In
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
,
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
(nicknamed the Warriors) played 31 matches between 2006 and 2011, all in the
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was a domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Austr ...
. The team made its Twenty20 debut in the
2005–06 competition. Western Australia finished second in the
2007–08 competition, qualifying them for the
2008 Champions League Twenty20 in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, which was later canceled due to political unrest. After the
2010–11 season, the competition was replaced by the
Big Bash League, with Western Australia replaced by the
Perth Scorchers
The Perth Scorchers is an Australian domestic Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the Western Australian city of Perth in the Big Bash League (BBL).
The Scorchers are the current BBL Champions, having defeated the Sydney Sixers in the ...
franchise. Although the team is currently defunct, in total, 44 players represented Western Australia at Twenty20 cricket.
Key
List of players
:''Statistics are correct as of 15 June 2013, and include only Twenty20 matches played for Western Australia:''
See also
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List of Western Australia first-class cricketers
A total of 455 players have appeared for Western Australia in men's first-class cricket matches since the team's first-class debut during the 1892–93 Australian cricket season. As of the end of the 2012–13 season, Western Australia as a team ...
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List of Western Australia List A cricketers
In List A cricket, Western Australia have played 299 matches, winning 168, losing 124, tying one and having nine matches either abandoned or ending in no result. Western Australia played its first List A match against South Australia in the qua ...
References
{{Lists of Australian cricketers
Western Australia, Twenty20
Western Australia, Twenty20
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Western Australia, Twenty20