| 2018 JLT One-Day Cup | |
| Administrator: | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket Format: | List A |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin tournament |
| Host: | Townsville, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne |
| Champions: | (6th title) |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 20 |
| Player Of The Series: | Ben McDermott (TAS) |
| Most Runs: | Chris Lynn (QLD) (452 runs) |
| Most Wickets: | Andrew Tye (WA) Gurinder Sandhu (TAS) (18 wickets each) |
| Previous Year: | 2017–18 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup |
| Next Year: | 2019-20 |
| Next Tournament: | 2019–20 Marsh One-Day Cup |
The 2018 JLT One-Day Cup was the 50th season of the official List A domestic cricket competition in Australia. It was played over a four-week period at the start of the domestic season to separate its schedule from the Sheffield Shield season. The tournament was held in Townsville, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne.[1] Fox Cricket broadcast 13 matches from the tournament.[2] The tournament was sponsored by Jardine Lloyd Thompson.
RESULT POINTS:
The following squads were named:[3]
New South Wales captain Peter Nevill was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a broken thumb while batting in the nets at the WACA Ground prior to the start of the Blues' campaign. He was replaced in the squad by Jay Lenton, while Kurtis Patterson assumed captaincy duties.[4]
Tasmanian all-rounder James Faulkner sustained a calf injury whilst playing for Lancashire Lightning in the semi-final of England's domestic T20 competition. He was replaced in the squad by Gurinder Sandhu.
South Australia's Daniel Worrall sustained a back injury and was replaced by allrounder Luke Robins in the squad prior to the tournament.[4]
Simon Mackin, Will Bosisto and Sam Whiteman were added to the Western Australian squad after D'Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis and Matt Kelly were ruled out for the start of the tournament through injury.[5]
Queenslander Jimmy Peirson made an early recovery from his injury and joined their squad prior to the match against Tasmania.[6]
Chris Green and Ben Dwarshuis were added to the New South Wales squad in place of Jason Sangha and Trent Copeland prior to their clash with Tasmania, to allow the latter two to play Grade Cricket.[7]
Wicket keeper Peter Nevill returned to the New South Wales squad after making a quick recovery from a broken thumb. He replaced fellow wicket keeper Jay Lenton.
Pat Cummins was added to the New South Wales squad after recovering from a back injury.[8]
The following players made their List A debuts throughout the competition.[9]
| Date | Name | Role | Batting | Bowling | Team | Against | Scores | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Right-handed | 12, 2/42 | ||||||
| 18 September 2018 | Right-handed | 32, 0/1 | ||||||
| 18 September 2018 | Left-handed | 0, 3c | ||||||
| 18 September 2018 | Left-handed | 62, 3/46 | ||||||
| 18 September 2018 | Right-handed | 59 |
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| Player[10] | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Lynn | 7 | 7 | 1 | 452 | 75.33 | 135 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ben McDermott | 7 | 7 | 1 | 427 | 71.16 | 117 | 2 | 2 | |
| D'Arcy Short | 5 | 5 | 0 | 404 | 80.80 | 257 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sam Heazlett | 7 | 7 | 0 | 380 | 54.28 | 107 | 1 | 2 | |
| Peter Handscomb | 8 | 7 | 0 | 361 | 51.57 | 89 | 0 | 4 | |
| Player[11] | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Tye | 6 | 54.3 | 291 | 18 | 16.16 | 6/46 | 18.1 | 1 | |
| Gurinder Sandhu | 6 | 56.3 | 300 | 18 | 16.66 | 7/56 | 18.1 | 2 | |
| Mark Steketee | 7 | 66.2 | 424 | 14 | 30.28 | 4/35 | 28.4 | 2 | |
| Adam Zampa | 6 | 60.0 | 305 | 12 | 25.41 | 3/37 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| Sean Abbott | 6 | 41.0 | 306 | 12 | 25.50 | 5/43 | 20.5 | 2 | |