List of international cricketers from Western Australia

Western Australia is an Australian state, it has produced cricketers that have represented Australia in all forms of the game—Tests, One Day Internationals (ODIs) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is). Ernie Bromley became the first West Australian to be selected for Australia when he took part in the 4th Test of the 1932–33 Ashes series. The next West Australian to be appear for Australia happened 23 years later when Jack Rutherford made his debut against India in 1956. Kim Hughes is the only West Australian to have captained Australia in a Test match, he led the side 28 times from 1979 to 1984. During this time he also captained the team in 49 ODIs. The only other West Australian that has held the captaincy in ODIs is Michael Hussey, who led the side 4 times from 2006 to 2007. Michael Hussey's brother, David Hussey, has represented Australia in ODIs and T20Is.

With 7,696 runs from 1993 to 2007, Justin Langer has scored more Test runs than any other West Australian. The record for most runs by a West Australian in ODIs belongs to Michael Hussey who has scored 4,469 runs since his debut in 2004. Having taken 355 wickets in 70 matches from 1971 to 1984, Dennis Lillee is the leading West Australian wicket taker in Tests. Only Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath have taken more Test wickets for Australia. Lillee is one of three West Australians to have taken over 100 wickets in ODIs, the others are Brad Hogg and Damien Fleming.

Key

  • Apps denotes the number of appearances the player has made.
  • Runs denotes the number of runs scored by the player.
  • Wkts denotes the number of wickets taken by the player.

Australia captains

Statistics correct as of: 2011 Cricket World Cup

Name

International
career

Apps

Runs

Wkts

Apps

Runs

Wkts

Apps

Runs

Wkts

References

Tests

ODIs

T20Is

1933–1934

1956

1958–1964

1959

1961

1961–1971

1963–1965

1965–1970

1968–1972

1970–1975

1970–1984

1971–1984

1972–1975

1972–1973

1974–1975

1977–1982

1977–1982

1977–1978

1977–1985

1977–1979

1977–1978

1977–1978

1978–1989

1978–1983

1979

1979

1979–1982

1981–1991

1983–1984

1985–1992

1985–1992

1986–1994

1986–1988

1987–1990

1993–2007

1993–1995

1994–2001

1996–2007

1998–2008

2001–2010

2002

2004–2011

2006

2007–2011

2007

2008–2011

2008

2008–2011