NSW Blues Cricket
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| Personnel | |
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| Captain | Moises Henriques |
| Coach | Trent Johnston |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Light Blue White |
| Founded | 1856 |
| Home ground | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Capacity | 46,000 |
| Secondary home ground(s) | North Sydney Oval |
| Secondary ground capacity | 20,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut |
Victoria in 1856 at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Sheffield Shield wins | 46 (1896, 1897, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1940, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2014) |
| Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament wins | 11 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2015, 2016) |
| KFC Twenty20 Big Bash wins | 1 (2009) |
| Champions League Twenty20 wins | 1 (2009) |
| Official website: | New South Wales Blues |
The New South Wales cricket team (currently named NSW Blues) are an Australian men's professional first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The team competes in the Australian first class cricket competition known as the Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. The team previously played in the now defunct Twenty20, Big Bash, which has since been replaced by the Big Bash League since the 2011–12 season. New South Wales were the inaugural winners of the Champions League Twenty20.
They are by far the most successful domestic cricket side in Australia having won the First-class competition 46 times. In addition, they have also won the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament cup 11 times. They occasionally play first-class matches against touring International sides. New South Wales have played teams representing every test playing nation bar Bangladesh. Besides its domestic successes, the state is also known for producing some of the finest Australian cricketers to have graced the game, and also for the New South Wales selection bias
The primary club colour of New South Wales Blues is sky blue, which represents the state colour of New South Wales. The secondary club colour is navy blue, with additional contrasting colour of white.
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