South Australia cricket team

The South Australia cricket team, officially named the West End 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 Marsh One-Day Cup. Their Marsh 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]

West End Redbacks
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Personnel
CaptainAustralia Travis Head
CoachAustralia Jason Gillespie
Team information
Colours  Red   White &   Black
Founded1887; 136 years ago (1887)
Home groundAdelaide Oval
Capacity53,585[1]
History
First-class debutTasmania
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 websiteWest End Redbacks

First-class

One-day

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HistoryEdit

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. They will continue to hold the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash trophy, as the league is now defunct and has been replaced by the Big Bash League.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.[4]

HonoursEdit

 
Mark Cosgrove wearing South Australia's training gear

Sheffield Shield (13)

One-day Cups (3)

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1)

First-class recordsEdit

Most runs for South Australia[5]

Name Seasons Matches Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
Darren Lehmann 1987–2007 119 218 14 11622 301* 56.97 39 41 14
Greg Blewett 1991–2006 117 223 13 9682 268 46.10 23 48 15
David Hookes 1975–1992 120 205 9 9364 306* 47.77 26 44 14
Callum Ferguson 2004–2020 124 235 17 8318 213 38.15 19 42 23
Les Favell 1951–1970 121 220 4 8269 164 38.28 20 43 18
Ian Chappell 1962–1980 89 157 13 7665 205* 53.22 22 45 9
Neil Dansie 1950–1967 107 196 6 6692 185 35.22 17 32 9
Andrew Hilditch 1982–1992 91 161 11 6504 230 43.36 17 32 10
Clem Hill 1894–1923 68 126 6 6270 365* 52.25 18 27 5
 
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]

Player Wickets Seasons
Clarrie Grimmett 504 1924/25 – 1940/41
Ashley Mallett 344 1967/68 – 1980/81
Chadd Sayers 279 2010/11 – 2020/21
Tim May 270 1984/85 – 1995/96
Joe Mennie 256 2011/12 – 2020/21

Most wickets in a season:

Most wickets in an innings:

Most wickets in a match:

SquadEdit

Players with international caps are listed in bold.[7]

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
20 Kelvin Smith   (1994-09-15) 15 September 1994 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm off break
22 Henry Hunt   (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 26) Right-handed
23 Jake Fraser-McGurk   (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
26 Jake Carder   (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium
31 Thomas Kelly   (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 22) Right-handed
33 Jake Lehmann   (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 30) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
34 Travis Head   (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm off break Cricket Australia contract

Captain

47 Daniel Drew   (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 27) Right-handed
- Isaac Higgins   (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 20) Right-handed Rookie contract
- Kyle Brazell   Left-handed Rookie contract
All-rounders
6 Liam Scott   (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
38 Nathan McSweeney   (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
- Aidan Cahill   (2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Rookie contract
Wicket-keepers
4 Harry Nielsen   (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 28) Left-handed
5 Alex Carey   (1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 (age 31) Left-handed Cricket Australia contract

Vice Captain

- Harry Matthias   (2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 (age 19) Right-handed Rookie contract
Pace Bowlers
0 Nathan McAndrew   (1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
9 Wes Agar   (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast
13 Harry Conway   (1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
14 David Grant   (1997-03-24) 24 March 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
21 Jordan Buckingham   (2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 23) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium
35 Brendan Doggett   (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
58 Henry Thornton   (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
- Spencer Johnson   (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium
Spin Bowlers
17 Ben Manenti   (1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
24 Lloyd Pope   (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg break

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Government of South Australia (2013), Adelaide Oval Redevelopment Archived 13 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure, retrieved 14 September 2013
  2. ^ "Index of /". www.bigbashleague.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  3. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Shield 1970/71: Batting - Most Runs". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Sheffield Shield - South Australia / Records / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Sheffield Shield - South Australia / Records / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Redbacks stocks bolstered with 2022-23 contract list confirmed". SACA. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

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