South Australia cricket team

West End Redbacks
Coach:	Darren Berry
Captain:	Michael Klinger
Colours:	Red      White &      Black
Founded:	1887
Home ground:	Adelaide Oval
Capacity:	40,000
First-class debut:	Tasmania
	in 1887
	at Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield Wins:	13
Official website:	SACA

The South Australia cricket team, nicknamed the Southern Redbacks and known as the West End Redbacks due to their sponsorship agreement with local brewers West End, are an Australian first class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, and represent the state of South Australia. They compete in the first class competition, the Sheffield Shield, the limited overs Ryobi One Day Cup and the Twenty20 tournament known as the Big Bash League. The team's home ground and main training venue is Adelaide Oval. Their One-Day match uniform's dominant colour is red similar to Zimbabwe. The current One Day match uniform features a red body with black sleeves and manufacturer adidas' trademark three-stripe design on the sides.

History

The earliest known first-class match played by South Australia took place against Tasmania on the Adelaide Oval in November 1877.[1] 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)

1893–94 1909–10 1912–13 1926–27 1935–36 1938–39 1952–53

1963–64 1968–69 1970–71 1975–76 1981–82 1995–96

One-day Cups (2)

• 1983–84
• 1986–87

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1)

• 2010/11

Recent seasons

South Australia was in the early stages of a rebuilding stage during 2005–06 but made the one day domestic final for the first time since 1994–95, losing to the New South Wales Blues in a thrilling ING Cup final at Adelaide Oval.

In 2006–07 the team suffered a dismal season, finishing last in both the Sheffield Shield (winning just one match) and Ryobi one day Cup competitions. 16 March saw coach Wayne Phillips resign from his five year contract one year early. Mark Sorell was announced as the new coach.

On 27 April Greg Blewett retired from all competitive levels of cricket excluding domestic cricket in Adelaide.

At the end of the 2009/2010 season, Mark Sorrell was fired by the SACA, the governing body of the Redbacks, and replaced him with Darren Berry, nicknamed "Chuck".

Darren's appointment saw success immediately, with the Redbacks winning the 2010/2011 KFC Twenty/20 Big Bash against NSW at Adelaide Oval, their first trophy since the 1995/1996 Sheffield Shield win.

Since then, the Redbacks are on the brink of another trophy, being that they win their last two matches of the one-day competition and then win the final, and if the Adelaide Strikers, who replaced the Redbacks in the reformed Big Bash League, get to the final of the Big Bash League and win it.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Michael Klinger

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
29	Daniel Harris		31 December 1979 (1979-12-31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
3	Aiden Blizzard		27 June 1984 (1984-06-27)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
12	Callum Ferguson		21 November 1984 (1984-11-21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Cricket Australia contract
18	Michael Klinger		4 June 1980 (1980-06-04)	Right-handed	–	Captain
19	James Smith		11 October 1988 (1988-10-11)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
23	Cameron Borgas		1 September 1983 (1983-09-01)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
43	Ben Dougall		16 December 1991 (1991-12-16)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Rookie
?	Tom Thornton		11 July 1989 (1989-07-11)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Rookie
All-rounders
11	Aaron O'Brien		2 October 1981 (1981-10-02)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
26	Tom Cooper		26 November 1986 (1986-11-26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
45	Daniel Christian		4 May 1983 (1983-05-04)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
?	Theo Doropoulos		25 April 1985 (1985-04-25)	Right-handed	Right Hand medium
Wicket-keepers
22	Tim Ludeman		23 June 1987 (1987-06-23)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
9	Cullen Bailey		26 February 1985 (1985-02-26)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
10	Gary Putland		10 February 1986 (1986-02-10)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium
14	Peter George		16 October 1986 (1986-10-16)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
21	Shaun Tait		18 June 1986 (1986-06-18)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
39	Mick Delaney		15 February 1988 (1988-02-15)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
47	Kane Richardson		12 February 1991 (1991-02-12)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
17	Nathan Lyon		20 November 1987 (1987-11-20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
?	Chadd Sayers		31 August 1987 (1987-08-31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
15	Joe Mennie		24 December 1988 (1988-12-24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Rookie
?	Elliot Opie		16 April 1991 (1991-04-16)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Rookie
?	Carl Tietjens

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First-class records

Most runs for South Australia

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
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
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

Player	Wickets	Average
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 international cricketers from South Australia

External links

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