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Personnel | ||
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Captain | Matthew Short | |
Coach | Tim Paine | |
Team information | ||
City | Adelaide | |
Colours | Blue | |
Founded | 2011 | |
Home ground | Adelaide Oval | |
Capacity | 53,583 (3,500 standing on hill) [1] | |
History | ||
BBL wins | 1: BBL07 | |
Official website | Official Website | |
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As of 30 December 2022 |
Seasons |
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The Adelaide Strikers are an Australian professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia that compete in the Big Bash League (BBL). [2] Their home ground is the Adelaide Oval, [3] and they play in a cornflower blue uniform. The Strikers were formed in 2011 to play in the BBL, succeeding the Southern Redbacks, who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition. [4] Their sole victory in the BBL came in 2017–18. [5]
Over their 11-year history in the BBL, they have had many effective and popular players on their team, from all-rounders such as Johan Botha, Michael Neser, Kieron Pollard, Ryan ten Doeschate and Chris Jordan, to high-scoring batsmen Travis Head, Colin Ingram, Chris Lynn, Mahela Jayawardene, Jonathan Wells, Michael Klinger and Jake Weatherald, to effective bowlers Ben Laughlin, Billy Stanlake, Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Adil Rashid and Kane Richardson, and finally keepers Alex Carey and Tim Ludeman.
The Strikers are currently coached by former Australian cricketer Tim Paine and captained by Matthew Short.
The Adelaide Strikers were formed in 2011, as a result of the formation of the Big Bash League. [4] When the competition was first formed, each team had an opportunity to sign up players and build their lists. The contracting window opened on 30 June 2011 at 9 am and closed on 22 July 2011. Each team was allowed to sign up to 18 players, including up to two from overseas. [6] The team's inaugural captain was South Australia captain, Michael Klinger, and the inaugural coach was Darren Berry, the then coach of the Southern Redbacks. [7]
In the 2016/17 Big Bash, the Adelaide Strikers were rated the most entertaining team in the BBL, with a BBEI of 2177. [8]
Since BBL03, Cricket Australia started hosting a Strikers home match on 31 December night every year against different oppositions. It quickly gained popularity among the fans, turning into a tradition and attracting big crowds at the Adelaide Oval throughout the years. It is popularly termed as the New Year's Eve Match or NYE Clash in the media. Up until BBL08, the Strikers had maintained a clean 6–0 win record in the NYE Big Bash clashes. In season 3, Travis Head scored a brilliant century to take the Strikers home against Sydney Sixers in the NYE clash, which remains one of the most memorable NYE matches in the short history of BBL to date. [9] Though, in BBL09, the Strikers finally fell against the Sydney Thunder by 3 runs, the Strikers' first defeat on New Year's Eve. [10]
The Strikers haven't won a New Year's Eve game since 2018, currently going on a 5-year losing streak.
Year | Winner | Loser | Margin | Attendance | Player of the match |
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2013 | Strikers | Scorchers | 6 wickets [11] | 26,030 | Michael Klinger |
2014 | Strikers | Hurricanes | 8 wickets [12] | 43,288 | Tim Ludeman |
2015 | Strikers | Sixers | 5 wickets [13] | 46,389 | Travis Head |
2016 | Strikers | Sixers | 48 runs [14] | 45,471 | Sean Abbott |
2017 | Strikers | Heat | 56 runs [15] | 46,594 | Michael Neser |
2018 | Strikers | Thunder | 20 runs [16] | 41,987 | Peter Siddle |
2019 | Thunder | Strikers | 3 runs [17] | 41,414 | Callum Ferguson |
2020 | Scorchers | Strikers | 7 wickets [18] | 21,636 | Jhye Richardson |
2021 | Thunder | Strikers | 22 runs [19] | 9,555 | Jason Sangha |
2022 | Stars | Strikers | 8 runs [20] | 40,373 | Marcus Stoinis |
2023 | Stars | Strikers | 7 Wickets | 42,502 | Marcus Stoinis |
The current squad of the Adelaide Strikers for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 25 September 2023. [21]
S/N | Name | Nationality | Date of birth (age) | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
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Batters | |||||||
34 | Travis Head | ![]() | 29 December 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
21 | Henry Hunt | ![]() | 7 January 1997 | Right-handed | — | ||
31 | Thomas Kelly | ![]() | 14 December 2000 | Right-handed | — | ||
50 | Chris Lynn | ![]() | 10 April 1990 | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox | International | |
66 | Alex Ross | ![]() | 17 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
46 | Jake Weatherald | ![]() | 4 November 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
All-rounders | |||||||
7 | Fabian Allen | ![]() | 7 May 1995 | Right-handed | Left-arm Orthodox | ||
7 | James Bazley | ![]() | 8 April 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
88 | Jamie Overton | ![]() | 10 April 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Overseas Draft Pick (Gold) & International | |
23 | D'Arcy Short | ![]() | 9 August 1990 | Left-handed | Left-arm leg spin | International | |
2 | Matthew Short | ![]() | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain & International | |
28 | Wicket-keepers | ||||||
5 | Alex Carey | ![]() | 27 August 1991 | Left-handed | — | International | |
4 | Harry Nielsen | ![]() | 3 May 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Ollie Pope | ![]() | 3 May 1995 | Right-handed | — | |||
Spin bowlers | |||||||
87 | Cameron Boyce | ![]() | 27 July 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | International | |
26 | Ben Manenti | ![]() | 23 March 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | International | |
24 | Lloyd Pope | ![]() | 1 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Pace bowlers | |||||||
99 | Jordan Buckingham | ![]() | 17 March 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
35 | Brendan Doggett | ![]() | 3 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
58 | Henry Thornton | ![]() | 16 December 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
The current administration and support staff of the Adelaide Strikers for the 2024–25 Big Bash League season as of 23 June 2024.
