New South Wales

The New South Wales Blues (referred to as the Speed Blitz Blues for sponsorship purposes) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. The team competes in the Australian first class cricket competition 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 First-class competition 45 times. In addition, they have also won the One-Day Domestic cup 9 times. They occasionally play first-class matches against touring International sides. New South Wales have played teams representing every test playing nation bar Bangladesh. They have provided the Australian Test and One Day International teams with some of the finest players ever to have graced the game of cricket.

Captain and Opening Batsman

Simon Katich

Opening Batsmen

Usman Khawaja

Phillip Hughes

Phil Jaques

Sam Robson

David Warne

Batsmen

Michael Clarke

Peter Forrest

Scott Henry

Ed Cowan

Greg Mail

Ben Rohrer

Dominic Thornely

Wicketkeepers

Brendon McCullum

Brad Haddin

James Crosthwaite

Bowlers

Doug Bollinger

Nathan Bracken

Stuart Clark

Mark Cameron

Brett Lee

Josh Hazelwood