Victoria cricket team

The Victoria cricket team, nicknamed The Bushrangers, is an Australian first class cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria. They represent 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, however, Junction Oval is used as their 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 Victoria previously played in the now defunct Twenty20, Big Bash, which has since been replaced by the Big Bash League. The Victoria cricket team first played in 1851.

They won the Sheffield Shield in 2009/10 and made the finals in 2005–06 and 2007–08. Victoria won the first three KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competitions.

The Bushrangers' club captain is Matthew Wade, replacing decade-long captain Cameron White.

History

Victoria was the dominant force in the early days of Australian first-class cricket, winning two of the first three Sheffield Shield tournaments and won most of their early domestic friendly games against the other states.