The criteria was simple, players were selected in the team based on their performances for the Dolphins.

COAST CRICKET’S BEST SIDE: 2000-2020

COAST CRICKET’S BEST SIDE: 1980-2000

1. Ian Redpath

■ Born: 1965. All Dolphins matches: 101. Runs 3173, average 29.88.

Painstaking opening batsman with great powers of concentration, he played for England Schoolboys, then county cricket for Essex and Derbyshire (10 matches, 216 runs at 14.44) before settling in Australia. One of the rocks of the 1990s, best remembered for scoring 191 not out in six and a quarter hours at Valleys in 1995.

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2. Andrew Robinson

■ Born: 1981. All Dolphins matches: 334. Runs 11621, average 33.59.

Wickets 20 at 23.95.

Destructive left-hander who played a big role in Dolphins’ most successful years including two premierships. Holds the club scoring records with totals unlikely to be surpassed. Played 12 first-class (504 runs at 24) and seven list A matches for Queensland 2010-13, and seven times for Brisbane Heat.

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3. Matthew Mott

■ Born: 1973. All Dolphins matches: 132. Runs 5294, average 42.02.

Wickets 65 at 21.80.

Durable left-hand batsman. Queensland 1994-98, Shield winner 1997,

Victoria 1998-2004. First-class: 3723 runs at 33.84, HS 216, seven 100s. Coached NSW to Shield 2008, Glamorgan to YB40 final 2013, Australian women (Southern Stars) coach since 2015, T20 World Cup winners 2020.

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4. Jeff Pfaff

■ Born: 1972. All Dolphins matches: 223. Runs 7214, average 31.92. Wickets 111 at 32.27.

Foundation Dolphins first-grader, later President. Played for Queensland Under17s alongside Matt Hayden and Michael Kasprowicz. Won the Peter Burge Medal in 1997.

Appeared in various Queensland teams in 1996-97 and widely considered unlucky not to have played first-class cricket.

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5. Andrew Symonds

■ Born: 1975. All Dolphins matches: 170. Runs 6812, average 44.82.

Wickets 160 at 24.52.

One of Australia’s most flamboyant all-rounders, with 26 Tests, 198 one-dayers and 14 T20 appearances.

Queensland 1994-2010, five times a Shield winner.

Indian Premier League’s first million-dollar man. Scored 14475 first-class runs at 42.20 with 40 tons, a top score of 254, and took 242 wickets.

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6. Michael Neser

■ Born: 1990. All Dolphins matches: 167. Runs 4668, average 32.42. Wickets 174 at 20.78.

On the fringe of Australian selection for a couple of years, two one-dayers so far, a Queensland rep since 2010, twice a Shield winner, three times Shield player of the year with 1758 first-class runs at 24.41 and 181 wickets at 25.85. Accomplished limited overs player, two one-day titles, Big Bash star with Adelaide Strikers, 2018 title-winner.

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7. Brad Ipson

■ Born: 1980. All Dolphins matches: 190. Runs 4011, average 26.74. Wickets

349 at 22.14.

Played in the Queensland Under-17s alongside future internationals Shane

Watson and Nathan Hauritz. Left-arm slow bowler and left-handed batsman who had a big

role in some of the club’s standout years after moving from Redlands. Belatedly recognised

by Queensland for whom he played 11 limited-overs matches.

8. Damian Wallis

■ Born: 1979. All Dolphins matches: 397. Runs 6574, average 21.40.

Dismissals 789 (635 caught, 154 stumped). A stalwart grade cricketer and excellent wicketkeeper for years without cracking the first-class stage, despite enduring club form and

second eleven appearances. Nobody has played more the Dolphins, with whom he won two premierships, and his stint as coach rounded off a remarkable two decades-plus.

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9. Daniel Doran

Born: 1981. All Dolphins matches: 188. Runs 2467, average 17.62. Wickets

406 at 19.78. The club’s finest interstate acquisition, an immediate hit when he moved from

Victoria and quickly found his way into the Shield side, playing in a final win in his fifth

match. Figures don’t properly reflect his skill as a leg-break bowler, 43 wickets in 31 firstclass matches. Club stats tell more, and he also is arguably the club’s most successful

captain.

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10. Chris Swan.

Born: 1978. All Dolphins matches: 236. Runs 4519, average 23.06. Wickets

430 at 19.70. The club’s record wicket-taker and stalwart performer now passing on his

experience as the Dolphins coach. Gave Queensland half a dozen years of honest service as

a nagging fast-medium bowler who took 101 first-class wickets at 25.92 and averaged 21.15

with the bat.

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11. Scott Muller.

Born: 1971. All Dolphins matches: 158. Runs 1057, average 13.05. Wickets

324 at 22.33. The first home-grown player to be chosen for Queensland, the first local

product to win a Test cap (played twice in 1999 against Pakistan), and the first Dolphins

premiership-winning coach. Took 102 first-class wickets at 23.50, and signed off with the

Shield-winning team in 2000.

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