Adelaide Strikers

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Adelaide Strikers (WBBL).

Adelaide Strikers
Personnel
CaptainMatthew Short
CoachTim Paine
Team information
CityAdelaide
Colours  Blue
Founded2011
Home groundAdelaide Oval
Capacity53,583 (3,500 standing on hill)[1]
History
BBL wins1: BBL07
Official websiteOfficial Website

T20 kit

As of 30 December 2024
Seasons

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 South Australia cricket team, 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.

History

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]

New Year's Eve match

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.

List of New Year's Eve matches

Year Winner Loser Margin Attendance Player of the match
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
2024 Scorchers Strikers 7 wickets 41,624 Cooper Connolly

Season Summaries

Season W–L Pos. Finals Coach Captain Most Runs Most Wickets Most Valuable Player Refs
2011–12 2–5 6th DNQ Darren Berry Michael Klinger Michael Klinger – 198 Aaron O'Brien – 6 Michael Klinger [21][22][23]
2012–13 4–4 5th DNQ Darren Berry Johan Botha Michael Klinger – 242 Kane Richardson – 10 Johan Botha [24][25][23]
2013–14 2–5 7th DNQ Darren Berry Johan Botha[a] Michael Klinger – 223 Shaun Tait – 11 Michael Neser [26][27][23]
2014–15 6–1* 1st* SF Darren Berry Johan Botha Tim Ludeman – 253 Ben Laughlin – 13 Adam Zampa [28][29][23]
2015–16 7–1* 1st* SF Jason Gillespie Brad Hodge Travis Head – 299 Adil Rashid – 16 Adil Rashid [30][31][23]
2016–17 3–5 6th DNQ Jason Gillespie Brad Hodge Ben Dunk – 364* Ish Sodhi – 9[b] Ben Dunk [32][33][23]
2017–18 7–3 2nd C Jason Gillespie Travis Head[c] Alex Carey – 443 Rashid Khan – 18*[d] Rashid Khan [34][35][36]
2018–19 6–8 7th DNQ Jason Gillespie Travis Head[e] Jon Wells – 359 Rashid Khan – 19 Rashid Khan [37][38][36]
2019–20 8–5 3rd KF Jason Gillespie Travis Head[f] Jon Wells – 478 Peter Siddle – 19[g] Jon Wells [39][40][36]
2020–21 7–7 5th EF Jason Gillespie Travis Head[h] Jake Weatherald – 433 Wes Agar – 22 Wes Agar [41][42][36]
2021–22 6–8 4th CF Jason Gillespie Peter Siddle Jon Wells – 501 Peter Siddle – 30^[i] Matt Short [43][44][36]
2022–23 5–9 7th DNQ Jason Gillespie Travis Head[j] Matt Short – 458 Wes Agar – 18 Matt Short* [45][46][36]
2023–24 5–4 4th CF Jason Gillespie Matt Short Matt Short – 541* Jamie Overton – 16 Matt Short* [47][48][36]
2024–25 3–7 8th DNQ Tim Paine Matt Short[k] Alex Ross – 256 Lloyd Pope – 15 Jamie Overton [49][50][51]
Legend
DNQ Did not qualify CF Lost the Challenger * Led the league
EF Lost the Eliminator SF Semi-finalists ^ League record
KF Lost the Knockout RU Runners-up C Champions

Captaincy Records

There have been 10 captains in the Strikers' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.

Span Captain M Won Lost Tied NR W–L%
2011–12 Michael Klinger 7 2 5 0 0 28.57
2012–15 Johan Botha 23 12 9 0 2 57.14
2014 Phillip Hughes 2 0 2 0 0 0.00
2015–17 Brad Hodge 17 10 7 0 0 58.82
2017–24 Travis Head 28 17 11 0 0 60.71
2018 Colin Ingram 14 5 9 0 0 35.71
2019–25 Alex Carey 16 7 8 0 1 46.66
2020–23 Peter Siddle 27 12 15 0 0 44.44
2023–25 Matt Short 21 10 10 0 1 50
2024–25 Alex Ross 3 1 2 0 0 33.33

Home grounds

Venue Games hosted by season
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Adelaide Oval 3 4 4 5 5 4 6 7 8 5 7 7 5 5 75
TIO Traeger Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Current squad

The squad of the Adelaide Strikers for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 19 June 2025.[52]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
S/N Name Nat. Date of Birth Batting Style Bowling Style Additional Info.
Batters
31 Thomas Kelly 14 December 2000 Right-handed Right-arm medium
49 Alex Ross 17 April 1992 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
23 Jason Sangha 8 September 1999 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
All-rounders
88 Jamie Overton 10 April 1994 Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
2 Matt Short 8 November 1995 Right-handed Right-arm off spin Captain
Wicket-keepers
5 Alex Carey 27 August 1991 Left-handed —
4 Harry Nielsen 3 May 1995 Left-handed —
Bowlers
32 Hassan Ali 2 July 1994 Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas Draft Pick (Gold)
13 Cameron Boyce 27 July 1989 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
21 Jordan Buckingham 17 March 2000 Left-handed Right-arm fast
24 Lloyd Pope 1 December 1999 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
58 Henry Thornton 16 December 1996 Right-handed Right-arm fast
14 Luke Wood 2 August 1995 Left-handed Left-arm fast Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)

