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Australian news

Allrounder Mark Cleary joins Victoria

May 6, 2010: The former South Australia allrounder Mark Cleary has signed with Victoria for next season, when they will aim to defend their Sheffield Shield and Big Bash titles

Sheffield Shield 2009-10

Queensland call on Lynn for Sheffield Shield debut

Mar 1, 2010: Queensland will have at least one debutant for their important Sheffield Shield match this week after the teenage batsman Chris Lynn was named for his maiden first-class game

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide, 2nd day

Tigers claw their way back in tight encounter

Mar 6, 2009: Tasmania stormed into contention for the Sheffield Shield final by taking advantage of a sloppy South Australia

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield, Adelaide, 1st day

Bailey's 123 gives Tasmania hope for the final

Mar 5, 2009: George Bailey fought to keep Tasmania's season alive with a gallant 123 to overcome a horrible start against South Australia

Western Australia v South Australia, Sheffield Shield, Perth, 1st day

Cleary stands up as Western Australia stutter

Feb 26, 2009: Mark Cleary's four wickets led South Australia as they dismissed Western Australia for 243 on a rain-shortened opening day

South Australia v Queensland, Pura Cup, 1st day, Adelaide

Cleary and Harris drag Redbacks to 237

Feb 29, 2008: South Australia relied on reviving half-centuries from the lower-order pair of Mark Cleary and Ryan Harris to take them to 237 against Queensland

Victoria v South Australia, Pura Cup, Melbourne, 4th day

Jewell drives Victoria to four-wicket triumph

Jan 24, 2008: Nick Jewell ground out a match-winning 91, batting for nearly six hours as Victoria jumped to the top of the Pura Cup table with victory over South Australia

Victoria v South Australia, Pura Cup, Melbourne, 2nd day

Victoria trail despite McDonald century

Jan 22, 2008: Andrew McDonald's second first-class century was not enough for Victoria to earn first-innings points on a day when Brad Hodge's innings was interrupted by a family health problem

South Australia v New South Wales, Pura Cup, Adelaide, 2nd day

Blues ride on another Katich century

Nov 10, 2007: Simon Katich continued to pile on the runs in his productive Pura Cup season, scoring his second consecutive century as New South Wales cruised to a 131-run lead in Adelaide

County news

Cleary denied work permit for Glamorgan

Jul 19, 2007: Mark Cleary, the South Australia seamer, has been denied a work permit to join Glamorgan because he hasn't played enough first-class cricket over the past two years

Bailey leads Tasmania for one-day match

Marsh ruled out with calf injury

Feb 17, 2007: Dan Marsh, the Tasmania captain, will be out of action for three weeks after tearing his calf muscle on the weekend

Domestic Twenty20 competition

Redbacks hope for fresh start

Dec 28, 2006: Even on a cold Melbourne morning with all eyes on the MCG Test, the South Australia allrounder Mark Cleary could not avoid some good-natured sledging about the Redbacks' woeful start to the season

Domestic Twenty20 season launched

'Hit-and-giggle' format expanded

Dec 28, 2006: The light-hearted nature of Twenty20 cricket was on display in Melbourne today as state players tried to smash balls across the Yarra River to launch the expanded domestic program

Ford Ranger Cup 2006-07

Denton returns for one-day game

Dec 20, 2006: Victoria's in-form one-day team has been strengthened further by the return of Gerard Denton from shin splints for the Ford Ranger Cup match against South Australia at Adelaide on Saturday

South Australia v Tasmania, Pura Cup, Adelaide, 4th day

Redbacks win battle of the Baileys

Jan 19, 2006: The legspinner Cullen Bailey propelled South Australia to equal first on the Pura Cup table with a five-wicket haul as they beat Tasmania

South Australia v Tasmania, Pura Cup, Adelaide, 3rd day

Tigers fight for survival as Lehmann sets huge target

Jan 18, 2006: Tasmania's match-saving mission suffered two batting blows on the third day after they were offered an unlikely 563 for victory by Darren Lehmann

South Australia v Tasmania, Pura Cup, Adelaide, 2nd day

Cleary and Bailey punish Tasmania

Jan 17, 2006: Mark Cleary's quickfire debut century and an impressive haul from Cullen Bailey put South Australia well on top of Tasmania on the second day at Adelaide

Australian domestic news

Inness and Nash nominate for state transfer pool

May 30, 2005: Nine players have nominated for interstate transfers after missing the first round of state contracts

Pura Cup

Cleary returns for NSW game

Nov 28, 2004: Mark Cleary, the fast bowler, has been chosen in the South Australian squad that is scheduled to take on New South Wales in the Pura Cup clash from December 2 at the Sydney Cricket Ground

County news

Cleary replaces Kruger at Leicestershire

May 10, 2004: Leicestershire have announced that Mark Cleary, who joined them at the start of the season, will replace Garnett Kruger as the county's second overseas player