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Victoria cricket team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Victoria women's cricket team.

The Victoria men’s cricket team is an Australian first-class men's cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. The men’s team, which first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield first-class competition and the Marsh One Day Cup 50-over competition.

Victoria
Personnel
CaptainWill Sutherland (FC)
Peter Handscomb (List A)
CoachChris Rogers
Team information
Colours  Navy blue
  White
  Grey
Founded1851; 173 years ago (1851)
Home groundMelbourne Cricket Ground
Junction Oval
Capacity100,000
7,000
History
First-class debutTasmania
in 1851
at Launceston
Sheffield Shield wins32 (1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1907, 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, 2019)
One-day wins6 (1972, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2011, 2018)
Twenty20 Big Bash wins4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)
Global Super League wins0
Official websiteVictorian Cricket Team
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One-day

It was known as the Victorian Bushrangers between 1995 and 2018, before dropping the Bushrangers nickname and electing to be known as simply Victoria in all cricket competitions.[1] Victoria shares home matches between the Melbourne Cricket Ground in East Melbourne and the Junction Oval in St Kilda. The team is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players primarily from Victoria's Premier Cricket competition along with players from throughout the country. Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the Twenty20 Big Bash, which was replaced by the franchise-based Big Bash League.

The Victorian cricket team is the second-most successful state team in Australian first-class cricket, having won 32 Sheffield Shield titles, the most recent of which was in the 2018–19 season. The Victorians have also claimed six One-Day Cups and four Big Bash tiles.

History

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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 (MCG) 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 32 times, most recently in the 2018/19 season.

The Victorian Cricket Association, now Cricket Victoria, was founded in 1895 and since March 2018 has been based at its headquarters, the CitiPower Centre in St Kilda.

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.

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]

Identity

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Throughout its history, Victoria's dominant colour has been navy blue, either in full when playing One-Day or Twenty20 competitions or on predominantly white kits in first-class cricket. The team logo replicates that of Cricket Victoria and has done so since the organisation chose to cease referring to the Bushrangers nickname when describing the men's team.[1] The current major sponsor of the team is the CitiPower.[5]

Honours

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  • Sheffield Shield Titles – (32): 1892/93, 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, 2018/19.
  • National One Day Cup Titles – (6): 1971/72, 1979/80, 1994/95, 1998/99, 2010/11, 2018/19.
  • KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Titles1 – (4): 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2009/10

1 Now defunct competition

Squad

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Squad for the 2024/25 domestic season. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
23 Dylan Brasher   (2001-03-15) 15 March 2001 (age 23) Left-handed —
23 Josh Brown   (1993-12-26) 26 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off break
22 Ashley Chandrasinghe   (2001-12-17) 17 December 2001 (age 23) Left-handed —
- Harry Dixon   (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 (age 19) Left-handed Right-arm off break
54 Peter Handscomb   (1991-04-26) 26 April 1991 (age 33) Right-handed — Marsh Cup Captain
14 Marcus Harris   (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Right-arm off break
37 Campbell Kellaway   (2002-01-11) 11 January 2002 (age 22) Left-handed —
10 Will Pucovski   (1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26) Right-handed —
3 Tom Rogers   (1999-07-02) 2 July 1999 (age 25) Left-handed —
2 Matthew Short   (1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break Cricket Australia contract
All-rounders
32 Glenn Maxwell   (1988-10-14) 14 October 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break Cricket Australia contract
11 Jonathan Merlo   (1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
12 Will Sutherland   (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Sheffield Shield Captain
Wicket-keepers
8 Liam Blackford   (2004-01-10) 10 January 2004 (age 20) Left-handed —
7 Sam Harper   (1996-12-10) 10 December 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
8 Jai Lemire   Right-handed —
Spin Bowlers
9 Reiley Mark   Right-handed Right-arm leg break
28 Todd Murphy   (2000-11-15) 15 November 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm off break Cricket Australia contract
9 Doug Warren   (2001-07-17) 17 July 2001 (age 23) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
- Austin Anlezark   (2005-06-16) 16 June 2005 (age 19) Left-handed Right-arm medium
25 Scott Boland   (1989-03-11) 11 March 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Cricket Australia contract
26 Xavier Crone   (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
1 Sam Elliott   (2000-02-18) 18 February 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
13 Cameron McClure   (2001-09-25) 25 September 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
17 Fergus O'Neill   (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
35 Tyler Pearson   Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast
35 Mitchell Perry   (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 24) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium
64 Peter Siddle   (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 40) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium

Source:[6]

Records

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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
135 Cameron White 7453 36.17
85 Bill Lawry 6615 52.92
76 Graham Yallop 5881 46.07
58 Lindsay Hassett 5535 63.62
76 Jason Arnberger 5504 42.01
43 Bill Ponsford 5413 83.27
 
Victorian great Bill Ponsford
 
Warwick Armstrong scored 4497 runs for Victoria and took 177 wickets at 24.12

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
75* Scott Boland 253 26.60
101 Ray Bright 252 35.00
41 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith 246 24.52
75 Jim Higgs 240 29.88
61 Peter Siddle 233 24.13
67 Damien Fleming 221 30.20

List A Batting Records for Victoria

Matches Player Runs Average
139 Brad Hodge 5597 47.03
120 Cameron White 3643 37.55
101 David Hussey 3546 43.77
78 Matthew Elliott 2640 37.71
74 Rob Quiney 2361 36.89
62* Aaron Finch 2353 42.01
55 Dean Jones 2122 50.52
63* Peter Handscomb 1911 39.81
53 Matthew Wade 1696 37.68
84 Andrew McDonald 1589 31.15

List A Bowling Records for Victoria

Matches Player Wickets Average
54 Shane Harwood 88 23.72
62 Mick Lewis 83 28.53
69 Ian Harvey 81 27.40
48 John Hastings 78 29.11
84 Andrew McDonald 72 38.23
54* Jon Holland 68 33.44
120 Cameron White 57 39.01
39 Clint McKay 51 32.43
26* James Pattinson 50 24.46
46 Damien Fleming 48 33.00

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Victorian Cricket Team name update". Cricketvictoria.com.au. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  2. ^ Rose, Thomas (16 April 2000). "The Initial First-Class Match in Australia". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Victoria v Tasmania scorecard". Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Victoria v New South Wales scorecard". Cricketarchive.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Cricket Victoria, CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy sign major new partnership". Cricketvictoria.com.au. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Players". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
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