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Tim Paine |
Assistant coach | Luke Williams |
Assistant coach | Ryan Harris |
Batting coach | |
Bowling coach | |
Strength & Conditioning oach |
Mathew Short is current captain for the Adelaide Strikers and has been since the beginning of the BBL 13 season.
Name | Period | Mat | Won | Lost | Ties | NR | % |
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Michael Klinger | 2011–2012 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
Johan Botha | 2012–2015 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 57.14 |
Phillip Hughes | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Brad Hodge | 2015–2017 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58.82 |
Travis Head | 2017–present | 28 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 60.71 |
Colin Ingram | 2018 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
Alex Carey | 2019–present | 16 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 46.66 |
Peter Siddle | 2020–2023 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
Matthew Short | 2023–present | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 |
Player | Nationality | Period | Role | Batting | Bowling |
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Johan Botha | ![]() | 2011/12–2014/15 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm off break |
James Franklin | ![]() | 2011/12 | All-rounder | Left-handed | Left-arm medium fast |
Alfonso Thomas | ![]() | 2011/12 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium |
Kieron Pollard | ![]() | 2012/13–2016/17 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast |
Saeed Ajmal | ![]() | 2012/13 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break |
Shakib Al Hasan | ![]() | 2013/14 | All-rounder | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
Alex Hales | ![]() | 2013/14 | Batter | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Ryan ten Doeschate | ![]() | 2014/15 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast |
Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() | 2015/16 | Batter | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Adil Rashid | ![]() | 2015/16 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin |
Chris Jordan | ![]() | 2016/17 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium |
Ish Sodhi | ![]() | 2016/17 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin |
Colin Ingram | ![]() | 2017/18–2018/19 | Batter | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin |
Rashid Khan | ![]() | 2017/18–2022/23 | Bowler | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin |
Phil Salt | ![]() | 2019/20–2020/21 | Batter | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Danny Briggs | ![]() | 2020/21 | Bowler | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox |
George Garton | ![]() | 2021/22 | Bowler | Left-handed | Left-arm fast |
Ian Cockbain | ![]() | 2021/22 | Batter | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Colin de Grandhomme | ![]() | 2022/23 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Adam Hose | ![]() | 2022/23-present | Batter | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast |
Jamie Overton | ![]() | 2023/24 | All-rounder | Right-handed | Right-arm fast |
David Payne | ![]() | 2023/24 | Bowler | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium |
Season | League position | Finals position | Table |
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2011–12 | 6th | Did not qualify | |
2012–13 | 5th | Did not qualify | |
2013–14 | 7th | Did not qualify | |
2014–15 | 1st | Semi-finals (lost to Sydney Sixers) | |
2015–16 | 1st | Semi-finals (lost to Sydney Thunder) | |
2016–17 | 6th | Did not qualify | |
2017–18 | 2nd | Champions | |
2018–19 | 7th | Did not qualify | |
2019–20 | 3rd | Lost the Knockout match against Sydney Thunder | |
2020–21 | 5th | Lost the Eliminator match against Brisbane Heat | |
2021–22 | 4th | Lost the Challenger match against Sydney Sixers | |
2022–23 | 7th | Did not qualify | |
2023-24 | 4th | Lost the Challenger match against Brisbane Heat |
Opposition | Pld | W | L | T | T+W | T+L | NR | % |
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Brisbane Heat | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.36% |
Hobart Hurricanes | 23 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.63% |
Melbourne Renegades | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.89% |
Melbourne Stars | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.44% |
Perth Scorchers | 25 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.00% |
Sydney Sixers | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.00% |
Sydney Thunder | 23 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.14% |
Score | Opposition | Ground | Date |
