Personnel | |||
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Captain | First Class Sam Whiteman List A Ashton Turner | ||
Coach | Adam Voges | ||
Team information | |||
Colours | Gold & Black | ||
Founded | 1893 | ||
Home ground | WACA Ground (1899–) | ||
Capacity | 20,000[1] | ||
History | |||
First-class debut | South Australia in 1893 at Adelaide Oval | ||
Sheffield Shield wins | 18 (1948, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2022, 2023, 2024) | ||
One-Day Cup wins | 17 (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.
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.