Milenko
Corey Miller
Mitchell Owen
Alex Ross
Chris Sabburg
Jason Sangha James Seymour
Jordan Silk
Daniel Solway Ashton Turner
Param Uppal Matthew Wade
Corey Wasley
Austin Waugh
Jonathan Wells
Hugh Wiebgen
Macalister Wright
Ben Cutting Jack Edwards Cameron Green Aaron Hardie Ian Holland* Hayden Kerr Glenn Maxwell
Nivethan Radhakrishnan Marcus Stoinis Beau Webster
Lachlan Aitken Alex Carey
Noah Croes* Scott Edwards*
Ryan Hicks
Baxter Holt Josh Inglis
Jay Lenton
Harry Matthias
Harry Nielsen
Lahclan Pfeffer
Jimmy Pierson
Patrick Rowe
Lachlan Shaw
Tobias Snell
Brayden Stepien
Thomas Vane-Tempest
Sean Abbott Ashton Agar
Riley Ayre
James Bazley
Joel Davies James Faulkner
Cameron Frendo
Clint Hinchliffe
Bradley Hope
Corey Kelly
Benjamin Manenti Harry Manenti*
Nathan McAndrew
Steve McGiffin
Hamish McKenzie
Jonathan Merlo Michael Neser Daniel Sams
Liam Scott
Grant Stewart* Will Sutherland
Cameron Valente Jack Wildermuth
Wes Agar
Xavier Bartlett
Mahli Beardman Jason Behrendorff
Gabe Bell
Jackson Bird Scott Boland
Jordan Buckingham
Luke Callanan
Iain Carlisle
Jackson Coleman
Harry Conway
Brody Couch Nathan Coulter-Nile
Xavier Crone Pat Cummins
Liam Doddrell
Brendan Doggett
Ben Dwarshuis
Blake Edwards
Mickey Edwards
Sam Elliott Nathan Ellis
Zak Evans
Peter Francis
Cameron Gannon
Joshua Garner
David Grant
Liam Guthrie
Ryan Hadley
Liam Haskett
Liam Hatcher Josh Hazlewood Spencer Johnson
Josh Kann
Matthew Kelly
Josh Lalor
Raf MacMillan
Liam Marshall
Cameron McClure
Ronan McDonald
Tom Menzies Riley Meredith
David Moody Lance Morris
Lawrence Neil-Smith
Jack Nisbet
Tom O'Donnell Fergus O'Neill Joel Paris
Ross Pawson
Mitchell Perry
Jack Prestwidge
Will Prestwidge
Sam Rainbird
Cody Reynolds Jhye Richardson Kane Richardson Tom Rogers
William Salzmann
Will Sanders Gurinder Sandhu Peter Siddle
Ryan N Sidebottom*
Bradley Simpson
Billy Stanlake Mitchell Starc
Mark Steketee
Cameron Stevenson*
Charles Stobo
Connor Sully Henry Thornton Chris Tremain Andrew Tye Timm van der Gugten*
Hunar Verma
Josh Vernon
Callum Vidler
Greg West
Tom Whitney
Matthew Willans
Nick Winter
Daniel Worrall
Tom Andrews
Harkirat Bajwa
Cameron Boyce
Liam Bowe
Jonathan Cook Patrick Dooley
Fawad Ahmed
Jarrod Freeman
Toby Gray Chris Green Peter Hatzoglou
Jon Holland Ruwan Kellepotha*
Samuel Kerber Matthew Kuhnemann Nathan Lyon
Joel Medew-Ewen
Tom O'Connell
Liam O'Connor
Steve O'Keefe
Todd Murphy
Arjun Nair
Will Parker
Lloyd Pope
Corey Rocchiccioli
Clive Rose Tanveer Sangha
Jack Sinfield Mitchell Swepson
Jack Wood Adam Zampa
Aasif Sheikh
Abdul Bangalzai Abdullah Shafique
Finn Allen Jonny Bairstow
Tom Banton
Temba Bavuma
Chad Bowes
Johnson Charles Devon Conway
Zak Crawley Quinton de Kock
Shikhar Dhawan
Ben Duckett Fakhar Zaman
Avishka Fernando
Andre Fletcher
Ruturaj Gaikwad Shubman Gill
Martin Guptill
Alex Hales
Hazratullah Zazai
Reeza Hendricks Shai Hope
Ibrahim Zadran
Imam-ul-Haq
Ishan Kishan
Will Jacks
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Dimuth Karunaratne
Brandon King
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Evin Lewis
Litton Das
