South Australia cricket team

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 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]

 South Australian Redbacks
Personnel
Captain Travis Head
Coach Jason Gillespie
Team information
Colours  Red   White &   Black
Founded1887
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

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. They will continue to hold the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash trophy as the league is now defunct and has been replaced by the Big Bash League.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 Donald Bradman moved to South Australia and joined the team 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, Darren Lehman, Gil Langley, Jason Gillespe 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)

One-day Cups (3)

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1)

Squad

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

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
2Ryan Gibson (1993-12-30) 30 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break
12Bailey Capel (2000-04-15) 15 April 2000Left-handed-Rookie contract
22Henry Hunt (1997-01-07) 7 January 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
26Jake Carder (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995Left-handedRight-arm medium
28Jake Weatherald (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994Left-handedRight-arm leg break
31Thomas Kelly (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000Right-handedRight-arm off breakRookie contract
33Jake Lehmann (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
34Travis Head (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993Left-handedRight-arm off breakCaptain
38Nathan McSweeney (1999-03-08) 8 March 1999Right-handedRight-arm off break
47Daniel Drew (1996-05-22) 22 May 1996Right-handedRight-arm off break
-Kyle Brazell-Left-handed-Rookie contract
All-rounders
0Nathan McAndrew (1993-07-14) 14 July 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
6Liam Scott (2000-12-12) 12 December 2000Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
20Samuel Kerber (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994Left-handedSlow left arm orthodox
42Corey Kelly (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000Right-handedRight-arm mediumRookie contract
Wicket-keepers
4Harry Nielsen (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995Left-handedRight-arm off break
5Alex Carey (1991-08-27) 27 August 1991Left-handed—Cricket Australia contract

Vice Captain

Bowlers
11Daniel Worrall (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
13Wes Agar (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997Right-handedRight-arm fast
14David Grant (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
15Joe Mennie (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
21Jordan Buckingham-Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumRookie contract
24Lloyd Pope (1999-12-01) 1 December 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break
35Brendan Doggett (1994-04-03) 3 April 1994Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
44Nick Winter (1993-06-19) 19 June 1993Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium
55Kane Richardson (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991Right-handedRight-arm fast-mediumCricket Australia contract
-Tim Oakley (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997Left-handedRight-arm fast

First-class records

Most runs for South Australia[5]

NameSeasonsMatchesInnsNORunsHSAve100500
Darren Lehmann1987–20071192181411622301*56.97394114
Greg Blewett1991–200611722313968226846.10234815
David Hookes1975–199212020599364306*47.77264414
Callum Ferguson2004–202012423517831821338.15194223
Les Favell1951–19701212204826916438.28204318
Ian Chappell1962–198089157137665205*53.2222459
Neil Dansie1950–19671071966669218535.2217329
Andrew Hilditch1982–19929116111650423043.36173210
Clem Hill1894–19236812666270365*52.2518275
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]

PlayerWicketsSeasons
Clarrie Grimmett5041924/25 – 1940/41
Ashley Mallett3441967/68 – 1980/81
Chadd Sayers2792010/11 – 2020/21
Tim May2701984/85 – 1995/96
Joe Mennie2562011/12 – 2020/21

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 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. "Doggett leads key acquisitions for new-look SA". SACA. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  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.
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