South Australia cricket team

 South Australian Redbacks
Personnel
Captain Australia Travis Head
Coach Australia Jamie Siddons
Team information
Colours      Red      White &      Black
Founded 1887
Home ground Adelaide Oval
Capacity 50,000[1]
History
First-class debut Tasmania
in 1887
at Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield wins 13: (1894, 1910, 1913, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1953, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1996)
One Day Cup wins 3 (1984, 1987, 2012)
Big Bash wins 1 (2011)
Official website: West End Redbacks

First-class

One-day

The South Australia cricket team, named West End Redbacks, nicknamed "the Southern Redbacks", is an Australian men's professional first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Redbacks play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and are the state cricket team for South Australia, representing the state in the Sheffield Shield competition and the limited overs Ryobi One Day Cup. Their Ryobi One Day Cup uniform features a red body with black sleeves. They are known as the West End Redbacks 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.[2]

History

The earliest known first-class match played by South Australia took place against Tasmania on the Adelaide Oval in November 1877.[3] 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.

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 which remains a state record. In 1934 Donald Bradman joined the club after originally playing with New South Wales, and started with scores of 117, 233 and 357 in his first three innings. Others include the Chappell brothers, David Hookes and Terry Jenner.

South Australia have also imported cricketers to play for them, the most famous being 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 1538 runs in 1970–71.

Honours

Mark Cosgrove wearing South Australia's training gear

Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup (13)

  • 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

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[4]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
7Johnathan DaltonAustralia9 June 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium
10Jake WinterAustralia2 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm mediumRookie contract
12Callum FergusonAustralia21 November 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium
19Kelvin SmithAustralia5 September 1994Left-handedRight-arm off break
26Tom CooperNetherlands26 November 1986Right-handedRight-arm off break
28Jake WeatheraldAustralia4 November 1994Left-HandedRight arm leg break
33Jake LehmannAustralia8 July 1992Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
34Travis HeadAustralia29 December 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain Cricket Australia contract
39Conor McInerneyAustralia30 March 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
49Alex RossAustralia17 April 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break
–Patrick PageAustralia15 January 1998Left-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
2Ben PengelleyAustralia–Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fastRookie contract
3Cameron ValenteAustralia6 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
11Luke RobinsAustralia–Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Wicket-keepers
4Harry NielsenAustralia3 May 1995Left-handedRight-arm off break
5Alex CareyAustralia27 August 1991Left-handed—Cricket Australia contract
Bowlers
13Elliot OpieAustralia16 April 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
14David GrantAustralia24 April 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
15Joe MennieAustralia24 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
17Michael CormackAustralia29 June 1997Right-handedRight-arm off breakRookie contract
21Spencer JohnsonAustralia16 December 1995Left-handedLeft-arm fast-mediumRookie contract
23Daniel WorrallAustralia10 July 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
24Lloyd PopeAustralia1 December 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg breakRookie contract
27Chadd SayersAustralia31 August 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
29Tom AndrewsAustralia7 October 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
44Nick WinterAustralia19 June 1993Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
55Kane RichardsonAustralia12 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm fastCricket Australia contract
63Adam ZampaAustralia31 March 1992Right-handedRight-arm leg break

First-class records

Most runs for South Australia[5]

NameSeasonsMatchesInnsNORunsHSAve100500
Darren Lehmann1987–20071192181411622301*56.97394114
Greg Blewett1991–200611722313968226846.10234815
David Hookes1975–199212020599364306*47.77264414
Ian Chappell1962–198089157137665205*53.2222459
Neil Dansie1950–19671071966669218535.2217329
Andrew Hilditch1982–19929116111650423043.36173210
Clem Hill1894–19236812666270365*52.2518275
Peter Sleep1977–1993127211376106146*35.09122917
Vic Richardson1919–1937771467602720343.3518277
George Giffen

Highest individual score:

Most centuries:

Most runs in a season:

Highest partnership:

Highest team score:

  • 821-7d vs Queensland in 1939/40

Most wickets for South Australia[6]

PlayerWicketsAverage
Clarrie Grimmett6681924/25 – 1940/41
Ashley Mallett4151967/68 – 1980/81
George Giffen4111877/78 – 1903/04

Most wickets in a season:

Most wickets in an innings:

Most wickets in a match:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Government of South Australia (2013), Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, retrieved 14 September 2013
  2. ↑ "Index of /". www.bigbashleague.com.au.
  3. ↑ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  4. ↑ "Redbacks confirm playing numbers".
  5. ↑ "Most Runs for South Australia". Cricket Archive.
  6. ↑ "Most Wickets for South Australia". Cricket Archive.
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