Western Australia cricket team

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,[3] and against Victoria at the 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 New South Wales in that period.[5] 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.[6]

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[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 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.

• Sheffield Shield (17)

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

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.

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 1970’s. 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.

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		(1992-11-19) 19 November 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
35	Hilton Cartwright		(1992-02-14) 14 February 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
8	Cooper Connolly		(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
28	Sam Fanning		(2000-10-20) 20 October 2000	Left-handed	—
19	Nick Hobson		(1994-08-22) 22 August 1994	Right-handed	—	Marsh Cup squad
23	D'Arcy Short		(1990-08-09) 9 August 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox
17	Ashton Turner		(1993-01-25) 25 January 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
9	Sam Whiteman		(1992-03-19) 19 March 1992	Left-handed	—
48	Teague Wyllie		(2004-04-14) 14 April 2004	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
7	Jayden Goodwin		(2001-12-13) 13 December 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Rookie contract
31	Cameron Green		(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Cricket Australia contract
21	Aaron Hardie		(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
10	Mitchell Marsh		(1991-10-20) 20 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Captain & Cricket Australia contract
16	Marcus Stoinis		(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Cricket Australia contract
Wicket-keepers
95	Josh Inglis		(1995-05-04) 4 May 1995	Right-handed	—	Cricket Australia contract
22	Josh Philippe		(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997	Right-handed	—
Spin Bowlers
18	Ashton Agar		(1993-10-14) 14 October 1993	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Cricket Australia contract
-	Hamish McKenzie		(1999-09-21) 21 September 1999	Left-handed	Left-arm unorthodox
77	Corey Rocchiccioli		(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
5	Jason Behrendorff		(1990-04-20) 20 April 1990	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
24	Cameron Gannon		(1989-01-23) 23 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Australian passport
25	Sam Greer		–	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Rookie contract
25	Liam Haskett		(2001-05-31) 31 May 2001	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
26	Bryce Jackson		–	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
12	Matt Kelly		(1994-12-07) 7 December 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
1	Lance Morris		(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cricket Australia contract
3	Joel Paris		(1992-11-12) 12 November 1992	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
2	Jhye Richardson		(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cricket Australia contract
13	Charlie Stobo		(1995-03-08) 8 March 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
68	Andrew Tye		(1986-12-12) 12 December 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Marsh Cup squad

• 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

• Cricket in Western Australia
• Western Australia women's cricket team
• Perth Scorchers

• Official Website of the Western Australian Cricket Association
• Official Website of Cricket Australia