Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)
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League | Women's Big Bash League |
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Personnel | |
Captain | Suzie Bates |
Coach | Luke Williams |
Team information | |
City | Adelaide |
Colours | Blue |
Home ground | Karen Rolton Oval |
Secondary home ground(s) | Centennial Park Oval |
History | |
Twenty20 debut | 12 December 2015 |
WBBL wins | 0 |
Official website | Adelaide Strikers |
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The Adelaide Strikers (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in North Adelaide, South Australia.[a] They compete in the Women's Big Bash League.
History
Formation
One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Adelaide Strikers are aligned with the men's team of the same name.[2] At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Megan Schutt was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing.[3] Andrea McCauley was appointed as the Strikers' inaugural coach, while Lauren Ebsary became the team's inaugural captain.[4][5]
The Strikers played their first match on 12 December at Aurora Stadium against the Hobart Hurricanes, losing by two runs.[6] Their first win came on 20 December at Allan Border Field against the Sydney Thunder, chasing down a target of 149 runs with six wickets in hand and six balls to spare.[7]
Rivalries
Perth Scorchers
In the league's early years, the Strikers and the Perth Scorchers experienced several instances of senior members switching allegiances:
- Inaugural Strikers captain Lauren Ebsary joined the Scorchers after just one season.[8][9]
- Former Scorchers captain Suzie Bates moved to the Strikers ahead of WBBL|03 and became the first player to lead two WBBL clubs.[10][11]
- After scoring the most runs for Perth throughout WBBL|01, Charlotte Edwards transferred to Adelaide in her final year of cricket.[12] The following season, Edwards assumed an assistant coaching role for the Strikers.[13]
- Ahead of WBBL|06, former Adelaide all-rounder Shelley Nitschke was appointed to the position of head coach for the Scorchers.[14][15]
Noteworthy matches between the two teams include:
- 13 January 2018, Traeger Park: In a match reduced to 16 overs per side due to a rain delay, the Scorchers could only muster a first innings score of 9/87. In the run chase, Suzie Bates played a lone hand of 49 not out to help the Strikers win by six wickets with one ball to spare.
- 9 November 2019, Karen Rolton Oval: An innings of 80 runs from 58 deliveries by Amy Jones helped Perth post a total of 3/173. Despite a slow start to the run chase, Adelaide finished strongly with Bridget Patterson scoring 60 off 32 balls. However, Heather Graham conceded just a single off the final ball to give the Scorchers a two-run win.
- 7 December 2019, Allan Border Field: In the WBBL|05 semi-finals, the Strikers comfortably reached the required total of 127 with eight wickets in hand and eleven balls remaining to eliminate the Scorchers from the tournament.
Brisbane Heat
Noteworthy matches between the Strikers and the Brisbane Heat include:
- 21 January 2017, The Gabba: Chasing a modest total of 6/127, the Strikers required three runs for victory with two balls remaining. Brisbane medium-pacer Deandra Dottin then bowled Tegan McPharlin before conceding two runs off the final delivery to force a tie. In the resulting super over, Dottin–who had earlier scored 51 runs with the bat–capped off a dominant all-round performance by taking two wickets and limiting Adelaide to just four runs. Beth Mooney scored the winning runs to secure the Heat's first finals appearance.[16][17][18]
- 8 December 2019, Allan Border Field: In the WBBL|05 final, the Heat gained early ascendancy through quick bowler Georgia Prestwidge, who dismissed Player of the Tournament Sophie Devine for just five. A "superb"[19] knock of 55 runs from 33 balls by Amanda-Jade Wellington helped the Strikers to recover to a competitive score of 7/161. The match swung heavily toward Brisbane's favour in the fifth over of the run chase when Sammy-Jo Johnson hit four sixes against the bowling of Devine, though Johnson would be out caught-and-bowled on the last ball of the over. When Devine returned to bowl the eleventh over of the innings, Heat batter Jess Jonassen was dropped by Wellington at extra cover. Jonassen then scored a boundary from each of the next three deliveries she faced, taking Brisbane's required scoring rate down to less than a run a ball.[20] The Heat went on to win with six wickets in hand and eleven balls remaining, claiming their second consecutive championship. For her contribution of 56 not out, Beth Mooney was named Player of the Final.[21]
Season summaries