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3/230 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 5 January 2023 |
8/207 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 26 January 2020 |
4/205 | Sydney Thunder | Adelaide Oval | 19 December 2023 |
2/202 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 4 February 2018 |
4/202 | Melbourne Renegades | Adelaide Oval | 10 January 2023 |
Batsman | Years | Matches | Runs | High score |
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Jake Weatherald | 2016–present | 81 | 1,904 | 115 |
Alex Carey | 2017–present | 55 | 1,801 | 101 |
Jonathan Wells | 2017–2022 | 71 | 1,740 | 73 |
Travis Head | 2013–present | 57 | 1,394 | 101 not out |
Matthew Short | 2018–present | 52 | 1,378 | 100 not out |
Batsman | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Date |
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Jake Weatherald | 115 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 4 February 2018 |
Travis Head | 101 not out | Sydney Sixers | Adelaide Oval | 31 December 2015 |
Alex Carey | 101 | Brisbane Heat | Adelaide Oval | 21 January 2021 |
Matthew Short | 100 not out | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 5 January 2023 |
Alex Carey | 100 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 17 January 2018 |
As of 22 December 2023
Batsman | Years | Innings | Average |
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D'Arcy Short | 2023–present | 1 | 66.00 |
Ian Cockbain | 2022-2022 | 6 | 59.75 |
Ben Dunk | 2016-2017 | 8 | 52.00 |
Adil Rashid | 2015-2016 | 4 | 43.00 |
Brad Hodge | 2014-2017 | 20 | 42.35 |
Player | Years | Innings | Strike Rate |
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Matthew Short | 2018–present | 60 | 140.46 |
Travis Head | 2013–present | 55 | 130.40 |
Alex Carey | 2017–present | 55 | 128.73 |
Jake Weatherald | 2016–present | 81 | 128.21 |
As of 22 December 2023
Player | Years | Innings | Amount |
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Jake Weatherald | 2016–present | 81 | 72 |
Matthew Short | 2018–present | 60 | 64 |
Travis Head | 2013–present | 55 | 61 |
Alex Carey | 2017–present | 55 | 46 |
Player | Years | Innings | Amount |
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Rashid Khan | 2017–present | 49 | 7 |
Matthew Short | 2018–present | 60 | 6 |
Peter Siddle | 2017-2023 | 22 | 5 |
Jake Lehmann | 2016-2019 | 25 | 5 |
Wicket | Runs | Batters | Opposition | Ground | Date |
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1st | 171 | Alex Carey & Jake Weatherald | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 17 January 2018 |
2nd | 140 | Jake Weatherald & Travis Head | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 4 February 2018 |
3rd | 107 | Jake Weatherald & Alex Carey | Hobart Hurricanes | York Park, Launceston | 15 December 2020 |
4th | 104 | Matthew Short & Jonathan Wells | Melbourne Renegades | Adelaide Oval | 23 December 2018 |
5th | 115 | Brad Hodge & Alex Ross | Melbourne Stars | Adelaide Oval | 18 December 2015 |
6th | 59* | Travis Head & Adil Rashid | Sydney Sixers | Adelaide Oval | 31 December 2015 |
7th | 44 | Johan Botha & Michael Neser | Melbourne Renegades | Docklands Stadium, Melbourne | 2 January 2013 |
8th | 55 | Michael Neser & Kane Richardson | Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground, Perth | 23 December 2016 |
9th | 16* | Cameron Valente & Peter Siddle | Brisbane Heat | Adelaide Oval | 3 February 2019 |
10th | 61* | Daniel Worrall & Danny Briggs | Hobart Hurricanes | Blundstone Arena, Hobart | 13 December 2020 |
Bowler | Seasons | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
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Rashid Khan | 2017–present | 69 | 98 | 6/17 |
Peter Siddle | 2017–2023 | 72 | 91 | 5/16 |
Wes Agar | 2017–present | 52 | 68 | 4/6 |
Michael Neser | 2012–2021 | 62 | 62 | 3/24 |
Ben Laughlin | 2014–2019 | 50 | 60 | 4/26 |
Bowler | Figures | Opposition | Ground | Date |
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Ish Sodhi | 6/11 | Sydney Thunder | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 18 January 2017 |
Rashid Khan | 6/17 | Brisbane Heat | The Gabba, Brisbane | 12 January 2021 |
Henry Thornton | 5/3 | Sydney Thunder | Stadium Australia, Sydney | 16 December 2022 |
Peter Siddle | 5/16 | Hobart Hurricanes | York Park, Launceston | 15 December 2020 |
Peter Siddle | 5/23 | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Oval | 5 January 2022 |
Player | Seasons | Matches | Catches |
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Alex Carey | 2017–present | 55 | 51 |
Matthew Short | 2018–present | 62 | 35 |
Jake Weatherald | 2016–present | 82 | 31 |
Michael Neser | 2012-2021 | 62 | 30 |
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