| West End Redbacks | |||
| Coach: | Darren Berry | ||
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| 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.
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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.
Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup (13)
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One-day Cups (2)
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1)
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.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| Batsmen | ||||||
| 29 | Daniel Harris | 31 December 1979 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 3 | Aiden Blizzard | 27 June 1984 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | ||
| 12 | Callum Ferguson | 21 November 1984 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Cricket Australia contract | |
| 18 | Michael Klinger | 4 June 1980 | Right-handed | – | Captain | |
| 19 | James Smith | 11 October 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| 23 | Cameron Borgas | 1 September 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| 43 | Ben Dougall | 16 December 1991 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Rookie | |
| ? | Tom Thornton | 11 July 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Rookie | |
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| 11 | Aaron O'Brien | 2 October 1981 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
| 26 | Tom Cooper | 26 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| 45 | Daniel Christian | 4 May 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| ? | Theo Doropoulos | 25 April 1985 | Right-handed | Right Hand medium | ||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 22 | Tim Ludeman | 23 June 1987 | Right-handed | – | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 9 | Cullen Bailey | 26 February 1985 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
| 10 | Gary Putland | 10 February 1986 | Right-handed | Left-arm fast-medium | ||
| 14 | Peter George | 16 October 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 21 | Shaun Tait | 18 June 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
| 39 | Mick Delaney | 15 February 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||
| 47 | Kane Richardson | 12 February 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||
| 17 | Nathan Lyon | 20 November 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
| ? | Chadd Sayers | 31 August 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
| 15 | Joe Mennie | 24 December 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
| ? | Elliot Opie | 16 April 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Rookie | |
| ? | Carl Tietjens | |||||
Most runs for South Australia[1]
| Player | Runs | Career |
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| Darren Lehmann | 12070 | 1987/88 – 2007/8 |
| David Hookes | 10439 | 1975/76 – 1991/92 |
| Greg Blewett | 10267 | 1991/92 – 2005/06 |
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Most wickets for South Australia[2]
| Player | Wickets | Average |
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| Clarrie Grimmett | 668 | 1924/25 – 1940/41 |
| Ashley Mallett | 415 | 1967/68 – 1980/81 |
| George Giffen | 411 | 1877/78 – 1903/04 |
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