2015–16 Adelaide Strikers season

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Adelaide Strikers
2015–16 season
Coach Jason Gillespie (5th season)
Captain(s) Brad Hodge (5th season)
Home ground Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
BBL 1st
BBL FinalsSemi-finalist
Leading Run Scorer Travis Head(299)
Leading Wicket Taker Adil Rashid(9)
Highest home attendance49,115 vs Hurricanes
(13 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance27,611 vs Stars
(18 December 2015)
Average home attendance43,689

Ladder

PosTeam
PldWLNRPts NRR Qualification
1  Adelaide Strikers 8710140.544Advance to play-off phase
2  Melbourne Stars 8530100.366
3  Perth Scorchers 8530100.181
4  Sydney Thunder (C)844080.375
5  Melbourne Renegades 83506−0.041
6  Brisbane Heat 83506−0.204
7  Hobart Hurricanes 83506−0.955
8  Sydney Sixers 82604−0.330
Source: [1]
(C) Champion

Ladder progress

Round12345678
GroundHAAHHAHA
ResultWWLWWWWW
Position12321111
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Regular season

18 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
5/187 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
7/168 (20 overs)
Alex Ross 65 (31)
Scott Boland 2/55 (4 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 50 (42)
Kane Richardson 3/23 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 19 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 27,611 [2]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Alex Ross (Strikers)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
21 December
16:10
Scorecard
(H) Perth Scorchers
6/151 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
6/152 (19.1 overs)
Shaun Marsh 47 (35)
Ben Laughlin 2/20 (3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 42 (40)
David Willey 2/24 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 4 wickets
#TheFurnace
Attendance: 20,553 [3]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Strikers)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
28 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers
9/117 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder (H)
3/121 (16.3 overs)
Brad Hodge 34 (33)
Clint McKay 2/18 (3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 49* (48)
Ben Laughlin 2/22 (2.3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 21,500 [4]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The crowd of 21,500 is the highest attendance for a cricket match at Spotless Stadium and the second highest attendance for any sport at the stadium.
  • Billy Stanlake (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
31 December
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
5/176 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
5/182 (19.3 overs)
Brad Haddin 54* (35)
Adil Rashid 3/34 (4 overs)
Travis Head 101* (53)
Ben Dwarshuis 3/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,389 [5]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hamish Kingston (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
5 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
2/174 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
138 (17.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 57 (37)
Ashton Agar 1/12 (2 overs)
David Willey 31 (17)
Adil Rashid 3/23 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 36 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,633 [6]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jake Lehmann (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
8 January
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/175 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
2/179 (18.4 overs)
Jimmy Peirson 51 (36)
Adil Rashid 2/17 (4 overs)
Tim Ludeman 57* (49)
Samuel Badree 1/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets
The Gabba
Attendance: 33,783 [7]
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
  • The crowd of 33,783 is the highest crowd at the Gabba for a BBL match. [7]
13 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
143 (19.3 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
4/146 (20 overs)
Tim Paine 45 (39)
Michael Neser 3/26 (3.3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 57* (58)
Simon Milenko 3/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 49,115 [8]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Strikers)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Greg West (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
  • The crowd of 49,115 is the highest at Adelaide Oval for a non-finals BBL match.
18 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers
5/170 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades (H)
143 (15.3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 49 (41)
Xavier Doherty 2/30 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 56 (17)
Travis Head 3/16 (2 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 27 runs
Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,227 [9]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Shawn Craig
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chris Gayle (Renegades) equaled the world record for the fastest fifty in a T20 match (12 balls). [10]

Finals

Semifinals Final
      
1 Adelaide Strikers (H) 7/159 (20 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder
TBA
2 Melbourne Stars (H)
3 Perth Scorchers

Semi-finals

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.

