New South Wales Blues

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**New South Wales Blues**

First Match:	NSW vs VIC, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 1856. NSW won by 3 wickets.
Captain:	Simon Katich
Coach:	Trevor Bayliss
Home Ground:	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Honours:	Pura Cup: 44 Ford Ranger Cup: 9 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: 0
Overall record:	Pura Cup: P:106, W:33, D:30, L:40, NR:1 Ford Ranger Cup: P:100, W:57, T:2, L: 38, NR:3 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: P: 7, W:2, L:5
2006/07 Position:	Pura Cup: 5th (14pts) Ford Ranger Cup: 5th (13pts) KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: 6th (0pts)
Most recent game:	Pura Cup final vs Tasmanian Tigers, at the Bellerive Oval, March 19-23, 2007. Tasmania won by 421 runs.
Current as of:	March 23, 2007 [1]

1 History
- 1.1 Noted players
2 Current Squad (Including Ford Ranger Cup Number where applicable)
3 External links
4 See also

[edit] History

The New South Wales Blues are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The team competes in the first class competition the Pura Cup, which was formerly known as the Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ford Ranger Cup, and the Twenty20 competition known as the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. They are by far the most successful domestic cricket side in Australia having won the Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup 44 times. In addition to the Pura Cup they've also won the ING Cup 8 times. The New South Wales Blues have provided the Australian Test and ODI teams with some of the best players ever to have graced cricket. Some of the players include Sir Donald Bradman and Steve Waugh.

[edit] Noted players

Australia

[edit] Current Squad (Including Ford Ranger Cup Number where applicable)

2. James Packman (RHB)
3. Corey Richards (RHB)
4. Doug Bollinger (LHB, LF)
6. Peter Forrest (RHB, RM)
7. Stuart MacGill (RHB, LS)
8. Aaron O'Brien (LHB, SLA)
9. Nathan Bracken (RHB, LFM)
10. Stuart Clark (RHB, RFM)
10. Graham Thorpe (LHB, RM)
11. Glenn McGrath (RHB, RF)
12. Ed Cowan (LHB, LB)
13. Mark Cameron (RHB, RF)
13. Daniel Smith (RHB, WK)
14. Murray Creed (RHB, RFM)
16. Matthew Phelps (RHB, OB)
17. Matthew Nicholson (RHB, RF)
18. Craig Simmons (LHB)
19. John Hastings (RHB, RF)
20. Martin Paskal (RHB, RF)
21. Moises Henriques (RHB, RF)
23. Phil Jaques (LHB)
24. Brad Haddin (RHB, WK)
25. Jarrad Burke (LHB, SLA)
26. Greg Mail (RHB, RM)
27. Dominic Thornely (RHB, RM)
37. Simon Katich (LHB, SLC)
47. Aaron Bird (RHB, RF)
58. Brett Lee (RHB, RF)
63. Michael Clarke (RHB, SLA)
72. Stephen O'Keeffe (RHB, SLA)
77. Grant Lambert (RHB, RMF)
86. Tom Cooper (RHB, OB)