Adelaide Strikers

The Adelaide Strikers are an Australian professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia that compete in the Big Bash League (BBL). Their home ground is the Adelaide Oval, and they play in a cornflower blue uniform. The Strikers were formed in 2011 to play in the BBL, succeeding the Southern Redbacks, who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition. 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 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 Jason Gillespie and captained by Matthew Short.

History
The Adelaide Strikers were formed in 2011, as a result of the formation of the Big Bash League. 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. 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.

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 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. Though, in BBL09, the Strikers finally fell against the Sydney Thunder by 3 runs, the Strikers' first defeat on New Year's Eve.

The Strikers haven't won a New Year's Eve game since 2018, currently going on a 5-year losing streak.

Current squad
The current squad of the Adelaide Strikers for the 2023–24 Big Bash League season as of 25 September 2023.


 * Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Current staff
The current administration and support staff of the Sydney Sixers for the 2024–25 Big Bash League season as of 23 June 2024.
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List of captains
Mathew Short is current captain for the Adelaide Strikers and has been since the beginning of the BBL 13 season.

As of 22nd of December 2023 

Result summary v. opponent

 * Source: CricInfo

Highest Averages
As of 22 December 2023

Most Sixes
As of 22 December 2023

Honours

 * Big Bash:
 * Champions (1): 2017–18
 * Runners Up (0):
 * Minor Premiers (2): 2014–15, 2015–16
 * Finals series appearances (7):2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2023–24
 * Wooden Spoons (0):