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 Southern Redbacks from 1995 to 2024,and officially competed under the West End Redbacks moniker from 1996 to 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.
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
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.
James David Smith is an Australian former cricketer. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler,he played first-class cricket for South Australia between 2007 and 2012. He scored a century against Tasmania in late 2009,but did not repeat the feat again at state level. He was released by South Australia at the end of the 2012–13 season. In all,he scored 1,272 runs in 27 first-class matches at an average of 26.50. He also appeared ten times in List A matches,and twice in Twenty20 competitions,making one Big Bash League appearance,for the Adelaide Strikers in late 2012.
Nathan Michael Lyon is an Australian international cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2011 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is an off-spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. Considered the most successful off-spin bowler of all time for Australia,Lyon holds the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler,passing Hugh Trumble's 141 wickets in 2015. In January 2021,Lyon played in his 100th Test match during Australia's series against India. As of December 2023,Lyon is Australia's third highest Test wicket taker of all time and ranks eighth among all international players in Test cricket with more than 500 wickets to his name. Lyon was a member of the Australian team that won the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final,where he picked up the match-winning wicket of Mohammed Siraj.
Thomas David Andrews is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls slow left-arm orthodox deliveries. He plays for Tasmania,having previously played for South Australia,the Adelaide Strikers and the Melbourne Renegades.
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 Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League.
Beau Jacob Webster is an Australian cricketer who currently represents Tasmania and the Melbourne Stars. An all-rounder,Webster is a right-handed batter capable of bowling both right-arm medium and off spin.
Daniel James Worrall is an Australian–English cricketer who plays for Surrey. He played for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. He was selected to play for Australia in 2016. He holds British citizenship and now lives in England. He will be classed as an international player in Australian competitions.
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.
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 Tasmania 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.
Wesley Austin Agar is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who has played for Australia's national youth team,and has played first-class and List A cricket for South Australia and Twenty20s for the Adelaide Strikers. He is the younger brother of fellow Australian international cricketer,Ashton Agar. He made his international debut for Australia in July 2021.
Michael Cormack is an Australian cricketer. He is currently contracted with South Australia.
Henry Thornton is an Australian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Cricket Australia XI against Pakistanis during their tour of Australia on 10 January 2017.
Johnathan Dalton is an Australian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season on 16 March 2017.
Harry James 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.
Lloyd Aylmer James Pope is an Australian cricketer who currently represents South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers. A right-arm leg spin bowler,he is known for his effective use of the wrong'un as a variation. Pope was well renowned in his early career for his hair,becoming a cult hero of Australian cricket due to his “flowing red hair”.
Henry James Hunt is an Australian cricketer,currently playing for South Australia as an opening batter.
Daniel Robert Drew is an Australian cricketer who plays for South Australia as a right-handed top order batter. Drew boasts a similar batting technique to Steve Smith,sharing a similar stance and set-up.
