Western Warriors
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The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth , Western Australia . Its home ground is the WACA Ground . The team represents the state of Western Australia in the Australian first class competition - the Pura Cup (formerly known as the Sheffield Shield ), the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup and the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash . For the 2007/08 season, The Warriors will be captained by Marcus North , who takes over from Justin Langer . He had experience captaining the side during the 2006/-7 season whilst Langer was away with the National Side. Adam Voges will act as North's vice-captain. Other notable members of the squad are Adam Gilchrist , Adam Voges , Ben Edmondson , Brad Hogg , Brett Dorey , Chris Rogers , Luke Ronchi , Sean Ervine , Shaun Marsh and Steve Magoffin . On 14 May 2007 , the WACA announced the appointment of Tom Moody as Warriors manager and head coach for the next three years. Trevor Penney , England's fielding coach during the 2005 Ashes series and assistant to Moody in Sri Lanka will join as Moody's assistant coach.[1] Wayne Clark . A number of cricketers have left their mark in the Australian cricket team whilst playing for Western Australia including: Dennis Lillee , Adam Gilchrist , Kim Hughes , John Inverarity , Brendon Julian , Simon Katich , Justin Langer , Terry Alderman , Geoff Marsh , Rod Marsh , Damien Martyn , Bob Massie , Tom Moody , Mike Hussey , Bob Simpson and Graeme Wood . Hughes, Geoff Marsh, Gilchrist and Hussey have all captained the national team whilst playing for WA.
History Since joining the Sheffield Shield in 1947/48, Western Australia has won the competition 15 times, second only to New South Wales . In the one-day Ford Ranger Cup competition, the team leads the winners table comfortably with 11 wins followed by New South Wales with 8 wins. In 1994, WACA Chief Executive Officer Chris Smith commissioned a survey of schoolchildren into the comparative popularity and recognition of state cricketers compared with AFL stars of the West Coast Eagles and basketballers from the Perth Wildcats . 90% recognised AFL names, 75% recognised basketballers, but only 30% recognised state cricketer's names. Smith embarked on a concerted campaign to improve the penetration of cricket into the school system as well as marketing the team more widely. As part of the marketing strategy, the Western Warriors brand was launched officially for the start of the 1996-97 season, following the similar launch of the 'Queensland Bulls ' a couple of years earlier.[2]
Current squad The Western Warriors playing squad for the 2007/08 season is:[3]
Previous Pura Cup Captains
1947-48 - Keith Carmody
1948-49 - Keith Carmody
1949-50 - Keith Carmody
1950-51 - Keith Carmody & Ross Edwards
1951-52 - Keith Carmody
1952-53 - Wally Langdon
1953-54 - Keith Carmody
1954-55 - Keith Carmody
1955-56 - Keith Carmody
1956-57 - Ken Meuleman
1957-58 - Ken Meuleman
1958-59 - Ken Meuleman & Jack Rutherford
1959-60 - Ken Meuleman
1960-61 - Bob Simpson , Ken Meuleman & Laurie Sawle
1961-62 - Barry Shepherd
1962-63 - Barry Shepherd & Murray Vernon
1963-64 - Barry Shepherd , Graham McKenzie & Tony Lock
1964-65 - Barry Shepherd
1965-66 - Barry Shepherd
1966-67 - Murray Vernon
1967-68 - Tony Lock
1968-69 - Tony Lock
1969-70 - Tony Lock & John Inverarity
1970-71 - Tony Lock
1971-72 - John Inverarity & Ian Brayshaw
1972-73 - John Inverarity & Ian Brayshaw
1973-74 - John Inverarity
1974-75 - John Inverarity
1975-76 - Rod Marsh
1976-77 - Rod Marsh & Ian Brayshaw
1977-78 - John Inverarity
1978-79 - John Inverarity & Ric Charlesworth
1979-80 - Rod Marsh , Ric Charlesworth & Tony Mann
1980-81 - Kim Hughes & Ken McEwan
1981-82 - Kim Hughes & Craig Serjeant
1982-83 - Kim Hughes , Bruce Laird & Craig Serjeant
1983-84 - Kim Hughes , Greg Shipperd , Dennis Lillee , Rod Marsh
1984-85 - Kim Hughes & Greg Shipperd
1985-86 - Graeme Wood
1986-87 - Graeme Wood
1987-88 - Graeme Wood
1988-89 - Graeme Wood , Mike Veletta & Terry Alderman
1989-90 - Graeme Wood & Wayne Andrews
1990-91 - Geoff Marsh & Wayne Andrews
1991-92 - Geoff Marsh & Mike Veletta
1992-93 - Geoff Marsh
1993-94 - Geoff Marsh
1994-95 - Damien Martyn & Tom Moody
1995-96 - Damien Martyn & Tom Moody
1996-97 - Tom Moody & Adam Gilchrist
1997-98 - Tom Moody , Brendon Julian & Damien Martyn
1998-99 - Tom Moody , Adam Gilchrist & Damien Martyn
1999-2000 - Adam Gilchrist , Brendon Julian , Simon Katich , Justin Langer & Damien Martyn
2000-01 - Tom Moody & Simon Katich
2001-02 - Simon Katich , Adam Gilchrist & Justin Langer
2002-03 - Adam Gilchrist , Justin Langer , Mike Hussey & Jo Angel
2003-04 - Justin Langer , Mike Hussey & Murray Goodwin
2004-05 - Justin Langer , Mike Hussey & Marcus North
2005-06 - Justin Langer , Mike Hussey & Marcus North
2006-07 - Justin Langer , Mike Hussey & Marcus North
2007-08 - Marcus North & Adam Voges
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