Contents

21 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/159 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
2/160 (17.4 overs)
Alex Ross 47 (38)
Clint McKay 3/44 (4 overs)
Usman Khawaja 104* (59)
Ben Laughlin 1//21 (3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,699 [11]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Simon Fry
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

S/NNameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
50 Craig Simmons Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1 December 1982 (aged 33)Left-handed Left arm orthodox
17 Brad Hodge Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 December 1974 (aged 40)Right-handedRight arm off spin Assistant coach and Captain
77 Jono Dean Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23 June 1984 (aged 31)Right-handedRight arm off spin
49 Alex Ross Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 April 1992 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm off spin
19 Kelvin Smith Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 September 1994 (aged 21)Left-handedRight arm off spin
Patrick PageFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 15 January 1998 (aged 17)Left-handedRight arm medium fast Development Rookie
33 Jake Lehmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 8 July 1992 (aged 23)Left-handed Left arm orthodox
27 Mahela Jayawardene Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27 May 1977 (aged 38)Right-handedRight arm mediumOverseas player (injury replacement for Kieron Pollard)
All-rounder
34 Travis Head Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 December 1993 (aged 21)Left-handedRight arm off spin
55 Kieron Pollard WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 12 May 1987 (aged 28)Right-handedRight arm medium fast Overseas player
20 Michael Neser Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 March 1990 (aged 25)Right-handedRight arm medium fast
29 Hamish Kingston Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 17 December 1990 (aged 25)Right-handedRight arm medium fast
42 Alexander Keath Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 January 1992 (aged 23)Right-handedRight arm medium
Wicket-keeperw
15 Tim Ludeman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23 June 1987 (aged 28)Right-handed—Opener
Fast bowlers
23 Kane Richardson Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12 February 1991 (aged 24)Right-handedRight arm fast medium
56 Ben Laughlin Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3 October 1982 (aged 33)Right-handedRight arm fast medium
10 Gary Putland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 10 February 1986 (aged 29)Right-handedLeft arm fast medium
3 Billy Stanlake Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 11 April 1994 (aged 21)Right-handedRight arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
25 Jon Holland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29 May 1987 (aged 28)Right-handedLeft arm off spin

Home attendance

GameOpponentAttendance
2 Melbourne Stars 27,611
14 Sydney Sixers 46,389
20 Perth Scorchers 46,633
28 Hobart Hurricanes 49,115
SF1 Sydney Thunder 48,699
Total Attendance218,447
Average Attendance43,689

TV audience

Following are the television ratings for 2015–16 BBL season involving Team Adelaide Strikers in Australia. [13]

Match NoTeamsAverage TV Ratings
National5 metro cities
Session 1Session 2Session 1Session 2
2 Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars 999,0001,270,000720,000941,000
6 Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers 898,0001,200,000664,000919,000
11 Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers 797,0001,030,000575,000758,000
14 Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers 729,000887,000517,000629,000
20 Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers 1,210,0001,270,000878,000983,000
23 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers 1,180,0001,040,000765,000887,000
28 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes 1,040,0001,190,000788,000897,000
32 Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers 1,110,0001,360,000820,0001,020,000
SF1 Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder 1,070,0001,220,000806,000929,000
Total9,033,00010,467,0006,533,0007,963,000
Average1,163,000884,777

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References

  1. ↑ "Big Bash League Table – 2015–16". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Strikers sparkle, Stars fade in BBL cricket.com.au. Retrieved on 18 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ Final crowd numbers: 20 553 people! twitter.com/ScorchersBBL. Retrieved on 21 Dec 2015
  4. ↑ IT'S A SELL OUT AT SPOTLESS STADIUM! 21,500 people are in & the full house sign has gone up. #ThunderNation Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 28 Dec 2015
  5. ↑ Adelaide, you rock! A huge crowd of 46,389 at the Adelaide Oval to watch this New Year's Eve clash! twitter.com/BBL. Retrieved on 31 Dec 2015
  6. ↑ Best fans in the league. Period. #BBL05 #StrikersvScorchers twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 5 January 2016
  7. 1 2 Official crowd for tonight is 33,783. A Gabba @BBL record twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 8 January 2016
  8. ↑ Official attendance, 49,115 - our highest so far of #BBL05. Take a bow #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 13 January 2016
  9. ↑ Official attendance: 25,227. Thanks to all who came out tonight and in #BBL05 to @EtihadStadium; much appreciated! twitter.com/RenegadesBBL. Retrieved on 18 January 2016
  10. ↑ "Chris Gayle blasts 12-ball fifty". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Not going all our way on the field at the moment, but another incredible turnout from the #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 21 January 2016
  12. ↑ "Adelaide Strikers Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Big Bash League TV Ratings Retrieved on 22 Dec 2015


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