Western Warriors
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The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia. Its home ground is the WACA Ground.
The team represents the state of Western Australia in the Australian first class competition - the Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield) - and in the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup.
The Warriors 2004-05 season captain is Justin Langer and the vice-captain is Mike Hussey. Other members of the squad are Adam Gilchrist, Adam Voges, Ben Edmondson, Brad Hogg, Brad Williams, Brett Dorey, Chris Rogers, Craig Simmons, Damien Martyn, Darren Wates, Kade Harvey, Luke Ronchi, Marcus North, Michael Clark, Murray Goodwin, Peter Worthington, Ryan Campbell, Sam Howman, Scott Meuleman, Sean Ervine, Shaun Marsh and Steve Magoffin.
The coach and cricket manager is Wayne Clark who in October 2005 was re-appointed to the position in an expanded role which will see him continue coaching the Warrors to at least the end of 2006-07 season. The latest 2006-07 One Day season began successfully with a victory against the Victorian Bushrangers.
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[edit] History
Since joining the Sheffield Shield in 1947/48, Western Australia has won the competition 15 times, second only to New South Wales. In the one-day Ford Ranger Cup competition, the team leads the winners table comfortably with 11 wins followed by New South Wales with 8 wins, but, however, are sitting firmly on the bottom this season.
Many Western Australian cricketers have gone on to make their mark in the Australian cricket team including: legendary fast-bowler Dennis Lillee, Adam Gilchrist, Kim Hughes, John Inverarity, Brendon Julian, Simon Katich, Justin Langer, Terry Alderman, Geoff Marsh, Rod Marsh, Damien Martyn, Bob Massie, Tom Moody, Mike Hussey, Bob Simpson and Graeme Wood. Hughes, Marsh, Simpson and Gilchrist have all captained the national team.
[edit] Current squad
[edit] Pura Cup players
Justin Langer (Captain), Chris Rogers, Mike Hussey, Damien Martyn, Marcus North, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hogg, Shawn Gillies, Aaron Heal, Steve Magoffin, Brett Dorey, Ben Edmondson and Adam Voges.
[edit] Full squad
Ford Ranger Cup number shown where applicable
- 2. Mike Hussey (LHB, RM)
- 3. Brett Dorey (RHB, RMF)
- 4. Damien Martyn (RHB, RM)
- 6. Brad Hogg (LHB, SLC)
- 7. Justin Langer (c) (LHB, RM)
- 8. Aaron Heal (LHB, SLA)
- 9. David Bandy (RHB, RM, WKT)
- 14. Chris Rogers (LHB, RM)
- 15. Shawn Gillies (RHB, RMF)
- 16. Darren Wates (RHB, RMF)
- 17. Steve Magoffin (LHB, RFM)
- 18. Adam Gilchrist (LHB, WK)
- 20. Shaun Marsh (LHB, SLA)
- 26. Marcus North (vc) (LHB, OB)
- 28. Ben Edmonson (RHB, RF)
- 29. Peter Worthington (RHB, RMF)
- 31. Scott Meuleman (RHB, RM)
- 32. Adam Voges (RHB, SLA)
- 34. Luke Ronchi (RHB, WK, RM)
- 35. Matthew Inness (RHB, LFM)
- 42. Sean Ervine (LHB, RFM)
- 45. Andrew James (RHB, RF)
[edit] Rookie contracts
- Clint Heron (RHB)
- Tim MacDonald (RFM, RHB)
- Nathan Coulter-Nile [rookie]
- Arron Crawford [rookie]
- Liam Davis (RHB) [rookie]
- Theo Doropoulos (RHB, RM) [rookie]
- Craig King (RHB) [rookie]
- Josh Mangan (LB, RHB) [rookie]
- Luke Pomersbach (LHB, OB) [rookie]
[edit] Captains
The current captain of the Western Warriors is Justin Langer, with Michael Hussey as Vice Captain and Marcus North as Deputy Captain.
[edit] Previous Pura Cup Captains
- 1947-48 - D K Carmody
- 1948-49 - D K Carmody
- 1949-50 - D K Carmody
- 1950-51 - D K Carmody & A R Edwards
- 1951-52 - D K Carmody
- 1952-53 - C W Langdon
- 1953-54 - D K Carmody
- 1954-55 - D K Carmody
- 1955-56 - D K Carmody
- 1956-57 - K D Meuleman
- 1957-58 - K D Meuleman
- 1958-59 - K D Meuleman & J W Rutherford
- 1959-60 - K D Meuleman
- 1960-61 - R B Simpson, K D Meuleman & L M Sawle
- 1961-62 - B K Shepherd
- 1962-63 - B K Shepherd & M T Vernon
- 1963-64 - B K Shepherd, G D McKenzie & G A R Lock
- 1964-65 - B K Shepherd
- 1965-66 - B K Shepherd
- 1966-67 - M T Vernon
- 1967-68 - G A R Lock
- 1968-69 - G A R Lock
- 1969-70 - G A R Lock & R J Inverarity
- 1970-71 - G A R Lock
- 1971-72 - R J Inverarity & I J Brayshaw
- 1972-73 - R J Inverarity & I J Brayshaw
- 1973-74 - R J Inverarity
- 1974-75 - R J Inverarity
- 1975-76 - R W Marsh
- 1976-77 - R W Marsh & I J Brayshaw
- 1977-78 - R J Inverarity
- 1978-79 - R J Inverarity & R i Charlesworth
- 1979-80 - R W Marsh, R I Charlesworth & A Mann
- 1980-81 - K J Hughes & K S McEwan
- 1981-82 - K J Hughes & C S Serjeant
- 1982-83 - K J Hughes, B M Laird & C S Serjeant
- 1983-84 - K J Hughes, G Shipperd, D K Lillee, R W Marsh
- 1984-85 - K J Hughes & G Shipperd
- 1985-86 - G M Wood
- 1986-87 - G M Wood
- 1987-88 - G M Wood
- 1988-89 - G M Wood, M R J Veletta & T M Alderman
- 1989-90 - G M Wood & W S Andrews
- 1990-91 - G R Marsh & W S Andrews
- 1991-92 - G R Marsh & M R J Veletta
- 1992-93 - G R Marsh
- 1993-94 - G R Marsh
- 1994-95 - D R Martyn & T M Moody
- 1995-96 - D R Martyn & T M Moody
- 1996-97 - T M Moody & A C Gilchrist
- 1997-98 - T M Moody, B P Julian & D R Martyn
- 1998-99 - T M Moody, A C Gilchrist & DR Martyn
- 1999-2000 - A C Gilchrist, B P Julian, S M Katich, J L Langer & D R Martyn
- 2000-01 - T M Moody & S M Katich
- 2001-02 - S M Katich, A C Gilchrist & J L Langer
- 2002-03 - A C Gilchrist, J L Langer, M E K Hussey & J Angel
- 2003-04 - J L Langer, M E K Hussey & M W Goodwin
- 2004-05 - J L Langer, M E K Hussey & M J North
- 2005-06 - J L Langer, M E K Hussey & M J North
- 2006-07 - J L Langer, M E K Hussey & M J North
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website of the Western Australian Cricket Association
- Official Website of Cricket Australia
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