Players

Australian representatives

The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Strikers after making their debut in the national men's team (the period they spent as both a Strikers squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):

Overseas marquees

Source:[53]

Records

Team records

Result summary v. opponent

As of 18 January 2025
Opposition M Won Lost Tied NR W–L%
Brisbane Heat 22 10 11 0 1 47.62
Hobart Hurricanes 25 14 10 0 1 58.33
Melbourne Renegades 20 12 8 0 0 60
Melbourne Stars 19 9 10 0 0 47.37
Perth Scorchers 27 12 15 0 0 44.44
Sydney Sixers 21 7 14 0 0 33.33
Sydney Thunder 24 12 10 0 2 54.55
Total 158 76 78 0 4 49.35
  • Source: CricInfo[54]

Highest innings score

As of 22 December 2023[55]
Score Opposition Ground Date
5/251 Brisbane Heat Adelaide Oval 11 January 2025
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

Batting

Most career runs

As of 12 January 2025[56]
Batsman Years Matches Runs High score
Jake Weatherald 2016–present 93 2,176 115
Matthew Short 2018–present 79 2,073 109
Alex Carey 2017–present 59 1,890 101
Jonathan Wells 2017–2022 71 1,740 73
Travis Head 2013–present 57 1,394 101 *

Highest scores

As of 12 January 2025[57]
Batsman Runs Opposition Ground Date
Jake Weatherald 115 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Oval 4 February 2018
Matthew Short 109 Brisbane Heat Adelaide Oval 11 January 2025
Travis Head 101 * Sydney Sixers Adelaide Oval 31 December 2015
Alex Carey 101 Brisbane Heat Adelaide Oval 21 January 2021
Matthew Short 100 * Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Oval 5 January 2023
Alex Carey 100 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Oval 17 January 2018

Highest Averages

As of 22 December 2023

Batsman Years Innings Average
Jamie Overton 2023–present 9 90.50
Ian Cockbain 2022-2022 6 59.75
Ben Dunk 2016-2017 8 52.00
Chris Lynn 2022–present 20 43.88
Adil Rashid 2015-2016 4 43.00

Highest Strike Rate

Player Years Innings Strike Rate
Rashid Khan 2017–2023 49 150.37
Chris Lynn 2022–present 20 130.40
2019–2021 30 146.50
Matthew Short 2018–present 73 141.51

Most Sixes

As of 22 December 2023

Player Years Innings Amount
Jake Weatherald 2016–present 89 85
Matthew Short 2018–present 73 84
Travis Head 2013–present 55 61
Alex Carey 2017–present 55 46

Most Ducks

Player Years Innings Amount
Rashid Khan 2017–present 49 7
Matthew Short 2018–present 60 6
Peter Siddle 2017-2023 22 5
Jake Lehmann 2016-2019 25 5

Highest partnerships by wicket

As of 11 January 2025[58]
Wicket Runs Batters Opposition Ground Date
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 84* Cameron Boyce & Brendan Doggett Perth Scorchers Adelaide Oval 31 December 2024
10th 61* Daniel Worrall & Danny Briggs Hobart Hurricanes Blundstone Arena, Hobart 13 December 2020

Bowling

Most career wickets

As of 30 August 2023[59]
Bowler Seasons Matches Wickets Best bowling
Rashid Khan 2017–23 69 98 6/17
Peter Siddle 2017–23 72 91 5/16
Wes Agar 2017–23 56 69 4/6
Michael Neser 2012–21 62 62 3/24
Ben Laughlin 2014–19 50 60 4/26

Best bowling figures

As of 30 August 2023[60]
Bowler Figures Opposition Ground Date
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

Fielding

Most Catches

Player Span Matches Catches
Matthew Short 2018–25 79 44
Jake Weatherald 2016–25 93 34
Michael Neser 2012-21 62 30
Jonathan Wells 2017-22 71 24
Travis Head 2013-23 57 18

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Phillip Hughes stood in as acting captain for two games.
  2. ^ Ben Laughlin and Chris Jordan also took 9 wickets, but at a higher bowling average.
  3. ^ Colin Ingram stood in as acting captain for three games.
  4. ^ Dwayne Bravo from the Melbourne Renegades also took 18 wickets.
  5. ^ Colin Ingram stood in as acting captain for 11 games.
  6. ^ Alex Carey stood in as acting captain for seven games.
  7. ^ Rashid Khan also took 19 wickets but at a higher bowling average.
  8. ^ Alex Carey and Peter Siddle stood in as acting captain for nine and two games respectively.
  9. ^ Tied with Daniel Sams who also took 30 wickets in BBL|09.
  10. ^ Peter Siddle and Matt Short stood in as acting captain for eight and two games respectively.
  11. ^ Alex Ross stood in as acting captain for three games.

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