Adam Lyth
Mahmudul Hasan Joy Dawid Malan
Janneman Malan
Kyle Mayers
Muhammad Waseem
Colin Munro
Nauman Anwar
Pathum Nissanka
Max O'Dowd
Michael Pepper
Kusal Perera
Kashyap Prajapati
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Ryan Rickleton
Jason Roy
Phil Salt Rohit Sharma
Will Smeed
Paul Stirling
Tamim Iqbal
Steven Taylor
Vikramjit Singh
James Vince
Chadwick Walton
Nick Welch
Will Young
Babar Azam
Vriitya Aravind
Azhar Ali
David Bedingham
Darren Bravo
Unmukt Chand
Joe Clarke
Tony de Zorzi
Joe Denly
Faf du Plessis
Dean Elgar
Gerhard Erasmus
Craig Ervine
Laurie Evans
Dean Foxcroft
Colin Ingram
Michael Jones Virat Kohli Aiden Markram
Kirk McKenzie
Kusal Mendis Daryl Mitchell
Nazmul Hossain Shanto
Ollie Pope
Cheteshwar Pujara
Ajinkya Rahane
Rahmat Shah KL Rahul
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Rachin Ravindra
Ambati Rayudu
Joe Root
Rilee Rossouw
Sai Sudharsan
Saim Ayub
Sadeera Samarawickrama
Shan Masood
Ross Taylor
Harry Tector
Rahul Tripathi
Tilak Varma Rassie van der Dussen Kane Williamson
Tom Abell
Afif Hossain
Agha Salman
Charith Asalanka
Asif Ali
Alick Athanaze
Tom Blundell
Ravi Bopara
Dewald Brevis
Harry Brook
Ryan Burl Jos Buttler
Dinesh Chandimal
Mark Chapman
Dhananjaya de Silva
Leus du Plooy
Shivam Dube
Sybrand Engelbrecht
Donovan Ferreira
Haris Sohail
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Shimron Hetmyer
Max Holden
Deepak Hooda
Adam Hose
Iftikhar Ahmed Shreyas Iyer Heinrich Klaasen
Tom Lammonby
Tom Latham
Dan Lawrence
Liam Livingstone
Mahmudullah
Kushal Malla
Angelo Mathews
David Miller
Mohammad Mithun
Mohammad Rizwan
Mosaddek Hossain
Dan Mousley
George Munsey
Mushfiqur Rahim
Najibullah Zadran
Henry Nicholls
Teja Nidamanuru Glenn Phillips
Obus Pienaar
Kieron Pollard
Nicholas Pooran
Rovman Powell
Qasim Akram
Rinku Singh
Sherfane Rutherford
Sanju Samson
Saud Shakeel
Dasun Shanaka
Shoaib Malik
Ben Stokes
Tristan Stubbs
Towhid Hridoy
Ross Whiteley
Sean Williams
Suryakumar Yadav
Moeen Ali
Corey Anderson Azmatullah Omarzai
Corbin Bosch
Michael Bracewell
Curtis Campher
Colin de Grandhomme
Bas de Leede
George Dockrell Ravindra Jadeja
Brandon McMullen
Mohammad Nabi
Wiaan Mulder
Jimmy Neesham Hardik Pandya
Samit Patel
Delray Rawlins
Andre Russell Shakib Al Hasan Sikandar Raza
Paul Walter
David Wiese
Azam Khan
Chris Benjamin
Srikar Bharat
Sam Billings
Regis Chakabva
Jordan Cox
Matthew Cross
Ben Foakes
Joshua Da Silva
MS Dhoni
Haseebullah Khan
Ikram Alikhil
Dinesh Karthik
Tomas Mackintosh
Mohammad Haris
Adam Rossington
Sarfraz Ahmed
Tim Seifert
Aryansh Sharma
Jitesh Sharma
Jamie Smith
Devon Thomas
Lorcan Tucker
Kyle Verreynne
Dane Vilas
Aayan Afzal Khan
Fabian Allen
Anwar Ali
Ayaan Khan
Doug Bracewell
Dwayne Bravo
Rahkeem Cornwall
Matt Critchley
Sam Curran
Liam Dawson
Dominic Drakes
Jan Frylinck
James Fuller
Lewis Gregory Wanindu Hasaranga
Jason Holder
Benny Howell
Imad Wasim Marco Jansen
Karim Janat
Chamika Karunaratne
Michael Leask
George Linde
Mehidy Hasan Miraz
Mohammad Nawaz
Jamie Overton
Axar Patel
Thisara Perera
Andile Phehlukwayo
Dwaine Pretorius
