The WACA Ground is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.The WACA ground has been the "home" of cricket in Western Australia since the early 1890s, and the first Test match played at the ground was in 1970. The WACA is the home ground of Western Australia's first-class cricket team, the Western Warriors and the local Big Bash League franchise, the Perth Scorchers. The women's cricket team known as the Western Fury plays in the Women's National Cricket League.The pitch at the WACA is regarded as one of the quickest and bounciest in the world, the outfield is also exceptionally fast. These characteristics, in combination with the afternoon sea-breezes which regularly pass the ground (the Fremantle Doctor), have historically made the ground an attractive place for pace and swing bowlers. The ground has seen some very fast scoring – as at December 2012, four of the seven fastest Test centuries had been scored at the WACA.
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