The Western Australian Men’s cricket team, formerly nicknamed the Western Warriors, represent the Australian state of

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in Australian

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. The team is selected and supported by the

Western Australian Cricket Association The Western Australian Cricket Association (known as the WACA) is the governing body for cricket in Western Australia. The WACA was formed on 5 November 1885. In 1893 the association opened the WACA Ground. Elite cricket The WACA is responsible ...

(WACA), and plays its home games at the

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and

Perth Stadium Perth Stadium, currently known as Optus Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in A ...

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. The team mainly plays matches against other Australian states in the first-class

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competition and the limited-overs JLT One-Day Cup, but occasionally plays matches against touring international sides. Western Australia previously also fielded sides at

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level, but was replaced by the

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for the inaugural 2011–12 season of the

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. Western Australia's current captain is

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, 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

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at the

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, and against

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at the

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. The team was captained by

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. They continued to play first-class matches against South Australia, Victoria and

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, interspersed with matches against visiting teams from overseas, until they were admitted to the

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 15 times, second only to

in that period. In the One-Day Cup, the team leads the winners table comfortably with 16 wins followed by New South Wales with twelve wins. The state has a proud history in producing Australian Test players such as

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Terry Alderman Terence Michael Alderman (born 12 June 1956) is a former Australia cricket team, Australian international cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He began his first-class cricket career in 1974 with Western Australia i ...

and

Geoff Marsh Geoffrey Robert Marsh (born 31 December 1958) is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and 117 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman. As the coach of Australia he was in charge w ...

, along with

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, Adam Voges, and

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

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with his

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debut, and

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with his debut in international

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. Langer was appointed as coach of WA, along with the

, 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

runners-up in both 2013–14 and 2014–15. The Scorchers also went back-to-back in the

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, all the while still producing more International players, but mainly in limited overs cricket, with Jhye Richardson and

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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

and fourth in a decade while the Scorchers also took home its fourth BBL title, both being achieve despite being on the road for several weeks due to COVID-19 restrictions preventing both teams to play at home after finishing first in both competitions. The Sheffield Shield, the one title that eluded WA for 23 years was ended in a home draw against

but won the Shield on first innings bonus points,

captaining the team to victory 21 years after his first-class debut.

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

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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.

Current squad

Sources
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Coaching staff

* Head Coach: Adam Voges * Assistant Coach:

* Development Coach - Under 19s: Wayne Andrews * Physiotherapist: Nick Jones * Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Warren Andrews * Performance Analysis Coordinator: Dean Plunkett

Lists of players

References

External links

Official Website of the Western Australian Cricket Association

Official Website of Cricket Australia
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