Victorian Bushrangers
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| Captain: | Matthew Wade |
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| Coach: | Andrew McDonald |
| Colours: |
Navy blue White Grey |
| Founded: | 1851 |
| Home ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: | 100,000 |
| First-class debut: |
Tasmania in 1851 at Launceston |
| Sheffield Shield wins: | 30 (1893, 1895, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1915, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1947, 1951, 1963, 1967, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1991, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016) |
| One-day wins: | 5 (1972, 1980, 1995, 1999, 2011) |
| Twenty20 Big Bash wins: | 4 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) |
| Official website: |
Victorian Bushrangers |
The Victoria cricket team, currently named Victorian Bushrangers, 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 Ryobi 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 Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which has been replaced by the current Big Bash League.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 and 2015/16 seasons, and made the finals in 2005/06 and 2007/08. It also won the first three KFC Twenty20 Big Bash finals.
The Bushrangers' captain is Matthew Wade, who replaced the decade-long captain Cameron White.
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 Victoria and Tasmania in 1851, in Launceston.
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