Victoria cricket team






























































Victoria
VCA logo.jpg
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:
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First-class




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One-day





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 Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which has been replaced by the current Big Bash League.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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Logo and uniform


  • 3 Squad


  • 4 Championships


  • 5 Records


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





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
5 Aaron Finch Australia
(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 32)
Right-handed Left-arm off break
Vice Captain, Cricket Australia contract
9 Cameron White Australia
(1983-08-18) 18 August 1983 (age 35)
Right-handed Right-arm leg break

10 Will Pucovski Australia
(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 20)
Right-handed Right-arm off break

14 Marcus Harris Australia
(1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 26)
Left-handed Right-arm off break

22 Eamonn Vines Australia
(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 24)
Left-handed
29 Travis Dean Australia
(1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 (age 26)
Right-handed Right-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
2 Matthew Short Australia
(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 23)
Right-handed Right-arm off break

12 Will Sutherland Australia
(1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 19)
Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium

32 Glenn Maxwell Australia
(1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 30)
Right-handed Right-arm off break

Cricket Australia contract
-

Jonathan Merlo

15 December 1998 (age 19)
Right-handed
Right-arm medium fast
Rookie Contract
Wicket-keepers
7 Sam Harper Australia
(1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 (age 22)
Right-handed Right-arm medium

36 Seb Gotch Australia
(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 25)
Right-handed
54 Peter Handscomb Australia
(1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 27)
Right-handed Captain, Cricket Australia contract
Bowlers
3 Jackson Coleman Australia
(1991-12-18) 18 December 1991 (age 26)
Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast

6 Wes Agar Australia
(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 21)
Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Rookie contract
16 Tom O'Connell Australia
(2000-06-14) 14 June 2000 (age 18)
Left-handed Right-arm leg spin

18 Jon Holland Australia
(1987-05-29) 29 May 1987 (age 31)
Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
19 James Pattinson Australia
(1990-05-03) 3 May 1990 (age 28)
Left-handed Right-arm fast

Cricket Australia contract
20 Chris Tremain Australia
(1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 27)
Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

25 Scott Boland Australia
(1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 29)
Right-handed Right-arm fast medium

26 Xavier Crone Australia
(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 20)
Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

34 Jake Reed Australia
(1990-09-28) 28 September 1990 (age 28)
Left-handed Right-arm fast

64 Peter Siddle Australia
(1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 34)
Right-handed Right-arm fast

Zak Evans Australia Right-handed Right-arm fast
Rookie Contract
Sam Grimwade Australia
(1996-12-16) 16 December 1996 (age 21)
Right-handed Right-arm off break

Mitch Perry Australia Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Rookie 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



  • Cricket Australia

  • List of Victoria first-class cricketers

  • List of international cricketers from Victoria



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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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/




External links



  • Official Website of the Victorian cricket team

  • Official Website of Cricket Australia















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