Victoria cricket team

Victorian Bushrangers

Captain:

Matthew Wade

Coach:

David Saker

Colours:

Navy blue
White

Founded:

1851

Home ground:

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Capacity:

100,000

First-class debut:

Tasmania
in 1851
at Launceston

Sheffield Shield wins:

One-day wins:

Twenty20 Big Bash wins:

Official website:

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The Victoria cricket team, nicknamed The Bushrangers, is an Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The Victoria cricket team, which first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Sheffield Shield first-class competition and the Ryobi One Day Cup competition. The team's primary home ground is the MCG, but Junction Oval is used as its home ground if the MCG is not available.

The team is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Victoria's Premier Cricket competition. Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which has been replaced by the current Big Bash League.

In recent years, Victoria has won the Sheffield Shield in the 2009/10, 2014/15 and 2015/16 seasons, and made the finals in 2005/06 and 2007/08. It also won the first three KFC Twenty20 Big Bash finals.

The Bushrangers' captain is Matthew Wade, who replaced the decade-long captain Cameron White.^[1]

History

Victorian great Bill Ponsford

The team's origins date back to the very start of Australian cricket when the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) was formed in 1838, and in that same year an MCC team played its first match against the Victorian Military. However, the first official inter-colonial (now interstate) game was contested between Victoria and Tasmania in 1851, in Launceston.

Victoria was the dominant force in the early days of Australian first-class cricket, winning two of the first three Sheffield Shield tournaments, and most of its early domestic friendly games against the other states. The first game between the great rivals Victoria and New South Wales was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1856.

The annual Sheffield Shield tournament first began in the 1892/93 season, contested by Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. Victoria won that tournament by defeating both opponents twice each. During the history of the Shield, Victoria has won the competition 30 times, most recently in the 2015/16 season.

The Victorian Cricket Association, now Cricket Victoria, was founded in 1895 and is located in Melbourne, adjacent to the MCG.

Victoria has featured a significant number of cricketing greats, such as Warwick Armstrong, Bill Woodfull, Bill Ponsford, Neil Harvey, Hugh Trumble, Lindsay Hassett, Dean Jones, Jack Blackham, Jack Ryder, Bill Lawry, Bob Cowper, Shane Warne, Keith Miller and Ian Redpath. (See here for a full listing of past players).

Victoria has been a powerful force in Australian cricket and the Australian cricket team has, at least until recent decades, never been short of Victorians in the line up.

The tradition of starting a cricket match at the MCG on Boxing Day also featured Victoria when they played New South Wales in 1965.

Victorian Bushrangers' home ground, the MCG.

Victoria is the only first-class cricket team to have scored over 1,000 in an innings, which it achieved twice in the 1920s – 1,023 against Tasmania in 1922-23,^[2] and 1,107 against New South Wales in 1926-27.^[3]

Logo and Uniform

Throughout its history, Victoria has worn a dark blue cap, and recently that has become the predominant colour of their uniforms in both the One-day and Twenty20 competitions.

The team logo features the famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly, wielding a cricket bat and wearing his iconic helmet. The logo changes slightly every few seasons with the change of official sponsors. The current major sponsor of the team is the Commonwealth Bank.

Squad

Squad for the 2015/16 domestic season. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Contract Type & Notes
Batsmen
5	Aaron Finch	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	Cricket Australia contract
12	Rob Quiney	(1982-08-20) 20 August 1982	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Travis Dean	(1992-02-01) 1 February 1992	Right-handed
–	Matthew Short	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
9	Cameron White	(1983-08-18) 18 August 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
11	John Hastings	(1985-11-04) 4 November 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Cricket Australia Contract
16	Marcus Stoinis	(1989-08-16) 16 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
30	Ian Holland	(1990-10-03) 3 October 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Glenn Maxwell	(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Cricket Australia contract
45	Daniel Christian	(1983-05-04) 4 May 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
–	Guy Walker	(1995-09-12) 12 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
4	Aaron Ayre	(1992-08-06) 6 August 1992	Left-handed	—	Rookie contract
13	Matthew Wade	(1987-12-26) 26 December 1987	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain, Cricket Australia Contract
54	Peter Handscomb	(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991	Right-handed	—
–	Seb Gotch	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993	Right-handed	—
–	Sam Harper	(1996-12-10) 10 December 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
15	Clint McKay	(1983-02-22) 22 February 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
17	James Muirhead	(1993-07-30) 30 July 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
18	Jon Holland	(1987-05-29) 29 May 1987	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
19	James Pattinson	(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990	Left-handed	Right-arm fast	Cricket Australia contract
20	Peter Siddle	(1984-11-25) 25 November 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cricket Australia Contract
24	Scott Boland	(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
34	Jake Reed	(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990	Left-handed	Right-arm fast
35	Ryan Sidebottom	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
80	Fawad Ahmed	(1982-02-05) 5 February 1982	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
99	Chris Tremain	(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
99	Jackson Coleman	(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991	Right-handed	Lefht-arm medium-fast	Rookie contract
99	Tom O'Donnell	(1996-10-23) 23 October 1996	Right-handed	Lefht-arm medium-fast	Rookie contract
–	Ben Ashkenazi	(1994-10-05) 5 October 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Rookie contract

