{{Short description|Sport governing body in Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox sport governing body |name = WA Cricket |abbrev = |logo = Western Australian Cricket Association logo.jpg |logosize = |sport = Cricket |category = |image = |caption = |jurisdiction = |membership = |founded = {{start date and age|1885}} |aff = Cricket Australia |affdate = |region = |regionyear = |headquarters = WACA Ground |location = East Perth, Western Australia |president = |chairman = |chairperson = Avril Fahey<ref name=new-ceo>{{cite web|url=https://www.wacricket.com.au/news/4070883/appointment-of-wa-crickets-new-chief-executive-officer|title=Appointment of WA Cricket's new Chief Executive Officer|work=WA Cricket|date=30 July 2024|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref> |chiefexec = John Stephenson<ref name="new-ceo" /> |vicepresident = |director = |secretary = |coach = |womenscoach = |key staff = |operating income = |sponsor = |year closed = |replaced = |prevfounded = |url = https://www.wacricket.com.au/ |countryflag = Western Australia |countryflagvar = |countryflag2 = Australia |countryflagvar2 = |countryflag3 = |countryflagvar3 = |more = }}
'''WA Cricket''' (officially known as the '''Western Australian Cricket Association''' or '''WACA''')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Matthews on WACA name change, day-night cricket |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/cricket/wa-cricket-ceo-christina-matthews-on-more-day-night-cricket-in-perth-explains-associations-name-change-from-waca-c-3844476 |access-date=2023-06-19 |website=The West Australian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WA Cricket {{!}} Home of Cricket in WA |url=https://www.wacricket.com.au/wa-cricket/governance |access-date=2026-05-13 |website=www.wacricket.com.au |language=en}}</ref> is the governing body for cricket in Western Australia.
The WACA was formed on 5 November 1885. In 1893, the association opened the WACA Ground.<ref name="waca1">{{cite web|url=http://waca.com.au/waca/history.asp|title=WACA History|publisher=Western Australian Cricket Association|access-date=2009-11-03}}</ref><ref name="waca2">{{cite web|url=http://waca.com.au/waca/timeline.asp|title=WACA Historic Timeline|publisher=Western Australian Cricket Association|access-date=2009-11-03}}</ref>
==Elite cricket== WA Cricket is responsible for managing Western Australia's first-class cricket male team in the Sheffield Shield and Marsh Cup and female team in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
In the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, the state is represented by the Perth Scorchers and Perth Scorchers (Women) respectively.
==Competitions== WA Cricket is responsible for administering Western Australian Premier Cricket.<ref name="waca3">{{cite web|url=http://waca.com.au/waca/structure/waca-structure-ccc.asp|title=Club Cricket Council (CCC)|publisher=Western Australian Cricket Association|access-date=2009-11-03}}</ref>
The Association formerly hosted a popular annual cricket festival at Lilac Hill in Guildford between a Chairman's XI and the visiting International XI team. The first match in 1990 drew a crowd of 12,000 to watch the hosts play the England XI. The last of these was held in 2009 due to the difficulty in scheduling matches of this type in international team tours.
==Affiliations== WA Cricket is affiliated with Cricket Australia.
==See also== {{Portal|Cricket|Western Australia}} *Cricket in Western Australia
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.wacricket.com.au/}}
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