Western Australia cricket team

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Western Australia
Personnel
Captain
One-Day Cup wins
17 (1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Official websiteWACA

First-class

One-day

The Western Australian men’s cricket team, formerly nicknamed the Western Warriors,

Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA), and plays its home games at the WACA Ground and Perth Stadium in Perth
.

The team mainly plays matches against other Australian states in the

2011–12 season of the Big Bash League. Western Australia's current captain is Mitchell Marsh, and the current coach is Adam Voges
.

History

Western Australia played their opening

MCG.[4] The team was captained by Herbert Orr
.

They continued to play first-class matches against South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, interspersed with matches against visiting teams from overseas, until they were admitted to the Sheffield Shield for the 1947–48 season. They played each other state only once a season at first, then beginning in 1956–57 they began playing each state twice, like the other teams.

Since joining the Sheffield Shield in 1947–48, Western Australia has won the competition 16 times, second only to

One-Day Cup
, the team leads the winners table comfortably with 16 wins followed by New South Wales with twelve wins.

Western Australia men’s team were known as the Warriors from 1995-2019. This logo was used from 2013-2019.[6]

The state has a history of producing Australian Test players such as Justin Langer, Dennis Lillee, Adam Gilchrist, Michael Hussey, Terry Alderman and Geoff Marsh, along with Shaun Marsh, Marcus North, Adam Voges, and Mitchell Marsh[7] in recent times. Englishman Tony Lock also represented his country in the 1967–68 season as a WA player – he was no longer attached to any English county.

Aside from test players, several Western Australian players have recently made their international debut in other forms of the game, such as Joel Paris[8] with his One Day International debut, and Andrew Tye[9] with his debut in international Twenty20 cricket.

Langer was appointed as coach of WA, along with the

One-Day Cup, while the side were Sheffield Shield runners-up in both 2013–14 and 2014–15. The Scorchers also went back-to-back in the Big Bash League
in 2013–14 and 2014–15 along with a further title 2016–17.

Following Langer’s appointment as Australian coach in 2018, recently retired captain and former test batsmen Adam Voges was selected as the Warriors new coach. Under Voges watch, WA won the 2019-20 One-Day Cup, but its struggles in ending its Sheffield Shield drought continued. They still produced more International players during this time, but mainly in limited overs cricket, with Jhye Richardson and Cameron Green both making test debuts in recent years.

The summer of 2021–22 became a highly successful summer for WA, winning another One-Day Cup (its second in three years with a win over New South Wales and fourth in a decade), while the Scorchers also took home its fourth BBL title, both being achieved despite being on the road for several weeks due to COVID-19 restrictions preventing both teams to play at home despite finishing first in both competitions. The Sheffield Shield, the one title that eluded WA for 23 years, was ended in a home draw against Victoria but won on first innings bonus points. Shaun Marsh captained the team to victory 21 years after his first-class debut.[citation needed]

Honours

1948, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023

  • One-Day Cup
     (16)

1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Identity

The Western Australian team’s uniform has largely remained unchanged with a black baggy cap used for its Sheffield Shield uniform, and a gold shirt with black trousers used for its One-Day Cup uniform. Previously, the WA team wore a predominantly black uniform for the former state based Big Bash competition. The team is currently sponsored by Healthway WA's alcohol health problem related program, "Alcohol: Think Again", after being associated with electronics retailer Retravision for over 20 years.[citation needed]

Prior to adopting a nickname, the Western Australian team was known under the state's name or the WACA name. In 1995, the ACB announced that all state cricket associations, including the WACA, would give their state teams nicknames, with the Warriors name chosen for the WA men’s team due to the state team's history of being resilient.

In 2014, following a rebrand for the WACA, the team returned to using baggy black caps, after using baggy gold caps since the 1970s. The rest of the teams uniform remained unchanged.

In 2019, the WACA announced that the Warriors nickname, along with the Fury name for the women's team, would be discontinued for both teams.[citation needed]

Current squad

Sources: WACA Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Contract Type & Notes
Batters
11
Cameron Bancroft
 Australia (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
35 Hilton Cartwright Australia (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
8 Cooper Connolly Australia (2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 20) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
28 Sam Fanning Australia (2000-10-20) 20 October 2000 (age 23) Left-handed —
19 Nick Hobson Australia (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 29) Right-handed —
Marsh Cup
squad
23 D'Arcy Short Australia (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990 (age 33) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox
17 Ashton Turner Australia (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
9 Sam Whiteman Australia (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992 (age 32) Left-handed —
48 Teague Wyllie Australia (2004-04-14) 14 April 2004 (age 20) Right-handed —
All-rounders
7 Jayden Goodwin Australia (2001-12-13) 13 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm
leg break
 Rookie contract
31
Cameron Green
 Australia (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Cricket Australia contract
21 Aaron Hardie Australia (1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
10 Mitch Marsh Australia (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Captain & Cricket Australia contract
16 Marcus Stoinis Australia (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Cricket Australia contract
Wicket-keepers
95 Josh Inglis Australia (1995-05-04) 4 May 1995 (age 28) Right-handed — Cricket Australia contract
Spin Bowlers
18 Ashton Agar Australia (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 (age 30) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Cricket Australia contract
- Hamish McKenzie Australia (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox
77 Corey Rocchiccioli Australia (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm
off break
Pace Bowlers
5 Jason Behrendorff Australia (1990-04-20) 20 April 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
24 Cameron Gannon United States (1989-01-23) 23 January 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm
fast-medium
 Australian passport
25 Sam Greer Australia – Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Rookie contract
25 Liam Haskett Australia (2001-05-31) 31 May 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium
26 Bryce Jackson Australia – Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
12
Matt Kelly
 Australia (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
1 Lance Morris Australia (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm
fast
 Cricket Australia contract
3 Joel Paris Australia (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
2 Jhye Richardson Australia (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast Cricket Australia contract
13 Charlie Stobo Australia (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
68 Andrew Tye Australia (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Marsh Cup
squad

Coaching staff

  • Head coach: Adam Voges
  • Assistant coach: Geoff Marsh
  • Development coach - Under 19s: Wayne Andrews
  • Physiotherapist: Nick Jones
  • Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Warren Andrews
  • Performance analysis Coordinator: Dean Plunkett

Lists of players

Main article: List of Western Australia cricketers

See also

References

  1. ^ "WACA Ground | Austadiums".
  2. ^ "Domestic Cricket Changes".
  3. ^ South Australia v Western Australia, 27, 28 March 1893, at the Adelaide Oval – CricketArchive. Published 18 July 2011.
  4. MCG
    – CricketArchive. Published 18 July 2011.
  5. ^ "A history of the Sheffield Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ^ "The Western Warriors name change a sign of the times". www.roar.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Mitch Marsh | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  8. ^ "WACA: Home of Cricket in Western Australia". waca.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ "WACA: Home of Cricket in Western Australia". waca.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.

External links

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