Western Australia cricket team

The Western Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Western Warriors, 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. The team mainly plays matches against other Australian states in the first-class Sheffield Shield competition and the limited-overs JLT 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 captain is Mitchell Marsh, and the current coach is Adam Voges.

"Western Warriors" redirects here. For the baseball team, see Western Warriors (baseball). For the association football (soccer team), see Western Warriors SC.

Western Australia
Personnel
Captain Mitchell Marsh
Coach Adam Voges
Team information
Colours   Gold & Black
Founded1893
Home groundWACA Ground (1899-)
Capacity20,000[1]
History
First-class debutSouth Australia
in 1893
at Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield wins15 (1948, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 1999)
One-Day Cup wins14 (1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2017, 2019)
Official websiteWACA

First-class

One-day

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,[2] and against Victoria at the MCG.[3] 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 in 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 15 times, second only to New South Wales in that period.[4] In the One-Day Cup, the team leads the winners table comfortably with 12 wins followed by New South Wales with eight wins.

The state has a proud history in 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[5] 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[6] with his One Day International debut, and Andrew Tye[7] 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.

Current squad

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

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Contract Type & Notes
Batsmen
4Cameron Bancroft (1992-11-19) 19 November 1992Right-handed—Occasional Wicket-keeper
8Jonathan Wells (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium
20Shaun Marsh (1983-07-09) 9 July 1983Left-handedRight-arm medium
–Jake Carder (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995Left-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
10Mitchell Marsh (1991-10-20) 20 October 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumCaptain
16Marcus Stoinis (1989-08-16) 16 August 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium
17Ashton Turner (1993-01-25) 25 January 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
23D'Arcy Short (1990-08-09) 9 August 1990Left-handedLeft-arm unorthodoxCricket Australia contract
24Clint Hinchcliffe (1996-10-23) 23 October 1996Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxRookie contract
31Cameron Green (1999-06-03) 3 June 1999Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
35Hilton Cartwright (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Matthew Spoors–Right-handedRight-arm Leg breakRookie contract
Wicket-keepers
9Sam Whiteman (1992-03-19) 19 March 1992Left-handed—
95Josh Inglis (1995-05-04) 4 May 1995Right-handed—
27Josh Philippe (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
2Jhye Richardson (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumCricket Australia contract
3Joel Paris (1992-11-12) 12 November 1992Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
5Jason Behrendorff (1990-04-20) 20 April 1990Right-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
6Liam Guthrie (1997-04-09) 9 April 1997Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
12Matt Kelly (1994-12-07) 7 December 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
13Nathan Coulter-Nile (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987Right-handedRight-arm fast
15David Moody (1995-04-28) 28 April 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
18Ashton Agar (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxCricket Australia contract
29Alex Bevilaqua (1996-10-29) 29 October 1996Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRookie contract
33Simon Mackin (1992-09-01) 1 September 1992Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
68Andrew Tye (1986-12-12) 12 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Cameron Gannon 23 January 1989 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast medium

Coaching staff
  • Head Coach: Adam Voges
  • Asst. Coach: Geoff Marsh (father of Mitchell and Shaun)
  • 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. https://m.austadiums.com/stadium.php?id=131
  2. South Australia v Western Australia, 27, 28 March 1893, at the Adelaide Oval – CricketArchive. Published 18 July 2011.
  3. Victoria v Western Australia, 1, 3, 4 April 1893, at the MCG – CricketArchive. Published 18 July 2011.
  4. "A history of the Sheffield Shield". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. "Mitch Marsh | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. Inc., Western Australian Cricket Association. "WACA | Home of Cricket in Western Australia". waca.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. Inc., Western Australian Cricket Association. "WACA | Home of Cricket in Western Australia". waca.com.au. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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