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.
Squad
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