Source(s): Cricinfo, DEC Bushrangers

Championships

Sheffield Shield Title Wins – (30): 1882/83, 1894/95, 1897/98, 1898/99, 1900/01, 1907/08, 1914/15, 1921/22, 1923/24, 1924/25, 1927/28, 1929/30, 1930/31, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1936/37, 1946/47, 1950/51, 1962/63, 1966/67, 1969/70, 1973/74, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1990/91, 2003/04, 2008/09, 2009/10, 2014/15, 2015/16.
National One day cup Title Wins – (5): 1971/72, 1979/80, 1994/95, 1998/99, 2010/11
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Title Wins – (4): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10

Records

Jack Ryder scored 5674 runs at 45.75 for Victoria

First Class Batting Records

Matches	Player	Runs
223	Brad Hodge	17084
124	Dean Jones	10412
107	Matthew Elliott	9684
99	Bill Lawry	7618
55	Bill Ponsford	6902
73	Lindsay Hassett	6825
87	Graham Yallop	6815
82	Warwick Armstrong	6615
92	Ian Redpath	6103
80	Jack Ryder	5674

Warwick Armstrong scored 6615 runs for Victoria and took 244 wickets at 22.46

First Class Bowling Records

Matches	Player	Wickets
92	Paul Reiffel	337
83	Alan Connolly	330
61	Bert Ironmonger	313
105	Tony Dodemaide	309
51	Chuck Fleetwood-Smith	295
83	Merv Hughes	283
114	Ray Bright	279
77	Ian Johnson	270
50	Jack Saunders	264
83	Jim Higgs	264

References

↑ "Matthew Wade appointed Bushrangers captain". Cricket Victoria. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
↑ "Victoria v Tasmania scorecard". www.cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
↑ "Victoria v New South Wales scorecard". www.cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.

External links

Official Website of the Victorian cricket team
Official Website of Cricket Australia

Cricket in Australia

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Professional sports teams based in Melbourne

Australian rules football

AFL:	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Baseball

ABL:	Melbourne Aces

Claxton Shield:	Victoria Aces

Basketball

NBL:	Melbourne United

WNBL:	Dandenong Rangers Melbourne Boomers

Cricket

Sheffield Shield/50 overs:	Victorian Bushrangers

Big Bash League:	Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars

WNCL:	Victorian Spirit

Women's Big Bash League:	Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars

Field hockey

AHL:	Victorian Vikings (men's division) Victorian Vipers (women's division)

Futsal

F-League:	Melbourne City

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AIHL:	Melbourne Ice Melbourne Mustangs

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ANZ Championship:	Melbourne Vixens

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Super Rugby:	Melbourne Rebels

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Soccer

A-League:	Melbourne City !Melbourne City Melbourne Victory !Melbourne Victory

W-League:	Melbourne City Melbourne Victory

Water polo

ANWPL:	Victorian Seals

Main Article: Sport in Victoria

Australian cricket seasons

Teams

State-level	New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Canberra (1997–2000) New Zealand (1969–75)

BBL	Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder

First-class

Sheffield Shield	1892–93 … 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

List A

One-day league	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

WNCL	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Twenty20

KFC T20 Big Bash	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

BBL	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

WNCL T20	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

WBBL	2015–16

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