| Western Australia Retravision Warriors |
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| Coach: | Mickey Arthur | ||
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| Captain: | Marcus North | ||
| Colours: | Yellow black | ||
| Founded: | 1893 | ||
| Home ground: | WACA Ground | ||
| Capacity: | 20,000 | ||
| First-class debut: | South Australia | ||
| in 1893 | |||
| at Adelaide Oval | |||
| Ford Ranger Cup wins: | 11 | ||
| Official website: | WACA | ||
The Western Australia cricket team (referred to as the Retravision Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team representing the state of Western Australia. The team plays most of its home games at the WACA Ground in Perth, but has also hosted games at Fremantle Oval in Fremantle and Hands Oval in Bunbury.
The team mainly plays first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches against other Australian states, but also plays matches against touring sides. The Warriors are currently defunct as a Twenty20 team, being replaced by the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League for the 2011–12 season.
The current captain of Western Australia is Marcus North, with Adam Voges as vice-captain. The team is coached by Mickey Arthur, with Lachlan Stevens as assistant.
Notable Western Australia cricketers who also played for the Australian cricket team include Rod Marsh and Dennis Lillee, who are inductees of the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, and Bob Simpson, Kim Hughes, Geoff Marsh, Adam Gilchrist and Mike Hussey, who each captained Australia whilst playing for WA.
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Since joining the Sheffield Shield in 1947/48, Western Australia has won the competition 15 times, second only to New South Wales in that period. 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.
In 1994, WACA Chief Executive Officer Chris Smith commissioned a survey of schoolchildren into the comparative popularity and recognition of state cricketers compared with AFL stars of the West Coast Eagles and basketballers from the Perth Wildcats. 90% recognised AFL names, 75% recognised basketballers, but only 30% recognised state cricketer's names. Smith embarked on a concerted campaign to improve the penetration of cricket into the school system as well as marketing the team more widely. As part of the marketing strategy, the 'Western Warriors' brand was launched officially for the start of the 1996–97 season, following the similar launch of the 'Queensland Bulls' a couple of years earlier.[1]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| 1 | Liam Davis | 2 August 1984 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 2 | Michael Hussey | 27 May 1975 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Cricket Australia contract | |
| 12 | Tom Beaton | 28 November 1990 | Right-hand | Right-arm medium | Rookie | |
| 20 | Shaun Marsh | 9 July 1983 | Left-hand | Right-arm medium | Cricket Australia contract | |
| 22 | Wes Robinson | 26 December 1980 | Left-hand | Left-arm medium | ||
| 32 | Adam Voges | 4 October 1979 | Right-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | Vice Captain | |
| 36 | Luke Pomersbach | 28 September 1984 | Left-hand | Right-arm off break | ||
| 4 | Travis Birt | 9 December 1981 | Left-hand | Right arm fast-medium Occasional wicket-keeper |
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| ?? | Marcus Harris | 21 July 1992 | Left-hand | |||
| ?? | Cam Bancroft | 19 November 1992 | Right-hand | |||
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| 10 | Mitchell Marsh | 20 October 1991 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 26 | Marcus North | 28 July 1979 | Left-hand | Right-arm off break | Captain | |
| 21 | D'Arcy Short | 9 August 1990 | Left-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
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| 33 | Michael Johnson | 11 August 1988 | Right-hand | – | Rookie | |
| 34 | Luke Ronchi | 23 April 1981 | Right-hand | – | ||
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| 5 | Jason Behrendorff | 20 April 1990 | Right-hand | Left-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
| 6 | Brad Knowles | 29 October 1981 | Left-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 13 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 11 October 1987 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast | ||
| 16 | Martin Paskal | 16 September 1985 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 19 | Michael Beer | 9 June 1984 | Right-hand | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| 25 | Mitchell Johnson | 2 November 1981 | Left-hand | Left-arm fast-medium | Cricket Australia contract | |
| 31 | Michael Hogan | 31 May 1981 | Right-hand | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 41 | Ryan Duffield | 20 June 1988 | Left-hand | Left-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
| ?? | Mark Cameron | 31 January 1981 | Right-hand | Right arm fast-medium | ||
| 11 | Nathan Rimmington | 11 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| ?? | Matt Dixon | 12 June 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
| ?? | Joel Paris | 11 December 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
Sources: Western Warriors , WACA
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