South Australia cricket team

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South Australia
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Personnel
Captain Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nathan McSweeney [1]
Coach Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Harris
Team information
Colours  Red   Gold   Blue
Founded1887;137 years ago (1887)
Home ground Adelaide Oval
Karen Rolton Oval
Capacity53,585 [2]
5,000 [3]
History
First-class debut Tasmania
in 1887
at  Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield  wins13: (1894, 1910, 1913, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1953, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1996)
One Day Cup  wins3 (1984, 1987, 2012)
Big Bash  wins1 (2011)
Official website West End Redbacks
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First-class

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One-day

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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. [4] 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. [5]

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History

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The former logo used while the team was known as the Redbacks

The earliest known first-class match played by South Australia took place against Tasmania on the Adelaide Oval in November 1877. [6] In 1892–93, they joined New South Wales and Victoria and played the inaugural Sheffield Shield season. South Australia won the Shield in just their second attempt. They have won the competition 13 times in total while they have twice won the One Day tournament now known as the Ryobi One Day Cup. They are also the current holders of the KFC 20/20 Big Bash trophy, defeating NSW in the 2010/11 final at Adelaide Oval. They will continue to hold the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash trophy, as the league is now defunct and has been replaced by the Big Bash League.

Over the years, many successful international cricketers have played for South Australia. Clarrie Grimmett played with them during the 1920s and '30s, taking a total of 668 wickets. This remains a state record. In 1934, Sir Donald Bradman moved to South Australia and joined the team after originally playing with New South Wales, and he started with scores of 117, 233 and 357 in his first three innings. Others include the Chappell brothers (Ian and Greg), David Hookes, Darren Lehmann, Gil Langley, Jason Gillespie, and Terry Jenner.

South Australia has also imported cricketers to play for them, with the most famous being Sir Gary Sobers, who appeared in three seasons during the early 1960s, and Barry Richards. Richards played just one season with South Australia but managed to set a state record for most runs in a season, making 1101 runs in the 1970–71 season. [7]

Squad

Squad for the 2024/25 domestic season. [8] Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.NameNatBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
3 Kyle Brazell Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 September 2001 (age 23)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Rookie contract
15 Mackenzie Harvey Flag of Australia (converted).svg 18 September 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast
22 Henry Hunt Flag of Australia (converted).svg 7 January 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium
23 Jake Fraser-McGurk Flag of Australia (converted).svg 11 April 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm leg spin
31 Thomas Kelly Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 December 2000 (age 24)Right-handed
33 Jake Lehmann Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8 July 1992 (age 32)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
34 Travis Head Flag of Australia (converted).svg 29 December 1993 (age 30)Left-handedRight-arm off break Cricket Australia contract
37 Conor McInerney Flag of Australia (converted).svg 30 March 1994 (age 30)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
38 Nathan McSweeney Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8 March 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break Captain
47 Daniel Drew Flag of Australia (converted).svg 22 May 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight–arm off break
50 Jason Sangha Flag of Australia (converted).svg 8 September 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight–arm leg break
All-rounders
6 Liam Scott Flag of Australia (converted).svg 12 December 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
46 Ben Manenti Flag of Italy.svg 23 March 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
-Aidan Cahill Flag of Australia (converted).svg 20 March 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Rookie contract
Wicket-keepers
4 Harry Nielsen Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 May 1995 (age 29)Left-handed
5 Alex Carey Flag of Australia (converted).svg 27 August 1991 (age 33)Left-handed Cricket Australia contract
- Harry Matthias Flag of Australia (converted).svg 25 June 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRookie contract
Pace Bowlers
0 Nathan McAndrew Flag of Australia (converted).svg 14 July 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
9 Wes Agar Flag of Australia (converted).svg 5 February 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm fast
13 Harry Conway Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17 September 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
21 Jordan Buckingham Flag of Australia (converted).svg 17 March 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium
35 Brendan Doggett Flag of Australia (converted).svg 3 April 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
45 Spencer Johnson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 16 December 1995 (age 29)Left-handedLeft-arm fast
58 Henry Thornton Flag of Australia (converted).svg 13 December 1996 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm fast
- Campbell Thompson Flag of Australia (converted).svg 18 January 2004 (age 20)-Left-arm medium-fast Rookie contract
Spin Bowlers
24 Lloyd Pope Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1 December 1999 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Honours

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Mark Cosgrove wearing South Australia's training gear

Sheffield Shield (13) – 1893–94, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1926–27, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1995–96

One-day Cups (3) – 1983–84, 1986–87, 2011–12

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1) – 2010–11

Records

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George Giffen

First-class Records

Most first-class runs for South Australia [9]

PlayerRunsAverageInnings
Darren Lehmann 11,94557.15224
Greg Blewett 10,00346.09230
David Hookes 9,78547.27216
Les Favell 8,61038.09230
Callum Ferguson 8,37138.05239
Ian Chappell 7,88752.58164
Neil Dansie 7,07935.04210
Peter Sleep 6,65636.37226
Clem Hill 6,63152.21133
Andrew Hilditch 6,54741.96167

Most first-class wickets for South Australia [10]

PlayerWicketsAverageInnings
Clarrie Grimmett 54625.89158
Ashley Mallett 35324.11145
Chadd Sayers 27925.86129
Tim May 27737.31138
Peter Sleep 27338.99218
Joe Mennie 25627.11129
George Giffen 24026.9170
Peter McIntyre 23740.03115
Geff Noblet 22517.9981
Terry Jenner 21330.98120

List A Records

Most List A runs for South Australia [11]

PlayerRunsAverageInnings
Darren Lehmann 4,08855.2489
Callum Ferguson 4,08540.44111
Greg Blewett 3,64540.50100
Tom Cooper 3,02339.7785
Michael Klinger 2,52452.5851
Mark Cosgrove 1,97832.4264
Graham Manou 1,55422.2094
Alex Carey*1,49436.4343
Travis Head*1,40641.3535
Jake Weatherald 1,38336.3939

Most List A wickets for South Australia [12]

PlayerWicketsAverageInnings
Shaun Tait 10322.9253
Kane Richardson 8430.6452
Paul Wilson 7523.4248
Jason Gillespie 7029.8754
Mark Cleary 6730.9249
Greg Blewett 6333.0768
Mark Harrity 5827.2941
Gary Putland 5429.3834
Dan Christian 5433.3342
Jake Haberfield 5221.3829

Greatest ever team

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Don Bradman's South Australian team blazer.

In 2024 SACA members voted for and selected a greatest ever South Australian Men's team consisting of 12 players. [13]

Men's All Time Best Team
Clem Hill
Greg Blewett
Sir Donald Bradman
Ian Chappell
Greg Chappell
Darren Lehmann
Sir Garfield Sobers
Barry Jarman
Clarrie Grimmett
Jason Gillespie
Rodney Hogg
Geff Noblet

See also

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