Michael Rippon Mitchell Santner
Shadab Khan
Romario Shepherd
JJ Smit
Odean Smith
Beyers Swanepoel
Jordan Thompson
Logan van Beek
Roelof van der Merwe
Norman Vanua
Washington Sundar
David Willey Chris Woakes
Abbas Afridi
Kyle Abbott
Abdul Rahman
Mark Adair
Ahmed Daniyal
Ali Khan
James Anderson
Jofra Archer
Arshdeep Singh
Gus Atkinson
Avesh Khan
Jake Ball
Bilal Hassan
Bilal Khan Trent Boult Jasprit Bumrah
Nandre Burger
Brydon Carse
Deepak Chahar
Dushmantha Chameera Gerald Coetzee
Sheldon Cottrell
Tom Curran
Marchant de Lange
Dilbar Hussain
Jacob Duffy
Faheem Ashraf
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Lockie Ferguson
Asitha Fernando
Binura Fernando
Vishwa Fernando
Matthew Fisher
Matthew Forde
George Garton
Richard Gleeson
Brandon Glover
Haris Rauf
Hasan Ali
Hasan Mahmud
Tom Helm Matt Henry
Graham Hume
Ihsanullah
Kyle Jamieson
Duan Jansen
Chris Jordan
Alzarri Joseph
Junaid Siddique
Kaleem Sana
Karan KC
Fred Klaassen
Scott Kuggeleijn
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Mukesh Kumar
Lahiru Kumara
Ben Lister
Josh Little
Pramod Madushan Dilshan Madushanka
Sisanda Magala
Obed McCoy
Tymal Mills
Adam Milne
Mohammad Abbas
Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Hasnain
Mohammad Saleem
Mohammad Wasim jnr Mohammed Shami Mohammed Siraj
Mustafizur Rahman
Blessing Muzarabani Naseem Shah
Naveen-ul-Haq
Saurabh Netravalkar
Richard Ngarava
Lungi Ngidi
Anrich Nortje
Craig Overton
Wayne Parnell
Harshal Patel
Dane Paterson
Matheesha Pathirana
Keemo Paul
David Payne
Matthew Potts
Prasidh Krishna
Migael Pretorius Kagiso Rabada
Kasun Rajitha
Kemar Roach
Ollie Robinson
Salman Irshad
George Scrimshaw
Jayden Seales Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shahnawaz Dahani
Safyaan Sharif
Ishant Sharma
Mohit Sharma
Henry Shipley
Shivam Mavi
Shoriful Islam
Chris Sole
Tim Southee
Olly Stone
Taskin Ahmed
Shardul Thakur
Nuwan Thushara
Blair Tickner
Reece Topley
Ruben Trumpelmann
Isuru Udana
Umran Malik
Jaydev Unadkat
Paul van Meekeren
Hardus Viljoen
Neil Wagner
Wahab Riaz
Brad Wheal
Kesrick Williams
Lizaad Williams
Luke Wood
Mark Wood
Umesh Yadav
Zahoor Khan
Zaman Khan
Abrar Ahmed
Aryan Dutt
Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravi Bishnoi
Danny Briggs
Yannic Cariah
Yuzvendra Chahal
Mason Crane
Akila Dananjaya
Bjorn Fortuin
Simon Harmer
Tom Hartley
Dushan Hemantha
Akeal Hosein
Imran Tahir
Izharulhaq Naveed
Prabath Jayasuriya
Nosthush Kenjige
Jack Leach
Jake Lintott
Keshav Maharaj
Mahedi Hasan
Karthik Meiyappan
Amit Mishra
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Sunil Narine
Nasum Ahmed
Noor Ahmad Kuldeep Yadav
Matt Parkinson
Ajaz Patel
Qais Ahmad
Adil Rashid Rashid Khan
Rehan Ahmed
Ravi Sai Kishore
Bernard Scholtz
Tabraiz Shamsi
Sharafuddin Ashraf
Ish Sodhi
Sufiyan Muqeem
Taijul Islam
Maheesh Theekshana
Usama Mir
Usman Qadir
Jeffrey Vandersay
Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Saad Bin Zafar
Hayden Walsh jnr
Waqar Salamkheil
Mark Watt
Dunith Wellalage
Zafar Gohar
Zahir Khan
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