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	Greg Blewett (interim)
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

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 They will continue to hold the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash trophy as the league is now defunct and has been replaced by the Big Bash League.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

• 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
7	Johnathan Dalton		(1996-06-09) 9 June 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
10	Jake Winter		(1997-06-02) 2 June 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Rookie contract
12	Callum Ferguson		(1984-11-21) 21 November 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
19	Kelvin Smith		(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
26	Tom Cooper		(1986-11-26) 26 November 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
28	Jake Weatherald		(1994-11-04) 4 November 1994	Left-Handed	Right arm leg break
33	Jake Lehmann		(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
34	Travis Head		(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain Cricket Australia contract
39	Conor McInerney		(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
49	Alex Ross		(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Patrick Page		(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
2	Ben Pengelley		(1998-02-16) 16 February 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	Rookie contract
3	Cameron Valente		(1994-09-06) 6 September 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
4	Harry Nielsen		(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
5	Alex Carey		(1991-08-27) 27 August 1991	Left-handed	—	Cricket Australia contract Vice Captain
Bowlers
11	Luke Robins		(1994-05-18) 18 May 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
13	Wes Agar		(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
14	David Grant		(1997-04-24) 24 April 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
15	Joe Mennie		(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Ex Test Player
17	Michael Cormack		(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Rookie contract
21	Spencer Johnson		(1995-12-16) 16 December 1995	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Rookie contract
23	Daniel Worrall		(1991-07-10) 10 July 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
24	Lloyd Pope		(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Rookie contract
27	Chadd Sayers		(1987-08-31) 31 August 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
44	Nick Winter		(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
55	Kane Richardson		(1991-02-12) 12 February 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Cricket Australia contract

First-class records

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
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
Peter Sleep	1977–1993	127	211	37	6106	146*	35.09	12	29	17
Vic Richardson	1919–1937	77	146	7	6027	203	43.35	18	27	7

George Giffen

Highest individual score:

• Don Bradman 369 vs Tasmania in 1935/36

Most centuries:

• Darren Lehmann 42

Most runs in a season:

• Barry Richards 1538 runs in 1970/71

Highest partnership:

• David Hookes and Wayne Phillips 462* vs Tasmania in 1986/87

Highest team score:

• 821-7d vs Queensland in 1939/40

Most wickets for South Australia[6]

Player	Wickets	Seasons
Clarrie Grimmett	668	1924/25 – 1940/41
Ashley Mallett	415	1967/68 – 1980/81
George Giffen	411	1877/78 – 1903/04

Most wickets in a season:

• Shaun Tait 65

Most wickets in an innings:

• Tim Wall 10/36 vs NSW in 1932/33

Most wickets in a match:

• George Giffen 17/201 vs Victoria in 1885/86

See also

• List of South Australian representative cricketers
• List of international cricketers from South Australia

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.

External links

• Official Website of the South Australia cricket team
• Official Website of Cricket Australia
• Article on team's history from Cricinfo