Victoria cricket team
Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Personnel | |||
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Captain | Will Sutherland (FC) Peter Handscomb (List A) | ||
Coach | Chris Rogers | ||
Team information | |||
Colours | Navy blue White Grey | ||
Founded | 1851; 173 years ago (1851) | ||
Home ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground Junction Oval | ||
Capacity | 100,000 7,000 | ||
History | |||
First-class debut | Tasmania in 1851 at Launceston | ||
Sheffield Shield wins | 32 (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 wins | 6 (1972, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2011, 2018) | ||
Twenty20 Big Bash wins | 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) | ||
Official website | Victorian Cricket Team | ||
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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.