Victoria cricket team

Victoria
Personnel
Captain Peter Handscomb
Coach Andrew McDonald
Team information
Colours      Navy blue
     White
     Grey
Founded 1851
Home ground Melbourne Cricket Ground
Junction Oval
Capacity 100,000
10,000
History
First-class debut Tasmania
in 1851
at Launceston
Sheffield Shield wins 31 (1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1915, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1947, 1951, 1963, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1991, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017)
One-day wins 6 (1972, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2011, 2018)
Twenty20 Big Bash wins 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Official website: Victorian Bushrangers
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The Victoria cricket team, who were named Victorian Bushrangers between 1995 and 2018,[1] 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 JLT 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 Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which has been replaced by the current Big Bash League.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, 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons, while making the finals in 2005/06 and 2007/08. It also won the first three KFC Twenty20 Big Bash finals.

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 Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land in 1851, in Launceston.[2]

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,[3] and 1,107 against New South Wales in 1926–27.[4]

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 is the logo of the Victoria cricket association . The current major sponsor of the team is the CitiPower [5]

Squad

Squad for the 2018/19 domestic season. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
5Aaron FinchAustralia17 November 1986Right-handedLeft-arm off breakVice Captain, Cricket Australia contract
9Cameron WhiteAustralia18 August 1983Right-handedRight-arm leg break
10Will PucovskiAustralia2 February 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
14Marcus HarrisAustralia21 July 1992Left-handedRight-arm off break
22Eamonn VinesAustralia17 January 1994Left-handed—
29Travis DeanAustralia1 February 1992Right-handedRight-arm Medium
- Mackenzie Harvey 18 September 2000 (age 18) Left-handed Right-arm medium
- Edward Newman 12 March 1999 (age 19) Left-handed Left-arm off break Rookie Contract
All-rounders
2Matthew ShortAustralia8 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm off break
12Will SutherlandAustralia27 October 1999Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
32Glenn MaxwellAustralia14 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm off breakCricket Australia contract
- Jonathan Merlo 15 December 1998 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium fast Rookie Contract
Wicket-keepers
7Sam HarperAustralia10 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
36Seb GotchAustralia12 July 1993Right-handed—
54Peter HandscombAustralia26 April 1991Right-handed—Captain, Cricket Australia contract
Bowlers
3Jackson ColemanAustralia18 December 1991Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
6Wes AgarAustralia5 February 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRookie contract
16Tom O'ConnellAustralia14 June 2000Left-handedRight-arm leg spin
18Jon HollandAustralia29 May 1987Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
19James PattinsonAustralia3 May 1990Left-handedRight-arm fastCricket Australia contract
20Chris TremainAustralia10 August 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
25Scott BolandAustralia11 March 1989Right-handedRight-arm fast medium
26Xavier CroneAustralia19 December 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
34Jake ReedAustralia28 September 1990Left-handedRight-arm fast
64Peter SiddleAustralia25 November 1984Right-handedRight-arm fast
–Zak EvansAustralia–Right-handedRight-arm fastRookie Contract
–Sam GrimwadeAustralia16 December 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
–Mitch PerryAustralia–Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRookie contract

Source(s): https://www.cricket.com.au/news/victoria-announce-mens-womens-state-contracts-2018-19-sutherland-grimwade-ahmed-hastings-christian/2018-05-15

Championships

  • Sheffield Shield Title Wins – (31): 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, 2016/17 .
  • National One day cup Title Wins – (6): 1971/72, 1979/80, 1994/95, 1998/99, 2010/11, 2018/19,
  • KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Title Wins – (4): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10…

Records

Jack Ryder scored 4613 runs at 50.14 for Victoria

First Class Batting Records for Victoria

Matches Player Runs Average
140 Brad Hodge 10474 45.34
110 Dean Jones 9622 54.05
103 Matthew Elliott 9470 52.32
105 David Hussey 7476 45.58
85 Bill Lawry 6615 52.92
119* Cameron White 6596 36.04
76 Graham Yallop 5881 46.07
58 Lindsay Hassett 5535 63.62
76 Jason Arnberger 5504 42.01
43 Bill Ponsford 5413 83.27
Warwick Armstrong scored 6615 runs for Victoria and took 244 wickets at 22.46

First Class Bowling Records for Victoria

Matches Player Wickets Average
86 Paul Reiffel 318 25.91
71 Alan Connolly 297 26.07
94 Tony Dodemaide 281 31.61
76 Merv Hughes 267 30.59
101 Ray Bright 252 35.00
41 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 246 24.52
75 Jim Higgs 240 29.88
67 Damien Fleming 221 30.20
62 Max Walker 220 29.43
44 Bert Ironmonger 215 24.60

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/victorian-cricket-team-name-update/
  2. ↑ Rose, Thomas (16 April 2000). "The Initial First-Class Match in Australia". Espncricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Victoria v Tasmania scorecard". www.cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Victoria v New South Wales scorecard". www.cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. ↑ https://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/cricket-victoria-citipower-powercor-united-energy-sign-major-new-partnership/
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