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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 The previous coach and cricket manager was Wayne Clark . 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, but, however, are sitting firmly on the bottom this season. Many Western Australian cricketers have gone on to make their mark in the , 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, Marsh, Simpson and Gilchrist have all Captained The National Team . CURRENT SQUAD The Western Warriors playing squad for the 2007/08 season is:2 PREVIOUS PURA CUP CAPTAINS
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