Western Australia cricket team

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Western Australia
Personnel
CaptainFirst Class Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Whiteman List A Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ashton Turner
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Voges
Team information
Colours   Gold & Black
Founded1893;131 years ago (1893)
Home ground WACA Ground (1899–)
Capacity20,000 [1]
History
First-class debut South Australia
in 1893
at  Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield  wins18 (1948, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023, 2024)
One-Day Cup  wins17 (1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Official website WACA
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The Western Australian men's cricket team, formerly nicknamed the Western Warriors, [2] represent the Australian state of Western Australia in Australian domestic cricket. The team is selected and supported by the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA), and plays its home games at the WACA Ground and Perth Stadium in Perth.

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The team mainly plays matches against other Australian states in the first-class Sheffield Shield competition and the 50 over One-Day Cup, but occasionally plays matches against touring international sides. Western Australia previously also fielded sides at Twenty20 level, but was replaced by the Perth Scorchers for the inaugural 2011–12 season of the Big Bash League. Western Australia's current captains are Sam Whiteman in the Sheffield Shield and Ashton Turner in the One-Day Cup, [3] and the current coach is Adam Voges.

History

Western Australia played their opening first-class matches on a tour of the Eastern states during the 1892–93 season, playing two games, against South Australia at the Adelaide Oval, [4] and against Victoria at the MCG. [5] 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 New South Wales in that period. [6] In the 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. Western Warriors logo.png
Western Australia men’s team were known as the Warriors from 1995-2019. This logo was used from 2013-2019.

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 [8] 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 [9] with his One Day International debut, and Andrew Tye [10] with his debut in international Twenty20 cricket.

Langer was appointed as coach of WA, along with the Perth Scorchers, in late 2012 and oversaw a period of success after almost a decade without silverware. Langer's Warriors won the 2014–15 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, 2021, 2022, 2023

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.NameNatBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleContract Type & Notes
Batters
11 Cameron Bancroft Flag of Australia (converted).svg 19 November 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm off break
35 Hilton Cartwright Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 February 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
8 Cooper Connolly Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 August 2003 (age 21)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
28 Sam Fanning Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 October 2000 (age 24)Left-handed—
19 Nick Hobson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 August 1994 (age 30)Left-handed— Marsh Cup squad
23 D'Arcy Short Flag of Australia (converted).svg 9 August 1990 (age 34)Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox
17 Ashton Turner Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25 January 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm off break List A Captain
9 Sam Whiteman Flag of Australia (converted).svg 19 March 1992 (age 32)Left-handed— FC Captain
48 Teague Wyllie Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 April 2004 (age 20)Right-handed—
All-rounders
7 Jayden Goodwin Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13 December 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Rookie contract
31 Cameron Green Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 June 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Cricket Australia contract
21 Aaron Hardie Flag of Australia (converted).svg 7 January 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
10 Mitch Marsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 October 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Cricket Australia contract
16 Marcus Stoinis Flag of Australia (converted).svg 16 August 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Cricket Australia contract
Wicket-keepers
95 Josh Inglis Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4 May 1995 (age 29)Right-handed— Cricket Australia contract
Spin Bowlers
18 Ashton Agar Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 October 1993 (age 31)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Cricket Australia contract
- Hamish McKenzie Flag of Australia (converted).svg 21 September 1999 (age 25)Left-handed Left-arm unorthodox
77 Corey Rocchiccioli Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8 October 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
5 Jason Behrendorff Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 April 1990 (age 34)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
24 Cameron Gannon Flag of the United States.svg 23 January 1989 (age 35)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Australian passport
25Sam Greer Flag of Australia (converted).svg –Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Rookie contract
25 Liam Haskett Flag of Australia (converted).svg 31 May 2001 (age 23)Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
26 Bryce Jackson Flag of Australia (converted).svg –Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
12 Matt Kelly Flag of Australia (converted).svg 7 December 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
1 Lance Morris Flag of Australia (converted).svg 28 March 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm fast Cricket Australia contract
3 Joel Paris Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12 November 1992 (age 31)Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
2 Jhye Richardson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 September 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast Cricket Australia contract
13 Charlie Stobo Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8 March 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
68 Andrew Tye Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12 December 1986 (age 37)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium Marsh Cup squad

Coaching staff

Lists of players

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