The Adelaide Strikers are an Australian professional

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franchise cricket team based in

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that compete in the

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,Cricket Australia(n.d),Adelaide Strikers,Cricket Australia, accessed 1 December 2013, and they play in a cornflower blue uniform. The Strikers were formed in 2011 to play in the BBL, succeeding the

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, who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition.Jelstad, J (2011), South Australia's Big Bash team to be renamed the Adelaide Strikers, The Advertiser, accessed 1 December 2013, Their sole victory in the BBL came in 2017–18. Over their 11-year history in the BBL, they have had many effective and popular players on their team, from all-rounders such as

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, Michael Neser, Kieron Pollard, Ryan ten Doeschate and Chris Jordan, to high-scoring batsmen

Travis Head Travis Michael Head (born 29 December 1993) is an Australian international cricketer. He is contracted to South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers for domestic matches. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a part-time right arm off-spin ...

Colin Ingram Colin Alexander Ingram (born 3 July 1985) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Glamorgan. He represented South Africa in One Day (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) between 2010 and 2013, scoring a century on his ODI debut ...

, Mahela Jayawardene, Jonathan Wells, Michael Klinger and

Jake Weatherald Jake Weatherald (born 4 November 1994) 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 Str ...

, to effective bowlers Ben Laughlin,

Billy Stanlake Billy James Stanlake (born 4 November 1994) is an Australian cricketer. He is a fast bowler who represented Australia in the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup and played One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket for the full nation ...

, Rashid Khan, Peter Siddle, Adil Rashid and

Kane Richardson Kane William Richardson (born 12 February 1991) is an Australian international cricketer who plays domestic cricket for the Melbourne Renegades. Since 2013, Richardson has played international cricket for Australia in both One Day Internatio ...

, and finally keepers Alex Carey and

Tim Ludeman Tim Ludeman (born 23 June 1987) is an Australian cricketer. Ludeman is a wicket-keeper who formerly played for South Australia. He is a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. On 18 December 2014, Ludeman made 92 not out from just 44 deliverie ...

. The Strikers are currently coached by former Australian cricketer

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and captained by Head. Carey is the current vice-captain.

History

The Adelaide Strikers were formed in 2011, as a result of the formation of the

. 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

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s, including up to two from overseas.Big Bash League timeline. Cricket Australia.
The team's inaugural captain was

captain, Michael Klinger, and the inaugural coach was Darren Berry, the then coach of the

.> In the 2016/17 Big Bash, the Adelaide Strikers were rated the most entertaining team in the BBL, with a BBEI of 2177.

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

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,

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

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, the Strikers finally fell against the Sydney Thunder by 3 runs, the Strikers' first defeat on New Year's Eve. List of New Year's Eve matches

Current squad

The current squad of the Adelaide Strikers for the

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as of 6 December 2022. * Players with international caps are listed in bold. * denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection. * denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

Administration and support staff

List of Captains

List of international players

Series results

Records

Team records

Result summary v. opponent

Highest innings total

Batting

Most runs

Highest scores

Highest partnerships by wicket

Bowling

Most wickets

Best bowling figures

Honours

Domestic

* Big Bash: **Champions (1): 2017–18 ***''Runners-Up (0): '' ***''Minor Premiers (2): 2014–15, 2015–16'' **Finals Series Appearances (5): 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20,

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***''Wooden Spoons (0):''

International

* Champions League Twenty20: **Appearances (0):

References

External links

* {{Cricket in Australia Big Bash League teams Cricket in South Australia 2011 establishments in Australia Cricket clubs established in 2011 Sporting clubs in Adelaide