Season | W–L | Pos. | Finals | Coach | Captain | Most Runs | Most Wickets | Most Valuable Player | Sources |
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2015–16 | 6–8 | 7th | DNQ | Andrea McCauley | Lauren Ebsary | Sarah Taylor – 393 | Sarah Coyte – 14 | Sarah Taylor | [22][23][24] |
2016–17 | 3–9 | 8th | DNQ | Andrea McCauley | Tegan McPharlin | Sophie Devine – 270 | Megan Schutt – 13 | Megan Schutt | [25][26][27] |
2017–18 | 8–6 | 4th | SF | Andrea McCauley | Suzie Bates | Suzie Bates – 434 | Devine, Wellington – 17 | Sophie Devine | [28][29][30] |
2018–19 | 5–8 | 6th | DNQ | Andrea McCauley | Suzie Bates | Sophie Devine – 556 | Sophie Devine – 14 | Sophie Devine | [31][32][33] |
2019–20 | 10–4^ | 2nd | RU | Luke Williams | Suzie Bates | Sophie Devine – 769* | Coyte, Devine – 19 | Sophie Devine* | [34][35][36] |
DNQ | Did not qualify | SF | Semi-finalists | RU | Runners-up |
* | Led the league | ^ | League record | C | Champions |
Home grounds
Venue | Games hosted by season | |||||
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01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | Total | |
Adelaide Oval | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 11 |
Adelaide Oval No. 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Albrecht Oval | – | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
Centennial Park Oval | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Glenelg Oval | – | 2 | 4 | – | – | 6 |
Karen Rolton Oval | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Traeger Park | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 |
Players
Current squad
Australian representatives
The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Strikers after making their debut in the national women's team (the period they spent as both a Strikers squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):
- Sarah Coyte (WBBL|01–02, 04–present)
- Lauren Ebsary (WBBL|01)
- Sarah Elliott (WBBL|02)
- Tahlia McGrath (WBBL|02–present)
- Shelley Nitschke (WBBL|01–02)
- Megan Schutt (WBBL|01–present)
- Amanda-Jade Wellington (WBBL|02–present)
Overseas marquees
Suzie Bates (WBBL|03–present)[37][38]
Tammy Beaumont (WBBL|02–03)
Sophie Devine (WBBL|01–present)[39]
Charlotte Edwards (WBBL|02)[40]
Danielle Hazell (WBBL|04)[41]
Stacy-Ann King (WBBL|01)[39]
Sarah Taylor (WBBL|01)[39]
Stafanie Taylor (WBBL|05)[42]
Lauren Winfield (WBBL|05)[43]
Associate rookies
Miranda Veringmeier (WBBL|01)[44]
Ravina Oa (WBBL|02)[45]
Kathryn Bryce (WBBL|03)
Statistics and awards
Team stats
- Champions: 0
- Runners-up: 1 – WBBL|05
- Minor premiers: 0
- Win–Loss record:
Opposition | M | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | W–L% |
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Brisbane Heat | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 |
Hobart Hurricanes | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 |
Melbourne Renegades | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 44.44 |
Melbourne Stars | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
Perth Scorchers | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63.64 |
Sydney Sixers | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
Sydney Thunder | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55.56 |
Total | 71 | 33 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 47.14 |
- Highest score in an innings: 5/189 (20 overs) vs Hobart Hurricanes, 8 January 2019
- Highest successful chase: 4/149 (19 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 20 December 2015
- Lowest successful defence: 7/107 (20 overs) vs Perth Scorchers, 14 January 2018
- Largest victory:
- Batting first: 83 runs vs Hobart Hurricanes, 10 December 2017
- Batting second: 32 balls remaining vs Perth Scorchers, 27 October 2019
- Longest winning streak: 6 matches
- Longest losing streak: 8 matches
Source:[46]
Individual stats
- Most runs: Sophie Devine – 2174
- Highest score in an innings: Sophie Devine – 103* (48) vs Hobart Hurricanes, 26 December 2016
- Most wickets: Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington – 63 each
- Best bowling figures in an innings: Sophie Devine – 5/41 (4 overs) vs Melbourne Stars, 23 December 2018
- Most catches (fielder): Suzie Bates – 26
- Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Tegan McPharlin – 46 (25 catches, 21 stumpings)
Source:[46]
Individual awards
- Player of the Match:
- Sophie Devine – 15
- Tahlia McGrath – 5
- Sarah Coyte – 4
- Suzie Bates – 3
- Bridget Patterson – 2
- Lauren Ebsary, Alex Price, Tabatha Saville, Megan Schutt, Sarah Taylor – 1 each
- WBBL Player of the Tournament: Sophie Devine – WBBL|05[47]
- WBBL Team of the Tournament:
Statistics and awards updated through the end of WBBL|05
See also
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