The South Australia men's cricket team is an Australian men's professional first-class cricket team based in Adelaide,South Australia. South Australia play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and Karen Rolton Oval,they are the state cricket team for South Australia representing the state in the Sheffield Shield competition and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup. The team is selected and supported by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Their Marsh One-Day Cup uniform features a red body with black sleeves. They were known as the West End Redbacks between 1996 and 2024 due to a sponsorship agreement with West End. The Redbacks formerly competed in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash,but were succeeded by the Adelaide Strikers in 2011 because this league was replaced with the Big Bash League.
The 2005–06 Australian cricket season took place from October 2005 to March 2006.
Callum James Ferguson is a former Australian cricketer and commentator who has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He also represented South Australia in the JLT One-Day Cup. He was formerly the captain of the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League before being released at the end of the 2020–21 season
David John Hussey is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Hussey is a right-handed batter and can also bowl right-arm off breaks. He is the younger brother of former Australian cricketer Michael Hussey. He was captain of the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
Michael Klinger is an Australian former first-class cricketer,who held the record for the most runs scored in the Big Bash League when he retired in 2019.
Moisés Constantino Henriques is an Australian international cricketer who plays for Australia,New South Wales and the Sydney Sixers. An all-rounder,he is the first cricketer born in Portugal to play for Australia in an international match.
The 2006–07 Australian cricket season is made up of three domestic competitions for the men;the first-class Pura Cup,the List A Ford Ranger One Day Cup and the Twenty20 competition KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The women compete in the Women's National Cricket League,although Tasmania does not have a first-class women's team. The season started on 11 October 2006 with a domestic Ford Ranger One Day Cup match between Queensland and Tasmania,and culminated with the World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka on 28 April 2007.
Ben Rohrer is an Australian former cricketer who played for the New South Wales in Australian domestic cricket from 2007 to 2016 and various Twenty20 teams in the Big Bash League. Rohrer had a breakout season in the 2012–13 Big Bash League season,which resulted in his selection for the Australian national cricket team in a Twenty20 International and a contract with the Delhi Daredevils in the 2013 Indian Premier League. Rohrer retired from cricket in 2018 and took up a coaching role with Tasmania.
Craig Joseph Simmons is an Australian former professional cricketer. He played domestically for Western Australia,New South Wales,Perth Scorchers and Adelaide Strikers. At grade cricket level,he plays for Rockingham-Mandurah in the WACA district competition,having previously played for Fremantle in WACA district matches and Gordon in Sydney Grade Cricket matches. A left-handed batsman,Simmons represented the Australian national under-19 side at the 2002 Under-19 World Cup,playing seven matches. At the tournament,he scored 155 runs from 115 balls against Kenya's under-19 team,contributing to Australia's total of 6/480 from 50 overs and eventual win by 430 runs.
Ben Laughlin is a former Australian cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler,he was primarily a Twenty20 specialist,featuring for a number of teams in the top global leagues. He also represented Australia in white-ball cricket 8 times. Laughlin last featured in professional cricket for the Brisbane Heat of the BBL in 2021.
Tom Lexley William Cooper is an Australian–Dutch cricketer who played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket and for the Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League (BBL). He is a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm off-spinner,and in addition to representing the Netherlands,he has represented Australia in the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
Kane William Richardson is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for Queensland and Melbourne Renegades.
Sarah Jane Cady is an Australian cricketer from Camden,New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler,Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests,ODIs and T20Is. She currently plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Alexander Ian Ross is an Australian cricketer. The son of a cricket coach,Ross started playing domestic cricket for South Australia in 2012,having moved to the state in 2009 with his father. He began to rise to prominence in the 2014–15 season when,after improved form in both first-class and List A cricket,he began playing for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. In his first match of BBL|05 he scored 65 runs off 31 balls,making excellent use of the sweep shot and earning the moniker "sweepologist". He currently represents South Australia in first-class and one-day cricket and plays for the Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League.
Jake Scott Lehmann is an Australian cricketer who plays for South Australia. He is the eldest son of former Australian coach Darren Lehmann. Well known for his moustache,Lehmann began his first-class career in the 2014–15 season and enjoyed early success,scoring a double century in his second season. He began playing for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League in 2015 and hit a match-winning six against the Hobart Hurricanes in the first ball of his career and the last ball of the innings.
Matthew Thomas Renshaw is an Australian international cricketer. He played eleven Tests for Australia between 2016 and 2018 as an opening batsman,and was recalled to the Test team in 2023. In domestic first-class cricket he plays for Queensland,and in the Big Bash League he has played for the Brisbane Heat and Adelaide Strikers.
Cameron Valente is an Australian cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder and is contracted to the South Australian Redbacks.
Jake Weatherald is an Australian cricketer. Originally from Darwin in the Northern Territory,he is an opening batsman who plays for South Australia in both first-class and one-day cricket and plays for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. He had a breakout season in 2015–16,making his first-class debut for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield and scoring two half-centuries in the final. He has since had contracts with both South Australia and the Strikers in every season.
Nathan John McAndrew is an Australian cricketer. A medium-fast bowler,McAndrew was called into the Sydney Thunder squad for BBL|05,where the Sydney Thunder would ultimately win the championship. He made his Twenty20 debut on 16 January 2016 against the Sydney Sixers.
Harry Nielsen is an Australian cricketer,the son of former South Australian cricketer Tim Nielsen. During the 2017–18 season,he made his debut in all three major forms of the game,first-class,one-day and Twenty20 cricket playing for Cricket Australia XI in the JLT One-Day Cup and tour matches,the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League and South Australia in the Sheffield Shield.
